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7:50 AM ET, September 9, 2021

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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 …
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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: 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  —  House Democrats are framing their efforts as a rebuke of Donald J. Trump's record as would-be reformers seek Senate Republican support.  —  WASHINGTON — As Donald J. Trump's norm-busting presidency careened through two impeachments …
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New York Times:
As Taliban Crush Dissent, New Leaders Face Cascading Challenges  —  The Taliban continued to brutally crack down on demonstrations against their rule.  The new government faces an unfolding humanitarian crisis and flaring tensions on the Afghan-Pakistan border.
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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Tyler McCarthy / Fox News:
Jimmy Kimmel says unvaccinated people shouldn't get ICU beds in his return to his late-night show
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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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.
Wall Street Journal:
Taliban to Allow 200 Americans, Other Foreigners to Fly Out of Kabul  —  No Afghans without foreign citizenship are expected to be allowed on the flight to Qatar  —  KABUL—Afghanistan's Taliban authorities are allowing some 200 Americans and other foreign citizens to leave the country …
Discussion: Reuters and New York Times
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 …
Discussion: The Hill
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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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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.
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Ryan J. Reilly / HuffPost:
Trumper Pleads Guilty After His Mom Bragged About His Capitol Riot Antics On Facebook
Discussion: Raw Story
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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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. …
Politico:
How the Delta variant bottlenecked Biden's presidency  —  The resurgence of Covid-19 is rapidly dominating Joe Biden's administration, putting into question the future of his broader legislative agenda and increasingly steering Democrats into treacherous political territory.
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 …
Manu Raju / CNN:
Manchin lays out long list of demands as key Senate chairs move to win his vote  —  (CNN)In the Senate, all roads lead to Joe Manchin.  —  The West Virginia Democrat and his staff have been engaged for weeks in intensive negotiations with the chairs of key Senate committees ahead …
Scott Bauer / Associated Press:
Republicans, elections experts say Wisconsin probe is flawed  —  Former Republican officeholders and election experts say that the GOP-ordered investigation into the 2020 presidential election in Wisconsin lacks credibility, transparency and raises security risks and legal concerns
Discussion: Raw Story and Insurrection
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 …
Haley Strack / The Federalist:
National Archives Slaps ‘Harmful Content’ Warning On Constitution, All Other Founding Documents  —  The National Archives Records Administration placed a “harmful content” warning on the Constitution, labeling the governing document of the United States as “harmful or difficult to view.”
 
 
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David Reaboi / Late Republic Nonsense:
Robert E. Lee at Year Zero
Barak Ravid / Axios:
Biden reiterates plan to reopen Jerusalem consulate despite Israeli objections
Discussion: The Western Journal
Karen Townsend / HotAir:
AOC's woke Biology 101 lesson: “I do know that he's not familiar with a menstruating person's body”
Kristen Doerer / Right Wing Watch:
Who Is Owed Reparations? Larry Elder Argues Slave Owners Whose ‘Legal Property Was Taken Away’
Discussion: Fox News, Breitbart and National Review
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Tyler Dawson / National Post:
Book burning at Ontario francophone schools as ‘gesture of reconciliation’ denounced
Discussion: Agence France-Presse and HotAir
Nate Cohn / New York Times:
How Educational Differences Are Widening America's Political Rift
Discussion: Breitbart
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
Philip Bump / Washington Post:
The looming chaos of Trump 2024
Discussion: Politico and Raw Story
Garrett M. Graff / The Atlantic:
After 9/11, the U.S. Got Almost Everything Wrong
Discussion: Vanity Fair
Peter Boghossian / Common Sense with Bari Weiss:
My University Sacrificed Ideas for Ideology. So Today I Quit.
 

 
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Leo Schwartz / Fortune:
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Stephen Alpher / CoinDesk:
Rumble announces a $775M investment from Tether and plans to use $525M to fund a tender offer for ~70M shares of its common stock; RUM jumps 35%+ after hours
 
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