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San Francisco Chronicle:
S.F. school board recall: Alison Collins, Gabriela López and Faauuga Moliga ousted — San Francisco voters overwhelmingly supported the ouster of three school board members Tuesday in the city's first recall election in nearly 40 years. — The landslide decision means board President …
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Thomas Fuller / New York Times:
In Landslide, San Francisco Forces Out 3 Board of Education Members — The recall, which galvanized Asian Americans, was a victory for parents angered by the district's priorities during the pandemic. — In a recall election fueled by pandemic angst and anger, San Francisco voters ousted three members …
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Jocelyn Gecker / Associated Press:
San Francisco recalls 3 members of city's school board — SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — San Francisco residents recalled three members of the city's school board Tuesday for what critics called misplaced priorities and putting progressive politics over the needs of children during the pandemic.
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Politico:
San Francisco school board members ousted in parental backlash — San Francisco voters have recalled three school board members who spurred a parental backlash for pursuing the renaming of schools and other progressive policy changes as classrooms remained empty during the coronavirus pandemic.
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Michael S. Schmidt / New York Times:
Biden Rejects Trump's Claim of Privilege for White House Visitor Logs — The president informed the National Archives that it should turn over the logs sought by the Jan. 6 committee within 15 days. — President Biden is opposing another effort by former President Donald J. Trump …
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Arthur Delaney / HuffPost:
Josh Hawley: ‘It Is Not A Pro-Riot Mug’ — The Missouri Republican said he only saluted the peaceful protesters, and the others should go to jail. — WASHINGTON - Sen. Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) denied Tuesday that campaign merchandise depicting his infamous Jan. 6 salute celebrates the Capitol riot that day.
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Washington Post:
Texting through an insurrection — Thousands of frantic text messages that might have otherwise been lost to history are now key to piecing together a picture of the events surrounding the Jan. 6 attack. — The panicked texts started landing in Mark Meadows's phone long before thousands …
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Kyle Cheney / Politico:
Jan. 6 panel seeks phone records of security official employed by Alex Jones — The Jan. 6 select committee has issued a subpoena for the phone records of a security guard for pro-Trump broadcaster Alex Jones, a sign of the panel's deepening interest in Jones' contacts related to his involvement …
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Benjamin Siegel / ABC News:
Jan. 6 committee subpoenas Trump campaign staffers, GOP operatives who challenged 2020 results in key states
Jan. 6 committee subpoenas Trump campaign staffers, GOP operatives who challenged 2020 results in key states
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New York Times:
Jeff Zucker's Downfall at CNN: Ethical Lapses and Falling Ratings — The network's top-rated host and its president were forced out following ethical lapses, an office romance and a letter from a lawyer for “Jane Doe.” — Late in the day on Nov. 30, Jeff Zucker, the president of CNN Worldwide …
Politico:
GOP culture war attacks ‘alarmingly potent,’ DCCC warns — The campaign committee has been showing House Democrats new polling about how to counter GOP attacks on police funding and other issues. — Democrats' own research shows that some battleground voters think the party is “preachy …
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Politico:
POLITICO Playbook: Exclusive poll: Answers to the midterm's 2 big questions — DRIVING THE DAY — We have some news in our latest POLITICO-Morning Consult poll that we can share with you this morning. — The results get to the heart of two big questions about 2022:
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Burgess Everett / Politico:
A bipartisan deal to stop Trumpian election subversion? Not so fast.
John Podhoretz / New York Post:
P.J. O'Rourke was America's greatest satirist and coolest conservative — P.J. O'Rourke, who has died at the age of 74, once hosted a small New Year's party at his apartment in Washington. The year was 1990. He'd just returned from Germany, where he had covered the fall of the Berlin Wall.
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Jonathan V. Last / The Bulwark:
Why Writers Loved P.J. O'Rourke — His greatness, his goodness. — P.J. O'Rourke died today. He was only 74—I think he always seemed more youthful than his years because he had kids late in life, and nothing keeps you young like running around after children.
