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Politico:
White House scrambles to manage fallout of Biden's ‘tandem’ remarks — Joe Biden said the quiet part out loud and paid a price for it. — Reveling in his bipartisan win on infrastructure Thursday, the president declared that he would not sign the deal he'd just endorsed unless …
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Outside the Beltway, Associated Press, Raw Story and Bloomberg
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Mike LaChance / Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion:
Democrats Trying to Rewrite History on ‘Defund the Police’ — “We've never taken the position as a party that we should defund the police” — The Democrats must have internal polling on ‘defund the police’ that's truly awful, because some of them are already trying to rewrite the history of the issue.
Washington Post:
GOP senators are furious over Biden pledge tying infrastructure bill to huge Democratic package
GOP senators are furious over Biden pledge tying infrastructure bill to huge Democratic package
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The Hill, Common Dreams, The White House, USA Today, The Daily Caller, Insider, Washington Times, Talking Points Memo, HuffPost, CBS News, Mediaite and Washington Examiner
Jason Easley / POLITICUSUSA:
Jen Psaki Makes Republicans Look Like Fools For Lying About Infrastructure Bill
Joe Davidson / Washington Post:
Biden executive order aims to further equity, inclusiveness in federal hiring
Biden executive order aims to further equity, inclusiveness in federal hiring
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The White House, The Daily Caller and Fox News
Lisa Mascaro / Associated Press:
‘Blindsided’ GOP senators put infrastructure deal in doubt
‘Blindsided’ GOP senators put infrastructure deal in doubt
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Wall Street Journal, CNN, Talking Points Memo and Washington Examiner
Nomaan Merchant / Associated Press:
No ET, no answers: Intel report is inconclusive about UFOs — WASHINGTON (AP) — A long-awaited U.S. government report on UFOs released Friday makes at least one thing clear: The truth is still out there. — Investigators did not find extraterrestrial links in reviewing 144 sightings …
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Brett Forrest / Wall Street Journal:
UFO Report Cites ‘Unidentified Aerial Phenomena’ That Defy Worldly Explanation, U.S. Official Says — Propulsion, technology in some cases exceed present-day scientific knowledge, U.S. officials say — WASHINGTON—U.S. intelligence officials have examined more than a dozen sightings …
Politico:
Government report can't explain UFOs, but offers no evidence of aliens — A new intelligence report sent to Congress on Friday concludes that virtually all of the 144 sightings of unidentified flying objects documented by the military since 2004 are of unknown origin, in an extremely rare public accounting …
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The Debrief, KTLA, KVIA-TV, Roll Call, Al Jazeera, USA Today, Fox News, The Hill, ABC News, Washington Examiner and The Verge
Julian E. Barnes / New York Times:
U.S. Has No Explanation for Unidentified Objects and Stops Short of Ruling Out Aliens — A new government report is likely to fuel theories about unexplained aerial phenomena. — WASHINGTON — The government still has no explanation for nearly all of the scores of unidentified aerial phenomena reported …
New York Times:
Engineer Warned of ‘Major Structural Damage’ at Florida Condo Complex — A consultant in 2018 urged the managers to repair cracked columns and crumbling concrete. The work was finally about to get underway when the building collapsed. — Three years before the deadly collapse …
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The Hill, WPLG-TV, Insider, The Times of Israel, Althouse and The Guardian
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Berkeley Lovelace Jr / CNBC:
WHO urges fully vaccinated people to continue to wear masks as delta Covid variant spreads — The WHO urged fully vaccinated people to continue to wear masks and practice other Covid-19 pandemic safety measures as the highly contagious delta variant spreads rapidly across the globe.
