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New York Times:
Engineer Warned of ‘Major Structural Damage’ at Florida Condo Complex  —  A consultant in 2018 urged the managers to repair cracked columns and crumbling concrete.  The work was finally about to get underway when the building collapsed.  —  Three years before the deadly collapse …
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Adam Serwer / New York Times:
The Cruel Logic of the Republican Party, Before and After Trump  —  Mr. Serwer is a staff writer at The Atlantic and the author of the forthcoming “The Cruelty Is the Point: The Past, Present, and Future of Trump's America.”  —  Donald Trump has claimed credit for any number of things …
Discussion: Lawyers, Guns & Money
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Lisa Lerer / New York Times:
Progressives' Urgent Question: How to Win Over Voters of Color  —  A yearslong challenge for the left was starkly illustrated this week as its hopes faded in the New York mayor's race.  —  Can progressives win broad numbers of the Black and brown voters they say their policies will benefit most?
Discussion: Twitchy and HotAir
Michael Wines / New York Times:
In Arizona, G.O.P. Lawmakers Strip Power From a Democrat  —  The State Legislature shifted legal authority from the secretary of state to a Republican attorney general, and enacted election measures it said would stop fraud.  —  WASHINGTON — The Republican-controlled State Legislature …
Discussion: Mother Jones, LifeZette and Salon
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Aaron Blake / Washington Post:   2 secretaries of state undercut Trump's fraud claims in key, GOP-controlled states. Republicans have now voted to strip both of power.
Paul Farhi / Washington Post:
A legendary Chicago newspaper columnist bids farewell — and wonders who will be left to tell her city's tale  —  In 29 years as a columnist for the Chicago Tribune, Mary Schmich was often adored and occasionally reviled by readers, as are all good newspaper columnists.
Stundin:
Key witness in Assange case admits to lies in indictment  —  A major witness in the United States' Department of Justice case against Julian Assange has admitted to fabricating key accusations in the indictment against the Wikileaks founder.  —  bjartmar@stundin.is  —  ritstjorn@stundin.is
Luke Broadwater / New York Times:
Officer Injured in Capitol Riot Asks McCarthy to Disavow Lies About It  —  Officer Michael Fanone, who was seriously injured by the pro-Trump mob, said he came away disappointed from his meeting with the top House Republican.  —  WASHINGTON — For weeks, Michael Fanone …
Daniel Dale / CNN:
Fact check: White House national security adviser misleadingly describes pipeline company as ‘not Russian’  —  Top WH official responds to bipartisan criticism of Biden-Putin summit — full interview  —  Washington (CNN)Last Sunday, CNN “State of the Union” co-anchor Dana Bash pressed White …
Politico:
‘A tough slog’: White House struggles to increase vaccination rates as Delta variant surges  —  Top Biden administration health officials trying to slow the spread of the Covid-19 Delta variant have largely given up on the possibility of reinstating mask and social-distancing rules in favor of a grassroots vaccine education campaign.
Discussion: HotAir
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Wall Street Journal:
Delta Coronavirus Variant Prompts Limits in Australia, Israel, as India Warns of New Mutation
Discussion: HotAir
NY State Attorney General:
Attorney General James Reaches $230 Million Settlement for Treatment and Prevention of Opioid Crisis in New York, Johnson & Johnson Ends Sale of Selling Opioids  —  NYS Eligible to Receive Up to Half of all Funds Within Months if  —  Executive Chamber Signs New Legislation Into Law Creating Opioid Settlement Fund
Shane Goldmacher / New York Times:
How Deceptive Campaign Fund-Raising Ensnares Older People  —  Older Americans, a critical source of political donations, often fall victim to aggressive and misleading digital practices.  A broad Times analysis points to the scope of the problem.  —  William W. Vaughan Jr …
Discussion: Raw Story
Chris Joyner / Atlanta Journal-Constitution:
‘Castrate, kill, remove voting rights’: Ex-Marine, Georgia deputy was in extremist cell, feds say  —  When FBI agents in San Diego seized the cell phone of a suspected white supremacist last year, they discovered text messages with a Georgia sheriff's deputy boasting of racial violence and preparations for a civil war.
