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•••• Rolling Stone • Hunter Walker • 3 hours ago • rollingstone.com
EXCLUSIVE: Jan. 6 Protest Organizers Say They Participated in 'Dozens' of Planning Meetings With Members of Congress and White House Staff
Two sources are communicating with House investigators and detailed a stunning series of allegations to Rolling Stone, including a promise of a “blanket pardon” from the Oval Office.
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•• The New York Times • Ben Smith • 4 hours ago • nytimes.com
Inside the Big Facebook Leak
In a time of mega-leaks, journalists’ sources have become power players. Frances Haugen, the former Facebook executive who shared company documents, led a meticulous media rollout.
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•• The New York Times • Jodi Kantor, Karen Weise, Grace Ashford • 5 hours ago • nytimes.com
Inside Amazon’s Worst Human Resources Problem
A knot of problems with Amazon’s system for handling paid and unpaid leaves has led to devastating consequences for workers.
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•• ProPublica • 5 hours ago • propublica.org
“The Liberty Way”: How Liberty University Discourages and Dismisses Students’ Reports of Sexual Assaults
The school founded by evangelist Jerry Falwell ignored reports of rape and threatened to punish accusers for breaking its moral code, say former students. An official who says he was fired for raising concerns calls it a “conspiracy of silence.”
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••• The New York Times • Reid J. Epstein • 19 hours ago • nytimes.com
Where Facts Were No Match for Fear
Civic boosters in central Montana hoped for some federal money to promote tourism. A disinformation campaign got in the way.
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• The Hill • Dominick Mastrangelo • 12 hours ago • thehill.com
Neil Cavuto implores viewers to get vaccinated after breakthrough COVID-19 case
Fox News host Neil Cavuto, in his first television interview since announcing he had tested positive for COVID-19, urged all Americans to receive a coronavirus vaccination in order to keep themselves and others safe.
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• The Wall Street Journal • Keach Hagey, Jeff Horwitz • 9 hours ago • wsj.com
Facebook’s Internal Chat Boards Show Politics Often at Center of Decision Making
Employees allege content rules aren’t enforced for Breitbart and other right-wing publishers for fear of public blowback, and management expresses wariness of appearing biased, according to internal documents. In response, Facebook says it enforces its rules equally and doesn’t consider politics in its decisions.
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•• POLITICO • Burgess Everett, Heather Caygle • 17 hours ago • politico.com
Biden to host Manchin in Delaware at critical juncture
The president is seeking to clinch a deal on his spending package.
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• The New York Times • Declan Walsh, Eric Schmitt, Julian E. Barnes, Tyler Hicks • 19 hours ago • nytimes.com
A C.I.A. Fighter, a Somali Bomb Maker, and a Faltering Shadow War
The hunt for an elusive Somali militant illustrates why Al Shabab, despite a decade of American covert action, are at their strongest in years.
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• The Washington Post • Paul Kane • 1 day ago • washingtonpost.com
Analysis | Democrats’ problem is not focusing on issues most vital to independents, 2 prominent pollsters say
It has become fashionable to talk about how few undecided voters exist in this polarized era, but both pollsters view this small bloc as the difference between a sweeping GOP victory and Democrats’ narrowly retaining their already narrow majority.
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The Washington Post • Matt Viser • 15 hours ago • washingtonpost.com
Biden’s meeting with the pope carries resonance as disputes divide U.S. Catholics
The second Catholic president, like the leader of the Catholic church, is striving to move conservative institutions in a more liberal direction after rising to leadership late in life.
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The Washington Post • Charles Lane • 5 days ago • washingtonpost.com
Opinion | In honor of a complicated patriot, make Fort Powell a reality
The country has an opportunity to consider tangible memorials to the former secretary of state that would, by their very existence, reject negative assessments of his career — and strike a blow against reductionist historical judgment generally.
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The Dispatch • David French • 17 hours ago • frenchpress.thedispatch.com
J.D. Vance and the Great Challenge of Christian Malice
There are no “right people” to hate.
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The Washington Post • Cat Zakrzewski, Gerrit De Vynck, Niha Masih, Shibani Mahtani • 17 hours ago • washingtonpost.com
How Facebook neglected the rest of the world, fueling hate speech and violence in India
A trove of internal documents show Facebook didn’t invest in key safety protocols in the company’s largest market.
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Financial Times • Sujeet Indap, Financial Times • 2 days ago • ft.com
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Axios • Sara Fischer • 15 hours ago • axios.com
Scoop: Facebook exec warns of "more bad headlines"
Inside the Facebook documents media blitz.
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••• The Washington Post • Seung Min Kim, Ashley Parker • 1 day ago • washingtonpost.com
Sinema’s silence on spending bill vexes many Democrats while she digs in on talks out of public view
As Biden and Democratic leaders close in on a budget deal, the murky goals and demands of the Arizona senator remain a persistent uncertainty.
