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Washington Post:
Biden crafts new spending package aimed at attracting all Democrats — The White House on Thursday unveiled a new $1.75 trillion package to overhaul the country's health-care, education, climate and tax laws, muscling through a slew of policy disagreements and internecine political feuds …
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Kate Sullivan / CNN:
Here's what's in the $1.75 trillion economic plan Biden will try to sell his party — (CNN)President Joe Biden on Thursday will make the case for a significantly scaled-back version of his massive economic plan to expand the social safety net hours before departing for his second major foreign trip as president.
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Insider
The White House:
President Biden Announces the Build Back Better Framework — Joe Biden believes that there's no greater economic engine in the world than the hard work and ingenuity of the American people. But for too long, the economy has worked great for those at the top, while working families continually get squeezed.
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Insider, USA Today, Daily Kos and Missouri Independent
Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
The White House just announced a pretty good deal. But we're not there yet. — On a conference call with reporters Thursday morning, the White House announced the rough outlines of a framework on President Biden's Build Back Better agenda. — However, there were still so many unknowns …
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The Daily Beast and Deadline
The White House:
Build Back Better Framework — The Build Back Better Act will create millions of good-paying jobs, enable more Americans to join and remain in the labor force, spur long-term growth, reduce price pressures and set the United States on course to meet its clean energy ambitions.
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Balloon Juice and UPI
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 …
NBC News:
Biden expects to win full Democratic support for new proposal on sweeping spending package
Biden expects to win full Democratic support for new proposal on sweeping spending package
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The Hill, The Daily Beast, Bloomberg and CNN
Washington Post:
Washington, we might have a reconciliation deal
Washington, we might have a reconciliation deal
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HotAir, The Daily Wire, RedState and NPR
Nicholas Wu / Politico:
Biden is coming to the Hill. Now what?
Biden is coming to the Hill. Now what?
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CNBC, The Hill, CBS News, The Guardian, New York Post and Iowa Capital Dispatch
Politico:
POLITICO Playbook: Biden launches rescue mission before Rome
POLITICO Playbook: Biden launches rescue mission before Rome
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HotAir, Wall Street Journal, USA Today, New York Times, Financial Times, Florida Politics, Ace of Spades HQ and Bloomberg
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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Mona Charen / The Bulwark:
Will Critical Race Theory Sink McAuliffe? — Democrats need to tack to the middle on cultural issues. — There are two big reasons that Republican Glenn Youngkin shouldn't be within striking distance of Virginia's state house. The first is that Virginia has been trending Democratic over the past decade and a half.
David Siders / Politico:
Biden is getting dragged in the polls. That hasn't stopped Dems from sticking by him.
Biden is getting dragged in the polls. That hasn't stopped Dems from sticking by him.
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Washington Post and Blue Virginia
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.
