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9:25 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, Mediaite 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’
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:
White House to withdraw nomination of David Chipman to head ATF in face of bipartisan pushback over his gun-control advocacy  —  The White House is planning to withdraw David Chipman's nomination to run the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives this week amid bipartisan pushback …
Discussion: CNN
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Marianne LeVine / Politico:
White House planning to withdraw ATF nominee  —  The White House is planning to withdraw David Chipman's nomination to lead the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms, according to three sources close to the process.  —  Chipman is currently a senior policy advisor to Giffords …
Discussion: Breitbart
Charlie Savage / New York Times:
Proponents of Post-Trump Curbs on Executive Power Prepare New Push
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.
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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 …
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
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 …
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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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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RealClearInvestigations:
Introducing RealClearInvestigations' Jan. 6-BLM Riots Dataset  —  AP Photo/John Minchillo; AP Photo/Julio Cortez; YouTube/Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty  —  Many in the political and media establishment have cast the Jan. 6 riot at the U.S. Capitol as one of the darkest episodes in American history …
Discussion: Real Clear Politics
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Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
What should the Jan. 6 probe examine? A veteran Sept. 11 investigator weighs in.
Discussion: Raw Story and Politico
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 …
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
Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:
The Wealth Lobby Is Buying Up Democrats to Defeat Biden's Tax Reform “One of the biggest scams in the history of forever.”  —  Last week, Democratic senator turned anti-tax lobbyist Heidi Heitkamp, who represented North Dakota for one term before losing in 2018, appeared on CNBC …
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
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 …
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. …
Amara Omeokwe / Wall Street Journal:
U.S. Jobless Claims Hit New Pandemic Low as Employers Retain Workers  —  Initial filings for unemployment benefits fell to 310,000 last week  —  Filings for jobless benefits last week fell and reached a fresh pandemic low, extending a downward trend as employers hold onto workers despite the Delta variant of Covid-19.
Discussion: The Daily Caller
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 …
Jesselyn Cook / HuffPost:
Trump Insiders Are Quietly Paying Teen Memers For Posts  —  Documents show that meme accounts rife with disinformation have also become shadowy advertising tools for some notable Republicans.  —  In the fever swamps of Instagram, a network of right-wing meme accounts run by teenage boys …
Discussion: Raw Story
Alex Isenstadt / Politico:
Christie steps out of Trump's shadow — and stokes 2024 buzz  —  Former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie is launching a comeback tour as he considers whether to mount a 2024 presidential bid that could put him on a collision course with Donald Trump.  —  The former governor is set to deliver …
 
 
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E.J. Dionne / Washington Post:
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Paul Bedard / Washington Examiner:
Biden dragging McAuliffe down in Virginia, GOP Youngkin surges into tie with 56 days left
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What's happening inside North Korea? Since the pandemic, the window has slammed shut.
Miranda Devine / New York Post:
Covering up Fauci's role in COVID leak
AMAC:
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Scott Bauer / Associated Press:
Republicans, elections experts say Wisconsin probe is flawed
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Tess Owen / VICE:
Oath Keeper Snitched on Himself to FBI Agent During Tattoo Session, Docs Say
Discussion: HuffPost
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
 

 
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Max Tani / @maxwelltani:
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Leo Schwartz / Fortune:
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Stephen Alpher / CoinDesk:
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