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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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CNN:
Durham issues fresh round of subpoenas in his continuing probe of FBI investigation into Trump, Russia  —  Washington (CNN)Special Counsel John Durham has issued a new set of subpoenas, including to a law firm with close ties to Hillary Clinton's 2016 campaign, an indication that Durham …
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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 …
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: Raw Story
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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Josh Gerstein / Politico:
Alito speaks out on Texas abortion case and ‘shadow docket’  —  Justice Samuel Alito leapt into a political fray over the Supreme Court on Thursday, lashing back at critics who have accused the justices of increasingly issuing momentous decisions on its emergency docket without the benefit of a full briefing or oral arguments.
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Washington Post:
Alito defends letting Texas abortion law take effect, says Supreme Court critics want to intimidate justices
Discussion: New York Times
Burgess Everett / Politico:
Manchin proposed $1.5T top-line number to Schumer this summer  —  Joe Manchin proposed a deal to Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer this summer to limit the total cost of Democrats' sweeping spending bill to $1.5 trillion, according to a copy of the agreement obtained by POLITICO.
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Andrew R. Arthur / CIS.org:
Afghan Provision in Must-Pass Legislation Puts U.S. National Security Last  —  Lowering ID standards for nationals of a country with ‘a dynamic terrorism landscape’ is a bad idea  —  Congressional leadership is pushing hard to pass H.R. 5304, the “continuing resolution” (CR) …
Discussion: Breitbart
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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 …
Politico:
Harris' office does damage control over student's Israel ‘ethnic genocide’ comment  —  Vice President Kamala Harris' office is working behind the scenes to mend relationships with pro-Israel Democrats after not pushing back on a student who, in asking her a question, accused Israel of “ethnic genocide.”
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
David Ignatius / Washington Post:
Inside the CIA's desperate effort to rescue its Afghan allies  —  Often the spy business is about betrayal.  But for the CIA in Afghanistan, even amid the catastrophic U.S. withdrawal in August, the story in recent months has largely been about keeping faith with its local partners.
Bradford Betz / Fox News:
Senior al Qaeda leader killed in drone strike in Syria, US defense officials say  —  The figure was responsible for planning, funding, and approving trans-regional al Qaeda attacks
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
Gordon Klein / Common Sense with Bari Weiss:
Why I Am Suing UCLA  —  I refused to discriminate against my students.  Then the problems began.  —  Recently, I was suspended from my job for refusing to treat my black students as lesser than their non-black peers.  —  Let me back up: I teach at UCLA's Anderson School of Management, and I've been doing this for 40 years.
Discussion: HotAir and The Lid
Lauren Weber / NBC News:
Covid is killing rural Americans at twice the rate of people in urban areas  —  Unvaccinated Covid patients still overwhelming health care workers  —  Rural Americans are dying of Covid at more than twice the rate of their urban counterparts — a divide that health experts say is likely …
Jordan Davidson / The Federalist:
Inspector General Finds Damning ‘Widespread’ FISA Failure After FBI Director Dismissed Concerns  —  Inspector General Michael Horowitz released a damning report on Thursday chastising the Federal Bureau of Investigation for “widespread” violations in the intelligence agency's applications …
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Techno Fog / The Reactionary:   IG Horowitz discovers more FBI abuses of FISA process
Vaughn Rasberry / Newlines Magazine:
In Search of African Arabic  —  The majority of the world's Arabic speakers inhabit Africa and its diasporas.  So why is much of continental Africa absent in Arabic language curricula?  —  Vaughn Rasberry is associate professor of English at Stanford University and academic director …
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
Zach Despart / Houston Chronicle:
Houston, epicenter of Harvey damage, still would get $0 under Texas' latest disaster aid plan  —  Harris County and the city of Houston this week blasted the Texas General Land Office's revised plan for distributing billions in federal Hurricane Harvey aid, saying that while it is an improvement …
David Weigel / Washington Post:
The Trailer: So long, swing seats: Gerrymandering is already shrinking the midterm map  —  In this edition: The slow death of the swing seat, debate echoes in New Jersey and Virginia, and a boom market in anti-Kyrsten Sinema PACs.  —  Please don't make me write about an August 2024 primary until at least next month.
Discussion: Bloomberg and Politico
CJ Werleman / Byline Times:
Modi Steps Up his Violence in Assam  —  CJ Werleman fears that the recent violence in India's eastern state, combined with the construction of ‘transit camps’ for Muslims, is a further step in ethnic cleansing by India's leadership  —  From the moment Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi swept …
Adam Wren / Insider:
I just rode the bus with Biden's education chief.  You should hear what he said about Trump supporters, critical race theory, and mask mandates.  — Education Secretary Miguel Cardona toured the Midwest last week.  — He's touting a safe return to school amid the pandemic.
Discussion: HotAir, Fox News and Politico
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” …
Mark Harris / Wired:
How a Secret Google Geofence Warrant Helped Catch the Capitol Riot Mob  —  A WIRED investigation has found 45 federal criminal cases that cite Google geolocation data to place suspects inside the US Capitol during the January 6 riot.  —  COURT DOCUMENTS SUGGEST the FBI has been using …
Sarah Westwood / Washington Examiner:
Business gets personal: Leftists push boundaries in protests targeting public figures  —  Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas became the latest victim of liberal activism targeting political figures personally when protesters shrouded his Washington, D.C., home in a giant foil blanket this week.
Discussion: ABC News and Townhall
Tom Wright / Wall Street Journal:
The Man at the Center of a Shocking U.S. Navy Scandal  —  Procurer, protector, supplier for all needs: Leonard Francis claims that he made himself indispensable to the U.S. Navy.  Then he became the star witness in a sweeping corruption probe.  —  On May 22, 2008, six U.S. Navy officers allegedly piled …
Task & Purpose:
US Marine who says he rescued baby at Kabul airport investigated for appearing at Trump rally [Updated]  —  “The 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) has initiated a command investigation regarding LCpl Hunter Clark's attendance at the event last weekend to determine if any DoD policies were violated.”
 