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NBC4 Washington
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Stella Morabito / The Federalist:
Virginia Democrats Claim ‘Free And Fair’ Election While Rigging It Again
Zach Montellaro / Politico:
Virginia counties shift election procedures to head off conspiracy theorists
Virginia counties shift election procedures to head off conspiracy theorists
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Fox News and The Gateway Pundit
Washington Post:
U.S. economy grew at annual rate of 2% in the third quarter, as delta variant pulled back progress — The GDP report, released Thursday by the Bureau of Economic Analysis, offered yet another snapshot of an economy overshadowed by the ongoing pandemic — The U.S. economy grew at an annual rate …
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Sarah Chaney Cambon / Wall Street Journal:
U.S. Economy Slowed in Third Quarter on Delta Surge, Supply Crunch
U.S. Economy Slowed in Third Quarter on Delta Surge, Supply Crunch
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HotAir, CNBC and Human Events
Zachary Halaschak / Washington Examiner:
Economic growth slowed dramatically to 2% annual rate in third quarter
Economic growth slowed dramatically to 2% annual rate in third quarter
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Washington Free Beacon, New York Times and Associated Press
Nicole Winfield / Associated Press:
Vatican cancels live broadcast of Biden greeting pope — ROME (AP) — The Vatican on Thursday abruptly canceled the planned live broadcast of U.S. President Joe Biden meeting Pope Francis, the latest restriction to media coverage of the Holy See. — The Vatican press office provided …
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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CNN, HuffPost, Crooks and Liars, Alternet.org, Columbia Journalism Review and Mediaite, more at Mediagazer »
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Philip Bump / Washington Post:
The 14 things you need to know about Trump's letter in the Wall Street Journal
The 14 things you need to know about Trump's letter in the Wall Street Journal
Donald J. Trump / Wall Street Journal:
President Trump Responds on Pennsylvania's 2020 Election
President Trump Responds on Pennsylvania's 2020 Election
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CNN, Morning Shots, Second Nexus, Twitchy, Daily Kos, Digby's Hullabaloo, The Gateway Pundit, Mediaite, Forbes, Raw Story and POLITICUSUSA
Christian Schneider / The Bulwark:
The GOP Is the Theranos Party — “To try to do something which is inherently impossible is always a corrupting enterprise.” — If you listen to Elizabeth Holmes's attorney, the only thing the Theranos founder is guilty of, is being a dreamer. — “The villain the government just presented …
Wall Street Journal:
Four U.S. Intelligence Agencies Produced Extensive Reports on Afghanistan, but All Failed to Predict Kabul's Rapid Collapse — Summaries of intelligence reports show how agencies diverged over the strength of the Afghan government and military — WASHINGTON—Leading U.S. intelligence agencies failed …
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Forbes
Doug Coxson / CambridgeToday.ca:
Books deemed ‘harmful to staff and students’ are being removed from region's public school libraries — WRDSB has developed a framework to identify and remove inappropriate or questionable texts — The Waterloo Region District School Board is undertaking a multi-year review …
Corky Siemaszko / NBC News:
Texas lawmaker says 850 books ranging from race to sexuality could cause ‘discomfort’ — Teachers union fires back: “What will Rep. Krause propose next? Burning books he and a handful of parents find objectionable?” — A Texas Republican lawmaker has drawn up a list of 850 books …
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Off the Kuff, LGBTQ Nation and Washington Post
Paul Sperry / RealClearInvestigations:
Clinton Campaign Spread Alfa Bank Ruse Throughout Obama Admin to Press Trump-Russia Probe — A Hillary Clinton campaign operation to plant a false rumor about Donald Trump setting up a “secret hotline” to Moscow through a Russian bank was much broader than known and involved multiple U.S. agencies …
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Real Clear Politics
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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Politico and Alternet.org
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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Isabella Grullón Paz / New York Times:
Lawyer Who Won $9.5 Billion Settlement Against Chevron Reports to Prison — Steven Donziger, an environmental activist who won what is considered the largest ever lawsuit against an oil company, was found guilty of contempt of court in July. — Steven Donziger, the environmental …
Laina G. Stebbins / Michigan Advance:
As Kellogg strike stretches past 3 weeks, workers say they've noted lack of GOP lawmaker support — On a chilly October afternoon in Battle Creek, also known as the “cereal capital of the world,” a large crowd of union workers and supporters gathered Wednesday across from the Kellogg headquarters …
Becket Adams / Washington Examiner:
Media to Chappelle and Sinema: Conform or else — If there's one thing the Left loves, it's deciding who is and isn't a real member of a historically marginalized group. … Comedian Dave Chappelle, for example, is out with another Netflix special that both praises and criticizes the transgender community.
Brooke Singman / Fox News:
Florida sues Biden, NASA over COVID vaccine mandates for federal contractors — Federal rule interferes with Florida's employment policies, lawsuit claims — Gov. DeSantis on vaccine mandates: Florida wants to ‘protect all the jobs’ — EXCLUSIVE: The state of Florida is suing President Biden …
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The Daily Caller