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Mike Lillis / The Hill:
Ocasio-Cortez accosted by GOP lawmaker over remarks: 'That kind of confrontation hasn't ever happened to me'  —  Tensions flared on Capitol Hill this week when a Republican lawmaker challenged Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) on issues of crime and policing in an unusual …
Laura A. Bischoff / dayton-daily-news:
BREAKING NEWS: FBI agents are at Ohio House Speaker Larry Householder's farm  —  Police activity is being reported at Ohio House Speaker Larry Householder's farm in Perry County and the U.S. Attorney's office said it is holding a 2:30 p.m. press conference today related to $60 million in bribes paid to a state official and associates.
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Cincinnati.com:
Ohio House Speaker Larry Householder arrested in $60 million bribery case  —  Federal officials arrested Ohio House Speaker Larry Householder and four others on Tuesday morning in connection with a $60 million bribery case.  —  U.S. Attorney David DeVillers' office would not discuss details of the case …
Discussion: Raw Story
Rick Rouan / The Columbus Dispatch:
Ohio House Speaker Larry Householder arrested in $60 million bribery case  —  Rick Rouan The Columbus Dispatch Randy Ludlow The Columbus Dispatch  —  Federal officials arrested Ohio House Speaker Larry Householder and several others on Tuesday in connection with a $60 million bribery case.
Discussion: The Hill
Jeremy Pelzer / Plain Dealer:
Ohio House Speaker Larry Householder arrested in $60M bribery case related to HB6 nuclear bailout  —  COLUMBUS, Ohio—Ohio House Speaker Larry Householder was arrested Tuesday morning ahead of an announcement about a $60 million federal racketeering case related to Ohio's new nuclear bailout law, according to sources and media reports.
Discussion: The Daily Beast
David A. Graham / The Atlantic:
America Gets an Interior Ministry  —  For decades, conservative activists and leaders have warned that “jackbooted thugs” from the federal government were going to come to take away Americans' civil rights with no due process and no recourse.  Now they're here—but they're deployed …
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Michelle Goldberg / New York Times:
Trump's Occupation of American Cities Has Begun  —  Protesters are being snatched from the streets without warrants.  Can we call it fascism yet?  —  The month after Donald Trump's inauguration, the Yale historian Timothy Snyder published the best-selling book “On Tyranny: Twenty Lessons From the Twentieth Century.”
The Daily Beast:
Who Actually Wants Trump to Send in the Feds?  Police Unions.  —  Protesters say local cops and the feds are clearly colluding on the spooky crackdown that began in Portland and could soon spread to Chicago and other cities.  —  PORTLAND—Leaders of cities like Portland and Chicago publicly …
Jamelle Bouie / New York Times:
The Border War in Portland  —  How can this be a job for Homeland Security?  —  Something dangerous is taking shape within the Department of Homeland Security.  —  We got our first glimpse of it last week in Oregon, when unidentified federal agents clad in camouflage and tactical gear descended …
Darragh Roche / POLITICUSUSA:
Republican Senator Tom Cotton Compares Portland Protesters to Confederate Traitors
Discussion: Business Insider, CNN and Contemptor
Rich Lowry / National Review:   The Disgrace of Portland  —  For months, Democratic authorities …
Allyson Chiu / Washington Post:
Tucker Carlson claimed the New York Times planned to expose his address.  Then his fans doxed the reporter.  —  On Monday night, Fox News host Tucker Carlson made a surprising accusation: the New York Times, he said, was trying to endanger him and his family by revealing where they live in an upcoming story.
