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Why the Virginia Election Is Freaking Democrats Out — Ms. Cottle is a member of the editorial board. — With just under a week to go, the governor's race in Virginia has gotten tighter than Spanx on a hippo, prompting much agita in Democratic circles. When the Democrats won full control …
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Democrats and Republicans each have one big advantage in close Virginia race — WASHINGTON — The latest poll in Virginia — from the Wason Center at Christopher Newport University — confirms what we already know about next week's race for governor: It's neck and neck.
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Wall Street Journal, National Review and Insider
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McAuliffe buys ‘fake news’ ads in effort to sway voters, Fox News investigation finds — Ads link to ‘news’ websites that have been widely described as disinformation and ‘partisan propaganda’ — McAuliffe, Youngkin in tight race for Virginia governor — Former Gov. Terry McAuliffe …
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HotAir and Associated Press, more at Mediagazer »
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Who's running, Joe? Biden says ‘Trump’ 24 times during Va. stump for McAuliffe
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Washington Examiner:
Yes, Virginia, the schools have ‘serious problems’
Yes, Virginia, the schools have ‘serious problems’
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The Federalist and New York Post
Christopher Newport University:
McAuliffe and Youngkin deadlocked in Virginia governor race; contests for lieutenant governor and attorney general also tied; Republican likely voters' enthusiasm advantage surges in October
McAuliffe and Youngkin deadlocked in Virginia governor race; contests for lieutenant governor and attorney general also tied; Republican likely voters' enthusiasm advantage surges in October
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Washington Examiner, New York Post and IJR
Ben Mathis-Lilley / Slate:
As a Parent, I Would Rather Fake My Own Death Than Take Over Curriculum Planning From Teachers and School Boards
As a Parent, I Would Rather Fake My Own Death Than Take Over Curriculum Planning From Teachers and School Boards
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Althouse
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Corporate Minimum Tax Resurfaces as Democrats Hunt for Money — Senators offer updated plan to impose minimum levies on profitable corporations; key moderate lawmaker Kyrsten Sinema endorses proposal — WASHINGTON—Senate Democrats announced a 15% minimum tax on large companies' income on Tuesday …
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Scoop: Manchin waffles on billionaire tax
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Townhall, Talking Points Memo, The Hill, The Guardian, UPI, Insider, Augusta Free Press, CBS News and Political Wire
Karen Tumulty / Washington Post:
Manchin warns that Biden's agenda would create an ‘entitlement society.’ But his state leads the way.
Sarah Donaldson / ABC News:
Manchin speaks out about his tough bargaining with Biden, fellow Democrats
Manchin speaks out about his tough bargaining with Biden, fellow Democrats
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HotAir, Outside the Beltway, Shore News Network, Politico and Bloomberg
Richard Rubin / Wall Street Journal:
How the Billionaires Income Tax Would Work
How the Billionaires Income Tax Would Work
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Bloomberg, Politico, Roll Call, New York Times and NBC News
William A. Galston / Wall Street Journal:
How to Read Biden's Plummeting Polls
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New cases down nearly 60 percent since delta variant surge … New coronavirus infections in the United States have dropped nearly 60 percent since a September spike brought on by the more contagious delta variant, according to data compiled by The Washington Post.
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Humanizing The Vacuum
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Vaccines for 5-11 year olds: FDA meeting cliff notes
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Media Matters for America, Deseret News and The Expose
Talal Ansari / Wall Street Journal:
It Turns Out Paying People to Take the Covid-19 Vaccine Doesn't Really Work
It Turns Out Paying People to Take the Covid-19 Vaccine Doesn't Really Work
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American Experiment
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Longtime Hillary Clinton aide Huma Abedin describes sexual assault by US senator — Revelation of incident ‘buried’ by Abedin contained in new memoir Both/And, to be published next week — Huma Abedin, a longtime close aide to Hillary Clinton, has written in a new book that she was sexually assaulted …
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A fear grows in Trumpworld: Have we gone too conspiratorial? — For months, conspiracies about the 2020 election being stolen from Donald Trump have fueled Republican efforts nationwide to rewrite election laws. But now, some GOP operatives and Trumpworld luminaries are worried …
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No More Mister Nice Blog, Raw Story and The Daily Beast
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An Open Letter in Defense of Democracy — The future of democracy in the United States is in danger. — (DESIGN BY HANNAH YOEST / PHOTOS: GETTYIMAGES / SHUTTERSTOCK) — [This open letter is being published simultaneously by The Bulwark and the New Republic.]
