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Hans Nichols / Axios:
Cracking the Sinema code — Sen. Kyrsten Sinema's political allies have some free advice for anyone trying to bully the wine-drinking triathlete into supporting President Biden's $3.5 trillion budget bill: She doesn't play by Washington's rules — and she's prepared to walk away.
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New York Times:
Arizona Senator Returns Home as Spending Deal Remains Elusive — With Democrats pleading for a deal on a hard-fought social safety net bill, one of the key holdouts, Senator Kyrsten Sinema of Arizona, left Washington on Friday. The reason, her spokesman said, was a medical appointment for a foot injury.
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Susan B. Glasser / New Yorker:
The Democratic Civil War Has a Winner: Donald Trump — Biden's agenda is up against more than just the moderates-versus-progressives split. — First, the good news. The government did not shut down at midnight. New covid infections in the United States have fallen twenty-five per cent over the past couple weeks.
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Axios:
Biden floats roughly $2 trillion price tag for reconciliation — President Biden, meeting with House Democrats on Capitol Hill on Friday, indicated they must further delay a final vote on a $1.2 trillion bipartisan infrastructure bill and scale back his $3.5 trillion social spending package …
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Bloomberg:
Biden Says Infrastructure Can Wait, Spending Plan May Shrink — President resets Democrats' expectations for his agenda — ‘A little distrust’ between party's progressives and moderates — President Joe Biden reset Democrats' expectations for his economic agenda Friday …
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ABC News:
After 2 days of Democratic drama, fate of Biden's infrastructure agenda still unclear
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New York Times, Politico, NBC News, Townhall and The Daily Wire
Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
The Biden agenda is in peril. Here's the hidden reason it might survive.
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Mediaite, Axios, Insider, Digby's Hullabaloo, Crooks and Liars and CNN
Emily Cochrane / New York Times:
Live Updates: ‘There Will Be a Vote Today’ on Infrastructure, Pelosi Says
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Steve Benen / MSNBC:
Despite the Capitol Hill drama, the Democratic agenda persists
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Marianne LeVine / Politico:
Inside Manchin's search for GOP votes on elections reform
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David Dayen / American Prospect:
The Progressive Caucus Wields Power
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Insider, Salon, The Daily Caller, Politico and Breitbart
Glenn Thrush / New York Times:
Why does Washington do everything at the last minute? It's complicated.
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Mother Jones and Roll Call
Ben Smith / New York Times:
Ozy Media Says It Is Shutting Down — The digital media start-up had come under scrutiny for its business practices in recent days following articles in The Times. — Read in app — Ozy Media, the digital media company that came under scrutiny for its business practices in recent days …
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Colby Hall / Mediaite:
SHOCK POLL: Majority of Trump Voters Now in Favor of Seceding from the Union — A shocking new poll from the Center for Politics at the University of Virginia reveals that over half of Trump voters surveyed, and 41% of Biden voters, are in favor of blue and/or red states seceding from the union.
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W. James Antle III / NBC News:
A federal government shutdown looms. Why Biden is struggling to get his house in order.
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New York Times
Natalia Campos Vargas / Priorities USA:
RE: [NEW POLL] Democrats Should Keep Their Promise on Medicare and Drug Pricing Reform
Paul Krugman / New York Times:
Wonking Out: Biden Should Ignore the Debt Limit and Mint a $1 Trillion Coin — Read in app — It's hard to believe now, but before Donald Trump became the G.O.P.'s presidential nominee in 2016, Senator Marco Rubio of Florida was widely seen as a champion of the “reformicons” …
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David Reaboi / Late Republic Nonsense:
National Divorce Is Expensive, But It's Worth Every Penny — The National Divorce discussion prepares the ground for crucial thinking about what comes next in America, as the country grows even more divided, bitter, and angry. — For the last several years, I've been among a handful of commentators …
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Los Angeles Times:
Newsom orders COVID vaccines for eligible students, the first state mandate for K-12 schools — In the first such action in the nation, Gov. Gavin Newsom issued a mandate Friday requiring all eligible public and private schoolchildren in California to be vaccinated against COVID-19 …
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Politico:
California to mandate student Covid vaccines once FDA gives full approval
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New York Times:
U.S. Coronavirus Death Toll Surpasses 700,000 Despite Wide Availability of Vaccines — The latest Covid-19 deaths were concentrated in the South, and included more younger people than before. Every age group under 55 saw its highest death toll of the pandemic this August. — Read in app
Jeff Goodell / Rolling Stone:
Joe Manchin Just Cooked the Planet — The senator won't quit fossil fuels and is going to neuter the reconciliation bill — and we're all going to pay the price — West Virginia Sen. Joe Manchin just cooked the planet. I don't mean that in a metaphorical sense. I mean that literally.
