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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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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 …
Jennifer Rubin / Washington Post:
Biden defies expectations.  Again.  —  The Senate on Tuesday passed a $1.2 trillion infrastructure deal with 19 Republican votes.  Had someone polled the White House press corps a month ago, few would have expected any bipartisan deal possible.  —  Journalists at mainstream media outlets are creatures of habit laced with cynicism.
Discussion: Breitbart, ABC News, NPR and New York Times
Mike DeBonis / Washington Post:
How Mitch McConnell and Senate Republicans learned to stop worrying about a Biden victory and love the infrastructure bill  —  What happened Tuesday in the Senate might seem like nothing short of a political miracle: Nineteen Republican senators, including Minority Leader Mitch McConnell …
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: Raw Story and TheGrio
Emily Cochrane / New York Times:
Senate Passes $3.5 Trillion Budget Plan, Advancing Sweeping Safety Net Expansion
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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Melanie Zanona / CNN:
Republicans are seizing on backlash to new mask and vaccine mandates
Discussion: Washington Post and Daily Kos
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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Washington Post:
U.S. officials warn collapse of Afghan capital could come sooner than expected
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.”
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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Timothy Bella / Washington Post:
Florida to receive hundreds of ventilators from U.S. government to help state's record hospitalizations
Nathaniel Rodriguez / WFLA-TV:   White House plans to fund Florida schools who defy DeSantis' order against mask mandates
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 and Twitchy
David Yaffe-Bellany / Bloomberg:
Trump Accounting Firm Must Release Some Records to Congress  —  A federal judge in Washington ruled that Donald Trump must disclose certain financial records held by his accounting firm Mazars in response to a subpoena from congressional Democrats.  —  But in an order on Wednesday …
Discussion: CNN
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Kylee Zempel / The Federalist:
How Many Other Andrew Cuomos Are Elites Covering For?  —  The media played cheerleader instead of investigator, enabling a powerful man to exploit women and elderly people for personal pleasure and political points.  Who else are they covering for?  —  All eyes were on Andrew Cuomo on Tuesday …
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Becket Adams / Washington Examiner:
Chris Cuomo apparently lied to his viewers. Again.
Discussion: New York Post and Twitchy
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 …
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.
Discussion: HotAir and 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: Insider and Raw Story
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 …
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.
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: National Review
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
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.
John Markoff / New York Times:
Massachusetts Start-Up Hopes to Move a Step Closer to Commercial Fusion  —  The company, founded by scientists at M.I.T., has been testing an extremely powerful magnet necessary to generate immense heat.  —  A start-up founded by scientists at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology …
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.
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  —  Former US senator Scott Brown, who has led New England Law Boston since January, announced his resignation from the law school Wednesday and said he would re-engage in the political arena.
Discussion: Boston Herald
Jessica Chasmar / Fox News:
Pelosi says Newsom recall is ‘not good for children and other living things’  —  House speaker said Newsom is a ‘great governor’  —  Poll: 51% of California Hispanics view Gov. Newsom negatively  —  House Speaker Nancy Pelosi declared Tuesday that California Gov. Gavin Newsom is a …
Anya van Wagtendonk / Axios:
Wyoming GOP leaders will no longer recognize Liz Cheney over Trump vote  —  Two Wyoming Republican leaders voted to no longer recognize Rep. Liz Cheney (R-Wy.) as a member of their party, six months after she voted to impeach former President Trump, per the Casper Star-Tribune.
Zachary Faria / Washington Examiner:
The Colorado Rockies fabricated a narrative, and the media dutifully parroted it  —  As usual, many media outlets and “journalists” jumped on the false narrative that a Colorado Rockies fan was loudly shouting the N-word at a game.  Their eagerness to smear a random man as a racist based on unclear audio should not be forgotten.
Discussion: USA Today, Reason and National Review
 
 
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Casey Michel / American Prospect:
The Investigator: Sen. Carl Levin (1934-2021)
Rebecca Jacobs / CREW:
Candidates have visited Trump properties more than 60 times since he left office
David Von Drehle / Washington Post:
Yes, it's racist when a Black real estate agent and his clients get handcuffed for touring a home
Discussion: The Hill and WWMT-TV
American Greatness:
How States Could Constitutionally Assume Abandoned Responsibilities of the National Government
Stephen Gutowski / The Reload:
Black ATF Agent Says Biden Nominee Falsely Accused Him of Cheating on Promotion Assessment
Discussion: Fox News
 Earlier Items: 
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’
The White House:
President Biden to Convene Leaders' Summit for Democracy
Discussion: Forbes
Washington Examiner:
It's the end of the world as the IPCC knows it, and we feel fine
Marc Caputo / Politico:
Poll: Majorities support vaccine, mask mandates — but not Republicans
Discussion: The Hill and Washington Post
Robert Siegel / NPR:
Neal Conan, Longtime Host Of NPR's ‘Talk Of The Nation,’ Dies At 71
 

 
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