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Morning Shots and Salon
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Jan. 6 committee expected to subpoena lawyer who advised Trump, Pence on how to overturn election — The House select committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol is expected to subpoena John Eastman, the pro-Trump legal scholar who outlined scenarios for denying Joe Biden the presidency, according to the panel's chairman.
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Insider, Daily Kos, The Hill, Joe.My.God., Raw Story and The Editorial Board
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Jan. 6 investigators postpone push for some Trump records
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Talking Points Memo and Raw Story
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Mort Sahl, Whose Biting Commentary Redefined Stand-Up, Dies at 94 — A self-appointed warrior against hypocrisy, he revolutionized comedy in the 1950s by addressing political and social issues. — Mort Sahl, who confronted Eisenhower-era cultural complacency with acid stage monologues …
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Reason, New York Post, Outside the Beltway, Rolling Stone, The Wrap, Variety, Hollywood Reporter, rbc.ru, Chicago Sun-Times and Deadline
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How to tax Elon Musk and Jeff Bezos — Secretary Yellen: How new billionaire tax would work — Edward J. McCaffery is Robert C. Packard trustee chair in law and a professor of law, economics and political science at the University of Southern California.
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Insider, Common Dreams and TaxVox
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Moldova: Russia threatens gas supply in Europe's poorest state — His country is immersed in a gas crisis. But Nicu Popescu is trying to remain positive. — “On Monday our country made history,” Moldova's foreign minister tells me. “For the first time Moldova bought gas from a source that was not Russia's Gazprom.”
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Bidenomics Is Working — Consumer prices are high and rising, and so is disapproval of Joe Biden. In recent days, the president's net-favorability rating has hit new lows in FiveThirtyEight's aggregation of polls. Meanwhile, America's headlines are full of testaments to economic discontent.
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The Moral Chasm That Has Opened Up Between Left and Right Is Widening — Mr. Edsall contributes a weekly column from Washington, D.C. on politics, demographics and inequality. — There has been a remarkable erosion in public tolerance of “offensive expression about race, gender and religion …
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Biden heads abroad with most of his ambassadorial picks stranded in the Senate, stunting U.S. diplomatic efforts — President Biden — who has made renewed international engagement a hallmark of his foreign policy ethos — is headed to a pair of global summits in Europe this week with just a handful …
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ABC News
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Final New York Mayoral Debate Descends Into Exchange of Personal Insults — The televised confrontation between Eric Adams and Curtis Sliwa a week before Election Day seemed unlikely to change the dynamics of the race. — There was talk of schmoozing with murderous gang members …
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NBC New York, CBS New York, Mediaite and New York Post
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'We're being pressured into sex by some trans women' — Is a lesbian transphobic if she does not want to have sex with trans women? Some lesbians say they are increasingly being pressured and coerced into accepting trans women as partners - then shunned and even threatened for speaking out.
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RedState, The Daily Beast and Washington Examiner, more at Mediagazer »
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An Excerpt from The Long Red Thread — Dear Readers: Crystal Ball Managing Editor Kyle Kondik's new book, The Long Red Thread: How Democratic Dominance Gave Way to Republican Advantage in US House Elections, was published by Ohio University Press this week.
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Political Speech for Human Dingleberries Has Never Been More Robust — There might be a “cancel culture” chilling effect out there, but it isn't chilling performers. — When considering the inescapable “free speech” debate there is an important maxim I want everyone to keep at the top of mind:
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Harvard's modern-day Darwin warns against humanity's downward slope — The Harvard University scientist who has called for setting aside half the planet as a nature preserve says the slope of human history will always be downward unless there is global cooperation to save existing species.
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Herschel Walker gets McConnell's blessing — Georgia Senate candidate Herschel Walker has won the endorsement of Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, cementing his support from the Republican Party establishment in a race that could determine which party controls the chamber.
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