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Kurt Schlichter / Townhall:
Colin Powell and the Crisis of the Boomer Elite — You need to understand that in a society where religion has gone out of fashion, the elite has to canonize secular saints as examples for the people it proposes to rule. The elite needs a quasi-religious justification to feel superior …
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Bob Woodward / Washington Post:
'Don't feel sorry for me,' Powell said as the end approached — As death approached, Colin L. Powell was still in fighting form. — “I've got multiple myeloma cancer, and I've got Parkinson's disease. But otherwise I'm fine,” he said in a July interview. — And he rejected expressions of sorrow at his condition.
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Spencer Ackerman / Forever Wars:
The Only Man Who Could Have Stopped The Iraq War Is Dead
The Only Man Who Could Have Stopped The Iraq War Is Dead
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Talking Points Memo, Columbia Journalism Review, Washington Post and The Daily Beast
Oliver Darcy / CNN:
Right-wing media figures dishonestly use Colin Powell's death to question Covid vaccines
Right-wing media figures dishonestly use Colin Powell's death to question Covid vaccines
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New York Times, Insider, HuffPost, Washington Post and Summit News
Greg Mitchell / Between Rock and a Hard Place:
Why Colin Powell's Iraq Speech at the U.N. Was So Crucial (and Bad)
Why Colin Powell's Iraq Speech at the U.N. Was So Crucial (and Bad)
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Lachlan Markay / Axios:
Congressman says he expects to be indicted — Rep. Jeff Fortenberry (R-Neb.) told supporters on Tuesday he expects to be indicted on allegations he lied to federal investigators. — Driving the news: In a video uploaded to YouTube, the congressman sat with his wife and dog in a vintage pickup truck …
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Select Committee to Investigate …:
Thompson & Cheney Statement on the Former President's Lawsuit — Washington—Chairman Bennie G. Thompson (D-MS) and Vice Chair Liz Cheney (R-WY) today made the following statement: — “The former President's clear objective is to stop the Select Committee from getting to the facts …
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Justin Klawans / Newsweek:
Psaki Says Trump ‘Incited Insurrection,’ Pressured DOJ to ‘Propagate Lies’
Psaki Says Trump ‘Incited Insurrection,’ Pressured DOJ to ‘Propagate Lies’
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Associated Press and RedState
New York Post:
Midnight runs: Biden secretly flying underage migrants into NY in dead of night — Planeloads of underage migrants are being flown secretly into suburban New York in an effort by President Biden's administration to quietly resettle them across the region, The Post has learned.
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Ben Terris / Washington Post:
What is Tommy Tuberville doing here? … Tommy Tuberville had a decision to make. So did the other Republican senators huddling with him in the storage closet. — It was Jan. 6, right-wing rioters were ransacking the U.S. Capitol, but these lawmakers were already in a secured part …
Brianne Pfannenstiel / Des Moines Register:
Iowa Democratic Party chair reports lynching threat after writing op-ed critical of Donald Trump — Iowa Democratic Party Chair Ross Wilburn received multiple threats, including one of lynching, after he penned an opinion piece critical of former President Donald Trump, he told the Des Moines Register.
Julie Ray / Gallup:
U.S. Ratings at Record Low as Trump Exited, Rally Under Biden — WASHINGTON, D.C. — Six months into Joe Biden's presidency, approval ratings of U.S. leadership around the world had largely rebounded from the record-low ratings observed during the Trump administration.
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The Bulwark:
Steve Bannon Out in the Open — The erstwhile Trump adviser is refusing to talk to the Jan. 6 committee, but most of his energetic anti-democratic activities are in plain sight. — The House committee investigating the January 6th attack on the U.S. Capitol is expected to vote today …
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Josh Chafetz / NBC News:
Steve Bannon's House subpoena defiance should end in prosecution
Steve Bannon's House subpoena defiance should end in prosecution
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Reason, CNN, The Hill and The Guardian
Micheline Maynard / Washington Post:
Don't rant about short-staffed stores and supply chain woes. Try to lower expectations. — For more than a century, business experts have been trying to dial up the United States' efficiency. Ever since Frederick Taylor published “The Principles of Scientific Management” in 1911 …
Rob Crilly / Daily Mail:
REVEALED: Virginia's Democratic Governor candidate Terry McAuliffe received $200,000 in donations from private equity billionaire Ron Burkle - who owns a plane known as the ‘f*** jet’ — Billionaire Ron Burkle gave $200,000 to Democratic candidate for VA governor
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Julia Manchester / The Hill:
McAuliffe rolls out ad invoking Charlottesville riots in latest effort to tie Youngkin to Trump
McAuliffe rolls out ad invoking Charlottesville riots in latest effort to tie Youngkin to Trump
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Joe Otterson / Variety:
‘History of the World Part II’ Variety Series Ordered at Hulu, Mel Brooks to Write and Executive Produce (EXCLUSIVE) … “History of the World, Part I” is finally getting a Part II, with Hulu ordering a variety series followup to the classic Mel Brooks comedy film, Variety has learned exclusively.
