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Fears of White People Losing Out Permeate Capitol Rioters' Towns, Study Finds — Counties with the most significant declines in the non-Hispanic white population were the most likely to produce insurrectionists. — When the political scientist Robert Pape began studying the issues …
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What an analysis of 377 Americans arrested or charged in the Capitol insurrection tells us — Opinion by Robert A. Pape — Robert A. Pape is a professor of political science at the University of Chicago and director of the Chicago Project on Security and Threats.
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Scoop: Caitlyn Jenner explores run for California governor — Former reality TV star Caitlyn Jenner is talking with political consultants as she actively explores a run for governor of California, three sources with direct knowledge of her deliberations tell Axios.

The unserious comparisons between Colorado's voting laws and Georgia's new one — From the moment Major League Baseball pulled its All Star Game out of Georgia over the state's new voting law, conservative defenders of the law have predicted impending hypocrisy.
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‘Built on a lie’: Jen Psaki annihilates Peter Doocy's misleading question on Georgia voting — White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki on Tuesday pushed back against the assertion that Georgia's new voting laws are less restrictive than Colorado's laws. — Psaki was asked the question …
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Mediaite, The Federalist, Washington Times and POLITICUSUSA

Colorado Vs. Georgia Voting Laws: What Are The Differences?
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MLB owes Georgians an apology
MLB owes Georgians an apology
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DeSantis milks “60 Minutes” spat — Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, a Trump ally with his eyes on the White House, is dialing up a dispute with “60 Minutes” — seizing on a juicy chance to ingratiate himself with the GOP base by bashing the media. — Why it matters: It's a political gift akin …
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The Story Cannot Always Be the Reaction of the Republican Party
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60 Minutes Stands by Controversial Publix Report, Says DeSantis Presser Comments Were Cut For ‘Clarity’
60 Minutes Stands by Controversial Publix Report, Says DeSantis Presser Comments Were Cut For ‘Clarity’
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Erick-Woods Erickson / Erick Erickson's Confessions …:
Conservatives Must Unite and Apply Counter-Pressure
Conservatives Must Unite and Apply Counter-Pressure
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‘60 Minutes’ faces backlash from Democrats and Publix for critical story on Florida's vaccine rollout
‘60 Minutes’ faces backlash from Democrats and Publix for critical story on Florida's vaccine rollout
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Andrew Mark Miller / Washington Examiner:
Ron DeSantis blasts ‘smear merchants’ at 60 Minutes over edited report: ‘Piece of horse manure’
Ron DeSantis blasts ‘smear merchants’ at 60 Minutes over edited report: ‘Piece of horse manure’
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Letter From Former Senior National Security, Military, and Elected Officials Calling On Congress To Create A Bipartisan 1/6 Commission — Frmr Nat'l Security, Military, & Elected Officials — We are former senior national security, military, and elected officials who have represented or served Democrats …
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Former High-Ranking HUD Official Disciplined for Hatch Act Violation
Former High-Ranking HUD Official Disciplined for Hatch Act Violation
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Ex-Trump official penalized for violating Hatch Act
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Matthew Haag / New York Times:
Ex-Trump Official Fined and Barred From Government Over R.N.C. Video
Ex-Trump Official Fined and Barred From Government Over R.N.C. Video
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Biden set to announce he's moving deadline for all US adults to be eligible for Covid vaccine to April 19 — (CNN)President Joe Biden plans to announce Tuesday that he is moving up his deadline for states to make all American adults eligible for a coronavirus vaccine by almost two weeks.
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The Trump White House provided reporters with a gusher of leaks. With Biden, everything's changed. — After two and a half months of Joe Biden's presidency, something is missing from the news coverage of his administration: Leaks. — Juicy details about the president's behind-the-scenes conduct and decision-making?
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Darlene Superville / Associated Press:
Official: Biden moving vaccine eligibility date to April 19
Official: Biden moving vaccine eligibility date to April 19
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Congressman Alcee Hastings, after career of triumph, calamity and comeback, dies at 84 — Congressman Alcee Hastings, whose life was marked by perseverance, calamity and a comeback, has died. He was 84. — Hastings crusaded against racial injustice as a civil rights lawyer …
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Trump and his allies abandon Gaetz — Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.) built a public profile as an unapologetic, unambiguous, omnipresent booster of President Donald Trump. — But as his own political career skids toward disaster amid allegations that he had sex with a minor and paid for sex …

Kyrsten Sinema Defends Filibuster as Pressure Mounts From Progressives — Arizona Democrat says the problem is senators' behavior, not the chamber's rules — PHOENIX— Sen. Kyrsten Sinema has emerged as the staunchest Democratic defender of the filibuster, brushing off fire …
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The Hill, Washington Post, HotAir, IJR, Discourse Blog, National Review and Real Clear Politics

The Coming (Cancel) Culture War — The Republican plan to make 2022 about wokeness run amok is less stupid (and even more cynical) than it sounds — The battle lines have been drawn. Democrats are running on an agenda of steady leadership, vaccinating people, distributing $1400 relief checks …
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Media Matters for America and Raw Story, more at Mediagazer »

$500,000 Jefferson Davis chair stolen in Selma will be a toilet unless Confederate group hangs banner, email claims — A Confederate monument valued at $500,000 was stolen in March from a Selma cemetery, officials confirmed today. — This morning, a group that claims to have taken the monument …

Why half-hearted conservative boycotts rarely take root — One of the first times that Donald Trump publicly called for a boycott, it was not over a key civil rights or humanitarian issue. It was, instead, about an annoying TV ad. — “Get rid of this commercial,” Trump said in a video recorded at Trump Tower in 2011.
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McConnell versus the First Amendment
McConnell versus the First Amendment
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Actual Comedians Roast Greg Gutfeld's New Fox News ‘Comedy’ Show — “It's like watching a guy going through a divorce doing an impression of Bill Maher,” one comedian told us. And that was one of the kinder critiques. — The morning after Fox News premiered its deeply unfunny foray …

Trump got evicted from ‘the swamp.’ Some of his people are trying to stick around. — There are plenty of fish in the swamp, but some of the best-connected ones live in a 200-gallon aquarium at Reince Priebus's house. — “It's not just saltwater fish, but an actual reef,” Priebus explained in a recent phone call.
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The Week, Insider and The Intellectualist

U.S. considering joining boycott of 2022 Beijing Olympics, State Department says — The potential diplomatic boycott of the Olympic Games comes as the Biden administration works to rally allies to mount international pushback on China. — The Olympic Games are due to take place between Feb. 4 to Feb. 20.
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OutKick and Political Wire

Donald Trump Tumbles Nearly 300 Spots In Billionaire Ranks — The former president, who prides himself on his business acumen, refused to divest his assets upon taking office. Had he sold out in 2017 and reinvested in the market, he'd be an estimated $1.6 billion richer.
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Doormen Who Stood By After Brutal Attack on Asian Woman Are Fired — One was seen on video closing the door to the Midtown Manhattan building after the attack, as the victim, a Filipino-American woman, lay on the street outside. — The lobby staff members who closed the door …
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Law & Crime

CDC director cites Illinois bar superspreader event as reason for continued caution — Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Director Rochelle Walensky cited a new report showing that one bar reopening led to dozens of new COVID-19 cases as a reason for social distancing.
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National Review, Centers for Disease Control … and ABC News

Montana Governor Who Rescinded Mask Mandate Now Has COVID — QUARANTINED — Montana Gov. Greg Gianforte, who rescinded the state's mask mandate weeks after taking office, has tested positive for COVID-19. The 59-year-old Republican got the first dose of the Pfizer vaccine last Thursday …
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Police: Active shooter dead in Frederick, 2 hurt — The two victim are in critical condition, according to the Frederick police chief. — FREDERICK, Md. — Two people are in critical condition and a suspect is dead after a shooting in Frederick. — Police in Frederick responded to an an active shooter in the city Tuesday morning.
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Gaetz Fundraises Off Of Alleged Sex Trafficking Investigation — As the Gaetz scandal unfurls, the congressman has kept himself squarely in the spotlight. — The congressman, who is reportedly being investigated for the possible sex trafficking of a minor, has happily given interviews …
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CNN, The Daily Beast and New York Post

Biden's Child Tax Credit Has a Fatal Flaw — Joe Biden hasn't been in the White House for three months, so it's way too soon to justify the claim that he has already joined the ranks of transformational presidents. But one Biden initiative that really could be game-changing is his plan …
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The National Interest

Some Principles & Observations About Social Justice Politics — an attempt at a basic analysis — In an effort to be minimally inflammatory I will today use the term “social justice politics” to refer to the political movement you are all aware of, the one which combines several schools …

Georgia's New Law, and the Risk of Election Subversion — A reminder from a January phone call that the reform bill by congressional Democrats may not have the proper protections. — What would have happened if the Georgia secretary of state, Brad Raffensperger, had responded, “OK …
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Vox, The American Independent, Georgia Recorder and Washington Times

Why Republicans Can't Seem to Lay a Glove on Biden — “They just completely reinvented a coalition and their messaging overnight,” James Carville explains. — That new documentary on QAnon ended with something of a bang, with one likely suspect seeming to half-confess that he was “Q,” the oracle of the violent conspiracy movement.