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Jennifer Szalai / New York Times:
In Another Trump Book, a Journalist's Belated Awareness Steals the Show … When you purchase an independently reviewed book through our site, we earn an affiliate commission. — By the looks of his formidable résumé, the veteran Beltway journalist Jonathan Karl shouldn't startle all that easily.
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HuffPost and Balloon Juice
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Charlie Savage / New York Times:
Trump Seeks Continued Block on Sending White House Files to Jan. 6 Panel — The ex-president's brief to a federal appeals court argued that his residual secrecy powers could block a House subpoena for information about the Capitol riot. — WASHINGTON — Former President Donald J. Trump asked …
Kimberly Wehle / The Bulwark:
Trump in the Wings? — The lawsuits over the former president's executive privilege claims feed …
Trump in the Wings? — The lawsuits over the former president's executive privilege claims feed …
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Politico, Daily Kos, The Daily Caller, Raw Story and CNN
Josh Rogin / Washington Post:
Biden administration soon to announce diplomatic boycott of the Beijing Olympics — With the Beijing Winter Olympics just three months away, the Biden administration will soon have to make clear whether it plans to send an official delegation to China. But sooner rather than later …
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Politico, CNN, HotAir, The White House, Insider, Breitbart, The Guardian, Defense One, The American Spectator, New York Times, Mediaite, China Media Project, Informed Comment, The Daily Wire, Twitchy, Political Wire and UPI
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Steven Lee Myers / New York Times:
Biden and Xi Pledge More Cooperation, but Offer No Breakthroughs
Biden and Xi Pledge More Cooperation, but Offer No Breakthroughs
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Associated Press, Fox News, Bloomberg, DCReport.org, UPI, The Daily Caller, unz.com, The Guardian, Breitbart, Raw Story, Washington Post, Atlantic Council, NPR, The Hill, The Federalist and The Daily Wire
Will Steakin / ABC News:
Trump allies pressed Defense Department to help overturn election, new book says — Michael Flynn told a DoD official that Democrats were “stealing the election.” — In the aftermath of the 2020 election, some of Donald Trump's closest allies embarked on an unprecedented effort …
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Daily Kos, Insider, Mediaite, Talking Points Memo, Occupy Democrats, Rolling Stone, Raw Story and Crooks and Liars
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Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:
Report: Sidney Powell Even Crazier Than You Think
Report: Sidney Powell Even Crazier Than You Think
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Raw Story
Nicole Gaudiano / Insider:
Democrats plan to swing back aggressively at Republicans on critical race theory claims — Democratic strategists say the party should hit back harder against GOP critical race theory claims. — “On a political level, it's a real threat,” one strategist told Insider.
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Twitchy, Ace of Spades HQ, Washington Post, Los Angeles Times and NBC News
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Ed Morrissey / HotAir:
Dems' gloom increases over midterms: Afghanistan fallout?
Dems' gloom increases over midterms: Afghanistan fallout?
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The Hill and Washington Post
Wall Street Journal:
FBI Tracks Threats Against Teachers, School-Board Members — Many Republicans see prospect of criminalizing concerned parents — WASHINGTON—The Federal Bureau of Investigation has set up a process to track threats against school-board members and teachers, moving to implement …
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Washington Examiner, Fox News, Townhall, Page Array, Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion and Breaking911
Washington Post:
The second-biggest program in the Democrats' spending plan gives billions to the rich … The House is expected to vote this week on President Biden's Build Back Better legislation. The social spending bill includes investments in clean energy and affordable child care …
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Bloomberg, Breitbart, Jacobin, TheBlaze and Committee for a …
Emily Singer / The American Independent:
GOP lawmaker takes credit for infrastructure funding after voting against it — Republicans have begun to take credit for things in the infrastructure bill they didn't vote for. — Rep. Gary Palmer (R-AL) on Monday night touted “critical funding” that President Joe Biden's infrastructure bill provided …
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The Philadelphia Inquirer, Washington Post, Talking Points Memo and The Western Journal
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Associated Press:
Jury begins deliberations at Kyle Rittenhouse murder trial — In an unusual move, Kyle Rittenhouse was allowed by Judge Bruce Schroeder to draw the numbered slips of paper from a raffle drum that determined which of the 18 people who sat in judgment during the trial would decide his fate and which ones would be dismissed as alternates.
