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Wall Street Journal:
Pill Intended to Be Covid-19's Tamiflu Succeeds in Key Study  —  Drug from Merck and Ridgeback Biotherapeutics cut risk of hospitalization or death by 50% in early look at progress  —  Merck & Co. and its partner Ridgeback Biotherapeutics LP said their experimental Covid-19 pill helped …
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Matthew Herper / STAT:
Merck's antiviral pill reduces hospitalization of Covid patients, a possible game-changer for treatment  —  An investigational antiviral pill reduced the chances that patients newly diagnosed with Covid-19 would be hospitalized by about 50%, a finding that could give doctors a desperately needed …
Carolyn Y. Johnson / Washington Post:
Merck's experimental pill to treat covid-19 cuts risk of hospitalization and death in half, the pharmaceutical company reports  —  The clinical trial is being stopped early, and the drug-maker plans to apply for emergency authorization as soon as possible  —  Merck announced Friday …
Discussion: Bloomberg
CNN:
Dissension at the Supreme Court as justices take their anger public  —  (CNN)Supreme Court justices have revealed a new level of defensiveness and anger in recent weeks, showing irritation with public expectations, the news media and one another.  —  The extraordinary public display extends beyond …
Discussion: CNBC, Raw Story, The Atlantic and Insider
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Michelle Goldberg / New York Times:   Are We Too Burned Out to Defend Roe v. Wade?
Washington Post:
Alito defends letting Texas abortion law take effect, says Supreme Court critics want to intimidate justices
Discussion: New York Times
Josh Gerstein / Politico:
Alito speaks out on Texas abortion case and ‘shadow docket’
Associated Press:
Alito denies Supreme Court is ‘dangerous cabal’
Discussion: Washington Post, Politico and Fox News
Sebastian Murdock / HuffPost:
Alex Jones Just Lost 2 Sandy Hook Cases  —  A judge issued default judgments — a rarity in the legal world — against Jones and Infowars after the conspiracy theorist failed to produce discovery records.  —  Infowars host Alex Jones has lost two of several lawsuits filed against him by relatives …
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Aya Elamroussi / CNN:
Infowars host Alex Jones is responsible for damages triggered by his false claims on the Sandy Hook shooting, judge rules  —  (CNN)Alex Jones, the conspiracy theorist who hosts the right-wing commentary website Infowars, was found legally responsible in two lawsuits for damages caused …
Discussion: The Hill and NOQ Report
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.
Discussion: Mediaite and Raw Story
Ben Smith / New York Times:
Ozy Built a TV Show on a False Claim, Says Its Former Producer  —  Producers say they were led to believe they were making a talk show for A&E, which said no to the program.  “You are playing a dangerous game with the truth,” the top producer wrote in his resignation email.  — Read in app
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Emma Green / The Atlantic:
The Conservatives Dreading—And Preparing for—Civil War  —  “Let me start big.  The mission of the Claremont Institute is to save Western civilization,” says Ryan Williams, the organization's president, looking at the camera, in a crisp navy suit.  “We've always aimed high.”  A trumpet blares.
Washington Post:
The price of living near the shore is already high.  It's about to go through the roof.  —  As FEMA prepares to remove subsidies from its flood insurance, a new assessment says 8 million homeowners in landlocked states are at risk of serious flooding because of climate change
Discussion: KVIA-TV, WBUR News and Poynter
Mother Jones:
Trump Extremists Brought Numerous Guns on January 6, Evidence Shows  —  Rioters at the Capitol carried concealed pistols, allegedly stockpiled weapons nearby, and called for overthrowing the US government.  —  Fight disinformation.  Get a daily recap of the facts that matter.
Discussion: YouTube
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Kelly Weill / The Daily Beast:
Oath Keepers Panicked That the Left Would ‘Decapitate’ Them After Failed Capitol Putsch
Discussion: Raw Story
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.
Washington Post:
Portugal has nearly run out of people to vaccinate.  What comes next?  —  LISBON — Portugal's vaccination campaign is almost over now, and it has exceeded even the wildest goals.  Nearly an entire nation trusted in the science, officials say.  At mass immunization centers, just the last trickle of teenagers is passing through.
Discussion: HotAir
Jeremy Schwartz / The Texas Tribune:
“God's will is being thwarted.”  Even in solid Republican counties, hard-liners seek more partisan control of elections.  —  The political battle in one Texas county where Trump got 81% of the vote offers a rare view into the virulent distrust and unyielding pressure facing elections administrators.
