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Former Murdoch Exec: Fox News Is Poison For America — The Rupert Murdoch I worked for was brilliant, courageous, optimistic, and a gentleman. Which makes his bile-filled network all the more confounding. … Rupert Murdoch, whom I served for seven years, has many business and journalistic achievements.
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I&I/TIPP Poll: Just 36% of Young People Are Proud To Be American — Editor's note: Issues & Insights gratefully acknowledges its collaboration with tippinsights on the simultaneous and exclusive release of this story. — Is pride in America a thing of the past? Not if you ask Americans.
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Instapundit


Trump biographer explains Ivanka Trump ‘is in peril’ along with Allen Weisselberg — President Donald Trump's daughter Ivanka Trump is in about as much trouble as Allen Weisselberg is, according to biographer Michael D'Antonio. — Speaking to CNN's Jim Acosta on Sunday …


Birthday Parties as Virus Vector — Just how much Covid was spreading behind closed doors last year? Quite a lot, as a new study with a simple yet creative approach found out. — At the height of the pandemic, it was easy to worry that strangers would give you the virus.


Gov. Abbott rebounds against possible challenger Matthew McConaughey, has razor-thin edge over actor — The Republican incumbent holds a more robust 12-point lead in a potential matchup against Democrat Beto O'Rourke. — AUSTIN — Gov. Greg Abbott, after trailing potential challenger Matthew McConaughey …
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The Hill and Political Wire
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We've seen this border wall show before. Please spare us the rerun.
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Crooks and Liars and Raw Story

Allen West announces he is running against Gov. Greg Abbott in Republican primary
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HotAir, Fox News, Joe.My.God., Off the Kuff, The Daily Caller, New York Post, Raw Story, Townhall, Washington Times, Page Array, The Hill, Washington Examiner and Politico


Facebook, Twitter, Google Threaten to Quit Hong Kong Over Proposed Data Laws — Industry group representing companies says proposed anti-doxing rules could put staff based locally at risk of criminal charges — HONG KONG— Facebook Inc., Twitter Inc. and Alphabet Inc.'s Google …


Eleven days after partial collapse, remainder of Surfside condo is demolished — The remaining portion of Champlain Towers South has been demolished. — At 10:30 Sunday night, authorities detonated charges inserted into holes drilled in the part of the 12-story Surfside condo that stood tenuously …
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Associated Press and The Hill


How the Supreme Court eroded voting rights — If a law is working, if it is preventing trouble, isn't that a good reason to get rid of it? — In a word, that is stupid. — Ruth Bader Ginsburg, the former Supreme Court Justice, famously warned such stupidity amounts to …


‘We are in a race’: GOP governors implore residents to overcome vaccine hesitancy as delta variant rises — GOP governors implored their residents on Sunday to get vaccinated against the coronavirus, as polling shows that vaccine hesitancy has been driven by Republicans and as the virus's new …
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Alternet.org, Balloon Juice, Slate and ABC News
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Sixty years of climate change warnings: the signs that were missed (and ignored) — The effects of ‘weird weather’ were already being felt in the 1960s, but scientists linking fossil fuels with climate change were dismissed as prophets of doom — n August 1974, the CIA produced a study on …


Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter Reflect on 75 Years of Marriage — Their relationship has been a constant through wins and losses, reinvention and raising a family. At 96 and 93, they have come to rely on their bond more now than ever. — PLAINS, Ga. — Jimmy Carter, a midshipman in the U.S. Naval Academy …


Top Biden Allies Worked for Group With Close Ties to Chinese Communist Party — Experts worry National Committee on U.S.-China Relations could impact Biden administration policy — Top Biden allies including former Treasury secretary Jacob Lew and National Security Council official Kurt Campbell …
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National Review


The Genesis of Our American Collective Meltdown — Our adversaries can't quite believe their good fortune. Had they thought up ways to divide and impoverish America, they could not have improved on our own collective meltdown. — This Fourth of July holiday we might pause for a moment …


With trillions at stake, Democrats hurtle toward key decisions on Biden's agenda — President Biden's sweeping infrastructure, tax, climate and social policy agenda hangs on a political high-wire act now playing out on Capitol Hill at unprecedented speed. — The House and Senate …
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Wall Street Journal, Breitbart and The Daily Beast
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'A political Rubik's Cube': Democrats work to keep Biden's economic agenda alive
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Insider and Associated Press


Pandemic Wave of Automation May Be Bad News for Workers — The need for social distancing led restaurants and grocery stores to seek technological help. That may improve productivity, but could also cost jobs. — When Kroger customers in Cincinnati shop online these days …


Culture Wars are Long Wars … We are told that conservatives “lost the culture war.” I dissent from this view: American conservatives never waged a culture war. Conservatives certainly fought, there is no denying that. They fought with every bit of obstruction and scandal their operatives could muster.
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