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Insider, Metro.co.uk, WKRG-TV and NBC Chicago
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Christopher Mathias / HuffPost:
Tucker Carlson's Jan. 6 ‘Documentary’ Is His Most Nakedly Fascist Piece Of Propaganda Yet — His recent series for Fox Nation, “Patriot Purge,” is setting the stage for something even worse than the attack on the Capitol. — Tucker Carlson's “Patriot Purge,” a revisionist history …
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Media Matters for America
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Nikki McCann Ramirez / Media Matters for America:
On Fox Nation, Tucker Carlson goes full anti-vaccine with Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
On Fox Nation, Tucker Carlson goes full anti-vaccine with Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
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Insider, Joe.My.God. and Eschaton
Steve Benen / MSNBC:
New anti-election memo from Team Trump comes into sharper focus — Bannon makes curious choice of lawyer for contempt of Congress case — Over the course of the last year, the public has learned in frightening detail just how far Donald Trump and his team went to pressure …
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Raw Story and Right Wing Watch
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Arthur Delaney / HuffPost:
Inflation Is Not The Biggest Thing Happening In The Economy Right Now — Family poverty has substantially declined thanks to the child tax credit. — WASHINGTON ― Rising prices have crushed consumer sentiment and become a major political story as President Joe Biden struggles to enact …
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CBS Philly
Tovia Smith / NPR:
Why Boston will need to wait longer for its 1st elected Black mayor — For the first time in its history, Boston is inaugurating a newly-elected mayor on Tuesday who is not a white man. Michelle Wu - who's Asian American, is the first woman and first person of color elected to lead the city.
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Washington Free Beacon, Townhall, Twitchy and IJR
Politico:
Rep. Jackie Speier retiring from Congress — Rep. Jackie Speier on Tuesday announced she would not seek reelection to Congress next year, becoming the latest House Democrat to opt against running for another term. — “It's time for me to come home — time for me to be more than a weekend wife …
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Washington Post, Daily Kos, Roll Call, Townhall and Los Angeles Times
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Max Greenwood / The Hill:
Jackie Speier will not run for reelection to Congress in 2022
Jackie Speier will not run for reelection to Congress in 2022
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Washington Examiner, USA Today, UPI, CNN and Political Wire
Stephanie McCrummen / Washington Post:
A maternity ranch is born … ARGYLE, Tex. — The vision had come as she was driving home from the Kroger, and it was so sudden and fully formed that Aubrey Schlackman began to tell people that “it was like God placed it in my head.” — This was last year, a time when abortion …
Politico:
POLITICO Playbook: A victory lap and a reality check — DRIVING THE DAY — It was all smiles and selfies at the White House on Monday as Democrats celebrated passage of the bipartisan infrastructure deal. But rising voter concern about inflation has cast a pall over President JOE BIDEN's victory lap.
Slate:
Could a New Government Report Spell Felony Charges for Trump? — Last week, the Office of Special Counsel released a report finding that 13 senior Trump administration officials violated the Hatch Act, a statute prohibiting federal officials from using their positions to influence the outcome of partisan elections.
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Raw Story
Ryan J. Reilly / HuffPost:
Trump Fanatic Who Electroshocked D.C. Cop On Jan. 6 Tries To Get His Confession Tossed — The Trump supporter, who electroshocked Officer Mike Fanone at the Capitol on Jan. 6, is trying to argue that he wasn't properly advised of his rights. — Daniel Rodriguez, a pro-Trump extremist …
Kyle Whitmire / al.com:
Hubbard still pulling strings from prison, tapes reveal — This is an opinion column. — In September, Mike Hubbard said he was sorry — for something. — In a letter to Lee County Circuit Judge Jacob Walker, the former Alabama House speaker apologized — for his convictions. Not his crimes.
