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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 …
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Lindsay Wise / Wall Street Journal:
McConnell Credits Biden for Infrastructure Breakthrough, Dismisses Trump Criticism — But the Senate GOP leader doesn't anticipate many more opportunities for bipartisan deals — WASHINGTON—Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell credited President Biden with helping to get the roughly …
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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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Burgess Everett / Politico:
GOP prays Sinema and Manchin pare back Dems' big spending bill
GOP prays Sinema and Manchin pare back Dems' big spending bill
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Mike DeBonis / Washington Post:
How Mitch McConnell and Senate Republicans learned to stop worrying about a Biden victory and love the infrastructure bill
How Mitch McConnell and Senate Republicans learned to stop worrying about a Biden victory and love the infrastructure bill
Jennifer Rubin / Washington Post:
Biden defies expectations. Again.
Biden defies expectations. Again.
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Emily Cochrane / New York Times:
Senate Passes $3.5 Trillion Budget Plan, Advancing Sweeping Safety Net Expansion
Senate Passes $3.5 Trillion Budget Plan, Advancing Sweeping Safety Net Expansion
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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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David Yaffe-Bellany / Bloomberg:
Trump Accounting Firm Must Release Some Records to Congress
Trump Accounting Firm Must Release Some Records to Congress
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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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Axios:
Inside the Biden administration as Afghanistan collapses — The Taliban has stunned even some seasoned military and national security officials in the U.S. government with the speed of its conquests over the past week, sources with direct knowledge of the developments tell Axios.
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Jeff Schogol / Task & Purpose:
The White House is not being honest about how bad things are in Afghanistan
The White House is not being honest about how bad things are in Afghanistan
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Wall Street Journal:
Speed of Taliban Advance Surprises Biden Administration, Dismays U.S. Allies
Speed of Taliban Advance Surprises Biden Administration, Dismays U.S. Allies
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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
YouTube suspends Rand Paul for agreeing with Biden's former coronavirus adviser
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Jordan Williams / The Hill:
Rand Paul suspended one week by YouTube over COVID-19 mask claims
Rand Paul suspended one week by YouTube over COVID-19 mask claims
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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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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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Kylee Zempel / The Federalist:
How Many Other Andrew Cuomos Are Elites Covering For?
How Many Other Andrew Cuomos Are Elites Covering For?
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Joseph Wulfsohn / Fox News:
‘60 Minutes’ did not cover Cuomo's scandals during past year leading up to his resignation
‘60 Minutes’ did not cover Cuomo's scandals during past year leading up to his resignation
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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 …
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 …
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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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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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.
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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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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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 …
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 …
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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Tom Lawrence / The Daily Beast:
‘No One I Know Is Vaccinated’: Sturgis Rally Bikers Are Coming for America — SUM OF ALL FEARS — Thousands of unvaccinated, unmasked people traveling across the country. An ultra-contagious new variant. Overloaded hospitals. If you thought it could get no worse, think again.
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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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 …
Barak Ravid / Axios:
Israel to approve new construction in West Bank for both settlers and Palestinians — Israeli Defense Minister Benny Gantz today announced that a committee will convene next week to authorize new housing units in the occupied West Bank for both Jewish settlers and for Palestinians living in “Area C,” which is controlled by Israel.
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 …
Karen Townsend / HotAir:
A first: Judge delivers a blow to Abbott's ban on mask mandates in schools with temporary restraining order — There's rarely a dull moment in Texas these days. Between the state Democrat fleebaggers drama and the coronavirus pandemic, things are popping.
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Joshua Ceballos / Miami New Times:
UM Students Outraged by Former Trump Official Alex Azar's Hire — The decision to hire former President Donald Trump's HHS Secretary Alex Azar has incensed faculty, staff, and students. — On its surface, the hiring of a former federal health official would seem like a smart move for the University of Miami.
Ken Dilanian / NBC News:
Feds warn of potential violence fueled by false election claims … False claims of fraud in the 2020 election are fueling calls for violence on social media, the Department of Homeland Security is warning local police departments. — “DHS has seen an increasing but modest level …