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Alayna Treene / Axios:
Scoop: Sanders' Sinema spat  —  Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) withheld support for a joint statement condemning last weekend's protests against Sen. Kyrsten Sinema (D-Ariz.) because it also wouldn't include a rebuke of her political views, Axios has learned.  —  Why it matters …
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Hans Nichols / Axios:
Scoop: Manchin demands progressives prioritize  —  Sen. Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.) is telling colleagues that progressives need to pick just one of President Biden's three signature policies for helping working families and discard the other two, people familiar with the matter tell Axios.
Discussion: HuffPost
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 …
CNBC:
Senate GOP leader McConnell offers short-term debt ceiling extension following pressure from Biden
Politico:
Dems take GOP's short-term debt fix offer, kicking deadline to December
Carl Hulse / New York Times:
As Debt Ceiling Vote Looms, Democrats Reconsider Filibuster
Tierney Sneed / CNN:
Federal judge issues order blocking Texas' 6-week abortion ban  —  (CNN)A federal judge in Texas issued an order Wednesday blocking the state's six-week abortion ban.  —  US District Judge Robert Pitman's order is a victory for abortion rights proponents, who had seen other attempts to block the law stymied by the ban's novel design.
Discussion: New York Magazine
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Zoe Tillman / BuzzFeed News:
A Judge Blocked Texas's 6-Week Abortion Ban, But It's Uncertain If Abortions Will Resume  —  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.
New York Times:
Federal Judge Halts Enforcement of Texas Abortion Law  —  The Justice Department had sued to block the law, which banned nearly all abortions in the state.  —  WASHINGTON — A federal judge on Wednesday granted the Justice Department's request to halt enforcement of the recently passed Texas law …
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 …
Washington Post:
Federal judge blocks enforcement of Texas law banning abortion as early as six weeks
Discussion: Mediaite
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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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 …
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 …
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 …
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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.
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 …
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Corbin Bolies / The Daily Beast:
Ex-Judge Leading GOP Election Review Says He Doesn't Get ‘How Elections Work’
Discussion: Raw Story
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 …
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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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 …
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 …
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.
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
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 …
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 …
The Daily Beast:
Lewandowski Demanded Cash After MAGA-Land Kicked Him to the Curb  —  “It doesn't matter if he'd asked for five dollars, it wasn't going to happen,” one individual familiar with the situation said.  —  Last week, Donald Trump announced the exile of his confidant and former top campaign aide Corey Lewandowski …
Discussion: MSNBC and Raw Story
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
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” …
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 …
Jeremy Barr / Washington Post:
Critical race theory was the hot topic on Fox News this summer.  Not so much anymore.  —  Concern about the intellectual framework triggered clashes at local school board meetings.  But it seems to be dropping off the public radar now.  —  Do you remember what the hottest topic on Fox News was this summer?
David E. Sanger / New York Times:
Biden and Xi Jinping of China Agree to Hold a Virtual Summit  —  The agreement is a recognition of the dangers of going a year into a presidential term without a formal meeting between the leaders of the world's two largest economies.  —  President Biden will meet President Xi Jinping …
Discussion: The Hill
 
 
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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
Emily Alpert Reyes / Los Angeles Times:
L.A. to require proof of COVID vaccination at indoor restaurants, salons, other venues
Charles Cooke / HotAir:
No reconciliation bill could be “too small”
Discussion: Washington Post
Joseph Wulfsohn / Fox News:
CNN spent nearly 80% of September under 1 million viewers
 Earlier Items: 
Houston Keene / Fox News:
Cotton joins growing list of lawmakers demanding answers from DOJ about investigations into parents
Discussion: Townhall
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:
Both of These Politicians Opposed Iron Dome Funding. Only One Was Called Antisemitic
Washington Post:
How Trump's health department fell in love with charter jets
Discussion: Raw Story