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Washington Post:
Navy nuclear engineer and his wife charged with trying to share submarine secrets with a foreign country  —  A Navy nuclear engineer and his wife have been charged with repeatedly trying to pass secrets about U.S. nuclear submarines to a foreign country, in an alleged espionage plot discovered by the FBI, according to court documents.
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U.S. Department of Justice:
Maryland Nuclear Engineer and Spouse Arrested on Espionage-Related Charges  —  Jonathan and Diana Toebbe, both of Annapolis, Maryland, were arrested in Jefferson County, West Virginia, by the FBI and the Naval Criminal Investigative Service (NCIS) on Saturday, Oct. 9.
Reuters:
U.S. Navy engineer, wife charged with selling submarine secrets
Discussion: Al Jazeera
New York Times:
Navy Nuclear Engineer Attempted Espionage, FBI Says
Discussion: CBS News and KTLA
David Browne / Rolling Stone:
Eric Clapton Isn't Just Spouting Vaccine Nonsense—He's Bankrolling It  —  Eric Clapton went from setting the standard for rock guitar to making ‘full-tilt’ racist rants to becoming an outspoken vaccine skeptic.  Did he change?  Or was he always like this?  —  Cambel McLaughlin thought he was being punked.
Graeme Massie / The Independent:
Trump asked director of national intelligence to probe whether Chinese thermostats changed votes, book claims  —  One-term president ‘intrigued’ by conspiracy theory  —  Trump's Georgia election challenge is ‘insanity,’ CNN commentator says  —  Donald Trump asked intelligence officials …
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Joe DePaolo / Mediaite:   Trump Asked His Top Intelligence Official to Explore Insane Conspiracy Theory That Chinese Thermostats Changed Votes in the 2020 Election: New Book
Julia Cherner / ABC News:
Trump boasted of crowd size at Jan. 6 riot, new book says
Discussion: CNN
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Taylor Nicole Rogers / Financial Times:   US workers overwhelmingly comply with Covid vaccine mandates
Yascha Mounk / The Atlantic:
Why the Latest Campus Cancellation Is Different  —  Dorian Abbot is a geophysicist at the University of Chicago.  In recognition of his research on climate change, MIT invited him to deliver the John Carlson Lecture, which takes place every year at a large venue in the Boston area and is meant to …
Discussion: Reason
Erica L. Green / New York Times:
Educator's Black Lives Matter Email Upends Her District  —  A Black superintendent's email to parents after the killing of George Floyd engulfed a small, predominantly white Maryland community in a yearlong firestorm.  —  CENTREVILLE, Md. — When Andrea Kane sat down to write a letter …
Discussion: The Indian Express
Michael Starr / Jerusalem Post:
BBC describes Alfred Dreyfus as ‘notorious Jewish spy’  —  Alfred Dreyfus, subject of the antisemitic Dreyfus Affair that inspired Zionist founding father Theodor Herzl, was described in a BBC drama summary as a “Jewish spy” despite being exonerated.  —  The BBC described Alfred Dreyfus …
Wall Street Journal:
Biggest U.S. Retailers Charter Private Cargo Ships to Sail Around Port Delays  —  Home Depot, Costco and Walmart resort to private charters in push to stock shelves for holiday shoppers  —  Global supply-chain delays are so severe that some of the biggest U.S. retailers have resorted to an extreme …
Ben Smith / New York Times:
Two Journalists Started an Argument in Boston in 1979.  It's Not Over Yet.  —  A writer for an alt-weekly called out a Boston Globe editor for his “fealty” to the idea of objectivity in a column that reads as if it was written yesterday.  —  In 1979, two journalists got into an argument.
The Intercept:
Steven Mnuchin Stepped In to Prevent Ivanka Trump World Bank Appointment … In January 2019, Jim Yong Kim threw the global financial development sector into a state of disarray: The former academic and health official announced he would be stepping down the following month from his role …
Discussion: Insider and Raw Story
Laura Bicker / BBC:
Drugs, arms, and terror: A high-profile defector on Kim's North Korea  —  The old habits of secrecy haven't left Kim Kuk-song.  —  It has taken weeks of discussions to get an interview with him, and he's still worried about who might be listening.  He wears dark glasses for the camera …
Garry Kasparov / Wall Street Journal:
Celebrate Columbus's Achievements  —  We should acknowledge his flaws, but his treatment by the left is reminiscent of communist propaganda.  —  Friends, Americans, citizens of the world, lend me your ears.  I come to bury Christopher Columbus, not to praise him.
