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Michelle Goldberg / New York Times:
What's Wrong With Kyrsten Sinema? — In 2003, Joe Lieberman, at the time the worst Democratic senator, traveled to Arizona to campaign for his party's presidential nomination and was regularly greeted by antiwar demonstrators. “He's a shame to Democrats,” said the organizer of a protest outside …
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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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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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Washington Examiner:
The Left's hate machine is going to get more people hurt — Three smartphone-wielding leftist activists followed Democratic Sen. Kyrsten Sinema into a public restroom on the campus of Arizona State University Sunday afternoon. They proceeded to yell at her for not supporting a laundry list …
CNN:
Manchin breaks with party leaders over strategy on debt ceiling and Biden's economic package — (CNN)Democratic Sen. Joe Manchin on Monday pushed back on several politically sensitive positions his party leaders are taking at a crucial time for President Joe Biden's domestic agenda.
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Alayna Treene / Axios:
Scoop: U.S. Chamber backs off BIF — The U.S. Chamber of Commerce is withdrawing its support of the Senate-passed $1.2 trillion bipartisan infrastructure bill just hours after Punchbowl News reported House Republicans were booting it from its strategy calls, Axios has learned.
Politico:
POLITICO Playbook: Biden getting frustrated with Manchin and Sinema — DRIVING THE DAY — HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU: Rep. ILHAN OMAR (D-Minn.) was dissed by the White House on Monday — her birthday, no less. The whip of the Congressional Progressive Caucus was not invited …
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NIH News Release:
Francis Collins to step down as director of the National Institutes of Health — Francis S. Collins, M.D., Ph.D., today announced his decision to end his tenure as the director of the National Institutes of Health by the end of the year. Dr. Collins is the longest serving presidentially …
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Politico:
Francis Collins to step down as NIH director by year's end — National Institutes of Health Director Francis Collins plans to step down by the end of the year after nearly three decades at the agency, including 12 years at the helm, the agency announced Tuesday.
New York Times:
Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp Were Down: Here's What to Know — When apps used by billions of people worldwide blinked out, lives were disrupted, businesses were cut off from customers — and some Facebook employees were locked out of their offices. — SAN FRANCISCO — Facebook and its family of apps …
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New York Times:
Users Turn to Twitter During Facebook Crash. Jokes and Venting Ensue.
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Margaret Sullivan / Washington Post:
Facebook is harming our society. Here's a radical solution for reining it in.
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Instagram promoted pages glorifying eating disorders to teen accounts
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Christopher Cadelago / Politico:
Biden plots debt ceiling blitz to focus the blame on McConnell — After months of playing it cool on the debt ceiling, the White House has quickly begun to turn the screws on Republicans in an attempt to shift blame for the financial brinkmanship squarely onto Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell.
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Jonathan Weisman / New York Times:
As the U.S. Hurtles Toward a Debt Crisis, What Does McConnell Want? — Senator Mitch McConnell, the Republican leader, has a long record of tying debt ceiling increases to policy demands. But with a catastrophic default two weeks away, he has yet to make any.
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Thomas Franck / CNBC:
U.S. faces a recession if Congress doesn't address the debt limit within 2 weeks, Yellen says
R. Marshall Brandt / The Bulwark:
What Was the Debt-Ceiling Showdown Really All About? — The answer is: Democracy.
Washington Post:
Group files complaint with California bar association against John Eastman, lawyer who advised Trump on election challenges — A bipartisan group of former officials and legal heavyweights, including two former federal judges, asked the California bar association Monday to investigate …
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Ross Douthat / New York Times:
The Once and Future Threat of Trump
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Associated Press:
Records show slow response to report of California oil spill — HUNTINGTON BEACH, Calif. (AP) — The U.S. Coast Guard received the first report of a possible oil spill off the Southern California coast more than 12 hours before a company reported the major leak in its pipeline and a cleanup effort was launched, records show.
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CNN:
‘Some are just psychopaths’: Chinese detective in exile reveals extent of torture against Uyghurs — (CNN)The raids started after midnight in Xinjiang. — Hundreds of police officers armed with rifles went house to house in Uyghur communities in the far western region of China …
Josh Feldman / Mediaite:
Mike Pence Says Media Focus on January 6 Is a Media Distraction Meant to ‘Demean’ Trump Supporters — Former Vice President Mike Pence said the focus on January 6th is a distraction intended to “demean” millions of Trump supporters. — Pence spoke with Sean Hannity Monday night …
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Justin Baragona / The Daily Beast:
Pence Says He ‘Parted Amicably’ With Trump After Supporters Tried to Hang Him
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U.S. Department of Justice:
Justice Department Addresses Violent Threats Against School Officials and Teachers — Citing an increase in harassment, intimidation and threats of violence against school board members, teachers and workers in our nation's public schools, today Attorney General Merrick B. Garland directed …
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Darryl Coote / UPI:
AG Garland directs FBI to combat spiking violence directed at school officials
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Joseph Klein / Front Page Magazine:
Wholesale Invasion USA — Waves of illegal immigrants flood across the U.S. southern border - with no end in sight. — The Biden administration is aiding and abetting a wholesale invasion of the United States by illegal immigrants, with no idea of whether they are infected with COVID-19 or not.
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John Daniel Davidson / The Federalist:
Vaccine Mandates From Private Employers Are Destroying American Livelihoods — 'Okay, you're going to require me now to get this? Obviously, the booster shots are right behind it. It's a never-ending cycle. What else are you going to tell me to do?' — A growing number of Americans …
Anna Gustafson / Michigan Advance:
Once lauded as heroes, health care workers are now spit on and ‘threatened every day at work’ — Some doctors and nurses wear panic buttons because of violent patients — When Tom Kelsch heads to his job as a registered nurse in Mercy Health Muskegon's emergency department, he knows …
Salena Zito / Washington Examiner:
Where the wave begins — MIDLAND, Pennsylvania — For as much cash and strategy as partisans put into creating a wave for their own parties, they always seem to miss where the ripple starts and why. — Part of the reason they miss it is that they are in Washington and not in places such as this one.
John Kruzel / The Hill:
Group asks DC court panel to investigate DOJ official who peddled false Trump election claims — A group of legal heavyweights on Tuesday asked the disciplinary panel of the D.C. Court of Appeals to investigate a former Department of Justice (DOJ) official who allegedly sought to use …
Rebecca Elliott / Wall Street Journal:
Black Former Tesla Worker Awarded More Than $130 Million in Damages — The company subjected the employee to a racially hostile work environment, jury finds — SAN FRANCISCO— Tesla Inc. subjected a Black former worker to a racially hostile work environment and failed to take reasonable steps …
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