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8:45 AM ET, September 9, 2021

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Axios:
Scoop: The most dangerous Trump exposé  —  Stephanie Grisham has quietly written a top-secret memoir of her four years in Donald Trump's White House, and a publishing source says she'll reveal “surprising new scandals.”  —  What to watch: The book — “I'll Take Your Questions Now …
Discussion: Insider and Raw Story
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Judy Kurtz / The Hill:
Does Pence really call his wife ‘mother’?  Aide says it's ‘a myth that drives me crazy’  —  An aide to former Vice President Mike Pence is dispelling what she's calling the “myth” that he refers to his wife as “mother.”  —  “This is a myth that drives me crazy,” Alyssa Farah …
Charlie Savage / New York Times:
Proponents of Post-Trump Curbs on Executive Power Prepare New Push
Kate Bennett / CNN:   Melania Trump's closest White House adviser to release book
Sadie Gurman / Wall Street Journal:
Biden Administration Prepares to Sue Texas Over Abortion Law  —  Lawsuit challenging law limiting procedure to first six weeks of pregnancy set to be filed in coming days  —  WASHINGTON—The Biden administration is preparing to sue Texas over its new law banning most abortions …
Washington Post:
Trump reaches out to families of U.S. service members killed in Afghanistan  —  When Darin Hoover traveled to Dover Air Force Base to receive the casket of his 31-year-old Marine son, who was killed in Afghanistan, he, like several other families, declined an offer to meet with President Biden.
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New York Times:   As Taliban Crush Dissent, New Leaders Face Cascading Challenges
James Laporta / Associated Press:   A U.S. Marine, a curious Afghan boy, an unfathomable moment
Erin Coulehan / KTSM-TV:
Ivermectin causes sterilization in 85 percent of men, study finds  —  EL PASO, Texas (KTSM) — The effects of Ivermectin therapy on human males can have an effect on men's reproductive health.  —  Researchers at three universities in Nigeria studied the effects of Ivermectin …
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Joe Schoffstall / Fox News:
CDC tightened masking guidelines after threats from teachers union, emails show
Tyler McCarthy / Fox News:
Jimmy Kimmel says unvaccinated people shouldn't get ICU beds in his return to his late-night show
Brent Budowsky / The Hill:
What Biden can learn from FDR, JFK and LBJ  —  With the nation continuing to be bitterly divided, attacks against voting rights reaching epic proportions, Roe v. Wade endangered by a new plan to turn tens of millions of Americans into private police and compensated vigilantes against fellow Americans …
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Manu Raju / CNN:
Manchin lays out long list of demands as key Senate chairs move to win his vote
CNN:
Biden administration tells ex-Trump officials to resign from military academy advisory boards or be dismissed  —  (CNN)The Biden administration has told 11 officials appointed to military service academy advisory boards by former President Donald Trump to resign or be dismissed, a source familiar with the situation tells CNN's KFile.
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Lachlan Markay / Axios:
Biden cans Trump military academy holdovers
Discussion: ABC News
Josh Haskell / ABC7:
Larry Elder tours homeless encampment in Venice, but leaves due to angry crowd … Larry Elder's Venice event cut short due to angry crowd  —  Larry Elder had to cut his campaign event short in Venice after he encountered an angry crowd and had an egg thrown at him.
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Amy Klobuchar:
Statement from Senator Amy Klobuchar  —  I wanted to share an update about my health.  —  In February of this year, doctors at Mayo Clinic found small white spots called calcifications during a routine mammogram.  After this was discovered, I had a biopsy at Piper Breast Center in Minneapolis …
Discussion: USA Today and The Hill
Associated Press:
The Latest: US says al-Qaida could regenerate in Afghanistan  —  U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin said Thursday the al-Qaida extremist group that used Afghanistan as a staging base to attack United States 20 years ago may attempt to regenerate there following an American withdrawal that has left the Taliban in power.
Discussion: The Hill and HotAir
Caroline Vakil / The Hill:
Trump rips removal of Robert E. Lee statue: ‘Complete desecration’  —  Former President Trump on Wednesday blasted the decision to remove a statue of Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee in Richmond, Va., saying the taking down would result in a “complete desecration.”
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Lily Kuo / Washington Post:
Xi Jinping's crackdown on everything is remaking Chinese society  —  The orders have been sudden, dramatic and often baffling.  Last week, “American Idol”-style competitions and shows featuring men deemed too effeminate were banned by Chinese authorities.  Days earlier, one of China's …
Discussion: New York Times and UnHerd
Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
What should the Jan. 6 probe examine?  A veteran Sept. 11 investigator weighs in.  —  It is strange to think that even as we approach the 20th anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks, some two decades later we're consumed with sorting through another nationally traumatic and transformative attack …
Discussion: Raw Story and Politico
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Rep. Ron Kind / The Hill:
When it comes to reconciliation, let's learn from our past mistakes  —  The health and economic crises caused by the COVID-19 pandemic have been devastating for millions of Americans.  Although Congress took action to help provide relief to families across the nation, the pandemic …
Julia Manchester / The Hill:
Virginia GOP lt. gov. nominee lays off campaign staff ahead of election  —  Winsome Sears, the GOP candidate in Virginia's lieutenant governor race, laid off her entire campaign staff 55 days out from Election Day in the commonwealth.  —  A former Sears campaign staffer, who was laid off …
Tess Owen / VICE:
Oath Keeper Snitched on Himself to FBI Agent During Tattoo Session, Docs Say  —  An Oath Keeper and accused Capitol rioter who owns a tattoo parlor in upstate New York unwittingly poured his heart out to an off-duty FBI agent who'd stopped by his business for an appointment.
Discussion: HuffPost
Federal Bureau of Investigation:
FBI Washington Field Office Releases Video and Additional Information Regarding the Pipe Bomb Investigation  —  The FBI's Washington Field Office has released new information and video regarding the suspect who placed pipe bombs in the Capitol Hill neighborhood of Washington, D.C. …
Alex Isenstadt / Politico:
Christie steps out of Trump's shadow — and stokes 2024 buzz  —  Chris Christie announces he will seek the 2016 Republican nomination for president June 30, 2015, at Livingston High School, his alma mater, in Livingston, N.J.  —  Former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie is launching a comeback tour …
 
 
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Miranda Devine / New York Post:
Covering up Fauci's role in COVID leak
AMAC:
BREAKING - NFL Not Yet Saying Whether It Will Honor America And 13 Members of Military Who Died In Afghanistan
Discussion: Breitbart
Gabrielle Fonrouge / New York Post:
The new 99%: These are the people who are getting serious cases of COVID-19
David Reaboi / Late Republic Nonsense:
Robert E. Lee at Year Zero
Scott Bauer / Associated Press:
Republicans, elections experts say Wisconsin probe is flawed
Discussion: Raw Story and Insurrection
Barak Ravid / Axios:
Biden reiterates plan to reopen Jerusalem consulate despite Israeli objections
Discussion: The Western Journal
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Karen Townsend / HotAir:
AOC's woke Biology 101 lesson: “I do know that he's not familiar with a menstruating person's body”
Tyler Dawson / National Post:
Book burning at Ontario francophone schools as ‘gesture of reconciliation’ denounced
Discussion: Agence France-Presse and HotAir
Minyvonne Burke / NBC News:
Patton Oswalt cancels shows in Florida, Utah after venues fail to comply with his Covid requests
Discussion: TheBlaze
Holman W. Jenkins, Jr / Wall Street Journal:
Is Donald Trump Finished?
Discussion: The Mahablog
 

 
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NBC names Craig Melvin as Hoda Kotb's successor on Today, teaming up with Savannah Guthrie, starting January 13; Melvin has been Today's news anchor since 2018

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