Washington Post:
Vaccination rates for New York health-care workers rise after mandate … A New York state mandate that took effect this week, requiring health-care workers to be vaccinated against the deadly coronavirus, has boosted the immunization rates of care providers, to the relief of officials …
New York Times:
House Delays Vote on Infrastructure Bill as Democrats Feud  —  A liberal revolt left Democrats short of votes, but leaders insisted they would bring up the measure again on Friday, giving them more time to reach a deal on a separate climate and safety net bill.  — Read in app
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Sarah Owermohle / Politico:
POLITICO-Harvard poll: Drug price negotiation is Americans' top priority  —  Americans support letting the government negotiate drug prices above all the other major priorities in the infrastructure and social spending packages now before Congress, according to a new POLITICO-Harvard poll …
Associated Press:
Biden's approval slumps after a slew of crises: AP-NORC poll  —  WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden's popularity has slumped after a slew of challenges in recent weeks at home and abroad for the leader who pledged to bring the country together and restore competence in government …
Discussion: Breitbart, Daily Kos and HotAir
Rachel Hartigan / National Geographic:
The epic COVID-19 memorial on the National Mall, in one stunning photo  —  4,882 photos taken over 30 hours.  More than 670,000 flags representing American lives lost.  An incalculable measure of grief.  —  BYRACHEL HARTIGAN  —  For more than 30 hours, photographer and National Geographic …
Discussion: Washington Post
Joseph Marks / Washington Post:
Ransomware attack might have caused another death  —  Welcome to The Cybersecurity 202!  It's officially Cybersecurity Awareness Month.  So if you're starting October reading this, you're way ahead of the game.  —  Below: The FCC wants to get tough on SIM-swapping and some hacks …
Discussion: The White House
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Wall Street Journal:
A Hospital Hit by Hackers, a Baby in Distress: The Case of the First Alleged Ransomware Death
Discussion: New York Post and Fortune
Matthew Cappucci / Washington Post:
Scientists drove a robotic surfboard into Hurricane Sam, and the waves were incredible  —  It was the first-ever ocean drone to intercept a major hurricane, battling 50-foot waves and winds gusting higher than 120 mph  —  Scientists with Saildrone and the National Oceanic …
Discussion: NPR and ABC13
Hugo Gurdon / Washington Examiner:
Biden's memory hole  —  I must return to the subject of President Joe Biden's falsehoods.  Despite devoting this space last week to “White House Whoppers,” it's necessary to discuss our chief executive's dishonesty further, for it's been glaringly exposed again, this time by the military brass.
Discussion: Breitbart
Matt Weidinger / American Enterprise Institute:
Why is Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez pushing to add even more benefits to Democrats' shrinking $3.5 trillion spending plan?  Part II … Yesterday I reviewed the recent demands by Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) and her liberal colleagues that unemployment insurance (UI) …
Politico:
POLITICO Playbook: Another big day for Biden's presidency: What to watch  —  DRIVING THE DAY  —  NO DEAL — So much for that make-or-break Thursday vote on the bipartisan infrastructure bill (aka BIF).  Speaker NANCY PELOSI delayed the roll call just before 11 p.m. after a flurry …
Ishaan Tharoor / Washington Post:
Germany's election casts U.S. democracy in harsh light  —  You're reading an excerpt from the Today's WorldView newsletter.  Sign up to get the rest, including news from around the globe, interesting ideas and opinions to know, sent to your inbox every weekday.  —  It's a scenario that ought to feel familiar to many Americans.
James Fallows / the:
The Debt Limit Chronicles, Sept. 30  —  Believe it or not, this is a largely positive entry.  —  This is a streamlined, video-centric, and mainly positive (!) update.  For previous installments, with all the background details I am skipping this time, see those from September 24, September 26, and September 28.
Discussion: Slate, Washington Post and Galaxy Brain
David Brooks / New York Times:
This Is Why We Need to Spend $4 Trillion  — Read in app  —  I've spent the last few weeks in a controlled fury — and I'm not normally a fury kind of guy.  Joe Biden, Nancy Pelosi and others are trying to pass arguably the most consequential legislative package in a generation …
Dana Blanton / Fox News:
Fox News Poll: Tight race for Virginia governor  —  The survey, released Thursday, was conducted September 26 through September 29 among Virginia registered voters  —  McAuliffe says parents shouldn't choose their children's curriculum  —  Virginia voters give Democrat Terry McAuliffe …
Discussion: Washington Monthly and Townhall
New York Times:
More Than Half of Police Killings Are Undercounted, New Study Says  —  Researchers comparing information from death certificates with data from organizations that track police killings in the United States identified a startling discrepancy.  — Read in app
Leslie Josephs / CNBC:
Number of unvaccinated United staff drops from 593 to 320 after airline said it would fire them  — United Airlines told its 67,000 U.S. employees in August that they must be vaccinated against Covid-19 by this fall.  — More than 96% complied with the mandate, and 2,000 sought exemptions.
Discussion: The Daily Wire, UPI and Breitbart
CNN:
Harriet Hageman once rebuked Trump and endorsed Liz Cheney.  She's now challenging her with his support  —  (CNN)Harriet Hageman, who earned the endorsement of former President Donald Trump in her 2022 bid to challenge Wyoming Rep. Liz Cheney, once called her current opponent a “proven, courageous, constitutional conservative.”
Discussion: Mediaite and Raw Story
Ian Bassin / The Bulwark:
Democracy Cannot Survive the Fracturing of the Democratic Coalition  —  When anti-authoritarian coalitions splinter, the authoritarians take over.  —  (PHOTOS: GETTYIMAGES / SHUTTERSTOCK)  —  In the early days of the first Trump presidency, our organization cohosted a “Summit for Democracy” …
Discussion: Outside the Beltway
Edward Luce / Financial Times:
Joe Biden's rapid retreat on climate ambitions  —  Rejecting a higher carbon price means renouncing the most effective tool for cutting emissions  —  Everyone talks about the weather, goes the quip, but nobody does anything about it.  Joe Biden billed himself as the long-awaited departure …
 
 
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Washington Examiner:
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David Weigel / Washington Post:
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Discussion: Politico and Bloomberg
Sarah Westwood / Washington Examiner:
Business gets personal: Leftists push boundaries in protests targeting public figures
Discussion: ABC News and Townhall
Task & Purpose:
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Politico:
Harris' office does damage control over student's Israel ‘ethnic genocide’ comment
CNN:
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