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Spencer S. Hsu / Washington Post:
Appeals court temporarily bars release of Trump White House records to House Jan. 6 committee — A federal appeals court on Thursday blocked the imminent release of records of former president Donald Trump's White House calls and activities related to the Jan. 6 Capitol attack after a lower court found …
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Zachary Cohen / CNN:
House January 6 committee gives Meadows ultimatum: Appear Friday or risk criminal contempt
House January 6 committee gives Meadows ultimatum: Appear Friday or risk criminal contempt
Kara Scannell / CNN:
Trump's legal woes multiply post-presidency
Trump's legal woes multiply post-presidency
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Jennifer Rubin / Washington Post:
Tough sentences for Jan. 6 rioters should freak Trump out
Tough sentences for Jan. 6 rioters should freak Trump out
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Raw Story
Ja'han Jones / MSNBC:
Kyle Rittenhouse's white crocodile tears hold value in America — Paul Butler: Rittenhouse was prepared to disrupt image as trigger-happy vigilante — Kyle Rittenhouse, the man charged with homicide in the deaths of two anti-police brutality demonstrators, seems to have spent much more time at the gun range than in acting classes.
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Nathan Layne / Reuters:
Prosecutors want jury to consider lesser charges in U.S. teen Rittenhouse's murder trial — Prosecutors in the murder trial of Kyle Rittenhouse said they would seek approval for the jury to consider lesser charges after days of testimony in which considerable evidence was presented …
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Nicole Silverio / The Daily Caller:
CNN Commentator Claims Rittenhouse Judge Wants A Job At Fox News
CNN Commentator Claims Rittenhouse Judge Wants A Job At Fox News
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Petula Dvorak / Washington Post:
An Air Force sergeant killed himself on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial. The note he left is heartbreaking. — Kenneth Omar Santiago's perfect smile dazzles on social media as he poses in his Air Force uniforms — flight suits to mess dress. — He accepts military awards …
The Daily Beast:
Chris Christie Dishes on What Turned Him Off Working for Trump — The former guv almost became Trump's third chief of staff. But a combo of aggressive Javanka behavior and Trump's loose lips led to Christie turning down the gig, he writes. … When Chris Christie withdrew from consideration …
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Mike Allen / Axios:
“Axios on HBO” exclusive: Christie taunts Trump for losing — Former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie, lacing up for a possible presidential run in 2024, told “Axios on HBO” he won't back down from a fight with former President Donald Trump, taunting his longtime friend for losing the last election.
Carla K. Johnson / Associated Press:
COVID-19 hot spots offer sign of what could be ahead for US — The contagious delta variant is driving up COVID-19 hospitalizations in the Mountain West and fueling disruptive outbreaks in the North, a worrisome sign of what could be ahead this winter in the U.S.
Jonathan Karl / Vanity Fair:
Lawsuit Threats, Empty Seats, and a “COVID Mobile”: Trump's Disastrous Tulsa Rally Was Even More of a Train Wreck Than Originally Thought — The rally made headlines for its empty seats, but things were even worse behind the scenes, writes Jonathan Karl. The president feuded with advisers …
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Geoff Edgers / Washington Post:
What happened to Eric Clapton? … Robert Cray was stunned when he first heard “Stand and Deliver.” Eric Clapton, his onetime musical hero, who became a mentor and friend, had released his first protest song in 56 years of recording. Only it wasn't about George Floyd or global warming.
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HotAir and Rolling Stone
The Intercept:
The Main Driver of Inflation Is a Murderous Maniac in Riyadh … Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman is enacting revenge on Democrats in general and President Joe Biden specifically for the party's increasingly standoffish attitude toward the kingdom — by driving up energy prices and fueling global inflation.
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Michael D. Shear / New York Times:
Biden Marks First Veterans Day in Two Decades Without Troops in Active Combat — President Biden, who ended the 20-year conflict in Afghanistan this summer, called veterans the “soul of America.” — WASHINGTON — President Biden paid homage on Thursday to veterans, calling them the …
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H.R. McMaster / Wall Street Journal:
Honor Veterans by Having the Will to Win a War
David Siders / Politico:
'I hope it's a fever that will break': GOP wrestles with infrastructure vote backlash — It's the party against critical race theory, “woke-ism” and vaccine mandates. — And now, it would seem, the Republican Party is against bridges and roads. — The ferocity of the reaction …
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Shawna Mizelle / CNN:
Trump's ex-Russia adviser Fiona Hill on the state of the GOP and Trump: ‘Am I a dissident now?’
Trump's ex-Russia adviser Fiona Hill on the state of the GOP and Trump: ‘Am I a dissident now?’
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Raw Story
Larry P. Vellequette / Section Page News:
Sen. Joe Manchin, speaking at Toyota event in W.Va., calls union-built EV tax credit ‘wrong’ — The news arrives as the state's senior senator holds a deciding vote on the Build Back Better Act, which includes a tax credit for union-made battery-electric vehicles that Toyota opposes.
