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New York Times:
Justice Dept. Inquiry Into Matt Gaetz Said to Be Focused on Cash Paid to Women  —  The congressman and a former official in Florida sent money to the women using cash apps, receipts showed.  —  WASHINGTON — A Justice Department investigation into Representative Matt Gaetz …
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CNN:
Gaetz showed nude photos of women he said he'd slept with to lawmakers, sources tell CNN  —  (CNN)Rep. Matt Gaetz, the Florida Republican being investigated by the Justice Department over sex trafficking allegations, made a name for himself when he arrived on Capitol Hill as a conservative firebrand …
Orlando Sentinel:
Joel Greenberg, Matt Gaetz visited closed Seminole tax office together on weekend, source says  —  Joel Greenberg and U.S. Rep. Matt Gaetz on at least one occasion several years ago were recorded together entering the Seminole County Tax Collector's Office when it was closed on a weekend night …
ABC News:   Feds looking at alleged payments Rep. Matt Gaetz made to women and online solicitation: Sources
John Boehner / Politico:
Panic Rooms, Birth Certificates and the Birth of GOP Paranoia  —  In the 2010 midterm election, voters from all over the place gave President Obama what he himself called “a shellacking.”  And oh boy, was it ever.  You could be a total moron and get elected just by having an R next to your name …
Discussion: The Hill, Mediaite and Raw Story
Noah Bookbinder / USA Today:
I'm finally done with the Senate filibuster.  We're running out of time to save democracy.  —  This sounds apocalyptic and maybe a little crazy.  It is not.  The Trump presidency showed how quickly and completely our foundations can be shaken.  —  I worked as a counsel on the Senate Judiciary Committee for eight years.
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Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee / The Hill:   Georgia election law prevents African American, Latinx, others from exercising the right to vote
New York Times:
Virginia, the Old Confederacy's Heart, Becomes a Voting Rights Bastion
Paul Blumenthal / HuffPost:
Jim Clyburn ‘Insulted’ By Joe Manchin's Position On Voting Rights Bill
Axios:
Scoop: Biden doesn't plan to revive SALT deduction, possibly losing key moderates  —  President Biden is unlikely to propose reinstating state and local tax deductions in his second tax-and-spending package despite pressure from several fellow Democrats, according to people with direct knowledge of the planning.
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Susan B. Glasser / New Yorker:
Is Biden Really the Second Coming of F.D.R. and L.B.J.?
Discussion: The Week and Political Wire
Matt Lewis / The Daily Beast:   Joe Biden Just Might be the Democrats' Ronald Reagan
Sean Davis / New York Post:
Liberals pressure corporations into Georgia boycotts — it's time to ignore the mobs  —  If you thought corporate welfare was bad, just wait until you see what corporate wokefare looks like.  —  It used to be that massive corporations would roll into a state, demand huge taxpayer-funded incentives …
Discussion: New York Times
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National Review:   Georgia Should Stand Up to Corporate Bullies
Jonathan Swan / Axios:
Exclusive: Fresh data reveal how Trump made inroads with Latinos  —  A new analysis of U.S. voters suggests — counterintuitively — that the coronavirus pandemic may have helped drive former President Donald Trump's surprising increase in support from Latinos last November.
Apoorva Mandavilli / New York Times:
Can Vaccinated People Spread the Virus?  We Don't Know, Scientists Say.  —  Researchers pushed back after the C.D.C. director asserted that vaccinated people “do not carry the virus.”  —  The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Thursday walked back controversial comments made by its director …
New York Times:
What Georgia's Voting Law Really Does  —  The New York Times analyzed the state's new 98-page voting law and identified 16 key provisions that will limit ballot access, potentially confuse voters and give more power to Republican lawmakers.  —  Go page by page through Georgia's new voting law …
Eli Rosenberg / Washington Post:
The U.S. economy added 916,000 jobs in March as recovery gains steam again  —  The U.S. economy added 916,000 jobs in March, the highest level in months, as vaccine distribution and declining caseloads helped accelerate a recovery in the labor market.  —  The unemployment rate edged …
Discussion: New York Times and CBS News
Wall Street Journal:
Iran Nuclear Deal Participants to Meet in Vienna Next Week  —  President Biden has said he wants the U.S. to return to the deal that U.S. exited in 2018  —  Negotiations to restore the 2015 Iran nuclear deal will take place among all parties in Vienna next week, senior western diplomats said Friday …
Discussion: CNN
Eric Levitz / New York Magazine:
Trump Calls On Biden to Let Global Capital Dictate U.S. Tax Policy  —  Donald Trump believes that tailoring U.S. tax policy to the preferences of the American people — rather than to those of multinational corporations and their lobbyists — constitutes a “globalist betrayal” …
Discussion: CNN, Climate Depot and Boston Herald
Marty Makary / Wall Street Journal:
U.K. Vaccination Puts U.S. to Shame  —  American authorities rejected advice to delay the second dose.  Britain shows that approach's wisdom.  —  The U.S. will soon achieve herd immunity against the novel coronavirus, but the U.K. will get there sooner.  That's because medical leaders across …
Discussion: Cafe Hayek
Patricia Cohen / New York Times:
No Federal Taxes for Dozens of Big, Profitable Companies  —  FedEx and Nike are among those found to have avoided U.S. tax liability for three straight years.  —  Just as the Biden administration is pushing to raise taxes on corporations, a new study finds that at least 55 of America's largest paid …
Will Wilkinson / Model Citizen:
Vaccine Passports and the Categorical Impermissibility of Inconveniencing Republicans  —  On the GOP's principled incoherence about freedom of association  —  Conservatives have been freaking out about the mere possibility of vaccine passports, government-issued documents certifying the bearer's Covid jabs.
