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7:40 PM ET, September 9, 2021

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The White House:
President Biden's COVID-19 Plan  —  President Biden is implementing a six-pronged, comprehensive national strategy that employs the same science-based approach that was used to successfully combat previous variants of COVID-19 earlier this year.  This plan will ensure that we are using every available tool …
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Washington Post:
Biden expresses frustration over the unvaccinated, says ‘a distinct minority’ is keeping the U.S. from overcoming the coronavirus  —  President Biden announced sweeping new vaccine mandates Thursday that will affect tens of millions of Americans, ordering all businesses with more than 100 employees …
Washington Post:
White House pulls nomination of ATF chief amid pushback over gun-control advocacy  —  The White House withdrew David Chipman's nomination to run the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives on Thursday amid bipartisan pushback over his gun control advocacy.
CNN:
Biden announces new vaccine mandates that could cover 100 million Americans  —  (CNN)President Joe Biden on Thursday announced he will impose stringent new vaccine rules on federal workers, large employers and health care staff in a sweeping attempt to contain the latest surge of Covid-19.
Andrew Miller / Fox News:
Biden to announce vaccine mandate for companies with more than 100 employees  —  The move could affect as many as 100 million Americans  —  Immunologist analyzes messaging from Biden administration on vaccines  —  President Joe Biden will announce Thursday that all employers …
Marianne LeVine / Politico:
White House yanks its pick as top guns regulator
Zeke Miller / Associated Press:
AP source: Biden requiring federal workers to get COVID shot
Shannon Pettypiece / NBC News:
Biden to announce additional vaccine mandates as he unveils new Covid strategy
Carolina Journal:
One state Supreme Court case could destroy the court for years to come  —  It would be outrageous.  —  It would be unprecedented.  —  It would damage the credibility and validity of North Carolina's highest court for decades.  —  It would be nothing short of a bloodless coup d'état …
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Krishnadev Calamur / NPR:
Progressives Want Justice Stephen Breyer To Retire.  His Response?  Not Yet  —  U.S. Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer has said he will retire on his own terms amid calls from progressives for him to step down from the court so President Biden can name a younger liberal to take his place.
Discussion: Raw Story and Reason
Rebecca Shabad / NBC News:
McCarthy asks Supreme Court to reverse House proxy voting rules  —  WASHINGTON — House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy is asking the Supreme Court to overturn the proxy voting rules that the House implemented because of the pandemic, a tool that Republican lawmakers have taken advantage of themselves.
Washington Post:
Justice Department sues Texas to block six-week abortion ban
Mark Z. Barabak / Los Angeles Times:
Barbara Boxer on abortion, being mugged and Dianne Feinstein
Discussion: The Hill, Politico and National Review
Kristin Wilson / CNN:
House Minority Leader McCarthy takes proxy voting fight to the Supreme Court
Discussion: Talking Points Memo
Carrie Johnson / NPR:
Justice Department Sues Texas Over New Abortion Ban
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 …
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Kate Bennett / CNN:
Melania Trump's closest White House adviser to release book
Discussion: The Hill
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 …
Dan Friedman / Mother Jones:
FBI Seizes Oath Keeper Lawyer's Phone in “Seditious Conspiracy” Investigation  —  Fight disinformation.  Get a daily recap of the facts that matter.  Sign up for the free Mother Jones newsletter.  —  The FBI is investigating “seditious conspiracy” charges related to the January 6 attack on the US Capitol …
Discussion: Raw Story and Breitbart
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Ryan J. Reilly / HuffPost:
FBI Seizes Phone Of Oath Keepers Lawyer In ‘Seditious Conspiracy’ Investigation  —  “I have so much information in there - it's nuts,” Kellye SoRelle told HuffPost about her iPhone.  —  The FBI seized an iPhone this week from a Texas attorney who volunteered for Lawyers for Trump and served …
Erin Aubry Kaplan / Politico:
The Off-Mic Moment That Changed My View of Larry Elder  —  Larry Elder, the surprising front-running candidate to replace Gov. Gavin Newsom in next week's California recall election, has had quite a summer.  Mostly, it's because of the peculiarity of the recall itself: If less than half …
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Alex Thompson / Politico:
Andrew Yang to launch a third party  —  Former presidential and New York mayoral candidate Andrew Yang is set to launch a third party next month, according to two people familiar with the matter.  —  Yang is expected to start the party in conjunction with the Oct. 5 release of his new book …
Discussion: Mediaite
Rosy Cordero / Deadline:
Usher, Priyanka Chopra & Julianne Hough Set For ‘The Activist’, CBS Competition Series From Global Citizen  —  Usher, Priyanka Chopra Jonas, and Julianne Hough are set to co-host the Global Citizen competition series from CBS, The Activist.  The five-week reality series premieres Friday …
Discussion: Twitchy and Gawker
Jason Leopold / BuzzFeed News:
The Capitol Police Said Jan. 6 Unrest On Capitol Grounds Would Be “Highly Improbable”  —  The chief of the Capitol Police and its top intelligence officer personally approved permits for six demonstrations to be held on Jan. 6, 2021, despite signs that one of the applications was filed …
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Travis Gettys / Raw Story:   Police suspected pro-Trump ‘proxies’ were ‘planning trouble’ on Jan. 6 — but top officials granted permits anyway: New documents
Gregory S. Schneider / Washington Post:
The statue of Robert E. Lee is gone, but the mystery of the time capsule persists  —  RICHMOND — Robert E. Lee lost his lofty perch — but he's trying to hold onto his secrets.  —  Workers were a bit stumped Thursday morning in their quest to find a time capsule supposedly planted at the base …
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Philip Bump / Washington Post:
A perfect distillation of Trump's malleable, always-be-closing approach to politics
Discussion: New York Times and Donald J. Trump
Aram Roston / Reuters:
Exclusive-Proud Boys leader urged group not to ‘turn on each other’ in riot probe  —  WASHINGTON (Reuters) - As four of his fellow Proud Boy leaders sat in jail this summer, charged with conspiracy in the violent Jan. 6 insurrection at the U.S. Capitol, the group's chairman, Enrique Tarrio …
Hayes Brown / MSNBC:
Congress raising the debt ceiling is suddenly a problem for Republicans … Politics, like fashion, can be cyclical.  And in the coming weeks, America is about to go through the economic version of the return of low-rise jeans — a baffling choice that even in theory benefits only a few select individuals …
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Mike Isaac / New York Times:
Smart Glasses Made Google Look Dumb.  Now Facebook Is Giving Them a Try.  —  The company has teamed up with Ray-Ban to create glasses that can take photos, record video, answer phone calls and play podcasts.  —  SAN FRANCISCO — Last Saturday, after a three-mile hike through the Presidio …
Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:
9/11 Made the Media Whitewash What Really Happened in Bush v. Gore  —  By now nearly everybody, with the exception of a handful of Bush administration leftovers, understands that the September 11 attacks induced some form of mass psychosis into the American polity.  The contours of this understanding vary.
The White House:
Statement from the President on Withdrawal of David Chipman's Nomination to Lead ATF  —  David Chipman spent 25 years in distinguished service to our country as an ATF agent.  He's a gun owner himself, and someone who has the backing of law enforcement groups.
Joshua Prager / The Atlantic:
The Roe Baby  —  Nearly half a century ago, Roe v. Wade secured a woman's legal right to obtain an abortion.  The ruling has been contested with ever-increasing intensity, dividing and reshaping American politics.  And yet for all its prominence, the person most profoundly connected …
Douglas Belkin / Wall Street Journal:
Covid-19 Policies Ignite Battle at UT Austin  —  Public university's efforts to comply with Texas ban on mask and vaccine mandates fuel outcry from faculty and others  —  AUSTIN, Texas—Scientists at the University of Texas at Austin drew up a series of projections for how Covid-19 …
Discussion: The Daily Caller
Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
How the GOP will exploit Covid to win power — and what Democrats can do about it  —  Here's a midterm message for you: Judging by the GOP's continuing slide into extremist and destructive behavior in the face of a surging covid-19, electing more Republicans to positions of responsibility right …
 
