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Jennifer Bendery / HuffPost:
John Kennedy Tells Biden Nominee Dale Ho He's Too ‘Angry’ To Be A Federal Judge — “We don't need federal judges who are angry,” said the GOP senator, who voted to put angry guy Brett Kavanaugh on the Supreme Court. — Sen. John Kennedy (R-La.) told President Joe Biden's judicial nominee Dale Ho …
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Alexandra Petri / Washington Post:
In case you missed the abortion argument, here's about how it went — What a great day for a light oral argument yesterday was! All nine of the Supreme Court justices were there, including both the Georgetown Prep graduate who has been accused of sexual assault and the Georgetown Prep graduate who hasn't!
Rich Lowry / Politico:
The Dobbs Arguments Revealed Why the Supreme Court Should Stay Out of Abortion — At times, you might have been forgiven for thinking that oral arguments over the Dobbs case were being held before the Health and Human Services Committee of the Pennsylvania state Senate, or some other legislative body.
Rebecca Traister / New York Magazine:
The Betrayal of Roe — The aftermath of the Supreme Court's oral arguments this week …
The Betrayal of Roe — The aftermath of the Supreme Court's oral arguments this week …
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Lawyers, Guns & Money
New York Times:
The Supreme Court Wrestles With Abortion
The Supreme Court Wrestles With Abortion
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Henry Olsen / Washington Post:
Overturning ‘Roe’ would be the easy part for the pro-life movement
Overturning ‘Roe’ would be the easy part for the pro-life movement
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Yahoo News, LifeNews.com, New York Times, Reason and alicublog
Minnesota Department of Health:
Lab testing confirms state's first COVID-19 case involving Omicron variant — Infected Minnesota resident recently returned from domestic travel; variant was found through MDH variant surveillance program, which is one of the strongest surveillance programs in the nation
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Sheryl Gay Stolberg / New York Times:
Covid Live Updates: Biden to Announce New Virus Plan as Omicron Reaches U.S. — Here's what you need to know: — Biden's winter Covid plan includes insurance reimbursement for at-home tests. — President Biden will announce Thursday that the more than 150 million Americans …
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Andrew Joseph / STAT:
Second U.S. case of Omicron variant indicates domestic transmission — Health officials on Thursday reported the country's second Covid-19 infection from the Omicron variant in a Minnesota resident who notably did not travel internationally recently, unlike the first case.
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CBS Los Angeles, HotAir, Science, Bloomberg, Axios, Iowa Capital Dispatch and The Atlantic
The White House:
President Biden Announces New Actions to Protect Americans Against the Delta and Omicron Variants as We Battle COVID-19 this Winter
President Biden Announces New Actions to Protect Americans Against the Delta and Omicron Variants as We Battle COVID-19 this Winter
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New York Times, Insider, Forbes, USA Today, The Daily Wire, TheBlaze, News Café, National Review and United Nations Western Europe
Brooke Singman / Fox News:
White House says domestic travel vaccine requirements on the table due to omicron variant
White House says domestic travel vaccine requirements on the table due to omicron variant
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Washington Examiner, National Review, The Hill and Townhall
Sheryl Gay Stolberg / New York Times:
New Biden Covid-19 Plan Will Reimburse At-Home Tests
New Biden Covid-19 Plan Will Reimburse At-Home Tests
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The Daily Beast, The Hill, Mediaite, Washington Post, NPR, Deadline and CNN
Jonathan Martin / New York Times:
Why a Pollster is Warning Democrats About the 2022 Midterm Elections — Focus groups with Virginia voters led to a bluntly worded memo on what Democrats need to do going into the midterms. — Brian Stryker, a Democratic pollster, didn't work for Terry McAuliffe's campaign in the Virginia governor's race.
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Balloon Juice, No More Mister Nice Blog and The Hill
Jose Pagliery / The Daily Beast:
Steve Bannon's Jan. 6 Legal Strategy: ‘Blowing Up the Whole System’ — Steve Bannon isn't just trying to troll the Biden administration and the Justice Department. He's creating a playbook for other resistant witnesses to the Jan. 6 probe. — Steve Bannon—the right-wing media personality turned adviser …
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Katie Robertson / New York Times:
Major news outlets side with Steve Bannon on one part of his legal fight.
Major news outlets side with Steve Bannon on one part of his legal fight.
