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Brooke Singman / Fox News:
Trump says Dems ‘disparaged’ COVID-19 vaccine while he was president: ‘Now they wonder why’ some are hesitant — Trump criticizes Biden's new COVID-19 vaccine mandates for employers — Joe Biden's Massive Vaccine Mandates — EXCLUSIVE: Former President Donald Trump blamed Democrats …
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Politico:
Tensions mount between CDC and Biden health team over boosters — Top Biden Covid-19 officials are increasingly clashing with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention as the administration pushes to begin distributing booster shots widely by Sept. 20.
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New York Times, Washington Post, Fox News and HotAir
Timothy Bella / Washington Post:
Alabama man dies after being turned away from 43 hospitals as covid packs ICUs, family says
Alabama man dies after being turned away from 43 hospitals as covid packs ICUs, family says
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The Hill, Crooks and Liars, Outside the Beltway and WGN-TV
Washington Examiner:
Biden's vaccine mandate theater
Biden's vaccine mandate theater
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HotAir, Washington Post and Fox News
CNN:
More than half of Americans support vaccine mandates for workplaces, classrooms and sporting events
More than half of Americans support vaccine mandates for workplaces, classrooms and sporting events
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Washington Post, HotAir, Washington Times, Forbes, The Daily Caller, Mediaite, Daily Kos and Raw Story
Mychael Schnell / The Hill:
Fauci says he would support vaccine requirements for air travel
Fauci says he would support vaccine requirements for air travel
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The Daily Caller, Breitbart and New York Post
Ross Dellenger / TIME:
I Didn't Want to Push My Aunt to Get the Vaccine. Now I Live With Regrets
I Didn't Want to Push My Aunt to Get the Vaccine. Now I Live With Regrets
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Outside the Beltway
Sheryl Gay Stolberg / New York Times:
G.O.P. Seethes at Biden Mandate, Even in States Requiring Other Vaccines
G.O.P. Seethes at Biden Mandate, Even in States Requiring Other Vaccines
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Washington Post, IJR, Mediaite, Daily Kos, The Daily Beast and The Western Journal
Politico:
POLITICO Playbook: Grisham dishes on Melania — DRIVING THE DAY — THE WEEK AHEAD: JOE BIDEN campaigns with GAVIN NEWSOM in Long Beach, Calif., tonight before voters there decide Tuesday whether Newsom should be recalled (polls show him up by double digits) ... Secretary …
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Mary Ramsey / USA Today:
Justice Amy Coney Barrett argues Supreme Court isn't ‘a bunch of partisan hacks’ — LOUISVILLE, Ky. — In the wake of a controversial decision on abortion rights, U.S. Supreme Court Justice Amy Coney Barrett told a crowd of more than 100 here that she doesn't believe the highest court in the land is politically driven.
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NBC News:
Barrett concerned about public perception of Supreme Court — LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Supreme Court Justice Amy Coney Barrett expressed concerns Sunday that the public may increasingly see the court as a partisan institution. — Justices must be “hyper vigilant to make sure they're …
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HotAir, Washington Post, Crooks and Liars, Slate, POLITICUSUSA, Balloon Juice and Fox News
Jeff Horwitz / Wall Street Journal:
Facebook Says Its Rules Apply to All. Company Documents Reveal a Secret Elite That's Exempt. — A program known as XCheck has given millions of celebrities, politicians and other high-profile users special treatment, a privilege many abuse — Mark Zuckerberg has publicly said Facebook Inc. allows …
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United States Capitol Police:
USCP Officers Arrest California Man with Bayonet & Machete — This morning the United States Capitol Police arrested a California man who had multiple knives in his truck near the Democratic National Committee headquarters. — “This is good police work plain and simple,” said Chief Tom Manger.
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Emily Singer / The American Independent:
White supremacist arrested outside DNC headquarters with a bayonet and machete
White supremacist arrested outside DNC headquarters with a bayonet and machete
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CNN, Mercury News and Daily Kos
Lauren Fox / CNN:
Capitol Police arrest man with bayonet and machete in truck near DNC headquarters
Capitol Police arrest man with bayonet and machete in truck near DNC headquarters
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NPR, Fox News, Washingtonian and WBBH-TV
Washington Post:
Afghan American woman's escape highlights secretive CIA role in Kabul rescues — Five days after Afghanistan's fall, Shaqaiq Birashk, holed up in her Kabul apartment, was contacted by a stranger offering to have her picked up and escorted to the airport for evacuation.
