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Meridith McGraw / Politico:
Meadows: Trump considered yanking Kavanaugh over ‘I like beer’ comments and apologetic tone — During Brett Kavanaugh's controversial 2018 Supreme Court confirmation hearings, President Donald Trump “strongly considered” dropping the nominee and instead going with a “stronger candidate,” …
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CNN:
Mark Meadows to halt cooperation with January 6 committee — (CNN)Former White House chief of staff Mark Meadows will no longer cooperate with the House select committee investigating January 6 insurrection, according to a letter from his attorney to the panel, which was obtained by CNN on Tuesday.
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CNN:
Read: Mark Meadows' letter to January 6 committee — By CNN — (CNN)Former Donald Trump White House chief of staff Mark Meadows will no longer cooperate with the House select committee investigating the January 6 Capitol Hill riot, according to a letter obtained by CNN from his attorney to the panel.
Paul Farhi / Washington Post:
Meet the reporter who always seems to get a copy of the hottest tell-all Trump book first.
CNN:
Exclusive: January 6 committee casts a wide net with over 100 subpoenas for phone records
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Mike Lillis / The Hill:
Jan. 6 panel threatens Meadows with contempt
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Emily Flitter / New York Times:
President Biden's pick for a key banking regulator backs out. — Saule Omarova, a Cornell Law School professor whom critics painted as a communist after President Biden picked her for a key banking regulator job, is withdrawing from consideration for the post.
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Washington Post:
Saule Omarova, Biden's pick for top bank regulator, withdraws nomination — Saule Omarova, President Biden's pick to serve as a top banking regulator, has withdrawn her nomination for the office of the Comptroller of the Currency. — The Cornell University law professor …
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Andrew Ackerman / Wall Street Journal:
Saule Omarova, Biden's Nominee to Oversee National Banks, Withdraws
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Zachary Halaschak / Washington Examiner:
Controversial Biden banking nominee drops out of contention after bruising hearing
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CNN:
Biden administration considering options for possibly evacuating US citizens from Ukraine if Russia invades — (CNN)The Biden administration is exploring options for a potential evacuation of US citizens from Ukraine if Russia were to invade the country and create a dire security situation, half a dozen sources tell CNN.
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Tara Copp / Defense One:
Austin Rejects ‘Red Lines’ for Taiwan, Ukraine
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New York Times:
Biden Warns Putin of Economic Consequences if Aggression Continues
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Real America's Voice News:
One Of The Most Anticipated And Talked About Books Of The Year Is On Store Shelves This Morning — America's Voice AM with Jessica Rivera and Terrance Bates December 7, 2021
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CNBC:
July trial set for Steve Bannon in Jan. 6 Capitol riot contempt of Congress case
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Harper Neidig / The Hill:
Prosecutors say they can make their case against Bannon in a day
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Harper Neidig / The Hill:
Judge sets July trial date in Bannon case
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Ed Morrissey / HotAir:
BREAKING: Did McConnell just win the debt-ceiling standoff? — It depends on whether the Senate Minority Leader can deliver — and whether anyone sees debt increases as a “win.” Suffice it to say that Mitch McConnell appeared to get what he needed out of the inevitable.
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Mark Z. Barabak / Los Angeles Times:
So you think Kamala Harris has it rough. Remember Dan Quayle? — Kamala Harris can't catch a break. — When she's not being ignored — which is much of the time — the vice president is portrayed as inept, impossible to work for or depicted as an anchor weighing down the listing Biden administration.
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Charlotte Clymer / Charlotte's Web Thoughts:
The Media Coverage of Kamala Harris and Bluetooth is Ridiculous
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Anthony Farris / OutKick:
Don Lemon Tipped Off Jussie Smollett That Police Didn't Believe His Attack Story … Everybody's favorite CNN anchor Don Lemon doesn't just report the liberal news, he apparently also spends time working as a “tipster” — at least for friends of his who commit crimes.
