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Anxious Democrats float Plan B: Raise debt ceiling on party-line vote — Moody's chief economist: US default would be ‘cataclysmic’ — (CNN)A number of key Democrats say that their party should take matters into its own hands and raise the national debt limit by itself once Republicans block …
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The Hill, Politico, The Guardian, NBC News, The American Spectator, KION546, Bloomberg, Florida Politics, 77 WABC and Balkinization
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Dems seek to ‘avoid a shutdown, at all costs’ as GOP picks debt fight — Democrats want to bludgeon the GOP over its debt ceiling intransigence as much as they can — though not necessarily hard enough to shut the government down next week. — Publicly, Senate Democrats' preferred option …
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Bloomberg, New York Magazine, Insider, CNN, HuffPost, Washington Times, CBS News, The American Independent, New York Post and IJR
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The U.S. Debt-Ceiling Drama Is Back, But Democrats Can Finally Break the Cycle
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Associated Press and Digby's Hullabaloo
Jack Shafer / Politico:
How the Debt Ceiling Turned into a Doomsday Cult
How the Debt Ceiling Turned into a Doomsday Cult
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Washington Post, Washington Monthly, New Republic and The Hill
Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
Kill the debt limit now, Democrats. If you don't, here's what will happen.
Kill the debt limit now, Democrats. If you don't, here's what will happen.
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The Dispatch and Virginia Mercury
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FDA Authorizes Booster Dose of Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 Vaccine for Certain Populations — For Immediate Release: — Today, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration amended the emergency use authorization (EUA) for the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 Vaccine to allow for use of a single booster dose …
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Covid-19 boosters: 5 takeaways from CDC's big vaccine meeting
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New York Times, Hub, KION546 and Washington Examiner
Ahmed Aboulenein / Reuters:
U.S. FDA clears Pfizer COVID-19 booster for older and at-risk Americans
U.S. FDA clears Pfizer COVID-19 booster for older and at-risk Americans
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CBS News, abc7NY, BizPac Review and Balloon Juice
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A year after Trump said he wanted to “get rid of the ballots,” has the press learned anything? — “That particular question was the precursor to everything that followed - the Big Lie, the Insurrection and what we're living with as far as Trump being in denial about the election results...”
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Steve Bannon Confirms His Involvement in January 6 Insurrection on ‘War Room’ Podcast
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HillReporter.com
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Sen. Susan Collins won't support abortion rights bill — As Democrats consider legislation to respond to a new Texas state ban on abortion after about six weeks of pregnancy, they have lost the support of one of the few remaining Republicans who support abortion rights.
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New York Times, Forbes, Joe.My.God., Lawyers, Guns & Money, New York Magazine, Raw Story, USA Today, Vanity Fair and HotAir
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Biden's Deportation of Haitian Migrants Uses Trump-Era Immigration Tactics — The deportation of Haitian migrants is a stark example of how President Biden has deployed some of the most aggressive approaches to immigration put in place by former President Donald J. Trump.
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Biden admin seeks contractor to run migrant detention facility at Gitmo, guards who speak Creole — LOS ANGELES — As it scrambles to deal with the surge of Haitian migrants at the southern border, the Biden administration is seeking a private contractor to operate a migrant detention facility …
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Not Getting Vaccinated to Own Your Fellow Libs — Conspiracy theorists who discount the safety and efficacy of COVID-19 vaccines and other public-health mandates are often portrayed in the media as right-wing. That's for good reason: a not-insignificant number of the most vocal conspiracists tie …
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Florida Politics and HotAir
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Flynn: Libs Are Plotting To Put Vax In Salad Dressing
Flynn: Libs Are Plotting To Put Vax In Salad Dressing
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Insider, Daily Kos, HotAir, Political Wire, POLITICUSUSA and Crooks and Liars
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The Emerging Artistry of Hunter Biden — At some point in the coming weeks, hundreds of thousands of dollars will be funneled to the son of the sitting American president—and none of us will know anything about who sent the money, or where it originally came from, or why anyone chose to send it in the first place.
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Wall Street Journal and Breitbart
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Florida's new surgeon general says COVID-19 vaccines are ‘nothing special’ and opposes mask mandates — Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis appointed Dr. Joseph Ladapo to surgeon general and secretary of the state's health department on Tuesday. — But Ladapo has come under fire for his criticism of COVID-19 vaccines and mask mandates.
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Florida Times Union, CBS News, CNN and Raw Story
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Brendan Farrington / Associated Press:
New Florida surgeon general on COVID: 'We're done with fear'
New Florida surgeon general on COVID: 'We're done with fear'
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Associated Press, The Hill, Florida Politics, NBC News and Washington Times
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Diplomat overseeing ‘Havana Syndrome’ response is out after 6 months — WASHINGTON — The top State Department official overseeing the response to “Havana Syndrome” is leaving her position after only six months on the job, three officials tell NBC News. — Ambassador Pamela Spratlen …
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Althouse
U.S. Department of Justice:
Grand Jury Returns Indictments Charging 2 Afghan Evacuees with Crimes While at Fort McCoy & Wisconsin Residents with Gun & Drug Crimes — MADISON, WIS. - A federal grand jury in the Western District of Wisconsin, sitting in Madison, returned the following indictments today.