Neil Vigdor / New York Times:
A Man Found 15,000 Bees in His Car After Grocery Shopping  —  An off-duty firefighter in Las Cruces, N.M., whose hobby is beekeeping, safely removed the swarm from the man's car in an Albertsons supermarket parking lot.  —  He had just finished grocery shopping, but a New Mexico man got …
Discussion: CBS News and UPI
THE CITY:
Embattled Cuomo Pushes Skyline-Altering Penn Station Real Estate Plan as Critics Mobilize  —  Even amid multiple scandals, a weakened Gov. Andrew Cuomo is trying to railroad through a city-changing land deal that would reshape Manhattan's skyline.  And the project's detractors, until very recently, were few and relatively muted.
Glenn Thrush / New York Times:
A global aid program championed by Ivanka Trump has serious problems, a report finds.  —  One of Ivanka Trump's top initiatives — a legislative overhaul of programs assisting small businesses run by women around the world — was so haphazardly managed by a federal agency that an independent watchdog …
Eric Morath / Wall Street Journal:
U.S. Added 916,000 Jobs in March as Economy Recovers  —  Unemployment rate fell to 6%; jobs growth appears set to take off  —  Hiring accelerated last month to the best pace since August, signaling a stronger rebound is under way that could deliver jobs to the industries …
Discussion: Associated Press
Spencer Hsu / Washington Post:
Oath Keepers founder, associates exchanged 19 calls from start of Jan. 6 riot through breach, prosecutors allege  —  Oath Keepers founder Stewart Rhodes, his deputy and three members who guarded Roger Stone exchanged nearly 20 phone calls over three hours on Jan. 6, coinciding with the first assault …
Burgess Everett / thedispatch.com:
The Morning Dispatch: Understanding Georgia's New Elections Law  —  Plus: The Supreme Court considers a case over NCAA amateurism.  —  Happy Friday!  Wishing a blessed Good Friday and happy Easter to all celebrating this weekend.  —  Quick Hits: Today's Top Stories
Robyn Dixon / Washington Post:
Maria Butina, Russian who conspired to infiltrate U.S. groups, visits Navalny in jail, with video cameras in tow  —  MOSCOW — Jailed Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny, on a hunger strike after being denied medical care, has been hoping for a visit from a doctor.
Discussion: New York Post
Alison Durkee / Forbes:
Sidney Powell Gets $100,000 Bill From Wisconsin: Governor Demands Legal Fees Over Election Lawsuit  —  Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers asked a federal court Wednesday to force far-right attorney Sidney Powell and her client and co-counsel to be sanctioned and pay more than $100,000 in legal fees …
Elizabeth Simons / Canadian Anti-Hate Network:
EXCLUSIVE: Suspect In Three Vancouver Masonic Lodge Fires Shared Antisemitic, QAnon-Related Content On Facebook  —  Social media posts highlight a deep belief in flat earth, QAnon related conspiracy theories, and claims that Freemasonry is a form of Judaism.  —  The Canadian Anti-Hate Network
Washington Post:
New York attorney general probes finances of key Trump aide  —  The New York attorney general has gathered personal financial records of the Trump Organization's longtime chief financial officer and his family, according to a witness who provided some documents — another sign of legal pressure …
Discussion: Insider and Forbes
 
 
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Catherine Rampell / Washington Post:
How Biden's tax pledge undercuts his own initiatives
Discussion: Reuters
Washington Examiner:
HHS isn't up to handling the border surge
New York Times:
Biden Seeks to Use Infrastructure Plan to Address Racial Inequities
Discussion: Washington Post and IJR
Phil Prazan / NBC 6 South Florida:
Thousands of South Florida Voters Changed Parties After Capitol Attack
The Daily Poster:
Rahm Emanuel Headlines Event For Group Fighting $15 Minimum Wage
 Earlier Items: 
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Jessica Sidman / Washingtonian:
There's a New Cheesecake Factory in DC, and the White House Press Corps Is Psyched
Politico:
Army probes missing rifle from National Guard unit deployed to the Capitol
Politico:
Dems pine to face Ron Johnson just one more time
Discussion: NPR
Cecilia Kang / New York Times:
That Spotty Wi-Fi? There's $100 Billion to Fix It.
Houston Chronicle:
Analysis reveals nearly 200 died in Texas cold storm and blackouts, almost double the official count