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Ben Smith / New York Times:
Two Fox News Contributors Quit in Protest of Tucker Carlson's Jan. 6 Special — Jonah Goldberg and Stephen Hayes, stars of a brand of conservatism that has fallen out of fashion, decide they've had enough. — The trailer for Tucker Carlson's special about the Jan. 6 mob at the Capitol landed online …
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The Dispatch:
Why We Are Leaving Fox News — A brief explanation. — We joined Fox News as contributors in early 2009. Combined, that's more than 20 years of experience, relationships, and friendships. For most of that time, we were proud to be associated with the network, if not necessarily with every program …
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Hunter Walker / Rolling Stone:
Leaked Texts: Jan. 6 Organizers Say They Were ‘Following POTUS’ Lead' — Rally planners coordinated closely with the White House before Jan. 6 and readied a dinner party while the Capitol was under siege, according to leaked group text messages obtained by Rolling Stone
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New York Post:
Armed father-daughter duo march alongside anti-Rittenhouse protesters — to protect them — KENOSHA, WI — Protesters upset over the acquittal of Kyle Rittenhouse marched in Kenosha on Sunday — in the presence of a Second Amendment-supporting father-daughter duo armed with AR-15s they said were to protect the demonstrators.
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Dominick Mastrangelo / The Hill:
Kyle Rittenhouse: ‘I support the BLM movement’ — Kyle Rittenhouse, the teenager who was acquitted of murder last week after shooting and killing two people in Kenosha, Wis., during civil unrest there last year, said he supports the Black Lives Matter (BLM) movement. — “I'm not a racist person.
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Charles Homans / New York Times:
To Paramilitary Groups, Rittenhouse Verdict Means Vindication — His acquittal has reinvigorated support on the right for armed responses to racial justice protests and unrest. — On Friday, as Kyle Rittenhouse stood in a courtroom in Kenosha, Wis., awaiting the verdict in his trial …
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Milwaukee Journal Sentinel:
A car plowed through the Waukesha Christmas Parade and people are injured, according to witness — Christopher Kuhagen Mary Spicuzza Molly BeckMilwaukee Journal Sentinel — WAUKESHA - A car plowed into the Waukesha Christmas Parade Sunday evening, leaving multiple people injured, according to witnesses on scene.
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Annie Vainshtein / San Francisco Chronicle:
‘People are freaking out’: From martial arts to high-end locks, S.F. residents are investing in self-protection — On a recent foggy night in San Francisco's Richmond District, a group of about a dozen people bent their knees and prepared their fists to assume a fighting pose.
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Natasha Anderson / Daily Mail:
Gang of EIGHTY crowbar-wielding looters in ski masks ransack California Nordstrom and fill 25 cars with designer goods in raid lasting less than one minute
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New York Times:
As Hopes for Nuclear Deal Fade, Iran Rebuilds and Risks Grow — With Iran's new administration preparing for its first international nuclear negotiations, there are signs that there will be no going back to the 2015 agreement. — WASHINGTON — Over the past 20 months …
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The Times of Israel
Miranda Devine / New York Post:
White House doctor is hiding Joe Biden's brain drain — President Biden went for a colonoscopy Friday and his doctor pronounced his brain is fine. — So now he and his inner sanctum have let it be known he plans to run again in 2024, when he would be 82. — No one really believes any of it.
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Insider, Power Line and Washington Post
Sacramento Bee:
Equal opportunity extremism: How women seized the moment in California's far-right radical politics — Extremism in California: A McClatchy Investigation — For much of the past two years in California, extremists have swarmed protests and local board meetings with a toxic mix of conspiracy theories and violent rhetoric.
Tony Czuczka / Bloomberg:
Biden to Speak on Economy on Tuesday With Fed Decision Looming — President to make remarks on economy and lowering prices — White House has said Fed pick to be unveiled pre-Thanksgiving — President Joe Biden will give a speech on the economy and combating inflation on Tuesday …
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The Hill
Joe DePaolo / Mediaite:
SHOCK POLL: Matthew McConaughey Tops Texas Gov. Greg Abbott By 8 in Head-to-Head Matchup, Clobbers Beto Nearly 2-to-1 — Matthew McConaghey's chances of becoming Texas governor are looking alright, alright, alright according to a shocking new major poll. — According to a survey released …
Robert Tracinski / Quillette:
The Enemy of My Enemy — During a recent conference of nationalist conservatives—a faction attempting to bring intellectual substance and coherence to the political phenomenon of Trumpism—one of the movement's leading figures, Yoram Hazony, proposed “a new deal between national conservatives …
Alexi McCammond / Axios:
Rep. Jeffries demands filibuster reform to pass voting rights bill — Rep. Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) told “Axios on HBO” that the “integrity of our democracy” is at stake without federal voting rights legislation, and the Senate must seriously consider filibuster reform if it can't get 60 votes to pass it next year.
CNN:
Ann Arbor becomes first US city to require free menstrual products in public restrooms — (CNN)Ann Arbor, Michigan, will soon require menstrual products in public restrooms, as it sets to enact legislation national advocates say is a first. — The city council unanimously voted to pass …
Tyler Durden / ZeroHedge News:
Hunter Biden's Private Equity Firm Facilitated $3.8 Billion Chinese Purchase Of American-Owned Cobalt Mine — An investment firm founded by Hunter Biden facilitated a $3.8 billion purchase of an American-owned cobalt mine by a Chinese conglomerate, placing a key resource used in the manufacture …
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The Western Journal, Breitbart and The Gateway Pundit
Stephen Fowler / NPR:
As Georgia grows more Democratic, its members of Congress will not — ATLANTA — Republicans in Georgia are set to approve a new congressional map that adds to their representation in the U.S. House even as they voted to trim their own majority in the state legislature.
Henry J. Gomez / NBC News:
Fueled by Trump-inspired grievance, attempts to terrorize public officials escalate — When Rep. Joe Neguse delivered his closing remarks in February at the impeachment trial of former President Donald Trump, he expressed concern about the direction of a nation that weeks earlier witnessed a homegrown attack in its capital.
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Raw Story
Wall Street Journal:
Chinese Tennis Star Peng Shuai Appears in Beijing Amid Assault Claim — Takes part in video meeting with International Olympic Committee president hours after footage shows her attending tennis tournament — HONG KONG—Chinese tennis pro Peng Shuai took part in a video meeting …
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Washington Post:
Facebook's race-blind policies around hate speech came at the expense of Black users, new documents show … Last year, researchers at Facebook showed executives an example of the kind of hate speech circulating on the social network: an actual post featuring an image of four female Democratic lawmakers …
Demetri Sevastopulo / Financial Times:
Chinese hypersonic weapon fired missile over South China Sea — Pentagon struggles to understand how Beijing mastered technology that tests constraints of physics — China's hypersonic weapon test in July included a technological advance that enabled it to fire a missile as it approached …
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Japan Times
Richard Luscombe / The Guardian:
Republicans' vilification of Trump critics is ‘ruining’ the US, says governor — New Hampshire's Chris Sununu tells CNN House Republicans ‘have their priorities screwed up’ — The Republican party's vilification of members of Congress who have criticized Donald Trump or supported bipartisan legislation is …
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CBS News:
Rising prices take toll on Americans' wallets — and Biden's numbers — CBS News Poll — This year may have seen unemployment drop, stocks rise, and continued — albeit slowing — growth, but those are all big-picture, “macro” numbers for the U.S. economy. On the ground, for Americans staring …
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