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Washington Post:
Democratic establishment tightens its hold on the party as far-left candidates fall short — Democratic primary voters have been turning away this year from the anti-elite furies that continue to roil Republican politics, repeatedly choosing more moderate candidates promising steady leadership …
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Michael Starr Hopkins / The Hill:
The GOP's strategy is galvanizing Democrats ahead of 2022 — Less than a year after a brutal election that only further divided an already fractured nation, members of both sides of the aisle have begun to turn their attention to the upcoming 2022 midterm elections.
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Associated Press
Karl Rove / Wall Street Journal:
Schumer Finds He Lacks a Political Mandate
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Washington Examiner, Fox News, NBC News and Associated Press
Perry Bacon / Washington Post:
Were Biden's bold first 100 days a mirage?
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The National Interest and Politico
Glenn Greenwald:
Yet Another Media Tale — Trump Tear-Gassed Protesters For a Church Photo Op — Collapses — That the White House violently cleared Lafayette Park at Trump's behest was treated as unquestioned truth by most corporate media. Today it was revealed as a falsehood. — 3 hr ago
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Mark Lee Greenblatt / DOI OIG:
Statement from Inspector General Mark Lee Greenblatt Regarding Special Review Report “Review of U.S. Park Police Actions at Lafayette Park”
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Ron Kampeas / Jewish Telegraphic Agency:
Jewish Democratic lawmakers consider condemning Ilhan Omar for likening Hamas to Israel and US — WASHINGTON (JTA) — Jewish Democrats in the U.S. House of Representatives met Wednesday to discuss antisemitism. The 25 members of the unofficial caucus ended up fulminating about a fellow Democrat …
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The Daily Caller and The Times of Israel
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email.punchbowl.news:
THE TOP — News: Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer is expected to file cloture Thursday on Lina Khan to be an FTC commissioner. Khan is a noted critic of Big Tech, which has won her support on both the left and right. Schumer's move will set up a vote on Khan's confirmation next week.
Ed Morrissey / HotAir:
“False equivalencies give cover to terrorist groups”: House Dems rip Omar for remarks on Israel, US, Hamas
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The Hill, New York Times, Townhall and New York Post
Jacob Bunge / Wall Street Journal:
JBS Paid $11 Million to Resolve Ransomware Attack — Meat supplier's U.S. chief executive says firm paid cybercriminals in bitcoin to avoid more disruptions — JBS USA Holdings Inc. paid an $11 million ransom to cybercriminals who last week temporarily knocked out plants that process roughly …
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Timothy Puko / Wall Street Journal:
Keystone XL Oil Project Abandoned by Developer — Decision ends a yearslong effort to pipe more Canadian crude to the U.S. — Canada's TC Energy Corp. and the Albertan provincial government said Wednesday they would scuttle the Keystone XL oil pipeline project, bringing to an end …
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Matthew Brown / Associated Press:
Keystone XL pipeline nixed after Biden stands firm on permit
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Outside the Beltway and Bangor Daily News
Miami Herald:
The city that's home to Trump's South Florida resort just voted to ban casinos — Count Doral among the latest Miami-Dade cities to erect defenses against casino politics as the prospect of gambling — and a Trump-branded casino — creeps closer. — The Doral city council on Wednesday voted 4 …
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Raw Story
Kadia Goba / BuzzFeed News:
The Congressional Black Caucus Is Blocking A Black Republican From Joining The Group — The Congressional Black Caucus is blocking membership to Rep. Byron Donalds, a Republican from Florida who has tried to join the organization, a source familiar with the CBC's plans told BuzzFeed News.
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Breitbart, Townhall, The Hill, The Daily Caller and Fox News
Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
Biden's plans would give families a surprisingly big lift. New data shows how. — It's sometimes suggested that the unexpected ambition of President Biden's proposals could revamp our political debate. They might allow Democrats to take control over the “economic populist” space in our politics …
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Greensburg Tribune-Review
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Burgess Everett / Politico:
Kyrsten Sinema gets her make-or-break moment with Republicans — Throughout Joe Biden's weeks of infrastructure talks with Sen. Shelley Moore Capito about infrastructure, he was also hearing from another bipartisan broker holding her own quiet talks with Republicans: Sen. Kyrsten Sinema.
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Wall Street Journal, NBC News and The Message Box
Adam Klasfeld / Law & Crime:
Judge Finds Proud Boy's Pleas to Get Out of Jail ‘Without Merit,’ Highlighting Vulgar Threats He Made Against People Who ‘Ratted’ Him Out — Finding a Proud Boys member's complaints of inadequate medical care behind bars “without merit,” a federal judge issued a scathing ruling on Wednesday explaining …
Mona Charen / The Bulwark:
Don't Cry for H.R. 1 — Amend the Electoral Count Act instead. — When Sen. Joe Manchin announced that he would oppose the For the People Act, Steve Benen of MSNBC spoke for many Democrats when he declared that “Joe Manchin is prepared to be remembered by history as the senator who did little …
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Politico:
Eric Adams wants to be mayor of New York — and swears he doesn't live in New Jersey — NEW YORK — Mayoral frontrunner Eric Adams spent Wednesday morning trying to put to bed questions about where he sleeps with a tour of his cluttered basement apartment in Brooklyn and an emotional explanation for his insistence on personal privacy.
