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Washington Post:
Biden to announce new social spending framework expected to win support of all Democrats — President Biden plans to announce Thursday a revised framework for his social spending plan that he expects will gain the support of all Democrats, according to multiple people with knowledge of the situation …
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Bloomberg:
Democrats Clash on Billionaire Tax as Neal Rejects Senate Plan — Senate proposal to tax billionaires lasted less than a day — Lawmakers are wrangling over revenue to pay for spending bill — The head of the House tax-writing committee said a proposal to put a levy on the assets …
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Politico:
POLITICO Playbook: Biden launches rescue mission before Rome — DRIVING THE DAY — BREAKING THIS MORNING: President JOE BIDEN is expected to announce a new framework for his reconciliation package “that he expects will gain the support of all Democrats” ahead of his visit to Capitol Hill this morning …
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Bloomberg, Skeptical Science and WTOP
Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
Who is killing the billionaires' tax? — Well, that was fast. Less than 24 hours after Democrats introduced a new proposal for a billionaires' tax, Democratic leaders have pronounced it on life support, after Sen. Joe Manchin III (D-W.Va.) expressed grave doubts about the proposal.
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Marc Rod / Jewish Insider:
Rep. Jim Clyburn sounds alarm about midterms amid Democratic Party divisions — 'I'm not too sure that Democrats have yet developed the will to win in 2022,' the third- ranking House Democrat warned — Rep. Jim Clyburn (D-SC), the third-highest ranking Democrat in the House …
CNN:
Paid leave falls out of Democratic package in urgent scramble to secure Manchin's support
Paid leave falls out of Democratic package in urgent scramble to secure Manchin's support
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Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
Elon Musk reveals exactly why we need the Democrats' new tax on billionaires
Elon Musk reveals exactly why we need the Democrats' new tax on billionaires
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CNN, Verdict, Fast Company and Insider
Jonathan Weisman / New York Times:
Live Updates: Ahead of Meeting With White House Team, Manchin Criticizes Billionaire Tax Plan
Live Updates: Ahead of Meeting With White House Team, Manchin Criticizes Billionaire Tax Plan
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Townhall, USA Today, Politico, Kevin Drum, Common Dreams and Mother Jones
Donald J. Trump / Wall Street Journal:
President Trump Responds on Pennsylvania's 2020 Election — Donald Trump writes a letter to the editor. — In your editorial “The Election for Pennsylvania's High Court” (Oct. 25), you state the fact that a court wrongly said mail-in ballots could be counted after Election Day.
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Jeremy Barr / Washington Post:
Wall Street Journal publishes letter from Trump claiming ‘rigged’ election — The publication of the letter, citing baseless and debunked claims, was criticized for pushing the traditional boundaries of a letters-to-the-editor page — Twitter may be maintaining its ban on Donald Trump …
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Politico:
Trump suggests he might drop a bomb on the Va. gov race. Then leaves. — Donald Trump's proclamation that he'd “soon” visit Virginia as the state's gubernatorial race comes to a close was so unexpected that few outside his inner orbit knew it was coming and the Republican candidate's own campaign was left searching for details.
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Tyler O'Neil / Fox News:
McAuliffe warns against Youngkin's ‘far-right social agenda’ on abortion, same-sex marriage, ‘book banning’
McAuliffe warns against Youngkin's ‘far-right social agenda’ on abortion, same-sex marriage, ‘book banning’
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Politico and Associated Press
Zeeshan Aleem / MSNBC:
Virginia's Youngkin spotlights woman who tried to ban Toni Morrison's ‘Beloved’
Virginia's Youngkin spotlights woman who tried to ban Toni Morrison's ‘Beloved’
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New York Times, The Week, Insider, Daily Kos, TheGrio and Washington Post
Axios:
The progressive promise — House progressives say they're willing to stop holding the bipartisan infrastructure bill hostage based on a presidential promise. — Why it matters: A key sticking point for progressives supporting the $1.2 trillion bipartisan infrastructure bill was their requirement …
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Washington Examiner, The Hill, Bloomberg and The Daily Wire
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Washington Post:
An army of poll watchers — many driven by GOP's ‘election integrity’ push — turns out across Virginia — Loudoun County General Registrar Judy Brown doesn't recall seeing many poll watchers during early voting last year — they usually turn up only on Election Day, primarily during presidential elections.
