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Durham Is Said to Seek Indictment of Lawyer at Firm With Democratic Ties — The lawyer, Michael Sussmann, is accused of lying to the F.B.I. in a 2016 meeting about Trump and Russia. He denies wrongdoing. — WASHINGTON — John H. Durham, the special counsel appointed by the Trump administration …
Jonathan Weisman / New York Times:
As G.O.P. Digs In on Debt Ceiling, Democrats Try Shaming McConnell — Senator Mitch McConnell says Republicans will not support raising the federal borrowing limit. Weeks before a potential default, Democrats do not appear to have a strategy for doing so.
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Alayna Treene / Axios:
The debt ceiling stare down — Congress is fast approaching its deadline to raise the debt ceiling or risk defaulting on the nation's debt, and, as of now, there's no serious plan to stave off what many members are calling the worst-case scenario. — Why it matters: The U.S. has never defaulted on its debt.
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Quint Forgey / Politico:
Newsom: Recall win shows Dems should ‘stiffen our spines’ on Covid action — California Gov. Gavin Newsom and Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee Chair Sean Patrick Maloney argued Thursday that Newsom's victory in the recall election this week should embolden Democratic politicians across …
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Emboldened by recall win, Democrats brush aside talk of unity and escalate attacks on Republicans
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CBS News:
Governor Gavin Newsom to national Democrats: “Don't be timid” on COVID-19 response
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Lara Korte / Sacramento Bee:
Larry Elder's voter fraud messaging depressed Republican turnout, GOP consultant charges
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Stef W. Kight / Axios:
Mapped: Afghan refugees headed to 46 states — The Biden administration notified governors and mayors on Wednesday of the number of Afghan evacuees their state is expected to receive in the coming weeks, two senior administration officials told Axios. — Why it matters: Although …
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Nancy A. Youssef / Wall Street Journal:
Afghan Refugees on U.S. Military Bases Wait to Begin Their New Lives in America
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New York Times:
Portraits of the Lasting Trauma of the Capitol Riot — “After I reflected on things, I was angry. I was really angry.” — “That story will always be with us.” “I still close my eyes and see that day again.” — WASHINGTON — Three months after supporters of President Donald J. Trump violently stormed …
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Alex Shephard / New Republic:
How Tucker Carlson Lost It — In February 2009, when he took the stage at the Conservative Political Action Conference, Tucker Carlson was in the midst of an identity crisis. Five years earlier, he had been a victim of what was arguably the first viral takedown of the internet era.
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Jay Willis / Balls and Strikes:
Legal Journalism Is Broken — The conservative takeover of the Court is putting traditional legal media to the test. The results are not encouraging. — The end of the most recent Supreme Court term kicked off what has quickly become a cherished tradition for America's legal journalists …
Reuters:
France says Biden acted like Trump to sink Australia defence deal — France accused U.S. President Joe Biden on Thursday of stabbing it in the back and acting like his predecessor Donald Trump after Paris was pushed aside from a lucrative defence deal that it had signed with Australia for submarines.
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Ellen Pao / New York Times:
The Sexism That Led to the Elizabeth Holmes Trial — Ms. Pao is a tech investor and chief executive of Project Include, a diversity, equity and inclusion nonprofit. She is the author of “Reset: My Fight for Inclusion and Lasting Change,” about her lawsuit against a venture capital firm …
Sonam Sheth / Insider:
Paul Ryan spoke to a doctor and extensively researched how to deal with someone with narcissistic personality disorder after Trump won: book — Paul Ryan studied up on how to deal with someone with narcissistic personality disorder after Trump won the 2016 election.
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Steve Benen / MSNBC:
New reporting casts Pence's Jan. 6 actions in an unflattering light
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Foreign Affairs:
How China Exports Authoritarianism … In a speech to senior Chinese Communist Party (CCP) officials in July, Chinese leader Xi Jinping declared that China must do more to share the “story” of the party's success with the rest of the world. In order to enhance the international influence …
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Joseph Marks / Washington Post:
The latest partisan audit is risking voters' personal data — Welcome to The Cybersecurity 202! Please join me in congratulating Associate Editor Bob Woodward on 50 remarkable years at The Post. — Below: The Republican Governors Association was hit with a data breach and Germany's election office was targeted in a cyberattack.
