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Alex Heath / The Verge:
Facebook is planning to rebrand the company with a new name — Mark Zuckerberg wants to be known for building the metaverse — Facebook is planning to change its company name next week to reflect its focus on building the metaverse, according to a source with direct knowledge of the matter.
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Cecilia Kang / New York Times:
Mark Zuckerberg will be added to a Facebook privacy lawsuit.
Mark Zuckerberg will be added to a Facebook privacy lawsuit.
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The Daily Caller, more at Techmeme »
CNN:
Biden discusses $1.9 trillion top line for economic package and tells Democrats free community college is out — (CNN)President Joe Biden informed House progressives Tuesday afternoon that the final bill to expand the social safety net is expected to drop tuition-free community college …
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Jim Geraghty / National Review:
The President Who Wasn't There — On the menu today: Up until very recently, President Biden used an exceptionally light touch in the negotiations on Capitol Hill over the “Build Back Better” legislation — a touch so light, it almost wasn't there. When you look at the country's worsening problems …
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Washington Examiner
Quinnipiac University Poll:
78% Of Republicans Want To See Trump Run For President In 2024, Quinnipiac University National Poll Finds; Americans Now Split On Border Wall As Opposition Softens
78% Of Republicans Want To See Trump Run For President In 2024, Quinnipiac University National Poll Finds; Americans Now Split On Border Wall As Opposition Softens
Politico:
Dems edge closer to ditching disarray
Dems edge closer to ditching disarray
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HotAir, Associated Press and Florida Politics
Lexi Lonas / The Hill:
Cheney: Bannon's actions suggest Trump was involved in Capitol riot planning — Rep. Liz Cheney (R-Ky.) said late Tuesday that former White House strategist Steve Bannon's refusal to cooperate with the House committee investigating the Capitol riot suggests President Trump was …
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Tierney Sneed / CNN:
How Trump can sink Democrats' request for his January 6 docs
How Trump can sink Democrats' request for his January 6 docs
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New York Times:
Trump Organization, Already Under Indictment, Faces New Criminal Inquiry — The investigation, by the Westchester County district attorney's office, increases the legal scrutiny of the former president and his family business. — Former President Donald J. Trump's family business …
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WJLA-TV:
WATCH: 7News goes one-on-one with Virginia gubernatorial candidates McAuliffe and Youngkin — 7News' Nick Minock recently interviewed both of Virginia's gubernatorial candidates. WJLA 7News DC offered both candidates 20-minute interviews. In a text message to Nick Minock, Terry McAuliffe's campaign only agreed to 10 minutes.
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Sam Janney / Twitchy:
Terry McAuliffe's terrible, horrible, no-good, very bad campaign gets WORSE as he flips out during interview, scolds reporter and storms off (watch)
Terry McAuliffe's terrible, horrible, no-good, very bad campaign gets WORSE as he flips out during interview, scolds reporter and storms off (watch)
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National Review, Fox News, Fox News, Washington Examiner and RedState
Collin Anderson / Washington Free Beacon:
White House Turns to Legally Dubious Tactics To Boost McAuliffe for Virginia Gov
White House Turns to Legally Dubious Tactics To Boost McAuliffe for Virginia Gov
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Washington Examiner, Politico and Fox News
Matt Bruenig / People's Policy Project:
Democratic Child Care Plan Will Spike Prices for the Middle Class by $13,000 — Trying to run a child care system using market prices runs into three main problems. — For a government, solving these problems is pretty simple. You can pass a law that mandates higher wages for child care workers …
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National Review and City Journal
Robert Gonzalez / Arizona Republic:
I urged Republicans to stay. Now, months later, I'm leaving the party. Here's why — Opinion: I had hoped that decent people working from the inside could save the Republican Party from those who believe the Big Lie. I was wrong. — In February, I wrote an op-ed urging Republicans not to leave the party.
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Raw Story
Daily Mail:
REVEALED: Accused rapist who ‘attacked’ woman on SEPTA train in Philadelphia as passengers ‘filmed it’ is an illegal Congolese immigrant with prior convictions for sex abuse and drugs who should have been deported in 2015 — Alleged rapist Fiston Ngoy, 35, has been present in the US illegally since 2015
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New York Post
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Private Banking & Wealth Management:
Close … “Help Wanted”. We expect semiconductor, vehicle and other goods bottlenecks to resolve themselves in the months ahead, and interpret declining business surveys as the result of a temporary supply shock and not a sign of inadequate demand. As a result, growth should rebound in 2022 …
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Thomas L. Friedman / New York Times:
China's Bullying Is Becoming a Danger to the World and Itself
Washington Post:
White House unveils plans to roll out coronavirus vaccines for children ages 5 to 11 — The White House on Wednesday announced its plan to roll out coronavirus vaccines for children ages 5 to 11, pending the vaccine's approval by federal health officials, which the Biden administration anticipates will happen within weeks.
