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Dems fear Biden's domestic agenda could implode — Internal Democratic discord has wounded President Joe Biden's massive social spending plan, raising the prospect that the package could stall out, shrink dramatically — or even fail altogether. — Myriad problems have arisen.
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POLITICO Playbook: Double trouble for Biden — DRIVING THE DAY — SIREN, just posted: “Dems fear Biden's domestic agenda could implode,” by Burgess Everett and Heather Caygle, POLITICO's co-congressional bureau chiefs: “Internal Democratic discord has wounded President JOE BIDEN's massive …
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Susan Ferrechio / Washington Examiner:
Top Democrats: ‘The votes will be there’ for Biden's embattled spending package
Top Democrats: ‘The votes will be there’ for Biden's embattled spending package
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Melissa Quinn / CBS News:
Pelosi tells House Democrats to prepare for “adjustments” to $3.5 trillion spending plan
Pelosi tells House Democrats to prepare for “adjustments” to $3.5 trillion spending plan
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CNN:
READ: Trump lawyer's memo on six-step plan for Pence to overturn the election — (CNN)John Eastman, a conservative lawyer working with then-President Donald Trump's legal team, outlined in a two-page memo a scheme to try to persuade then-Vice President Mike Pence to subvert the Constitution …
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Initial Reaction to Eastman Memo — My first thought on reading the Eastman memo revealed yesterday was that it could wait until I do the relevant work for a planned second edition of Ballot Battles before I reflect on it in earnest. But in light of some discussion that I've seen on Twitter …
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Cameron Jenkins / The Hill:
Trump lawyer offered six-point plan for Pence to overturn election: book
Trump lawyer offered six-point plan for Pence to overturn election: book
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John Wagner / Washington Post:
Harris, Mayorkas say they were horrified by images of horse-mounted Border Patrol agents confronting Haitian migrants — Vice President Harris and Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas on Tuesday both decried images of horse-mounted Border Patrol agents aggressively confronting Haitian immigrants …
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Jessica Chasmar / Fox News:
Mayorkas insists border is closed as migrants stream across
Mayorkas insists border is closed as migrants stream across
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Samuel Chamberlain / New York Post:
DHS chief pushes back on claim whips used against Haitian migrants
DHS chief pushes back on claim whips used against Haitian migrants
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New York Times:
Where are the tests? — Your daughter wakes up with a scratchy throat, and you can't decide whether she should go to school. — You can't shake a runny nose and start wondering whether it's really because of allergies. — You're planning a family gathering, but you are nervous about your aging parents being there.
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Maggie Fox / CNN:
Two dose version of Johnson & Johnson shot 94% effective against Covid-19, study finds
Two dose version of Johnson & Johnson shot 94% effective against Covid-19, study finds
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Stephen Gruber-Miller / Des Moines Register:
Iowa Poll: 62% of Iowans disapprove of the job Joe Biden is doing as president — Fewer than one third of Iowans approve of the job Joe Biden is doing as president, a steep drop from earlier this year. — Thirty-one percent of Iowans approve of how Biden is handling his job …
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Charlie Savage / New York Times:
Democrats Begin Effort to Curb Post-Trump Presidential Powers — But to appeal to Republicans, a bill being introduced in the House to impose checks on executive authority may be broken into pieces in the Senate. — WASHINGTON — House Democrats are planning to introduce a package of proposed …
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POLITICO Playbook PM: Sinema, House mods get their way — House Democratic leaders confirmed this morning that they won't be delaying the Sept. 27 vote on the $1.2 trillion bipartisan infrastructure bill — even though the party's larger $3.5 trillion reconciliation package won't likely be ready to go by then.
