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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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Politico:
Dems take GOP's short-term debt fix offer, kicking deadline to December — Democrats are planning to accept an offer from Mitch McConnell to let them raise the debt ceiling into December without a GOP filibuster, multiple senators said after a closed-door caucus meeting on Wednesday.
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Alayna Treene / Axios:
McConnell proposes debt limit deal
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New York Times:
Federal Judge Pauses Strict Texas Law Banning Most Abortions — A sharply worded ruling sided with the Justice Department, which sued to block the measure last month after the Supreme Court declined to intervene. — WASHINGTON — A federal judge on Wednesday granted the Justice Department's request …
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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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Katie Benner / New York Times:
Report Cites New Details of Trump Pressure on Justice Dept. Over Election — A Senate panel fleshed out how Donald Trump pursued his plan to install a loyalist as acting attorney general to pursue unfounded reports of fraud. — WASHINGTON — Even by the standards of President Donald J. Trump …
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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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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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Jonathan Edwards / Washington Post:
Idaho's governor left the state. His lieutenant governor took power and banned state vaccine mandates.
Emily Alpert Reyes / Los Angeles Times:
L.A. to require proof of COVID vaccination at indoor restaurants, salons, other venues
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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 …
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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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Caroline Downey / National Review:
69 Percent of Hispanics Disapprove of Biden's Handling of Immigration
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Adam Liptak / New York Times:
Supreme Court Justices Make a Surprising Proposal in Torture Case — Twenty years after the Sept. 11 attacks, three justices said it was time to hear from the first detainee subjected to brutal interrogation by the C.I.A. — WASHINGTON — Twenty years after the Sept. 11 attacks …
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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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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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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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Talking Points Memo
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
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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 …
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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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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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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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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Courtney Gross / Spectrum News NY1:
Ballot Blunders: Looking at patronage and nepotism at NYC Board of Elections — NEW YORK — Last week, we were looking for one commissioner at the New York City Board of Elections (BOE). — But Gino Marmorato was not interested in talking. — NY1 wanted to discuss his deep ties to the Bronx Republican party.
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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. — A spokesman for Grassley said his intent was to compliment, not insult, Judge Lucy Koh. But the head of the Congressional Asian Pacific American Caucus …
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Political Wire, HuffPost, Raw Story and The Hill
Adam Sexton / WMUR:
New Hampshire state representative resigns as committee chair after sharing controversial document about COVID-19 vaccine — Rep. Karen Umberger replacing Rep. Ken Weyler on committees — Hide Transcript Show Transcript — Stay up to speed on all the latest local and national political news.
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 …
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” …
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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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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