memeorandum: US to lift travel ban on European citizens (Politico)

12:10 PM ET, September 20, 2021

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US to relax travel restrictions for vaccinated foreign passengers — Biden administration announces new travel policy effective from November — Passengers who are fully vaccinated against Covid-19 will be able to travel to the US from anywhere in the world from November …

Discussion: CNN, Associated Press, Insider, Mercury News and Cayman Compass

Oriana Gonzalez / Axios:

Biden administration to lift travel ban for fully vaccinated international travelers — White House COVID-19 response coordinator Jeff Zients announced on Monday that the Biden administration will allow fully vaccinated travelers from around the world to enter the U.S. beginning in November.

Discussion: HotAir

New York Times:

U.S. to Lift Travel Ban on Vaccinated Visitors — The Biden administration will lift travel restrictions starting in November on those from abroad who are fully vaccinated against the coronavirus, ending a travel ban implemented to limit the spread of disease and reopening the United States …

Discussion: BuzzFeed News, CBS News, National Review and The Daily Caller

Christian Datoc / Washington Examiner:

White House announces new system allowing fully vaccinated foreign nationals to fly to US — The Biden administration announced Monday a new system to allow all fully vaccinated foreign nationals to once again fly to the United States after months of debate surrounding America's COVID-19 travel restrictions.

Discussion: ABC News

Politico:
US to lift travel ban on European citizens

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Nathaniel Weixel / The Hill:
Biden administration easing travel restrictions for vaccinated foreign visitors

Discussion: Breitbart and POLITICUSUSA

Wall Street Journal: U.S. to Require Foreign Nationals Seeking Entry to Show Proof of Covid-19 Vaccination

Hans Nichols / Axios:

Scoop - Manchin: Delay Biden plan to '22 — Sen. Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.) is privately saying he thinks Congress should take a “strategic pause” until 2022 before voting on President Biden's $3.5 trillion social-spending package, people familiar with the matter tell Axios.

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Alan Fram / Associated Press:
Senate parliamentarian deals blow to Dems' immigration push

Laura Barrón-López / Politico:
Sinema tells White House she's opposed to current prescription drug plan

Discussion: New York Magazine, Reuters, The Guardian, NBC News, Talking Points Memo, HotAir, CNN, Washington Post, UPI, Townhall and The Hill

David Dayen / American Prospect:
Kathleen Rice's Questionable Rationale for Voting Down Drug Pricing Reform

Discussion: The Guardian

Rachel Roubein / Washington Post:
It's booster shot week

Discussion: NBC Chicago and Poynter

Max Chafkin / New York Magazine:

Peter Thiel's Origin Story His ideology dominates Silicon Valley. It began to form when he was an angry young man. — Sometime around the spring of 1988, several members of the Stanford University chess team traveled to a tournament in Monterey, California, in an old Volkswagen Rabbit.

Discussion: The Daily Beast, Raw Story and POLITICUSUSA

Isaac Stanley-Becker / Washington Post:

Lindsey Graham and Mike Lee personally vetted Trump's fraud claims, new book says. They were unpersuaded. — “Peril,” by Bob Woodward and Robert Costa, reveals the lengths the two Republicans went to in examining the president's baseless claims. — Sen. Lindsey O. Graham agreed to hear Rudolph W. Giuliani out.

Discussion: The Daily Beast, The Hill, Talking Points Memo, National Review, ABC News, Raw Story, Mediaite and Power Line

Charles C. W. Cooke / National Review:

My Going Maskless Is Different, Says San Francisco Mayor, Because ‘I Was Feeling the Spirit’ — The Mayor of San Francisco says that she shouldn't be criticized for breaking her own COVID rules, because, and I quote, “I was feeling the spirit and I wasn't thinking about a mask.” CBS reports:

Discussion: HotAir, TheBlaze, Twitchy, CBS San Francisco, The Daily Caller and IJR

CNN:

Indicted Trump Org. ex-CFO Weisselberg expects more indictments, his lawyer says — (CNN)Allen Weisselberg — the former Trump Organization CFO who has been charged by Manhattan prosecutors for an alleged tax evasion scheme — is expecting that more indictments will be filed in the case, his lawyer said in court Monday.

Discussion: The Daily Beast, CNBC, Insider, Bloomberg and Law & Crime

Andrea Bernstein / NPR:
The Trump Organization Is Back In Court To Fight Tax Fraud Charges In New York

Discussion: Wall Street Journal, Law & Crime and Raw Story

Jazz Shaw / HotAir:

Haitians on border: We're not going anywhere. CBP: Yes you are — On Saturday, we learned that the White House was finalizing a plan to begin flying the roughly 14,000 Haitian illegal aliens camped out under an overpass near Del Rio, Texas back to their home country.

