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New York Times:
Jon Gruden Emailed Homophobic and Mysogynistic Comments  —  A trove of emails in a separate workplace misconduct case show Raiders Coach Jon Gruden went beyond previously disclosed racist comments to issue broad tirades.  —  When the vaunted N.F.L. coach Jon Gruden was confronted …
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Aaron Blake / Washington Post:
John Eastman's employer tries to whitewash his road map for overturning Trump's loss  —  John Eastman, it seems, is the victim of one big misunderstanding.  —  The conservative Claremont Institute, which employs the lawyer who provided a road map for then-President Donald Trump …
Max Boot / Washington Post:
I'm no Democrat — but I'm voting exclusively for Democrats to save our democracy
Saeed Jones / GQ:
Dave Chappelle's Betrayal  —  Poet Saeed Jones used to consider himself a longtime fan of the comedian.  But Chappelle's new Netflix special “The Closer,” which fixates on gay and trans people, feels like a stab in the back.  —  You ever hear the one about the famous Black comedian …
Discussion: Twitchy
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Zoe Schiffer / The Verge:
Netflix suspends trans employee who tweeted about Dave Chappelle special
Luke Rosiak / The Daily Wire:
Loudoun County Schools Tried To Conceal Sexual Assault Against Daughter In Bathroom, Father Says  —  On June 22, Scott Smith was arrested at a Loudoun County, Virginia, school board meeting, a meeting that was ultimately deemed an “unlawful assembly” after many attendees vocally opposed a policy on transgender students.
Discussion: Twitchy, RedState and Instapundit
Jordan Freiman / CBS News:
Texas Governor Greg Abbott bans vaccine mandates by “any entity” in the state  —  Texas Governor Greg Abbott issued an executive order on Monday banning “any entity” in the state from enforcing a vaccine mandate.  Abbott had previously issued orders banning government officials and entities from instating mask mandates.
Discussion: Fox News and UPI
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Dartunorro Clark / NBC News:
Texas Gov. Abbott issues order banning Covid vaccination mandates in rebuke of Biden
Discussion: CNN and NBC4 Washington
Alani Letang / KSBW:
Monterey teen featured in new YouTube kids special with Vice President Kamala Harris  —  Hide Transcript Show Transcript  —  The latest breaking updates, delivered straight to your email inbox.  —  Your Email Address  —  Submit  —  Privacy Notice  —  A Monterey teen actor is featured …
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Katherine Doyle / Washington Examiner:
Kamala Harris's NASA video featured child actors  —  The first installment of Vice President Kamala Harris's YouTube Originals space series featured child actors who auditioned for their roles in the project.  —  Trevor Bernardino, a 13-year-old actor from Carmel, California …
Maud Maron / Common Sense with Bari Weiss:
Why Are Moms Like Me Being Called Domestic Terrorists?  —  Showing up to dress down school boards over their dereliction of duty isn't a crime.  It's good parenting and good citizenship.  —  I am a mother of four, a criminal defense attorney and a lifelong liberal who is deeply concerned …
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Kaelan Deese / Washington Examiner:
School board associations denounce NSBA's letter to DOJ over threats
Discussion: Townhall, DV Journal and Fox News
A.B. Stoddard / Real Clear Politics:
If Polls Are Right, Dems Are Doomed.  If They're Wrong, It's Worse.  —  COMMENTARY  —  In less than three months, President Biden's approval rating has tumbled from a remarkable position in a polarized nation to the lowest of all but two presidents since 1945.
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George Gene Gustines / New York Times:
Superman Comes Out, as DC Comics Ushers In a New Man of Steel  —  The new Superman, the son of Clark Kent and Lois Lane, is concerned about the environment, does not shy away from politics and will soon begin a romantic relationship with a male friend.  —  Up, up and out of the closet!
Freddie deBoer:
That One Side Would Like to Utterly Destroy the Other Side Seems Significant, To Me  —  Democratic messaging debates are bizarre because one group has been empowered to terrorize those they disagree with  —  Ezra Klein interviews David Shor about his recent rise in visibility …
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Ian Haney Lopez / link.medium.com:
Shor is mainly wrong about racism (which is to say, about electoral politics)
Discussion: Washington Post and Balloon Juice
Miami Herald:
Miami manager moves to fire police chief  —  City Manager Art Noriega moved to fire embattled Police Chief Art Acevedo Monday night, ending weeks of speculation and tumult at City Hall and after a pair of circus-like public hearings in which commissioners lashed out at the chief for everything …
Discussion: New York Post
David M. Drucker / Vanity Fair:
How Tom Cotton and Mitch McConnell Plotted to Undermine Trump's Stolen Election Claims  —  Neither senator openly contradicted the former president when he began spreading election-fraud conspiracy theories, but both privately agonized over a potential bandwagon scenario, David M. Drucker writes in his new book, In Trump's Shadow.
Discussion: HotAir, Alternet.org and Raw Story
Maya Yang / The Guardian:
Outcry after federal agents kill eight wolf cubs adopted by Idaho school  —  US Department of Agriculture defends its agents' killing of the pups, part of a pack adopted by a high school in 2003  —  Conservationists in Idaho are speaking out against the “inhumane” killings of eight wolf pups …
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Julian Mark / Washington Post:
High-schoolers tracked a wolf pack for years. The feds killed eight of the pups, conservationists say.
