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Yascha Mounk / The Atlantic:
Open Everything  —  In March 2020, I wrote that America should “cancel everything” in response to the acute threat posed by COVID-19: Mass events should be postponed, companies should send employees home from the office, and schools should move classes online.  —  I remain convinced that this was the right thing to do.
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New York Times:
New York joins several other U.S. states in rolling back mask mandates as infections fall.  —  Gov. Kathy Hochul will drop New York's stringent indoor mask mandate on Wednesday, ending a requirement that businesses ask customers for proof of full vaccination or require mask-wearing at all times …
Cassidy Morrison / Washington Examiner:
The seven blue states announcing ends to mask mandates  —  More Democratic governors are lifting masking requirements as the omicron wave subsides.  —  The governors, who have been hawkish on maintaining COVID-19 restrictions, are acutely aware that the public is eager to ditch masks …
Charles C. W. Cooke / National Review:
In the Post, Leana Wen Insists That She's the Last Reasonable Woman in the World
Kiran Stacey / Financial Times:
‘Full blown’ pandemic phase of Covid nearly over in US, declares Fauci
Edmund DeMarche / Fox News:   Fauci says ‘full-blown’ COVID-19 pandemic is almost over in US
Politico:
POLITICO Playbook: Biden lags behind Dem govs on easing mask mandates
Washington Post:
Giuliani asked Michigan prosecutor to give voting machines to Trump team  —  President's legal advisers helped twist clerical error by rural county into key tenet of false election-fraud claim  —  In the weeks after the 2020 election, Rudolph W. Giuliani and other legal advisers …
Jill Lawrence / USA Today:
Is this the beginning of the end for Trumpism or the Republican Party?  —  Watch Video: Cheney has to beat Trump's hold on the GOP to keep her seat in Wyoming  —  It was a Republican National Committee meeting that will live in infamy, and perhaps in history.
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Reid J. Epstein / New York Times:
Where's Liz Cheney?  The Wyoming Republican's Exile From Wyoming Republicans  —  The congresswoman hasn't attended Republican Party events in person in her state in years, amid a wave of local conservative hostility.  “I'm not going to convince the crazies,” she said.
Eileen McClory / dayton-daily-news:
VIDEO: Yellow Springs votes no on housing plan after Chappelle, others speak up  —  Development can still move forward, but without affordable housing component  —  Oberer Homes can move forward with a new development in Yellow Springs, but without an affordable housing component initially promised …
Sophia Cai / Axios:
Scoop: Warren and Daines team up on bipartisan stock ban  —  Sens. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) and Steve Daines (R-Mont.) are teaming up to file a stock-ban bill, a bipartisan pairing that's part of a building movement to act on a potential conflict of interest.
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Karl Evers-Hillstrom / The Hill:
Pelosi backs ban on stock trading in Congress
Discussion: POLITICUSUSA
Daniel Dale / CNN:
Fact check: Debunking false claims about the Canadian convoy protests  —  Thousands in Ottawa protesting Covid-19 mandates  —  Washington (CNN)Canadian protests against vaccine mandates, Covid-19 restrictions and the Liberal government of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau have captured attention …
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Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
Ron DeSantis, 'Don't say gay,' and the new GOP ‘snitch culture’  —  The GOP proposals sweeping the country that restrict the teaching of race have an obvious purpose: to make teachers feel perpetually on thin ice, so they shy away from difficult discussions about our national past rather …
Discussion: NBC News, Daily Kos and Vanity Fair
Wall Street Journal:
White House Approves Plan to Help Americans Leaving Ukraine if Russia Attacks  —  U.S. troops will set up checkpoints and tent camps inside Poland's border to help Americans who leave Ukraine  —  WASHINGTON—The White House has approved a Pentagon plan for U.S. troops in Poland to help thousands …
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Dan MacGuill / Snopes.com:
Did Biden Admin ‘Fund Crack Pipes’ To ‘Advance Racial Equity’? … Origin  —  In February 2022, right-leaning outlets reported breathlessly that the Biden administration had plans to fund the distribution of crack pipes in order to advance the cause of racial equity.
Greg Bluestein / Atlanta Journal-Constitution:
Air wars: Kemp gets reinforcements from RGA  —  Gov. Brian Kemp is some timely reinforcements from one of his most powerful supporters.  —  For the first time in its history, the Republican Governors Association is financing a TV ad during a party primary to support an incumbent facing a GOP challenger.