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Gothamist and New York Post
Eli Lake / Bloomberg:
Biden Should Offer the Vaccine to Iran — President Joe Biden's plan to provide 500 million doses of the Covid vaccine to countries suffering from a deadly pandemic is welcome news for many reasons. The most obvious is that it's in everyone's interest to inoculate as many people as possible …
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TheGrio
CNN:
Trump administration pursued CNN reporter's records in months-long secret court battle — Washington (CNN)The Trump administration battled with CNN for half a year to obtain the email records of a reporter and insisted it all take place under an extraordinary order of secrecy, CNN's lead attorney revealed on Wednesday.
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E. Jean Carroll / Ask E. Jean:
Carroll v Trump (an Update) — Why Is the DOJ Butting In? — Yup, that's me. You can read all about it in New York Times , or The Washington Post, or The Wall Street Journal, or a thousand other places. But would you like to know why the DOJ is really messing around in my little law suit?
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Wall Street Journal, The Bulwark and ABC News
Ben Dreyfuss / Good Faith:
The world is not filled with monsters. It's filled with normal, flawed human beings. — Don't be the person who demands to know who has and hasn't suffered. — 7 hr ago — A few years ago I was at a party and people began to talk about whether it was OK for people in other countries …
Joshua Green / Bloomberg:
Election Denial and $16 Spritzers: Welcome to Florida's Trump Coast — Since he left Washington in turmoil in January, Donald Trump has spent the bulk of his brief, contentious post-presidency holed up in what Karl Rove calls his “Fortress of Solitude”—Mar‑a‑ Lago, his private club in Palm Beach.
Matthew Foldi / Washington Free Beacon:
Liberal Group Funded by Swiss Billionaire Spends Big to Attack ‘Billionaires Buying Our Elections’ — A liberal redistricting group funded largely through secretive donations by a Swiss billionaire is hitting the airwaves with a well-funded ad campaign attacking the “billionaires buying our elections.”
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The Hill and Instapundit
Jake Bleiberg / Associated Press:
AP Exclusive: State bar investigating Texas attorney general — DALLAS (AP) — The Texas bar association is investigating whether state Attorney General Ken Paxton's failed efforts to overturn the 2020 presidential election based on bogus claims of fraud amounted to professional misconduct.
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POLITICUSUSA, Law & Crime, Washington Examiner, Talking Points Memo, Raw Story, Forbes and The Hill
Alice Yan / South China Morning Post:
Beijing bus stunned by shrieking woman demanding a seat saying she's royalty — The woman quickly became enraged and began shrieking at other passengers, labelling them as ‘beggars’ and ‘uncivilised’ After a video of the incident appeared on social media police detained the woman She came …
Bloomberg:
G-7 Eyes Ambitious Shift to Electric Cars and Away From Oil — Every G-7 nation would promise more cash for climate change — Draft summit communique is being discussed as leaders gather — Group of Seven leaders are discussing ambitious plans to shift the balance of car buying away …
Ivan Penn / New York Times:
A U.S. solar company will build a new factory in Ohio, giving Biden a boost. — One of the nation's biggest solar-energy companies said on Wednesday that it would double production in the United States by opening a third plant in Ohio by the middle of 2023.
Hans von der Burchard / Politico:
EU joins Biden's call for fresh probe into coronavirus origins — The European Union is backing a push by U.S. President Joe Biden to launch a renewed investigation into the origins of the coronavirus, urging China to grant researchers “complete access” for that matter.
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The Guardian, The Dispatch and New York Times
Michael Siegel / Ordinary Times:
The Final Stages of the Con: Donald Trump, Stolen Elections, and Delusion — In 1986, televangelist Peter Popoff was at the top of his game. Popoff had a wildly successful ministry which centered around faith healing. Walking amidst a vast audience, he would approach apparent strangers.
Wall Street Journal:
America's Energy Gift to Dictators — China, Russia and Iran will exploit the U.S. retreat on fossil fuels. — By The Editorial Board — The U.S. is barreling toward one of the greatest self-inflicted wounds in its history. This came into sharper focus last week when President Biden …
The Economist:
The West is passing up the opportunity of the century — There could be no better advertisement for democracy and free markets than a rapid global vaccination drive — IMAGINE AN INVESTMENT that would earn a return of 17,900% in four years. Better yet, the initial outlay would be easily affordable.
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