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New York Times:
Top Trump Executive, Allen Weisselberg, Surrenders to Face Charges — The Trump Organization and Mr. Weisselberg have been indicted in connection with a tax investigation and are expected to appear in court Thursday. — Donald J. Trump's long-serving chief financial officer, Allen H. Weisselberg …
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New York Times:
Trump Organization and Top Executive Are Indicted in Tax Investigation — The former president's family business and its chief financial officer, Allen Weisselberg, are expected to appear in court on Thursday. — A grand jury in Manhattan has indicted Donald J. Trump's family business …
Politico:
POLITICO Playbook: Trump aide: Ex-prez emboldened by indictment news — DRIVING THE DAY — TRUMP ORG INDICTMENT DAY — “New York grand jury returns criminal indictments against Trump's company and its CFO, the first from prosecutors probing the former president's business dealings,” …
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Washington Post:
N.Y. grand jury said to return criminal indictments against Trump's company and its CFO, the first from prosecutors probing the former president's business dealings — NEW YORK — A grand jury in Manhattan filed criminal indictments Wednesday against former president Donald Trump's company …
Wall Street Journal:
Trump Organization CFO Allen Weisselberg Surrenders to Authorities — Former President Donald Trump's company and top accountant are set to face tax-related charges in New York — The Trump Organization's finance chief Allen Weisselberg surrendered to New York prosecutors Thursday morning …
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CNN:
Top Trump Org executive surrenders to prosecutors ahead of expected criminal indictment
Top Trump Org executive surrenders to prosecutors ahead of expected criminal indictment
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George Packer / The Atlantic:
How Rumsfeld Deserves to Be Remembered — In 2006, soon after I returned from my fifth reporting trip to Iraq for The New Yorker, a pair of top aides in the George W. Bush White House invited me to lunch to discuss the war. This was a first; until then, no one close to the president would talk to me …
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Spencer Ackerman / The Daily Beast:
Donald Rumsfeld, Killer of 400,000 People, Dies Peacefully
Donald Rumsfeld, Killer of 400,000 People, Dies Peacefully
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Robert D. McFadden / New York Times:
Donald Rumsfeld, Defense Secretary During Iraq War, Is Dead at 88
Donald Rumsfeld, Defense Secretary During Iraq War, Is Dead at 88
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Robert Burns / Associated Press:
Donald Rumsfeld, a cunning leader undermined by Iraq war
Donald Rumsfeld, a cunning leader undermined by Iraq war
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Amanda Carpenter / The Bulwark:
Which Republicans Should Be Put on the January 6 Committee? — The committee is too partisan, moans Kevin McCarthy. Gee, who's to blame for that? — Let's get Kevin McCarthy's record straight: — The House Republican leader supported Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton's bogus lawsuit …
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Zac Houston / House Republican Leader:
McCarthy Statement on the National Security Agency
McCarthy Statement on the National Security Agency
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Jamie Gangel / CNN:
McCarthy threatens to strip GOP members of committee assignments if they accept an offer from Pelosi to serve on 1/6 commission
McCarthy threatens to strip GOP members of committee assignments if they accept an offer from Pelosi to serve on 1/6 commission
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Allan Smith / NBC News:
House Republicans who opposed Covid aid still see funds flow to local police departments
House Republicans who opposed Covid aid still see funds flow to local police departments
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New York Times:
Inside the Capitol Riot: An Exclusive Video Investigation — The Times analyzed thousands of videos from the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol Building to understand how it happened — and why. Here are some of the key findings. — In the six months since an angry pro-Trump mob stormed the U.S. Capitol …
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Jessica Tarlov / The Hill:
Trump is on the ballot whether his name is there or not
Trump is on the ballot whether his name is there or not
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Sarah Doiron / WPRI-TV:
Seekonk man accused of stomping on media equipment during Capitol riots
Seekonk man accused of stomping on media equipment during Capitol riots
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Joe.My.God. and CBS Boston
CBC News:
Village of Lytton, B.C., evacuated as mayor says ‘the whole town is on fire’ — Several out-of-control wildfires burning in other parts of province after heat wave — A small B.C. village that endured the hottest temperatures ever recorded in Canada for days on end this week was engulfed …
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Elizabeth Wagmeister / Variety:
Judge Denies Britney Spears' Request to Remove Father From Conservatorship Again … New court documents that were filed by the Los Angeles Superior Court on Wednesday show that the judge has denied the request by Spears' attorney, Samuel Ingham III, to remove her father, Jamie Spears, as her sole conservator.
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Cat Zakrzewski / Washington Post:
Federal judge blocks Florida law that would penalize social media companies — A federal judge on Wednesday blocked a Florida law that would penalize social media companies for blocking a politician's posts, a blow to conservatives' efforts to respond to Facebook and other websites' suspension of former President Donald Trump.