Discussion: The Hill
Jay Root / Houston Chronicle:
Texas GOP candidate Shelley Luther complains that students can't make fun of transgender children  —  BONHAM — Shelley Luther, the hair salon owner who was catapulted into political stardom after being jailed for defying a pandemic lockdown order, put transgender kids in the crosshairs …
Politico:
Left splits over Supreme Court pick pushed by top Biden ally  —  After Sherrod Brown caught wind of the progressive angst over judge Michelle Childs' possible ascension to the Supreme Court, the labor stalwart talked it through with her biggest Democratic backer — the House majority whip.
Discussion: CBS News, HotAir, Althouse and The National
Pippa Crerar / Mirror.co.uk:
New Partygate image shows Boris Johnson and open bottle of bubbly at No 10 Xmas quiz  —  The image shows the Prime Minister flanked by three members of staff, one wearing tinsel and another a Santa hat, at the event on December 15, 2020  —  The Met Police faces fresh calls to investigate a No 10 …
Alexi McCammond / Axios:
Rep. Cori Bush isn't backing down on “defund the police” slogan  —  Rep. Cori Bush (D-Mo.) says she's not going to stop using the slogan “defund the police” ahead of this fall's midterms — even though some of her colleagues have made that request.  —  Why it matters: Progressives …
Dan McLaughlin / National Review:
Nikole Hannah-Jones Responds to Our 1619 and Slavery Issue  —  Nikole Hannah-Jones went on Twitter Monday night to respond to our issue looking at American slavery and the 1619 Project.  Those familiar with how she typically responds to engagement with her work — engagement that typically appears …
Dan Margolies / KCUR 89.3:
Missouri Supreme Court disciplines St. Louis lawyers who waved guns at BLM protesters  —  The McCloskeys drew national headlines when they confronted a group of mostly Black protesters who had entered their gated community en route to demonstrate in front of the nearby home of a former St. Louis mayor in June 2020.
Robinson Meyer / The Atlantic:
Biden's Biggest Idea on Climate Change Is Remarkably Cheap  —  Over the past year, my climate reporting has had a few preoccupations.  They include:  — The degree to which climate change is already a profound concern to the economy, and indeed whether the climate problem is more about “money” than “science”; and
Jordan Pearson / VICE:
Analyzing the Very Bizarre Sale of Melania Trump's $170,000 NFT  —  The crypto used to purchase the former First Lady's NFT came from the NFT creator themselves, blockchain records reveal.  But why?  —  Jordan Pearson  —  The $170,000 purchase of an NFT collection auctioned by Melania Trump …
Discussion: Raw Story
Sahil Kapur / NBC News:
Obama to speak to House Democrats on Thursday  —  WASHINGTON — Former President Barack Obama will speak to the House Democratic caucus on Thursday, two sources familiar with his plans told NBC News.  —  The private meeting is organized by Rep. Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y., the caucus chair, and is expected to take place virtually.
Discussion: The Daily Caller
USCIS:
Mission and Core Values  —  Mission Statement  —  USCIS upholds America's promise as a nation of welcome and possibility with fairness, integrity, and respect for all we serve.  —  Who We Are  —  USCIS is the government agency that oversees lawful immigration to the United States.
Discussion: CBS News, Roll Call and Twitchy
 
 
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Mark Nichols / ABC News:
After a half-century of federal oversight, segregated neighborhoods are still pervasive: ABC News analysis
Discussion: Press Association
Nandita Bose / Reuters:
Exclusive: U.S. VP Harris to attend Munich Conference, rally allies to defuse Ukraine crisis
Discussion: CNN and Washington Times
Lenore Skenazy / Reason:
Mom Handcuffed, Jailed for Letting 14-Year-Old Babysit Kids During COVID-19
Discussion: National Review and TheBlaze
Jeremy Bowen / BBC:
Bosnia shivers as ghost of nationalism returns
Katie J.M. Baker / BuzzFeed News:
Eric Schneiderman Says He's Changed. Is That Enough?
Maggie Astor / New York Times:
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Benjamin Siegel / ABC News:
Democrats introduce federal gas tax holiday ahead of midterm elections
Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
Senate Democrats shift strategy after progressive agenda falters
Anne Flaherty / ABC News:
Pressure builds for Biden, Democrats to move past COVID
Discussion: Washington Examiner and Bloomberg
Matt Taibbi / TK News:
Conversation With Russell Brand, Who Isn't “Right Wing”
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David M. Drucker / Washington Examiner:
McConnell dismisses Trump criticism, saying it's no threat to his leadership role