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CNN:
No White House coronavirus task force members currently expected at Trump's briefing  —  (CNN)No White House coronavirus task force members are currently expected to join President Donald Trump at his Tuesday evening briefing on the administration's response to the virus …
Discussion: Raw Story and Daily Kos
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ABC News:
Senate GOP supports another round of relief checks to Americans: McConnell
Discussion: The Hill and National Review
David Morgan / Reuters:
Congress, White House talk coronavirus aid as U.S. infections surge
Discussion: Associated Press, The Hill and NBC News
Josh Boswell / Daily Mail:
EXCLUSIVE: Ghislaine Maxwell paid $25K to fake news purveyor Jacob Wohl to ‘smear Epstein victims and to get SDNY prosecutor Geoffrey Berman fired in attempt to stall sex trafficking investigation against her’  — Ghislaine Maxwell hired Jacob Wohl to smear alleged victims of Jeffrey Epstein and her …
Sabrina Siddiqui / Wall Street Journal:
Majority of Voters Say U.S. Society Is Racist as Support Grows for Black Lives Matter  —  Perceptions that minorities face racial discrimination hit new highs, WSJ/NBC News poll finds  —  Voters in growing numbers believe that Black and Hispanic Americans are discriminated against …
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Washington Post:
Americans support Black Lives Matter but resist shifts of police funds or removal of statues …
Discussion: Fox News, Political Wire and Althouse
Carrie Dann / NBC News:
Poll: More voters acknowledge symptoms of racism but disagree about its causes
Discussion: Breitbart and CNBC
Shayna Jacobs / Washington Post:
Michael Cohen's book to allege Trump made racist comments about Obama and Nelson Mandela, lawsuit says  —  NEW YORK — The book manuscript being drafted by President Trump's ex-lawyer Michael Cohen alleges that Trump has made racist comments about his predecessor Barack Obama …
Discussion: The Hill and Raw Story
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Nikita Stewart / New York Times:
Planned Parenthood in N.Y. Disavows Margaret Sanger Over Eugenics  —  The group will remove the reproductive-rights pioneer's name from a Manhattan clinic as it reconsiders her views.  —  Planned Parenthood of Greater New York will remove the name of Margaret Sanger, a founder of the national organization …
NBC News:
Suspect in federal judge's home ambush railed against her in misogynistic book  —  The man suspected of ambushing the family of the first Latina federal judge in New Jersey posted thousands of pages of writing to the internet in recent years decrying feminism and ranting against her …
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David Catron / The American Spectator:
Will Teachers' Unions Reelect Trump?  —  The science says it's safe to reopen PK-12 yet the unions insist on holding the children hostage.  —  AFT President Randi Weingarten (YouTube screenshot)  —  During the next six weeks the nation's 51 million public school students …
Discussion: USA Today and Breitbart
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Daniel Arkin / NBC News:
Florida's largest teachers union sues state over reopening schools
Discussion: National Review, The Week and Politico
CNN:
Republican leaders vow to fill a potential Supreme Court vacancy this year, despite some apprehension  —  (CNN)Senate Republican leaders, undeterred by the scathing criticism leveled against them for blocking President Barack Obama's election-year Supreme Court nominee in 2016 …
Discussion: Vox and Political Wire
ProPublica:
At This Trump-Favored Charity, Financial Reporting Is Questionable and Insiders Are Cashing In  —  Charlie Kirk's nonprofit Turning Point USA has made misleading financial claims and gets its “independent” audits from its co-founder Bill Montgomery's former business associate.
Discussion: Washington Post
Agnes Callard / New York Times:
Should We Cancel Aristotle?  —  He defended slavery and opposed the notion of human equality.  But he is not our enemy.  —  Ms. Callard is a philosopher and professor.  —  The Greek philosopher Aristotle did not merely condone slavery, he defended it; he did not merely defend it, but defended it as beneficial to the slave.
James Poniewozik / New York Times:
Trump's Briefings, ‘The Apprentice’ and the Perils of the Second Season  —  President Trump seems to think there's no such thing as too much of him on TV.  He's been wrong about that before.  —  The pinnacle of Donald J. Trump's TV career lasted one night, and he has never stopped trying to relive it.
