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Quinnipiac University Poll:
Americans Give President Biden Lowest Marks Across The Board, Quinnipiac University National Poll Finds; Majority Say The Biden Administration Is Not Competent  — mail_outline  —  President Joe Biden receives a negative 38 - 53 percent job approval rating, the lowest score he's received …
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Alayna Treene / Axios:
McConnell proposes debt limit deal  —  Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) is offering Democrats a deal that could help the country avoid defaulting on its debt.  —  Driving the news: The proposal includes two options, which McConnell laid out in a statement on Wednesday …
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CNBC:
Senate GOP leader McConnell offers short-term debt ceiling extension following pressure from Biden  — Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell on Wednesday offered a short-term suspension of the U.S. debt ceiling to avert a national default.  — “We will also allow Democrats …
Carl Hulse / New York Times:
As Debt Ceiling Vote Looms, Democrats Reconsider Filibuster
Brent Kendall / Wall Street Journal:
Federal Judge Blocks Texas Abortion Law  —  Judge grants Justice Department request for preliminary injunction against six-week abortion ban  —  A federal judge late Wednesday blocked enforcement of a Texas ban on abortions after six weeks of pregnancy, a legal blow against a novel law …
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Zoe Tillman / BuzzFeed News:
A Judge Blocked Texas's 6-Week Abortion Ban  —  WASHINGTON — The status of abortion access in Texas was once again thrown into uncertainty Wednesday night after a federal judge issued an order halting enforcement of the state's 6-week abortion ban.  —  The immediate effect …
Discussion: Politico
Tierney Sneed / CNN:   Federal judge issues order blocking Texas' 6-week abortion ban
John Shiffman / Reuters:
How AT&T helped build far-right One America News  —  As it lauded former President Donald Trump and spread his unfounded claims of election fraud, One America News Network saw its viewership jump.  Reuters has uncovered how America's telecom giant nurtured the news channel now at the center …
Amina Dunn / Pew Research Center:
Two-thirds of Republicans want Trump to retain major political role; 44% want him to run again in 2024  —  Two-thirds of Republicans and Republican-leaning independents say they would like to see former President Donald Trump continue to be a major political figure for many years to come …
Discussion: The Hill, CNN, The Daily Wire and USA Today
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Eliza Relman / Insider:
Stephanie Grisham says when Trump ‘needed someone to tell him how awesome he was’ he'd call Matt Gaetz, who would ‘sing for his supper’  — Stephanie Grisham wrote in her new memoir that Rep. Matt Gaetz “would do anything” for Donald Trump.  — Grisham said Gaetz would regularly be called …
Discussion: Raw Story
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Tom LoBianco / Yahoo News:
Trump struggles to find a new social media platform amid talk of third White House run
Discussion: Raw Story
Hugo Lowell / The Guardian:
Top Trump aides set to defy subpoenas in Capitol attack investigation
Apoorva Mandavilli / New York Times:
A ‘Historical Event’: First Malaria Vaccine Approved by W.H.O.  —  Malaria kills about 500,000 people each year, about half of them children in Africa.  —  The World Health Organization on Wednesday endorsed the first ever vaccine to prevent malaria, debuting a tool that could save the lives …
Hannah Knowles / Washington Post:
Hospital system says it will deny transplants to the unvaccinated in ‘almost all situations’  —  A Colorado-based health system says it is denying organ transplants to patients not vaccinated against the coronavirus in “almost all situations,” citing studies that show these patients are much more likely to die if they get covid-19.
Louis Casiano / Fox News:
Cold case team says Zodiac Killer ID'd, linking him to another murder  —  The Zodiac Killer terrorized the San Francisco area in the late 1960s and has never been caught  —  Fox News Flash top headlines for October 5  —  A team of specialists who investigate cold cases says it has identified …
Rodrigo Viga Gaier / Reuters:
Brazil police find 3 mln euro Nazi haul at home of suspected pedophile  —  Police in Rio de Janeiro said on Wednesday they had found a haul of Nazi memorabilia and weapons worth an estimated 3 million euros at the home of a Brazilian man suspected of raping a minor.
Discussion: Forbes and Political Wire
Jennifer Bendery / HuffPost:
Chuck Grassley Congratulates Korean American Judicial Nominee: ‘Your People’ Have A Good Work Ethic  —  The GOP senator told Lucy Koh that her background reminds him of his daughter-in-law telling him Koreans “can make a lot out of nothing.”  —  Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) on Wednesday told Lucy Koh …
Discussion: Political Wire and Raw Story
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Eugene Scott / Washington Post:
Sen. Grassley congratulates Korean American judge on her work ethic. Some Asian Americans say it echoes divisive stereotypes.
