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Olivia Nuzzi / New York Magazine:
‘I Was Part of Something Unusually Evil’ In Kansas with Stephanie Grisham, who does not believe she will be redeemed. — Stephanie Grisham saw the pickup outside and yelped, “That's Larry!” She grabbed a small package and raced out her front door, down the steps of the porch …
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The Daily Beast, Insider, The Hill and Jezebel
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Cory Shaffer / Plain Dealer:
Ex-Trump staffer Max Miller files defamation lawsuit against Stephanie Grisham over abuse allegations — CLEVELAND, Ohio — Max Miller, the White House staffer under former President Donald Trump who is running for Congress in Northeast Ohio, sued former White House press secretary Stephanie Grisham …
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Raw Story, Deadline, Mediaite, The Daily Beast and Washington Post
Mark Zuckerberg:
I wanted to share a note I wrote to everyone at our company. — Hey everyone: it's been quite a week, and I wanted to share some thoughts with all of you. — First, the SEV that took down all our services yesterday was the worst outage we've had in years.
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The Verge, Metro.co.uk, Townhall, The Times of Israel, Mediaite, Deadline, Variety and UPI, more at Techmeme »
Reid J. Epstein / New York Times:
The Cocooning of Kyrsten Sinema — The Arizona senator has undergone a political metamorphosis. — In February 2018, I went to Arizona to report on what progressive Democrats there thought about Kyrsten Sinema, the centrist whose Senate vote is key in the fight over President Biden's agenda and political prospects.
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Zaid Jilani / INQUIRE:
Tone Policing Is Good, Actually
Tone Policing Is Good, Actually
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Arizona Mirror, The Daily Wire and IJR
Robin Givhan / Washington Post:
The whistleblower came to advocate for humans over algorithms — Facebook needs to be less “twitchy.” This digital monster that has taught the culture how to overreact and fly off the handle needs to be tamed. Regulate it. Open it up. Slow it down and make it more human.
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Glenn Greenwald:
Democrats and Media Do Not Want to Weaken Facebook, Just Commandeer its Power to Censor
Democrats and Media Do Not Want to Weaken Facebook, Just Commandeer its Power to Censor
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Instapundit, The Sun, New York Post, Vox and Rolling Stone
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette:
An Ohio COVID patient treated with ivermectin after wife sued hospital has died — An Ohio man diagnosed with COVID-19 whose wife sued to force a hospital to give him the anti-parasitic drug ivermectin has died, his attorney said. — Jeffrey Smith, 51, died on Sept. 25, his attorney …
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USA Today:
US deaths from virus in 2021 surpass 2020 total; Johnson & Johnson seeks FDA clearance for booster shots: COVID updates
US deaths from virus in 2021 surpass 2020 total; Johnson & Johnson seeks FDA clearance for booster shots: COVID updates
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UPI, The Hill and New York Post
Antonio Planas / NBC News:
Blacks, Latinos and Native Americans disproportionally killed by Covid-19 last year, study says
Blacks, Latinos and Native Americans disproportionally killed by Covid-19 last year, study says
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Kathryn Rubino / Above the Law:
Law School Student Famous For Saying ‘I HATE BLACK PEOPLE’ Now Has Prestigious Federal Clerkship — Hate doesn't seem to be slowing down her career prospects. — I'd say Crystal Clanton just keeps failing upwards, but given that outrage is currency in right-wing circles …
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Lawyers, Guns & Money
Politico:
GOP's debt limit challenge: Don't be ‘a complete a—hole’ — The Senate GOP's budget point man, Lindsey Graham, wants to make Democrats work hard to lift the debt limit — but not so hard that it threatens a cataclysmic default. — Graham is carefully calibrating how hard to press …
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New Republic, Crooks and Liars, ABC News and Morning Shots
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Paul Kane / Washington Post:
What Joe Manchin wants, decoded
What Joe Manchin wants, decoded
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Fox Business, RedState, POLITICUSUSA, New York Post and IJR
New York Post:
Ed Mullins, bombastic NYPD union chief, resigns amid federal probe — Ed Mullins, the controversial head of the NYPD's Sergeants Benevolent Association, stepped down on Tuesday night amid a federal probe into the alleged misappropriation of union funds. — His resignation …
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Robert Burns / Associated Press:
State Department discloses number of nukes in US stockpile — WASHINGTON (AP) — In a reversal of Trump administration policy, the State Department on Tuesday disclosed the number of nuclear weapons in the U.S. stockpile. It said this will aid global efforts to control the spread of such weapons.
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United States Department …, UPI and The Hill
Callie Patteson / New York Post:
Yellen defends IRS rule requiring banks to report all transactions over $600 — Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen is defending a Biden administration proposal that would require banks to report data to the Internal Revenue Service on transactions over $600, calling the collection of information …
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Power Line and MyStateline.com
Newsweek:
The Sackler Family Wants Immunity on Opioid Crisis and Here's Who's Helping Them — As a coalition of lawmakers tries to hold the billionaire Sackler family accountable for its role in the opioid crisis, Washington's most powerful business lobby group has now jumped into the intensifying battle …
Jon Ralston / The Nevada Independent:
The clear and present danger — Last week, a veteran, hard-working journalist was attacked by a candidate for high office in Nevada. — Click on the link above if you will but I am not going to mention either name here, lest it detract from the message I want to impart or be used as a bludgeon by partisans on either side.
