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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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HuffPost, The Hill, Breitbart, Balloon Juice and Townhall
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Washington Post:
McCarthy's overnight speech — longest in modern history — underscores rancor in the House
McCarthy's overnight speech — longest in modern history — underscores rancor in the House
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Washington Examiner, ABC News, The American Independent, The Daily Beast, New York Magazine, CNN and Raw Story
Tara Palmeri / Politico:
POLITICO Playbook: McCarthy filibusters, Biden dithers and Fauci unmasks
POLITICO Playbook: McCarthy filibusters, Biden dithers and Fauci unmasks
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Fox News, The Daily Wire and CNN
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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Red Voice Media, Washington Examiner and Los Angeles Times
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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NPR, Associated Press, Democrats, CBS News, Breitbart, New York Post, Washington Examiner and Common Dreams
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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National Review, The Moderate Voice, UPI, CNN, KGET-TV and Deadline
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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Grist, Vanity Fair, Talking Points Memo, Power Line, The Hill and IJR
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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Washington Examiner, Insider, Yahoo Sports and Rolling Stone
Washington Post:
‘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.
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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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New York Times, Roll Call and Washington Post
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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USA Today, Bloomberg, NBC News, ArkansasTimes, Raw Story, Associated Press and Joe.My.God.
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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HuffPost, CBS News, New York Times, The Atlantic, IJR, STAT, Roll Call, CNN and Raw Story
Morgan Chalfant / The Hill:
Biden hails House passage of key piece of his domestic agenda
Biden hails House passage of key piece of his domestic agenda
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CNBC, Breitbart, POLITICUSUSA, Maryland Matters and Los Angeles Times
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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The Hill, Forbes, Raw Story, Talking Points Memo and emptywheel
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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Politico, CNBC, National Review, The Root, UPI, Daily Kos and The Daily Wire
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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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Washington Post and Politico
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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HotAir, Associated Press, Fox News, The Gateway Pundit, KTLA and National Review
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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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HotAir, Wall Street Journal, Townhall, The Age, Raw Story, UPI, ABC, OutKick, Breitbart, Insider, Japan Times, Hong Kong Free Press HKFP, The Guardian, Al Jazeera, One America News Network, Associated Press and KTLA
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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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Insider, Human Rights Watch, Quartz and The Daily Beast
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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National Review
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.
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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Reuters, Las Vegas Review-Journal and Breitbart
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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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BuzzFeed News and Law & Crime, more at Mediagazer »
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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Rolling Stone and Joe.My.God.
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.
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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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HotAir and The Daily Caller
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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POLITICUSUSA, Daily Kos, Raw Story, New York Post and Political Wire
New York Post:
Manhattan school to sort kids by race during social justice discussions — A Manhattan junior high school plans to racially separate students while discussing identity and social justice topics next week, The Post has learned. — The Lower Manhattan Community School will conduct …
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Jessica Taylor / The Cook Political Report:
What is The Cook Political Report? — The Cook Political Report is an independent, non-partisan newsletter that analyzes elections and campaigns for the US House of Representatives, US Senate, Governors and President as well as American political trends.
Edward Luce / Financial Times:
‘Tiger mother’ Amy Chua: ‘Boldness is my downfall’ … Owing to my forgetfulness, my lunch with Amy Chua starts awkwardly before it even begins. On the train to New Haven, home of Yale University where Chua has been a tenured professor for 20 years, I realise that I forgot to reserve …
Will Sommer / The Daily Beast:
The Ugly New Charges Against Jan. 6 Rioter ‘Baked Alaska’ — “No more ‘Happy Hanukkah,’ only ‘Merry Christmas,’” racist livestreamer Baked Alaska allegedly said as he tore down a Jewish group's signage. — A notorious U.S. Capitol riot suspect and white supremacist livestreamer who goes by the alias …
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Joe.My.God. and Raw Story