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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.
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Tommy Christopher / Mediaite:
WATCH: Chris Christie ROASTS Trump for Losing to Joe Biden in Feud Escalation — Former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie hit back at former President Donald Trump by harshly contrasting the results of their respective reelection efforts. — Trump and Christie are embroiled in a feud that offers a little bit of fun for everyone.
Brian Lopez / The Texas Tribune:
Texas schools can again set their own face mask rules after federal judge overrules Gov. Greg Abbott's ban — The judge said the governor's order impedes children with disabilities from the benefits of public schools' programs, services and activities, in violation of the Americans with Disabilities Act.
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CBS News, Disability Rights Texas, Washington Post, HuffPost, Fox News, ABC13 and Raw Story
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Elizabeth Faddis / Washington Examiner:
Federal judge rules Texas mask ban violates rights of disabled
Federal judge rules Texas mask ban violates rights of disabled
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Washington Post, National Review and CNN
Eduardo Medina / New York Times:
A judge says Texas' ban on mask mandates violates the rights of students with disabilities.
A judge says Texas' ban on mask mandates violates the rights of students with disabilities.
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Dallas Morning News, U.S. Department of Justice and NPR, more at Techmeme »
Dartunorro Clark / NBC News:
Judge rules Texas Gov. Greg Abbott's ban on school mask mandates violates federal law
Judge rules Texas Gov. Greg Abbott's ban on school mask mandates violates federal law
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Austin American-Statesman, UPI, Politico and Common Dreams
Ed Morrissey / HotAir:
Obama adviser: Bidenflation is real and it's spectacular — and directly tied to Biden's stimulus — I hate to say we told you so back in February — so let's let one of Barack Obama's economists say it instead. “They poured kerosene on a fire,” former Obama administration economic adviser …
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Ed Morrissey / HotAir:
Too dumb to check: Biden to improve standing with voters by hiring ...
Too dumb to check: Biden to improve standing with voters by hiring ...
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Chris Sommerfeldt / New York Daily News:
Black Lives Matter activists threaten ‘riots’ if Mayor-elect Eric Adams reinstates controversial NYPD anti-crime units — Leaders of the city's Black Lives Matter movement on Wednesday threatened “riots” and “bloodshed” in the streets if Mayor-elect Eric Adams reverses the abolition of the NYPD's controversial anti-crime units.
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HotAir, The Daily Caller, Fox News and Twitchy
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New York Post:
BLM leader says there will be ‘bloodshed’ after spat with Eric Adams over police reform — A Black Lives Matter leader said there will be “bloodshed” after debating police reform with Mayor-elect Eric Adams during a contentious sit-down with the incoming Democrat at Brooklyn Borough Hall Wednesday.
Washington Post:
Pressure builds on Meadows to cooperate with Jan. 6 committee as White House rejects his executive privilege claims — The House Select committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol and the White House are ramping up the pressure on former Trump White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows …
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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
Perry Bacon Jr / Washington Post:
Have Democrats reached the limits of White appeasement politics? — There is a flip side to the White grievance of the right — and it's one of the most important but under-discussed aspects of American politics. — In the decades since the passage of the Civil Rights and Voting Rights acts in the 1960s …
Miranda Devine / New York Post:
Kyle Rittenhouse shooting a clear case of self-defense — It was hard to watch Kyle Rittenhouse break down during almost five hours in the witness box Wednesday. — Over and over, he was forced to relive the traumatic evening of August 25, 2020, when he was chased by a murderous antifa mob …
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BizPac Review, ABC13 and IJR
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Paul Waldman / Washington Post:
Kyle Rittenhouse's story is a tragedy. The right thinks it's a triumph.
Kyle Rittenhouse's story is a tragedy. The right thinks it's a triumph.
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Fox News, No More Mister Nice Blog, Human Events, Daily Kos, NBC Chicago and The Hill
Amy Cheng / Washington Post:
London's River Thames, now home to sharks, seals and seahorses, is no longer ‘biologically dead’ — Some 60 years ago, parts of the River Thames were declared biologically dead. But the famous waterway that cuts through London has been revived and it is now home to hundreds of wildlife species, such as seahorses and sharks.