George Lenker / Union-News:
Former US Sen. Al Franken talks political downfall, return to comedy before Northampton show — The past few years have been unsettling for many — and Al Franken is no exception. — After a successful career in comedy, including a lengthy stint on NBC's “Saturday Night Live,” …
Hugo Lowell / The Guardian:
Trump's White House chief of staff is target of Capitol attack records request — House select committee investigating 6 January wants telecom and social media companies to preserve records on Mark Meadows — The House select committee investigating the 6 January attack on the Capitol …
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Bipartisan Report and Raw Story
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Dominick Mastrangelo / The Hill:
Melania Trump says she was ‘disappointed and disheartened’ watching Capitol riots
Melania Trump says she was ‘disappointed and disheartened’ watching Capitol riots
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IJR
Apoorva Mandavilli / New York Times:
Most People Don't Need a Covid Vaccine Booster, New Review Says — None of the data on coronavirus vaccines so far provides credible evidence in support of boosters for the general population, according to a review published on Monday by an international group of scientists …
Piers Morgan / Daily Mail:
It made me sick to watch a once-male special forces combat veteran beat up a woman on TV - it's time to stop this trans sport insanity before women start being killed — It was the moment ideology met cold, hard reality. — Alana McLaughlin, 38, the second transgender MMA fighter to compete in the sport …
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HotAir
Ben Smith / New York Times:
Why Our Monsters Talk to Michael Wolff — In his new book, the author of “Fire and Fury” continues his specialty: teasing out stories from men in power. — It's early 2019, a few months before Jeffrey Epstein will be arrested on sex charges, and he is sitting in the vast study …
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Insider, The Wrap, The Guardian and Mediaite, more at Mediagazer »
U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission:
SEC Charges Three Media Companies with Illegal Offerings of Stock and Digital Assets — Companies to Pay More Than $539 Million in Settlement for Distribution to Investors — The Securities and Exchange Commission today charged New York City-based GTV Media Group Inc. and Saraca Media Group Inc. …
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The Daily Beast, CNBC and One America News Network, more at Mediagazer »
Kyle Mantyla / Right Wing Watch:
Lauren Boebert Says Government Should Be Run by ‘Righteous Men and Women of God’ — Republican Rep. Lauren Boebert of Colorado spoke Saturday at a conference held by the Truth & Liberty Coalition, a religious-right political organization founded by right-wing pastor Andrew Wommack.
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Raw Story
Carol Rosenberg / New York Times:
The Legacy of America's Post-9/11 Turn to Torture — Twenty years after the attacks, the United States is still grappling with the consequences of brutal interrogations carried out in the name of national security. — NOUAKCHOTT, Mauritania — Mohamedou Ould Slahi is almost clinical …
Sara Fischer / Axios:
Washington Post expands 202 newsletter franchise — The Washington Post is relaunching its 202 newsletter suite with a new email around climate, new authors and an expanded product suite. — Why it matters: The redesigned products are meant to be more digestible and personality-driven …
Julian Mark / Washington Post:
California couple die of covid, leaving five kids behind. Their newborn is 3 weeks old. — Davy Macias, 37, was intubated and dying of complications from covid-19 when doctors helped her give birth to her daughter. She would never see her baby. — Her husband, Daniel Macias, 39 …
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The Hill
Nahal Toosi / Politico:
Afghan crisis puts Blinken in a rare position: The hot seat — Secretary of State Antony Blinken has in many respects lived a charmed life, leading to the kind of bio that features words like “Harvard,” “France” and “wealthy.” — The last several weeks, though, have not been great.
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Wall Street Journal and Defense One
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The Daily Beast:
Trump Politicizes Soldier Deaths. Gold Star Families Call It ‘Disgusting.’ — Former President Donald Trump has taken to calling out President Joe Biden for soldier deaths in Afghanistan. Gold Star families aren't so pleased. — “Gross.” “Disgusting.” “Without honor.”
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CNN, Bipartisan Report and Raw Story
NYU Stern Center for Business and Human Rights:
The consequences of extreme partisan animosity — In the U.S., where divisiveness has reached new extremes, the consequences of polarization include declining trust in fellow citizens and major institutions; erosion of democratic norms like respect for elections; loss of faith in the existence …
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Election Law Blog
Hunter Walker / Rolling Stone:
GOP ‘Moderate’ Blasted Capitol Riots — and Cozied Up to a Jan. 6 Bus Trip Organizer — Republican Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick called Jan. 6th a “coup attempt,” but that didn't stop him from attending a fundraiser at the home of a man who helped bus hundreds of people to Washington for a “Million MAGA March”
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Raw Story
ProPublica:
Long-Secret FBI Report Reveals New Connections Between 9/11 Hijackers and Saudi Religious Officials in U.S. — “This validates what we have been saying,” says an attorney for families of 9/11 victims who are suing the Saudi government over alleged support of the 2001 terrorist attacks.
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The Daily Beast, The Western Journal, Political Wire and Washington Post
Brad Heath / Reuters:
USA-POLICING/MINNEAPOLIS — After the brutal killing of a Black man went viral and triggered national protests, Minneapolis police underwent an abrupt shift: Officers began making fewer traffic stops, drug and gun checks, Reuters found. With the city engulfed in violence, citizens ask: Where are the police?