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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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January 6 panel moves to hold Steve Bannon in criminal contempt — (CNN)The committee investigating the January 6 Capitol Hill riot announced Thursday it is moving forward to hold Trump ally Steve Bannon in criminal contempt for refusing to comply with a subpoena, as his game of chicken …
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Jan. 6 committee will move to hold former Trump aide Bannon in criminal contempt for not complying with subpoena
Jan. 6 committee will move to hold former Trump aide Bannon in criminal contempt for not complying with subpoena
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Rebecca Beitsch / The Hill:
Jan. 6 panel to pursue criminal contempt referral for Bannon
Jan. 6 panel to pursue criminal contempt referral for Bannon
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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 …
Shane Goldmacher / New York Times:
As Budget Bill Hangs in Limbo, Kyrsten Sinema Heads to Europe — With the Senate out of session, Ms. Sinema, the Democratic senator from Arizona, has been in Europe on a fund-raising trip. — Senator Kyrsten Sinema, the moderate Arizona Democrat who has objected to the size and scope …
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Sam Brodey / The Daily Beast:
Kyrsten Sinema Is Unfriending Her Network Into Oblivion — “A lot of her longtime friends and confidants are no longer there,” a Democratic strategist told The Daily Beast. “No one knows, to be honest, where she's at.” — When people ask Kyrsten Sinema if she wants to run for president someday …
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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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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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Reuters:
U.S. Senator Sinema rejects vote on big Biden package before infrastructure-source
U.S. Senator Sinema rejects vote on big Biden package before infrastructure-source
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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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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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Laura Vozzella / Washington Post:
Trump calls in to rally hosted by Bannon for Virginia GOP candidates — RICHMOND — Virginia gubernatorial candidate Glenn Youngkin steered clear Wednesday night as former president Donald Trump phoned into a rally for the state's GOP ticket, headlined by onetime Trump adviser Stephen K. Bannon.
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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Today's Big Stuff:
Why is Donald Trump so freaking afraid to visit Virginia?
Why is Donald Trump so freaking afraid to visit Virginia?
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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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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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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.
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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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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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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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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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 …
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 …
Tim Reid / Reuters:
Anti-Trump Republicans to back vulnerable Democratic lawmakers in 2022 congressional races — LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - A group of anti-Trump Republicans on Thursday will endorse a slate of Democratic lawmakers facing tough races in next year's midterm elections, in a bid to stop the Republican Party from retaking control of Congress.
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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.
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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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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Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse / Salon:
Justice Alito complains, but the evidence is clear: This Supreme Court was built by dark money — And so it is — for big Republican donors — Justice Samuel Alito wants desperately for us to believe that everything is just fine at the Supreme Court. Indeed, in his view the court is a victim.
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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.
Ariane de Vogue / CNN:
SCOTUS changed oral arguments in part because female justices were interrupted, Sotomayor says — (CNN)Justice Sonia Sotomayor told an audience Wednesday that recent changes in the format of oral arguments were instituted in part after studies emerged showing that female justices on the court …
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The Economist:
The first big energy shock of the green era — There are grave problems with the transition to clean energy power — Next month world leaders will gather at the cop26 summit, saying they mean to set a course for net global carbon emissions to reach zero by 2050.
Richard Bernstein / RealClearInvestigations:
Seminal ‘Diversity = Profits’ Research Doesn't Fare Well Under the Microscope — Above, from McKinsey's ‘Diversity Wins’ research, which is drawing skeptical scholarly scrutiny. — At last year's World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, the head of Goldman Sachs announced a new policy …
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Elise Viebeck / Washington Post:
Calls intensify to end Wisconsin's election review amid blunders by ex-judge in charge — The glaring errors became clear soon after a former Wisconsin judge issued subpoenas earlier this month in a Republican review of the state's 2020 presidential election. Some of the requests referred to the wrong city.
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Washington Post:
Loudoun County student accused in sexual assaults at two county schools, sparking outrage from parents — A teen accused of sexually assaulting a fellow student at a Loudoun County high school in May is also accused in a second sexual assault less than five months later at another county high school …
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