 
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CREW:
“We're not going to be able to hold that base”: Park Police overwhelmed hours before Capitol breach on Jan 6th
David Brooks / New York Times:
This Is Why We Need to Spend $4 Trillion
Discussion: driftglass
Wall Street Journal:
In Well-Vaccinated Maine, Covid-19 Still Fills Hospitals With the Unvaccinated
Discussion: HotAir
E. Jean Carroll / Ask E. Jean:
You're Only Old Once!  —  I'm a woman on the wrong side of fifty-five who has just embarked upon an advanced degree.
 Earlier Items: 
Sadie Gurman / Wall Street Journal:
DEA Agents Arrest 800 in the U.S. in Crackdown on Illegal Sales of Drugs Laced With Fentanyl
Discussion: ABC News
Caitlin Oprysko / Politico:
Lobbyists' frustration with BIF uncertainty spills out into the open
Daniel Bice / Milwaukee Journal Sentinel:
Bice: Multimillionaire U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson paid a mere $2,105 in state income taxes in 2017, despite making big bucks
Discussion: Raw Story
Deepa Shivaram / NPR:
A Man Died From Rabies In Illinois. Here's Why That's So Unusual In The U.S.
Discussion: Washington Post
Yahoo News:
Pompeo: Sources for Yahoo News WikiLeaks report ‘should all be prosecuted’
Discussion: emptywheel and Jacobin
 

 
From Mediagazer:

Todd Spangler / Variety:
Amazon is shutting down Freevee, its free, ad-supported streaming service launched in 2019 under the IMDb brand, and plans to move the content to Prime Video

Wall Street Journal:
Sources: Disney board members are exploring fresh candidates in their search for a successor to Bob Iger, including EA CEO Andrew Wilson

Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch:
Perplexity says it will begin experimenting with ads on its platform in the US starting this week; ads will be formatted as “sponsored follow-up questions”

 
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