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Sam Tabachnik / Denver Post:
Bob Enyart, conservative firebrand and pastor, dies of COVID-19 — Conservative firebrand Bob Enyart, the pastor of the Denver Bible Church and indelible talk show host, has died from COVID-19, his radio co-host announced Monday on Facebook. — “Bob Enyart was one of the smartest …
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Alex Seitz-Wald / NBC News:
As Newsom leads California recall polls, Larry Elder pushes baseless fraud claims — WASHINGTON — Republicans in Tuesday's California gubernatorial recall election are already laying the groundwork to argue the election was stolen — even before a single ballot is reported or a victor declared …
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David Zweig / The Atlantic:
Our Most Reliable Pandemic Number Is Losing Meaning — At least 12,000 Americans have already died from COVID-19 this month, as the country inches through its latest surge in cases. But another worrying statistic is often cited to depict the dangers of this moment: The number …
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Justin Baragona / The Daily Beast:
Larry Elder Preemptively Concedes Defeat, Launches Voter-Fraud Site — BIG LIE II — Before the results of Tuesday's California gubernatorial recall election have even come in, top-polling Republican candidate Larry Elder appeared to be already conceding defeat on Monday and preparing …
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Bob Enyart, Who Mocked AIDS Victims and Spread COVID Lies, Has Died of COVID — Bob Enyart, a conservative Christian radio host and pastor of Denver Bible Church, has died from COVID. (Last week, I posted about how he had tested positive.) — He was 62 (though I can't seem to find a good source for his birthday).
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Melissa Reeves / KUSA-TV:
Radio host, self-proclaimed ‘right-wing religious fanatic’ Bob Enyart dies of COVID-19 — A former director of Colorado Right to Life, he used his cable television show to mock AIDS victims. — WHEAT RIDGE, Colo. — Self-proclaimed “right-wing religious fanatic” radio host Bob Enyart of Colorado …
Eric Ting / SFGATE:
When will we know the outcome of the Gavin Newsom recall election in California? — More than 7 million ballots in the Gavin Newsom recall election have already been received by California elections officials ahead of the Sept. 14 election date. — Every registered voter was mailed a ballot …
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Maeve Reston / CNN:
California Gov. Gavin Newsom was facing a tight race. Then Larry Elder came along.
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Sarah K. Burris / Raw Story:
Colorado pastor who mocked AIDS deaths and spread vaccine conspiracy theories dies from COVID-19
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Daniel Marans / HuffPost:
How The California Recall Became A Real Threat To Democratic Power
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Manu Raju / CNN:
Democrats cut deal with Manchin to get party behind long-shot voting overhaul bill — (CNN)Senate Democrats are proposing new legislation to overhaul voting laws after months of discussions to get all 50 of their members behind a single bill, allowing their caucus to speak with one voice …
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Mike DeBonis / Washington Post:
Revised Democratic voting bill drops controversial provisions, tweaks others as pressure for action mounts — A group of Democratic senators — including key centrist Joe Manchin III of West Virginia — is set to introduce a pared-down voting rights, campaign finance and government ethics bill Tuesday …
Hans Nichols / Axios:
Scoop: Sinema's secret spreadsheets — Sen. Kyrsten Sinema (D-Ariz.) is negotiating the size and scope of President Biden's $3.5 trillion budget plan armed with her own spreadsheets about the costs and tax hikes needed for each program, people familiar with the matter tell Axios.
Carl Hulse / New York Times:
Democrats to Propose Compromise Voting Rights Bill
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Claudia Grisales / NPR:
Senate Democrats Offer A New Voting Bill, But A GOP Filibuster Likely Blocks The Way
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Wall Street Journal:
Facebook Knows Instagram Is Toxic for Teen Girls, Company Documents Show — Its own in-depth research shows a significant teen mental-health issue that Facebook plays down in public — About a year ago, teenager Anastasia Vlasova started seeing a therapist.
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BuzzFeed News:
She's One Of Congress's Leading Progressives — Just Not In Her Own Office, Staffers Say — WASHINGTON — Last May, Rep. Pramila Jayapal introduced the Paycheck Recovery Act, aimed at curbing layoffs during the pandemic by having the federal government pay people's salaries.
