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Eli Yokley / Morning Consult:
Democratic Voters Drive Decline in Sinema's Popularity in Arizona — The first-term centrist Democrat, who has bucked her party so far this year, is facing heat for holding up Biden's social spending agenda — 46% of Arizona Democrats approved of Sinema's job performance in the third quarter of 2021 …
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Ashley Reese / Jezebel:
Absolutely Bully Kyrsten Sinema Outside Of Her Bathroom Stall — This senator is holding all of us back, and some of her most vulnerable constituents are, rightfully, sick of it. — Alerts — The effectiveness of certain kinds of protest will always be up for debate.
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Fox News, Townhall and Power Line
Byron York / Washington Examiner:
Byron York's Daily Memo: Sinema under attack
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Charles C. W. Cooke / National Review:
Chasing Kyrsten Sinema into a Bathroom Is Not Normal
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Chuck Ross / Washington Free Beacon:
Left-Wing Billionaire George Soros Bankrolling Group Behind Harassment of Kyrsten Sinema
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Axios, The Federalist, Breitbart, CNN and RedState
Meghan Mccain / Daily Mail:
The revolting scenes of Sen Sinema being abused in a ladies' room show that Democrat progressives have become as toxically intolerant as the Trump regime they despised.
Andrew Yang:
Breaking Up with the Democratic Party — I changed my voting registration from ‘Democrat’ to ‘Independent’ today. It was a strangely emotional experience. — I registered as a Democrat back in 1995 when I was 20 years old to vote for Bill Clinton's re-election. It was a no-brainer for me.
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New York Times:
Facebook and all of its apps go down simultaneously. — SAN FRANCISCO — Facebook and its family of apps, including Instagram and WhatsApp, were inaccessible for hours on Monday, taking out a vital communications platform used by billions and showcasing just how dependent the world has become …
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Scott Carpenter / Bloomberg:
Zuckerberg Loses $7 Billion in Hours as Facebook Plunges — CEO drops to No. 5 on list of world's richest, below Gates — Stock slide knocks his net worth down to $120.9 billion — Mark Zuckerberg's personal wealth has fallen by nearly $7 billion in a few hours …
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Kevin Roose / New York Times:
Facebook Is Weaker Than We Knew — A trove of leaked documents, published by The Wall Street Journal, hints at a company whose best days are behind it. — One possible way to read “The Facebook Files,” The Wall Street Journal's excellent series of reports based on leaked internal Facebook research …
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Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
The revelations about Mike Pence's role in Jan. 6 keep getting worse — It has become a ubiquitous question in our politics: How close did Donald Trump come to pulling off an actual coup? — Efforts to grapple with this have been trapped largely in the zone of wild speculation.
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Washington Post:
Trump, talked out of announcing a 2024 bid for now, settles on a wink-and-nod unofficial candidacy — As turmoil in Afghanistan reached a crescendo in August, Donald Trump began talking again with advisers about whether he should announce his 2024 campaign for president right away.
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Brianne Pfannenstiel / Des Moines Register:
Donald Trump's favorability ratings are his highest in any Iowa Poll: ‘Absence makes the heart grow fonder’
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Washington Times, The Hill and Slate
Will Steakin / ABC News:
Exclusive: Stephanie Grisham says ‘I regret’ enabling culture of dishonesty in Trump White House — The former Trump aide spoke exclusively to ABC News' George Stephanopoulos. — In an exclusive interview with ABC News' George Stephanopoulos, Stephanie Grisham, one of former President Donald Trump's …
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Donald Ayer / New York Times:
The Supreme Court Has Gone Off the Rails — Mr. Ayer was a U.S. attorney and principal deputy solicitor general in the Reagan administration and deputy attorney general in the George H.W. Bush administration. — The Supreme Court has final authority to make difficult judgment calls articulating …
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Andrew Murray / Fox News:
Florida Gov. DeSantis' wife diagnosed with breast cancer — Fox News Flash top headlines for October 4 — EXCLUSIVE - Casey DeSantis, the wife of Gov. Ron DeSantis of Florida, has been diagnosed with breast cancer. — “I am saddened to report that Florida's esteemed First Lady …
PIX11:
New video: Man splashes paint on George Floyd statue in Union Square — UNION SQUARE, Manhattan — After a statue of George Floyd was vandalized Sunday morning in Union Square, the NYPD early Monday released new surveillance video of a man dousing the statue with paint in broad daylight.
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Amanda Woods / New York Post:
Skateboarder who defaced George Floyd statue in Union Square caught on video
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Washington Examiner, Page Array, TMZ.com and Fox News
Politico:
Top State adviser leaves post, rips Biden's use of Trump-era Title 42 — A senior State Department official is leaving his role in the Biden administration. And on his way out, he has sent a scathing internal memo criticizing the president's use of a Trump-era policy to expel migrants from the southern border.
