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Associated Press:
Wyoming GOP votes to stop recognizing Cheney as a Republican — CASPER, Wyo. (AP) — The Wyoming Republican Party will no longer recognize Liz Cheney as a member of the GOP in its second formal rebuke for her criticism of former President Donald Trump. — The 31-29 vote Saturday in Buffalo …
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Victoria Eavis / Casper Star-Tribune:
Wyoming GOP votes to no longer recognize Rep. Cheney as a Republican — Wyoming Republican leaders voted this weekend to no longer recognize Rep. Liz Cheney as a member of their party. — The resolution, which does not strip Cheney of any tangible power, passed the Wyoming GOP Central Committee …
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Monique Beals / The Hill:
Wyoming GOP votes to no longer recognize Cheney as a Republican — The Wyoming Republican Party voted on Saturday to no longer recognize Rep. Liz Cheney (R-Wyo.) as a member of the GOP. — The state party central committee's 31-29 vote followed similar votes by Republican officials …
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Michael Drapa / University of Chicago News:
Statement from Chancellor Robert J. Zimmer on his role for the University of Austin — I was asked to serve in an advisory role to the University of Austin by its founding president, Dr. Pano Kanelos. This board had no fiduciary, oversight or management responsibilities.
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Alex Pareene / The AP (Alex Pareene) Newsletter:
I've Heard You Have Some Questions About the New University My Friends and I Are Starting — The APU FAQ — What is the APU? — The University of Alaska Pacific, or APU, is a new university located in Alaska devoted to rational inquiry, free expression, and open debate. — Why is the acronym APU?
Peter Wade / Rolling Stone:
Mnuchin and Pompeo Discussed a Plan to Oust Trump from Office on Jan. 6: Report — “In the hours after the riot, there were high-level conversations about” using the 25th Amendment to kick Trump out of office, according to ABC News' Jonathan Karl — Steve Mnuchin and Mike Pompeo discussed …
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 …
Justin Rohrlich / The Daily Beast:
Teen Who Torched Synagogue Seethed About Jews in Disturbing Diary, Feds Say — Franklin Barrett Sechriest, a former National Guard member, also spewed vitriol toward African-Americans, a newly unsealed federal complaint reveals. — A Texas teen accused of setting fire to an Austin, Texas …
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Elizabeth Williamson / New York Times:
Alex Jones Liable by Default in All Sandy Hook Defamation Suits — A Connecticut judge's ruling combines with decisions in Texas to grant a clean sweep for families of shooting victims in their cases against the Infowars host. — A superior court in Connecticut granted a sweeping victory …
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Robin Bravender / Insider:
Kamala Harris' allies lash out at the media and each other as the bad press keeps piling up — Vice President Kamala Harris is facing more bad press. — Her allies are increasingly frustrated by reports of infighting in the White House. — They blame the press and anonymous leaks from her orbit.
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Ryan Grim / The Intercept:
It's Not Just White People: Democrats Are Losing Normal Voters of All Races … Last Monday, a Democratic firm hosted focus groups with women in Virginia who voted in 2017 for Democratic Gov. Ralph Northam, in 2020 for Democratic President Joe Biden, and then this month for Republican Gov.-elect Glenn Youngkin.
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Alan Rappeport / New York Times:
An empowered I.R.S. emerges as the linchpin of Biden's social policy bill. — WASHINGTON — President Biden's pledge to fully pay for his $1.85 trillion social policy and climate spending package depends in large part on having a beefed up Internal Revenue Service crack down on tax evaders …
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Paul M. Duggan / Washington Post:
Proud Boys leader seeks release from D.C. jail, alleging inhumane conditions — A national leader of the Proud Boys, a far-right group with a history of violence, asked a judge on Monday to release him from the D.C. jail and place him on home confinement, citing what he described as inhumane conditions in the facility.
