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Katie Benner / New York Times:
Trump Pressed Justice Dept. to Declare Election Results Corrupt, Notes Show — “Leave the rest to me” and to congressional allies, the former president is said to have told top law enforcement officials. — WASHINGTON — President Donald J. Trump pressed top Justice Department officials late …
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Trump to acting AG, according to aide's notes: ‘Just say the election was corrupt + leave the rest to me,’ — President Trump pressed senior Justice Department officials in late 2020 to declare the election corrupt even as those officials pushed back, warning the president that many of the claims …
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Allan Smith / NBC News:
Trump asked top Justice Department officials to declare 2020 election ‘corrupt,’ notes show … Then-President Donald Trump pressed top Justice Department officials in a late December phone call to declare the election he lost “corrupt,” and “leave the rest” to him and Republican allies in Congress …
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The Hill:
Justice Department says Trump's tax returns should be released
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Andrew Desiderio / Politico:
Trump pressured DOJ to call election ‘corrupt,’ ex-official wrote
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Washington Post:
CDC study shows three-fourths of people infected in Massachusetts covid-19 outbreak were vaccinated — A sobering scientific analysis published Friday of an explosive Massachusetts covid-19 outbreak fueled by the delta variant found that three-quarters of the people who became infected were fully vaccinated.
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‘The war has changed’: Internal CDC document urges new messaging, warns delta infections likely more severe — The internal presentation shows that the agency thinks it is struggling to communicate on vaccine efficacy amid increased breakthrough infections — The delta variant …
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Cdcmmwr / Centers for Disease Control and Prevention:
Outbreak of SARS-CoV-2 Infections, Including COVID-19 Vaccine Breakthrough Infections, Associated with Large Public Gatherings — Barnstable County, Massachusetts, July 2021 — Catherine M. Brown, DVM1; Johanna Vostok, MPH1; Hillary Johnson, MHS1; Meagan Burns, MPH1; Radhika Gharpure, DVM2 …
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Apoorva Mandavilli / New York Times:
C.D.C. Internal Report Calls Delta Variant as Contagious as Chickenpox — Infections in vaccinated Americans also may be as transmissible as those in unvaccinated people, the document said, and lead more often to severe illness. — The Delta variant is much more contagious …
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Apoorva Mandavilli / New York Times:
Vaccinated People May Spread the Virus, Though Rarely, C.D.C. Reports — The agency cited an outbreak in Provincetown, Mass., in which most of the infected were immunized. Unpublished internal documents paint an even more harrowing picture of the variant.
Philip Bump / Washington Post:
The key numbers from the CDC's new assessment of the delta variant
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CDC breakthrough infections
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ABC News:
CDC mask decision followed stunning findings from Cape Cod beach outbreak
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Apoorva Mandavilli / New York Times:
Behind the Masks, a Mystery: How Often Do the Vaccinated Spread the Virus?
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Jay Nordlinger / National Review:
America gone nuts, &c. — On air rage, extremism, Simone Biles, January 6, Iran, Fidel Castro, 800 numbers, and more — I have a friend who is a flight attendant. I love to hear stories about her travels, and travelers. Also, I send her stories I see in the media.
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Washington Post:
How Ashli Babbitt went from Capitol rioter to Trump-embraced ‘martyr’ — Her phone rang on that day in early July, nearly six months after a police officer's bullet killed her daughter as she and a mob of rioters seeking to overturn the election stormed a barricaded door deep inside the U.S. Capitol.
The Daily Beast:
Trump: Jan. 6 Cops Who Spoke to Congress Are ‘Pussies’
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Melanie Zanona / CNN:
Liz Cheney and Elise Stefanik represent ‘battle for the soul of the party’
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NBC News:
What's in it for McConnell? Why the ‘grim reaper’ is backing a Biden priority … WASHINGTON — Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, the self-proclaimed “grim reaper” of progressive priorities, broke character Wednesday to advance a major $550 billion deal on infrastructure.
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Susan B. Glasser / New Yorker:
Donald Trump Would Have Made a Great House Republican
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Wall Street Journal:
MyPillow to Pull Ads From Fox News in Disagreement With Network — Mike Lindell, CEO of MyPillow, says Fox News refused to run ad promoting an event linked to claims of widespread election fraud — The chief executive of MyPillow Inc., one of Fox News's big advertisers …
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Houston Keene / Fox News:
Hunter Biden snaps at critics of art dealings: ‘F— em’ — Obama-era ethics chief Walter Shaub blasted the younger Biden for his interview — ‘Fox & Friends’ hosts question the ethics of Hunter Biden's art sales — The younger Biden appeared Thursday on art podcast Nota Bene …
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Sonam Sheth / Insider:
Hunter Biden said 'f— ‘em’ to critics who called his art overpriced and joked that he may be ‘the most famous artist in MAGA world’
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Jim Tankersley / New York Times:
How Biden Got the Infrastructure Deal Trump Couldn't
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Bloomberg:
Senator Calls Out ‘Inconsistency’ Among GOP on Infrastructure — Republican Cassidy said bipartisan deal should be ‘acceptable’ — Trump proposed more expensive plans during his presidency — A GOP senator criticized the “inconsistency” of Republicans who were all-in for President …
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Max Greenwood / The Hill:
Trump continues GOP pressure campaign on infrastructure
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Jonah Goldberg / The Dispatch:
Backsliding Into Mask Mandates — The CDC brings 2020 pandemic policies in a vaccinated 2021. — 7 hr ago — The CDC wants us to go back to wearing masks indoors, even if you've been vaccinated. This is where I get off. — If you'll forgive a little testifying, I've tried hard to be reasonable throughout the pandemic.
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Donna Brazile / USA Today:
Joe Biden and I are Democrats who want Republicans to stay alive and vote
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Nolan D. McCaskill / Politico:
Trump's false election fraud claims fuel Michigan GOP meltdown — Joe Biden defeated Donald Trump by more than 150,000 votes in Michigan last November. — Trump and the Michigan Republican Party still aren't over it. — The outcome — and the former president's obsessive efforts to dispute it …
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Politico:
Voting rights push reinvigorates as House Dems tee up new bill next week — House Democrats are set to introduce new voting rights legislation named for the late Rep. John Lewis — a bill likely to include some key provisions of their more sweeping but stalled election reform proposal …
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Politico:
POLITICO Playbook: Sinema's vacation plans, Manchin gets booed and megadonor drama — DRIVING THE DAY — On Thursday night, as President JOE BIDEN boarded Marine One, he made some news. — First, he reiterated that immigration reform should be included in the reconciliation bill.
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CNN:
‘I am furious with myself’: Unvaccinated Covid patient describes the exhausting illness — (CNN)Sitting in her hospital room in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, Aimee Matzen struggled to breathe as she described how exhausting it is to have Covid-19. — “The fact that I am here now …
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Marianna Bacallao / Nashville Public Radio:
Conservative Radio Host Phil Valentine Is On A Ventilator; His Brother Says It's Time To ‘Go Get Vaccinated’ — Conservative radio talk show host Phil Valentine has been placed on a ventilator, according to his radio station, SuperTalk 99.7 WTN. He's been hospitalized now for more than two weeks.
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CNN:
Trump faces another primary test in Ohio House race — (CNN)Donald Trump has a lot on the line in suburbs and small towns south of Columbus, Ohio. — After the Trump-backed candidate in Texas' 6th Congressional district runoff election lost this week, the pressure is now on the former President …
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