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Washington Post:
Majority of Florida condo board quit in 2019 as squabbling residents dragged out plans for repairs — The president of the board of the Florida condominium that collapsed last week resigned in 2019, partly in frustration over what she saw as the sluggish response to an engineer's report …
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Mary Harris / Slate:
The Dream of Florida Is Dead … Danny Rivero was one of the first reporters on the scene of the Champlain Towers South condo collapse in the town of Surfside, Florida, not too far from Miami Beach. He's been there almost every day since, chronicling what is still, technically, a search and rescue mission.
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Politico:
‘Not a healthy environment’: Kamala Harris' office rife with dissent — When Vice President Kamala Harris finally made the decision to visit the Mexico border last week, people inside her own office were blindsided by the news. — For days, aides and outside allies had been calling …
Sway / New York Times:
What's Keeping Biden's Chief of Staff Up at Night? — ‘Everything’ — except, apparently, the midterms. — Back to Sway — More episodes of — • 33:20 — Guy Fieri Has a Reminder for America — • 35:01 — Exercise, and Accept Your ‘Inevitable Demise’ — • 34:36
Ruy Teixeira / The Liberal Patriot:
Ten Things We Now Know About the Nonwhite Working Class Vote in 2020 — Danger Signs for Democrats — I thought it would be useful to do a companion post to last week's post on “Ten Things We Now Know About the White Working Class Vote in 2020” focusing on the nonwhite working class vote.
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Hiroko Tabuchi / New York Times:
In Video, Exxon Lobbyist Describes Efforts to Undercut Climate Action — On the tape, made in a Greenpeace sting, he described working with “shadow groups” to fight climate science, and detailed efforts to weaken President Biden's proposals to burn less oil.
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Chris McGreal / The Guardian:
ExxonMobil lobbyists filmed saying oil giant's support for carbon tax a PR ploy
ExxonMobil lobbyists filmed saying oil giant's support for carbon tax a PR ploy
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Gizmodo and Washington Examiner
Amanda Becker / The 19th:
Nikole Hannah-Jones receives tenure offer from UNC after backlash — The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill's board of trustees voted on Wednesday to grant tenure to Nikole Hannah-Jones after initially delaying the customary job protection for the incoming journalism professor …
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David Folkenflik / NPR:
After Contentious Debate, UNC Grants Tenure To Nikole Hannah-Jones
After Contentious Debate, UNC Grants Tenure To Nikole Hannah-Jones
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Josh Feldman / Mediaite:
Ed Henry Sues Fox News CEO Suzanne Scott, Alleging She Covered Up Affair Between Network President and Employee — Former Fox News anchor Ed Henry, who was fired from the network after being accused of rape, is suing Fox News CEO Suzanne Scott, accusing her of defaming him “as a sex criminal.”
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Paul Wiseman / Associated Press:
US jobless claims fall to 364,000, a new pandemic low — WASHINGTON (AP) — The number of Americans applying for unemployment aid fell again last week to the lowest level since the pandemic struck last year, further evidence that the job market and the broader economy are rebounding rapidly from the coronavirus recession.
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Mallory Simon / CNN:
Not just neo-Nazis with tiki torches: Why Jewish students say they also fear cloaked anti-Semitism — (CNN)As Julia Jassey packed up her things before flying off to college in Chicago, she had the usual concerns — beginning her life as an adult, making friends and getting her work done.
Charles P. Pierce / Esquire:
Kristi Noem Is Activating Forces That She Does Not Understand and Will Never Be Able to Control — It's one thing for the wingnut welfare apparatus to fund think tanks and cultivate the Ben Shapiros. This is a step down a road other republics have traveled, never to be seen again.
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Mona Charen / The Bulwark:
Decency, R.I.P. — If manners are the small change of morality, we've gone bankrupt a few cents at a time. — Sen. Mitt Romney appeared on Jake Tapper's CNN show last weekend and for a few brief minutes I felt transported to a saner world. Asked about the gross things some on the right …
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Washington Examiner
New York Times:
The Imperial Editor Goes the Way of the Dodo — Business and culture have conspired to kill off a passé persona. — On Monday, when the fashion world will gather in Paris for the first live couture shows since the pandemic began and assorted editors will take their socially distanced seats en masse …
Kevin Liptak / CNN:
Biden set to reprise role as consoler-in-chief during South Florida visit — Hear first responder describe harrowing moments after collapse — (CNN)President Joe Biden, whose empathy amid loss is his chief political characteristic, will travel Thursday to console families in Florida …
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David Lim / Politico:
Biden admin preps for next pandemic as Delta variant surges — The Biden administration is rethinking its approach to Covid-19 testing as the pandemic enters an uncertain phase — one in which new infections have dropped to the lowest level since the spring of 2020, but the highly contagious Delta variant is driving fresh outbreaks.
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Natalie Jackson / Sabato's Crystal Ball:
Inconclusive Studies of 2020's Pre-Election Polling Problems Could Be Good for the Industry — KEY POINTS FROM THIS ARTICLE — Following another presidential election in which pre-election polls often understated support for Donald Trump, the polling industry is once again trying to figure out what went wrong.