Lahav Harkov / Jerusalem Post:
Netherlands admits to paying terrorists who killed 17-year-old Israeli  —  The killers of Rina Shnerb are members of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine, a designated terrorist group in the EU.  —  The Netherlands paid part of the salaries of two terrorists involved …
Washington Post:
Trump's reelection effort has spent more than $983 million, a record sum at this point in the campaign  —  The president maintains a cash lead over Joe Biden, who is gradually closing the money gap.  —  President Trump's campaign, the Republican Party and two affiliated committees have spent …
Discussion: The Week
Nico Hines / The Daily Beast:
Official Russia Report: U.K. ‘Actively Avoided’ Probing Kremlin's Role in Brexit Referendum  —  Britain's Intelligence and Security Committee “outraged” that the Conservative government failed to investigate the Kremlin's interference or protect the 2016 Brexit referendum.
Andrew C. McCarthy / New York Post:
FBI knew ‘collusion’ was a nothing-burger, but kept fake scandal alive anyway  —  'We have not seen evidence of any individuals affiliated with the Trump team in contact with [Russian intelligence officers].  How much wasted time on pointless investigations could have been prevented had Peter Strzok …
Brian M. Rosenthal / New York Times:
This Hospital Cost $52 Million.  It Treated 79 Virus Patients.  —  Red tape and turf battles marked the race to create temporary hospitals for the coronavirus onslaught in New York.  —  The Queens Hospital Center emergency department has a capacity of 60, but on its worst night of the coronavirus pandemic …
Discussion: The Hill
Wall Street Journal:
U.S. Accuses Two Hackers of Stealing Secrets From U.S. Firms for China  —  Alleged hackers tested defenses at four American firms working on coronavirus treatment, testing, vaccine research in recent months  —  The U.S. government has accused two individuals of conspiring with Chinese intelligence …
Discussion: Axios
Marshall Cohen / CNN:
‘Things could get very ugly’: Experts fear post-election crisis as Trump sets the stage to dispute the results in November  —  Washington (CNN)Voting experts and political strategists from across the political spectrum are increasingly alarmed about the potential for a disputed presidential election …
Discussion: WTOP
Melanie Zanona / Politico:
House conservatives pile on Cheney at GOP conference meeting  —  Members of the conservative House Freedom Caucus tore into Rep. Liz Cheney (R-Wyo.) during a heated GOP conference meeting on Tuesday, lobbing attacks at her for breaking with President Donald Trump, supporting Dr. Anthony Fauci …
Washington Post:
Biden to unveil $775 billion plan for universal preschool, child care and elder care  —  Throughout most of his campaign, Joe Biden has sought to forward a singular idea: I care.  —  On Tuesday, he plans to extend that sentiment into a literal proposal — to provide hundreds of billions …
Discussion: Bloomberg, CNBC, Politico and The Week
Lachlan Markay / The Daily Beast:
Trump Campaign Begins Paying Matt Schlapp as His Lobbying Clients Flee  —  Matt Schlapp's firm lost one third of its business after his comments about Black Lives Matter.  Luckily for him, the president's campaign helped make up the difference.  —  Blue chip clients cut ties last month …
Discussion: Raw Story
 
 
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Rebecca Kheel / The Hill:
House votes to curtail Insurrection Act powers
Jodi S. Cohen / ProPublica:
Judge Won't Free Michigan Teenager Sent to Juvenile Detention After Not Doing Online Schoolwork
Discussion: Fox News
Sean Illing / Vox:
A definitive case against the Electoral College
Dion Rabouin / Axios:
Wall Street prepares for the “blue wave” Democratic sweep
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Christina Goldbaum / New York Times:
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Just Security:
Bill Barr's Playbook: His False Claims About Prior Military Force on U.S. Soil
Discussion: Associated Press and Daily Kos
Elizabeth Warren / New York Times:
To Fight the Pandemic, Here's My Must-Do List
Louise Perry / UnHerd:
Factcheck10:55 An untrue claim in the New Yorker speaks volumes
Joe Flint / Wall Street Journal:
Disney Fires Top ABC News Executive Barbara Fedida for Racially Insensitive Remarks
Julian Borger / The Guardian:
Trump consults Bush torture lawyer on how to skirt law and rule by decree
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Peter Blumberg / Bloomberg:
X sues to block California's AB 2655, aimed at curbing AI-generated deceptive election content on social media, claiming it impinges on free speech

John Koblin / New York Times:
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