New York Times:
Letitia James Is Preparing Announcement on Run for Governor — Ms. James, the New York attorney general, did not reveal her decision, but her top aides have told political and union leaders that she will run. — Letitia James, New York's attorney general, is preparing to announce as soon …
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Keshia Clukey / Bloomberg:
Jumaane Williams Officially Files to Run for New York Governor
Jumaane Williams Officially Files to Run for New York Governor
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The Hill
C. Ryan Barber / Insider:
How a Trump official got ‘canceled’ for backing the president's election conspiracy theories — Jeffrey Clark faces inquiries into his work helping Trump's efforts to overturn the 2020 election. — When the House subpoenaed him, Clark disappeared from the website of a conservative legal group.
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Alternet.org and Politico
Andrew Court / New York Post:
'Let's Go Brandon' rapper Bryson Gray boots Adele out of No. 1 spot with banned anti-Biden song — Cover your ears, President Biden! — A controversial new rap song mocking the leader of the free world has rocketed to the top of the iTunes charts, booting Adele from the No. 1 spot …
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Ace of Spades HQ, The Daily Wire and The Wrap
CNN:
Taiwan's President says the threat from China is increasing ‘every day’ and confirms presence of US military trainers on the island — Taipei, Taiwan (CNN)The leader of Taiwan, the island thrust into the center of rising tensions between the United States and China, said the threat from Beijing is growing …
Geoff Leo / CBC News:
Indigenous or pretender? — Carrie Bourassa, one of the country's most-esteemed Indigenous health experts, claims to be Métis, Anishinaabe and Tlinglit. Some of her colleagues say there's no evidence of that. — With a feather in her hand and a bright blue shawl and Métis sash draped …
Matt Egan / CNN:
Marjorie Taylor Greene invested as much as $50,000 in the Trump SPAC before its stock plunged — New York (CNN Business)Georgia Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene bought as much as $50,000 worth of shares in a shell company that is merging with former President Donald Trump's new media venture, according to a financial disclosure form.
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Greg Bluestein / Atlanta Journal-Constitution:
David Perdue is considering a primary challenge against Brian Kemp — Former U.S. Sen. David Perdue is seriously considering mounting a Republican primary challenge against Gov. Brian Kemp, according to a number of GOP activists and operatives, which would set up a divisive showdown between …
Leah Douglas / Reuters:
Coronavirus infections at U.S. meat plants far higher than previous estimates -House subcommittee — Workers at the leading U.S. meatpacking plants experienced cases and death from COVID-19 that were up to three times previous estimates, according to a report by the House Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Crisis seen by Reuters.
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Katie Pavlich / The Hill:
Democrats' weaponization of the DOJ is back — In 2009, a national, grassroots movement known as the Tea Party emerged in cities across the country to combat then-President Obama's radical spending agenda and government takeover of American health care. Bureaucrats at the IRS and Department …
Radio Ink:
Bongino Off The Air This Week — Several affiliates have told Radio Ink that Westwood One has put The Dan Bongino Show into “best of” mode for the remainder of the week. His program was not on the radio yesterday. Bongino has been ranting on his show about Cumulus' vaccine mandate.
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Forbes
Anna Kramer / Protocol:
Facebook's hiring crisis: Engineers are turning down offers, internal docs show — Facebook cannot find enough candidates to meet engineering demand, especially in the Bay Area, and has struggled and failed to meet early 2021 recruiting goals, according to a detailed internal memo outlining recruitment strategy and hiring pains.
Megan Brenan / Gallup:
Job Market Ratings Set Record, but Economic Confidence Slides — WASHINGTON, D.C. — Americans' confidence in the economy continues to weaken, and their mentions of a variety of economic issues as the nation's most important problem are rising — even as a record-high 74% say it is a good time to find a quality job.
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Amy B Wang / Washington Post:
Nicholas Kristof, former New York Times columnist, announces run for Oregon governor — Nicholas Kristof, a former New York Times columnist, announced Wednesday he is running for Oregon governor, ending months of speculation over whether he would make a bid for the top political office in his home state.
Charles C. W. Cooke / National Review:
Bernie Sanders Can't Count to 52 — This argument seems to be growing in popularity among progressives: … Bernie Sanders repeated it this evening, too, saying: “The problem is not with the President, the problem is with members here who, although they are very few in number …
Jonathan M. Katz / The Racket:
Some ‘very fine people’ walk into a courthouse — Dispatch from the big federal lawsuit in Charlottesville — Greetings from Charlottesville. Today is the third day of Sines v. Kessler, the federal lawsuit brought against the organizers of the white supremacist rampage that turned …
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