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Justice Dept. Seeking to Question Pence in Jan. 6 Investigation — Prosecutors want to speak with the former vice president as a witness to former President Donald Trump's efforts to remain in power, and he is said to be considering how to respond. — The Justice Department is seeking …
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Jan. 6 panel staff angry at Cheney for focusing too much of report on Trump — Fifteen former and current staffers expressed concern that important findings unrelated to Trump will not become available to the American public. — Since Rep. Liz Cheney (R-Wyo.) accepted House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's …
CNN:
The Walmart manager who killed 6 people ‘just started spraying’ bullets in the break room, employee says — The manager of a Virginia Walmart who killed six people and himself in a Tuesday night massacre has been identified as 31-year-old Andre Bing, the city of Chesapeake tweeted.
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Chesapeake Walmart mass shooting: 7 dead, including the shooter
Chesapeake Walmart mass shooting: 7 dead, including the shooter
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New York Times:
Live Updates: 6 People Killed in Shooting at Virginia Walmart
Live Updates: 6 People Killed in Shooting at Virginia Walmart
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The Philadelphia Inquirer:
Doug Mastriano supporters are flooding Pa. courts with baseless recount petitions in the governor's race — Doug Mastriano lost by a lot.But some of his supporters wrongly believe the results are inaccurate, and they think they've found a way to do something about it.
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Parker Molloy / The Present Age:
I am Once Again Asking the White House Press Corps to Stop Being a Gigantic Embarrassment. — Sorry you didn't get invited to a wedding, I guess? — Sigh. — Alright, let's get into it. So... President Joe Biden's granddaughter Naomi got married at the White House on Saturday.
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Jose Pagliery / The Daily Beast:
Trump's Legal Problems All Converged Into One Day of Spectacular Failures — Democrats can get his taxes. The Trump Organization is careening toward a fraud trial. The FBI might get the upper hand. And Donald Trump could get taken down like Bill Cosby.
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Jesse Singal / Singal-Minded:
Controversial Take: It's Bad To Put Words In The Mouths Of Murder Victims — On Ben Collins and the scourge of opportunistic post-tragedy commentary — On Tuesday's Morning Joe, Ben Collins, who “covers disinformation, extremism and the internet for NBC News,” gave what I found …
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Washington Post:
LGBTQ club shooting suspect's troubled past was obscured by a name change, records show
LGBTQ club shooting suspect's troubled past was obscured by a name change, records show
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Jordan Dixon-Hamilton / Breitbart:
Report: Colorado Gay Nightclub Shooting Suspect Identifies as Non-Binary, Uses ‘They/Them’ Pronouns
Report: Colorado Gay Nightclub Shooting Suspect Identifies as Non-Binary, Uses ‘They/Them’ Pronouns
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NBC News:
Right-wing influencers and media double down on anti-LGBTQ rhetoric in the wake of the Colorado shooting — Some right-wing media figures and influencers have doubled down on the use of inflammatory rhetoric against the LGBTQ community in the wake of Saturday night's shooting at a Colorado gay club that killed five.
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McKenzie Beard / Washington Post:
Vaccinated people now make up a majority of covid deaths — Good morning and thanks for reading. The Health 202 will be off Thursday and Friday for Thanksgiving, so enjoy your holiday weekend and have a slice of pie on us. We'll be back in your inbox Monday.
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Justin Rohrlich / The Daily Beast:
Porn-Star Dad of LGBT Club Massacre Suspect Spews Homophobia in First Interview — Aaron Franklin Brink, who has appeared in such films as “I Wanna Get Titty Fucked” and “Latina Slut Academy,” said he was just happy his kid isn't gay. — MMA-fighter-turned-porn-actor Aaron Franklin Brink …
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John Herrman / New York Magazine:
Twitter Is Just a Guy Now — On the evening of Friday, November 18, fresh off another chaotic week at the helm of Twitter, Elon Musk decided to resolve a nagging issue: the matter of Donald Trump. He posted a Twitter poll asking users whether he should bring back the former president's account.
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Cara Buckley / New York Times:
Earth Now Has 8 Billion Humans. This Man Wishes There Were None. — For the sake of the planet, Les Knight, the founder of the Voluntary Human Extinction movement, has spent decades pushing one message: “May we live long and die out.” — Buckley interviewed Mr. Knight in Portland and was surprised to find him curiously uplifting.
Politico:
Senators alarmed over potential Chinese drone spy threat — Hundreds of Chinese-manufactured drones have been detected in restricted airspace over Washington, D.C., in recent months, a trend that national security agencies fear could become a new means for foreign espionage.
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Washington Post:
Trump aides Bannon, Miller advising the Bolsonaros on next steps — Some allies and advisers want the Brazilian president to contest his election loss to Lula. Others want a global fight over free speech. — RIO DE JANEIRO — While tens of thousands of supporters of President Jair …
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Melanie Zanona / CNN:
McCarthy tries to boost his conservative bona fides as pro-Trump lawmakers threaten his speaker bid — Three weeks before the midterm elections, Kevin McCarthy enraged the pro-Trump House Freedom Caucus after the GOP leader publicly suggested he has yet to see any impeachable offenses committed by the Biden administration.
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Quin Hillyer / Washington Examiner:
Political animal Kevin McCarthy is unworthy of House speakership
Political animal Kevin McCarthy is unworthy of House speakership
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David Dayen / American Prospect:
Congressmembers Tried to Stop the SEC's Inquiry Into FTX — The ‘Blockchain Eight’ wrote a bipartisan letter in March attempting to chill the SEC's information requests to crypto firms. FTX was one of those firms. — Rep. Tom Emmer (R-MN), chairman of the National Republican Congressional Committee …
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CNN:
Georgia Senate candidate Herschel Walker getting tax break in 2022 on Texas home intended for primary residence — Republican Herschel Walker is getting a tax break intended only for a primary residence this year on his home in the Dallas, Texas, area, despite running for Senate in Georgia.
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Politico:
Again, and again, and again, and again... Welcome to POLITICO's West Wing Playbook, your guide to the people and power centers in the Biden administration. … For the second time in less than a week, the Biden White House woke up today to news of a mass shooting in America.
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Laura Meckler / Washington Post:
The science on remote schooling is now clear. Here's who it hurt most. — Academic progress for American children plunged during the coronavirus pandemic. Now a growing body of research shows who was hurt the most, both confirming worst fears and adding some new ones.