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We have more to lose than gain by ending the filibuster — Kyrsten Sinema, a Democrat, represents Arizona in the U.S. Senate. — Everyday Arizonans are focused on questions that matter most in their daily lives. — Is my job secure? Can I expand my business? Can we afford college?
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Kyrsten Sinema accidentally reveals the huge hole in her filibuster defense — If and when Republicans refuse to allow any debate of the Democrats' voting rights legislation on Tuesday, there will be a hidden silver lining: It will finally force the Senate to engage in the grand argument …
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polisciforthepeople.com, Twitchy, HotAir and The Hill
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Voting Rights Bill Will Be Blocked by the Anti-Democratic System It Seeks to Reform — Let our journalists help you make sense of the noise: Subscribe to the Mother Jones Daily newsletter and get a recap of news that matters. — Congressional Democrats' signature voting rights bill …
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Kyrsten Sinema's Filibuster Defense Is Factually Untrue Moderate Democrat loves the supermajority rule, doesn't understand how it works.
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Catherine Rampell / Washington Post:
Manchin got Republicans to admit to the ‘big lie.’ Democrats should celebrate.
Manchin got Republicans to admit to the ‘big lie.’ Democrats should celebrate.
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CNN, Talking Points Memo, Black Voters Matter Fund, The Western Journal and ABC News
Nick Corasaniti / New York Times:
Democratic Group Will Pour $20 Million Into Voting Rights Efforts
Democratic Group Will Pour $20 Million Into Voting Rights Efforts
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The Hill, POLITICUSUSA and Daily Kos
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When an Eel Climbs a Ramp to Eat Squid From a Clamp, That's a Moray — Moray eels can hunt on land, and footage from a recent study highlights how they accomplish this feat with a sneaky second set of jaws. — In the video, forceps nudge a piece of squid that sits on a ramp as an offering.
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Trump Wanted His Justice Department to Stop ‘SNL’ From Teasing Him — “SNL” amounted to “nothing less than unfair news coverage and Dem commercials,” Trump tweeted in 2018, pondering whether his thought “should be tested in courts, can't be legal?” — It was the middle of Donald Trump's presidency …
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U.S. won't hit Biden's 70% COVID vaccination goal by July 4, White House official admits — Washington — Jeff Zients, White House's coronavirus response coordinator, will acknowledge Tuesday that the U.S. will fall short of President Biden's goal of having 70% of American adults receive …
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Brooke Singman / Fox News:
White House to narrowly miss 70% COVID vaccination goal by July 4
White House to narrowly miss 70% COVID vaccination goal by July 4
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Mike Memoli / NBC News:
White House to concede it's likely to miss original July 4 vaccination target
White House to concede it's likely to miss original July 4 vaccination target
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Iowa Poll: Majority of Iowans disapprove of the job Joe Biden is doing as president — President Joe Biden's approval rating among Iowans is underwater six months into his term in office, with 43% approving of the job he is doing and 52% disapproving in the latest Des Moines Register/Mediacom Iowa Poll.
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Bill de Blasio Has Some Regrets — BROOKLYN, N.Y.— The mayor likes to walk in the middle of the day, preferably around 2:30 p.m. This is the best time, when the sun has traveled across Prospect Park, just beginning its descent west, and when, on weekdays, the shaded trails are empty and still.
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Delta Variant Of The Coronavirus Could Dominate In U.S. Within Weeks — The dangerous Delta variant of the coronavirus is spreading so quickly in the United States that it's likely the mutant strain will become predominant in the U.S. within weeks, according to a new analysis.
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Kristen V Brown / Bloomberg:
Delta Variant Gains Steam in Undervaccinated U.S. Counties
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Nearly 900 Secret Service employees got COVID … Nearly 900 Secret Service employees tested positive for COVID-19 between March 1, 2020 and March 9, 2021, according to government records obtained by CREW. The vast majority served in protection jobs, either as Special Agents or in the Uniformed Division.
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Whether Maya Wiley or Kathryn Garcia, a Woman Mayor Could Save N.Y.C. — Only the Women Can Save Us Now, New York — Both men leading the Democratic mayoral primary are disasters. — We Were Promised a Village: A Year in the Life of Pandemic-Baby Parents — Readers share life lessons from an extraordinary year.
