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Chris Christie Wants the Post-Trump G.O.P. to Move Past 2020 — In a new book and in an interview, Mr. Christie says that if the former president wants to be a positive force, “he's got to let this other stuff go.” — Chris Christie wants to be very clear about something: The election of 2020 was not stolen.
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Washington Post, The Guardian, Raw Story, POLITICUSUSA, Mother Jones and BizPac Review
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Sorry, Mr. Trump: Executive privilege is President Biden's to assert
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New York Times and Mother Jones


How the U.S. Hid an Airstrike That Killed Dozens of Civilians in Syria — The military never conducted an independent investigation into a 2019 bombing on the last bastion of the Islamic State, despite concerns about a secretive commando force. — In the last days of the battle …
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Forbes and Rolling Stone


At COP26, nations speed climate action but leave world still headed for dangerous warming — As negotiators praised the compromise the minister from the low-lying Maldives noted, “It will be too late” for her nation and others most vulnerable to climate impacts.
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Politico, Washington Examiner and New York Times
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Nations reach climate deal with unprecedented reference to fossil fuels, but doesn't reflect urgency of crisis — Glasgow, Scotland (CNN)A COP26 agreement was reached on Saturday with an unprecedented reference to the role of fossil fuels in the climate crisis, with an 11th-hour change …
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Associated Press and ABC17NEWS


Harris and Buttigieg under the spotlight amid uncertainty over Biden's future — PARIS — Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg started his week in the White House press briefing room promoting a crown jewel of President Biden's legislative agenda — a landmark public works package that recently passed with bipartisan support.
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The Man Who Freed Me From Cant — I always find it hard to list the books that have influenced me the most. Memory is tricky, and a work can assert its influences over my thinking long after I've forgotten its particular details, or even its title. Moreover, people who set as their job …


US announces big hike in Medicare premiums — (CNN)The federal government announced a large hike in Medicare premiums Friday night, blaming the pandemic but also what it called uncertainty over how much it may have to be forced to pay for a pricey and controversial new Alzheimer's drug.


Oklahoma Guard goes rogue, rejects COVID vaccine mandate after sudden change of command — The new commander of the Oklahoma National Guard has declared the organization will not enforce the Defense Department's COVID-19 vaccine mandate on its troops, according to local media outlets.
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The Oklahoman
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Americans Need to Learn to Live More Like Europeans — Supply-chain shortages are constraining U.S. consumers' endless appetite for buying whatever they want whenever they want. It's about time. — It's become the conventional wisdom that the U.S. economy is built on Americans' endless appetite to buy lots and lots of stuff.
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Twitchy


FBI raid on Project Veritas founder's home sparks questions about press freedom — The Biden administration's effort to establish itself as a committed champion of press freedom is facing new doubts because of the Justice Department's aggressive legal tactics against a conservative provocateur known for his hidden-camera video stings.
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‘Staggeringly overbroad’: Court affirms pause on Biden vax mandate for private biz — An appeals court on Friday upheld its decision to pause President Biden's sweeping vaccine mandate for private companies, calling the rule “staggeringly overbroad.” — A three-member panel …
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Yahoo News, HotAir, Townhall and Fox Business
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U.S. appeals court affirms hold on Biden COVID-19 vaccine mandate
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Fox News, Politico, Slate, Insider, Breitbart, The Last Refuge, CBS News, Washington Examiner, Deseret News, 6abc and The Right Scoop


Fox News edits video of Biden to make it seem he was being racially insensitive — Fox & Friends host played edited clip before claiming the US president was ‘facing backlash’ for his remarks — Fox News edited video of Joe Biden to remove context from remarks some could judge as racially insensitive.
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The American Independent, Washington Examiner and Washington Post
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Fox News's shamelessly dishonest attack on President Biden
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PolitiFact, The Western Journal and Media Matters for America

Documents Expose ‘Staggering Pattern of Political Interference’ in Trump's Covid-19 Response — “Top elected officials preferred to keep Americans in the dark and set policy based on political considerations, not science,” said one former CDC adviser. — Documents released Friday reveal …
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Rolling Stone, Politico and Bipartisan Report


Sinema's shift: ‘Prada socialist’ to corporate donor magnet — WASHINGTON (AP) — Twenty years ago, a Green Party activist running for the Phoenix City Council named Kyrsten Sinema likened raising campaign cash to “bribery.” — Now a first-term senator from Arizona, she no longer has such qualms.
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ABC17NEWS


When All The Media Narratives Collapse — In case after case, the US MSM just keeps getting it wrong. — The news is a perilous business. It's perilous because the first draft of history is almost always somewhat wrong, and needs a second draft, and a third, and so on, over time …
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HotAir


Retirement talk growing around Rep. Jerry Nadler — Rep. Jerry Nadler, a liberal warhorse who has represented Manhattan's West Side in Congress since 1992, may pack it in at the end of his current term, insiders tell The Post. — “People are wondering when he would decide to retire,” …
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Fox News, BizPac Review and Political Wire


Migrants Say Belarusians Took Them to E.U. Border and Supplied Wire Cutters — Iraqi Kurds and other migrants said they were fleeing despair at home, but Belarus encouraged them, offering visas and helping them get to the border. — SULAIMANIYA, Iraq — The sudden surge of migrants …
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UPI, Breitbart, Fox News, The Guardian, New York Post, One America News Network and Associated Press


Judge in Kyle Rittenhouse trial faces backlash from ‘Asian food’ joke: ‘Definitely not okay’ — As the court in the murder trial of Kyle Rittenhouse was set to adjourn for lunch Thursday, Judge Bruce E. Schroeder thought it was a good time to joke about whether their food would get there on time.
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Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion, The Daily Wire, The Daily Beast, CNN and Townhall
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Kyle Rittenhouse Shot Three (3) White People and Zero (0) Black People
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Instapundit


13-yr-old watches father die as staffing crisis likely delayed police, fire response — In two 911 calls, a 13-year-old Seattle teen pleaded for help as his father suffered a medical emergency in their apartment. But what would normally elicit an immediate response was delayed, and the father died.
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Fox News, The Gateway Pundit and NOQ Report


On Podcasts and Radio, Misleading Covid-19 Talk Goes Unchecked — False statements about vaccines have spread on the “Wild West” of media, even as some hosts die of virus complications. — On a recent episode of his podcast, Rick Wiles, a pastor and self-described “citizen reporter,” …
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Balloon Juice