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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.
Discussion: Raw Story and Political Wire
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Joe Schoffstall / Fox News:
CDC tightened masking guidelines after threats from teachers union, emails show  —  Emails show further coordination between Biden administration and teachers unions  —  White House used deep union ties to censor criticism on school mask guidance  —  The Biden administration tightened …
Discussion: National Review and Page Array
Peter Nicholas / The Atlantic:   How Delta Beat Biden
Alan Rappeport / New York Times:
The top 1 percent are evading $163 billion a year in taxes, the Treasury finds.  —  WASHINGTON — The wealthiest 1 percent of Americans are the nation's most egregious tax evaders, failing to pay as much as $163 billion in owed taxes per year, according to a new Treasury Department report released on Wednesday.
Discussion: Forbes
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Natasha Sarin / U.S. Department of the Treasury:
The Case for a Robust Attack on the Tax Gap
Discussion: CBS News and Mediaite
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The Philadelphia Inquirer:
A governor's veto pen is the only thing standing between Pa. and Texas-style abortion laws
Discussion: The Daily Caller
Philip Bump / Washington Post:
The looming chaos of Trump 2024  —  There is nothing substantively different about what Donald Trump is now than what he was in 2015.  —  He is as indifferent to the expectations of elected leadership as he ever was, choosing to recognize the 20th anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks with a …
Discussion: HotAir, Raw Story and Townhall
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Holman W. Jenkins, Jr / Wall Street Journal:
Is Donald Trump Finished?  —  Admit it: You don't want him to run again yet his absence hasn't solved any problem.  —  Is Donald Trump playing the game badly?  The question needs to be asked.  If you think Mr. Trump the worst thing that ever happened to America, the answer might not be entirely reassuring.
Peter Boghossian / Common Sense with Bari Weiss:
My University Sacrificed Ideas for Ideology.  So Today I Quit.  —  The more I spoke out against the illiberalism that has swallowed Portland State University, the more retaliation I faced. … Dear Provost Susan Jeffords,  —  ​​I'm writing to you today to resign as assistant professor …
Lee Drutman / New York Times:
Quiz: If America Had Six Parties, Which Would You Belong To?  —  This essay is part of a series exploring bold ideas to revitalize and renew the American experiment.  Read more about this project in a note from Ezekiel Kweku, Opinion's politics editor.  —  America's two-party system is broken.
Jonathan V. Last / The Triad:
The World Is Getting More Dangerous.  A Lot More.  —  Anti-mask violence in America.  A coup brewing in Brazil.  —  1. Danger Signs  —  This is not normal: … Wait, there's more: … So we have three dudes rolling up on an elementary school.  Only one of them is a parent with a kid enrolled …
Discussion: The Daily Beast
Sam Levin / The Guardian:
Revealed: LAPD officers told to collect social media data on every civilian they stop  —  An internal police chief memo shows employees were directed to use ‘field interview cards’ which would then be reviewed  —  he Los Angeles police department (LAPD) has directed its officers to collect …
Associated Press:
Statue of Gen. Robert E. Lee comes down in Virginia capital  —  RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — A crowd erupted in cheers and song Wednesday as workers hoisted one of the nation's largest Confederate monuments off a pedestal where the figure of Gen. Robert E. Lee towered over Virginia's capital city for more than a century.
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Richmond Times-Dispatch:   LIVE UPDATES: 'It won't transport in this height': Work of cutting Lee in pieces begins
Ryan J. Reilly / HuffPost:
Trumper Pleads Guilty After His Mom Bragged About His Capitol Riot Antics On Facebook  —  Russell James Peterson, who wore a “(F**k) your feelings” sweatshirt inside the U.S. Capitol building, “sat in Pelosi's chair,” his mother posted.  —  A 34-year-old man who traveled with his mother …
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Ryan J. Reilly / HuffPost:
Trumper Who Chartered Buses To Jan. 6 Rally Pleads Guilty In Capitol Breach Case
Discussion: CNN and Raw Story
Ali Watkins / New York Times:
How the N.Y.P.D. Is Using Post-9/11 Tools on Everyday New Yorkers  —  Two decades after the attack on New York City, the Police Department is using counterterrorism tools and tactics to combat routine street crime.  —  It was an unusual forearm tattoo that the police said led them to Luis Reyes …
Discussion: Washington Post
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Scott Clement / Washington Post:
More Americans say 9/11 changed U.S. for worse than better, Post-ABC poll finds
Wall Street Journal:
Sex and Drug Videos to Minors  —  After signing up for an account on TikTok, a 13-year-old user started by searching the app for “onlyfans”—the name of a site known for hosting adult entertainment—then watched a handful of videos in the results, including two selling pornography.
Garrett M. Graff / The Atlantic:
After 9/11, the U.S. Got Almost Everything Wrong  —  On the Friday after 9/11, President George W. Bush visited the New York City site that the world would come to know as Ground Zero.  After rescue workers shouted that they couldn't hear him as he spoke to them through a bullhorn, he turned toward them and ad-libbed.
James Laporta / Associated Press:
A U.S. Marine, a curious Afghan boy, an unfathomable moment  —  One day not long ago, I watched my soon-to-be 3-year-old son jump up and down to the sound of “ho” and “hey.”  —  It's a song by The Lumineers, an American folk-rock band.  The lyrics and stomp reverberate throughout the kitchen and into the house.
