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New York Times:
Navy Nuclear Engineer Attempted Espionage, FBI Says  —  Jonathan Toebbe and his wife tried several times to pass information on nuclear propulsion systems to a foreign government, according to a criminal complaint.  —  WASHINGTON — A nuclear engineer for the U.S. Navy and his wife …
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Washington Post:
Navy nuclear engineer and his wife charged with trying to share submarine secrets with a foreign country
Dave Mistich / NPR:
A former Navy nuclear engineer and his wife have been arrested on espionage charges
David Browne / Rolling Stone:
Eric Clapton Isn't Just Spouting Vaccine Nonsense—He's Bankrolling It  —  Eric Clapton went from setting the standard for rock guitar to making ‘full-tilt’ racist rants to becoming an outspoken vaccine skeptic.  Did he change?  Or was he always like this?  —  Cambel McLaughlin thought he was being punked.
Politico:
'The president's decline is alarming': Biden trapped in coronavirus malaise  —  Democrats are ringing alarm bells and coming to the simplest of conclusions: It's the pandemic, stupid.  —  President Joe Biden's standing with Americans has plummeted, with his average approval rating plunging by nearly 15 points since late June.
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Albert Hunt / The Hill:
Biden administration competency doubts increase
Discussion: New York Magazine
Kathy Gannon / Associated Press:
Taliban says US will provide humanitarian aid to Afghanistan  —  ISLAMABAD (AP) — The U.S. has agreed to provide humanitarian aid to a desperately poor Afghanistan on the brink of an economic disaster, while refusing to give political recognition to the country's new Taliban rulers, the Taliban said Sunday.
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David Brunnstrom / Reuters:
U.S. says Taliban talks in Doha were ‘candid and professional’
Cleve R. Wootson Jr / Washington Post:
‘Frustration is at an all-time high’: Behind Biden's falling poll numbers  —  ATLANTA — W. Mondale Robinson spent a large chunk of last fall in clubs and bars and concert venues in Georgia, trying to convince disenchanted Black men that casting a ballot — in the 2020 general election …
Discussion: Althouse
Garry Kasparov / Wall Street Journal:
Celebrate Columbus's Achievements  —  We should acknowledge his flaws, but his treatment by the left is reminiscent of communist propaganda.  —  Friends, Americans, citizens of the world, lend me your ears.  I come to bury Christopher Columbus, not to praise him.
Ben Smith / New York Times:
Two Journalists Started an Argument in Boston in 1979.  It's Not Over Yet.  —  A writer for an alt-weekly called out a Boston Globe editor for his “fealty” to the idea of objectivity in a column that reads as if it was written yesterday.  —  In 1979, two journalists got into an argument.
Dan Hannan / Washington Examiner:
Why should Spain despise its greatest explorer?  —  Monuments to Christopher Columbus are regularly vandalized throughout the Americas, but Spain remains faithful to his memory.  Last week, I visited Seville Cathedral, where his supposed remains are carried shoulder-high by massive statues representing …
The Daily Beast:
Corey Lewandowski in Exile: Banned at Trump Properties  —  Former Trump campaign manager Corey Lewandowski is no longer allowed on Trump properties or at Trump parties after a high-profile donor accused him of sexual misconduct.  —  After a GOP donor accused Corey Lewandowski of sexual misconduct late …
Discussion: Raw Story
Wall Street Journal:
Biggest U.S. Retailers Charter Private Cargo Ships to Sail Around Port Delays  —  Home Depot, Costco and Walmart resort to private charters in push to stock shelves for holiday shoppers  —  Global supply-chain delays are so severe that some of the biggest U.S. retailers have resorted to an extreme …
Discussion: Reason
Neil Irwin / New York Times:
There Is Shadow Inflation Taking Place All Around Us  —  Some companies haven't been raising prices.  Instead, they've been cutting back customer services and conveniences, but how should that be measured?  —  Inflation has surged in 2021, with various official measurements of consumer prices rising faster than they have in years.
Michael S. Schmidt / New York Times:
White Tiger and Cheetah Furs: A Mess of Trump Gift Exchanges  —  Gift exchanges between U.S. and foreign leaders, a highly regulated process, devolved into sometimes risible shambles during the Trump administration.  —  The Saudi royal family showered Donald J. Trump and his entourage …
Discussion: The Indian Express
David Catron / The American Spectator:
VA Dems Want Last Minute Voting Rule Change  —  Virginia's gubernatorial contest between Republican Glenn Youngkin and Democrat Terry McAuliffe clearly has supporters of the latter worried.  Recent polls show a far tighter race than they expected.  Consequently, it was all but inevitable …
Discussion: RedState and Politico
The Intercept:
Steven Mnuchin Stepped In to Prevent Ivanka Trump World Bank Appointment … In January 2019, Jim Yong Kim threw the global financial development sector into a state of disarray: The former academic and health official announced he would be stepping down the following month from his role …
Discussion: The Guardian, Insider and Raw Story
Yascha Mounk / The Atlantic:
Why the Latest Campus Cancellation Is Different  —  Dorian Abbot is a geophysicist at the University of Chicago.  In recognition of his research on climate change, MIT invited him to deliver the John Carlson Lecture, which takes place every year at a large venue in the Boston area and is meant to …
Discussion: Progress Pond and Reason
New York Times:
Inside Rikers: Dysfunction, Lawlessness and Detainees in Control  —  With a staffing emergency disrupting the basic functions of the jail system, detainees have had free rein inside.  —  When a detainee decided to hijack a bus inside the Rikers Island jail complex, little was in place to stop him.
Sudarsan Raghavan / Washington Post:
After the Taliban seized their school, Afghanistan's all-female orchestra tried to flee.  Only some escaped.  —  KABUL — The girls came from homes broken by war and poverty to chase an unimaginable future as musicians.  And with grit and determination they succeeded: Some played at Carnegie Hall.
American Greatness:
The Left Got What It Wanted—So Now What?  —  There is no schadenfreude in seeing the Left destroy everything it touches—because its claws tear all of us as well.  —  What was the purpose for the insane opposition of the Left between 2017 and 2021?  To usher in a planned nihilism …
Discussion: NBC News, Washington Post and The Hill
Joe Concha / The Hill:
The Biden-Harris train wreck may have its savior: 2024 GOP nominee Donald Trump  —  Former President Trump recently declared he would beat Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis in a potential Republican primary match-up for the party's 2024 presidential nomination.  And based on current polling, he's almost certainly right.
Discussion: The Daily Beast
Kelly Weill / The Daily Beast:
This Far Right Group Wants Anti-Mask Protests to Fuel Its Comeback  —  The John Birch Society used to boost segregation.  Now it's back to attack schools over mask mandates.  —  On a sunny Saturday in a Knoxville, Tennessee park, a man with a microphone told a crowd of parents to bar entry to their children's schools.
Discussion: Raw Story
Leslie Josephs / CNBC:
Southwest Airlines cancels 1,800 flights, blaming weather and staffing  — Southwest has cancelled more than 1,800 flights over the weekend so far.  — The Dallas-based airline blamed the disruptions on air traffic control issues, bad weather and staffing shortfalls.
New York Post:
White House throws up its hands at new questions on Hunter Biden's ‘art’ scam  —  “I'd refer to the gallerist for questions,” huffed White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki last week in non-answer to reporters asking about Hunter Biden's star-studded Los Angeles art show.
Laura Bicker / BBC:
Drugs, arms, and terror: A high-profile defector on Kim's North Korea  —  The old habits of secrecy haven't left Kim Kuk-song.  —  It has taken weeks of discussions to get an interview with him, and he's still worried about who might be listening.  He wears dark glasses for the camera …
Discussion: Insider
Marianna Sotomayor / Washington Post:
Liberal Democrats have become the mainstream of the party and less willing to compromise with dwindling moderates  —  Moments after President Biden instructed House Democrats to make concessions or risk derailing passage of his economic agenda, members of the Congressional Progressive Caucus hastily gathered …
Discussion: pjmedia.com
New York Times:
'It's Not Sustainable': What America's Port Crisis Looks Like Up Close  —  An enduring traffic jam at the Port of Savannah reveals why the chaos in global shipping is likely to persist.  —  SAVANNAH, Ga. — Like toy blocks hurled from the heavens, nearly 80,000 shipping containers are stacked …
Erica L. Green / New York Times:
Educator's Black Lives Matter Email Upends Her District  —  A Black superintendent's email to parents after the killing of George Floyd engulfed a small, predominantly white Maryland community in a yearlong firestorm.  —  CENTREVILLE, Md. — When Andrea Kane sat down to write a letter …
Discussion: The Indian Express
 
