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Adam Serwer / The Atlantic:
By Attacking Me, Justice Alito Proved My Point — Last month, Justice Samuel Alito insisted that the Supreme Court's critics are wrong. The Court is not “a dangerous cabal” that is “deciding important issues in a novel, secretive, improper way, in the middle of the night, hidden from public view,” he said.
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SHERO, Mediaite, Raw Story, New Republic and The Intercept
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Alice Miranda Ollstein / Politico:
Divided Supreme Court considers who can defend abortion restrictions — A divided Supreme Court on Tuesday weighed which state officials can defend abortion bans in court — a procedural question with implications that extend beyond reproductive health in states where the governor and attorney general hail from opposing parties.
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Washington Post, Washington Examiner and Insider
Adam Liptak / New York Times:
Supreme Court Focuses on Procedure in Kentucky Abortion Case
Supreme Court Focuses on Procedure in Kentucky Abortion Case
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Wall Street Journal and UPI
Joshua Douglas / Washington Monthly:
Maybe Supreme Court Judges Really Are Driven by Politics
Maybe Supreme Court Judges Really Are Driven by Politics
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Washington Post and Slate
American Greatness:
A Southwest Pilot Explains What Happened over the Weekend … Southwest blamed “air traffic control issues” and inclement weather for the cancelled flights, but the problems were actually a direct result of the airline's announcement on October 4 that all of its 56,000 U.S. employees were required …
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Karl Evers-Hillstrom / The Hill:
Texas airlines defy Abbott, comply with Biden vaccine order — American Airlines and Southwest Airlines will continue to require COVID-19 vaccinations for their employees as required by the Biden administration, defying Texas Gov. Greg Abbott's (R) executive order banning all vaccine mandates in the state.
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Reuters, The Texas Tribune, National Review, Washington Times and Fox News
Oriana Pawlyk / Politico:
Southwest, American airlines workers will have to get vaccinated, despite Texas order
Southwest, American airlines workers will have to get vaccinated, despite Texas order
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Washington Examiner and USA Today
Mary Schlangenstein / Bloomberg:
IBM, American Air, Southwest Snub Abbott and Back Biden on Shots
IBM, American Air, Southwest Snub Abbott and Back Biden on Shots
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Forbes, Bloomberg Law, Joe.My.God., The Gateway Pundit, The Federalist and Office of the Texas Governor
Ed Morrissey / HotAir:
BREAKING: Pelosi caves on reconciliation? — Get ready for the recriminations, because this won't end the internecine warfare taking place among Democrats. A few moments ago in her daily presser, Nancy Pelosi apparently signaled a retreat on the $3.5 trillion price tag on the progressive wish-list reconciliation bill:
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Washington Free Beacon, Washington Examiner, ABC News, MSN, Louder With Crowder, Bloomberg and The Gateway Pundit
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Monique Beals / The Hill:
Jayapal fundraising off Pelosi comments about smaller spending package
Jayapal fundraising off Pelosi comments about smaller spending package
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Political Wire
Speaker Nancy Pelosi:
Dear Colleague on Audience with Pope Francis and Our Work to Build Back Better
Dear Colleague on Audience with Pope Francis and Our Work to Build Back Better
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Wall Street Journal:
Trump Close to a Deal to Sell Marquee Washington, D.C., Hotel — Miami-based CGI Merchant Group in talks to pay ex-president's family company around $370 million for property in former Old Post Office — Former President Donald Trump's family company is in advanced discussions to sell …
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CBS News:
CBS News poll: Vaccine and economy fights driving tight Virginia governor's race — The Virginia governor's race is but one state contest, an entire year before the midterms. So why are the nation's political eyes all watching it so intensely? Because, as our poll finds …
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Associated Press, The Hill, Washington Free Beacon, RedState and VA Scope
Aaron Blake / Washington Post:
Tucker Carlson makes a great point about Fox News's vaccination policy — If only such nuance were a feature of the criticisms of Biden's policy — A Fox News host on Monday night offered a rare — if brief — commentary on his company's own vaccination policy, even as he and others continue …
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HotAir, BizPac Review and Townhall
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Axios:
Unruly customers threaten economic recovery — The pace of the economic recovery hinges in part on workers returning to jobs that involve dealing with an unpredictable public. But many of those workers say increasingly combative customers — angry about everything from long wait times to mask mandates — have prompted them to quit.
Jeremy Schwartz / ProPublica:
Trump Won the County in a Landslide. His Supporters Still Hounded the Elections Administrator Until She Resigned. — Co-published with The Texas Tribune … An elections administrator in North Texas submitted her resignation Friday, following a monthslong effort by residents and officials loyal …
Elizabeth Faddis / Washington Examiner:
Mayorkas directs ICE and Border Patrol to cease workplace raids — Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas is directing officials to cease workplace raids targeted at illegal immigrants, according to a new memo. — Mayorkas is directing Tae Johnson, acting director for the U.S. Immigration …
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Washington Free Beacon, Department of Homeland … and UPI
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Nick Miroff / Washington Post:
Biden administration orders halt to ICE raids at worksites
Biden administration orders halt to ICE raids at worksites
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Payday Report, Wall Street Journal, GovExec.com, CNN, New York Post and CBS News
Cameron Joseph / VICE:
Michigan GOP Rep. Wears QAnon Pin at Pro-Trump Protest — A Michigan Republican lawmaker wore a pin with a flag with a “Q” on it as she addressed demonstrators at an election protest in Lansing, Michigan supported by former President Donald Trump on Tuesday—and made clear she buys into the sprawling conspiracy theory.