Jonathan Martin / New York Times:
Democrats Lost the Most in Midwestern ‘Factory Towns,’ Report Says — The party's struggles in communities that saw declines in manufacturing and union jobs, and health care, could more than offset its gains in metropolitan areas. — WASHINGTON — The share of the Democratic presidential vote …
CNN:
House committee investigating January 6 can't find Trump aide to serve subpoena — Washington (CNN)More than a week after subpoenaing former Donald Trump aide Dan Scavino to cooperate with its investigation into the January 6 riot at the US Capitol, the House select committee investigating …
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The Guardian, Insider, Raw Story, Associated Press and IJR
Emily Singer / The American Independent:
Hawley defends violent anti-mask protesters as FBI launches probe — Sen. Josh Hawley (R-MO) said that responding to threats and violence against school board officials is an effort to ‘chill’ free speech. — Sen. Josh Hawley (R-MO) is up in arms after Attorney General Merrick Garland announced …
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The Daily Caller, Page Array, Washington Examiner and Townhall
Jay R. Jordan / Houston Chronicle:
Texans asked to turn off lights after bird ‘mass mortality’ event — National Audubon Society calls for ‘Lights Out’ after ‘mass mortality’ event of migratory birds — Following the deaths of migratory of birds caused by bright city lights on the East Coast, Texas advocates call for late-night dimming in Lone Star State.
David Harsanyi / New York Post:
How left-wing protesters are justified, but angry moms are ‘domestic terrorists’ — When is a protester “angry and justified” and when are they a “domestic terrorist”? It all depends on how far left they are. — This week, activists stalked Sen. Krysten Simena into a women's restroom …
Lauren Williams / New York Times:
Ozy Shows That Serious Black Media Needs a New Business Model — Ms. Williams is the C.E.O. and a co-founder of Capital B, a nonprofit news organization reporting for Black communities that will begin operating next year. She is the former editor in chief of Vox.
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New York Times:
New Top Federal Prosecutors in Manhattan and Brooklyn Are Confirmed — One of the two, Damian Williams, will be the first Black person to lead the powerful U.S. attorney's office for New York's Southern District. — The U.S. Senate confirmed Damian Williams late Tuesday as the new U.S. attorney …
Reuters:
Biden says he and China's Xi agree to abide by Taiwan agreement — U.S. President Joe Biden said on Tuesday that he has spoken to Chinese President Xi Jinping about Taiwan and they agreed to abide by the Taiwan agreement, as tensions have ratcheted up between Taipei and Beijing.
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Politico:
Biden's new health challenge: Find another Francis Collins — National Institutes of Health Director Francis Collins was that rare Washington figure whose clout transcended presidential administrations and frequent power shifts in Congress — more so during a public health crisis.
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Washington Free Beacon and Bloomberg Law
Tim Hains / RealClearPolitics:
Victor Davis Hanson: Why I Left National Review — Victor Davis Hanson, author of “The Dying Citizen,” speaks with FNC's Tucker Carlson about why he no longer writes for the National Review. — VICTOR DAVIS HANSON: I didn't know much about Donald Trump, I wasn't a supporter of his in the primaries, but I knew he was going to win.
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Jonathan Tamari / The Philadelphia Inquirer:
Republican Senate candidate Sean Parnell is seeking a gag order against his wife and her attorney as their dispute spills into the campaign — Republican Senate candidate Sean Parnell has asked a judge to seal records in his ongoing custody case and to ban his wife and her attorney …
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Neal Rothschild / Axios:
Why Trump wants to tweet — Donald Trump's post-office online engagement is hitting new lows, according to exclusive data from SocialFlow provided to Axios. It helps explain why the former president recently asked a federal judge to have Twitter restore his signature account.
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Josie Duffy Rice / Balls and Strikes:
The Supreme Court Can't Deliver Justice for William Wooden — The Court's preoccupation with the precise definition of “occasion” obscures a multitude of deeper failures of the criminal legal system. — It was around 1:00 AM on a November night when William Wooden heard someone knocking on his door.
US Food and Drug Administration:
Potential for False Positive Results with Certain Lots of Ellume COVID-19 Home Tests Due to a Manufacturing Issue: FDA Safety Communication — The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is alerting test users, caregivers, health care personnel, and the public of the potential …
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Shannon Vavra / The Daily Beast:
Border Officials Seize Ivermectin Pills and Fake Vaccine Cards — Anti-vaxxers are still ordering fake vaccine cards and horse paste from China in an attempt to skirt vaccine mandates and prevent COVID-19 infections. — Customs and Border Protection officials in Chicago seized multiple shipments …
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