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Martin Pengelly / The Guardian:
‘Handful of fanatics’ to blame for Capitol riot, Trump ally Meadows says in book
‘Handful of fanatics’ to blame for Capitol riot, Trump ally Meadows says in book
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Politico, Washington Post and Insider
CNN:
New details shed light on ways Mark Meadows pushed federal agencies to pursue dubious election claims
New details shed light on ways Mark Meadows pushed federal agencies to pursue dubious election claims
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Raw Story
Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
The bombshell about Trump testing positive also implicates the Trump family
The bombshell about Trump testing positive also implicates the Trump family
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HotAir, Washington Examiner, Mock Paper Scissors, Mother Jones, Snopes.com and Raw Story
Joshua Malina / The Atlantic:
Cancel Mel Gibson — Every day, as dawn's rosy fingers reach through my window, I arise and check in with Twitter, to see what fresh hell awaits. Generally, by about 6:30, I've been made furious by the outrage du jour. But recently, I experienced more of a sense of bemusement than ire …
Jimmy Vielkind / Wall Street Journal:
Andrew Cuomo Under Federal Investigation Over Sexual-Assault Allegations — Justice Department opened civil-rights probe into former New York governor's executive chamber — The Justice Department opened a civil-rights investigation into former Gov. Andrew Cuomo's executive chamber …
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Ex-Gov. Cuomo under federal probe over sexual harassment claims
Ex-Gov. Cuomo under federal probe over sexual harassment claims
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Washington Examiner, Insider, Breitbart and Twitchy
Dan Mangan / CNBC:
DOJ probing Andrew Cuomo sexual harassment claims, contract reveals
DOJ probing Andrew Cuomo sexual harassment claims, contract reveals
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Political Wire and WSYR
Allahpundit / HotAir:
U.S. hedge-fund billionaire on China disappearing people: They're behaving like a “strict parent” — I missed this yesterday. If you did too, make amends. Not just because the contrast this clip draws with the moral righteousness displayed by the Women's Tennis Association is so sharp …
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David Corn / Mother Jones:
A CIA Report Shows Trump Abandoned His Duty as Commander in Chief — The CIA is too polite to say this directly, but it has issued a report that shows that Donald Trump, while obsessing over his efforts to overturn the 2020 election, abandoned one of his primary duties as president …
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Lawfare and Washington Examiner
CNN:
Exclusive: Sinema won't commit to voting for Biden's sweeping social safety net expansion — (CNN)Kyrsten Sinema, the influential moderate Democratic senator from Arizona, did not commit to voting for President Joe Biden's sweeping social safety net legislation in a sit-down interview with CNN on Thursday …
Reid J. Epstein / New York Times:
Two Election Workers Targeted by Pro-Trump Media Sue for Defamation — The two Georgia workers were falsely accused of manipulating ballots by Trump allies and right-wing news sites. Election officials said the workers did nothing wrong. — Two Georgia election workers who were the targets …
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Aaron E. Carroll / The Atlantic:
We Opened the Schools and ... It Was Fine — When the coronavirus pandemic first hit, many states and towns closed everything, including schools. Public-health experts didn't know enough about how COVID was spread or how contagious it was, and the health-care system was overwhelmed in parts of the country.
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Brent Johnson / New Jersey Online:
Republicans defy COVID vaccine policy at the N.J. Statehouse, ignoring troopers who tried to stop them — 1,456 — A number of Republican members of the state Assembly openly defied a new COVID-19 vaccine policy at the New Jersey Statehouse on Thursday and took their seats to cast votes anyway …
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Brandy Zadrozny / NBC News:
‘Magic dirt’: How the internet fueled, and defeated, the pandemic's weirdest MLM — The social media posts started in May: photos and videos of smiling people, mostly women, drinking Mason jars of black liquid, slathering black paste on their faces and feet, or dipping babies and dogs in tubs of the black water.
Lauren Effron / ABC News:
Alec Baldwin exclusive: 'The trigger wasn't pulled. I didn't pull the trigger' — George Stephanopoulos' exclusive interview airs Thursday on ABC, streams on Hulu — Actor Alec Baldwin told ABC News' George Stephanopoulos in an exclusive interview that he had “no idea” …
Politico:
Senate sinks deeper into quagmire of dysfunction — The House is beset by historically deep personal animus and vitriol. The Senate is plumbing its own depths of straight-up gridlock. — Democratic leaders' decision to kick some critical business until the end of the year allowed …
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Max Read / Read Max:
Is web3 bullshit? — And is that even the right question? … Is web3 bullshit? The hazy vision of new decentralized internet, built on the blockchain, to succeed the “Web 2.0” of Google and Facebook seems to be reaching a threshold of ambient cultural awareness such that non-tech pundits …
Orlando Sentinel:
Florida Power & Light execs worked closely with consultants behind ‘ghost’ candidate scheme, records reveal | Special Report — Top executives at utility giant Florida Power & Light worked closely with the political consultants who orchestrated a scheme to promote spoiler candidates …
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Alex Isenstadt / Politico:
Trump intervenes in Ohio Senate primary — for himself — The Ohio Senate race is turning into one of the most brutal contests of next year's midterm elections — and former President Donald Trump is worried it could hurt him if he waged a 2024 comeback bid.
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Jordain Carney / The Hill:
Manchin won't rule out backing GOP effort to defund Biden vaccine mandate — Sen. Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.) declined to say Thursday how he would vote on a GOP effort to defund President Biden's vaccine requirement for larger businesses as part of the debate over short-term bill to fund the government.
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