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Jeff Horwitz / Wall Street Journal:
The Facebook Whistleblower, Frances Haugen, Says She Wants to Fix the Company, Not Harm It — The former Facebook employee says her goal is to help prompt change at the social-media giant — The former Facebook Inc. employee who gathered documents that formed the foundation …
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CBS News:
Whistleblower: Facebook is misleading the public on progress against hate speech, violence, misinformation
Whistleblower: Facebook is misleading the public on progress against hate speech, violence, misinformation
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CBS News, The Daily Caller, CBS San Francisco, Metro.co.uk, New York Post, CNN, Mediaite, Slate, Deadline and The Verge, more at Techmeme »
Edward Helmore / The Guardian:
Facebook whistleblower to claim company contributed to Capitol attack
Facebook whistleblower to claim company contributed to Capitol attack
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New York Times, New York Magazine and Politico, more at Techmeme »
Juan Williams / The Hill:
Pelosi shows her power — If you are betting on politics, here's my advice — put your money on Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.). — Historian Robert Caro famously crowned Lyndon Johnson the “Master of the Senate.” — After last week, it's clear Pelosi is his equal in the House.
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Marianna Sotomayor / Washington Post:
For Democrats and the Biden agenda, it's becoming a matter of trust
For Democrats and the Biden agenda, it's becoming a matter of trust
Sarah D. Wire / Los Angeles Times:
Jan. 6 rioters exploited little-known Capitol weak spots: A handful of unreinforced windows — Four major access points that Jan. 6 rioters used to break into and overtake the U.S. Capitol had something unusual in common: They were among a dozen or so ground-floor windows and glass-paned doors that had not been recently reinforced.
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Kyle Cheney / Politico:
Jan. 6 panel braces for collision with Trump — The congressional committee investigating the Jan. 6 assault on the Capitol is steeling itself for its first encounter with an immovable object: Donald Trump. — Some aspects of its work are proceeding smoothly.
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Raw Story
Washington Post:
Secret money, swanky real estate and a Monte Carlo mystery — (Washington Post illustration; Photograph by Mikhail Svetlov/Getty Images) — MONACO — The apartment hangs over the blue waters of the Mediterranean beneath the Monte Carlo casino of James Bond legend.
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Insider, NPR, Raw Story, The Daily Beast and The Guardian
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Washington Post:
Key findings from the Pandora Papers investigation
Key findings from the Pandora Papers investigation
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Ordinary Times, ICIJ, New York Post and Insider
Washington Post:
Billions hidden beyond reach
Billions hidden beyond reach
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Common Dreams, Morning Shots, Feed MRSS-S Noticias, Miami Herald, Lawyers, Guns & Money, ICIJ, Financial Times, Mother Jones and Al Jazeera
ICIJ:
Offshore havens and hidden riches of world leaders and billionaires exposed in unprecedented leak
Offshore havens and hidden riches of world leaders and billionaires exposed in unprecedented leak
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Bloomberg, BBC, Al Jazeera, CBS News, UPI, Florida Politics, తెల …, OCCRP, The Times of Israel and Rolling Stone
BBC:
Pandora Papers: A simple guide to the Pandora Papers leak
Pandora Papers: A simple guide to the Pandora Papers leak
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Washington Post and Slate
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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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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Des Moines Register, Raw Story and Atlanta Journal-Constitution
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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Washington Post, New York Times, The Hill and Insider
Ben Smith / New York Times:
What They Saw in Ozy — The story behind the story is about the elite investors who plowed millions into a media dream without much due diligence, persuaded by the charm of Ozy's head, Carlos Watson. — There's an irresistible temptation, in this age of scams and hype …
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David Leonhardt / New York Times:
Covid, in Retreat — New cases in the U.S. have fallen by more than a third in the past month. — Covid-19 is once again in retreat. — The reasons remain somewhat unclear, and there is no guarantee that the decline in caseloads will continue. But the turnaround is now large enough …
Joseph Simonson / Washington Free Beacon:
Dems Tuck Multibillion-Dollar Handout to Illegal Immigrants Into Reconciliation — Biden's $3.5 trillion spending bill gives migrants same child benefits as Americans — President Joe Biden's budget includes a provision that provides billions of dollars in cash to illegal aliens with children.
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Power Line
The Daily Beast:
Trump's Sprawling Use of NDAs Now Threatens to Humiliate Him — For decades, Donald Trump used the same legal language in Non-Disclosure Agreements to prevent associates from saying anything bad about him. That's bad news for Trump. — For decades, Donald Trump has treasured Non-Disclosure …
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Raw Story
CNN:
Pro-Trump challenger's residency issues catch Murkowski's eye — (CNN)Alaska Sen. Lisa Murkowski has not yet said whether she'll run for reelection in 2022 — but she is well aware of potential baggage one of her challengers could be carrying. — Murkowski took aim at her would-be GOP challenger …
Miles Himmel / Washington Examiner:
Elites think they're better than you — They think they're smarter than you. They think they deserve more than you. They think they're better than you. — Who are they, you ask? Hollywood, Silicon Valley, athletes, politicians, entertainment, those who dine at the French Laundry …
New York Times:
U.S. Signals Little 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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Yelena Dzhanova / Insider:
A Connecticut doctor who gave patients blank, signed COVID-19 exemption forms has surrendered her medical license — Sue McIntosh, a former Connecticut physician, has surrendered her medical degree after an investigation found she gave blank exemption waivers to patients.
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Raw Story and POLITICUSUSA
Washington Examiner:
Biden must reject using the PATRIOT Act to suppress angry parents' opinions — The coronavirus pandemic was obviously tragic in many ways, killing many of the most vulnerable, disrupting life, and causing job loss and economic hardship for millions. But in other ways, the experience …
Jim Geraghty / National Review:
Fauci Tells Vaccinated Americans Not to Plan for Christmas Yet — On the menu today: Dr. Anthony Fauci urges vaccinated Americans to keep their distance from unvaccinated children indoors and to not make any plans for the holidays yet; the Associated Press confirms that thanks to the Delta variant …
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New York Times, Balloon Juice and Associated Press
Julie Luchetta / Arizona Republic:
Activists ambush Sen. Kyrsten Sinema at ASU over immigration, Build Back Better Act — Sen. Kyrsten Sinema was confronted by proponents of the democratic Build Back Better bill who followed her as she entered a public restroom on Sunday morning. — A video posted on the Twitter account …
Jeremy Egner / New York Times:
Damian Lewis Discusses the Future of ‘Billions’ — In an interview, the actor talked about his character's big twist and what it means for the Showtime series and his career. — This article includes spoilers from Sunday's Season 5 finale of “Billions.” — One of TV's last great …
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