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Katie Benner / New York Times:
Former Acting Attorney General Testifies About Trump's Efforts to Subvert Election — The testimony highlights the former president's desire to batter the Justice Department into advancing his personal agenda. — WASHINGTON — Jeffrey A. Rosen, who was acting attorney general during …
Josh Kraushaar / National Journal:
Democratic leaders are increasingly at odds with their own voters — Even as Democratic moderates cheer Shontel Brown's upset victory in Ohio, they're still being held hostage to the Squad's demands. — Democrats are a Shontel Brown party stuck in a Cori Bush world.
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New Republic
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New York Times:
As Democrats Seethed, White House Struggled to Contain Eviction Fallout — The president was surprised by the reaction to the White House's decision to ask Congress to extend an eviction ban, leading to a 36-hour scramble to keep people in their homes. — WASHINGTON — By the time President …
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Politico, Reason and The Boston Globe
Jonathan Turley / The Hill:
Canceling the Constitution: Biden hailed for violating rule of law to extend eviction moratorium — During the 2020 presidential campaign, then-candidate Joe Biden told voters that the choice between him and Donald Trump was between the lawful and the lawless.
Megan McArdle / Washington Post:
What the left doesn't want to face about the eviction moratorium
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Althouse
CNN:
Jim Acosta: People shouldn't have to die so some politicians can ‘own the libs’ - CNN Video — CNN's Jim Acosta calls out GOP members' reluctance to push their supporters to get vaccinated as vaccination rates stall and the Delta variant continues to cause coronavirus cases to surge.
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Jonathan Capehart / Washington Post:
The deplorable treatment of Michael Fanone and the heroes of Jan. 6 — The violent scene on the west front of the Capitol captured in a photo taken on Jan. 6 by Shannon Stapleton of Reuters is haunting. In it you see the anguished face of D.C. Metropolitan Police Officer Michael Fanone …
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USA Today
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Meryl Kornfield / Washington Post:
Husband-wife Seattle police officers fired for being at Capitol riot
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SPD Blotter, The Hill and Insider
New York Times:
The Taliban seize Kunduz, a major city in northern Afghanistan. — KABUL, Afghanistan — The Taliban seized the city of Kunduz in northern Afghanistan on Sunday, officials said. It is the first major city to be overtaken by the insurgents since they began their sweeping military offensive in May.
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Washington Post, Wall Street Journal, One America News Network and Political Wire
Washington Post:
In public, Cuomo cast himself as an advocate of women. In private, women say, he was harassing them at the same time. — On Aug. 12, 2019, New York Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo signed a law that made it easier for women in his state to win claims of sexual harassment at work, a problem he described as an …
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Wall Street Journal:
Highly Vaccinated States Keep Worst Covid-19 Outcomes in Check as Delta Spreads, WSJ Analysis Shows — Variant has driven up U.S. cases, but hospitalizations and deaths have risen more slowly in areas with more vaccinations — Every state with a higher hospitalization rate than the country overall has a lower vaccination rate.
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HotAir
Blake Montgomery / The Daily Beast:
Anti-Vax Radio Host Who Called Fauci a ‘Power Tripping Lying Freak’ Dies of COVID — On his deathbed, Dick Farrel changed his tune, telling his friends to get vaccinated. — A anti-vaccine right-wing radio host in West Palm Beach, Florida died Wednesday from COVID-19 complications.
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Variety, Slate, Crooks and Liars, The Hill and Insider
Marilyn Parker / WJXT-TV:
In 10 days, 6 members of Jacksonville church die from COVID-19, pastor says — Pastor: Four members who died were under the age of 35, all of them healthy — JACKSONVILLE, Fla. - A Jacksonville church pastor said in the last 10 days, six of his church members have died from COVID-19 …
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Bloomberg
Alyssa Lukpat / New York Times:
New data shows a mass exodus from U.S. public schools, especially kindergarten. — As the pandemic upended life in the United States, more than one million children who had been expected to enroll in public schools did not show up, either in person or online.
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Peter Wade / Rolling Stone:
Governor of State Leading Nation in Kids Hospitalized with Covid Fights to Ban School Mask Mandates
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The Hill, RedState and Miami Herald
Jordain Carney / The Hill:
GOP senator vows to slow-walk $1T infrastructure bill, sparking standoff — A standoff over the roughly $1 trillion bipartisan infrastructure bill is poised to drag out the Senate's debate for days, with GOP Sen. Bill Hagerty (Tenn.) vowing he will block attempts to speed up passage of the legislation.
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Roll Call, UPI and Joe.My.God.
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New York Times:
For G.O.P., Infrastructure Bill Is a Chance to Inch Away From Trump
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CNBC, The Colorado Sun, RedState, Associated Press, Reuters, The Hill, Raw Story and Politico
Celine Castronuovo / The Hill:
Trump slams McConnell, infrastructure package: ‘A disgrace’
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The Guardian, Washington Post, Slate, UPI, ABC News and Raw Story
ABC News:
Vaccine mandates would make a difference: NIH director — NIH Director Dr. Francis Collins appeared on ABC's “This Week” Sunday. — National Institutes of Health Director Dr. Francis Collins said he believes vaccine mandates could make a difference in slowing the rapid spread of COVID-19 Sunday.
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Politico
Allahpundit / HotAir:
Sunday morning talking heads — Will public schools reopen on schedule? That's the hot topic on this morning's Sunday shows as education secretary Miguel Cardona chats with “Face the Nation” about the threat to kids and their parents from the Delta variant.
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ABC News
Murtaza Hussain / The Intercept:
Secret Donors to Nonprofit Pushing Trump's “Big Lie” Election Conspiracy Revealed … An organization linked to a major hub of efforts to undermine the credibility of the 2020 U.S. presidential election was funded to the tune of millions of dollars by several right-wing donors, according to a tax document obtained by The Intercept.
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Daily Kos
Associated Press:
Texas Democrats continue holdout, don't show for new session — AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Texas Democrats still refused to return to the state Capitol Saturday as Gov. Greg Abbott began a third attempt at passing new election laws, prolonging a monthslong standoff that ramped up in July …
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