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Emily / The Lincoln Project:
Statement from the Lincoln Project — October 29, 2021 — Today, The Lincoln Project released the following statement: — “Glenn Younkin has said: ‘President Trump represents so much of why I am running.’ Youngkin proves it every day by trying to divide Virginians using racial code words …
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Cameron Joseph / VICE:
Lincoln Project Posed as Charlottesville White Supremacists at GOP Event — Five people dressed like the white supremacists who caused the violent “Unite the Right” riots in Charlottesville four years ago showed up outside of Virginia Republican gubernatorial nominee Glenn Youngkin's event in the town on Friday.
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Washington Post:
Lincoln Project organized a group to carry torches at Youngkin event in Charlottesville — A group of people carrying tiki torches outside Virginia Republican gubernatorial candidate Glenn Youngkin's tour bus in Charlottesville on Friday, which caused a stir on social media and led …
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Kay Smythe / The National Pulse:
Democrat Operatives Caught Dressing Up As White Supremacists in Desperate Last-Ditch Virginia Election Stunt. — Democrats dressed up as white supremacists in a last ditch attempt to smear Republican Glenn Youngkin. — In what quickly became a political stunt gone wrong …
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Madison McNamee / WVIR-TV:
Group with Tiki torches stand by Youngkin campaign bus during Charlottesville event — CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (WVIR) - A rare visit by Republican gubernatorial candidate Glenn Youngkin in Charlottesville is being overshadowed by an incident that occurred outside a campaign stop.
Philip Klein / National Review:
McAuliffe Should Be Held Responsible for Tiki Torch Stunt, Because His Campaign Thinks Candidates Are Responsible for Supporters
Joseph Wulfsohn / Fox News:
The Lincoln Project roasted as ‘deranged hacks’ for orchestrating viral hoax to smear Youngkin
The Lincoln Project roasted as ‘deranged hacks’ for orchestrating viral hoax to smear Youngkin
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Andrew Miller / Fox News:
McAuliffe spokesperson, who also worked for Harris and Biden campaigns, accused of racist tweets
McAuliffe spokesperson, who also worked for Harris and Biden campaigns, accused of racist tweets
Isaac Schorr / National Review:
Lincoln Project Claims Credit for Racial Hoax at Youngkin Event
Lincoln Project Claims Credit for Racial Hoax at Youngkin Event
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Michael Wines / New York Times:
Florida Bars State Professors From Testifying in Voting Rights Case — After being hired as expert witnesses for groups opposing a restrictive voting law, three University of Florida academics were told they could not participate in the lawsuit against the state.
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Washington Post:
During Jan. 6 riot, Trump attorney told Pence team the vice president's actions caused attack on Capitol — As Vice President Mike Pence hid from a marauding mob during the Jan. 6 invasion of the Capitol, an attorney for President Donald Trump emailed a top Pence aide to say that Pence …
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Washington Post:
Read: Pence aide Greg Jacob's draft opinion article denouncing Trump's outside lawyers — Below is the text of a draft op-ed Greg Jacob wrote in January 2021, when he was chief counsel to Vice President Mike Pence, but ultimately decided not to publish. The Washington Post obtained a copy …
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Kyle Cheney / Politico:
Call logs, speech drafts among records Trump is trying to block from Jan. 6 investigators — Donald Trump is seeking to prevent Jan. 6 investigators from accessing daily presidential diaries, drafts of election-related speeches, logs of his phone calls, handwritten notes and files of top aides …
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Katelyn Polantz / CNN:
New January 6 court filings reveal what Trump is trying to keep secret from Congress — (CNN)Specifics about former President Donald Trump's efforts to keep secret the support from his White House for overturning his loss of the 2020 election were revealed in late-night court filings that show …
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New York Times, Associated Press and The American Independent
Politico:
Jayapal warned Klain not to push an infrastructure vote. Then chaos ensued. — Speaker Nancy Pelosi brought President Joe Biden in this week to finally close the deal on Democrats' domestic agenda. Rep. Pramila Jayapal had other plans. — As Biden prepared for the high-stakes meeting …
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Naomi Lim / Washington Examiner:
Biden troubles at home follow him abroad
Biden troubles at home follow him abroad
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Robert Barnes / Washington Post:
Supreme Court won't block vaccine mandate for Maine health-care workers with religious objections — The Supreme Court Friday turned down a request from a group of Maine health-care workers to block a state coronavirus vaccination mandate that does not contain an exception for religious objectors.
