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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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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.
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Andrew Miller / Fox News:
McAuliffe spokesperson, who also worked for Harris and Biden campaigns, accused of racist tweets — The tweets have since been deleted — Glenn Youngkin holds a Fauquier ‘Get Out the Vote’ rally — A spokesperson for Terry McAuliffe's campaign is being accused of posting racist tweets in 2012.
Philip Klein / National Review:
McAuliffe Should Be Held Responsible for Tiki Torch Stunt, Because His Campaign Thinks Candidates Are Responsible for Supporters — The Lincoln Project has taken credit for an absurd stunt on Friday in which a group of people showed up at a Glenn Youngkin rally holding tiki torches and posing as supporters of the Republican.
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Lincoln Project organized a group to carry torches at Youngkin event in Charlottesville
Lincoln Project organized a group to carry torches at Youngkin event in Charlottesville
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Kay Smythe / The National Pulse:
Democrat Operatives Caught Dressing Up As White Supremacists in Desperate Last-Ditch Virginia Election Stunt.
Democrat Operatives Caught Dressing Up As White Supremacists in Desperate Last-Ditch Virginia Election Stunt.
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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 …
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 — President Joe Biden's second trip abroad is poorly timed for his domestic agenda and foreign policy, according to political insiders. — Biden's work reestablishing the United States on the world stage after former President Donald Trump's often …
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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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Kyle Cheney / Politico:
Call logs, speech drafts among records Trump is trying to block from Jan. 6 investigators — The former president's effort to suppress more than 750 pages of records is far broader than previously known, a new court filing reveals. — Former President Donald Trump speaks during …
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Mariana Alfaro / Washington Post:
Former Congress members file brief opposing Trump's attempt to shield Jan. 6 records
Former Congress members file brief opposing Trump's attempt to shield Jan. 6 records
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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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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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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 …
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.
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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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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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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Ross Barkan / New York Magazine:
What Happened to Matt Taibbi? The former darling of the liberal media is now one of its loudest critics. He says he hasn't changed. — Obviously, I'm anxious about why I'm being profiled," Matt Taibbi said at the end of our phone call this summer, which had already lasted an hour and a half.
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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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.
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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The White House:
United States-France Joint Statement — Today, the President of the United States and the President of the French Republic met in Rome on the margins of the G20 Summit to reaffirm their commitment to closer bilateral and transatlantic cooperation in the pursuit of peace, security, and prosperity around the globe.
Megan Cloherty / WTOP:
Northern Virginia police departments increases presence amid purported ISIS threat against shopping malls — Police in Northern Virginia are increasing their presence around shopping malls and high-volume roads and transit areas in response to a purported threat from ISIS.
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Henry Olsen / Washington Post:
Biden's vaccine mandates might just backfire — President Biden's job approval ratings have been sinking for months as voters increasingly see him as out of touch with their priorities and values. The coming clash over vaccine mandates might be another area where the president has misread the public temperament.
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David Covucci / The Daily Dot:
Fox News wants to make it ‘clear’ it isn't airing Tucker Carlson's Capitol riot documentary — Yesterday, Fox News host Tucker Carlson unveiled a dramatic trailer for his new special, one which will reveal the “true story” behind the Jan. 6 Capitol riot. — In it, he drops real truths like …
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