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Political Wire
David Pitt / USA Today:
Audit: Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds improperly used COVID funds for salaries — DES MOINES, Iowa — A state audit report on government spending released Monday accused Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds of using nearly $450,000 in federal coronavirus relief funds to pay salaries for 21 staff members …
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Iowa Capital Dispatch, Talking Points Memo, Joe.My.God., The American Independent and Political Wire
Washington Post:
Americans broadly support Supreme Court upholding Roe v. Wade and oppose Texas abortion law, Post-ABC poll finds — Americans say by a roughly 2-to-1 margin that the Supreme Court should uphold its landmark abortion decision in Roe v. Wade, and by a similar margin the public opposes …
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The American Independent, ABC News, IJR, Forbes, Townhall, Daily Kos, Raw Story, USA Today, Joe.My.God., Althouse and The Constitutionalist
Mike Elk / Payday Report:
Huntington Steelworkers Dig In for Multi-Month Strike at Warren Buffett's Special Metals — HUNTINGTON, West Virginia - As I arrive at the picket line outside of Special Metal's 99-year-old plant here in Huntington, the workers seem surprised to see a labor reporter out there.
CNN:
House Republicans shrug off threats of violence as Democrats prepare to punish Gosar — House Republican leaders silent as GOPers Gosar and Greene continue indecent attacks, alliances with bigots — (CNN)House Republicans are mostly shrugging off violent rhetoric within their ranks …
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Insider, Daily Kos, Mediaite, Talking Points Memo, Democrats and New Republic
The White House:
A Proclamation on Suspension of Entry as Immigrants and Nonimmigrants of Persons Responsible for Policies or Actions That Threaten Democracy in Nicaragua — In light of the importance to the United States of fostering democratic processes and institutions in Nicaragua to help …
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Insider
Ivey DeJesus / PennLive:
U.S. Rep. Scott Perry tests positive for COVID-19 — Congressman Scott Perry has tested positive for COVID-19, his office announced on Tuesday. — The office of the 10th congressional district Republican said in a statement that the lawmaker's symptoms are mild.
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The Hill, CNN and Pennsylvania Capital-Star
Jeremiah Poff / Washington Examiner:
House Republicans demand Education Department communications over NSBA parents-as-terrorist letter — Republican Reps. Jim Jordan of Ohio and Virginia Foxx of North Carolina are seeking access to communications between the Department of Education and the National School Boards Association …
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National Review and The Federalist
Axios:
Goldman: “Inflation will get worse” — “The current inflation surge will get worse this winter before it gets better,” Goldman Sachs Global Investment Research warns clients in a “2022 U.S. Economic Outlook.” — Driving the news: But Goldman expects the economy “to reaccelerate …
Jonathan V. Last / The Triad:
Andrew Sullivan and the Narrative of the “MSM Narrative” — The narrative on MSM narratives is false. — Over the weekend Andrew Sullivan published a jeremiad against the “mainstream media” that tracks pretty closely with the Matt Taibbi-Glenn Greenwald-Bari Weiss view …
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Outside the Beltway and Althouse
Southern Poverty Law Center:
Infowars Director Bought Domain Named After Terrorist — Hours after Christchurch terrorist Brenton Tarrant livestreamed the murder of 51 Muslim worshippers, Infowars information technology director Michael Zimmerman bought the domain “tarrantmanifesto.com,” leaked data from the company Epik shows.
Andrew Van Dam / Washington Post:
The government dramatically underestimated job growth this summer — Initial reports underestimated job growth by a cumulative 626,000 over four months — The government sharply underestimated job gains for most of 2021, including four months this summer in which it missed more job growth than at any other time on record.