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Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
Joe Manchin just threatened to derail Biden's big win.  Please proceed, Senator.  —  Barely hours after Senate Democrats passed their $3.5 trillion reconciliation budget resolution, Sen. Joe Manchin III issued a statement that unleashed waves of dread across Twitter.
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Cameron Joseph / VICE:
Trump Just Won't Stop Messing With Mitch McConnell  —  Trump won't stop picking fights with the Senate's most powerful Republican, and control of the Senate is at stake.  —  As the Senate closed in on passing a bipartisan infrastructure bill, President Trump couldn't resist taking one more poke …
Discussion: Washington Post, Raw Story and TheGrio
Lindsay Wise / Wall Street Journal:
McConnell Credits Biden for Infrastructure Breakthrough, Dismisses Trump Criticism
William A. Galston / Wall Street Journal:   Which Voters Made Joe Biden President?
Mike DeBonis / Washington Post:
How Mitch McConnell and Senate Republicans learned to stop worrying about a Biden victory and love the infrastructure bill
Burgess Everett / Politico:
GOP prays Sinema and Manchin pare back Dems' big spending bill
Josh Gerstein / Politico:
Federal judge says Trump's accountants must turn over tax records to House panel  —  A federal judge has ruled that former President Donald Trump's accountants must turn over two years' worth of his tax and financial records to a House committee investigating whether Trump and his businesses profited from his service in the White House.
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David Yaffe-Bellany / Bloomberg:
Trump Accounting Firm Must Release Some Records to Congress
Discussion: CNN
Rachel Weiner / Washington Post:
House Democrats granted limited access to Trump financial records
Discussion: Roll Call and The Hill
The Atlantic:
Vaccine Refusers Risk Compassion Fatigue  —  On social media, I've been seeing sentiments that I never thought I'd see anyone express in a public forum. … These are harsh, angry feelings.  And some of the people giving voice to them are doctors.  —  I am an obstetrician in New York.
CNN:
Federal government sends ventilators to Florida as DeSantis says he's unaware of shipment  —  (CNN)The Biden administration sent hundreds of ventilators to Florida in recent days as the state responds to a dramatic new increase in Covid-19 cases and hospitalizations, an official from the Department …
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Emily Singer / The American Independent:
Youngkin repeatedly praised Florida's COVID response as cases surged
Discussion: New York Daily News
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Rebecca Shabad / NBC News:
YouTube suspends Sen. Rand Paul over a video falsely claiming masks are ineffective  —  WASHINGTON — YouTube suspended Sen. Rand Paul's account on Tuesday for posting a video claiming cloth face masks are ineffective against the coronavirus.  —  “A badge of honor ... leftwing cretins …
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Becket Adams / Washington Examiner:
YouTube suspends Rand Paul for agreeing with Biden's former coronavirus adviser
Jordan Williams / The Hill:
Rand Paul suspended one week by YouTube over COVID-19 mask claims
NBC News:
FDA poised to OK 3rd vaccine dose for immunocompromised people  —  The Food and Drug Administration is poised to amend the emergency use authorizations for the Pfizer and the Moderna Covid-19 vaccines Thursday to allow people with compromised immune systems to get a third dose, according to two sources familiar with the plans.
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CNN:
FDA expected to authorize Covid-19 vaccine booster shots for immunocompromised people within the next 48 hours  —  Fauci: I believe FDA will approve vaccines ‘very soon’  —  (CNN)The US Food and Drug Administration is expected to announce within the next 48 hours that it is authorizing …
Katie Benner / New York Times:
Former U.S. attorney in Atlanta says Trump wanted to fire him for not backing election fraud claims.  —  Byung J. Pak, a former U.S. attorney in Atlanta, told congressional investigators on Wednesday that his abrupt resignation in January had been prompted by Justice Department officials' warning …
ProPublica:
Secret IRS Files Reveal How Much the Ultrawealthy Gained by Shaping Trump's “Big, Beautiful Tax Cut”  —  The Secret IRS Files … In November 2017, with the administration of President Donald Trump rushing to get a massive tax overhaul through Congress, Sen. Ron Johnson stunned his colleagues by announcing he would vote “no.”
YaleNews:
Donald Kagan, celebrated historian of the ancient world and revered teacher  —  Share this with Facebook Share this with Twitter Share this with LinkedIn Share this with Email Print this  —  Donald Kagan, Sterling Professor Emeritus of Classics and History, prominent for his scholarship …
Discussion: Education Next
Christopher F. Rufo / New York Post:
Lie of credit — American Express tells its workers capitalism is racist  —  American Express, which made a $2.3 billion profit last quarter, invited the great-grandson of the Nation of Islam's founder to tell its employees that capitalism is evil.  —  It was part of the credit-card giant's …
Discussion: City Journal and National Review
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Michaeleen Doucleff / NPR:
The Delta Variant Isn't As Contagious As Chickenpox.  But It's Still Highly Contagious  —  In a leaked report, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention made a surprising claim about the delta variant of the coronavirus: It “is as transmissible as: - Chicken Pox,” the agency wrote …
Discussion: RedState, Twitchy and Townhall
Ashton Pittman / Mississippi Free Press:
Mississippi's Hospital System Could ‘Fail’ In 10 Days, UMMC Warns As Feds Rush In  —  With COVID-19 patients overflowing at the University of Mississippi Medical Center, including in its pediatric center, hospital leaders are warning that the medical system statewide could be on the verge of failing without drastic intervention.
