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Caroline Vakil / The Hill:
Sinema slams delay of infrastructure vote: ‘Inexcusable’ — Sen. Kyrsten Sinema (D-Ariz.) on Saturday slammed the decision to delay a vote this week on the bipartisan infrastructure deal that she helped negotiate, calling it “inexcusable.” — Good-faith negotiations, the Arizona centrist argued, “require trust.”
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New York Times:
Biden's Agenda in Doubt as He Aids Progressives in Fight With Moderates — Progressives flexed, but remain empty-handed. Moderates feel betrayed. The outcome of their battle could determine Democrats' fate in the midterms and the success of the Biden presidency.
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Politico
New York Times:
The Lawyer Behind the Memo on How Trump Could Stay in Office — John Eastman was a little-known but respected conservative lawyer. Then he became influential with Donald Trump — and counseled him on how to retain power after losing the election. — Read in app
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No More Mister Nice Blog, Raw Story and POLITICUSUSA
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Mike Isaac / New York Times:
Whistle-Blower to Accuse Facebook of Contributing to Jan. 6 Riot, Memo Says — In an internal memo, Facebook defended itself and said that social media was not a primary cause of polarization. — Read in app — SAN FRANCISCO — Facebook, which has been under fire …
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Lexi Lonas / The Hill:
Biden signs 30-day extension of highway funding into law — President Biden signed a 30-day extension of highway funding into law on Saturday following its passage earlier in the day by the Senate, according to a statement from the White House. — The Senate reconvened for a brief session …
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Speaker Nancy Pelosi:
Dear Colleague: It's About Time! — Good morning. — It's about time! Yesterday, we extended the Thursday, September 30th legislative day to Friday, pushing to passage of the Bipartisan Infrastructure Framework and to advance Build Back Better. But more time was needed to reach our goal of passing both bills, which we will.
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The Daily Caller, Mediaite, The Guardian, The Hill, Forbes, UPI and Townhall
Daily Mail:
EXCLUSIVE: Married Trump donor tells police she feared for her safety when Corey Lewandowski told her ‘he stabbed a man in the back of the head and killed him’ as her husband slams the political operative's ‘violent and harassing’ behavior — Super PAC donor Trashelle Odom has made a statement …
Washington Examiner:
Don't let California persecute gun owners — The Democrats' assault on the First Amendment has been so brazen lately that it's often easy to forget that they have been waging an even longer and more concerted battle against the Second Amendment. — In states where Democrats hold complete control …
Andrew Yang / Politico:
When I Ran for President, It Messed With My Head — Andrew Yang is a former Democratic presidential candidate. He is the author of Forward: Notes on the Future of Our Democracy, from which this is excerpted. — It's your birthday. Imagine going into a room and finding dozens of people have gathered together to see you.
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Kathrin Hille / Financial Times:
China sends record number of warplanes towards Taiwan — Beijing steps up intimidation ahead of a visit by French politicians to Taipei — China sent a record number of warplanes into Taiwan's air defence identification zone on Friday and Saturday ahead of a visit to Taipei by French lawmakers.
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Hong Kong Free Press HKFP, The Sun and New York Times
Politico:
POLITICO Playbook: 'The strangest thing I've ever seen' — DRIVING THE DAY — “The fact that the president came to the Hill and whipped against his own bill is the strangest thing I've ever seen.” — That late-night observation was just one of many we heard from frustrated lawmakers …
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Power Line, The Mahablog, HotAir and The Hill
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Dan Balz / Washington Post:
What will it take for Biden to bring fractured Democrats together?
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Politico, NBC News, The Hill, Slate, Associated Press, Los Angeles Times, Bloomberg and Roll Call
Liz Alderman / New York Times:
As Bikers Throng the Streets, 'It's Like Paris Is in Anarchy' — An ecologically minded experiment to make Paris a cycling capital of Europe has led to a million people now pedaling daily — and to rising tensions with pedestrians. — Read in app
Ian Millhiser / Vox:
The nihilism of Neil Gorsuch — Trump's first Supreme Court appointee's radical vision to remake America, explained. — Neil Gorsuch was ready to blow up the US housing market over a minor legal violation. — The case in front of the Supreme Court was Collins v. Yellen (2021) …
Maureen Dowd / New York Times:
Sinema Stars in Her Own Film — Read in app — WASHINGTON — Just like the original Sphinx, the Phoenix Sphinx is blocking the way until those who would move ahead solve her riddle: — What does Kyrsten Sinema want? And why doesn't she stick around to explain it?
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