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3:25 PM ET, September 17, 2021

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Wall Street Journal:
How Facebook Hobbled Mark Zuckerberg's Bid to Get America Vaccinated  —  Company documents show antivaccine activists undermined the CEO's ambition to support the rollout by flooding the site and using Facebook's own tools to sow doubt about the Covid-19 vaccine
Lolita C. Baldor / Associated Press:
Milley: Calls to China were ‘perfectly’ within scope of job  —  ATHENS, Greece (AP) — The top U.S. military officer said Friday that calls he made to his Chinese counterpart in the final stormy months of Donald Trump's presidency were “perfectly within the duties and responsibilities” of his job.
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Tom Nichols / The Atlantic:
Trump Put Milley in an Impossible Position  —  Did the chairman of the Joint Chiefs, General Mark Milley, violate the Constitution?  The answer, at least on the current available evidence, is no.  —  In a new book, Bob Woodward and Robert Costa write that Milley contacted his opposite number …
Sonam Sheth / Insider:
Gen. Mark Milley was ‘one of the happiest people’ at Biden's inauguration because it meant Trump was out of office, book says
Discussion: New York Times and Raw Story
The Guardian:
Overturning Roe v Wade will promote abstinence, says architect of Texas abortion ban  —  Jonathan Mitchell writes in supreme court brief that ‘women can “control their reproductive lives” without access to abortion’  —  The legal architect of the Texas abortion ban has argued in a supreme court brief …
Discussion: Raw Story
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Washington Post:
Justice Thomas defends the Supreme Court's independence and warns of ‘destroying our institutions’
CBS News:   Clarence Thomas warns Supreme Court should not wade into politics
New York Times:
Thousands of Migrants Huddle in Squalid Conditions Under Texas Bridge  —  The temporary camp in Del Rio has grown with staggering speed in recent days during a massive surge in migration that has overwhelmed the authorities.  —  DEL RIO, Texas — Thousands of migrants were crowded under …
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Celine Castronuovo / The Hill:
More than 10,000 migrants await processing under bridge in Texas
Betsy Woodruff Swan / Politico:
Tough Biden calls on Trump executive privilege headed for Jan. 6 probe  —  Joe Biden's White House is about to face the tricky choice of how much material from the Donald Trump White House — if any — it gives to the Jan. 6 select committee.  —  The National Archives and Records Administration …
Discussion: Townhall, Raw Story and Instapundit
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Ed Morrissey / HotAir:
Precedents: Will Biden override Trump on executive-privilege claims on January 6 records?
Discussion: Conservative Brief
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Washington Post:
Capitol Police chief dropped request for armed National Guard to be on standby for Saturday's rally after Pentagon discussions  —  The U.S. Capitol Police chief formally asked for 100 armed National Guard members to be on standby for a rally this Saturday at the Capitol in case it turns violent …
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CNN:
US military admits it killed 10 civilians and targeted wrong vehicle in Kabul airstrike  —  (CNN)A United States military investigation into a deadly Kabul drone strike in August has found that it killed 10 civilians and the driver and the vehicle targeted was likely not a threat associated with ISIS-K …
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Eric Schmitt / New York Times:
Pentagon acknowledges Aug. 29 drone strike in Afghanistan was a tragic mistake that killed 10 civilians.  —  WASHINGTON — The Pentagon acknowledged on Friday that a U.S. drone strike in Afghanistan on Aug. 29 that officials said was necessary to prevent an attack on American troops …
Discussion: Associated Press
Jamie Ross / The Daily Beast:
Laura Loomer, Who Once Said ‘Bad Fajitas’ Were Worse Than COVID, Says She's Tested Positive  —  The far-right activist said in a Gettr post that she's experiencing severe coronavirus symptoms.  —  The far-right, anti-Muslim, anti-vaccine conspiracy theorist Laura Loomer says she's tested positive …
Albany Times Union:
How low, Ms. Stefanik?  —  Back in 2017, white supremacists marched in Charlottesville, Va., carrying torches and chanting, “You will not replace us” and “Jews will not replace us.”  Decent Americans recoiled at the undeniable echo of Nazi Germany.  —  That rhetoric has been resonating ever since …
Gromer Jeffers Jr / Dallas Morning News:
Anti-Trump Lincoln Project tackles Texas Gov. Greg Abbott with college football ad buy  —  National television ad titled “Abbott's wall” will run during the University of Texas Longhorns/Rice University Owls football clash.  —  Members of the Lincoln Project, a group of current …
Discussion: Raw Story
Grace Emily Stark / The Federalist:
MY HUSBAND'S A VACCINATED DOCTOR.  HERE'S WHY I'M NOT GETTING A COVID SHOT  —  It's quite clear major health institutions might not have my unborn daughter's best interests at heart, and may give advice accordingly.
