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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 Just Won't Stop Messing With Mitch McConnell
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Li Zhou / Vox:
Democrats' infrastructure gamble actually seems like it could be working
Democrats' infrastructure gamble actually seems like it could be working
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Lindsay Wise / Wall Street Journal:
McConnell Credits Biden for Infrastructure Breakthrough, Dismisses Trump Criticism
McConnell Credits Biden for Infrastructure Breakthrough, Dismisses Trump Criticism
Jennifer Rubin / Washington Post:
Biden defies expectations. Again.
Biden defies expectations. Again.
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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 …
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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.
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Ashton Pittman / Mississippi Free Press:
With Mississippi Hospitals Near Calamity, Gov. Reeves Left State For GOP Political Event — “Hospitals and healthcare workers need you to help us,” Neshoba General Hospital CEO Lee McCall tweeted desperately at Mississippi Gov. Tate Reeves yesterday as COVID-19 continued to overwhelm the state's least vaccinated county.
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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.
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.
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Josh Boswell / Daily Mail:
EXCLUSIVE: ‘The Russians have videos of me doing crazy f***ing sex!’ Hunter Biden is seen in unearthed footage telling a prostitute that Russian drug dealers stole ANOTHER of his laptops for blackmail while he was close to overdosing in a Vegas hotel room — Hunter Biden claims Russian …
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Isaac Stanley-Becker / Washington Post:
Rand Paul discloses 16 months late that his wife bought stock in company behind coronavirus treatment — An aide to the Kentucky Republican said he prepared the disclosure last year and only recently learned that it was never transmitted. — Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) revealed Wednesday …
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Rebecca Shabad / NBC News:
YouTube suspends Sen. Rand Paul over a video falsely claiming masks are ineffective
YouTube suspends Sen. Rand Paul over a video falsely claiming masks are ineffective
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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 …
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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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Rachel Weiner / Washington Post:
House Democrats granted limited access to Trump financial records
House Democrats granted limited access to Trump financial records
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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.
CNBC:
Kathy Hochul vows big change from ‘toxic’ Cuomo administration, will fire ‘unethical’ staffers — New York Lt. Gov. Kathy Hochul said she is ready to take over as governor from Andrew Cuomo, and vowed not to have a “toxic” workplace as Cuomo allegedly has had for three terms.
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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 …
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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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Martyn McLaughlin / Scotsman:
Court grants permission for judicial review into Unexplained Wealth Order against Donald Trump — Legal efforts to force Scottish ministers to scrutinise the financing of Donald Trump's golf and hotel resorts have overcome a significant hurdle, after the Court of Session granted permission …
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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.”
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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.
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Emily Singer / The American Independent:
Youngkin repeatedly praised Florida's COVID response as cases surged — Florida is now facing one of the country's worst COVID-19 caseloads. — Virginia's Republican gubernatorial nominee Glenn Youngkin has repeatedly praised Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis in recent months as a model …
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Josh Kovensky / Talking Points Memo:
Ron DeSantis Is The Nation's Worst COVID Governor
Ron DeSantis Is The Nation's Worst COVID Governor
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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 …
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Jeff Schogol / Task & Purpose:
The White House is not being honest about how bad things are in Afghanistan — White House pronouncements about Afghanistan are quickly reaching the same level of absurdity of the “Five O'Clock Follies” press briefings from Saigon during the Vietnam War. — As the Taliban consolidate …
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David Reaboi / Late Republic Nonsense:
Autonomy for Red America, Part 1 — In biology, an ecosystem is a complex of living organisms and their interrelationships with their physical environment within a particular unit of space. — In American politics today, the ecosystem of the Right is no less complex and interwoven.
Juan Vasquez / Washington Post:
I am a DACA beneficiary. I can't work as an ER doctor anymore. — Juan Vasquez is a resident physician in the Department of Emergency Medicine at NYU Langone Health and NYU Grossman School of Medicine. — I'm an emergency medicine physician in New York.
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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 …
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 …
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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 …
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Emma Colton / Fox News:
Psaki grilled on whether Biden created vaccine hesitancy with 2020 comments slamming Trump — Biden said last year that he trusts scientists, but not Donald Trump — White House press secretary Jen Psaki was grilled on whether or not President Biden encouraged vaccine hesitancy with comments …
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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.
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