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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.
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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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Axios:
Axios Sneak Peek … 📬 Thanks for reading.
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CNBC, National Review, IJR, The American Independent and USA Today
Politico:
Dems take GOP's short-term debt fix offer, kicking deadline to December
Dems take GOP's short-term debt fix offer, kicking deadline to December
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Carl Hulse / New York Times:
As Debt Ceiling Vote Looms, Democrats Reconsider Filibuster
As Debt Ceiling Vote Looms, Democrats Reconsider Filibuster
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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.
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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 …
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Bloomberg, USA Today, Associated Press, KXAN-TV and The Daily Caller
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.
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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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Associated Press, Political Wire and The Daily Wire
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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Nathaniel Rakich / FiveThirtyEight:
Biden's Approval Rating Isn't Bouncing Back
Biden's Approval Rating Isn't Bouncing Back
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The Moderate Voice, Fox News and HotAir
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 …
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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.
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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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Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
The Trump threat may soon get worse. Here's the under-the-radar reason for it.
The Trump threat may soon get worse. Here's the under-the-radar reason for it.
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New York Times, Politico and New York Magazine
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 …
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Gregory Korte / Bloomberg:
Trump-Backed Candidate Loses Bid to Silence Tell-All Book Author
Trump-Backed Candidate Loses Bid to Silence Tell-All Book Author
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Washington Post, The Hill, WTOP, Associated Press, Raw Story and BizPac Review
Tom LoBianco / Yahoo News:
Trump struggles to find a new social media platform amid talk of third White House run
Trump struggles to find a new social media platform amid talk of third White House run
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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 …
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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 …
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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’
Ex-Judge Leading GOP Election Review Says He Doesn't Get ‘How Elections Work’
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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 …
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Political Wire and Raw Story
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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.
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Forbes and Political Wire
Tulsa World:
Joy Hofmeister to flip parties, challenge Kevin Stitt for governor in 2022 … State Superintendent Joy Hofmeister is running for governor — as a Democrat. — The 57-year-old lifelong Republican told the Tulsa World in an exclusive interview that she is changing her party registration …
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 …
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Power Line, KRON4, Dakota Free Press, Gawker and Washington Post
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
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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.
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Katie Robertson / New York Times:
Mic Reboots Itself, With More Pop Culture Coverage and Less Politics — Under new ownership, the online publication aimed at younger readers unveiled a revamped version of itself on Wednesday. — Mic, an online magazine that was known for an earnest mix of political news and opinion essays aimed …
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 …
Bobby Burack / OutKick:
Bill Maher Explains Why His Crowd Is Now A Mix Of Conservatives and Liberals … No one in media has triggered the Left more this year than Bill Maher. Liberals feel Maher has betrayed them, so they now call him an “angry white man.” Or something. — Despite that caterwauling, Maher hasn't betrayed the Left.
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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” …
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 …
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New York Times, Insider, CBS News and The Hill
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?
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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 …
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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 …
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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!”