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Katherine Tully-McManus / Politico:
Dems bite their tongues on Manchin and Sinema
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Sarah Spellings / Vogue:
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Sent a Message With Her First Met Gala Appearance — For her first appearance at the Met Gala, representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez had to make a political statement. It was only right. And since she was at fashion's glitziest night, surrounded …
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Thomas Barrabi / Fox News:
AOC wears ‘Tax The Rich’ dress at $30K-per-ticket Met Gala
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Dorothy Moses Schulz / New York Post:
‘Defund police’ Squad members are biggest spenders on private security
Washington Post:
Poverty fell overall in 2020 due to massive stimulus checks and unemployment aid, U.S. Census says — The official poverty rate rose slightly to 11.4 percent in 2020, but Census says after accounting for pandemic relief aid, the poverty rate fell to 9.1 percent.
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Charlie Smart / New York Times:
Covid Hospitalization Crisis Reaches Fever Pitch in Southern I.C.U.s — Share of I.C.U. beds occupied in each hospital — Circle size is proportional to I.C.U. capacity. — Wash. — Maine — Mont. — N.D. — Ore. — Vt. — Minn. — N.H. — Idaho — Wis. — S.D.
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Zachary Cohen / CNN:
Memo shows how Homeland Security restricted flow of ‘election-related’ intelligence ahead of 1/6 — Ex-FBI official warns of potential for more violence at right-wing rally — (CNN)A few months before rioters stormed the US Capitol, the Department of Homeland Security restricted the flow …
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Barak Ravid / Axios:
Scoop: Blinken to host event marking Abraham Accords anniversary — Secretary of State Tony Blinken will hold a virtual meeting on Friday with his counterparts from Israel, the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain and Morocco to commemorate the one-year anniversary of the Abraham Accords.
Margaret Talev / Axios:
Axios-Ipsos poll: 60% of voters back Biden vaccine mandates — A majority of Americans — including suburban voters — support vaccine mandates for federal workers as well as private companies, according to the latest installment of the Axios/Ipsos Coronavirus Index.
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Joseph Wulfsohn / Fox News:
New York Times stealth-edits report on Hunter Biden laptop story, scrubs ‘unsubstantiated’ following backlash — The FEC ruled that Twitter did not break election laws for suppressing the New York Post's reporting
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Margaret Sullivan / Washington Post:
Words matter. So these journalists refuse to call GOP election meddling an ‘audit.’ — There's a simple but powerful idea behind the Philadelphia Inquirer's recent decision not to use the word “audit” when referring to an effort by the state GOP to investigate the 2020 election: — Words matter.
Nicole Perlroth / New York Times:
Apple Issues Emergency Security Updates to Close a Spyware Flaw — Researchers at Citizen Lab found that NSO Group, an Israeli spyware company, had infected Apple products without so much as a click. — Apple on Monday issued emergency software updates for a critical vulnerability …
Olivia Beavers / Politico:
GOP's Jan. 6 problem returns to its doorstep — The Saturday rally defending some rioters arrested during the Capitol insurrection is reminding the GOP of an uncomfortable reality: Part of its base believes the Jan. 6 attack was justified. — Saturday's rally comes as some conservative …
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Paula Aceves / New York Magazine:
The Fake Vaxx Card Next to You In the city, counterfeit proof is easy to buy as weed. — One steamy night in early August, 20-year-old Henry and his friends prepared to hit the Greenwich Village bar scene, armed with fake IDs that said they were of legal drinking age.
Ben Schreckinger / Politico:
How Joe Biden Became Irish — While it is cliche for political figures to portray themselves as being “as American as apple pie,” President Joe Biden has long advertised another selling point: He's also as Irish as a pint of Guinness (despite being, like his predecessor, a teetotaler).
The Daily Beast:
Palace: Yes, the Queen Really Did Send Congrats Note to Kim Jong Un … The message was so bizarre that some believed it must be a hoax, but sources told The Daily Beast that Queen Elizabeth really did send the note to the head of a rogue regime. — T he North Korean state media triumphantly published …
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