 
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Philip Caldwell / Washington Free Beacon:
Biden Will Not Deliver Live Remarks on 9/11 Anniversary
Discussion: Fox News
Peter Savodnik / Common Sense with Bari Weiss:
The American Aristocracy Tries to Fight Racism. It's Not Working.
Adam Shaw / Fox News:
Mayorkas defends ‘multi-layered, multi-agency’ Afghan refugee vetting amid GOP concerns
Discussion: Townhall
Arizona Republic:
Ducey promises Arizona will ‘push back’ on Biden's vaccine mandates
CNN:
McConnell carefully choosing battles in Trump proxy war for the midterms
Discussion: Raw Story
The White House:
Increasing Testing & Requiring Masking
 Earlier Items: 
Naomi Jagoda / The Hill:
House Democrat says she'll oppose parts of $3.5T spending package
Discussion: Roll Call, CNN and Washington Examiner
David M. Drucker / Washington Examiner:
GOP senator declines to address Trump claim that she is joining him in opposing Liz Cheney
Thomas Lecaque / The Bulwark:
The Conspiracy Theorists Are Coming for Your Schools
Lily Kuo / Washington Post:
Xi Jinping's crackdown on everything is remaking Chinese society
Discussion: Brookings, New York Times, HotAir and UnHerd
 

 
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