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WEAU-TV, Breitbart, Washington Examiner, The Gateway Pundit, Page Array and TheBlaze
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Ousting Cuomo disenfranchised NY voters — As a lifelong Democrat and practicing lawyer for over 40 years, I am appalled by the Albany coup d'êtat in which Andrew Cuomo's political rivals trampled the rights of the electorate and basic due process for their own political gain.
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The Stacey Abrams tour — Stacey Abrams this week launched an ambitious national tour that will stretch across months and many swing states ahead of the 2022 midterms — and potentially elevate her standing in the Democratic Party in the process. — Driving the news: Abrams kicked off …
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Political Wire
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What Jonathan Franzen and the Left Get Wrong About Free Speech Don't wait for an emergency to criticize dangerous ideas by your allies. — Novelist Jonathan Franzen, in an interview with the Wall Street Journal, explained why he refused to sign a letter to Harper's defending free speech norms from the left.
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Literary Hub
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After Mandating Masks Outdoors, Oregon's Active COVID-19 Cases Increased 73 Percent — On August 24, Oregon governor Kate Brown instated a state masking requirement that requires everyone five years and older, regardless of vaccination status, to wear a mask, face covering or face shield …
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‘Outrageous’: Judge Lays Into Trump-Loving Deputy Who Wore ‘Sheriff’ Patch On Jan. 6 — Ronald Colton McAbee was a sheriff's deputy when he attempted to breach the Capitol on Jan. 6. A judge is deciding whether he'll be freed pretrial. — A federal judge criticized a Capitol attack defendant …
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Raw Story
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Special Report: Backers of Trump's false fraud claims seek to control next elections — One leading candidate seeking to become Georgia's chief elections official, Republican Jody Hice, is a Congressman who voted to overturn Democrat Joe Biden's 2020 presidential win in the hours after the Jan. 6 riots at the U.S. Capitol.
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Joe.My.God. and Bloomberg
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Hawley slams Biden as ‘dangerous,’ demands top officials resign amid Afghanistan withdrawal fallout — Hawley placed a hold on Biden's State Department nominees, forcing a vote on the Senate floor — There needs to be accountability for the humiliation US has suffered at Biden's hands: Hawley
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Washington Examiner
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Vanderbilt children's hospital chief: COVID-19 is spurring mental health crises in kids — COVID-19 is driving both physical and mental health crises among kids, according to the leader of Monroe Carell Jr. Children's Hospital at Vanderbilt. — A surge of pediatric COVID-19 hospitalizations …
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Murder Rose by Almost 30% in 2020. It's Rising at a Slower Rate in 2021. — The increase in murders this summer does not appear to be as large as the record spike last summer. — The United States in 2020 experienced the biggest rise in murder since the start of national record-keeping in 1960 …
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New York Post, The Unz Review and HotAir
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Haitians Who Fled The US Border Are Now Facing Nights Of Raids And Terror In Mexico — CIUDAD ACUÑA, Mexico — Mexican authorities carrying rifles and flashlights combed through this city's downtown early Wednesday, searching for the Haitians who were in hiding after being pushed to flee the US just days ago.
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RIP, Angelo Codevilla, the conservative thinker who took on the ruling class — Donald Trump's election in 2016 caught most intellectuals by surprise — and not least conservative intellectuals. — The right-of-center editors, columnists and think-tankers who had sung hymns …
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Dr. Fauci, Movie Star — “Fauci,” a new documentary, follows his work in two health crises: AIDS and the coronavirus pandemic. He agreed to participate as long as it didn't interfere with his work. — WASHINGTON — It was not quite noon on a sunny Saturday in Washington, and Dr. Anthony S. Fauci …
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Twitchy and The Daily Caller
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As Climate Envoy, John Kerry Faces Tough Path — As the first presidential envoy for climate, he wants to persuade world leaders to “do what the science tells us.” With global climate talks less than two months away, he faces a tough path. — NEW DELHI — The lanky figure lugging …
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Atlantic writer slams GOP, Trump voters as obese drug users: ‘Go for a walk and order the salmon’ — 'If you found a county where there is a lot of obesity and drub abuse, that's where you had a lot of Trump votes' — The Atlantic staff writer David Frum disparaged Donald Trump voters …
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Salon, HuffPost and WEB OF EVIL
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How to Navigate Your Climate Anxiety — How do you live in a world that is ending? This is the central question of Daniel Sherrell's debut book Warmth: Coming of Age at the End of Our World. Half-memoir and half-love letter to a future child, Sherrell's book provides insight on how to navigate …