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Mike Memoli / NBC News:
Biden declines Trump request to withhold White House records from Jan. 6 committee  —  WASHINGTON — The White House on Friday formally blocked an attempt by former President Donald Trump to withhold documents from Congress related to the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol, setting up a legal showdown between …
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New York Times:
Jan. 6 Panel Threatens to Pursue Charges Against Bannon  —  After Stephen K. Bannon refused to comply with a subpoena, the committee investigating the Capitol riot said it would consider recommending contempt of Congress charges.  —  WASHINGTON — The select committee investigating …
Washington Post:
Biden rejects Trump's request to withhold documents from House committee investigating Jan. 6 attack  —  President Biden rejected former president Donald Trump's request to block documents from the House committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol, the White House said on Friday …
CNN:
Bannon to defy subpoena from January 6 committee, citing Trump's ‘direction’
Select Committee to Investigate …:
Thompson & Cheney Statement on Subpoena Deadline
Discussion: POLITICUSUSA and NPR
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Washington Post:
Trump's D.C. hotel made millions from foreign governments but still struggled, federal documents show  —  Hundreds of pages of the hotel's financial documents show that the federally leased hotel lost $71 million while Trump was in office  —  Donald Trump's luxury Washington hotel lost …
CNN:
Trump DC hotel incurred more than $70 million in losses while Trump was president, documents show  —  Washington (CNN)Former President Donald Trump racked up more than $70 million in losses over a four-year period from his Washington, DC, hotel, while publicly claiming that the hotel was making …
Rebecca Shabad / NBC News:
Trump misled about D.C. hotel finances, House panel says
Discussion: Insider and Raw Story
Ken Klippenstein / The Intercept:
Sen. Kyrsten Sinema Is Literally Teaching a Course on Fundraising  —  All students hope to learn from the top experts in their field.  Graduate students at Arizona State University have an unusual opportunity this fall to do just that, where Sen. Kyrsten Sinema, D-Ariz., is teaching a course on getting rich people to give you money.
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Ed Morrissey / HotAir:
Manchin to Schumer: Your speech was “f*****g stupid”  —  Just how badly has Senate control undermined Democratic unity?  And how far will it go?  Punchbowl reports this morning that four different sources say that Joe Manchin confronted Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer …
Brian Faler / Politico:
Democrats likely to throw billions in tax hikes overboard as spending plans shrink
Mollie Hemingway / The Federalist:
I Interviewed Trump For 5 Hours.  Here's What He Told Me About ‘Stupid F—er’ McConnell, McCarthy's Bromance With Luntz, And The Fake News That Bothered Him The Most  —  In multiple interviews, Former President Donald Trump unloads on the rigged 2020 election, Republicans who screwed him …
Discussion: Insider, Washington Post and Truthout
Eliza Shapiro / New York Times:
De Blasio to Phase Out N.Y.C. Gifted and Talented Program  —  The mayor unveiled a plan to replace the highly selective program, which has become a glaring symbol of segregation in New York City public schools, for incoming students.  It will be up to his successor to implement it.
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Philip Caldwell / Washington Free Beacon:
De Blasio Moves To End NYC's ‘Gifted and Talented’ School Programs
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Jeff Cox / CNBC:
September's jobs creation comes up short with gain of just 194,000
James McClain / Yahoo Lifestyle:
Son of Afghanistan's Former Defense Minister Buys $20.9 Million Beverly Hills Mansion  —  He already owns a $5.2 million Miami Beach condo at the prestigious St. Regis Bal Harbour resort, but Daoud Wardak apparently also wants a West Coast outpost.  To that end, he's heading for Beverly Hills …
Chris Gardner / The Hollywood Reporter:
Dave Chappelle Gets Standing Ovation Amid Netflix Special Controversy: “If This Is What Being Canceled Is, I Love It”  —  After being called out for transphobic jokes in ‘The Closer,’ the comedian performed at the Hollywood Bowl in front of Brad Pitt, Tiffany Haddish and Stevie Wonder and dismissed the outcry: “F— Twitter.
