memeorandum: Biden, Pelosi embark on late scramble to save $1 trillion infrastructure bill (Washington Post)

8:10 PM ET, September 29, 2021

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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 …

Discussion: Crowdpac, Raw Story, Arizona Mirror and Common Dreams

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.

Discussion: Politico, Salon, RedState, HotAir, Washington Examiner, National Review, Lawyers, Guns & Money, Townhall, ABC News and The Dispatch

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: National Review, Politico and NBC 6 South Florida

Sarah Jones / New York Magazine:
The Bottomless Emptiness of Manchema

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Washington Post:
Biden, Pelosi embark on late scramble to save $1 trillion infrastructure bill

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The Hill:
House appears poised to pull infrastructure vote amid stubborn stalemate

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Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
Kyrsten Sinema's latest moves pose a dire threat to Biden's agenda

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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

Nathaniel Rakich / FiveThirtyEight:
Why House Democrats May Be More United Than They Seem

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HuffPost:
Senator Kyrsten Sinema Emerges As Main Obstacle To Joe Biden's Legislative Agenda

Discussion: The Liberal Patriot, Vanity Fair, Politico and Daily Kos

Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:
If You Think Progressives Won't Compromise with Centrists, You Have It Backwards Liberals are begging to negotiate with centrists.

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Hanna Trudo / The Hill:
Progressive Democrats seek to purge the term ‘moderate’

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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 …

Discussion: The Hill, Insider, Washington Post, Joe.My.God., Queerty, Associated Press, NPR, Ace of Spades HQ, BizPac Review and South Dakota

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.

Discussion: Washington Examiner, Mediaite and Democrats

Stephen Groves / Associated Press:
South Dakota lawmakers question Noem's meeting with daughter

Discussion: The Hill, Raw Story and The Daily Beast

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 …

Discussion: The Daily Caller, Breitbart, The National Interest, National Review, Washington Times, Fox News, New York Post and Political Wire

Rebecca Beitsch / The Hill: Defense secretary blames State Department for delay in Afghanistan evacuation

Declan Leary / The American Conservative:
The Most Dangerous Man in America

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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 …

Elizabeth Faddis / Washington Examiner:
YouTube announces crackdown on anti-vaccine content

Discussion: Washington Post, Townhall, NBC News and HotAir

Select Committee to Investigate …:

Select Committee Subpoenas Organizers of Rallies and Events Preceding January 6th Insurrection — Washington—Today, Chairman Bennie G. Thompson announced that the Select Committee has issued subpoenas for deposition testimony and records to individuals tied to the events and rallies leading …

Discussion: The Hill, Washington Examiner, Talking Points Memo and Raw Story

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

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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Michael Kunzelman / Associated Press:
Friends from Ohio get 45 days in jail for Capitol riot

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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 …

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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.

Discussion: Twitchy, The Daily Caller and Ace of Spades HQ

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

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).

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Politico:

Jan. 6 investigators subpoena organizers of rallies that preceded Capitol attack — The Jan. 6 select committee has subpoenaed Katrina Pierson, a veteran Trump campaign operative who helped organize the Jan. 6 rally that preceded the insurrection at the Capitol.

Discussion: New York Times, Washington Post and The Gateway Pundit

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

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

Peter Greene / Forbes: Critical Race Theory Bans Are Expanding To Cover Broad Collection Of Issues

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.

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

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.

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Molly Beck / Milwaukee Journal Sentinel:

Wisconsin GOP lawmakers want superintendent, treasurer and secretary of state appointed, not elected — MADISON - Republican lawmakers are proposing to eliminate elections for the state superintendent, state treasurer and secretary of state and instead allow governors to appoint those positions.

Discussion: Raw Story