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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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Associated Press, Bloomberg and Raw Story
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Washington Post:
GOP senators are furious over Biden pledge tying infrastructure bill to huge Democratic package — A number of senators accused the White House of a bait-and-switch. Next steps are unclear. — Congressional Republicans erupted on Friday after President Biden pledged to reject …
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The Hill, The White House, The Daily Caller, USA Today, Common Dreams, Insider, Talking Points Memo, Washington Times, HuffPost, CBS News, Mediaite and Washington Examiner
Jason Easley / POLITICUSUSA:
Jen Psaki Makes Republicans Look Like Fools For Lying About Infrastructure Bill — White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki destroyed the Republican lie that they didn't know about the second infrastructure bill. — Video: … Press Secretary Psaki replied to Republican claims …
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, Talking Points Memo, Washington Post and The American Independent
Politico:
GOP infrastructure negotiators fume over Biden's handling of their deal
GOP infrastructure negotiators fume over Biden's handling of their deal
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Washington Post, Washington Times, ABC News, KRDO, CBS News, Ace of Spades HQ, Talking Points Memo, Fox News, Newsbusters, Insider, Forbes, The Daily Beast and Townhall
Byron York / Washington Examiner:
Byron York's Daily Memo: Biden's reckless threat
Byron York's Daily Memo: Biden's reckless threat
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Raw Story, Insider, New York Magazine, OpenSecrets.org, CNN, The New Neo, Instapundit and justoneminute.typepad.com
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, NBC New York, National Review, RedState, HuffPost, No More Mister Nice Blog, The Sun, Daily Kos, USA Today, NBC News, Law & Crime, CNBC, The Gateway Pundit, Insider, Mediaite, Gothamist, Talking Points Memo, ABC7, Washington Examiner, CNN, The Hill, The Mahablog, Conservative Brief and The Intellectualist
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 …
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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, KVIA-TV, The Hill, Al Jazeera, Fox News, Roll Call, KTLA, USA Today, ABC News, Washington Examiner and The Verge
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 …
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 …
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
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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 and HotAir
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 …
David Nakamura / Washington Post:
Justice Dept. to file lawsuit against state of Georgia over new voting restrictions — The Justice Department will file a federal lawsuit Friday against the state of Georgia for its efforts to enact new voting restrictions that federal authorities allege discriminate against Black Americans …
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Politico:
POLITICO Playbook PM: Moderate GOP senators ‘pissed’ over Biden infrastructure comments — That griping has quickly spread throughout the group. — Sen. BILL CASSIDY (R-La.) said he felt “blindsided” by the linkage. — “Demanding that we didn't pass the bipartisan deal unless reconciliation …
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Bloomberg, Honolulu Star-Advertiser, Insider, Associated Press, Washington Examiner and Power Line
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Carl Zimmer / New York Times:
Discovery of ‘Dragon Man’ Skull in China May Add Species to Human Family Tree
Discovery of ‘Dragon Man’ Skull in China May Add Species to Human Family Tree
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The Guardian, National Geographic, Washington Examiner, UPI and UPROXX
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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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
Kyle Mantyla / Right Wing Watch:
Pat Robertson Says Critical Race Theory ‘Is a Monstrous Evil’ — It seems as if the entire right-wing movement is currently obsessed with critical race theory, which is leading to increasingly unhinged reactions to the dangers supposedly posed by it. — Technically, critical race theory …
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Salon, Washington Free Beacon, Digby's Hullabaloo, Washington Monthly, Slate and The Root
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Damon Linker / The Week:
The left is anti-anti-Critical Race Theory
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 …
Glenn Greenwald:
What is Behind Gen. Mark Milley's Righteous Race Sermon? Look to the New Domestic War on Terror. — The overarching ideology of Pentagon officials is larger military budgets and ongoing permanent war posture. Their new war target, explicitly, is domestic “white rage.” — 8 hr ago
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Instapundit, The New Neo, The Hill, HuffPost and The Wrap
Los Angeles Times:
Sheriff's Department ordered to release misconduct, use-of-force records in response to Times lawsuit — A judge ordered the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department to promptly turn over records on thousands of cases of deputy misconduct and on-duty shootings after finding the agency …
Roger Cohen / New York Times:
France and U.S. Agree on the Perils of a Rising China, Blinken Says — After meeting with President Emmanuel Macron of France, who says Europe should be less dependent on U.S. leadership, Secretary of State Antony Blinken told The Times they see eye to eye on key issues.