Discussion: The Hill
The Hill:
Bannon's subpoena snub sets up big decision for Biden DOJ  —  Former Trump White House strategist Steve Bannon's choice to buck a subpoena from the House committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol could tee up a big decision for a Justice Department determined to strike an independent tone.
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Judy Kurtz / The Hill:
Jon Stewart says Trump has ‘a very good chance’ in 2024
Discussion: Trending Politics and Breitbart
Simon Miles / Globe and Mail:
KGB archives show how Chrystia Freeland drew the ire (and respect) of Soviet intelligence services  —  The Soviet Union's secret police, the infamous KGB, praised her savvy and erudition, even as she frustrated their attempts to spy on her in Cold War Ukraine.  They tagged her with the code name Frida.
Ellie Rushing / The Philadelphia Inquirer:
FBI raids home of Philadelphia Proud Boys' vice president to gather info about Capitol attack plans  —  The FBI raided the home of the vice president of the Proud Boys' Philadelphia chapter on Friday, seizing his computer, phone, and other electronics to gather information on the Jan. 6 attack …
Discussion: Raw Story
New York Times:
Biden's Proposal to Empower I.R.S. Rattles Banks and Their Customers  —  To help fund its new initiatives, the Biden administration wants banks to report more customer information.  Account holders aren't happy.  —  When the Biden administration looked for ways to pay for the president's …
Discussion: Political Wire
Niara Savage / Yahoo News:
Texas Boogaloo Boy Admits In Court He Traveled to Minneapolis After George Floyd Died, Fired 13 Shots In Police Precinct Building to Sow Chaos  —  African American man who was a victim of police violence in the United States, killed by Derek Chauvin  —  A Texas man pleaded guilty on Sept. 30 …
Gitit Levy-Paz / The Forward:
Why won't Sally Rooney allow her latest novel to be translated into Hebrew?  —  The young Irish writer Sally Rooney is a literary prodigy.  In 2018, she was nominated for the prestigious Man Booker Prize, and the TV series adapted from her first book became a global hit.
Nathaniel Rakich / FiveThirtyEight:
Kyrsten Sinema Is Confounding Her Own Party.  But ... Why?  —  Most Democrats in Congress are united around the Democratic agenda, but a small number of senators and representatives have so far been able to hold up its passage.  “I need 50 votes in the Senate.
Discussion: Washington Post and HuffPost
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JONATHAN TURLEY:
Is Durham Circling Jake Sullivan?  The Special Counsel May Not Be Done With National Security Adviser  —  Last month Washington was rocked by the indictment of Michael Sussman, former counsel for Hillary Clinton's 2016 presidential campaign and the Democratic National Committee …
Discussion: Fox News
Associated Press:
Fiona Hill, a nobody to Trump and Putin, saw into them both  —  WASHINGTON (AP) — Vladimir Putin paid scant attention to Fiona Hill, a preeminent U.S. expert on Russia, when she was seated next to him at dinners.  Putin's people placed her there by design, choosing a “nondescript woman,” …
Rachel Poser / New Yorker:
Stash-House Stings Carry Real Penalties for Fake Crimes  —  The undercover operations seem like entrapment, but their targets can receive long sentences—sometimes even harsher than those for genuine crimes. … Joshua Boyer's mother often had to remind him to think for himself.
Michael Brendan Dougherty / National Review:
January 6 Was No Hoax  —  Trump abused the trust of his supporters, and the result was a disgrace.  —  January 6 Committee to Issue ‘Criminal Referrals’ for Uncooperative Witnesses  —  Congress Needs to Know, but Won't Find Out, What Happened with Capitol Security on January 6  —  ELECTIONS
Discussion: HotAir
Luz Lazo / Washington Post:
Southwest Airlines flight woes extend to Monday with hundreds of cancellations, delays  —  The carrier is working to return flight operations to normal as it deals with a backlog of passengers from nearly 2,000 canceled flights since Friday.  —  Air passengers hoping to travel Monday …
 
 
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Washington Post:
To prevent the next pandemic, we must find the source of covid-19. China's stonewalling is unacceptable.
Discussion: HotAir
David Remnick / New Yorker:
Paul McCartney Doesn't Really Want to Stop the Show
Wall Street Journal:
Indian Health Service Managers Protected a Pedophile in Their Midst. Now the Agency Is Protecting Them.
Nicholas Shaxson / New York Times:
The Pandora Papers Expose Britain's Role in Money Laundering
John Boch / The Truth About Guns:
JOHN LOTT: Concealed Carry Licenses Jump 10.5% in 2020, 8.3% of Adults Now Have Carry Permits
 Earlier Items: 
Matthew Cooper / Washington Monthly:
Chuck Schumer, Chutzpah, and the Crybaby Republicans
Discussion: New York Post and Florida Phoenix
Robby Soave / Reason:
The New York Times Spreads Misinformation About COVID-19
Discussion: Breitbart
Peter Beinart / Jewish Currents:
How the US Media Misreads Naftali Bennett
Jonathan V. Last / The Triad:
Joe Biden Is in a World of Trouble
Discussion: Balloon Juice
Livia Albeck-Ripka / New York Times:
Missing Apostrophe in Facebook Post Lands a Man in Defamation Court