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D. Patrick Rodgers / Nashville Scene:
Nathan Bedford Forrest Has Fallen — A widely mocked Nashville statue of the early KKK leader was removed Tuesday morning — The Confederacy has fallen. Again. — A notorious statue of Confederate general and early KKK leader Nathan Bedford Forrest that has stood beside I-65 …
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Nick Beres / WTVF-TV:
Nathan Bedford Forrest statue along I-65 removed after more than 2 decades
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Benjamin Mullin / Wall Street Journal:
Chris Cuomo Will Not Receive Severance, CNN President Says — Star anchor was fired on Saturday after probe into his involvement in Andrew Cuomo's defense — CNN President Jeff Zucker told employees in a meeting Tuesday that the network won't pay anchor Chris Cuomo a severance after firing …
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Brian Steinberg / Variety:
Yamiche Alcindor Joins NBC News as Washington Correspondent (EXCLUSIVE) … Alcindor, who is expected to start with NBC in March, will cover the Biden administration as well as the impact of federal policies on communities across the country and issues at the intersection of race …
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Sara Fischer / Axios:
Exclusive: WSJ taps Biden, Trump pollsters for 2022 — The Wall Street Journal and its parent company Dow Jones are making big changes to its polling strategy ahead of the midterms, executives tell Axios. — Why it matters: The company had partnered with NBC News for the past three decades on polling.
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Aaron Zitner / Wall Street Journal:
Voters Pessimistic About Economy, Biden's Leadership, WSJ Poll Finds
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Tim Alberta / The Atlantic:
He Voted to Impeach. Can He Survive in the GOP? — Late at night on the second Tuesday of January, Peter Meijer, a 33-year-old freshman congressman from West Michigan, paced the half-unpacked rooms of his new rental apartment in Washington, D.C., dreading the decision he would soon have to make.
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Teo Armus / Washington Post:
Charlottesville's Robert E. Lee statue will be melted down by city's African American history museum — The statue of Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee that once provoked a deadly weekend of violence in Charlottesville will soon be melted down and turned into a new piece of public artwork …
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Dan Froomkin / Press Watch:
‘I think we need to rethink entirely how we do things,’ says Dana Milbank of the Washington Post — Longtime Washington Post political journalist Dana Milbank on Friday accused his colleagues of being “accessories to the murder of democracy.” — Milbank wrote in his biweekly opinion column:
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Alison Durkee / Forbes:
Wisconsin Conservative Group Finds ‘No Evidence Of Widespread Fraud’ In 2020 Election — A 10-month-long review of Wisconsin's 2020 election conducted by a conservative group in the state found no signs of widespread or significant election fraud, according to a new report of its findings …
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ITV News:
Downing Street staff shown joking in leaked recording about Christmas party they later denied — Senior Downing Street staff joked about holding a Christmas party in Number 10 just four days after the event is alleged to have taken place last December, a recording leaked to ITV News has revealed.
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Karol Markowicz / Fox News:
I am leaving New York City for Florida. I never thought I would — I was raised in Brooklyn, my husband in Queens. Our three children were born in Manhattan — Parents should ‘speak up on behalf of their kids’: Karol Markowicz — I always hated the “Goodbye, New York” genre of writing.
Julian Mark / Washington Post:
In new podcast interview, Kyle Rittenhouse says traveling to Kenosha was ‘not the best idea’ — About 24 minutes into the podcast “You Are Here” on the right-wing network the Blaze on Monday night, co-host Sydney Watson told her guest, Kyle Rittenhouse, that it was “kind of impressive” that …
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Chauncey DeVega / Salon:
Hillary Clinton was right about the “deplorables” — and about the end of Roe v. Wade — Still hate Hillary's guts? Fine. But let's admit that she saw all this coming — and way before the rise of Trump — During her 2016 presidential campaign, Hillary Clinton warned us that Donald Trump and his …
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Judd Legum / Popular Information:
Trump's new media company is a $1.6 billion mirage — In October, former President Trump announced the creation of a new company, Trump Media & Technology Group (TMTG). Its signature product is a new social media site, Truth Social. According to an investor presentation …
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