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‘No one is gonna steal the election from me’: Echoes of 2020 in NYC mayor's race
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Vanity Fair, Insider, ABC News and New York Magazine
Lew Blank / Data For Progress:
DFP's Final NYC Polling
DFP's Final NYC Polling
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Tangle, Talking Points Memo and TheGrio
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Britney Spears Quietly Pushed for Years to End Her Conservatorship — Confidential court records obtained by The Times reveal that the singer has urged changes to the arrangement that controls her life, and her father's role in leading it. — In the years since a judge gave the father …
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Rich Lowry stepping down as editor of National Review's print magazine — Rich Lowry, the longtime editor of the conservative opinion magazine National Review, is stepping down from his role overseeing the print publication to focus on more strategic long-term initiatives as the company's editor-in-chief, Lowry tells Axios.
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Amazon's Planned Purchase of MGM to Be Reviewed by FTC — Commission secures antitrust review after talks with Justice Department; scrutiny comes as Amazon critic Lina Khan takes helm of FTC — WASHINGTON—The Federal Trade Commission will be the agency to review Amazon. com Inc.'s proposed acquisition …
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Driver apologizes after deadly Pride parade crash in Florida … A member of the Fort Lauderdale Gay Men's Chorus apologized Monday after he lost control of his pickup truck and drove through a weekend Pride event, hitting and killing a fellow choir member and injuring two others.
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Mike Lindell Promises ‘Donald Trump Will Be in Office by This Fall, For Sure’ — Thousands of right-wing activists gathered in Tampa, Florida, last weekend for a “Restore America” rally that featured a cavalcade of election, COVID-19, and QAnon conspiracy theorists as speakers.
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American Basketball Pro Spent Eight Months in Secretive China Detention — A human-rights group says a legal form of Chinese detention that often leaves people cut off from family and lawyers is used at a ‘mass level’ — When Chinese police detained American professional basketball player Jeff Harper …
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The Supreme Court Is Closer to a 9-0 Corporatist Supermajority Than a 3-3-3 Split — No amount of regrouping can obviate the need for Supreme Court reform. — While the language of recent decisions may seem alluring, the ideology of the Court is not experiencing a tectonic shift.
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Listen to Black Parents Furious With Critical Race Theory — In a nation of hundreds of millions of people, each with their own thoughts, beliefs, and ideas, there will be those with ugly thoughts committing ugly deeds. Racial prejudice will to a certain degree never be truly eradicated.
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Patterico's Pontifications
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To the man who shouted at me about stolen elections, — A poll worker responds to an angry heckler. — To the man who shouted at me about stolen elections, — Just thought I'd follow up about our recent encounter at the polling place where I'm a poll worker.
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Shawnna Bolick, author of bill to reject voters' presidential choice, running to be top elections official — State Rep. Shawnna Bolick, who sponsored legislation earlier this year that would have allowed the legislature to reject voters' selection in presidential races, is running to become Arizona's top elections official.
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Connecticut state Sen. Alex Kasser resigns, blames bitter divorce battle waged by Morgan Stanley executive husband — Connecticut state Sen. Alex Kasser announced that she is resigning her seat, which represents Greenwich and parts of Stamford and New Canaan.
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The Legend of the Restaurant Workers Too Lazy to Work — The notion that the food-services industry can't find workers because they like being on the dole is a gross simplification of complicated economic trends. — After a year of applause—or worse, silence—about “Trump Bucks,” …
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Medicaid enrollment hit record during pandemic with 10M new sign-ups — Nearly 10 million people signed up for Medicaid during the pandemic, suggesting the growing importance of the federal program in the U.S. healthcare system. — A new report from the Centers for Medicare …
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HotAir, CMS and New York Times
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Gov. Abbott vetoes bipartisan anti dog-chain bill. Twitter responds with #AbbottHatesDogs. — “Pancake” gets some attention after Governor Greg Abbott, Lt. Governor Dan Patrick and Speaker Dennis Bonnen speak at the Governor's Mansion on January 9, 2019. — Texans love their dogs, no doubt.