New York Times:
Journalists Maria Ressa and Dmitri Muratov are awarded the Nobel Peace Prize.  —  Seeking to bolster press freedoms as journalists find themselves under increasing pressure from authoritarian governments and other hostile forces, the Norwegian Nobel Committee on Friday awarded the Peace Prize …
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Washington Post:
Journalists known for taking on governments of Philippines and Russia win Nobel Peace Prize
NobelPrize.org:
The Nobel Peace Prize 2021
Associated Press:
Biden is first president to mark Indigenous Peoples' Day  —  WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden on Friday issued the first-ever presidential proclamation of Indigenous Peoples' Day, lending the most significant boost yet to efforts to refocus the federal holiday celebrating Christopher Columbus toward …
ProPublica:
Black Children Were Jailed for a Crime That Doesn't Exist.  Almost Nothing Happened to the Adults in Charge.  —  Judge Donna Scott Davenport oversees a juvenile justice system in Rutherford County, Tennessee, with a staggering history of jailing children.  She said kids must face consequences …
Discussion: YouTube
Insider:
Billionaire Peter Thiel has a Republican US Senate candidate on his corporate payroll who is earning more than $1 million, documents show  — Blake Masters made seven figures in salary and royalties from his work with Thiel Capital.  — Peter Thiel has given $10 million to a super PAC backing Masters' challenge of Sen. Mark Kelly.
Politico:
U.S. investigators increasingly confident directed-energy attacks behind Havana Syndrome  —  The U.S. government's investigation into the mysterious illnesses impacting American personnel overseas and at home is turning up new evidence that the symptoms are the result of directed-energy attacks …
Discussion: ABC News and The Daily Caller
David Gilbert / VICE:
Trump Supporters Have Already Turned on the Cyber Ninjas  —  Doug Logan, the CEO of Cyber Ninjas, the Florida-based company that conducted the bogus election ‘audit’ in Arizona over the last six months, says he won't be conducting any more recounts—unless God tells him to.
Discussion: Raw Story and Arizona Mirror
Christopher Miller / BuzzFeed News:
The DOJ Is Investigating Americans For War Crimes Allegedly Committed While Fighting With Far-Right Extremists In Ukraine  —  KYIV — One chilly day in February, Craig Lang, a former US Army soldier wanted for allegedly killing a married couple in Florida, pleaded with three stern-faced judges …
Kenneth Niemeyer / Insider:
Rudy Giuliani testified that he represented Trump's 2020 campaign for free because the former president ‘ordered me to do it’  — Rudy Giuliani said former President Donald Trump ordered him to represent his campaign for free, according to court documents.
Discussion: Raw Story
Graham Moomaw / Virginia Mercury:
Va. Redistricting Commission implodes as Republicans reject compromise and Democrats walk out  —  The Virginia Redistricting Commission's first-ever attempt to draw fair political maps collapsed in spectacular fashion Friday, when frustrated Democrats walked out of a meeting after Republicans rebuffed …
Discussion: ARLnow.com
U.S. Department of Justice:
Federal Officials Close Review of the Officer-Involved Shooting of Jacob Blake  —  The Justice Department announced today that it will not pursue federal criminal civil rights charges against a Kenosha Police Department (KPD) officer for his involvement in the Aug. 23, 2020, shooting of 30-year-old Jacob Blake.
Discussion: Insider
Amanda Carpenter / The Bulwark:
The Truth According to Kari Lake  —  The MAGA candidate for governor of Arizona believes some strange things.  —  The candidate Donald Trump endorsed to be the next governor of Arizona made a big show of quitting the job she held for decades as the face of Phoenix's Fox 10 news because …
Adam Wren / Insider:
President Joe Biden will select former Sen. Joe Donnelly as US ambassador to the Vatican  — President Biden has tapped former Sen. Joe Donnelly as his ambassador to the Vatican.  — The Indiana Democrat would be in charge of relationships with Catholic Church leadership.
Phelim Kine / Politico:
‘Two Lists’ too far: the U.S.-China diplomatic stalemate  —  The Chinese government is kneecapping the Biden administration reengagement efforts by holding hostage an improvement in the bilateral relationship for U.S. resolution of an exhaustive list of diplomatic grievances.
 
 
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Politico:
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Isabella Grullón Paz / New York Times:
California Makes ‘Stealthing,’ or Removing Condom Without Consent, Illegal
Discussion: NPR, The Hill and The Daily Caller
Candice Chau / Hong Kong Free Press HKFP:
University of Hong Kong orders removal of Tiananmen Massacre statue after 24 years, artist ‘shocked’
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BuzzFeed News:
He Belongs To A Right-Wing Extremist Group — And Is Running To Represent Ultra-Liberal Park Slope, Brooklyn
Discussion: Raw Story
Dan Balz / Washington Post:
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Josh Israel / The American Independent:
Ron Johnson says top 1% pay ‘fair share’ in taxes
Andrew Klavan / City Journal:
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David Leonhardt / New York Times:
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Discussion: Power Line
Matt Lewis / The Daily Beast:
Pence and Haley Aren't the Future of the GOP—They're Roadkill
Discussion: Raw Story