Discussion: Digby's Hullabaloo
Nicholas Reimann / Forbes:
Democrats Sue Texas Gov. Greg Abbott After He Strips Legislature Of Funding For 2 Years  —  Democrats in the Texas legislature filed a lawsuit against Gov. Greg Abbott (R) on Friday, claiming the governor violated the state constitution when he vetoed all funding for the state legislature …
Discussion: The Texas Tribune
The White House:
Statement by President Joe Biden on the Bipartisan Infrastructure Framework … On Thursday, I reached a historic agreement with a bipartisan group of Senators on a $1.2 trillion plan to transform our physical infrastructure.  The plan would make the largest investment in infrastructure in history …
Discussion: Insider and Townhall
Andrew Romano / Yahoo News:
New Yahoo News/YouGov poll: Biden's approval rating falls, as both Republicans and Democrats grow more concerned about crime  —  Rising worries about crime among both Democrats and Republicans are starting to create a drag on President Biden's approval rating, according to a new Yahoo News/YouGov poll …
Discussion: HotAir and The Daily Beast
Annie Linskey / Washington Post:
The remarkably unremarkable White House Pride ceremony  —  The Debrief: An occasional series offering a reporter's insights  —  Standing at a podium adorned with the presidential seal in the East Room of the White House, a transgender activist announced his pronouns before introducing the president.
Discussion: People.com and The Hill
Brittany Muller / WJXT-TV:
Man accused of shooting Daytona Beach officer arrested near Atlanta  —  Othal Wallace accused of attempted first-degree murder  —  DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. - A multi-agency manhunt for Othal Wallace, 29, ended Saturday morning when the Daytona Beach Police Department announced he had been captured outside Atlanta.
Diane Francis / financialpost:
Canadian Forces have right to know if they got COVID at the 2019 Military World Games in Wuhan  —  Two members told the Post they fell sick with symptoms  —  This week, lawmakers in the United States called for an investigation into whether the October 2019 Military World Games in Wuhan …
Dan Merica / CNN:
Trump kicks off revenge tour with eyes on one Ohio Republican  —  Cleveland (CNN)Donald Trump on Saturday will kick off his revenge tour against Republicans who defied him in the aftermath of the 2020 election and January 6 insurrection, hoping to convince his supporters to fire Ohio Rep. Anthony Gonzalez.
Jon Levine / New York Post:
Jamaal Bowman requested special police protection for his Yonkers home  —  Defund for thee, but not for me.  —  Freshman U.S. Rep. Jamaal Bowman — a champion of defunding cops who claims policing is rife with “white supremacy” — asked for and received a special police detail to guard …
Discussion: Instapundit and Twitchy
Politico:
White House scrambles to manage fallout of Biden's ‘tandem’ remarks  —  Joe Biden said the quiet part out loud and paid a price for it.  —  Reveling in his bipartisan win on infrastructure Thursday, the president declared that he would not sign the deal he'd just endorsed unless …
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Mike LaChance / Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion:
Democrats Trying to Rewrite History on ‘Defund the Police’
Discussion: The Gateway Pundit
 
 
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Susie Neilson / San Francisco Chronicle:
A viral video has everyone talking about San Francisco's ‘shoplifting surge.’ But is it real?
Discussion: The Crime Report
Derek Lowe / In the Pipeline:
Open the Floodgates  —  It should be obvious, given previous posts here, that I think that …
theepochtimes.com:
Election Integrity: The Firewall That Keeps America Free
David Ljunggren / Reuters:
Canada puts U.S. Three Percenters militia on terror list, cites risk of violent extremism
Discussion: Washington Post
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Politico:
House Dems head off retirement crisis — for now
Salvador Rodriguez / CNBC:
TikTok insiders say social media company is tightly controlled by Chinese parent ByteDance
Discussion: The National Pulse and Newsbusters
Andrew Solender / Forbes:
House Panel Upholds $500 Fines For Republicans Who Violated Mask Rule
Washington Examiner:
Defund someone else's police
Gene Marks / The Hill:
Did the Small Business Administration discriminate against white business owners?
Graham Cunningham / The American Mind:
The Will to Kneel  —  Our intellectual elite would break us by demanding our assent to the absurd.
John McWhorter / It Bears Mentioning:
IT IS JUST HYPE TO CALL ELECTISM A RELIGION?
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American Greatness:
Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene Calls for Release of January 6 Surveillance Footage
Discussion: Raw Story
 

 
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