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Adam Liptak / New York Times:
Supreme Court Won't Block Maine's Vaccine Mandate for Health Care Workers
Supreme Court Won't Block Maine's Vaccine Mandate for Health Care Workers
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New York Times:
Trump's $300 Million SPAC Deal May Have Skirted Securities Laws — The former president began discussing a deal with a ‘blank check’ company early this year. Investors weren't told. — Just days after Donald J. Trump left the White House, two former contestants on his reality show, “The Apprentice,” approached him with a pitch.
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Alexander Nazaryan / Yahoo News:
Vaccine confers better protection than natural immunity, CDC finds — American writer, speaker, radio and TV commentator. — WASHINGTON — Earlier this month, the conservative radio host Dennis Prager announced he had contracted the coronavirus. This was, as far as he was concerned, good news.
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Kiran Stacey / Financial Times:
US intelligence report sheds new light on Wuhan lab accident theory — Declassified report reignites debate over whether China bears responsibility for pandemic's origins — A US intelligence agency has spelt out for the first time how and why it thinks the virus that causes Covid-19 …
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Curtis Bunn / NBC News:
A Black chief diversity officer lost a job offer after flagging racial bias — Joseph B. Hill was four days from starting a new position as vice president, chief equity, diversity and inclusion officer at Memorial Hermann Health System in Houston, when he received an email that changed the trajectory of his career.
Washington Post:
Trump looks to 2024, commanding a fundraising juggernaut, as he skirts social media bans — Facebook has banned former president Donald Trump from posting on its platform, and he is barred by law from using his current fundraising to finance another campaign for the White House.
Andrea Bernstein / NPR:
Trump's businesses and brand still suffering from his polarizing rhetoric — Once, Trump Tower on Fifth Avenue in Manhattan was a bustling indoor mall, with floors and floors of retail, a pink marble atrium, and an indoor waterfall. On a recent visit, the waterfall and the pink marble were still there …
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Washington Post:
Biden privately questions whether major emitters will deliver on their climate pledges — In an Oval Office meeting last month, President Biden questioned his top aides on whether the world's top polluters would actually follow through on their commitments to cut back on greenhouse gas emissions.
New York Times:
Biden Finds Raising Corporate Tax Rates Easier Abroad Than at Home — As the Group of 20 seals a new global minimum tax for companies, the president has scaled back his plans to tax U.S. corporations more. — ROME — President Biden and other world leaders endorsed a landmark global agreement …
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Myles Miller / NBC New York:
6 Firefighters Suspended for Taking Truck to Threaten NY Senate Staff Over Vaccine Mandate — Six FDNY members of Ladder 113 have been suspended for allegedly driving their truck to a state senator's New York City office and threatening his staff over the vaccine mandate for city workers.
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Erik Ortiz / NBC News:
Court rules Alabama judge accused of racist, sexist remarks must be removed from office — An Alabama probate judge accused of making racist and sexist remarks and fostering a hostile work environment must be removed from office, a state judicial ethics court said Friday in a rare and unanimous ruling.
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Pamela Wood / Baltimore Sun:
Maryland lawmaker-doctor fined and reprimanded for tuning into legislative meetings from the operating room — A Maryland state delegate who is also a doctor is being reprimanded and ordered to pay a $15,000 fine by the state physicians board after she twice attended legislative meetings via Zoom while in the operating room.
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Mary Ellen Klas / Miami Herald:
DeSantis decries ‘corporate wokeness’ in business speech — After months of getting the cold shoulder from large corporations who refused to endorse his COVID-19 policies, Gov. Ron DeSantis had harsh things to say Thursday at the annual meeting of the Florida Chamber of Commerce …
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Steven Nelson / New York Post:
Biden tours Rome with 85-vehicle motorcade ahead of ‘climate’ summit — President Biden on Friday cruised through Rome with an 85-vehicle motorcade — drawing criticism for the poor optics ahead of a global warming summit in Glasgow, Scotland, to which Biden is bringing about a dozen top US officials.
US Food and Drug Administration:
FDA Authorizes Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 Vaccine for Emergency Use in Children 5 through 11 Years of Age — For Immediate Release: — Today, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration authorized the emergency use of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 Vaccine for the prevention of COVID-19 to include children 5 through 11 years of age.
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