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Eli Rosenberg / Washington Post:
A record number of workers are quitting their jobs, empowered by new leverage — 4.3 million people quit their jobs in August, nearly 3 percent of the workforce. — The number of people quitting their jobs has surged to record highs, pushed by a combination of factors …
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UPI, The Daily Caller and Lawyers, Guns & Money
Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
Mark Meadows's deranged Jan. 6 musings on Fox unmask the GOP's corrupt core — By now, it should be clear to even the most determined both-sidesing observer that the fate of democracy has itself become a starkly partisan issue. For Democrats, anti-majoritarian abuses and the future subversion …
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Raw Story
Ben Schreckinger / Politico:
‘Hiding the Ball’: Hunter Biden Complicates White House Anti-Corruption Push — During the presidential campaign, liberals had plenty of reason to tune out the Hunter Biden story. — For one, it was being pushed by Donald Trump, whose administration was awash in ethics scandals of its own …
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National Review, Fox News, Digby's Hullabaloo, Insider and CNN
John Wright / Raw Story:
Pro-Trump candidate suggests taking ‘all the boats out of the water’ to lower sea levels — A Republican state legislative candidate in Virginia posed an interesting question on Twitter recently. — “I'm curious, Do you think the sea level would lower, if we just took all the boats out of the water?
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Blue Virginia
David Dayen / American Prospect:
The Case for Deliverism — Democrats can no longer skate by simply on talking about popular issues. — President Joe Biden speaks about COVID-19 vaccinations after touring a Clayco Corporation construction site for a Microsoft data center in Elk Grove Village, Illinois, October 7, 2021.
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Aaron Sibarium / Washington Free Beacon:
Leaked Docs: Prestigious DC School Poised To Crack Down on ‘Harmful’ Humor — Students at one of the oldest and most prestigious boys schools in the United States could soon face expulsion for a single “misplaced” joke, according to a draft “anti-bias” policy circulating among school administrators …
David Leonhardt / New York Times:
Covid and Age — An unvaccinated child is at less risk of serious Covid illness than a vaccinated 70-year-old. — Emily Oster, an economist at Brown University who frequently writes about parenting, published an article in The Atlantic in March that made a lot of people angry.
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Charles C. W. Cooke / National Review:
How Not to De-Trumpify the GOP — Jonah Goldberg's plan to create a conservative third party would likely exacerbate the problems it's meant to solve. — In the Los Angeles Times, Jonah Goldberg proposes that the best way to fix the now-terminally “Trumpified” GOP is to establish …
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Washington Post and Los Angeles Times
Anthony Capaccio / Bloomberg:
Trump-Era Pentagon Official Sues as Suspension Reaches 5 Months — Katie Arrington says her due process rights were violated — Official was ‘left dangling’ without explanation, lawsuit says — The Pentagon official who led a new cybersecurity initiative for defense contractors sued …
CNN:
Democrats scrutinize Pennsylvania congressman's efforts to help Trump overturn 2020 election — Washington (CNN)Pennsylvania Republican Rep. Scott Perry is under renewed scrutiny after a Senate report released last week provided fresh details about Perry's role in helping former President Donald Trump try to overturn the 2020 election.
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Lawfare and Ohio Capital Journal
Alex Gangitano / The Hill:
White House says it didn't pick kids in Harris YouTube video — The White House on Tuesday said it did not select the children, reportedly child actors, who appeared in a YouTube video with Vice President Harris. — The video has led to mockery of Harris by some Republicans …
Parker Molloy / The Present Age:
I'm not asking comedians to stop telling trans jokes. I'm asking them to stop telling *the same* trans jokes over and over. — How many variations on “I identify as...” do we need in this world? — To be entirely honest, I didn't know Dave Chappelle had a new stand-up special out until …
Reuters:
“There will be things that people can't get,” at Christmas, White House warns — White House officials, scrambling to relieve global supply bottlenecks choking U.S. ports, highways and railways, warn Americans may face higher prices and some empty shelves this Christmas season.
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Yahoo News, National Review, Twitchy, The Gateway Pundit and Breitbart
floridahealth.gov:
Florida Department of Health Issues Notice of Fine to Leon County Totaling More Than $3.5 Million for Violation of Florida Law — Contact: — Communications Office — NewsMedia@flhealth.gov — 850-245-4111 — The County's illegal employee vaccine mandate results in 714 counts of violating law
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New York Times, The Daily Beast, The Hill and Orlando Sentinel
Sam Biddle / The Intercept:
Revealed: Facebook's Secret Blacklist of “Dangerous Individuals and Organizations” … To ward off accusations that it helps terrorists spread propaganda, Facebook has for many years barred users from speaking freely about people and groups it says promote violence.
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Joseph Cox / VICE:
CIA Funding Arm Gave Encrypted App Wickr $1.6 Million — The funding solidifies Wickr's position as an encrypted chat platform for government agencies. — Joseph Cox — In-Q-Tel, a nonprofit investment firm started by the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), recently poured more than $1.6 million …
Josh Eidelson / Bloomberg:
Apple CEO's Anti-Leak Edict Broke Law, Ex-Employee Alleges — Gjovik, fired from Apple last month, files new NLRB complaints — CEO Tim Cook warned employees that Apple was pursuing leakers — Apple Inc.'s restrictive employee handbook rules and Chief Executive Officer Tim Cook's recent pledge …