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Elon Musk  —  SEE FULL LIST  —  The richest man in the world does not own a house and has recently been selling off his fortune.  He tosses satellites into orbit and harnesses the sun; he drives a car he created that uses no gas and barely needs a driver.  With a flick of his finger, the stock market soars or swoons.
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The curious case of a map and a disappearing Taiwan minister at U.S. democracy summit  —  A video feed of a Taiwanese minister was cut during U.S. President Joe Biden's Summit for Democracy last week after a map in her slide presentation showed Taiwan in a different color to China, which claims the island as its own.
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Jim Geraghty / National Review:
Biden White House Censors Taiwan at Democracy Summit
Discussion: Taipei Times
Monique Beals / The Hill:
White House cut Taiwanese official's video feed over map: report
Discussion: Power Line
Washington Post:
As evacuations from Afghanistan slow to a trickle, some ‘at risk’ allies may face long road to the United States  —  When desperate Afghans fought their way into Kabul's international airport during the last two weeks of August, most of those lucky enough to get past Taliban checkpoints …
Discussion: Mother Jones
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Kathy Gannon / Associated Press:
The AP Interview: Taliban seek ties with US, other ex-foes  —  KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — Afghanistan's new Taliban rulers are committed in principle to education and jobs for girls and women, a marked departure from their previous time in power, and seek the world's “mercy and compassion” …
Discussion: HotAir and Insider
Politico:
Meadows Jan. 5 email indicated Guard on standby to ‘protect pro Trump people,’ investigators say  —  Mark Meadows indicated in a Jan. 5 email that the National Guard was on standby to “protect pro Trump people,” according to documents obtained by the House committee investigating the Capitol riot …
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Jacob Kornbluh / The Forward:
'The president doesn't like you guys now': The inside story of Trump's rage against Netanyahu  —  A new Hebrew book published on Sunday by Israeli journalist Barak Ravid gives a behind-the-scenes look at what is now being revealed as a rocky U.S.-Israel relationship during the Trump administration …
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Barak Ravid / Axios:
Trump says Netanyahu “never wanted peace” with the Palestinians  —  This story comes from the new season of the “How it Happened” podcast.  Subscribe to listen to the whole story, including audio recordings of a never before-heard interview with Donald Trump.
David Leonhardt / New York Times:
America's Anti-Democratic Movement  —  It's making progress.  —  American politics these days can often seem fairly normal.  President Biden has had both big accomplishments and big setbacks in his first year, as is typical.  In Congress, members are haggling over bills and passing some of them.
Discussion: Insider and Raw Story
Amy B Wang / Washington Post:
Graham criticizes McConnell over debt ceiling, says GOP leaders must work with Trump  —  Sen. Lindsey O. Graham on Sunday continued his criticisms of Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell for adopting a bipartisan deal that allowed Democrats to raise the debt ceiling.
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Burgess Everett / Politico:
Old St. Chuck? Schumer under pressure to deliver by Christmas
Erik Wemple / Washington Post:
Chris Wallace bolts Tucker Carlson's Fox News
Jonathan Rauch / Persuasion:
The Real Hoax  —  “To see what is in front of one's nose,” George Orwell said, “needs a constant struggle.”  Among Donald Trump's many impressive talents is his gift for obscuring, occluding, and even inverting what is in front of America's nose.  —  Most notably, he has convinced tens …
Hayes Brown / MSNBC:
The GOP hates vaccine mandates but loves vaccines.  Here's why.  —  Vaccine mandates go against small government?  Maybe — but is a pandemic the time to lean into that?  —  Senate passes resolution to repeal Biden's private-sector vaccination mandate  —  The Senate on Thursday voted …
Edward-Isaac Dovere / CNN:
Pelosi will stay around to lead House Democrats through the next election — and perhaps beyond  —  (CNN)Speaker Nancy Pelosi will stay until at least after the midterm elections, extending her nearly 20-year run as the House's top Democrat after she turns 82 and, perhaps, beyond.
Washington Post:
Israeli airstrikes in Syria targeted chemical weapons facilities, officials say  —  Just after midnight on June 8, Israeli warplanes streaked across the country's northern frontier for a highly unusual airstrike deep inside Syrian territory.  The jets fired missiles at three military targets near …
Teaganne Finn / NBC News:
Newsom says he will use Texas abortion law tactics to restrict assault weapons  —  California Gov. Gavin Newsom said he plans to use the same tactic as Texas' abortion law to target assault rifle sales after the Supreme Court declined to block enforcement of the law.
Wall Street Journal:
Some Hospitals Drop Covid-19 Vaccine Mandates to Ease Labor Shortages  —  After a judge halted a Biden administration mandate for healthcare workers to get vaccinated, employers including HCA and Tenet have removed the requirement  —  Some of the largest U.S. hospital systems …
Discussion: Brownstone Institute
David K. Li / NBC News:
Another grim Covid-19 milestone: At least 800,000 Americans have died  —  The United States passed another grim Covid-19 milestone Monday, as more than 800,000 Americans have now died from the virus that's plagued the country for nearly two years.  —  There have been at least 800,156 confirmed …
Kurt Schlichter / Townhall:
Tell the Establishment ‘No Intervention in Ukraine’  —  At the Army War College a decade ago, they were pretty insistent on having an actual objective that supports actual American interest when you committed American blood and treasure.  Of course, no one in DC ever listens.
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Christopher Miller / BuzzFeed News:   Satellite Images Show Russian Military Forces Keep Massing Near Ukraine's Border
Jennifer Rubin / Washington Post:
To defend democracy, Biden must identify its foes  —  Ironically, President Biden saved his most pointed and specific remarks to date about the Republican threat to democracy during a “Tonight Show” appearance on Friday night.  Telling host Jimmy Fallon he “prays” for passage of voting rights protections …
Ben Smith / New York Times:
A Comedy Nails the Media Apocalypse  —  With “Don't Look Up,” Adam McKay makes a star-studded allegorical satire that shows the news media whistling past the climate-change graveyard.  —  After the president, a former nude model, tries to cover up a major discovery, two astronomers leak …
Washington Examiner:
What Black Lives Matter has accomplished  —  Just days after George Floyd was murdered by a Minneapolis police officer, then-Sen. Kamala Harris stood at a press conference for the George Floyd Justice in Policing Act and said, “We're here because black Americans want to stop being killed.”
John Boothman / The Sunday Times:
‘Absurdity’ of police logging rapists as women  —  Police have been criticised for saying they will record rapes by offenders with male genitalia as being committed by a woman if the attacker “identifies as a female”.  —  Police Scotland said that they would log rapes as being carried …
Politico:
As Dems sprint against the clock, child tax credit might slip away  —  Democrats are hoping a year-end cliff with 35 million families on the line can finally shake a deal loose on President Joe Biden's marquee bill.  —  Preserving the party's expanded child tax credit …
Alex Horton / Washington Post:
Vaccine holdouts in U.S. military approach 40,000 even as omicron variant fuels call for boosters  —  The number of active-duty U.S. military personnel declining to be vaccinated against the coronavirus by their prescribed deadlines is as high as 40,000, with new Army data showing that …
 
 
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