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NBC News:
Southlake school leader tells teachers to balance Holocaust books with ‘opposing’ views — SOUTHLAKE, Texas — A top administrator with the Carroll Independent School District in Southlake advised teachers last week that if they have a book about the Holocaust in their classroom …
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Select Committee to Investigate …:
Thompson Statement on Cooperation of Witnesses — Bolton, MS—Chairman Bennie G. Thompson today made the following statement: — “Mr. Bannon has declined to cooperate with the Select Committee and is instead hiding behind the former President's insufficient, blanket …
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Washington Post:
Jan. 6 committee will move to hold former Trump aide Bannon in criminal contempt for not complying with subpoena — The House select committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol announced on Thursday that it will move to hold Stephen K. Bannon in criminal contempt for not complying with its subpoena.
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CNN:
January 6 panel moves to hold Steve Bannon in criminal contempt
January 6 panel moves to hold Steve Bannon in criminal contempt
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Reuters:
U.S. Senator Sinema rejects vote on big Biden package before infrastructure-source — U.S. Senator Kyrsten Sinema, a key moderate, told fellow Democrats in the House of Representatives this week that she will not vote for a multitrillion-dollar package that is a top priority for President Joe Biden …
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Sam Brodey / The Daily Beast:
Kyrsten Sinema Is Unfriending Her Network Into Oblivion
Kyrsten Sinema Is Unfriending Her Network Into Oblivion
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Digby's Hullabaloo, Raw Story and Insider
Kevin Robillard / HuffPost:
Progressive Group's Poll Suggests Deep Primary Trouble For Kyrsten Sinema
Progressive Group's Poll Suggests Deep Primary Trouble For Kyrsten Sinema
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The Hill, No More Mister Nice Blog, Mock Paper Scissors and Political Wire
Tara Golshan / HuffPost:
Democrats Float Possible $2.5 Trillion Compromise Reconciliation Framework
Democrats Float Possible $2.5 Trillion Compromise Reconciliation Framework
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HotAir, Washington Monthly and Politico
McKenzie Wilson / Data For Progress:
Poll: Kyrsten Sinema Poised to Lose Democratic Primary in 2024
Poll: Kyrsten Sinema Poised to Lose Democratic Primary in 2024
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HotAir, Talking Points Memo, Insider, Alternet.org, Common Dreams, Crooks and Liars and The Hill
Shane Goldmacher / New York Times:
As Budget Bill Hangs in Limbo, Kyrsten Sinema Heads to Europe
As Budget Bill Hangs in Limbo, Kyrsten Sinema Heads to Europe
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Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
Trump's latest eruption at Republicans captures a core insight about GOP voters — Donald Trump called in to a rally for Virginia Republicans late Wednesday night, joining a festival of derangement featuring former adviser Stephen K. Bannon hallucinating aloud that Trumpism will rule the United States for the next century.
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Victoria Balara / Fox News:
Fox News Poll: Schools, economy driving close Virginia governor's race — 57 percent of Virginia parents think they should get a say in what schools teach — Youngkin: McAuliffe is telling parents 'sit down, be quiet, I don't care what you think' — Virginia voters give better personal ratings …
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Ryan Bort / Rolling Stone:
Republicans Pledge Allegiance to Flag Carried on Jan. 6 at Rally Trump Called In To
Republicans Pledge Allegiance to Flag Carried on Jan. 6 at Rally Trump Called In To
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CNN, VA Scope, Crooks and Liars and Twitchy
Laura Vozzella / Washington Post:
Trump calls in to rally hosted by Bannon for Virginia GOP candidates
Trump calls in to rally hosted by Bannon for Virginia GOP candidates
Cameron Joseph / VICE:
Trump Rally Uses Flag From January 6 for Pledge of Allegiance
Trump Rally Uses Flag From January 6 for Pledge of Allegiance
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NBC News, The Hill, Blue Virginia, ABC News and Associated Press
Brian Krebs / Krebs on Security:
Missouri Governor Vows to Prosecute St. Louis Post-Dispatch for Reporting Security Vulnerability — On Wednesday, the St. Louis Post-Dispatch ran a story about how its staff discovered and reported a security vulnerability in a Missouri state education website that exposed the Social Security numbers …
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Aaron Katersky / ABC News:
Trump must give videotaped deposition in protest lawsuit, judge orders — The protest followed Trump's calling Mexican immigrants criminals and rapists. — Former President Donald Trump must sit for a videotaped deposition next week as part of a lawsuit involving his anti-immigrant rhetoric, a judge in the Bronx ordered.
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Isaac Chotiner / New Yorker:
The Republicans Running to Support Donald Trump — Don Bolduc, a retired Army general and current U.S. Senate candidate from New Hampshire, is one of many political aspirants who believe that the 2020 election was stolen. — Across the country, candidates who support Donald Trump's false claims …
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The American Independent and CNN
Washington Post:
GOP lawmaker, banned from flying Alaska Airlines over mask mandate, tests positive for coronavirus — An Alaska GOP lawmaker banned from flying on the state's leading airline for refusing to wear a mask, and therefore unable to travel to and from the state capital, has now tested positive for the coronavirus, she said.