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Chip Cutter / Wall Street Journal:
Texas Abortion Law Faces Pushback From Some Companies — Lyft, Box, Stitch Fix among dozens of companies to sign statement; some large Texas employers declined to sign — Dozens of businesses are going public with their opposition to a new Texas law that bars abortion after about six weeks of pregnancy …
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Mychael Schnell / The Hill:
Texas governor signs more abortion restrictions into law
Texas governor signs more abortion restrictions into law
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Morgan O'Hanlon / Dallas Morning News:
Gov. Greg Abbott signs more Texas abortion restrictions, penalties into law
Gov. Greg Abbott signs more Texas abortion restrictions, penalties into law
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Washington Post:
Two GOP operatives indicted for allegedly routing money from Russian national to support Trump campaign — A political strategist who was pardoned by the former president after being convicted in a 2012 campaign finance scheme is facing new charges related to an alleged 2016 plot …
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Lachlan Markay / Axios:
GOP operatives accused of funneling Russian cash to Trump
GOP operatives accused of funneling Russian cash to Trump
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Axios:
Democrats' dwindling 2022 map — Democrats are trying to unseat only about half as many Republican House members next year as they did in 2020, trimming their target list from 39 to 21. — Why it matters: The narrowing map — which reflects where Democrats see their best chance of flipping seats …
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Connor Radnovich / Statesman Journal:
Oregon House Republicans furious after redistricting committee changes during special session — House Speaker Tina Kotek, D-Portland, reneged on a deal Monday that gave House Republicans equal representation on the chamber's redistricting committee in an attempt to pass new congressional district maps …
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Josh Marshall / Talking Points Memo:
Sinema Cueing Up To Go Indy (Must Read) — Absolutely fascinating look at Kyrsten Sinema's efforts to position herself as an independent in Arizona, possibly formally but definitely in effect. It makes pretty clear she's not done with politics or angling for a high dollar lobbying gig, as some speculate.
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Konrad Putzier / Wall Street Journal:
Google to Buy New York City Office Building for $2.1 Billion — Manhattan deal is priciest sale of a U.S. office building since pandemic began — Google said it is buying a Manhattan office building for $2.1 billion, one of the clearest signals yet of Big Tech's growing appetite for office space …
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Alisha Ebrahimji / CNN:
Texas couple asked to leave restaurant for wearing face masks to protect their immunocompromised infant — (CNN)A Texas couple who landed themselves a rare night out with friends says it was cut short when the restaurant kicked them out for wearing face masks, which they say they wore to protect their immunocompromised 4-month-old son.
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Justin Baragona / The Daily Beast:
Tucker Bizarrely Claims Military Vax Mandate Is Plot to Root Out ‘Men With High Testosterone’ — “The point of mandatory vaccination is to identify the sincere Christians in the ranks,” Carlson added. “It's a takeover of the U.S. military!” — Fox News host Tucker Carlson continued …
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Steven Hayward / Power Line:
Angelo Codevilla, RIP — Terrible news out this morning of the death of Angelo Codevilla, at age 78, reportedly the victim of a drunk driver. — It is hard to overstate the importance and brilliance of Angelo. If you only knew him by his many books and columns (including this 2015 piece …
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Zach Everson / Forbes:
Eric Trump's Lawyer In New York State Attorney General's Suit Quits — Alawyer representing Eric Trump in the New York Attorney General's civil suit alleging the Trump Organization committed fraud has quit, according to a court filing he submitted last week.
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CNN:
Ohio Senate candidate who compared refugees to alligators is the grandson of refugees aided by resettlement organizations — (CNN)An Ohio Senate candidate who has pushed strong anti-refugee messages against Afghans and others is the grandson of refugees from Europe who settled in the Cleveland area …
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Luke Gentile / Washington Examiner:
New Ben and Jerry's flavor pushes defunding police — Ice cream maker Ben and Jerry's rolled out a new flavor this week that the liberal company says will aid the “Defund the Police” movement. — The company debuted the new flavor Monday, saying a portion of the profits …
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Mark Judge / The Stream:
Rubin Is Not Good for the Jennifers — Jennifer Rubin is not an ideologue. She is an emotive teenager. — A Marxist, for instance, is someone with a deadly serious worldview. Rubin, the Washington Post columnist, is a middle-schooler picking her favorite and most hated boy bands.
Anna Gustafson / Michigan Advance:
Kent Co. health director tells commissioners after almost being run off the road: ‘I need help’ — Email details abuse after department issued school mask mandate — After a woman attempted to run Kent County Health Department director Adam London off the road just hours after he issued …
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Steve Benen / MSNBC:
Poll shows most Americans siding with Biden, not GOP, on vaccines — When President Joe Biden recently unveiled the White House's ambitious vaccine policy, many Republicans responded with apoplexy, deeming it an outrageous abuse. The latest national poll from Fox News suggests the GOP pushback …
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