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Washington Post:
Russia aims to ward off NATO in the event of a Ukraine invasion — As Russian President Vladimir Putin sends mixed signals about his willingness to invade Ukraine, his military continues to undertake activities that appear designed not only to ready an offensive but to thwart any attempt …
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Bloomberg:
Biden Says Threat to Ukraine Remains, Awaits Russia Pullback
Biden Says Threat to Ukraine Remains, Awaits Russia Pullback
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Patricia McKnight / Newsweek:
'People's Convoy' of Truckers Reportedly Heading to DC for Mandate Protest — While truck drivers protest COVID-19 restrictions in Canada, American truckers are following suit with their own cross-country convoy heading to Washington, D.C., with a message: “Government has forgotten its place.”
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Zach Montellaro / Politico:
They used to just run elections. Now they fight foreign agents. — Ten state chief election officials say in interviews they have had to refocus their positions to battle a constant flow of disinformation. This year, they say, will be no different. — Voting for the 2022 midterms …
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Washington Post:
New critical race theory laws have teachers scared, confused and self-censoring — A Utah student group was called “Black and Proud.” The principal had it renamed. A New Hampshire history teacher used to discuss current events in a unit about race and economics. No more.
Josh Rogin / Washington Post:
Would Turkey's president have leverage over ‘Senator Doctor Oz’? — Members of the U.S. Senate often have conflicts of interest, both business and personal. But never before has our country experienced a senator who has dual citizenship, served in a foreign military and maintains deep ties …
The Daily Beast:
Trump's Inner Circle Freaks That His Tax Firm ‘Screwed’ Him — “If he gets away from this, there's no God and no reason to live,” said Barbara A. Res, a former construction executive at the Trump Organization. — Predictably, Donald Trump wants you to think his longtime accounting firm's decision …
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Seth Stevenson / Slate:
The Most Chilling Thing I Heard at the Sarah Palin-NYT Trial Came Before the Verdict — The former Alaska governor lost her libel suit against the New York Times. But others were watching—and learning. — At about 2:30 on Tuesday afternoon, after roughly a dozen hours of deliberation …
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Piers Morgan / The Sun:
Prince Andrew's a snivelling little coward whose denials weren't worth the paper they were written on, says Piers Morgan — SO, he's caved. — Just three weeks ago, Prince Andrew defiantly told the world he was demanding, yes DEMANDING, a trial by jury in his sex assault case - to clear his name.
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Melanie Mason / Los Angeles Times:
California Sen. Dianne Feinstein's approval ratings hit an all-time low, poll says — Views of Sen. Dianne Feinstein's job performance have tumbled to the lowest point in her three-decade Senate career, with just 30% of California voters giving her positive marks in a new UC Berkeley Institute …
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Sudarsan Raghavan / Washington Post:
Suspension of Afghan Fulbright Program shatters dreams for 140 semifinalists now stuck under Taliban rule — KABUL — They are Afghanistan's best and brightest, part of a young generation of future scientists, journalists, climatologists, government officials, educators and business leaders keen …
Financial Times:
Iran calls for US ‘political statement’ on commitment to nuclear deal — Foreign minister Hossein Amirabdollahian seeks assurance that Washington will not abandon JCPOA accord again — Iran has proposed that the US Congress makes a “political statement” of its commitment to a nuclear accord …
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Joel Achenbach / Washington Post:
U.S. ‘excess deaths’ during pandemic surpassed 1 million, with covid killing most but other diseases adding to the toll, CDC says — The United States has recorded more than 1 million “excess deaths” since the start of the pandemic, government mortality statistics show …
Eliza Strickland / IEEE Spectrum:
Their Bionic Eyes Are Now Obsolete and Unsupported — Barbara Campbell was walking through a New York City subway station during rush hour when her world abruptly went dark. For four years, Campbell had been using a high-tech implant in her left eye that gave her a crude kind of bionic vision …
Washington Post:
Eight Republican senators say they oppose ‘no-fly’ list for disruptive passengers because it would equate mask opponents to ‘terrorists’ — A group of Republican senators is pushing back against efforts to create a federal “no-fly” list for unruly passengers, arguing that doing …
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Mona Charen / The Bulwark:
The Verdict Is In: Trump Wasn't Right About China — He had the wrong goals—and didn't even achieve them. — One thing that Republicans persuaded themselves of during the past five years has just come a cropper. It was the belief that whatever else Trump may have said or done, he sure was right about China.
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