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Eli Yokley / Morning Consult:
Democratic Voters Drive Decline in Sinema's Popularity in Arizona  —  The first-term centrist Democrat, who has bucked her party so far this year, is facing heat for holding up Biden's social spending agenda  — 46% of Arizona Democrats approved of Sinema's job performance in the third quarter of 2021 …
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Ashley Reese / Jezebel:
Absolutely Bully Kyrsten Sinema Outside Of Her Bathroom Stall  —  This senator is holding all of us back, and some of her most vulnerable constituents are, rightfully, sick of it.  —  Alerts  —  The effectiveness of certain kinds of protest will always be up for debate.
Discussion: Fox News, Townhall and Power Line
Meghan Mccain / Daily Mail:
The revolting scenes of Sen Sinema being abused in a ladies' room show that Democrat progressives have become as toxically intolerant as the Trump regime they despised.
Discussion: Mediaite and IJR
AJ McDougall / The Daily Beast:
Sinema Slams ‘Wholly Inappropriate’ Protesters Who Confronted Her in Bathroom
Andrew Yang:
Breaking Up with the Democratic Party  —  I changed my voting registration from ‘Democrat’ to ‘Independent’ today.  It was a strangely emotional experience.  —  I registered as a Democrat back in 1995 when I was 20 years old to vote for Bill Clinton's re-election.  It was a no-brainer for me.
New York Times:
Facebook and all of its apps go down simultaneously.  —  SAN FRANCISCO — Facebook and its family of apps, including Instagram and WhatsApp, were inaccessible for hours on Monday, taking out a vital communications platform used by billions and showcasing just how dependent the world has become …
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Scott Carpenter / Bloomberg:
Zuckerberg Loses $7 Billion in Hours as Facebook Plunges  — CEO drops to No. 5 on list of world's richest, below Gates  — Stock slide knocks his net worth down to $120.9 billion  —  Mark Zuckerberg's personal wealth has fallen by nearly $7 billion in a few hours …
Kevin Roose / New York Times:
Facebook Is Weaker Than We Knew  —  A trove of leaked documents, published by The Wall Street Journal, hints at a company whose best days are behind it.  —  One possible way to read “The Facebook Files,” The Wall Street Journal's excellent series of reports based on leaked internal Facebook research …
Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
The revelations about Mike Pence's role in Jan. 6 keep getting worse  —  It has become a ubiquitous question in our politics: How close did Donald Trump come to pulling off an actual coup?  —  Efforts to grapple with this have been trapped largely in the zone of wild speculation.
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Washington Post:   Group files complaint with California bar association against John Eastman, lawyer who advised Trump on election challenges
Katherine Miller / BuzzFeed News:
What The Trump Books Tell Us About Jan. 6
Discussion: Raw Story
Washington Post:
Trump, talked out of announcing a 2024 bid for now, settles on a wink-and-nod unofficial candidacy  —  As turmoil in Afghanistan reached a crescendo in August, Donald Trump began talking again with advisers about whether he should announce his 2024 campaign for president right away.
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Brianne Pfannenstiel / Des Moines Register:
Donald Trump's favorability ratings are his highest in any Iowa Poll: ‘Absence makes the heart grow fonder’
Discussion: Washington Times, The Hill and Slate
Will Steakin / ABC News:
Exclusive: Stephanie Grisham says ‘I regret’ enabling culture of dishonesty in Trump White House  —  The former Trump aide spoke exclusively to ABC News' George Stephanopoulos.  —  In an exclusive interview with ABC News' George Stephanopoulos, Stephanie Grisham, one of former President Donald Trump's …
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Donald Ayer / New York Times:
The Supreme Court Has Gone Off the Rails  —  Mr. Ayer was a U.S. attorney and principal deputy solicitor general in the Reagan administration and deputy attorney general in the George H.W. Bush administration.  —  The Supreme Court has final authority to make difficult judgment calls articulating …
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Andrew Murray / Fox News:
Florida Gov. DeSantis' wife diagnosed with breast cancer  —  Fox News Flash top headlines for October 4  —  EXCLUSIVE - Casey DeSantis, the wife of Gov. Ron DeSantis of Florida, has been diagnosed with breast cancer.  —  “I am saddened to report that Florida's esteemed First Lady …
PIX11:
New video: Man splashes paint on George Floyd statue in Union Square  —  UNION SQUARE, Manhattan — After a statue of George Floyd was vandalized Sunday morning in Union Square, the NYPD early Monday released new surveillance video of a man dousing the statue with paint in broad daylight.
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Politico:
Top State adviser leaves post, rips Biden's use of Trump-era Title 42  —  A senior State Department official is leaving his role in the Biden administration.  And on his way out, he has sent a scathing internal memo criticizing the president's use of a Trump-era policy to expel migrants from the southern border.
Lachlan Markay / Axios:
Scoop: House Republican says he's facing federal prosecution  —  The top Republican on the House Appropriations Committee's agriculture panel says he's facing federal prosecution, Axios has learned.  —  Driving the news: In a new fundraising page for his legal expense fund, Rep. Jeff Fortenberry …
Discussion: Raw Story and Roll Call
David Dayen / American Prospect:
USPS Begins Postal Banking Pilot Program  —  The test allows customers to cash business or payroll checks at the post office and place them onto a gift card.  —  The United States Postal Service (USPS) has taken the most dramatic step in a half-century to re-establish a postal banking system in America.