 
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New York Times:
Elect Democrats in 2022, Write Miles Taylor and Christine Todd Whitman
Discussion: Raw Story
Washington Post:
America is shorthanded in foreign affairs. Thanks, Ted Cruz.
Shannon Thaler / Daily Mail:
NYT issues embarrassing correction after reporting 900,000 children have been hospitalized in US with Covid when true figure is 63,000: Science reporter …
Michel Martin / NPR:
Rep. Schiff reveals impeachment regrets, tensions on Capitol Hill after insurrection
Discussion: Townhall and Iowa Capital Dispatch
Greg Bluestein / Atlanta Journal-Constitution:
Herschel Walker off to $3.7M fundraising start in 2022 Senate race
Discussion: Florida Politics
Graeme Massie / The Independent:
Trump asked director of national intelligence to probe whether Chinese thermostats changed votes, book claims
Discussion: Mediaite
 Earlier Items: 
Coronavirus:
Italian police arrest far-right party leaders after anti-vaccination riot
Taylor Nicole Rogers / Financial Times:
US workers overwhelmingly comply with Covid vaccine mandates
Abigail Spanberger / Richmond Times-Dispatch:
Abigail Spanberger column: The bipartisan infrastructure bill is good for Virginia: Why it needs a vote now
Sharyn Alfonsi / CBS News:
Families separated by Trump administration at the border still waiting for reunification
Discussion: Insider and The Hill
Amos Harel / Haaretz:
President Joe Biden, right, and Prime Minister Naftali Bennett at a meeting at the Oval Office at the White House, August 27, 2021.Credit: Jonathan Ernst/Reuters
Shannon Thaler / Daily Mail:
Fauci warns vaccinated people to wear masks OUTSIDE this winter even though Covid deaths are decreasing down at same fast rate as hospitalizations
Discussion: New York Post and The Hill
Michael Starr / Jerusalem Post:
BBC describes Alfred Dreyfus as ‘notorious Jewish spy’
Financial Times:
Moscow's EU envoy urges Europe to fix ties to avoid gas shortages
Discussion: Wall Street Journal
 

 
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Jonathan Stempel / Reuters:
A New York judge finds Sirius XM liable for a difficult subscription cancellation process; Sirius says it will appeal but abide by a new “click-to-cancel” rule

Brian Steinberg / Variety:
Sources: NBCUniversal Vice Chairman Bonnie Hammer plans to leave the company at the end of the year; she has been with the company since 2004

Peter Kafka / Business Insider:
A Q&A with Chris Balfe, CEO of Red Seat Ventures, which has helped Tucker Carlson and Megyn Kelly set up their podcast and streaming businesses and sell ads

 
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