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Wall Street Journal:
Microsoft Folds LinkedIn Social-Media Service in China — LinkedIn cites challenging operating environment, as retreat marks the biggest departure from China by a major tech company in years — Microsoft Corp.'s LinkedIn said it would shut the version of its professional-networking site …
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Washington Post:
Norway bow-and-arrow attack that killed five people appears to be ‘terrorist act,’ police say — An attack by a Danish man armed with a bow and arrow that killed five people in a Norwegian town appears to be a “terrorist act,” police said Thursday. — The victims, four women and a man, were 50 to 70 years old.
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Josh Rogin / Washington Post:
The Iran deal is dead. Where is Biden's Plan B? — A flurry of diplomatic activity in Washington this week revealed that the Iran nuclear deal is likely dead for good, despite the Biden administration's best efforts to revive it. But if the Biden team has a follow-up plan to prevent Iran from going nuclear, it's a well-kept secret.
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Marc Tracy / New York Times:
Nicholas Kristof Leaves New York Times as He Considers a Political Run — Mr. Kristof, a two-time Pulitzer Prize winner, is weighing a run for governor of Oregon, the state where he grew up. — After 37 years at The New York Times as a reporter, high-level editor and opinion columnist …
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Tim Miller / The Bulwark:
Not My Party: So We're Headed to ‘Civil War’ Soon? — What to make of all the talk of a ‘national divorce.’ — Civil War? You Gotta Be Kidding Me — [Editor's note: Watch Not My Party every week on Snapchat.] — MSNBC Interviewee at Trump Rally: I see a civil war coming. I do.
Christopher Cadelago / Politico:
White House banking on another McConnell retreat over the debt ceiling — Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell may be insisting that he won't help President Joe Biden and Democrats solve a debt ceiling impasse again. — But White House officials are still planning for the Kentucky Republican …
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Washington Examiner
McKay Coppins / The Atlantic:
A Secretive Hedge Fund Is Gutting Newsrooms — The Tribune Tower rises above the streets of downtown Chicago in a majestic snarl of Gothic spires and flying buttresses that were designed to exude power and prestige. When plans for the building were announced in 1922, Colonel Robert R. McCormick …
Cameron Joseph / VICE:
QAnon's Ron Watkins Looks Like He's Prepping a Bid for Congress — Q in '22? — It looks like Ron Watkins, a prominent figure in the QAnon movement who many believe is Q himself, filed paperwork indicating he might run for Congress from Arizona on Thursday.
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Raw Story
Ax Sharma / Ars Technica:
“Hacker X”—the American who built a pro-Trump fake news empire—unmasks himself — He was hired to build a fake news op but now wants to put things right. — This is the story of the mastermind behind one of the largest “fake news” operations in the US.
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The Economist:
Opinion on the use of puberty blockers in America is turning — Even members of the World Professional Association for Transgender Health have some concerns — Worries about the use of puberty blockers, which are prescribed to some children to prevent the development of secondary sex characteristics …
Andy Kroll / Rolling Stone:
He's the Whistleblower Who Brought Down Trump's EPA Chief. Now He's Driving an Uber — He exposed Scott Pruitt's corruption. So why is Kevin Chmielewski's life ruined while the official he brought down continues to escape justice? — When Kevin Chmielewski emerged from the FBI's fortress …
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Florida Politics and Raw Story
Davey Alba / New York Times:
YouTube's stronger election misinformation policies had a spillover effect on Twitter and Facebook, researchers say. — Share of Election-Related Posts on Social Platforms Linking to Videos Making Claims of Fraud — YouTube's stricter policies against election misinformation was followed …
Bloomberg:
How a $2 Million Condo in Brooklyn Ends Up With a $157 Tax Bill — Opaque methods, hypothetical numbers and ‘bonkers’ adjustments shift the property-tax burden toward middle- and working-class New Yorkers — A condo in Brooklyn's fashionable Williamsburg neighborhood sells for $2.15 million.
Andrew Miller / Fox News:
Psaki defends Biden WH Chief Klain's ‘tone deaf’ inflation tweet — Klain retweeted a post calling inflation a ‘high class problem’ — Lieberman: Inflation could become an ‘economic crisis’ — White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki defended Biden Chief of Staff Ron Klain's tweet …
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Media Matters for America, Townhall, National Review, The Daily Caller and Crooked Media
Christopher F. Rufo / City Journal:
Walmart vs. Whiteness — The company's new training program tells hourly employees that they are guilty of “internalized racial superiority.” — The Social Order — Economy, finance, and budgets — Walmart Inc. has launched a critical race theory training program that denounces …
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Nicholas Bogel-Burroughs / New York Times:
Alex Murdaugh Charged With Swindling Sons of Dead Housekeeper — Mr. Murdaugh, the scion of a legal dynasty in South Carolina, is accused of pocketing a $2.8 million settlement intended for the housekeeper's family. — Alex Murdaugh, the South Carolina lawyer who has endured …
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Rolling Stone and The Daily Beast