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8:55 PM ET, September 29, 2021

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New York Times:
Kyrsten Sinema Faces a Growing Revolt From Her Former Supporters  —  The centrist senator is key to President Biden's agenda in Washington.  Her positions have angered some Democrats back home.  —  PHOENIX — Jade Duran once spent her weekends knocking on doors to campaign for Sen. Kyrsten Sinema …
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Josh Marshall / Talking Points Memo:
Kill the Bill  —  Members of Congress have begun to say explicitly in the last couple days what I think has been clear for weeks and months.  Kyrsten Sinema's multiple trips to the White House yesterday just confirms it.  She's not negotiating about any of this in good faith.
Susan Ferrechio / Washington Examiner:
Manchin trashes Democratic spending bill: ‘Fiscal insanity’  —  Sen. Joe Manchin, a key centrist Democrat whose approval is required to pass the party's massive social welfare spending package, firmly rejected the proposal on Wednesday, criticizing the $3.5 trillion cost and the vast new entitlements it would provide.
Discussion: Politico, National Review and HotAir
Sarah Jones / New York Magazine:
The Bottomless Emptiness of Manchema  —  Joe Biden's $3.5 trillion spending plan — which in all likelihood constitutes the great bulk of what Democrats can possibly hope to pass through Congress during his first term — has to survive his own party before it can become reality.
Washington Post:
Biden, Pelosi embark on late scramble to save $1 trillion infrastructure bill
Rema Rahman / The Hill:
Manchin says he could back reconciliation bill this year
Discussion: Politico and Political Wire
Igor Derysh / Raw Story:
Activists who helped elect Kyrsten Sinema launch PAC to fund a primary challenger against her
Discussion: Crooks and Liars and Salon
The Hill:
House appears poised to pull infrastructure vote amid stubborn stalemate
Nathaniel Rakich / FiveThirtyEight:
Why House Democrats May Be More United Than They Seem
Alex Isenstadt / Politico:
Trump donor: Corey Lewandowski made unwanted sexual advances  —  A Donald Trump donor is accusing Corey Lewandowski, one of the former president's longtime top aides, of making unwanted sexual advances toward her at a Las Vegas charity event over the weekend.
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American Greatness:
Kristi Noem Shows Why Republicans Can't Have Nice Things  —  Exclusive: Sources reveal the South Dakota governor and potential 2024 VP candidate is having an extramarital affair with former Trump campaign manager Corey Lewandowski.  —  Multiple sources have informed American Greatness …
Felicia Sonmez / Washington Post:
South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem dismisses conservative website's claims of extramarital affair with former Trump adviser  —  South Dakota Gov. Kristi L. Noem (R) on Wednesday dismissed a conservative media outlet's claim that she is having an extramarital affair with Corey Lewandowski, a former Trump adviser who is also advising Noem.
Stephen Groves / Associated Press:
South Dakota lawmakers question Noem's meeting with daughter
Discussion: The Hill, Raw Story and The Daily Beast
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Axios:
Scoop: Milley's blunt private blame for the State Department  —  In a classified briefing with senators on Tuesday, Joint Chiefs Chairman Mark Milley directly blamed the State Department for a botched evacuation from Afghanistan, saying officials “waited too long” to order the operation …
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Mike Brest / Washington Examiner:
Gaetz slams Milley for spending more time talking to reporters than planning Afghan withdrawal
Discussion: Fox News, RedState and Politico
New Republic:
The Cops Who Touched Fentanyl  —  Can you overdose on fentanyl just from being near it?  Over the past few years, a number of police officers have said that they O.D.'d merely from brief exposure to the drug.  In 2016, the Drug Enforcement Administration even issued a warning to cops about the dangers of such encounters.
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Alex Pareene / The AP (Alex Pareene) Newsletter:   Officer-Involved Delusions  —  Cops lie to us.  We should be even more worried when they lie to themselves.
Gerrit De Vynck / Washington Post:
YouTube is banning prominent anti-vaccine activists and blocking all anti-vaccine content  —  The Google-owned video site previously only banned misinformation about coronavirus vaccines.  Facebook made the same change months ago.  —  SAN FRANCISCO — YouTube is taking …
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Andrea Bernstein / New Yorker:
