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Maggie Haberman / New York Times:
Chris Christie Wants the Post-Trump G.O.P. to Move Past Trump — 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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Menace Enters the Republican Mainstream — Threats of violence have become commonplace among a significant part of the party, as historians and those who study democracy warn of a dark shift in American politics. — At a conservative rally in western Idaho last month …
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Outside the Beltway, The Hill and Raw Story
U.S. Department of Justice:
Stephen K. Bannon Indicted for Contempt of Congress — Two Charges Filed for Failing to Honor House Subpoena From Select Committee Investigating Jan. 6 Capitol Breach — Stephen K. Bannon was indicted today by a federal grand jury on two counts of contempt of Congress stemming from his failure …
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New York Times:
Bannon Indicted on Contempt Charges Over House's Capitol Riot Inquiry — Stephen K. Bannon, a former top aide to Donald Trump, had refused to comply with subpoenas from the House committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack on Congress. — WASHINGTON — Stephen K. Bannon …
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Aaron Blake / Washington Post:
The big warning signal Stephen Bannon's indictment sends
The big warning signal Stephen Bannon's indictment sends
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Select Committee to Investigate …:
Thompson & Cheney Statement on Mark Meadows
Thompson & Cheney Statement on Mark Meadows
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Claudia Grisales / NPR:
Mark Meadows' “defiance” could lead to contempt referral, Jan. 6 panel says
Mark Meadows' “defiance” could lead to contempt referral, Jan. 6 panel says
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Paul Waldman / Washington Post:
The Republican Party's violence problem
Charlie Savage / New York Times:
Appeals Court Extends Block on Biden's Vaccine Mandate for Employers — A three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit held that challengers were likely to succeed in their claim that the mandate was an unlawful overreach. — WASHINGTON — A federal appeals court …
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Dan Whitcomb / Reuters:
U.S. appeals court affirms hold on Biden COVID-19 vaccine mandate
U.S. appeals court affirms hold on Biden COVID-19 vaccine mandate
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Jonathan Stempel / Reuters:
Former ‘Apprentice’ contestant Zervos abruptly ends lawsuit against Donald Trump — Summer Zervos, a former contestant on “The Apprentice” who accused Donald Trump of sexually assaulting her, on Friday ended her nearly five-year-old defamation lawsuit against the former U.S. president.
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Project Veritas Tells Judge It Was Assured Biden Diary Was Legally Obtained — But a search warrant in the case suggests the Justice Department believes the diary kept by the president's daughter Ashley Biden was stolen. — Project Veritas, the conservative group under scrutiny …
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Barnini Chakraborty / Washington Examiner:
Some journalists and court watchers admit initial bias in Rittenhouse trial — The nation has been glued to the Kyle Rittenhouse trial, watching live feeds of courtroom proceedings and flocking to social media to discuss everything from the judge's quirks to the defendant's “crocodile tears.”
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Jim Treacher / Who the Hell Is Jim Treacher?:
Kyle Rittenhouse Shot Three (3) White People and Zero (0) Black People
Kyle Rittenhouse Shot Three (3) White People and Zero (0) Black People
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Ta-Nehisi Coates / The Atlantic:
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 …
Andrew Sullivan / The Weekly Dish:
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 …
Bridget Murphy / Newsday:
Police patrols around Rep. Andrew Garbarino's office stepped up after death threat, commissioner says — Nassau Police Commissioner Patrick Ryder said Friday that patrols are being stepped up around the local office of U.S. Rep. Andrew Garbarino after a retired Long Island Rail Road worker allegedly phoned …
Washington Post:
Backlash to school books centering on race, sex and LGBTQ people turns into conservative rallying cry — The scene in Spotsylvania County this week unfolded like many others — a parent stepped up to a microphone in a nondescript room, glanced at a sheet of prepared remarks and claimed …
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Jon Levine / New York Post:
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,” …
Brett Wilkins / Common Dreams:
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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Politico and Bipartisan Report
Davis Winkie / Army Times:
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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David Leonhardt / New York Times:
How Does This End? — Thinking about Covid and normalcy. — Among the Covid experts I regularly talk with, Dr. Robert Wachter is one of the more cautious. He worries about “long Covid,” and he believes that many people should receive booster shots. He says that he may wear a mask …
CNN:
Pardon for Homer Plessy, of Plessy v. Ferguson's ‘separate but equal’ ruling, heads to Louisiana governor's desk — (CNN)Homer Plessy, whose 19th century case Plessy v. Ferguson became a landmark civil rights Supreme Court ruling, is only a step away from a posthumous full pardon from the state of Louisiana.
Tamar Hallerman / Atlanta Journal-Constitution:
Fulton DA mulling rarely used special grand jury for Trump probe — Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis is likely to impanel a special grand jury to support her probe of former President Donald Trump, a move that could aid prosecutors in what's expected to be a complicated and drawn …
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Zach Montellaro / Politico:
Nationalized races threaten Dem governors in '22 — The sharp swing away from Democrats last week in Virginia and New Jersey has the party newly alarmed about even more vulnerable governorships across the country next year. — President Joe Biden's sinking approval rating in Virginia …
New York Times:
COP26 Live Updates: Negotiators Release New Draft Climate Accord — As the U.N. summit in Glasgow stretched well past a Friday deadline, delegates were poring over a possible agreement. The summit's president vowed that talks would end on Saturday, but any deal needs approval from roughly 200 countries.
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New York Times:
In France, Kamala Harris Asserts Herself as a Diplomatic Asset — The vice president met with President Emmanuel Macron of France, skirting recent U.S.-French tensions, and immersed herself in issues like Libya and cybersecurity. — PARIS — Vice President Kamala Harris spent hours talking …
Steve Peoples / Associated Press:
Inside DNC chair's ‘challenging’ bid to avert midterm defeat — He is not particularly close to the White House. He's never won statewide office or a seat in Congress. And just last year, he lost a high-profile Senate race by double digits. — But if you ask him, Jaime Harrison will tell …
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W. Joseph Campbell / The Hill:
After a misfire in New Jersey, pollster offers a remarkable apology for error — All too often when their work goes awry, election pollsters turn to feeble excuses such as “polls really aren't predictions. They're just snapshots in time.” That is nonsense, because no pollster takes …
Wilson Email / Parents Defending Education:
Additional NSBA Board Member Emails — Over the past several weeks, additional emails from NSBA board members were received from a variety of public records requests. Highlights are attached and excerpted below. — Viola Garcia's colleagues in Aldine ISD congratulated her on her appointment …
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