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Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
The right-wing media is helping Trump destroy democracy. A new poll shows how. — When future historians seek to explain the United States' perilous slide toward authoritarianism in the 21st century, they will grapple with the role played in all these events by Fox News and the right-wing media.
Gregory A. Smith / Pew Research Center:
More White Americans adopted than shed evangelical label during Trump presidency, especially his supporters — Since Donald Trump was elected president in 2016 due in part to strong support from White evangelical Protestants, many observers have wondered what impact this political alliance might …
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Washington Post:
In ‘decisive blow,’ French strike kills West Africa Islamic State leader behind deaths of 4 U.S. soldiers — A French drone strike killed a top Islamic State militant believed to be the mastermind of attacks in Niger that claimed the lives of four U.S. soldiers in 2017 and six French aid workers last year.
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Noah Smith / Bloomberg:
New York City Has Once Again Defied the Doomsayers. Here's Why. — By far the most densely populated metropolis in the country, Gotham offers a kind of urban living no other U.S. city has been able to replicate. — New York City is emerging as one of the world's most resilient big cities in the wake of the pandemic.
Claire Goforth / The Daily Dot:
How an Oath Keeper brought QAnon to the masses — On Dec. 21, 2020, QAlerts, an aggregator of drops from the anonymous poster known as Q, called on his tens of thousands of followers on Gab to head to Washington, D.C. to protest the 2020 election. — “When the President of The United States requests …
Alan Cole / Full Stack Economics:
How a key Biden tax idea got crushed — The president was forced to retreat on the key issue of step-up basis — President Joe Biden came into office planning to tax intergenerational wealth more heavily. He had several policy ideas to do this, and the most intellectually defensible …
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Zusha Elinson / Wall Street Journal:
Women Are Nearly Half of New Gun Buyers, Study Finds — As gun sales reach a high during Covid-19 pandemic, groups form to teach women how to handle their new firearms — SAN DIEGO—Close to half of all new U.S. gun buyers since the beginning of 2019 have been women …
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Colby Hall / Mediaite:
CNN Goes Directly From Not Asking Andrew McCabe ONE Question About FBI Gymnast Abuse Scandal — To Gymnast Testimony — Former Acting FBI Director Andrew McCabe is a paid contributor to CNN, and appeared on the network in that capacity Thursday morning to discuss Saturday's planned demonstration in support of January 6th rioters.
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Colby Hall / Mediaite:
BREAKING: Piers Morgan is Joining Fox News Media — In what might be both the most predictable and smartest move in cable news so far this year, Fox News announced that professional provocateur and television personality Piers Morgan is joining News Corp and Fox News Media in what they are calling a “global deal.”
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New York Times:
U.S. Booster Policy Is in Flux as Studies Add to Dissent — A week before President Biden's plan is to roll out, scientists are at odds about whether extra coronavirus shots are needed and for whom. — WASHINGTON — Almost a month ago, President Biden announced a plan …
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Adam Taylor / Washington Post:
Biden's ‘incomprehensible’ travel ban on European visitors widens transatlantic rift — You're reading an excerpt from the Today's WorldView newsletter. Sign up to get the rest free, including news from around the globe, interesting ideas and opinions to know, sent to your inbox every weekday.
Dan Pfeiffer / The Message Box:
The Political Folly of Siding with Pharma — A new poll shows that the three House Dems blocking lower Rx prices are making a historic political error — With the narrowest of majorities, a complex set of policy issues, and huge differences between moderates and progressives …
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Ken Meyer / Mediaite:
Brian Kilmeade Promotes False Story of White House Staff Cutting Biden's Mic that 'Everyone's Talking About' — Fox News' Brian Kilmeade kept the wheels turning for conservative talking points by advancing the false claim that the White House is cutting off President Joe Biden's microphone during press engagements.
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