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Why Our Monsters Talk to Michael Wolff — In his new book, the author of “Fire and Fury” continues his specialty: teasing out stories from men in power. — It's early 2019, a few months before Jeffrey Epstein will be arrested on sex charges, and he is sitting in the vast study …
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The Guardian, more at Mediagazer »
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Justice Amy Coney Barrett argues Supreme Court isn't ‘a bunch of partisan hacks’ — LOUISVILLE, Ky. — In the wake of a controversial decision on abortion rights, U.S. Supreme Court Justice Amy Coney Barrett told a crowd of more than 100 here that she doesn't believe the highest court in the land is politically driven.
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Insider
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Barrett concerned about public perception of Supreme Court — LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Supreme Court Justice Amy Coney Barrett expressed concerns Sunday that the public may increasingly see the court as a partisan institution. — Justices must be “hyper vigilant to make sure they're …
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Fox News
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Scoop: Warner warns he may vote against $3.5 trillion budget — Sen. Mark Warner (D-Va.) is warning that he could vote against the $3.5 trillion budget package, if more money isn't added for housing assistance to close the racial wealth gap in the current House version of the bill, Axios has learned.
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New Republic, The Hill, Breitbart, Political Wire, Washington Examiner and Slate
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House Democrats circulate new tax plan as party tries to unify behind huge economic package
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Axios, New York Times, CNN, Financial Times, Common Dreams, The Hill, Politico, HuffPost, USA Today and Wall Street Journal
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Watch CNN's Dana Bash Call Out Joe Manchin's Infrastructure Game
Watch CNN's Dana Bash Call Out Joe Manchin's Infrastructure Game
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Bloomberg, New York Post and CNBC
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POLITICO Playbook: Grisham dishes on Melania — DRIVING THE DAY — THE WEEK AHEAD: JOE BIDEN campaigns with GAVIN NEWSOM in Long Beach, Calif., tonight before voters there decide Tuesday whether Newsom should be recalled (polls show him up by double digits) ... Secretary …
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Afghan American woman's escape highlights secretive CIA role in Kabul rescues — Five days after Afghanistan's fall, Shaqaiq Birashk, holed up in her Kabul apartment, was contacted by a stranger offering to have her picked up and escorted to the airport for evacuation.
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Gavin Newsom and the Revenge of California's ‘Anger’ Lobby — The strange story of how progressive reforms put power in the hands of the state's most aggrieved voters. — The political universe has been transfixed by what could happen to California's governor on Tuesday …
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Larry Elder Spoke At A Conference With White Nationalist Kyle Chapman
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USA Today, Fox News and New York Magazine
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The Legacy of America's Post-9/11 Turn to Torture — Twenty years after the attacks, the United States is still grappling with the consequences of brutal interrogations carried out in the name of national security. — NOUAKCHOTT, Mauritania — Mohamedou Ould Slahi is almost clinical …
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Alabama man dies after being turned away from 43 hospitals as covid packs ICUs, family says — When Ray DeMonia was having a cardiac emergency last month, his Alabama family waited anxiously for a nearby hospital with available space in its intensive care unit.
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Outside the Beltway and WGN-TV
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Red flags for Biden's “over-the-horizon” strategy — The Biden administration's “over-the-horizon” strategy in Afghanistan is drawing serious questions from lawmakers and counterterrorism experts, as the U.S. withdrawal shifts calculations about threats and capabilities.
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Democrats face divisions over pledge to scrap Trump's tax cuts — ‘Will not have my vote’: Manchin explains opposition to $3.5 trillion economic package — (CNN)Democrats have been waiting for years to reimagine the tax code so that, in their words, the wealthy are paying their “fair share” …
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House Democrats Consider 26.5% Corporate Tax Rate
House Democrats Consider 26.5% Corporate Tax Rate
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Common Dreams, Bloomberg, One America News Network and POLITICUSUSA
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Trump Politicizes Soldier Deaths. Gold Star Families Call It ‘Disgusting.’ — Former President Donald Trump has taken to calling out President Joe Biden for soldier deaths in Afghanistan. Gold Star families aren't so pleased. — “Gross.” “Disgusting.” “Without honor.”
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Texas wanted to be the tech haven of the U.S. Its new abortion bill and other measures are causing workers to rethink their move. — Tech workers are marking Texas off the list of places they'd consider working after the state passed the nation's most restrictive abortion law
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Financial Times, more at Techmeme »
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Long-Secret FBI Report Reveals New Connections Between 9/11 Hijackers and Saudi Religious Officials in U.S. — “This validates what we have been saying,” says an attorney for families of 9/11 victims who are suing the Saudi government over alleged support of the 2001 terrorist attacks.
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The Daily Beast, The Western Journal, Political Wire and Washington Post
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It made me sick to watch a once-male special forces combat veteran beat up a woman on TV - it's time to stop this trans sport insanity before women start being killed — It was the moment ideology met cold, hard reality. — Alana McLaughlin, 38, the second transgender MMA fighter to compete in the sport …
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Trump says Dems ‘disparaged’ COVID-19 vaccine while he was president: ‘Now they wonder why’ some are hesitant — Trump criticizes Biden's new COVID-19 vaccine mandates for employers — Joe Biden's Massive Vaccine Mandates — EXCLUSIVE: Former President Donald Trump blamed Democrats …
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Biden's vaccine mandate theater — If you want to understand President Joe Biden's motives, look no further than White House chief of staff Ron Klain's Twitter feed. — Less than an hour after Biden ordered his Labor Department to issue a nationwide vaccine mandate in the workplace …
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More than half of Americans support vaccine mandates for workplaces, classrooms and sporting events — Biden to the unvaccinated: ‘Our patience is wearing thin’ — (CNN)Americans have grown more supportive of coronavirus vaccine mandates for workers, students, and in everyday public life …
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Mediaite and Daily Kos, more at Mediagazer »
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Trump's White House chief of staff is target of Capitol attack records request — House select committee investigating 6 January wants telecom and social media companies to preserve records on Mark Meadows — The House select committee investigating the 6 January attack on the Capitol …
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Raw Story
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Biden tries to build back cooler and a new and improved Power Up — Good morning and welcome to The Early 202 newsletter — Power Up's glow up, so to speak. — If you loved Power Up, we think you'll love The Early 202 even more. We'll continue to bring you the most important political stories …
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'They're All In on It!' Rose McGowan Slams Dems at Larry Elder Campaign Event — The actress, campaigning for Republican Larry Elder ahead of California's recall election, aired damning accusations against Gov. Gavin Newsom's wife. — At a press conference in Los Angeles on Sunday …
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Los Angeles Times, Breitbart, Raw Story, Mediaite and Insider
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Union Veteran Takes Over at Emily's List as Abortion Fights Loom — Laphonza Butler, a labor leader turned strategist, will become the first woman of color — and the first mother — to lead the Democratic fund-raising powerhouse. — Emily's List, the fund-raising powerhouse …
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I spent 5 years inside DC's foreign policy ‘blob.’ Here's why the experts keep getting us into unwinnable wars like Afghanistan. … One autumn afternoon a few years ago, I took the subway from my Brooklyn apartment to a mansion on the Upper East Side. I was nervous.
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Eunomia
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I Didn't Want to Push My Aunt to Get the Vaccine. Now I Live With Regrets — In normal times, the ICU is a dreadful place. — Sickness lingers like a fog. You can feel it, sense it, even hear it—the machinery pumping, the alarms ringing, the nurses scrambling. — In pandemic times, the ICU is chilling.