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Michael Luciano / Mediaite:
House Democrats Roast Kevin McCarthy on Twitter for Marathon Speech: ‘Please Saw Me in Half and Put Me Out of My Misery’ — Ahead of Thursday night's House vote on the Build Back Better legislation, Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) used what's known as a “magic minute” to talk for much, much, much longer than that.
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Susan Ferrechio / Washington Examiner:
House passes expensive social spending bill that now faces big Senate hurdles
House passes expensive social spending bill that now faces big Senate hurdles
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Amy Walter / The Cook Political Report:
What Does the Future Hold for Kevin McCarthy and Kamala Harris?
What Does the Future Hold for Kevin McCarthy and Kamala Harris?
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The Daily Beast:
Democrats Finally Unite—to Mock Kevin McCarthy All Night as He Breaks Stupid Record
Democrats Finally Unite—to Mock Kevin McCarthy All Night as He Breaks Stupid Record
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Ed Morrissey / HotAir:
McCarthy's record rant throws wrench in Pelosi's plans ... temporarily
McCarthy's record rant throws wrench in Pelosi's plans ... temporarily
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Jenny Gross / New York Times:
Kevin McCarthy Speaks for More Than Eight Hours to Delay a House Vote
Kevin McCarthy Speaks for More Than Eight Hours to Delay a House Vote
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Tony Romm / Washington Post:
House passes roughly $2 trillion spending package that would expand social benefits and fight climate change — Republicans delayed the vote but Democrats pushed ahead on one of Biden's key priorities. The battle now moves to the Senate. — More than a year after President Biden clinched …
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‘No one tells me what to do’: Sinema praises infrastructure, questions spending and inflation in wide-ranging interview — Kyrsten Sinema says she is worried about inflation. The U.S. senator from Arizona says new tax hikes could harm businesses still struggling in the wake of the pandemic.
Jonathan Bernstein / Bloomberg:
What Disarray? Democrats Are Getting Stuff Done — House approval of the party's big climate and spending bill shows that the messy public squabbling over its particulars has actually been constructive negotiation. — The House of Representatives finally voted Friday morning to approve the …
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Jessica Piper / Bangor Daily News:
Jared Golden to vote no on Democrats' social spending bill, citing tax break for the wealthy
Jared Golden to vote no on Democrats' social spending bill, citing tax break for the wealthy
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Jacob Bogage / Washington Post:
Biden expected to replace Ron Bloom, USPS board chair and key DeJoy ally, on postal board — Bloom, a Democrat, has backed the postmaster general as the agency slowed mail delivery standards and raised prices — President Biden is expected to announce Friday that he will not renominate Ron Bloom …
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Reid J. Epstein / New York Times:
Wisconsin Republicans Push to Take Over the State's Elections — Led by Senator Ron Johnson, G.O.P. officials want to eliminate a bipartisan elections agency — and maybe send its members to jail. — Republicans in Wisconsin are engaged in an all-out assault on the state's election infrastructure …
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Dan Hinkel / New York Times:
Reconstructing the Rittenhouse Shootings: How Kenosha Echoed America's Polarization — A police officer in Kenosha, Wis., shoots a Black man named Jacob Blake seven times from behind, leaving him partially paralyzed. [gunshots] “Black lives matter!” Crowd: “Black lives matter!”
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CNN:
Peng Shuai: UN calls for proof of Chinese tennis star's whereabouts; WTA chairman willing to pull out of China — Hong Kong (CNN)China is facing pressure from the United Nations over Chinese tennis star Peng Shuai's whereabouts as the organization called for an investigation into her allegations of sexual assault.
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Sally Jenkins / Washington Post:
The WTA cares enough about Peng Shuai to stand up to China. Does anyone else?
The WTA cares enough about Peng Shuai to stand up to China. Does anyone else?
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Washington Post:
Fauci's office flooded with attacks over beagle experiments — Covid chief's phone line rings 3,600 times in 36 hours after campaign by little-known animal rights group — Anthony S. Fauci was swamped by so many angry messages and threats that in late October his assistant quit answering the phone for two weeks.