Eda Aker / Yale Daily News:
Two students sue Yale Law administrators for alleged retaliation in Amy Chua case — Two unnamed Yale Law School students filed a complaint Monday against three Law School administrators and the University for allegedly “blackball[ing]” them from job opportunities after they refused to endorse …
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Brian Sharp / Democrat and Chronicle:
Dems on verge of seizing control of Monroe County Legislature; first time in 30 years — Democrats appear to have taken control of the Monroe County Legislature for the first time in more than 30 years. — Unofficial absentee and affidavit counts, tabulated Monday, flipped two close races …
NBC News:
Parents protesting ‘critical race theory’ identify another target: Mental health programs — At a September school board meeting in Southlake, Texas, a parent named Tara Eddins strode to the lectern during the public comment period and demanded to know why the Carroll Independent School District …
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Chicago Sun-Times
Jill Lawrence / USA Today:
Infrastructure was once a crashing bore. Now it symbolizes our sick, violent politics. — Will this be the last gasp of bipartisan deal-making? If it's this dangerous to vote for infrastructure, there's no safe common ground in politics. — View Comments
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Chuck Ross / Washington Free Beacon:
Biden Infrastructure Czar Advises Pro-China Group — President Joe Biden's pick to oversee $1.2 trillion in infrastructure spending is a top adviser to a trade organization that seeks Chinese investment in American infrastructure. — Mitch Landrieu serves as strategic adviser …
Washington Post:
Facebook took down a New Mexico militia group's accounts. Prosecutors say it deleted key evidence. — A legal showdown highlights a tension between social media companies' content moderation efforts and real-world prosecutions — In June 2020, a group of men in military-style camouflage …
Ally Mutnick / Politico:
Trump wades into West Virginia member-vs-member race — Former President Donald Trump is endorsing GOP Rep. Alex Mooney in the member-vs.-member primary in West Virginia over GOP Rep. David McKinley, who recently voted for the new infrastructure law. — His decision does not come as a surprise.
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Sarah Scire / Nieman Lab:
The end of “click to subscribe, call to cancel”? One of the news industry's favorite retention tactics is illegal, FTC says — Most U.S. news organizations won't let readers cancel online. The Federal Trade Commission wants that to change. — Discovering they had to get on the phone …
Bill Grueskin / New York Times:
The Steele Dossier Indicted the Media — Mr. Grueskin is a professor of professional practice and former academic dean at Columbia Journalism School. He has held senior editing positions at The Wall Street Journal, The Miami Herald and Bloomberg News. — On Jan. 10, 2017 …
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ADF Media:
Cross v. Loudoun County School Board — Description: A Loudoun County Public Schools policy requires all faculty and students, regardless of their beliefs about biological sex and gender, to use the pronouns that students demand regardless of their biological sex. — Loudoun County teacher wins free speech battle
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Hans Nichols / Axios:
Scoop: Welch preparing to run for Senate — Rep. Peter Welch (D-Vt.) is indicating to colleagues he's preparing to run for the Senate seat being vacated by Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.), people familiar with the matter tell Axios. — Why it matters: Vermont has never sent a woman to serve in either the House or Senate.
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Luke Sullivan / Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost:
Attorney General Yost Sues Facebook for Securities Fraud After Misleading Disclosures, Allegations of Harm to Children — (COLUMBUS, Ohio) — Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost has filed a lawsuit against the social-media giant Facebook for misleading the public on how it controlled …
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Hannah Mullen / Balls and Strikes:
How Judges Turn Your Legal Rights Into Worthless Promises — If courts make it impossible for you to do anything about violations of your rights, those rights are worth nothing at all. — On the evening of June 7, 2010, a U.S. Border Patrol Agent shot 15-year-old Sergio Adrián Hernández Güereca in the face.
Bloomberg:
Prince Andrew's £1.5 Million Loan Paid Off by Top Political Donor — Company linked to businessman David Rowland transferred funds — Duke of York helped Banque Havilland pitch clients for years — One of the British Conservative Party's biggest donors transferred 1.5 million pounds …
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The Daily Beast
BBC:
Aung San Suu Kyi being treated well: Myanmar army — Myanmar's military has told the BBC that authorities are not mistreating ousted leader Aung San Suu Kyi. — The 76-year-old former leader has not been seen in public since a February military coup removed her from office.
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The White House:
Executive Order on Improving Public Safety and Criminal Justice for Native Americans and Addressing the Crisis of Missing or Murdered Indigenous People — By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, I hereby order as follows: