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Wednesday
February 3, 2021
 
Joe Manchin, King of the Senate
 

The Democratic senator has survived in West Virginia by casting himself as a champion of working people. Will his fixation on bipartisanship prevent him from living up to the role?

By Sam Adler-Bell

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The Case of the Sick Spies Has Russia been zapping American embassies with a secret weapon?The Politics of Everything Podcast Hosted By Laura Marsh and Alex Pareene
 
 
Originalism Is Dead. Long Live Catholic Natural Law. On the “postliberal” future of the federal courtsBy Peter Hammond Schwartz
 
 
Everyone Wins If the Republicans Banish Marjorie Taylor Greene—Including Her The Georgia congresswoman doesn’t care about legislating anyway, so why won’t the GOP remove her from committees?By Matt Ford

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Gavin Newsom Is Blowing It The California governor’s fumbled response to the Covid-19 crisis has fueled a surprisingly potent recall campaign against him.By James Pogue
 
 
Amazon Won’t Stop Until It’s Devoured the Economy Jeff Bezos may be stepping down as CEO, but he and the company are more powerful than ever. Can Washington stop them?By Jacob Silverman
 
 
Free the Covid Vaccine Patents Biden could use the Defense Production Act much more aggressively to speed vaccination and fight the development of new Covid-19 variants.By Melody Schreiber

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