Marc Fisher / Washington Post:
In scramble for votes in Virginia, emotions flare over Trump, covid and race  —  Bruce Carlson considers himself mainly a Democrat.  He voted for Bill Clinton and Barack Obama for president and for Terry McAuliffe for governor back in 2013.  But he won't be voting to make McAuliffe Virginia's governor for a second time.
David Brunnstrom / Reuters:
U.S. says Taliban talks in Doha were ‘candid and professional’  —  The United States said on Sunday the first face-to-face meeting between senior U.S. and Taliban officials since the hardline group retook power in Afghanistan was “candid and professional” and that the U.S. side reiterated …
Amos Harel / Haaretz:
President Joe Biden, right, and Prime Minister Naftali Bennett at a meeting at the Oval Office at the White House, August 27, 2021.Credit: Jonathan Ernst/Reuters  —  Both Israel's government and its defense establishment are increasingly disappointed by America's approach to resuming negotiations on Iran's nuclear program.
Joe Concha / The Hill:
The Biden-Harris train wreck may have its savior: 2024 GOP nominee Donald Trump  —  Former President Trump recently declared he would beat Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis in a potential Republican primary match-up for the party's 2024 presidential nomination.  And based on current polling, he's almost certainly right.
Financial Times:
Tens of thousands flock to pro-EU demonstrations in Polish cities  —  Support for bloc membership after constitutional ruling sparks tension with Brussels  —  Tens of thousands of Poles rallied to show their support for EU membership on Sunday evening, days after a ruling …
Discussion: Bloomberg, Al Jazeera, Reuters and WTOP
New York Times:
'It's Not Sustainable': What America's Port Crisis Looks Like Up Close  —  An enduring traffic jam at the Port of Savannah reveals why the chaos in global shipping is likely to persist.  —  SAVANNAH, Ga. — Like toy blocks hurled from the heavens, nearly 80,000 shipping containers are stacked …
Financial Times:
Moscow's EU envoy urges Europe to fix ties to avoid gas shortages  —  Supply crisis would be resolved more quickly if bloc stopped treating Russia as ‘adversary’, says ambassador  —  The Kremlin's ambassador to the EU has called on Europe to mend ties with Moscow in order to avoid future gas shortages …
Discussion: Wall Street Journal
Jason Lemon / Newsweek:
Liz Cheney Accuses Scalise of ‘Attack’ on U.S. After He Refuses to Say Election Wasn't Stolen  —  Representative Liz Cheney, a Wyoming Republican, accused House Minority Whip Representative Steve Scalise of being part of an “attack” on the U.S. after he declined repeatedly in a Sunday interview to say the 2020 election wasn't “stolen.”
Albert Hunt / The Hill:
Biden administration competency doubts increase  —  One quality Joe Biden brought to the presidency was competency, certainly compared to his predecessor, a low bar.  More than a few Republicans concurred.  —  That's why the most alarming number in the Quinnipiac poll this past week was …
Sharyn Alfonsi / CBS News:
Families separated by Trump administration at the border still waiting for reunification  —  Migrant children separated from their parents at the border were supposed to be reunited with their parents by the government within 30 days, according to an order from a federal judge.  That was in 2018.
Discussion: The Hill
Shannon Thaler / Daily Mail:
Fauci warns vaccinated people to wear masks OUTSIDE this winter even though Covid deaths are decreasing down at same fast rate as hospitalizations  — Anthony Fauci 'strongly suspects that you're going to start seeing the deaths go down similar to the hospitalizations'
Discussion: New York Post and The Hill
 
 
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E.J. Dionne / Washington Post:
Biden needs a reboot. Fighting for democracy is the key.
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Coronavirus:
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Thomas Beaumont / Associated Press:
Iowa's GOP leaders stand by Trump as he repeats false claims
Kathryn Watson / CBS News:
Fiona Hill says January 6 was a “dress rehearsal” for future political violence
Discussion: Raw Story
Will Bunch / The Philadelphia Inquirer:
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Jonathan S. Tobin / Haaretz:
Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., speaks during a Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee hearing, on Capitol Hill in WashingtonCredit: Stefani Reynolds,AP
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J. David Goodman / New York Times:
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Discussion: TheGrio
Matt Bruenig / Matt Bruenig Dot Com:
Popularism and the Child Tax Credit
Taryn Luna / Los Angeles Times:
California will require large retailers to provide gender-neutral toy sections
Grant Stern / The Dworkin Report:
Reporter reveals Facebook paid Eastern European troll farms and the sinister secrets behind its algorithm
CBS News:
What's in Democrats' Build Back Better plan? A lot of Americans don't know - CBS News poll
Discussion: The Hill and Mediaite