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3:20 PM ET, September 18, 2021

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Dean Obeidallah / MSNBC:
Trump allies are still spreading a dangerous Jan. 6 myth  —  On Saturday, supporters of former president Donald Trump are holding a rally in Washington, D.C. in support of the Jan. 6 attackers currently detained for their role in that act of domestic terrorism.
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NBC News:
Sparse crowd gathers near Capitol to protest treatment of those jailed in Jan. 6 riot  —  WASHINGTON — A small, peaceful crowd gathered Saturday in Washington to protest what the organizers say is the unfair treatment of people charged in the Jan. 6 riot at the Capitol.
Discussion: The Hill, Roll Call and Raw Story
Erin Doherty / Axios:
“Justice for J6” rally underway with large police presence  —  A few hundred demonstrators were met by a heavy law enforcement presence on Saturday at the “Justice for J6” rally outside the fenced-off U.S. Capitol, AP reports.  —  The latest: U.S. Capitol Police officers …
Discussion: NPR and Associated Press
Reuters:
‘Threats of violence’ at U.S. Capitol pro-Trump rally, police warn
Discussion: Breitbart and CNBC
Margaret Sullivan / Washington Post:
For one Capitol reporter, Jan. 6 was the final straw — but he had watched a crisis brew for years  —  Andrew Taylor began his journalism career in the late 1980s, clipping newspaper articles for the politics reporters at Congressional Quarterly.  —  This spring, more than 30 years later …
Hailey Branson-Potts / Los Angeles Times:
In red California, anger over recall blowout.  ‘The Democratic Party is the New York Yankees’  —  On election day, Denise Pickens had a surprising feeling: Hope.  —  Surely, she figured, Gov. Gavin Newsom would be booted out of office.  Or at least get a good scare.
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Dan Balz / Washington Post:
Think all politics are local? The California recall says most politics are now national.
Discussion: Digby's Hullabaloo and CNN
Katherine Doyle / Washington Examiner:   California Democrats see Harris and Newsom colliding on road to the White House
Brad Bannon / The Hill:
California dreaming did not become reality for Republicans
Discussion: Daily Kos
Alia Shoaib / Yahoo News:
Donald Trump wrote to Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger asking him to ‘decertify’ the 2020 election  — Donald Trump wrote to Georgia Secretary of State asking him to “decertify” the results of the election.  — In the letter, Trump repeated unproven claims of widespread election fraud.
Discussion: Daily Kos and Insider
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Steven Erlanger / New York Times:
The Sharp U.S. Pivot to Asia Is Throwing Europe Off Balance
Discussion: Defense One and Washington Post
Michael D. Shear / New York Times:
France recalls its ambassadors to the U.S. and Australia to protest Biden's submarine deal.
Benjamin Mueller / New York Times:
They Shunned Covid Vaccines but Embraced Antibody Treatment  —  Championed by doctors and conservative radio hosts alike, monoclonal antibodies for Covid are in high demand — even from those who don't want a vaccine.  —  Lanson Jones did not think that the coronavirus would come for him.
Discussion: Outside the Beltway
Andrew Tangel / Wall Street Journal:
Tequila Bottles Found On New Boeing Air Force One Jet  —  Company has faced problems of factory debris found in commercial, military aircraft in recent years  —  Two empty liquor bottles were found this month on one of Boeing Co. 's new Air Force One planes under development in San Antonio, people familiar with the matter said.
Discussion: Forbes
Paul Kane / Washington Post:
Senate Republicans say they will vote to allow a debt default, leaving Democrats scrambling for plan to avert economic crisis  —  Early last year, one of Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell's longest rivals offered a lesson about why the Kentucky Republican is unfazed by his critics whenever he digs in on a political strategy.
