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Justin Kanew / THE TENNESSEE HOLLER:
MCMINN COUNTY BANS “MAUS”, PULITZER PRIZE-WINNING HOLOCAUST BOOK — Continuing the recent spate of conservative book-banning initiatives, The Mcminn County School board just voted to ban the Pulitzer Prize-winning graphic novel “MAUS” by Art Spiegelman from all of its schools …
Pete Williams / NBC News:
Justice Stephen Breyer to retire from Supreme Court, paving way for Biden appointment — Live coverage: Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer to retire — WASHINGTON — Justice Stephen Breyer will step down from the Supreme Court at the end of the current term, according to people familiar with his thinking.
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Kevin Breuninger / CNBC:
Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer to retire, giving Biden a chance to nominate a replacement — Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer is retiring, NBC News reported, giving President Joe Biden a crucial opportunity to replace the liberal justice. — Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer …
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NBC News:
White House ramping up quick selection process for Breyer replacement
White House ramping up quick selection process for Breyer replacement
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Kaelan Deese / Washington Examiner:
Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer to retire
Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer to retire
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Charlie Savage / New York Times:
Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson is among the leading candidates to succeed Justice Breyer.
Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson is among the leading candidates to succeed Justice Breyer.
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Politico:
POLITICO Playbook PM: Breyer's retirement: What you need to know
POLITICO Playbook PM: Breyer's retirement: What you need to know
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Timothy Nerozzi / Fox News:
Psaki: ‘Fully vaccinated’ doesn't mean you're ‘up-to-date’ on vaccinations
Psaki: ‘Fully vaccinated’ doesn't mean you're ‘up-to-date’ on vaccinations
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Adam Liptak / New York Times:
Vacancy to Give Biden His First Chance to Nominate a Justice
Vacancy to Give Biden His First Chance to Nominate a Justice
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National Review:
Replacing Justice Breyer
Replacing Justice Breyer
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Washington Post:
Breyer's retirement renews focus on the Black female jurists who could replace him
Breyer's retirement renews focus on the Black female jurists who could replace him
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Candice Norwood / The 19th:
Biden poised to nominate first Black woman to Supreme Court
Biden poised to nominate first Black woman to Supreme Court
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Charles C. W. Cooke / National Review:
Justice Breyer's Retirement May Not Be All Bad News for Conservatives
Justice Breyer's Retirement May Not Be All Bad News for Conservatives
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Anne Steele / Wall Street Journal:
Spotify to Take Down Neil Young's Music After His Joe Rogan Ultimatum — The folk-rock star won't back down after discussions with his record label and Spotify — Spotify Technology SA is in the process of removing Neil Young's music, according to people familiar with the matter …
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Branko Marcetic / Jacobin:
Censoring Joe Rogan Is No Solution to Vaccine Misinformation
Censoring Joe Rogan Is No Solution to Vaccine Misinformation
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Devi Ruia / Data For Progress:
Poll: Arizona Senator Kyrsten Sinema Set to Be Unseated by Possible Challenger Ruben Gallego in 2024 Primary Landslide — By Ryan O'Donnell, David Guirgis, and Brian Burton — In October 2021, Data for Progress published poll findings that captured the extent of Arizona Democratic primary …
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Chris Mills Rodrigo / The Hill:
YouTube permanently bans Dan Bongino — YouTube on Wednesday permanently banned conservative commentator Dan Bongino from the platform, saying he attempted to evade a previous suspension. — The Fox host uploaded a video to his main channel while his secondary channel …
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Zachary Petrizzo / The Daily Beast:
Dan Bongino Permanently Banned From YouTube
Dan Bongino Permanently Banned From YouTube
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The Daily Beast:
Florida Shock Jock in Matt Gaetz Circle Pleads Guilty — The feds are closing in on Rep. Matt Gaetz for his alleged underage sex crimes with yet another criminal case, this time against a key witness: his wingman's best friend. … “Big Joe” Ellicott, a former Florida shock jock …
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Matt Zapotosky / Washington Post:
Plea deal for man involved in Gaetz investigation, whose attorney says he witnessed ‘sex, drugs — a whole lot of it’ — Justice Department investigators have reached a cooperation agreement with a man whose attorney says he witnessed Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.) attend parties involving …
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Quinnipiac University Poll:
Georgia Potential November Showdowns: They're Already Close, Quinnipiac University Georgia Poll Finds; Only 25% Are Very Confident In Accurate 2022 Election Count — mail_outline — With Georgia in the national spotlight over its election laws along with two high profile contests in November 2022 …
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U.S. Department of Justice:
Man Who Sold Pistol Used in Synagogue Hostage Crisis Federally Charged — The man who sold Malik Faisal Akram the gun he used to kidnap hostages in a Texas synagogue earlier this month has been charged with a federal firearm crime, announced United States Attorney for the Northern District of Texas Chad E. Meacham.