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Rachel Roubein / Washington Post:
NIH director: ‘Conspiracies are winning here’
NIH director: ‘Conspiracies are winning here’
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Kate Sullivan / CNN:
Harris to become first woman with presidential power while Biden is under anesthesia for routine colonoscopy — (CNN)President Joe Biden on Friday will temporarily transfer power to Vice President Kamala Harris while he is under anesthesia for a routine colonoscopy, White House press secretary Jen Psaki told reporters.
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CBO Publications:
Summary of Cost Estimate for H.R. 5376, the Build Back Better Act — As Posted on the Website of the House Committee on Rules on November 3, 2021 (Rules Committee Print 117-18), as Amended by Yarmuth Amendment 112 — 37.51 KB — CBO estimates that enacting this legislation would result …
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Jeremy Barr / Washington Post:
Court bars New York Times from publishing Project Veritas memos in move called ‘unconstitutional’ — The order is temporary for now, but press freedom advocates say it violates First Amendment principles long upheld by the Supreme Court — A New York state judge ruled on Thursday …
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Michael M. Grynbaum / New York Times:
Judge Tries to Block New York Times's Coverage of Project Veritas
Judge Tries to Block New York Times's Coverage of Project Veritas
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Paul Bedard / Washington Examiner:
Scoop: Surprise Trump book, ‘Our Journey Together’ — Former President Donald Trump today shocked the publishing world that has tried to cancel his administration by revealing that he is releasing his first post-White House book in December, titled Our Journey Together.
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CNN:
Trump's ire grows as DeSantis' popularity with Republicans takes off — People close to both men first noticed the palpable shift in Trump's posture toward DeSantis earlier this year as enthusiasm for the Florida governor swelled among donors and GOP operatives who praised his laissez-faire response to the Covid-19 pandemic.
Alayna Treene / Axios:
Scoop: GOP donors “furious” with McConnell — Sen. Rick Scott (R-Fla.) told his colleagues this week top party donors were “furious” with the number of Republicans — including Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell — who voted for the bipartisan infrastructure bill, two sources familiar with his remarks tell Axios' Alayna Treene.
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Ed Morrissey / HotAir:
BREAKING: FDA authorizes mRNA boosters for all adults — A day late, if not a dollar short. As PIX11 reported this morning, several states had already gotten fed up with the FDA's foot-dragging on the mRNA booster question. New York became the most recent state to give a green light …
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David Brooks / New York Times:
Joe Biden's Infrastructure Bill Is a Big Success — Joe Biden Is Succeeding — Voters may pummel Democrats next year but future generations will be grateful. — GUEST ESSAY — Europe Has Made a Deadly Bargain With Autocrats — The chaos at the Belarus-Poland border is partly of the European Union's making.
Associated Press:
Scientists mystified, wary, as Africa avoids COVID disaster — HARARE, Zimbabwe (AP) — At a busy market in a poor township outside Harare this week, Nyasha Ndou kept his mask in his pocket, as hundreds of other people, mostly unmasked, jostled to buy and sell fruit and vegetables displayed on wooden tables and plastic sheets.
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Wall Street Journal:
Secret Chinese Port Project in Persian Gulf Rattles U.S. Relations With U.A.E. — Alarmed U.S. officials warned Emirati government, a Mideast ally, that Chinese military presence could hinder ties; construction has halted — WASHINGTON—U. S. intelligence agencies learned this spring …
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Jonathan Lemire / Politico:
Biden has a major economic decision to make and he can't seem to pull the trigger — The decision would be soon. Then, it was “imminent.” At one point, it was slated to come in four days. Now, it'll be by Thanksgiving. Maybe. — President Joe Biden has been wrestling for weeks …
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Annmarie Hordern / Bloomberg:
Manchin Seeks Meeting With Fed's Brainard, Follow-Up With Powell
Manchin Seeks Meeting With Fed's Brainard, Follow-Up With Powell
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David Freedlander / Politico:
The Bonnie and Clyde of MAGA World — Dustin Stockton stood in a throng of thousands of people near the Willard Hotel in Washington, D.C., nursing an American Spirit cigarette and a Red Bull. He was talking on the phone ("Don't worry, I'll send you bodies") greeting well-wishers …
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