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The New York Times • Sarah Maslin Nir • 19 hours ago • nytimes.com
Their Jobs Made Them Get Vaccinated. They Refused.
The willingness of some workers to give up their livelihoods helps explain the country’s struggle to reach herd immunity.
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PetaPixel • Anete Lusina • 3 days ago • petapixel.com
Emotional Shot of Father Holding Son Wins Siena Photo Awards 2021
An extremely emotion-filled photo.
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Los Angeles Times • LZ Granderson • 1 day ago • latimes.com
Column: Condi Rice wants to 'move on' from Jan. 6. What does that even mean?
How does a nation claiming to be democracy’s biggest champion just move on from an attempted coup?
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The Washington Post • E.J. Dionne Jr. • 15 hours ago • washingtonpost.com
Opinion | True conservatives should support filibuster reform
Democrats can fight for democracy or they can maintain the Senate’s filibuster rule. Republicans have made clear that they cannot do both.
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The Washington Post • Yeganeh Torbati, Kyle Swenson • 17 hours ago • washingtonpost.com
Sen. Joe Manchin wants to restrict who gets the child tax credit. These West Virginians may pay the price if he gets his way.
Manchin reportedly supports new requirements for the expanded child tax credit that would likely end the benefit for thousands of families in his state.
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•• The New York Times • Ryan Mac, Sheera Frenkel • 2 days ago • nytimes.com
Internal Alarm, Public Shrugs: Facebook’s Employees Dissect Its Election Role
Company documents show that the social network’s employees repeatedly raised red flags about the spread of misinformation and conspiracies before and after the contested November vote.
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• The New York Times • Nate Cohn • 1 day ago • nytimes.com
The Pessimistic Electorate Behind Biden’s Approval Ratings
In the era of modern polling, only Donald J. Trump has had a lower approval rating than President Biden’s at this early stage of his term.
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CNN • Ray Sanchez, CNN • 20 hours ago • cnn.com
How Puerto Rico became the most vaccinated place in America
A member of a scientific coalition advising Puerto Rico's government on the coronavirus pandemic recently joked about the island's high Covid-19 vaccination rate, attributing it to the proliferation of drug store chains on the island.

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The New York Times • Binyamin Appelbaum • 13 hours ago • nytimes.com
Opinion | The Rotten Core of the Republican Party
By enabling resistance to lawful taxation, Republicans are undermining democracy.
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Bad News • Ryan Grim • 1 day ago • badnews.substack.com
Kyrsten Sinema's long march through the institutions
So Kyrsten Sinema is now pushing an income tax on billionaires. It’s fun to think that Sinema has actually never left the days when she was an anarcho-curious, black bloc protester committed to tearing down the power structure, and this whole absurd, indecipherable parade of hostility to anything that would help the poor or slightly inconvenience the rich has all been an act, part of a long march through the institutions with the end goal of revolution.
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The New York Times • Vimal Patel, Jesus Jiménez • 2 hours ago • nytimes.com
James Michael Tyler, Who Played Gunther on ‘Friends,’ Dies at 59
A real barista who was cast as a Central Perk co-worker of his crush, Jennifer Aniston’s character, he appeared in 150 episodes of the hit show.
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POLITICO • Laura Barrón-López • 17 hours ago • politico.com
Georgia Dems wait with fear and angst for help from D.C.
Democrats in the Peach State are trying to beat back voting laws that Republicans passed. But they’re exhausted. And looking for help.
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Yahoo News • Alexander Nazaryan • 4 days ago • news.yahoo.com
Biden's treatment of Congress is patient, but getting less so by the day
The most experienced Washington legislator to sit in the Oval Office in decades, Biden has tried to be solicitous to the warring congressional factions that have his presidency in their hands. But as he and his advisers point out, infinite time is not a luxury they enjoy.
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CNBC • Yasmin Khorram • 2 days ago • cnbc.com
Third juror dismissed in Elizabeth Holmes trial after found playing Sudoku
U.S. District Court Judge Davila dismissed a third juror in Elizabeth Holmes' trial for playing Sudoku during testimony.
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Vanity Fair • Katherine Eban • 2 days ago • vanityfair.com
In Major Shift, NIH Admits Funding Risky Virus Research in Wuhan
A spokesman for Dr. Fauci says he has been “entirely truthful,” but a new letter belatedly acknowledging the National Institutes of Health’s support for virus-enhancing research adds more heat to the ongoing debate over whether a lab leak could have sparked the pandemic.
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CBS News • Scott Scott • 4 hours ago • cbsnews.com
Former Saudi official calls Mohammed bin Salman a "psychopath," says Saudi crown prince fears what he knows
Saad Aljabri was number two in Saudi intelligence until, he says, Mohammed bin Salman forced him out. Now, MBS is Saudi Arabia's crown prince, and Aljabri is in exile. Aljabri believes the crown prince wants him dead because of what he knows.
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MSNBC • MSNBC.com • 3 days ago • msnbc.com
Continued Republican abuse of filibuster begins to change minds on reform in Senate
Senator Angus King, who had previous voiced opposition to getting rid of the Senate filibuster rule, talks with Rachel Maddow about how Republican abuse of the rule to block everything without even any debate, even on matters critical to the health of democracy in the United States, is changing his perspective on reforming the filibuster.
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Los Angeles Times • Alene Tchekmedyian • 2 days ago • latimes.com
Rep. Maxine Waters again calls for federal probe of gang-like deputy groups
Rep. Maxine Waters again asks the U.S. Department of Justice to launch an investigation into gang-like groups of L.A. County sheriff's deputies.
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Star Tribune • Briana Bierschbach • 1 day ago • startribune.com
Walz's 'One Minnesota' mantra tested in bid for second term
Pandemic, unrest shook the political landscape of governor's first term.
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The Intercept • Murtaza Hussain • 14 hours ago • theintercept.com
The Psychological Tolls and Moral Hazards of Drone Warfare
Two new books shed light on what remote warfare does to military operators, the standing of the U.S., and societies abroad.
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San Francisco Chronicle • Heather Knight • 17 hours ago • sfchronicle.com
Why a progressive prosecutor just left D.A. Chesa Boudin's office and joined the recall effort
More than 50 attorneys and other staff have left the San Francisco District Attorney’s...
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The Philadelphia Inquirer • Will Bunch • 13 hours ago • inquirer.com
SEPTA rape case is latest in a U.S. pandemic of police lying. There must be consequences | Will Bunch
The police disinformation about passengers watching the SEPTA rape is just one of a series of cop lies rocking the U.S. political debate. Enough is enough!
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Bloomberg • Tugce Ozsoy, Netty Idayu Ismail • 8 hours ago • bloomberg.com
Lira Drops to Record After Erdogan’s Threat Against Envoys
Turkey’s lira fell to a record as the country’s latest diplomatic spat gave traders another reason to sell the struggling currency.
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The New Yorker • Jelani Cobb • 3 days ago • newyorker.com
The Power of Dave Chappelle’s Comedy
He has always understood the risk, in riffing on the racial absurdities of American culture, of reinforcing rather than undermining them. The absence of concern of this kind about the impact of “The Closer” is striking.
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The Atlantic • Virginia Heffernan • 17 hours ago • theatlantic.com
What the Trump Books Teach Us
It all comes down to spotting the former president’s lies.
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NBC News • Brandy Zadrozny • 2 days ago • nbcnews.com
'Carol's Journey': What Facebook knew about how it radicalized users
In the summer of 2019, a new Facebook user named Carol Smith signed up for the platform, describing herself as a politically conservative mother from Wilmington
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The Washington Post • Dan Diamond • 10 hours ago • washingtonpost.com
Americans abroad search for a first vaccine dose as millions at home get their third one
‘That whole community has been left out of the equation,’ says advocate for as many as 9 million Americans living overseas.
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The New York Times • Jonathan D. Sarna • 13 hours ago • nytimes.com
Opinion | The Debate Over a Jefferson Statue Is Missing Some Surprising History
A symbol of slavery to some, of religious liberty to others.
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Breaking the News • James Fallows • 8 hours ago • fallows.substack.com
Town Hall Update
What we learned about the presidency, about this president, and about the press in Biden's latest Town Hall. One contrast: the press asks about the 'how' of politics; the public asks about the 'what' of governance.
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ProPublica • 2 days ago • propublica.org
A Union Scandal Landed Hundreds of NYPD Officers on a Secret Watchlist. That Hasn’t Stopped Some From Jeopardizing Cases.
After prosecutors flagged hundreds of cops caught fixing tickets for friends and family a decade ago, the officers’ work was supposed to get an extra level of scrutiny. Some cases fell apart anyway.
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The Uprising • Hunter Walker • 8 hours ago • theuprising.info
Recapping All Of The Fallout From Jay Jacobs’ Buffalo Blowup
It was a major test for Kathy Hochul and the party official some see as 'Cuomo's Lap Dog.'
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Fox News • Tyler O'Neil • 8 hours ago • foxnews.com
McAuliffe claims Stacey Abrams should be governor of Georgia, furthering what some call her 'Big Lie'
Virginia Democratic gubernatorial candidate Terry McAuliffe claimed that Stacey Abrams should be the governor of Georgia, accusing Brian Kemp (who ran for governor while also serving as secretary of state) of having “disenfranchised” more than 1 million Georgia voters in the state's 2018 gubernatorial election.
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The Atlantic • Peter Wehner • 18 hours ago • theatlantic.com
Reclaiming Jesus From His Church
I fear that when Americans look at the Church, they see not the face of Jesus, but the style of Donald Trump.
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