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New York Times:
Project Veritas: Journalists or Political Spies? — Documents show how the conservative group worked with lawyers to gauge how far its deceptive reporting practices could go before running afoul of federal laws. — WASHINGTON — Hours after F.B.I. agents searched the homes …
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New York Post and The Gateway Pundit, more at Mediagazer »
Axios:
Scoop: Biden appointing infrastructure chief — President Biden plans to install a point-person in charge of infrastructure to ensure his administration properly implements its trillion-dollar legislation, two sources familiar with the plans tell Axios. — Why it matters …
Jordain Carney / The Hill:
McConnell won't go to White House signing ceremony for infrastructure bill — Senate GOP Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) said on Thursday that he won't attend a White House signing ceremony for a bipartisan infrastructure deal that he voted for and has touted while in Kentucky this week.
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Townhall, Balloon Juice, Political Wire and The White House
CNN:
'We don't want any more Black pastors coming in here,' says defense attorney in Arbery death trial — (CNN)A defense attorney for one of the three White men charged in 25-year-old Ahmaud Arbery's killing objected Thursday to nationally recognized civil rights leaders attending the trial to support the victim's family.
Tim Stelloh / NBC News:
Michigan's AG got drunk before a football game and wrote about it on Facebook — Two Bloody Marys on an empty stomach, it turns out, was a bit too much for Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel. — In a post on her personal Facebook page Wednesday, the state's top prosecutor acknowledged drinking …
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Will Bunch / The Philadelphia Inquirer:
‘Anti-woke’ University of Austin is right that college is ‘broken,’ but its founders are wrong about everything else — It's not every day that a brand new university is unveiled in the United States, and — thanks to its backing by an all-star team of politically conservative thought leaders …
Andrew McCarthy / Fox News:
Durham indictments - don't be fooled, here's where this case is likely headed — Abuse of political power is not necessarily a violation of the criminal law — Andy McCarthy on the implications of John Durham's latest indictments — There is a great deal of extravagant commentary …
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Julia Davis / The Daily Beast:
Fugitive Jan. 6 Rioter Makes Insanely Desperate Plea on Belarus State TV — In the full special released Thursday, Neumann—who allegedly called Jan. 6 cops “little bitches”—said he'd face “torture” in America and promised to be a “good citizen” of Belarus.
Andrea Salcedo / Washington Post:
San Francisco police officer dies of covid while on leave for failing to meet vaccination requirement — When San Francisco police officer Jack Nyce missed the city's Nov. 1 deadline to submit his coronavirus vaccination record, he was placed on a month of paid administrative leave, the San Francisco Chronicle first reported.
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Daily Kos, Metro.co.uk, Yahoo News and The Daily Beast
THE CITY:
Chinese Voters Came Out in Force for the GOP in NYC, Shaking Up Politics — After casting his ballot in the early morning on Election Day, Ray Huang made more than a dozen trips to poll sites in Brooklyn's Sunset Park neighborhood. — Each time, he brought with him one or two Chinese residents …
Howard Gleckman / TaxVox:
Build Back Better 2.0 Still Raises Taxes For High Income Households And Reduces Them For Others — In a new analysis, the Tax Policy Center estimates that the major tax changes in the latest version of President Biden's Build Back Better plan would cut taxes on average for nearly all income groups in 2022.
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Politico, National Review, Tax Policy Center and Washington Examiner
Judy Kurtz / The Hill:
Gene Simmons rips anti-vaxxers: 'If you're willing to walk among us unvaccinated, you are an enemy' — Gene Simmons is blasting COVID-19 deniers and unvaccinated Americans, calling them the “enemy.” — “If you're willing to walk among us unvaccinated, you are an enemy,” …
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Matt Friedman / Politico:
Ciattarelli plans to concede in New Jersey governor's race — Jack Ciattarelli, the Republican candidate for New Jersey governor, plans to concede his narrow loss to incumbent Phil Murphy on Friday, two sources with knowledge of his plans tell POLITICO. — Ciattarelli has scheduled …
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Jay Caspian Kang / New York Times:
Can We Talk About Critical Race Theory? — The national debate over critical race theory — if one can even call it a debate — has been filled with half-truths, unfulfilled definitions, and a whole lot of obfuscation and obstruction. It feels, at times, as if we've walked into an unfinished simulation …
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California Globe
Jessica Chasmar / Fox News:
Biden calls Satchel Paige ‘the great negro’ in latest gaffe — Paige played in the so-called ‘Negro leagues’ before moving on to MLB in the late 1940s — Concha: Biden, media cannot spin this inflation catastrophe — President Biden referred to the late baseball player Satchel Paige as …
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Steve Holland / Reuters:
Biden, China's Xi expected to meet virtually on Monday - sources — U.S. President Joe Biden and Chinese leader Xi Jinping are expected to hold a virtual summit on Monday, sources said, amid tensions over trade, human rights and military activities. — Washington and Beijing have been sparring …
Mychael Schnell / The Hill:
Graham says friendship with Biden at breaking point over Afghanistan withdrawal — Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) on Thursday said his personal relationship with President Biden hit a breaking point after the United States' withdrawal from Afghanistan, saying he “will never forgive” the president.
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Michael Graham / NH Journal:
Bolduc: I Drove ‘Communist Sympathizer’ Sununu Out of Senate Race — During a conspiracy-spinning interview with radio host Jack Heath Tuesday retired Brig. Gen. Donald Bolduc called fellow Republican Chris Sununu a “Chinese Communist sympathizer” whose family business “supports terrorism …