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Matthew Impelli / Newsweek:
Man Who Allegedly Sold Gun to Texas Hostage-Taker Was Previous Convicted Felon
Man Who Allegedly Sold Gun to Texas Hostage-Taker Was Previous Convicted Felon
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Meghan Mccain / Daily Mail:
I finally got Covid and it was so horrible it made me doubt if America will ever recover from this pandemic. It WILL but not with moronic Biden in charge — I knew that I was tempting fate when I reposted a meme on my Instagram Stories joking about dodging golf balls at a driving range.
Politico:
Will There Be a War Over Ukraine? 13 Putin Watchers Weigh In — Russian President Vladimir Putin sought a confrontation with the West and he got one. So now what? — Diplomatic efforts to defuse the crisis appear to have stalled. In the past month, Putin has escalated his long proxy war …
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Monmouth University Polling Institute:
GOP Has Congress Edge by Default — Few say either party is very concerned about ‘average Americans’ — West Long Branch, NJ - Congressional Republicans have a small edge over their Democratic colleagues on a dubious metric - they are slightly less likely to be seen as lacking concern for the average American's financial well-being.
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Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System:
Federal Reserve issues FOMC statement — Indicators of economic activity and employment have continued to strengthen. The sectors most adversely affected by the pandemic have improved in recent months but are being affected by the recent sharp rise in COVID-19 cases.
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Molly Beck / Milwaukee Journal Sentinel:
'It's just plain unconstitutional': Wisconsin GOP leaders again reject resolution to ‘pull back’ 2020 electoral votes — MADISON - Assembly leaders for the second time have rejected a proposal from a Republican lawmaker to pull back Wisconsin's electoral votes cast in the 2020 election, which is illegal.
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Dave Price / who13.com:
Iowa lawmaker uses obscene gesture to rip critics as he ends speech — DES MOINES, Iowa — An Iowa legislator “flipped off” those he said don't believe as he does during a rally at the Iowa Statehouse Tuesday afternoon. Representative Bobby Kaufmann-a Wilton Republican who is the son …
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Aaron Gordon / VICE:
Amazon Paid for a High School Course. Here's What They Teach. — “Brainstorm ways you could motivate your employees other than large bonuses and high salaries.” — In 2019, Cajon High School in San Bernardino, California, started offering the “Amazon Logistics and Business Management Pathway …
Voice of America:
As Iran Nears Uranium Breakout Capacity, US Mulls Bomb-Making Scenarios — With the United States warning that Iran is just weeks from developing the capacity to make a nuclear weapon, there is disagreement among Washington experts on the likelihood of Iran rushing to build such a weapon …
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Brookings:
Gender-based online violence spikes after prominent media attacks — On March 9, 2021, Fox News host Tucker Carlson took aim at a favorite target: a New York Times journalist. In the crosshairs was tech reporter Taylor Lorenz, one of the paper's rising stars who had recently described the toll of online harassment.
CNN:
This Silicon Valley city just voted to institute first-in-the-nation gun ownership requirements — (CNN)The San Jose, California, city council voted Tuesday night to adopt a first-in-the-nation ordinance requiring most gun owners to pay a fee and carry liability insurance …
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Natalie O'Neill / New York Post:
Fauci says children younger than 4 will get three doses of COVID vaccines — The White House said Wednesday that the COVID-19 vaccine regime for kids younger than 4 years old will likely be three doses when it's approved — and vowed to make millions more hard-to-find Pfizer anti-viral pills available in coming months.
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Marty Makary / Wall Street Journal:
The High Cost of Disparaging Natural Immunity to Covid — Vaccines were wasted on those who didn't need them, and people who posed no risk lost jobs. — Public-health officials ruined many lives by insisting that workers with natural immunity to Covid-19 be fired if they weren't fully vaccinated.
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Kaylee McGhee White / Washington Examiner:
The FDA is wrong to pull life-saving COVID-19 antibody treatments — The Food and Drug Administration suddenly decided to withdraw its emergency use authorization of two COVID-19 antibody treatments this week, leaving hundreds of patients who depend on them in the lurch.
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The Dworkin Report:
Author reveals how Peter Thiel helped Trump cut a deal with Facebook to evade fact checking — Scott talks with author and journalist Max Chafkin, who is a features editor and a tech reporter at Bloomberg Businessweek. Max is the author of “The Contrarian: Peter Thiel and Silicon Valley's Pursuit of Power …
Jason Rantz / MyNorthwest.com:
Downtown Seattle Target barely surviving as shoplifting ravages store — The Target department store in downtown Seattle is being absolutely ravaged by shoplifters, with one staff member telling me theft happens “about every 10 minutes.” He wasn't kidding.
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Coin Center:
New bill would hand Treasury blank check to ban crypto at exchanges — And not just crypto. Provision in the America COMPETES Act would allow Treasury to secretly prohibit any kind of transaction it deems a “concern” without any public notice or input. — BLOG FINANCIAL SURVEILLANCE PRIVACY & AUTONOMY
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