Associated Press:
Ex-U.S. Rep. Todd Akin, sunk by ‘legitimate rape’ remark, dies  —  Former U.S. Rep. Todd Akin, a conservative Missouri Republican whose comment that women's bodies have a way of avoiding pregnancies in cases of “legitimate rape” sunk his bid for the U.S. Senate and became a cautionary tale for other GOP candidates, died late Sunday.
Robert Gehrke / Salt Lake Tribune:
One-time presidential candidate Evan McMullin will mount an independent bid to oust Republican Sen. Mike Lee, Robert Gehrke reports  —  A McMullin candidacy challenges the rigid two-party standard, which leaves too many Utahns unrepresented.  —  Independent presidential candidate Evan McMullin speaks …
Discussion: National Review and Twitchy
Masaya Kato / Nikkei Asia:
China PCR test orders soared before first reported COVID case  —  Government contracts show surges in Wuhan-area purchases starting May 2019  —  TOKYO — Purchases of PCR tests in China's Hubei Province surged months before the first official reports of a novel coronavirus case there …
Politico:
McConnell reactivates his connection to Biden — with a sharp debt warning  —  Joe Biden and Mitch McConnell's two-man emergency hotline had gone silent — until now.  —  The Senate minority leader on Monday morning prodded the president to talk his party into raising the debt ceiling without the GOP …
Andrew Stiles / Washington Free Beacon:
Where's Daniel Dale?  CNN's Lead ‘Fact-Checker’ Goes Missing  —  Had expressed lack of motivation for scrutinizing ‘generally factual’ Biden  —  CNN's top “fact-checker,” Daniel Dale, was a fixture on the cable network during Donald Trump's presidency.  He was the subject of numerous profiles …
Zoe Tillman / BuzzFeed News:
A Judge Sent A Capitol Rioter To Prison, Rejecting The Government's Lighter Recommendation  —  WASHINGTON — A judge on Monday ordered Capitol rioter Matthew Mazzocco to spend 45 days in prison, rejecting not only the defense's argument for probation but also the prosecution's recommendation …
Alan Mirabella / Bloomberg:
Ken Griffin, Top GOP Donor, Rules Out Backing a Trump Rerun  —  Hedge fund manager Ken Griffin, a major donor to Republicans, ruled out supporting Donald Trump for another run for president.  —  “I think it's time for America to move on,” he said in a discussion Monday with Erik Schatzker at the Economic Club of Chicago.
Discussion: Political Wire
Laura Nahmias / New York Magazine:
White Riot In 1992, thousands of furious, drunken cops descended on City Hall — and changed New York history.  —  This story was produced in partnership with The Garrison Project, an independent, nonpartisan organization that will address the crisis of mass incarceration and policing.
Abigail Shrier / Common Sense with Bari Weiss:
Top Trans Doctors Blow the Whistle on ‘Sloppy’ Care  —  In exclusive interviews, two prominent providers sound off on puberty blockers, ‘affirmative’ care, the inhibition of sexual pleasure, and the suppression of dissent in their field.  —  For nearly a decade, the vanguard …
New York Times:
U.S. Signals No Thaw in Trade Relations With China  —  The Biden administration said it would not immediately remove the Trump administration's tariffs and would require that Beijing uphold its trade commitments.  —  WASHINGTON — The Biden administration offered its strongest signal yet …
Luke Broadwater / New York Times:
With Biden's Agenda in the Balance, Lobbying Kicks Into High Gear  —  Business interests are using ads and other efforts to cajole Democrats to change or kill a $3.5 trillion social policy bill.  —  WASHINGTON — As centrist Democrats in Congress have worked to block or strip out major provisions …
Will Sommer / The Daily Beast:
Republicans Shout Down Lindsey Graham for Pushing Vaccine  —  “Well, I'm glad I got it.  Ninety-two percent of people in hospitals in South Carolina are unvaccinated,” he told the crowd of Republican activists who booed him.  —  Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) was booed by Republican activists Saturday …
Discussion: The Big Picture and Raw Story
Gene Maddaus / Variety:
IATSE Members Vote to Authorize Nationwide Film and TV Production Strike … The members of the International Association of Theatrical Stage Employees have voted to approve a strike authorization, giving the union president the power to shut down film and TV production across the country.
 
 
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Domenico Montanaro / NPR:
The provisions in Texas' restrictive abortion law are not popular, an NPR poll finds
James Fanelli / Wall Street Journal:
Lousy Management, Knucklehead Hires Plague Operations of Real-Life Sopranos
John Nichols / madison.com:
Wisconsin GOP mimics Orwell's Thought Police
Monica Lewinsky / New York Times:
Monica Lewinsky Has Some Things to Say About Cancel Culture
Discussion: Fox News and IJR
Louis Westendarp / Politico:
Meet the European leaders named in the Pandora Papers
Justin Baragona / The Daily Beast:
Giuliani Claims Trump Campaign Had Veto Power Over OAN Reporter's Stories
Discussion: Raw Story
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Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai / VICE:
Company That Routes Billions of Text Messages Quietly Says It Was Hacked
Ken Meyer / Mediaite:
Matthew Dowd Gets Snippy with Brianna Keilar, Dismisses Deleted Tweets as Fox ‘Conspiracy’: ‘I Answered Three Times’
Discussion: Newsbusters, The Hill and Twitchy
Sarah D. Wire / Los Angeles Times:
Jan. 6 rioters exploited little-known Capitol weak spots: A handful of unreinforced windows
Discussion: Daily Kos and Politico