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Reuters:
Half of Republicans believe false accounts of deadly U.S. Capitol riot: Reuters/Ipsos poll  —  WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Since the deadly Jan. 6 insurrection at the U.S. Capitol, former President Donald Trump and his Republican allies have pushed false and misleading accounts to downplay the event …
Discussion: Political Wire
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Colby Hall / Mediaite:
Shock Poll: Half of Republicans Believe False Accounts of January 6th Capitol Riots  —  A new poll out by Reuters and Ipsos reveals that half of all Republicans believe false accounts of the deadly insurrection on the Capitol building led by Trump supporters on January 6th.
Sharyn Alfonsi / CBS News:
How the wealthy cut the line during Florida's frenzied vaccine rollout  —  Sharyn Alfonsi reports on corruption allegations clouding Florida's efforts to vaccinate its residents.  —  This past week, President Biden said 90% of U.S. adults will be eligible for the COVID vaccine by April 19 …
Jimmy Vielkind / Wall Street Journal:
New York Lawmakers Near Budget Deal to Raise Income, Corporate Taxes by $4.3 Billion  —  Under the agreement, top earners in New York City would pay the highest combined local tax rate in the country  —  ALBANY, N.Y.— New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo and state lawmakers are nearing a budget agreement …
Discussion: New York Post
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Bevan Hurley / Daily Mail:
NYC's top earners to pay the HIGHEST tax rates in the country under Gov Cuomo plan for $4.3BILLION of tax hikes to cover pandemic shortfall  — Under the so-called 'millionaire's tax', individuals earning more than $1 million or couples over $2 million will pay 9.65% state tax, up from 8.82%
Hans Nichols / Axios:
Exclusive: Janet Yellen to call for global minimum tax rate  —  Janet Yellen will use her first major address as Treasury secretary to argue for a global minimum corporate tax rate, Axios has learned, as she makes the case for President Biden's plan to raise U.S. corporate taxes to fund his $2 trillion+ infrastructure plan.
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Melanie Zanona / Politico:
Cheney snags victories ahead of her next battle with Trumpworld  —  Just two months after she survived an ouster attempt, the No. 3 House GOP leader has racked up a string of wins.  —  This is only the beginning of what looks like a years-long fight for Rep. Liz Cheney's place in the GOP.
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Erin Gloria Ryan / The Daily Beast:
Matt Gaetz Is the Model GOP Representative: A Creep No One's Surprised About  —  If so many of his colleagues knew about his dirtiness, why are they only speaking up now and on background? … Republican Congressman Matt Gaetz, a spoiled 38-year-old adult child of a wealthy Floridian …
Discussion: Daily Kos, Raw Story and The Week
David Gelles / New York Times:
Inside Corporate America's Frantic Response to the Georgia Voting Law  —  Companies like Delta are caught between Democrats focused on social justice and populist Republicans.  They face major political consequences no matter what they do.  —  On March 11, Delta Air Lines dedicated a building …
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Aris Folley / The Hill:
Some Georgia GOP legislators want Coca-Cola products removed from offices
Kate Brown / The Hill:
True democracy stands on the heels of vote by mail expansion
Discussion: Washington Post
Wall Street Journal:
Rival Group Makes Fully Financed, Roughly $680 Million Bid for Tribune  —  Tribune likely to deem new bid superior to agreement with Alden, according to sources  —  A Maryland hotel magnate and a Swiss billionaire have made a bid for Tribune Publishing Co. that the newspaper chain is expected …
KOKI-TV:
Collapse ‘imminent’ at Florida phosphate mine leaking millions of gallons of contaminated water  —  MANATEE COUNTY, Fla. — A cracked reservoir at a former Florida phosphate mine is leaking millions of gallons of contaminated water into the Gulf of Mexico.  —  Update 1:13 p.m. EDT April 4 …
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Tampa Bay Times:
Live updates on Manatee plant potential collapse: What you need to know Sunday
Discussion: Fox News, Florida Politics and The Hill
Washington Post:
Will school be back to normal this fall?  Kind of, sort of, maybe.  —  Parents, students and teachers, exhausted by the false starts, union battles, quarantines and remote learning that have upended this school year, are looking around the bend with an urgent, fretful question: Come fall, will school at last be back to normal?