Discussion: Progress Pond
Hassan Kanu / Reuters:
Florida governor conflated ‘black joy’ with protest, judge says  —  A federal judge on Thursday blocked part of a sweeping anti-protest bill enacted by Florida Republicans and Governor Ron DeSantis, writing that officials' reaction to peaceful protests in the summer of 2020 is akin …
Discussion: Reason and POLITICUSUSA
Washington Post:
Trump gave six months extra Secret Service protection to his kids, three officials.  It cost taxpayers $1.7 million.  —  In June, former Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin visited Israel to scout investments for his new company, then flew to Qatar for a conference.  At the time, Mnuchin had been out of office for five months.
Discussion: Mercury News and Raw Story
William Saletan / Slate:
Even Republicans Don't Believe Their Arguments Against Biden's Vaccine Mandate  —  Republicans have declared war on President Joe Biden's plan to mandate vaccinations against the coronavirus.  They say Biden's plan—which covers federal workers, health care workers, government contractors …
William Booth / Washington Post:
As climate pledges fall short, U.N. predicts globe could warm by worrying 2.7 degrees Celsius  —  New Glasgow commitments, if implemented, would result in a 12 percent emissions cut by the decade's end, well short of what is needed to curb global warming  —  LONDON — The United Nations warned Friday …
Washington Post:
Alone in death … MARICOPA COUNTY, Ariz. — Twenty miles outside Phoenix in a desolate cemetery, a funeral director opened the door of a black minivan, dusty from the desert dirt.  He lifted out the remains of Marjorie Anderson, her ashes inside a plastic urn transported in a cardboard Costco box.
CNN:
Georgia criminal probe into Trump's attempts to overturn 2020 election quietly moves forward  —  Trump singled out election official.  Hear the horrific voicemails he received  —  (CNN)As Donald Trump returns to Georgia later this month, criminal investigators in the state …
Wall Street Journal:
U.S. to Target Crypto Ransomware Payments With Sanctions  —  Biden administration hopes to disrupt digital finance infrastructure that facilitates ransomware cyber attacks, a national security threat traced to Russia  —  The Biden administration is preparing an array of actions …
Ruy Teixeira / The Liberal Patriot:
The California Recall Vote Changes Nothing  —  Five Reasons Why Democrats' 2022 Prospects Are Still So Challenging  —  Democrat Gavin Newsom won big in California against an attempt to recall him from the governor's office.  Since he won big there are naturally vigorous attempts to characterize …
Jonathan Martin / New York Times:
Anthony Gonzalez, a Republican Who Voted to Impeach Trump, Won't Run in 2022  —  Representative Anthony Gonzalez, one of the 10 House Republicans who voted to impeach Donald Trump, is the first of the group to retire rather than face a stiff primary challenge.
Mimi Lau / South China Morning Post:
Blinken deletes tweet saying US would ‘stand with people of Hong Kong’  —  US secretary of state initially put the post up on September 16 but took it down and issued a more muted sentiment, drawing criticism and questions A spokesman for the Chinese foreign ministry's Hong Kong office …
Discussion: The Daily Caller and Gizmodo
Rebecca Panovka ▪ / Dissent:
Talking in Circles  —  Ten years on, Occupy's demands have shaken off their aura of eccentricity.  But there's far less hope about the utopian possibilities of enabling everyone to speak at once.  —  This article is part of a series on the tenth anniversary of Occupy Wall Street.
Elahe Izadi / Washington Post:
The Indianapolis Star showed Simone Biles the ‘magnitude’ of gymnastics abuse.  How it got the story.  —  Local newspapers may be struggling, but they are still publishing journalism that makes a difference  —  As Simone Biles delivered stirring testimony before a Senate committee …
Discussion: Mediaite, Boston.com and The Root
 
 
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Becket Adams / Washington Examiner:
AOC: A closet capitalist
Discussion: HotAir and Twitchy
Hannah Knowles / Washington Post:
A doctor called coronavirus vaccines ‘fake.’ Now he sits on an Idaho regional health board.
Cristina Marcos / The Hill:
Hoyer affirms House will vote Sept. 27 on bipartisan infrastructure bill
Jim Geraghty / National Review:
The Taliban Are Hunting Down Any Afghan Tied to Western Organizations
The White House:
The Economic Benefits of Extending Permanent Legal Status to Unauthorized Immigrants
Rob Tornoe / Editor and Publisher:
Holding the line  —  A new policy works for politics reporters in an era of lies and hate speech
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Daniel Bice / Milwaukee Journal Sentinel:
Bice: Lt. Gov. Mandela Barnes filed no income tax returns and was on BadgerCare during the 2018 campaign
Dave Levinthal / Insider:
Rep. Susie Lee, a Democrat from Nevada, failed to properly disclose stock trades worth as much as $3.3 million
Discussion: The Hill and NRCC
Paul Blumenthal / HuffPost:
The Filibuster's Fate Is Already Decided. Just Look To The 2022 Democratic Senate Candidates.
Politico:
Trump endorsements jolt GOP races
Discussion: Raw Story
Wall Street Journal:
California Limits Single-Family Home Zoning
Hans Nichols / Axios:
Scoop: Biden bombs with Manchin
Susan B. Glasser / New Yorker:
The Most Important Statistic of the Biden Presidency
Discussion: HotAir and National Review