Discussion: Fox News, CBS News, The Hill and The Guardian

Martha Pskowski / El Paso Times:
Haitian migrants face tough choices in Del Rio amid crackdown at Texas-Mexico border

Discussion: Wall Street Journal, Associated Press, New York Times and CBS Dallas / Fort Worth

Roger Sollenberger / The Daily Beast:

This $100,000 Donation by Matt Gaetz Raises All the Eyebrows — Rep. Matt Gaetz' largest political donation ever went to a Chris Christie group for a very strange reason that's caught the attention of election law experts. — On the day Donald Trump's second impeachment trial began in the Senate …

Discussion: Raw Story

Glenn Greenwald:

The Indictment of Hillary Clinton's Lawyer is an Indictment of the Russiagate Wing of U.S. Media — The DOJ's new charging document, approved by Biden's Attorney General, sheds bright light onto the Russiagate fraud and how journalistic corruption was key. — A lawyer for Hillary Clinton's …

Discussion: Twitchy

David R. Lurie / The Daily Beast:
Bill Barr's Still Making a Mockery of Justice. Merrick Garland's Letting Him.

Discussion: Raw Story

Washington Post:

The Washington Post announces the addition of 41 editing roles, including 2 masthead positions … Announcement from Executive Editor Sally Buzbee, Managing Editor Cameron Barr, Managing Editor Tracy Grant, Managing Editor Krissah Thompson, Managing Editor Kat Downs Mulder: — Dear Colleagues,

Discussion: The Hill, more at Mediagazer »

Vicky Prodeline / Monmouth University Polling …:

Public Pans Texas Abortion Law — Most say leave Roe v. Wade as is — West Long Branch, NJ - Key aspects of the new Texas law restricting access to abortions receive a thumbs down from a broad majority of Americans, especially the so-called “bounty” payment provision.

Discussion: Washington Post

Apoorva Mandavilli / New York Times:

Covid Vaccine Prompts Strong Immune Response in Younger Children, Pfizer Says — Vaccinated kids aged 5 to 11 showed evidence of protection against the virus, the company said. The data must be reviewed by the F.D.A. before children can be inoculated. — The Pfizer-BioNTech coronavirus vaccine …

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Sarah D. Wire / Los Angeles Times:

Threats against members of Congress are skyrocketing. It's changing the job — A few months ago Rep. Norma Torres (D-Pomona) received an anonymous video of someone following her car. The camera pans down to a 9mm handgun on the seat as a male voice says: “I see you. I got something for you.”

Discussion: The Hill

Nicole Nielsen / CBS Dallas / Fort Worth:

Rowlett Restaurant Owner Explains No-Mask Policy After Asking Family To Leave — ROWLETT, Texas (CBSDFW.COM) — It was last week when Natalie Wester and her husband went to Hang Time, a bar and restaurant in Rowlett, with a few friends. — Something they say they don't do often as new parents.

Discussion: The Daily Beast, Insider, Raw Story and Fox 8 Cleveland WJW

Tom Joyce / Washington Examiner:

Both sides should support Marjorie Taylor Greene's primary challenger — Jennifer Strahan wants to do the country a favor. — The Georgia businesswoman recently announced that she plans to primary Republican Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene in Georgia's 14th Congressional District.

Adam Gurri / Liberal Currents:

The Case Not Made: A Response to Anne Applebaum's “The New Puritans” — All social relations create vulnerabilities and dependencies that are subject to abuse. This is a fundamental fact about the social nature of humanity, a baseline from which all specific arrangements need to be judged.

Samantha Ibrahim / New York Post:

Twitter lashes out over celebrities at 2021 Emmys going maskless — Mask on, mask off. — The 2021 Emmy Awards were full of colorful ensembles, moving speeches and coveted gold statuettes — but no masks in sight. — While 2020's coronavirus had awards shows very scaled down, the party only got bigger this year.

Discussion: HotAir and Townhall

Politico:

'It's spreading': Phony election fraud conspiracies infect midterms — It started as one big, false claim — that the election was stolen from Donald Trump. — But nearly a year later, the Big Lie is metastasizing, with Republicans throughout the country raising the specter of rigged elections …

Discussion: St. Louis Post-Dispatch, Washington Examiner, The Hill, The American Independent, HillReporter.com and Raw Story

James Downie / Washington Post:

Tate Reeves and the high cost of covid incompetence — When naming the poster child for irresponsible leadership on covid-19, there are plenty of governors to choose from. You could make a strong case for South Dakota Gov. Kristi L. Noem (R) or Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R).

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Richard W. Painter / MSNBC:

Trump's coercion and role in Jan. 6 warrant a special prosecutor — In August 2020, then-Secretary of State Mike Pompeo turned a diplomatic mission to the Middle East into a political event when he addressed the Republican National Convention in a video from Jerusalem with the Western Wall in the background.

Discussion: Raw Story and POLITICUSUSA

Wall Street Journal:

Stock Market Falls on Chinese Property Fears — Dow, S&P 500 open lower as concerns over indebted property developer China Evergrande spur broad retreat — A recent selloff in the stock market intensified on Monday as worries about China's indebted property sector rippled into global markets.