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Elena Kadvany / San Francisco Chronicle:
In-N-Out blasts S.F. over vaccine mandate shutdown: ‘We refuse to become the vaccination police’ — Beloved California burger chain In-N-Out is firing back against San Francisco's vaccine mandate. The company blasted the city after the Department of Public Health temporarily shut …
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Alex Horton / Washington Post:
Soldier with ‘Hitler mustache’ is first to be thrown out of military after Capitol riot charges — An Army reservist charged in the Justice Department's sweeping investigation of the U.S. Capitol riot was quietly demoted and discharged earlier this year, becoming the first known service member …
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Washington Examiner and Raw Story
Jonathan Larsen / TYT Network:
Fortenberry, a Family Insider, Indicted on Federal Charges — Nebraska Congressman Is The Latest Family Member Embroiled in Ethical Scandal … Rep. Jeff Fortenberry (R-NE), indicted Tuesday on charges of lying to the FBI, has deep connections to The Family, the secretive Christian group …
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Raw Story, U.S. Department of Justice, Omaha World-Herald, Associated Press and The Daily Caller
Nick Miroff / Washington Post:
Border arrests have soared to highest levels since 1986, new CBP data shows — U.S. authorities detained more than 1.7 million migrants along the Mexico border during the 2021 fiscal year that ended in September, and arrests by the Border Patrol soared to the highest levels since 1986 …
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Tablet Magazine:
Lectures From Limousine Liberals — The same people who sat at home praising essential workers as heroes now repay them with exclusion and sneering condescension
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HotAir and Instapundit
Mark Winne / WSB-TV:
Police say hospital discharged seriously ill man, left him on the street — CONYERS, Ga. — Police want answers after a local hospital discharged a sick man and left him alone on the sidewalk. — Channel 2′s Mark Winne was in Conyers Friday, where someone called 911 after finding …
Shea Johnson / Las Vegas Review-Journal:
Embroiled in controversies, Michele Fiore announces run for governor — Las Vegas Councilwoman Michele Fiore said Tuesday she will seek the Republican nomination for governor, casting herself as a champion for conservative values amid a cascade of controversies that figure to be election cycle targets.
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Raw Story
Michael Isikoff / Yahoo News:
Schiff ‘vehemently’ disagrees with Attorney General Garland's reluctance to pursue Trump — American judge and 86th United States Attorney General — In unusually pointed comments about a member of President Biden's Cabinet, House Intelligence Committee Chairman Rep. Adam Schiff says he …
Washington Post:
Rep. Andy Harris, a doctor, says he's prescribed ivermectin as a covid-19 treatment — Rep. Andy Harris (R-Md.), a practicing anesthesiologist, said he has prescribed ivermectin, a medication typically used to treat parasites in livestock and humans, as a covid-19 treatment …
Barak Ravid / Axios:
Scoop: Jake Sullivan discussed Saudi-Israel normalization with MBS — White House national security adviser Jake Sullivan raised normalization with Israel during his recent meeting with Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, three U.S. and Arab sources tell Axios.
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Travis Gettys / Raw Story:
‘Coup memo’ think tank encouraging ‘secession-by-sheriff’ with latest project: report — A right-wing Claremont Institute is undermining law and order and encouraging secession one county at a time. — The think tank, where coup memo author John Eastman remains a member in good standing …
Casey Michel / The Bulwark:
Franklin Graham's Hangouts with Sanctioned Putin Pal — Russia continues to cultivate relations with American conservative Christians. — (PHOTO VIA WWW.DUMA.GOV.RU) — Two years ago, evangelical pastor Franklin Graham landed in hot water when, during a trip to Moscow …
Mona Charen / The Bulwark:
Robert E. Lee Doesn't Deserve a Statue, But Thomas Jefferson Does — Lee was no hero. — In New York City, a statue of Thomas Jefferson has graced the City Council chamber for 100 years. This week the Public Design Commission voted unanimously to remove it.
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