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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
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SCOOP: Manchin Tells Associates He's Considering Leaving the Democratic Party and Has an Exit Plan — In recent days, Sen. Joe Manchin (D-W. Va.) has told associates that he is considering leaving the Democratic Party if President Joe Biden and Democrats on Capitol Hill do not agree to his demand …
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CNBC, Insider, Daily Kos and Houston Public Media


Koch network spends big to lobby against Biden agenda while supporting other Democratic plans — The libertarian-leaning Koch network spent over $300,000 lobbying Congress to oppose pieces of Joe Biden's agenda while moving to support some Democratic backed bills.
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New York Magazine


Democrats Abandon Middle Class on Build Back Better Resolution
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CNN

Dems edge closer to ditching disarray
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Associated Press, HotAir, TheGrio and Florida Politics

The President Who Wasn't There — On the menu today: Up until very recently …
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Washington Examiner

Biden discusses $1.9 trillion top line for economic package and tells Democrats free community college is out
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Wall Street Journal, Washington Examiner, TheBlaze, CNN, Fox Business, Breitbart, Talking Points Memo, HotAir, Outside the Beltway, Common Dreams, Daily Kos, New York Times, Associated Press, Insider, CNBC, Washington Post, Roll Call, Vanity Fair, The Hill, Rolling Stone, National Review and MSN

POLITICO Playbook: Breaking down Biden's latest Build Back Better plan
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CNN, Atlanta Journal-Constitution, Sacramento Bee, American Prospect and Talking Points Memo

Why Biden's not doing interviews
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HotAir, The Daily Caller, Washington Examiner and National Review


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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Mark Zuckerberg will be added to a Facebook privacy lawsuit.
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Raw Story, Bloomberg, Wall Street Journal, Gizmodo, The Verge, Law & Crime, DCist and The Daily Caller, more at Techmeme »


GOP Gains in Governor's Race — Enthusiasm gap and shift in voter priorities boost Youngkin — West Long Branch, NJ - With two weeks to go before Election Day, Democrat Terry McAuliffe and Republican Glenn Youngkin are locked in a close battle for governor of Virginia.
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The Hill, Politico and Political Wire
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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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Raw Story, Insider, Rolling Stone, The Gateway Pundit, Daily Kos, Talking Points Memo and Joe.My.God.


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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Fox News hosts admit the network has a strict COVID-19 vaccine and testing policy — while they celebrate job walkouts over such mandates elsewhere — Fox News' utter hypocrisy on COVID-19 health policies was on full display Wednesday morning. In a segment of Fox & Friends hyping the threat …
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KING-TV, Crooks and Liars and Joe.My.God.
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Mayor de Blasio Announces Vaccine Mandate for New York City Workforce — City employees to receive $500 incentive for first dose through next week — All City workers, excluding uniformed correction officers, required to have at least one dose by 5pm on October 29th
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Washington Examiner, Breitbart, abc7NY, The Daily Caller, The Daily Beast, The Daily Wire, Washington Post and UPI

Mayor de Blasio announces COVID-19 vaccine mandate for all city workers
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New York Times


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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CNN, Yahoo News, Washington Examiner, The National Interest, The Gateway Pundit, ABC News, Insider, Crooks and Liars, CBS News, IJR, abc7NY, WITF, Washington Examiner and Wall Street Journal
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How Trump can sink Democrats' request for his January 6 docs
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Mississippi Free Press, The Guardian, NBC News, Raw Story and New Republic


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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KRON4, Washington Post, Eater SF, Lawyers, Guns & Money, Breitbart, The Gateway Pundit, The Hill, Trending Politics, Mercury News, The Right Scoop, WTOP and Fox News


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, Defense One and Raw Story


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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USA Today, Fox News, RedState, The Daily Wire, The Daily Caller, WND and Breitbart


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


Trump is Pushing QAnon Candidates Into the GOP Mainstream — Trump is backing a number of candidates who've openly pushed QAnon's wildest theories. By endorsing them, he's mainstreaming the extremist movement. — CJ — Arizona State Rep. Mark Finchem got a coveted spot warming …
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Politico


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 …


Finally, an answer for Johnson & Johnson vaccine recipients. Here's what I chose. … After months of waiting, I finally received my second coronavirus vaccine shot. — It's not that I've procrastinated. Like 15 million Americans, I was initially inoculated with the one-dose Johnson & Johnson vaccine.
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UPI


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


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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HotAir, IJR, Townhall, New York Post, Fox News, National Review, The Hill, Arizona Daily Independent and Washington Examiner


Shelter-in-place lifted after bomb threat locks down Navy base, Walter Reed hospital complex — A shelter-in-place order was lifted at a U.S. Navy base just outside of Washington, D.C., hours after a bomb threat was made against Walter Reed Medical Center located there.


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, The Daily Caller, Omaha World-Herald and Associated Press


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