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The HighWire:
San Francisco Closes In-N-Out Burger After Defying City's Vaccine Rule … In-N-Out Burger's Chief Legal and Business Officer, Arnie Wensinger, is set to release a statement after the San Francisco Department of Health closed one of the Top California Burger Restaurant's locations.
Jeremy Barr / Washington Post:
Conservative pundit Dan Bongino threatens to quit radio giant over vaccination mandate — 'I don't see this going forward as a workable arrangement,' Bongino said of his radio distributor's vaccination requirement — In late May, the massively influential radio network Westwood One debuted …
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The Right Scoop, Townhall, The Daily Wire, The Daily Beast and Media Matters for America
Chuck Culpepper / Washington Post:
Washington State football coach Nick Rolovich fired after failing to comply with vaccine mandate — In perhaps the most striking case to date of a public employee being terminated because of a coronavirus vaccine mandate, Washington State football coach Nick Rolovich was dismissed Monday …
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Washington Post:
Russia allows methane leaks at planet's peril — On the morning of Friday, June 4, an underground gas pipeline running through the ancient state of Tatarstan sprang a leak. And not a small one. — In a different era, the massive leak might have gone unnoticed. — Blank slide
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Drew Weisholtz / TODAY.com:
Katie Couric on withholding full anthem quote from Ruth Bader Ginsburg interview: ‘I should have included it’ — Former TODAY co-anchor Katie Couric is opening up about omitting some comments made by late Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg about kneeling during the national anthem …
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The Hill, The Daily Wire and Washington Post
Elisha Sauers / Virginian-Pilot:
Gov. Northam, leader of Virginia's fight against pandemic, has had ‘long COVID’ for a year — RICHMOND — At first, the positive results from Gov. Ralph Northam's COVID-19 test were the only indication he had been infected. It wasn't until a couple of days later that the symptoms erupted …
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The Guardian
Joseph Choi / The Hill:
Trump goes after Cassidy after saying he wouldn't support him for president in 2024 — Former President Trump blasted Sen. Bill Cassidy (R-La.) on Monday after the senator said in an interview he would not vote for the real estate mogul if he ran for president again in 2024.
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Charlie Warzel / Galaxy Brain:
JOE ROGAN DESTROYSSSSSS CNN YOU WONT BELIEVE WHAT HAPPENS NEXT — (We all lose) … The Least Productive Conversation — Today, I want to talk about a way that our media ecosystems can take even relatively boring exchanges and turn them into internet chum that helps basically nobody.
Jeff Stein / Washington Post:
Democrats to scale back Treasury's IRS bank reporting plan amid GOP uproar — Business groups and Republicans had blasted the White House proposal alleging government overreach. — Senate Democrats on Tuesday will unveil a scaled-back version of a Biden administration proposal to crack …
Gary Fineout / Politico:
Race for Hastings' Florida seat turns into 11-candidate pileup — TALLAHASSEE — The late Alcee Hastings held on to his South Florida congressional seat for more than 28 years. His successor may not last 12 months. — The death of the 84-year-old lawmaker in April created a rare opportunity …
New York Times:
F.D.A. to Allow ‘Mix and Match’ Approach for Covid Booster Shots — The agency may act this week, when it is expected to authorize booster shots for recipients of the Moderna and Johnson & Johnson vaccines. — WASHINGTON — The Food and Drug Administration is planning to allow Americans …
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Justin Rohrlich / The Daily Beast:
Dennis Prager Announces He Has COVID After Hugging ‘Thousands’ to Get It — The right-wing personality offered dangerous advice to his audience about achieving natural immunity, which can kill a person in the process. — Right-wing personality and talk radio host Dennis Prager, who once …
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Wall Street Journal:
Haiti Kidnap Gang Seeks $17 Million Ransom for Abducted American Missionaries — FBI and Haitian police are in contact with the kidnappers and seeking the release of the missionaries; victims include five children — BERLIN, Ohio—The Haitian gang that abducted a group of American …
Salena Zito / Washington Examiner:
Special elections show how much the parties have changed — IOWA — There is always a bit of unchecked hubris in politics ahead of a big midterm election. Special elections, at times, lull strategists into believing their party will safely hold on to its majority or snatch it away from the other side.
Associated Press:
Texas lawmakers pass new congressional maps bolstering GOP — AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Texas Republicans approved redrawn U.S. House maps that favor incumbents and decrease political representation for growing minority communities, even as Latinos drive much of the growth in the nation's largest red state.
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Brian Stieglitz / Daily Mail:
Beginning at 10pm on Tuesday, the mob ran amok through the streets and shattered windows, setting fires, spraying graffiti messages like ‘anarchy means attack,’ ‘riots work,’ and ‘breaking windows is good’ — The exception to the new law is when the circumstances constitute a riot …
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