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New York Times:
The Lawyer Behind the Memo on How Trump Could Stay in Office — John Eastman was a little-known but respected conservative lawyer. Then he became influential with Donald Trump — and counseled him on how to retain power after losing the election. — Read in app
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No More Mister Nice Blog, POLITICUSUSA, Raw Story and Digby's Hullabaloo
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New York Times:
Jan. 6 Was Worse Than We Knew — Read in app — The editorial board is a group of opinion journalists whose views are informed by expertise, research, debate and certain longstanding values. It is separate from the newsroom. — However horrifying the Jan. 6 riot …
Caroline Vakil / The Hill:
Sinema slams delay of infrastructure vote: ‘Inexcusable’ — Sen. Kyrsten Sinema (D-Ariz.) on Saturday slammed the decision to delay a vote this week on the bipartisan infrastructure deal that she helped negotiate, calling it “inexcusable.” — Good-faith negotiations, the Arizona centrist argued, “require trust.”
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Arizona Republic, Bloomberg, RedState, TheBlaze, Fox News, Washington Times and KVIA-TV
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New York Times:
Biden's Agenda in Doubt as He Aids Progressives in Fight With Moderates — Progressives flexed, but remain empty-handed. Moderates feel betrayed. The outcome of their battle could determine Democrats' fate in the midterms and the success of the Biden presidency. — Read in app
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Wall Street Journal, Washington Post, One America News Network, Daily Kos, CNN and Washington Times
Speaker Nancy Pelosi:
Dear Colleague: It's About Time!
Dear Colleague: It's About Time!
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Mediaite, The Hill, The Guardian, UPI, Forbes, POLITICUSUSA and Townhall
Jordan Williams / The Hill:
Pelosi sets end-of-October deadline for infrastructure vote
Pelosi sets end-of-October deadline for infrastructure vote
Discussion:
Townhall, Bloomberg, Political Wire and Speaker Nancy Pelosi
Politico:
POLITICO Playbook: 'The strangest thing I've ever seen' — DRIVING THE DAY — “The fact that the president came to the Hill and whipped against his own bill is the strangest thing I've ever seen.” — That late-night observation was just one of many we heard from frustrated lawmakers …
Discussion:
Digby's Hullabaloo and HotAir
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Dan Balz / Washington Post:
What will it take for Biden to bring fractured Democrats together?
What will it take for Biden to bring fractured Democrats together?
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NBC News, Politico, Wall Street Journal, Associated Press, Mediaite, RedState, Fox News and Daily Kos
Brett Samuels / The Hill:
Biden to host lawmakers at White House next week amid impasse on his agenda
Biden to host lawmakers at White House next week amid impasse on his agenda
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Fox News, Bloomberg and Power Line
Maureen Dowd / New York Times:
Sinema Stars in Her Own Film — Read in app — WASHINGTON — Just like the original Sphinx, the Phoenix Sphinx is blocking the way until those who would move ahead solve her riddle: — What does Kyrsten Sinema want? And why doesn't she stick around to explain it?
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Rolling Stone and RedState
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Laurie Roberts / Arizona Republic:
Here's what Democrats need to understand about Sen. Kyrsten Sinema
Here's what Democrats need to understand about Sen. Kyrsten Sinema
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Washington Post
Charlotte Alter / TIME:
What Does Kyrsten Sinema Want?
What Does Kyrsten Sinema Want?
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Insider, Rolling Stone, Mother Jones and Los Angeles Times
Daily Mail:
EXCLUSIVE: Married Trump donor tells police she feared for her safety when Corey Lewandowski told her ‘he stabbed a man in the back of the head and killed him’ as her husband slams the political operative's ‘violent and harassing’ behavior — Super PAC donor Trashelle Odom has made a statement …
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Raw Story
Don Moynihan / Can We Still Govern?:
Bullshit, Branding and CRT — The Nine Incredible Tricks to Get Your Moral Panic Trending! — As a professor who teaches policy students how to write about public policy, I spend a lot of time talking about argumentation, which is partly about how to write concisely and clearly …
Ian Millhiser / Vox:
The nihilism of Neil Gorsuch — Trump's first Supreme Court appointee's radical vision to remake America, explained. — Neil Gorsuch was ready to blow up the US housing market over a minor legal violation. — The case in front of the Supreme Court was Collins v. Yellen (2021) …
Katie Mettler / Washington Post:
U.S. prosecutors ask judge to sentence men accused of plotting ‘race war’ ahead of Va. gun rally as domestic terrorists — Federal prosecutors have requested that two members of The Base, a white-supremacist group, be sentenced as domestic terrorists after investigators accused them of planning …
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NBC4 Washington
Kyle Arnold / Dallas Morning News:
Unvaccinated employees ‘will not be able to work at American Airlines’ due to federal mandate — The CEO and president of Fort Worth-based American Airlines said that employees won't be able to opt out for testing. — American Airlines leaders told employees Friday that they will need …
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HotAir, Page Array, CNBC and TheBlaze
Jonathan Allen / NBC News:
Bannon fires up ‘shock troops’ for next GOP White House — WASHINGTON — Scores of former Trump political appointees gathered at a GOP social club Wednesday night to hear Steve Bannon detail how they could help the next Republican president reconfigure government.
Discussion:
Digby's Hullabaloo, The Gateway Pundit, Raw Story and Mock Paper Scissors
Paul Kane / Washington Post:
Pelosi on verge of cementing legacy as one of the most powerful members of Congress ever — or ending her career on a sour note — House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) raised eyebrows this past week with a specific a phrase she uttered during a leadership team meeting.
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USA Today, TheBlaze, Insider, Bloomberg and The Intercept
Jeff Stein / Washington Post:
White House faces grueling choices as major cuts hang over Biden economic package — White House officials are preparing how to dramatically scale back President Biden's economic agenda if forced to accommodate the demands of centrist lawmakers critical to its passage, according to five people with knowledge of internal discussions.
KEYE:
Arrest made in arson incident at Travis County Democratic Party office — Law enforcement authorities say they have made an arrest in Wednesday's arson incident at theTravis County Democratic Party office in East Austin. A “Molotov cocktail” was thrown inside the office and ignited during the early morning hours.
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Talking Points Memo and Joe.My.God.
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Alia Shoaib / Insider:
Rudy Giuliani admits under oath that he got some of his ‘evidence’ of alleged election fraud from social media — Rudy Giuliani has been sued by former Dominion employee Eric Coomer for promoting election fraud conspiracy theories. — Giuliani admitted under oath that he did not verify …
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