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Chris Buckley / New York Times:
China's Communist Party Paves the Way for Xi to Extend His Rule — Here's what you need to know: — Eyeing his future, Xi Jinping rewrites the past. — 阅读.体中 文. • 閱讀.體中 文. — China's Communist Party delivered Xi Jinping …
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New York Magazine and Al Jazeera
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Congresswoman Jackie Speier:
Speier and Congressional Colleagues to Introduce Resolution Calling for Censure of Rep Gosar — WASHINGTON, D.C. - Congresswoman Jackie Speier (CA-14), co-chair of the Democratic Women's Caucus (DWC), and Representatives Jim Cooper (TN-5); Brenda Lawrence (MI-14), co-chair of the DWC …
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The Daily Caller, Rolling Stone, HuffPost and The Hill
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Roger Sollenberger / The Daily Beast:
Embattled GOP Senator Says a Staffer Messed Up His Campaign Reports and Vanished. We Found Him in Minutes. — Sen. Mike Braun (R-IN) is accused of a number of major campaign-finance violations. The campaign blames it on one particular staffer who it says “vanished.” Not quite.
Becket Adams / Washington Examiner:
Good riddance to Brian Williams — After 28 long years, disgraced former NBC News anchor Brian Williams is leaving the Peacock network. — Thus falls another overpaid anchor of little talent in an industry replete with overpaid anchors of little talent. — Williams, who was demoted …
Hans Nichols / Axios:
Manchin may delay Biden social spending plan over inflation — Red-hot inflation data validates the instinct of Sen. Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.) to punt President Biden's Build Back Better agenda until next year — potentially killing a quick deal on the $1.75 trillion package, people familiar with the matter tell Axios.
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Breitbart, Noahpinion, Bloomberg and HotAir
Justin Davidson / Curbed:
Perfecting the New York Street An achievable, replicable plan for a city that's embracing public space as never before. — When automobiles first appeared on the streets of New York, quickly and decisively transforming the city into an early center of car culture, those streets bent to their needs.
Gabby Orr / CNN:
Trump allies are pushing for ‘stay away’ strategy in some 2022 races — (CNN)Donald Trump is expected to maintain a prolific schedule of campaign rallies to boost Republicans in next year's midterms. But on the heels of Gov.-elect Glenn Youngkin's victory in Virginia …
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The Nation, Insider and Raw Story
Jeff Stein / Washington Post:
Democrats' lofty tax agenda imperiled by resistance from within — The White House and its allies wanted to rewrite the tax code, raising rates on businesses and the wealthy. But key Democrats balked, and they scaled everything back. — Democrats swept into power earlier this year promising …
Ken Dilanian / NBC News:
Domestic extremists pushing violence against Congress, school and health officials, DHS bulletin says — WASHINGTON — Domestic extremists continue to exploit false narratives to promote violence online, calling for attacks on members of Congress, public health and school officials …
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UPI, Political Wire, Department of Homeland …, CNN, The Gateway Pundit, CBS News and Raw Story
CNBC:
After weeks of declines, U.S. Covid cases have stalled at a high level: ‘The ERs are packed’ — New infections have dropped to an average of more than 74,000 per day over the past week, a 57% fall from the delta wave's peak level of 172,500 new cases per day on Sept. 13.
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Ann Coulter:
I Read Biden's Build Back Better Plan and ... Oh, My God — The White House's official press release announcing the Build Back Better Act (BBB) pitches it as a “PLAN TO REBUILD THE MIDDLE CLASS.” It rhapsodizes about “working families” squeezed by the economy, and reminds voters that …
New York Post:
Hunter Biden makes flashy NYC art scene debut at gallery show for his pricey paintings — First son Hunter Biden acted like a full-fledged member of the New York art scene Wednesday evening, making a flashy appearance at the gallery where his unexpectedly pricey paintings are being displayed.
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Fox News and Power Line
Aaron Blake / Washington Post:
‘I think we should throw those books in a fire’: Movement builds on right to target books — Perhaps the most infamous quote of the 2021 Virginia governor's race — and indeed of any 2021 race — belongs to Democrat Terry McAuliffe: “I don't think parents should be telling schools what they should teach.”
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Esquire, NBC 5 Dallas-Fort Worth, Raw Story, Washington Examiner, Insider, TheBlaze, Lawyers, Guns & Money and Talking Points Memo
Marc Lacey / New York Times:
F.W. de Klerk, Last President of Apartheid South Africa, Dies at 85 — A prominent Afrikaner, he vehemently defended the separation of the races but later stunned his deeply divided nation, and the wider world, by reconsidering the country's racist ways. — F.W. de Klerk, who as president …
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Joseph Simonson / Washington Free Beacon:
Customs and Border Protection May Lose Thousands of Agents Due To Vaccine Mandate — As illegal immigration surges, the Biden administration threatens to toss unvaccinated law enforcement officials — Nearly one in five staff members at Customs and Border Protection have not received a COVID-19 vaccine …
Hollywood Reporter:
Hollywood Studio Projects Get Stricter About COVID-19 Vaccine Mandates — As the federal government pushes employers to act, producers are increasingly enforcing the requirements: “Nobody wants an Aaron Rodgers situation.” — As studios debate how to handle COVID-19 vaccine resistance …