Trump Still Faces a Reckoning in New York  —  Court documents and interviews indicate that the Manhattan District Attorney is accumulating evidence of pervasive tax fraud.  —  Last Monday, eighty days after their first courtroom appearance in a case known as The People of the State of New York v …
Discussion: Raw Story and Political Wire
Tzvi Joffre / Jerusalem Post:
VP Harris to student who accused Israel of ‘genocide’: Your truth must be heard  —  US Vice President Kamala Harris applauded a student who accused Israel of “ethnic genocide,” saying “your truth cannot be suppressed.”  —  During a discussion with students about National Voter Registration Day on Tuesday …
Nathan Fenno / Los Angeles Times:
Olympic medalist and USC swimmer Klete Keller pleads guilty to Capitol riot charge  —  Klete Keller, the five-time Olympic swimming medalist from USC, agreed to a plea bargain Wednesday after facing seven federal charges for participating in the U.S. Capitol riot.
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Daniel Lippman / Politico:
Think tank president quits after domestic violence complaint  —  Jerry Taylor, the co-founder and president of the Niskanen Center, recently resigned from the Washington, D.C.-based think tank after being charged with violently attacking his wife, according to court records obtained by POLITICO.
International Olympic Committee:
Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games Beijing 2022 - Updates on Spectators, Vaccination and COVID-19 Countermeasures  —  IOC News Press Release Beijing 2022  —  The International Olympic Committee (IOC) held an Executive Board (EB) meeting today, in the presence of the International Paralympic Committee (IPC).
CNN:
Tennessee parents say some books make students ‘feel discomfort’ because they're White.  They say a new law backs them up  —  Battle over how race is taught in classrooms heats up in school district  —  Williamson County, TN (CNN)Robin Steenman pulled her daughter out of public school over a mask mandate last year.
Discussion: Raw Story
Kate Scanlon / Washington Examiner:
Lawmakers drowned out by protesters as they announce critical race theory bill  —  Lawmakers were drowned out by protesters outside the U.S. Capitol Building on Wednesday as they announced a bill that would ban critical race theory in federally funded schools.
Discussion: RedState
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Peter Greene / Forbes:   Critical Race Theory Bans Are Expanding To Cover Broad Collection Of Issues
Willy Staley / New York Times:
Why Is Every Young Person in America Watching ‘The Sopranos’?  —  The show's new audience is also seeing something different in it: a parable about a country in terminal decline.  —  To hear more audio stories from publications like The New York Times, download Audm for iPhone or Android.
Discussion: WTOP
John McCormack / National Review:
Manchin: Reconciliation ‘Dead on Arrival’ If It Doesn't Include Hyde Amendment  —  House Democrats have pushed forward in their reconciliation bill with creating a new “Medicaid-like” program that lacks the Hyde amendment, a measure that generally prohibits federal funding of abortion.
Discussion: NPR
Politico:
Congress primed to avert shutdown despite remaining conflicts  —  The Senate appears on track to prevent a government shutdown on Thursday at midnight, as Democrats and Republicans wade through last-minute impediments to a stopgap funding bill's speedy passage.
Abigail Tracy / Vanity Fair:
“I Felt Like There Was No Mercy”: Cori Bush Is Ready to Talk About Her Abortion  —  Bush, who will tell her story at a Congressional hearing on Thursday, recognizes that as reproductive rights come under legislative attack, accounts like hers are crucial.  —  Seated on the edge of a grey couch …
Discussion: Insider, The Hill and The Daily Beast
 
 
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CNBC:
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Katie Kull / St. Louis Post-Dispatch:
Black student admits to writing racist graffiti in Parkway Central bathrooms
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Kelsey Bradshaw / Austin American-Statesman:
Arson suspect sought after throwing ‘molotov cocktail’ into Travis County Democrats' Austin office
Dr. Harry Wilson / Roanoke College:
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Discussion: Washington Post
Molly Beck / Milwaukee Journal Sentinel:
Wisconsin GOP lawmakers want superintendent, treasurer and secretary of state appointed, not elected
Discussion: Raw Story
David A. Graham / The Atlantic:
America Is Having a Violence Wave, Not a Crime Wave
Jennifer Szalai / New York Times:
In ‘Rationality,’ Steven Pinker Sticks Up (Again) for Reason's Role in Human Progress
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Fox and Hulu extend their content partnership, including in-season streaming rights for Fox's programming; sources: the deal is worth $1.5B over four years

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