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Inside William Barr's Breakup With Trump — Donald Trump is a man consumed with grievance against people he believes have betrayed him, but few betrayals have enraged him more than what his attorney general did to him. To Trump, the unkindest cut of all was when William Barr stepped forward …


Republicans back on board after Biden's infrastructure clean-up — Sen. Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.) also indicated he would join his party's work on a bigger, separate bill. — President Joe Biden speaks to Ohio Sen. Rob Portman, one of the lead Republican negotiators on the bipartisan deal, on Thursday at the White House.
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Biden is blowing a golden political opportunity — This week, the president could have sealed a bipartisan win on infrastructure and forged a tougher approach on rising violent crime. He would do well to take a page from Eric Adams's playbook. — See more stories about...
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Biden reverses himself on infrastructure, says he would sign bipartisan deal — WASHINGTON — President Biden on Saturday reversed a stand he had taken forcefully just two days earlier, saying he would will sign a roughly $1 trillion bipartisan infrastructure package even if he is unable …
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‘They were on their balconies, screaming:’ The final minutes at Champlain Towers South … SURFSIDE, Fla. — From her fourth-floor balcony, Cassondra Stratton felt a tremor and saw the swimming pool cave in. She immediately called her husband, Michael, in Denver, 2,000 miles away.
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She predicted the blue wave — now she's trying to prevent a big red one — Now she's trying to stop them from losing it all in 2022 — Political scientist Rachel Bitecofer made a name for herself as an election analyst who saw the 2018 blue wave coming long before anyone else.
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Raw Story


Audit leader Doug Logan appears in conspiracy theorist election film — The CEO of a Florida-based firm chosen to conduct the review of Maricopa County's election results appeared in a conspiracy theorist film riddled with falsehoods about the 2020 election and directed by a man whose previous work claimed aliens were behind 9/11.


Trump dishes the red meat but keeps revenge on ice — WELLINGTON, Ohio — Donald Trump's first MAGA rally since leaving the White House was billed as a takedown of one of the 10 Republicans who voted for the then-president's impeachment following the Jan. 6 Capitol Hill riots.
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HotAir, National Review and BizPac Review


Gwen Berry turns away from flag at U.S. track and field trials: ‘I feel like it was a setup’ — Gwen Berry turned away from the American flag and raised a T-shirt over her face as the national anthem played Saturday, minutes after she qualified for the Olympic team at the U.S. track …
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Althouse


When a Free Society Becomes a Police State — For 26 years, the pro-democracy tabloid Apple Daily was a thorn in Beijing's side. This week, the paper closed for good. What its death means for Hong Kong — and for us all. — 3 hr ago — By my lights, the most important news event …


National Archives' racism task force says own Rotunda example of ‘structural racism,’ knocks Founding Fathers — The task force also called for ‘trigger warnings’ to accompany historical content — Biden admin's race-related curriculum attempts to ‘change history’: Douglas Murray
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National Review, RedState and BizPac Review


How Trump Ally Michael Flynn Nurtured — And Profited From — the QAnon Conspiracy Theory — Of the many mysteries surrounding the final days of Donald Trump's presidency, few have been more confounding than the connections between former national security adviser Michael Flynn …


GOP Candidate Bankrolled Jan. 6 Riot Trip With Campaign Cash — Derrick Van Orden barely lost his race to be a Congressman. But then he used campaign funds to get to D.C. for the Jan. 6 riot. Now he's running again. — Two months after Republican congressional candidate Derrick Van Orden lost …
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Raw Story


‘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.
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GOP senator: Trump ‘definitely the leader of the party’ — GOP Sen. Rob Portman (Ohio) on Sunday said former President Trump is “definitely the leader” of the Republican Party, one day after Trump held his first post-presidential rally in Ohio. — Portman, asked by ABC's “This Week” …
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National Review and Washington Times


Royal Drama Unfolds in Court, but a Prince at the Center of It Is Absent — Two prominent figures are on trial in Jordan accused of plotting to destabilize the kingdom. One is an adviser to Saudi Arabia's leader, and the Saudis have been trying to disrupt the trial.


GOP lawmaker won't come to CNN, so Jim Acosta went to him. See what happened — CNN's Jim Acosta talks with Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) and tries to speak with Congressman Mo Brooks (R-AL) about the January 6th insurrection and conspiracy theories surrounding it. Source: CNN
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Kevin McCarthy may appoint Marjorie Taylor Greene to select committee on Trump's Jan. 6 insurrection
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