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Nathaniel Rakich / FiveThirtyEight:
Why House Democrats May Be More United Than They Seem — Two factions of the Democratic Party in Congress are currently playing tug-of-war over the centerpieces of President Biden's legislative agenda. Moderate Democrats have balked at the proposed $3.5 trillion reconciliation budget bill …
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Manchin, Sinema leave Dems in lurch as Biden agenda teeters — Democrats wanted clarity Tuesday from Sens. Joe Manchin and Kyrsten Sinema after back-to-back meetings with President Joe Biden. They didn't get it. — During a private meeting with the president, Sinema made clear she's still …
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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.
Politico:
POLITICO Playbook: T-minus 24 hours: The view from the W.H.
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Jonathan Weisman / New York Times:
Republicans at Odds Over Infrastructure Bill as Vote Approaches
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Washington Examiner:
Joe Biden just got caught in a lie about Afghanistan — On Aug. 18, three days after the Taliban seized control of Kabul but eight days before 13 U.S. service members were killed by a suicide bomber, ABC's George Stephanopolous asked President Joe Biden about what advice he received on leaving a residual force in Afghanistan.
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Jonathan Landay / Reuters:
U.S. bars flight from landing with Americans from Kabul - activists
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Dana Milbank / Washington Post:
Republicans aim their fire at the military
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Mary Chastain / Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion:
Marine Who Criticized Biden Admin's Afghanistan Withdrawal is Jailed
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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 …
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Stephen Groves / Associated Press:
South Dakota AG reviewing Noem's meeting with daughter — SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — South Dakota's attorney general said Tuesday he is reviewing concerns from state lawmakers over a meeting Gov. Kristi Noem held last year that included both her daughter and a state employee who was overseeing …
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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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Jennifer Szalai / New York Times:
In ‘Rationality,’ Steven Pinker Sticks Up (Again) for Reason's Role in Human Progress … When you purchase an independently reviewed book through our site, we earn an affiliate commission. — For someone who so frequently and serenely proclaims that he's right, Steven Pinker can get curiously defensive.
Hugo Lowell / The Guardian:
Trump plans to sue to keep White House records on Capitol attack secret — Legal strategy could delay and possibly stymie efforts by House select committee into Capitol attacks to see key documents — Donald Trump is preparing to sue to block the release of White House records …
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Reed Abelson / New York Times:
Faced with vaccine mandates, most health workers are getting immunized. — Hundreds of sought-after nurses are leaving some U.S. hospitals that have established vaccine requirements for all employees, involving some protests and legal opposition. But most workers, especially at large hospital chains …
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Lori Aratani / Washington Post:
United Airlines says nearly all workers met vaccine mandate deadline, 593 could face termination
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Christopher Cadelago / Politico:
Biden opposes changing Senate rules to raise debt limit — The White House said Tuesday that President Joe Biden opposes changing the filibuster to suspend or raise the debt ceiling, closing off a break-the-glass option to avoid financial calamity. — White House press secretary Jen Psaki confirmed …
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John Stoehr / The Editorial Board:
Voting against the full faith and credit of the United States is what you'd expect from the party of political sabotage
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Clay Risen / New York Times:
How the Debt Ceiling Came to Be a Political Cudgel
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Oliver Darcy / CNN:
Kamala Harris' office frustrated with ‘The View’ after last week's Covid fiasco, sources say — New York (CNN Business)The office of Vice President Kamala Harris is vexed with “The View” after the false Covid-19 positive tests revealed just before Harris was to appear on the show last week sent …
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YouTube:
Dowd for Texas Announcement — Matthew Dowd announces his campaign for Texas Lt Governor and end the reign of the cruel and craven GOP incumbent. He says enough is enough and it is time t...
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Axios:
A racist conspiracy theory goes mainstream — A growing number of elected Republicans are openly promoting “white replacement theory,” a decades-old conspiracy theory that's animated terrorist attacks, including the 1995 Oklahoma City bombing. — Why it matters: This mainstreams what once …
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Glenn Thrush / New York Times:
‘This Was a Failure’: Biden's A.T.F. Pick Says White House Left Him Open to Attack — David Chipman's defeat was a loss for gun control groups, which saw the appointment of a strong director as the most important move the president could make on guns. — David Chipman's confirmation odyssey began …
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Quinn Scanlan / ABC News:
At critical moment, confidence in Biden's ability to handle range of issues eroding: POLL — Dissatisfaction among Republicans and independents is fueling the decline. — As President Joe Biden faces a critical moment for his agenda, Americans' confidence in his handling of a range of issues is eroding …
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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.
New York Magazine:
Errol Louis to Join New York Magazine As a Columnist — New York Magazine editor-in-chief David Haskell and Intelligencer editor Jebediah Reed announced today that Errol Louis, an indispensable voice on New York City politics, will write a weekly column for the magazine and Intelligencer, its news and politics site.
Will Sommer / The Daily Beast:
Arizona Audit Backers Turn on Each Other After Recount Flop — The Arizona audit showed that, if anything, Joe Biden won the state by even more votes than previously realized. Cue the GOP panic. — Supporters of Republicans' controversial “audit” of 2020 presidential election ballots …
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