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Ivan Penn / New York Times:
From 4% to 45%: Biden Offers Ambitious Blueprint for Solar Energy  —  The Biden administration on Wednesday released a plan to produce almost half of the nation's electricity from the sun by 2050 as part of its effort to combat climate change.  —  Solar energy provided less than 4 percent …
Discussion: Washington Post, CNBC and UPI
Mike Cherney / Wall Street Journal:
Australia's Top Court Finds Media Companies Liable for Other People's Facebook Comments  —  Decision could hinder the promoting of important public-interest journalism, legal experts say  —  SYDNEY—Australia's highest court found that newspapers and television stations that post articles …
Mike Coppinger / ESPN:
Donald Trump, son to provide commentary on Evander Holyfield-Vitor Belfort alternate telecast  —  Former President Donald Trump has signed a contract to provide commentary on a “gamecast” of Saturday's boxing event headlined by Evander Holyfield vs. Vitor Belfort, Triller told ESPN on Tuesday.
Hans Nichols / Axios:
Scoop: Manchin backs as little as $1 trillion of Biden's $3.5 trillion plan  —  Sen. Joe Manchin (D-W.V.) has privately warned the White House and congressional leaders that he has specific policy concerns with President Biden's $3.5 trillion social spending dream — and he'll support as little …
John Aguilar / Denver Post:
“I am angry today:” Jeffco's top health official halts mobile COVID-19 vaccination clinics after medical staff harassed  —  Motorist runs over signs at a vaccine clinic over the Labor Day weekend  —  The head of Jefferson County Public Health pulled the agency's three COVID-19 vaccination vans off …
Brian Johnson / KMBC:
Fights break out, one person handcuffed following Pleasant Hill School Board meeting  —  The school board voted to reinstate a district-wide mask mandate Tuesday Night  —  Hide Transcript Show Transcript  —  PLEASANT HILL, Mo. —  The Pleasant Hill Board of Education voted unanimously to require masks in its schools.
Discussion: The Hill, The Daily Beast and Raw Story
Matthew Boyle / Breitbart:
Sleaze and Slime: Former Bill Clinton Intern Now Claiming to Be ‘Republican’ Launders Expunged, Dismissed Allegations After Trump Endorses Opponent  —  Jeff Bartos, a former intern for former Democrat President Bill Clinton — now running as a Republican in Pennsylvania's U.S. Senate primary …
John Stoehr / The Editorial Board:
When Republicans talk about the ‘real America,’ they are not talking about the real America.  ‘Real America’ is anti-American  —  What Jim Jordan means.  —  United States Representative Jim Jordan wrote the following to accompany a video of University of Wisconsin students going wild …
Discussion: POLITICUSUSA and Breitbart
Minyvonne Burke / NBC News:
Patton Oswalt cancels shows in Florida, Utah after venues fail to comply with his Covid requests  —  Comedian and actor Patton Oswalt canceled his upcoming tour dates in Florida and Salt Lake City because the venues would not comply with his request that attendees either show proof of full vaccination or a negative Covid-19 test.
Samuel Chamberlain / New York Post:
Four Taliban members swapped for Bowe Bergdahl now in Afghan government  —  Four of the five Taliban members released from Guantanamo Bay by the Obama administration in 2014 in exchange for admitted US Army deserter Bowe Bergdahl are part of the Islamic fundamentalist group's new hardline government …
Thomas B. Edsall / New York Times:
One Thing We Can Agree On Is That We're Becoming a Different Country  —  Mr. Edsall contributes a weekly column from Washington, D.C., on politics, demographics and inequality.  —  A highly charged ideological transition reflecting a “massive four-decade-long shift in political values …
Discussion: Progress Pond and Raw Story
Politico:
Trump chooses Cheney challenger in major test of political clout  —  Donald Trump is set to back Wyoming attorney Harriet Hageman as she prepares a primary challenge against GOP Rep. Liz Cheney, according to three people with knowledge of his plans, marking the most important political endorsement yet in Trump's post-presidency.
 
 
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Camilo Montoya-Galvez / CBS News:
U.S. caring for more than 100 unaccompanied Afghan children
Discussion: Washington Examiner
Associated Press:
Paris terror trial opens for 20 accused in 2015 attacks
Discussion: The Daily Caller and ABC7
Sam Sachs / WFLA-TV:
Florida judge rules to set aside stay, allowing mask mandates in schools
Discussion: Washington Examiner and Forbes
James Iman / The Art Newspaper:
Italy evicts Steve Bannon's right-wing group from medieval monastery
Discussion: Insider
David Siders / Politico:
'There's no good news': Biden's rough summer puts Dems on high alert
Discussion: Fox News, Breitbart and IJR
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The White House:
President Biden Names Seventh Round of Judicial Nominees
Discussion: Law & Crime
Ed Morrissey / HotAir:
MSNBC host: When will someone look into the GOP-SCOTUS-red state collusion cabal?
Discussion: Politico, TheBlaze and CBS News
Jacob Bacharach / Gawker:
Speaking Freely Has Never Been Easier
Amy Walter / The Cook Political Report:
Intensity of Opposition to Biden Rises, Solid Support Drops in August
Howard Schneider / Reuters:
Nobelist, senior Democratic economist Stiglitz says Fed's Powell should go
Discussion: Common Dreams
Harry Reid / LasVegasSun.com:
Abolishing the filibuster would pay dividends for Nevadans
Discussion: The Hill
Matt Taibbi / TK News:
Moral Majority Media Strikes Again
Chloe Melas / CNN:
Britney Spears' father petitions to end her conservatorship
 

 
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