Discussion: Twitchy
Ben Smith / New York Times:
The Lawyer Behind the Throne at Fox  —  Even before the company's C.E.O., Lachlan Murdoch, moved to Australia, Viet Dinh was seen as Fox's power center.  —  LOS ANGELES — In early 2019, as the Murdoch family completed the $71 billion sale of 21st Century Fox to Disney …
Karen Weise / New York Times:
Amazon Illegally Fired Activist Workers, Labor Board Finds  —  The two employees had publicly pushed the company to reduce its impact on climate change and address concerns about its warehouse workers.  —  SEATTLE — Amazon illegally retaliated against two of its most prominent internal critics …
Holly Otterbein / Politico:
Progressives target Jim Cooper for primary challenge  —  Justice Democrats endorse foe to veteran Tennessee congressman.  —  Justice Democrats will announce that it is backing Democrat Odessa Kelly in her campaign against Tennessee Rep. Jim Cooper.  Jonathan Mattise/AP Photo
Discussion: CNN, BuzzFeed News and Fox News
Carol Rosenberg / New York Times:
Military Closes Failing Facility at Guantánamo Bay to Consolidate Prisoners  —  The move, which took place in a secret operation over the weekend, was conceived during the Trump administration to save on costs and troops at the remote base in Cuba.  —  U.S. military guards …
Discussion: Raw Story and UPI
Politico:
Inside the White House plan to sell its massive infrastructure proposal  —  A core part of the sales pitch will be an appeal to suburban women, who have been particularly battered by the coronavirus pandemic.  —  U.S. Secretary of Commerce Gina Raimondo speaks during a television interview outside the White House.
Discussion: Slate
American Greatness:
The Appeal of the New Totalitarians  —  It's easy to understand and reject the horrors of totalitarianism.  It is much less easy to grasp its inexorable logic or its seemingly implacable attractions.  —  I am not a follower or a fan of baseball.  But I understand that it is, or has been …
Jason DeParle / New York Times:
Biden Effort to Combat Hunger Marks ‘a Profound Change’  —  As millions of Americans lack enough to eat, the administration is rapidly increasing aid — with an eye toward a permanent safety net expansion.  —  WASHINGTON — With more than one in 10 households reporting that they lack enough to eat …
Discussion: Insider and Raw Story
Alex Seitz-Wald / NBC News:
‘The 45th’: Why Trump is abandoning his iconic brand for a number  —  WASHINGTON — Donald Trump spent a lifetime putting his name on steaks to skyscrapers to stimulus checks, but now, the former president appears to be replacing the gold-plated surname with a number: 45.
Amos Harel / Haaretz:
Analysis |  Israel Returns to Sanity, but Ignores Rising COVID Infection in the West Bank and Gaza  —  While Israel has vaccinated tens of thousands of Palestinians, the vast majority remain unvaccinated at a time when Israel has surplus coronavirus vaccines.  It could all come back to haunt it
Washington Post:
India announces 100,000 new cases a day, first country to do so since United States  —  Latest: French authorities investigate whether ministers dined at secret restaurants in violation of restrictions  —  The Washington Post is providing this important information about the coronavirus for free.
Discussion: The Week
Nick Paton Walsh / CNN:
Satellite images show huge Russian military buildup in the Arctic  —  (CNN)Russia is amassing unprecedented military might in the Arctic and testing its newest weapons in a region freshly ice-free due to the climate emergency, in a bid to secure its northern coast and open up a key shipping route from Asia to Europe.
Sarah Ellison / Washington Post:
Inside the Teen Vogue mess — which is really a Condé Nast mess  —  From the start, Alexi McCammond seemed an unlikely candidate to become a top boss within the storied Vogue empire — at least on paper.  —  Only 27, she had little editing experience and had never managed a staff …
 
 
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Lahav Harkov / Jerusalem Post:
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Discussion: The National Interest and Fox News
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