Discussion: CNN
New York Times:
The Scientist and the A.I.-Assisted, Remote-Control Killing Machine  —  Israeli agents had wanted to kill Iran's top nuclear scientist for years.  Then they came up with a way to do it with no operatives present.  —  Iran's top nuclear scientist woke up an hour before dawn, as he did most days …
Discussion: The Times of Israel
CNN:
CIA warned children were possibly present seconds before US missile killed 10  —  (CNN)Just after the US military launched a Hellfire missile to stop a white Toyota Corolla it believed to be an imminent threat to US troops leading the evacuation at the Kabul airport, the CIA issued an urgent warning …
Discussion: Trending Politics and Breitbart
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Joseph Wulfsohn / Fox News:   Three Sunday shows ignored NYT report on botched drone strike Pentagon now admits killed 10 Afghan civilians
Lt. Gen / New York Post:
I respected Mark Milley ⁠— but he has damaged our democracy  —  Commenting on the recent events by the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff is not easy for me.  For much of his career, Mark Milley served with distinction and honor.  I worked hand-in-hand with him during my four years …
Discussion: Washington Post
Jonathan Turley / The Hill:
Clinton lawyer's indictment reveals ‘bag of tricks’  —  The 26-page indictment of former cybersecurity attorney and Hillary Clinton campaign lawyer Michael Sussmann by special counsel John Durham is as detailed as it is damning on the alleged effort to push a false Russia collusion claim before the 2016 presidential campaign.
Jordan Williams / The Hill:
W.Va. Gov. frustrated over vaccination rate: ‘We just are going to keep lining the body bags up’  —  West Virginia Gov. Jim Justice (R) expressed frustration with his state's vaccination rate, warning constituents that people are either going to get inoculated against COVID-19, or “we're going to keep lining the body bags.”
Discussion: WV MetroNews and YouTube
Ewan Palmer / Newsweek:
Doctor Who Said Masks Cause Carbon Dioxide Poisoning Has License Revoked  —  A doctor in Oregon has had his license revoked for continually refusing to follow COVID-19 guidelines when dealing with patients and spreading misinformation about face masks.  —  The Oregon Medical Board issued …
Discussion: Raw Story
Maureen Dowd / New York Times:
Elizabeth Holmes, A.O.C., and the Art of Owning It  —  What ever happened to the good old-fashioned art of Owning It?  —  Our culture is awash in people who get called out for their behavior and then retreat behind some victim-y excuse.  If you're going to go for it, go for it.
Discussion: Why Evolution Is True
 
 
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Nick Miroff / Washington Post:
Biden administration to ramp up deportation flights to Haiti, aiming to deter mass migration into Texas
Tom Steele / Dallas Morning News:
First Baptist's Robert Jeffress: ‘There is no credible religious argument against the vaccines’
John L. Dorman / Insider:
Georgia GOP Lt. Gov. Geoff Duncan says party leaders pushed restrictive election laws ‘because they got scared’: book
Discussion: Raw Story
Washington Post:
We're not calling out Nicki Minaj. We're calling her in.
Discussion: Insider, Hannah Cox and TheBlaze
Politico:
POLITICO Playbook: What the Pentagon knew about that drone attack
Discussion: HotAir and New York Times
New York Post:
Chris Christie's nephew's bar mitzvah leads to COVID-19 outbreak, NJ school closure
Discussion: Insider and Political Wire
 Earlier Items: 
Charles C. W. Cooke / National Review:
No, You Don't Have to Be a Criminal to Want to Limit Government
Discussion: Breitbart, The Bulwark and Salon
Meghan Roos / Newsweek:
‘Pro-Life’ Group Endorses Youngkin After He Says Abortion Ban in Virginia Is ‘Appropriate’
John McWhorter / New York Times:
Fredric March's Misguided Antiracist ‘Reckoning’ at the University of Wisconsin
Discussion: Althouse
Max Fisher / New York Times:
As Populists Decline, the Center-Left Sees Hints of a Comeback
Erik Wemple / Washington Post:
A scary court victory for Devin Nunes
Data For Progress:
The Build Back Better Plan Remains Popular
Discussion: Bipartisan Report and POLITICUSUSA