Discussion: Raw Story
Politico:
Children's hospitals are swamped with Covid patients — and it may only get worse  —  The number of kids infected with Covid-19 is soaring as the highly contagious Delta variant spreads and schools reopen, pushing children's hospitals around the country to the brink.
Discussion: Forbes, Washington Post and The Hill
Carroll Times Herald:
Jefferson coffee shop flooded with applications after raising wage to $15 an hour  —  JEFFERSON: Bold.  Refreshing.  Ethically sourced.  —  And that's just the coffee shop owner.  —  Rich Osborne, who owns Greene Bean Coffee in downtown Jefferson with wife Reagan, said they …
Discussion: Raw Story
CNN:
Federal prosecutors came to suspect Trump Org CFO Allen Weisselberg lied, and considered charging him with perjury  —  New York (CNN)New York federal prosecutors came to suspect the Trump Organization's chief financial officer, Allen Weisselberg, lied in testimony during their investigation …
Discussion: IJR, Insider and Raw Story
Reuters:
Suspected saline switch sparks vaccine stir in Germany  —  Authorities in northern Germany appealed to thousands of people on Tuesday to get another shot of COVID-19 vaccine after a police investigation found that a Red Cross nurse may have injected them with a saline solution.
Jackie Salo / New York Post:
Italian Americans mad at Cuomo for dismissing creepy behavior as cultural  —  Italian Americans are outraged that Gov. Andrew Cuomo appeared to try to write off his creepy behavior with women as “cultural behavioral differences.”  —  “We Italians refuse to acknowledge Cuomo as a member of la famiglia …
Discussion: Townhall and Page Six
Devlin Barrett / Washington Post:
Giuliani told agents it was okay to ‘throw a fake’ during political campaign  —  Rudolph W. Giuliani's promise of a “big surprise” to help Donald Trump's election in October 2016 led to Democratic accusations the FBI was feeding him secrets about an investigation of Hillary Clinton.
Julio Rosas / Townhall:
‘This Is Lunacy’: Frustrated Border Patrol Agents Take Pictures of Overcrowded Detention Facilities  —  The Biden administration's handling of the ongoing crisis at the U.S.-Mexico border continues to flounder as the massive influx of people illegally crossing into the U.S. remains at an all-time high …
Washington Post:
Republicans risk becoming face of delta surge as key GOP governors oppose anti-covid measures  —  In Texas, Gov. Greg Abbott has banned local governments from implementing mask requirements even as he pleads for emergency medical help in combating a surge in coronavirus cases from the delta variant.
Discussion: Florida Politics and KOTA-TV
Washington Post:
'We are in harm's way': Election officials fear for their personal safety amid torrent of false claims about voting  —  In preparation for a vote on local tax assessments last week in Houghton County, Mich., county clerk Jennifer Kelly took extraordinary precautions, asking election staff …
Discussion: Raw Story
Brandon / sweater weather:
massachusetts holy ghost  —  martha's vineyard, cancellation, & the scammy demimonde  —  A little update: My introduction for Percival Everett's Erasure was published in The Telegraph.  It's paywalled—not my choice!—but you can read if you have a subscription, OR if you just buy …
New York Times:
China Sentences Canadian Businessman to 11 Years in Prison  —  The prosecution of Michael Spavor has been widely seen as political retaliation by China against Canada for the detention of a Chinese technology executive.  —  For years, as Michael Spavor tried to expand his business in North Korea …
 
 
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Olivia Little / Media Matters for America:
Far-right conspiracy theories about FEMA's emergency alert system test are going viral on TikTok
Discussion: FEMA.gov, WINK NEWS and WATE-TV
Barak Ravid / Axios:
Israel to approve new construction in West Bank for both settlers and Palestinians
Emma Colton / Fox News:
Psaki grilled on whether Biden created vaccine hesitancy with 2020 comments slamming Trump
Ken Dilanian / NBC News:
Feds warn of potential violence fueled by false election claims
Clayton Guse / New York Daily News:
Cuomo's departure leads Port Authority staffers to demand agency halt his LaGuardia AirTrain plan
Discussion: Curbed
Maurice Richards / The Hill:
Demonizing the police risks public safety and gets cops killed
 Earlier Items: 
Joshua Ceballos / Miami New Times:
UM Students Outraged by Former Trump Official Alex Azar's Hire
Joshua Miller Globe / The Boston Globe:
Scott Brown resigns as head of New England Law Boston after less than a year, says he will get back into the political arena
Discussion: Boston Herald
John Markoff / New York Times:
Massachusetts Start-Up Hopes to Move a Step Closer to Commercial Fusion
Zachary Faria / Washington Examiner:
The Colorado Rockies fabricated a narrative, and the media dutifully parroted it
Discussion: Reason, USA Today and National Review
Joshua Fechter / The Texas Tribune:
“I am frightened by what is coming:” Texas hospitals could soon be overwhelmed by COVID-19 caseload, officials say
Bryan Schott / Salt Lake Tribune:
‘The Rundown’: Gov. Cox gets letter demanding he change his ‘foul, dirty name’
Tom Lawrence / The Daily Beast:
‘No One I Know Is Vaccinated’: Sturgis Rally Bikers Are Coming for America
Discussion: HotAir and Raw Story