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  What Was Actually Lost When the Library of Alexandria Burned?

  openculture.com - Colin Marshall

  The Library of Alexan­dria has been phys­i­cal­ly gone for about eigh­teen cen­turies now, but the insti­tu­tion endures as a pow­er­ful sym­bol. …

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  Biden Urges Immediate Action From Senate On Gun Bills After Colorado Shooting

  NPR - Dana Farrington

  President Biden said Tuesday that he and first lady Jill Biden were "devastated" by Monday's shooting in Boulder, Colo., and called on the Senate to pass gun bills passed by the House earlier this month that would tighten gun laws. Acknowledging there is more to confirm about the shooter's weapons …

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  Republicans on Biden’s Covid bill: We bungled this one

  POLITICO - Gabby Orr

  The party didn’t think it could stop passage. But with nearly three-quarters of Americans approving of the law, some luminaries can’t believe how little a dent they made. As President Joe Biden embarks on an ambitious plan to sell his massive coronavirus relief package to the public, conservatives …

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  White supremacist propaganda nearly doubled in US in 2020

  Guardian US - Victoria Bekiempis

  5,125 incidents of racist, antisemitic and other hateful messages reported by Anti-Defamation League versus 2,724 in 2019

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  Trump vows comeback after second Senate acquittal

  Axios

  Former President Trump thanked his defense team and supporters in the Senate who voted to acquit him on Saturday, and promised that his "movement to …

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  No conviction, but Trump Senate trial provided valuable evidence for possible prosecutions

  USA TODAY - Norman Eisen and Katherine Reisner

  Democrats won the impeachment witness fight when Trump’s team agreed to enter evidence of the call showing his dereliction of duty in the Capitol attack. Despite the shameful failure of 43 senators to honor their oaths, the outcome of the Senate impeachment trial offered hope for the cause of …