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Insider, Washington Examiner, The Hill, The Daily Caller, New York Times and Political Wire
Lachlan Markay / Axios:
Scoop: House Republican says he's facing federal prosecution — The top Republican on the House Appropriations Committee's agriculture panel says he's facing federal prosecution, Axios has learned. — Driving the news: In a new fundraising page for his legal expense fund, Rep. Jeff Fortenberry …
David Dayen / American Prospect:
USPS Begins Postal Banking Pilot Program — The test allows customers to cash business or payroll checks at the post office and place them onto a gift card. — The United States Postal Service (USPS) has taken the most dramatic step in a half-century to re-establish a postal banking system in America.
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Associated Press:
Ex-U.S. Rep. Todd Akin, sunk by ‘legitimate rape’ remark, dies — Former U.S. Rep. Todd Akin, a conservative Missouri Republican whose comment that women's bodies have a way of avoiding pregnancies in cases of “legitimate rape” sunk his bid for the U.S. Senate and became a cautionary tale for other GOP candidates, died late Sunday.
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Masaya Kato / Nikkei Asia:
China PCR test orders soared before first reported COVID case — Government contracts show surges in Wuhan-area purchases starting May 2019 — TOKYO — Purchases of PCR tests in China's Hubei Province surged months before the first official reports of a novel coronavirus case there …
Robert Gehrke / Salt Lake Tribune:
One-time presidential candidate Evan McMullin will mount an independent bid to oust Republican Sen. Mike Lee, Robert Gehrke reports — A McMullin candidacy challenges the rigid two-party standard, which leaves too many Utahns unrepresented. — Independent presidential candidate Evan McMullin speaks …
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Politico:
McConnell reactivates his connection to Biden — with a sharp debt warning — Joe Biden and Mitch McConnell's two-man emergency hotline had gone silent — until now. — The Senate minority leader on Monday morning prodded the president to talk his party into raising the debt ceiling without the GOP …
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US Food and Drug Administration:
Coronavirus (COVID-19) Update: FDA Authorizes Additional OTC Home Test to Increase Access to Rapid Testing for Consumers — The following is attributed to Jeff Shuren, M.D., J.D., director of FDA's Center for Devices and Radiological Health — For Immediate Release: — Statement From:
Andrew Stiles / Washington Free Beacon:
Where's Daniel Dale? CNN's Lead ‘Fact-Checker’ Goes Missing — CNN's top “fact-checker,” Daniel Dale, was a fixture on the cable network during Donald Trump's presidency. He was the subject of numerous profiles in other media outlets, which lavished praise on the “virtuoso” journalist …
Zoe Tillman / BuzzFeed News:
A Judge Sent A Capitol Rioter To Prison, Rejecting The Government's Lighter Recommendation — WASHINGTON — A judge on Monday ordered Capitol rioter Matthew Mazzocco to spend 45 days in prison, rejecting not only the defense's argument for probation but also the prosecution's recommendation …
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Alan Mirabella / Bloomberg:
Ken Griffin, Top GOP Donor, Rules Out Backing a Trump Rerun — Hedge fund manager Ken Griffin, a major donor to Republicans, ruled out supporting Donald Trump for another run for president. — “I think it's time for America to move on,” he said in a discussion Monday with Erik Schatzker at the Economic Club of Chicago.
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Laura Nahmias / New York Magazine:
White Riot In 1992, thousands of furious, drunken cops descended on City Hall — and changed New York history. — This story was produced in partnership with The Garrison Project, an independent, nonpartisan organization that will address the crisis of mass incarceration and policing.
Abigail Shrier / Common Sense with Bari Weiss:
Top Trans Doctors Blow the Whistle on ‘Sloppy’ Care — In exclusive interviews, two prominent providers sound off on puberty blockers, ‘affirmative’ care, the inhibition of sexual pleasure, and the suppression of dissent in their field. — For nearly a decade, the vanguard …
Luke Broadwater / New York Times:
With Biden's Agenda in the Balance, Lobbying Kicks Into High Gear — Business interests are using ads and other efforts to cajole Democrats to change or kill a $3.5 trillion social policy bill. — WASHINGTON — As centrist Democrats in Congress have worked to block or strip out major provisions …
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New York Times:
U.S. Signals No Thaw in Trade Relations With China — The Biden administration said it would not immediately remove the Trump administration's tariffs and would require that Beijing uphold its trade commitments. — WASHINGTON — The Biden administration offered its strongest signal yet …
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Will Sommer / The Daily Beast:
Republicans Shout Down Lindsey Graham for Pushing Vaccine — “Well, I'm glad I got it. Ninety-two percent of people in hospitals in South Carolina are unvaccinated,” he told the crowd of Republican activists who booed him. — Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) was booed by Republican activists Saturday …
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