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BuzzFeed News:
Hacked Oath Keepers Records Show Active Members Of Law Enforcement And The Military Tried To Join The Group After Jan. 6 — In the days after the Jan. 6 Capitol insurrection, the Oath Keepers gained notoriety almost overnight as a symbol of right-wing extremism in America.
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Raw Story, The Daily Beast, The Hill and Daily Kos
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Jason Wilson / The Guardian:
Far-right militia group membership surged after Capitol attack, hack shows
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Timothy Bella / Washington Post:
Alex Jones must pay damages to Sandy Hook families after calling shooting a ‘giant hoax,’ judge rules — Alex Jones, the right-wing conspiracy theorist and founder of Infowars, is responsible for all damages in two lawsuits stemming from his false claims that the Sandy Hook school shooting was a “giant hoax,” a judge ruled this week.
The Daily Beast:
Dershowitz, ‘Stop the Steal’ Lawyer Team Up for New Dominion Lawsuit — In a complaint reviewed on Friday, eight poll challengers in Michigan allege that the cease and desist letters they received from Dominion harmed and damaged them. — A key “Stop the Steal” attorney who tried …
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Insider, Joe.My.God. and Raw Story
Reuters:
Merck pill seen as ‘a huge advance’, raises hope of preventing COVID-19 deaths — An antiviral pill developed by U.S. drugmaker Merck & Co (MRK.N) could half the chances of dying or being hospitalized for those most at risk of contracting severe COVID-19, with experts hailing it as a potential breakthrough in how the virus is treated.
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Joe.My.God., TheBlaze, One America News Network, POLITICUSUSA and The Daily Caller
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Wall Street Journal:
Pill Intended to Be Covid-19's Tamiflu Succeeds in Key Study
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Jacob Bogage / Washington Post:
USPS is about to charge you more for slower mail. Here's why. … Delivery slowdowns at the U.S. Postal Service take effect Friday, and higher prices are soon to follow. The nation's mail service is preparing to implement core components of Postmaster General Louis DeJoy's 10-year plan for the agency …
Stephanie Grisham / Politico:
How Jared and Ivanka Hijacked the White House's Covid Response — The year 2020 started on a promising enough note for the president, at least considering all we'd endured the previous three years. The economy was good, the impeachment effort on Ukraine looked like a dud and the polls were decent.
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Atlanta Journal-Constitution:
The Jolt: State Capitol statue for Clarence Thomas gaining steam — A proposal to display a statue of U.S. Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas on the statehouse grounds is gaining traction among Georgia Republicans.State Sen. Jason Anavitarte, who said it's “only fitting and proper” …
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New York Times:
Facebook Struggles to Quell Uproar Over Instagram's Effect on Teens — The social network has been all hands on deck as it grapples with revelations that it knew the harmful effects its Instagram photo-sharing app was having on teenagers. — Read in app
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John Wright / Raw Story:
Marine lied at Trump rally about pulling baby over wall in Afghanistan: report — A Marine who spoke at former president Donald Trump's rally in Georgia last weekend lied about pulling a baby over a wall in Afghanistan, according to a military spokesperson.
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Rachel Olding / The Daily Beast:
Far-Right Boogaloo Admits Posing as BLM Supporter While Shooting Up Minneapolis Cop Station — MOLE — A member of the far-right Boogaloo Boys had admitted he traveled from Texas to Minneapolis in the wake of George Floyd's death and posed as a Black Lives Matter supporter while wreaking havoc on the city.
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Aja Romano / Vox:
Why I felt betrayed by Netflix's Midnight Mass — Horror is a natural refuge for atheists and sinners. But Netflix's Midnight Mass made me feel erased. — I've been trying to put my finger on why Midnight Mass, Netflix's new seven-part series from the creator of The Haunting of Hill House …
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