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New York Times:
Kyrsten Sinema Faces a Growing Revolt From Her Former Supporters — The centrist senator is key to President Biden's agenda in Washington. Her positions have angered some Democrats back home. — PHOENIX — Jade Duran once spent her weekends knocking on doors to campaign for Sen. Kyrsten Sinema …
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Josh Marshall / Talking Points Memo:
Kill the Bill — Members of Congress have begun to say explicitly in the last couple days what I think has been clear for weeks and months. Kyrsten Sinema's multiple trips to the White House yesterday just confirms it. She's not negotiating about any of this in good faith.
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Rema Rahman / The Hill:
Manchin says he could back reconciliation bill this year — Sen. Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.) said Wednesday that he could support passing a Democratic-only spending bill by the end of the year, even as he blasted a multi-trillion-dollar top-line spending bill envisioned by progressives as “fiscal insanity.”
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Sarah Jones / New York Magazine:
The Bottomless Emptiness of Manchema
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Susan Ferrechio / Washington Examiner:
Manchin trashes Democratic spending bill: ‘Fiscal insanity’
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Washington Post:
Biden, Pelosi embark on late scramble to save $1 trillion infrastructure bill
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The Hill:
House appears poised to pull infrastructure vote amid stubborn stalemate
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Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
Kyrsten Sinema's latest moves pose a dire threat to Biden's agenda
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HuffPost:
Senator Kyrsten Sinema Emerges As Main Obstacle To Joe Biden's Legislative Agenda
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Igor Derysh / Raw Story:
Activists who helped elect Kyrsten Sinema launch PAC to fund a primary challenger against her
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Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
Democrats expect Pelosi will reschedule infrastructure vote
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Alex Isenstadt / Politico:
Trump donor: Corey Lewandowski made unwanted sexual advances — A Donald Trump donor is accusing Corey Lewandowski, one of the former president's longtime top aides, of making unwanted sexual advances toward her at a Las Vegas charity event over the weekend.
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American Greatness:
Kristi Noem Shows Why Republicans Can't Have Nice Things — Exclusive: Sources reveal the South Dakota governor and potential 2024 VP candidate is having an extramarital affair with former Trump campaign manager Corey Lewandowski. — Multiple sources have informed American Greatness …
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Felicia Sonmez / Washington Post:
South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem dismisses conservative website's claims of extramarital affair with former Trump adviser — South Dakota Gov. Kristi L. Noem (R) on Wednesday dismissed a conservative media outlet's claim that she is having an extramarital affair with Corey Lewandowski, a former Trump adviser who is also advising Noem.
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Maggie Haberman / New York Times:
Trump Super PAC Removes Corey Lewandowski After Sexual Harassment Claim
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Stephen Groves / Associated Press:
South Dakota lawmakers question Noem's meeting with daughter
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Select Committee to Investigate …:
Select Committee Subpoenas Organizers of Rallies and Events Preceding January 6th Insurrection — Washington—Today, Chairman Bennie G. Thompson announced that the Select Committee has issued subpoenas for deposition testimony and records to individuals tied to the events and rallies leading …
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Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
Wake up, Virginia Democrats. There's serious Trumpist danger ahead. — We now have at least three polls that seem to confirm a trend: In Virginia, where a big and important election looms, Democratic voters appear less energized than Republican ones do. — This is despite the fact …
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Alex Pareene / The AP (Alex Pareene) Newsletter:
Officer-Involved Delusions — Cops lie to us. We should be even more worried when they lie to themselves. — The latest episode of The Politics of Everything is about police and fentanyl. Specifically, it's about what exactly is happening when police officers “overdose” …
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Gerrit De Vynck / Washington Post:
YouTube is banning prominent anti-vaccine activists and blocking all anti-vaccine content — The Google-owned video site previously only banned misinformation about coronavirus vaccines. Facebook made the same change months ago. — SAN FRANCISCO — YouTube is taking …
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Elizabeth Faddis / Washington Examiner:
YouTube announces crackdown on anti-vaccine content
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CNN:
Tennessee parents say some books make students ‘feel discomfort’ because they're White. They say a new law backs them up — Battle over how race is taught in classrooms heats up in school district — Williamson County, TN (CNN)Robin Steenman pulled her daughter out of public school over a mask mandate last year.
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Kate Scanlon / Washington Examiner:
Lawmakers drowned out by protesters as they announce critical race theory bill
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Axios:
Scoop: Milley's blunt private blame for the State Department — In a classified briefing with senators on Tuesday, Joint Chiefs Chairman Mark Milley directly blamed the State Department for a botched evacuation from Afghanistan, saying officials “waited too long” to order the operation …
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NBC News:
Senate reaches deal to avoid government shutdown, Schumer announces — Congress racing to prevent government shutdown — WASHINGTON — Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer said Wednesday that senators have reached a deal on a stopgap government funding measure to prevent a shutdown.
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Andrea Bernstein / New Yorker:
Trump Still Faces a Reckoning in New York — Court documents and interviews indicate that the Manhattan District Attorney is accumulating evidence of pervasive tax fraud. — Last Monday, eighty days after their first courtroom appearance in a case known as The People of the State of New York v …
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Raw Story and Political Wire
Tzvi Joffre / Jerusalem Post:
VP Harris to student who accused Israel of ‘genocide’: Your truth must be heard — US Vice President Kamala Harris applauded a student who accused Israel of “ethnic genocide,” saying “your truth cannot be suppressed.” — During a discussion with students about National Voter Registration Day on Tuesday …
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Nathan Fenno / Los Angeles Times:
Olympic medalist and USC swimmer Klete Keller pleads guilty to Capitol riot charge — Klete Keller, the five-time Olympic swimming medalist from USC, agreed to a plea bargain Wednesday after facing seven federal charges for participating in the U.S. Capitol riot.
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Michael Kunzelman / Associated Press:
Friends from Ohio get 45 days in jail for Capitol riot
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John McCormack / National Review:
Manchin: Reconciliation ‘Dead on Arrival’ If It Doesn't Include Hyde Amendment — House Democrats have pushed forward in their reconciliation bill with creating a new “Medicaid-like” program that lacks the Hyde amendment, a measure that generally prohibits federal funding of abortion.
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Daniel Lippman / Politico:
Think tank president quits after domestic violence complaint — Jerry Taylor, the co-founder and president of the Niskanen Center, recently resigned from the Washington, D.C.-based think tank after being charged with violently attacking his wife, according to court records obtained by POLITICO.
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Willy Staley / New York Times:
Why Is Every Young Person in America Watching ‘The Sopranos’? — The show's new audience is also seeing something different in it: a parable about a country in terminal decline. — To hear more audio stories from publications like The New York Times, download Audm for iPhone or Android.
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