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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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Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:
Report: Sidney Powell Even Crazier Than You Think … It takes a certain kind of legal mind to decide to go to work for Donald Trump. Since Trump transparently does not believe in the rule of law in any way, shape, or form, serving him in a legal capacity is a bit like taking a job as Jeffrey Dahmer's ethicist.
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Raw Story
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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Charlie Savage / New York Times:
Trump Seeks Continued Block on Sending White House Files to Jan. 6 Panel
Kimberly Wehle / The Bulwark:
Trump in the Wings? — The lawsuits over the former president's executive privilege claims feed …
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Politico, Daily Kos, Raw Story, The Daily Caller and CNN
Fox News:
PolitiFact doubles down on widely mocked ‘fact-check’ claiming Rittenhouse's possession of weapon wasn't legal — ‘Our fact-check remains unchanged,’ a lengthy editor's note concludes — PolitiFact doubled down on Tuesday after being roasted for a poorly aged “fact-check” …
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New York Post, Breitbart, JONATHAN TURLEY and The Federalist
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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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Congressman Gary Palmer:
Palmer on New Funding for Birmingham's Northern Beltline — Media Contact: Elizabeth Hance (202) 225-4921 — Washington, D.C. - The newly passed infrastructure bill, signed into law by President Biden, includes legislation introduced by Congressman Gary Palmer (AL-06) and Congressman David Trone …
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Yahoo News, Joe.My.God. and Political Wire
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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
Washington Post:
House to vote to censure Gosar, remove him from committees over violent anime video depicting Ocasio-Cortez's killing — The House will vote Wednesday on a resolution that both censures Rep. Paul A. Gosar (R-Ariz.) and removes him from his committee assignments, more than one week …
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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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Ed Morrissey / HotAir:
Dems' gloom increases over midterms: Afghanistan fallout?
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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 …
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 and Committee for a …
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.
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Insider, Joe.My.God. and Eschaton
Glenn Greenwald:
Kyle Rittenhouse, Project Veritas, and the Inability to Think in Terms of Principles — Those whose worldview is bereft of universally applied principles, and based solely on tribal allegiances, assume everyone else is plagued by this very deficiency. — The FBI has executed a string …
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Washington Post, The Western Journal, HotAir and Glenn Greenwald
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 …
Sophie Egan / New York Times:
Does It Matter if I Eat the Stickers on Fruits and Vegetables? — I keep finding myself biting into an apple or a peach, only to find I've eaten half the sticker the store put on there. Is there any harm in eating produce stickers? — While the stickers that get placed on fruits …
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Twitchy
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, TheBlaze, Twitchy, IJR and Townhall
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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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.
Kana Ruhalter / The Daily Beast:
COVID-Positive Republican Senator Charged for Inappropriately Grabbing Nurse — HANDS OFF — John Bizon, a Republican state senator of Michigan and a doctor, has been charged with misdemeanor assault after allegedly grabbing a nurse practitioner and squeezing her waist inappropriately, according to MLive.com.
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MLive.com and Lansing State Journal
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 …
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Joe.My.God. and Raw Story
Gabriel Sandoval / THE CITY:
Democrat Justin Brannan Declares Brooklyn Council Seat Victory in Squeaker — City Councilmember Justin Brannan (D-Brooklyn) declared victory Tuesday in a tight race as mail-in ballot tallies erased his Republican challenger's narrow lead. — First-time GOP candidate Brian Fox had emerged …
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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WKRG-TV and Political Wire
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
Benjamin Weiser / New York Times:
New Wrinkle in Ghislaine Maxwell Trial as Judge May Be Promoted — Senator Chuck Schumer will recommend Judge Alison J. Nathan for a seat on a federal appeals court, but the fraught case could put her in an unusual predicament. — The Manhattan judge presiding in the high-profile trial …
Politico:
Congress could face mid-December debt disaster, Yellen warns — The White House expects to dodge an early-December debt cliff by sitting on a stack of infrastructure cash, Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said Tuesday. — The bipartisan infrastructure bill President Joe Biden signed into law …
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Washington Examiner and Bloomberg
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.
Ina Fried / Axios:
Olympics changes guidance for transgender and intersex athletes — The International Olympic Committee on Tuesday announced a new framework for transgender athletes, as well as those born with intersex conditions that foregoes a “one-size-fits-all” approach in favor of encouraging each sport's governing body …
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The 19th
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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New York Times:
The F.D.A. plans to authorize Pfizer-BioNTech boosters for all adults as soon as Thursday. — WASHINGTON — The Food and Drug Administration is aiming to authorize booster doses of Pfizer-BioNTech's coronavirus vaccine for all adults as early as Thursday, a move that would expand the number …
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Noreen Malone / Vogue:
Unfriended: Frances Haugen on Her Facebook Testimony and What Comes Next — It's early on a Tuesday night in October, and Frances Haugen and I are at a bright restaurant in a dark corner of Old San Juan, Puerto Rico—a few blocks from the Castillo de San Cristóbal.
Star Tribune:
Minnesota has nation's worst 7-day rate of new COVID-19 infections — But the “whole Midwest is lighting up,” according to infectious disease expert. — TEXT SIZE — MORE — Minnesota's rate of new coronavirus infections has been worst in the nation over the past seven days …
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