Discussion: The Hill
Timothy Noah / New Republic:
South Dakota Is a Moral Sewer and Should Be Abolished  —  South Dakota is in the news because a consortium of journalists exposed shady doings there that take advantage of the state's status as a notorious tax haven, and because the state's governor, Kristi Noem, is caught …
Jessica Anderson / Baltimore Sun:
Maryland man allegedly fatally shot his pharmacist brother for ‘killing people’ with the COVID vaccine, court records show  —  A Cumberland man allegedly killed his brother and sister-in-law in their Ellicott City home last week because his brother, a pharmacist, administered COVID-19 vaccines …
Discussion: Mediaite, Raw Story, CBS Baltimore and WTOP
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel:
Former Supreme Court Justice Gableman, head of Wisconsin election review, says he does not understand how elections work  —  Patrick Marley Natalie EilbertMilwaukee Journal Sentinel  —  GREEN BAY - The attorney leading a partisan review of Wisconsin's 2020 election acknowledged this week …
Dan Sullivan / Tampa Bay Times:
Tampa Oath Keeper stays jailed after judge finds he threatened cops  —  Jeremy Brown, a one-time congressional candidate, attended the Jan.6 Capitol riot.  Agents say they found unregistered guns, and hand grenades, in his home.  —  Published Earlier today
Discussion: Raw Story
Craig Jenkins / Vulture:
Dave Chappelle's Endless Feedback Loop  —  The first time I saw Dave Chappelle on television, I thought, This guy is funny, but he's getting canceled.  I'd seen Half Baked, Blue Streak, and 200 Cigarettes, and I came to Comedy Central's Chappelle's Show expecting more caustic stoner wit.
Charles Cooke / HotAir:
No reconciliation bill could be “too small”  —  When pressed, Manchin likes to describe the spree he has in mind as “targeted” and “paid for.”  But even if this were true — even if every dollar spent were matched to a dollar raised by taxation — it would still miss the point.
Discussion: Washington Post
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Aya Elamroussi / CNN:
Texas man sentenced to 15 months in prison for posting Covid-19 hoax on social media  —  (CNN)A Texas man was sentenced to more than a year in federal prison for spreading a hoax related to Covid-19 on social media, prosecutors said.  —  Evidence showed Christopher Charles Perez, 40 …
Collin Anderson / Washington Free Beacon:
Caught on Video: Rashida Tlaib Admits She Only Wears Mask for Cameras  —  Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D., Mich.) thinks masks only need to be worn if someone is there to catch you without one, according to remarks caught on video during a Detroit community event.  —  The “Squad” member told attendees …
Adam Schiff / Vanity Fair:
Screaming Matches, Oxygen Masks, and Wild Stampedes: A Congressman Describes January 6 From the House Floor  —  “This is because of you!” a Democrat yelled at a Republican as protesters battered at the doors and Capitol police officers urged lawmakers to “move!”
Discussion: CNN, Insider and Raw Story
CNN:
ISIS-K suicide bomber who carried out deadly Kabul airport attack had been released from prison days earlier  —  (CNN)The ISIS-K suicide bomber who carried out a terrorist attack at Kabul international airport in late August, killing 13 US service members and dozens of Afghans …
Deborah Haynes / Sky News:
NATO expels eight Russian ‘undeclared intelligence officers’ in response to suspected killings and espionage  —  The move, which is understood to have been agreed on Tuesday, comes after revelations emerged about suspected Moscow involvement in a deadly explosion at an ammunition depot in the Czech Republic in 2014.
David Bacon / American Prospect:
Newsom Vetoes Union Vote-by-Mail Bill for Farmworkers  —  Assembly Bill 616 would have made it easier for California farmworkers to vote to unionize by allowing them to fill out and mail ballots as absentees.  —  United Farm Workers members and supporters begin the “March for the Governor's Signature” …
Associated Press:
Troubled student loan forgiveness program gets an overhaul  —  The Biden administration is moving to relax the rules for a student loan forgiveness program that has been criticized for its notoriously complex requirements — a change that could offer debt relief to thousands of teachers …
Washington Post:
How Trump's health department fell in love with charter jets  —  Documents offer new insight into the strategy of shuttling former HHS secretary Tom Price around America  —  In April 2017, officials at the Department of Health and Human Services grappled with an urgent request …
Discussion: Raw Story
 
 
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Spencer Hsu / Washington Post:
Pro-Trump social media influencer and speaker at Jan. 5 rally pleads guilty to disorderly conduct in Capitol riot
Discussion: Raw Story
Federal Trade Commission:
FTC Targets False Claims by For-Profit Colleges
Discussion: Insider
Sarah Knapton / Telegraph:
Revealed: Wuhan and US scientists planned to create new coronaviruses
Emily Alpert Reyes / Los Angeles Times:
L.A. to require proof of COVID vaccination at indoor restaurants, salons, other venues
Joseph Wulfsohn / Fox News:
CNN spent nearly 80% of September under 1 million viewers
Houston Keene / Fox News:
Cotton joins growing list of lawmakers demanding answers from DOJ about investigations into parents
Discussion: Townhall
Santi Ruiz / Washington Free Beacon:
Klobuchar Staffer Announces Apple Gig Hours After Senator Slams Big Tech Revolving Door
 Earlier Items: 
Alanna Vagianos / HuffPost:
Former FBI Agents Blame ‘Misogynist’ Culture For Botched Larry Nassar Investigation
Discussion: Raw Story and NBC News
Jennifer Rubin / Washington Post:
Mike Lee may finally pay for his Trump sycophancy
Discussion: Raw Story
Politico:
Former Trump DOJ No. 2 sits for interview with Jan. 6 committee
Michael C. Bender / Wall Street Journal:
How Tight Is Trump's Grip on the GOP? Take a Look at the Ohio Senate Primary
Ben Samuels / Haaretz:
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