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Forbes, The Daily Caller, HotAir, NOQ Report, Daily Kos and Common Dreams
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Blake Montgomery / The Daily Beast:
WHO Says Keep Your Mask on Even If You're Vaccinated as Delta Variant Spreads — STAY SAFE — The World Health Organization announced new guidance Friday for people who have been fully vaccinated against the coronavirus that differed significantly from that of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
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Wall Street Journal and CNBC
Wall Street Journal:
Delta Coronavirus Variant Prompts Limits in Australia, Israel, as India Warns of New Mutation — Parts of Sydney lock down, Israeli government brings back indoor masking; India warns of new mutation in challenge to Covid-19 pandemic controls — in Tel Aviv, Rhiannon Hoyle in Sydney and Shan Li
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HotAir
New York Times:
Trump Organization Could Face Criminal Charges in D.A. Inquiry — An indictment of the Trump Organization could mark the first criminal charges to emerge from an investigation by the Manhattan district attorney into Donald J. Trump and his business dealings.
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Raw Story, RedState, HuffPost, No More Mister Nice Blog, NBC New York, The Sun, National Review, Daily Kos, USA Today, Law & Crime, NBC News, Gothamist, CNBC, The Gateway Pundit, Insider, Mediaite, Talking Points Memo, Washington Examiner, ABC7, The Mahablog, Balloon Juice, CNN, The Hill, Conservative Brief and The Intellectualist
New York Times:
Trump Aides Prepared Insurrection Act Order During Debate Over Protests — President Donald Trump never invoked the act, but fresh details underscore the intensity of his interest last June in using active-duty military to curb unrest. — Responding to interest from President Donald J. Trump …
Luke Broadwater / New York Times:
Officer Injured in Capitol Riot Asks McCarthy to Disavow Lies About It — Officer Michael Fanone, who was seriously injured by the pro-Trump mob, said he came away disappointed from his meeting with the top House Republican. — WASHINGTON — For weeks, Michael Fanone …
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Honolulu Star-Advertiser and CNN
Barnini Chakraborty / Washington Examiner:
Derek Chauvin sentenced to more than 22 years in George Floyd killing — Derek Chauvin, the former Minneapolis police officer found guilty of murdering George Floyd, will spend more than 22 years behind bars. — His sentencing Friday comes just hours after his team unsuccessfully tried …
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CNN, Miami Herald, ABC News, USA Today, National Review, Insider, The Daily Caller, The Irish Times, Rolling Stone, East Bay Times, Variety, CBS News, New York Post and CBS San Francisco
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Janelle Griffith / NBC News:
Judge denies Derek Chauvin's request for new trial ahead of sentencing
Judge denies Derek Chauvin's request for new trial ahead of sentencing
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C-SPAN.org, New York Times, The Daily Caller, HotAir, Forbes, Common Dreams, The Root, TheGrio, CNN, Vox, UPI, The Guardian and Fortune
Lisa Lerer / New York Times:
Progressives' Urgent Question: How to Win Over Voters of Color — A yearslong challenge for the left was starkly illustrated this week as its hopes faded in the New York mayor's race. — Can progressives win broad numbers of the Black and brown voters they say their policies will benefit most?
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HotAir and Washington Post
New York Times:
Justice Dept. Sues Georgia Over Voting Restrictions Law — The lawsuit came after Republicans blocked ambitious federal legislation this week to protect voting rights. — WASHINGTON — The Justice Department sued Georgia on Friday over a sweeping voting law passed by the state's Republican-led legislature …
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Damon Linker / The Week:
The left is anti-anti-Critical Race Theory — Liberals are unleashing savage critiques of the critics of CRT, but they're saying almost nothing about the simple-minded counter-homilies of their own allies — According to an adage attributed to George Santayana, those who forget history are condemned to repeat it.
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Kyle Mantyla / Right Wing Watch:
Pat Robertson Says Critical Race Theory ‘Is a Monstrous Evil’
Pat Robertson Says Critical Race Theory ‘Is a Monstrous Evil’
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Salon, Washington Free Beacon, Digby's Hullabaloo, Slate, Washington Monthly and The Root
Patricia Mazzei / New York Times:
Frustration Mounts in Search for Survivors of Condo Collapse Near Miami — No survivors were found Friday, and the number of people unaccounted for rose to more than 150. Their families were increasingly losing hope. — SURFSIDE, Fla. — By the time yet another fire broke out amid …