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Spotsylvania School Board orders libraries to remove ‘sexually explicit’ books  —  The Spotsylvania County School Board has directed staff to begin removing books that contain “sexually explicit” material from library shelves and report on the number of books that have been removed at a special called meeting next week.
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Suzanne Perez / KMUW:
Goddard school district orders 29 books removed from circulation  —  WICHITA, Kansas — The Goddard school district has removed more than two dozen books from circulation in the district's school libraries, citing national attention and challenges to the books elsewhere.
Discussion: Daily Kos and Mock Paper Scissors
Scott Wilson / Washington Post:
As Kyle Rittenhouse trial nears end, judge's decisions from the bench come under scrutiny  —  Regardless of how he is viewed, Judge Bruce E. Schroeder is indisputably a man with fixed rules for how trials in his Kenosha County courtroom will be run.  Some are basic, some unorthodox …
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Tom Rogan / Washington Examiner:
Does silence mean you're guilty? A uniquely American feature of Kyle Rittenhouse's trial
Discussion: Townhall and National Review
CNN:
US Capitol rioter who assaulted police officer gets 41 months in prison  —  (CNN)A New Jersey gym owner and former MMA fighter who punched a police officer during the January 6 riot was sentenced to 41 months in prison on Wednesday, becoming the first rioter sentenced for violence against the police during the attack.
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Ryan J. Reilly / HuffPost:
Crying Pro-Trump Capitol Rioter Who Assaulted Cop Sentenced To 41 Months In Prison  —  Scott Fairlamb, whose brother is in the U.S. Secret Service, was the first Jan. 6 defendant sentenced in connection with an assault on cops.  —  A Donald Trump supporter from New Jersey …
Discussion: CNBC and Walter Einenkel
Katelyn Polantz / CNN:
Prosecutors seek 4+ years in prison for ‘QAnon Shaman’ in attempt to set example
Joe Atmonavage / New Jersey Online:
N.J. man who punched cop during Capitol riot has raised over $30K since his arrest
Discussion: Law & Crime
Jim VandeHei / Axios:
Post-Trump GOP doctrine  —  Republicans — reshaped, controlled and defined by Donald Trump since 2015 — are slowly but surely charting a post-Trump ideology and platform.  —  Why it matters: Other than conservative courts, toughness on immigration and hostility toward modern liberalism …
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NBC News:
GOP recruitment struggles give Democrats hope in 2022 Senate fight  —  WASHINGTON — They lost the governor's race in Virginia.  They had a bad scare in New Jersey.  They're the clear underdogs in the battle for the U.S. House.  But Democrats saw glimmers of hope in the fight for the Senate …
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Greg Bluestein / Atlanta Journal-Constitution:
Kemp's allies rally to his corner as Perdue threat looms
Discussion: The Hill and Raw Story
Paul Farhi / Washington Post:
How the media missed a New Jersey senate candidate's racist social media posts — until he'd already won.  —  Edward Durr was such a long-shot candidate in his New Jersey state senate race that no one seemed to notice something rather striking about him: He had a history of posting bigoted …
Nilay Patel / The Verge:
Updating The Verge's background policy  —  On ‘on background’  —  The main way this happens is that big companies take advantage of a particular agreement in the media called “background.”  Being “on background” means that they tell things to reporters, but those reporters agree …
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Zoe Richards / The Daily Beast:
Robocallers Took $3.5M From Trump and Clinton Donors.  They Donated $19, Prosecutors Say.  —  Investigators say a crew of alleged serial fraudsters pocketed millions of dollars in the runup to the 2016 election.  —  A trio of alleged fraudsters who used robocalls to fool unwitting donors …
Discussion: Raw Story
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U.S. Department of Justice:
Three Individuals Charged with $3.5 Million Scheme to Collect Contributions for Fraudulent Political Action Committees
Discussion: New York Times
FiveThirtyEight:
Why Racist White Voters Often Favor Black Republicans  —  Can white voters who back a Black candidate still hold racist beliefs and views?  —  That question has come to the fore in the wake of Glenn Youngkin's gubernatorial victory in the blueish state of Virginia.
Charlotte Bennett / NY State Attorney General:
Transcripts and Exhibits from Independent Investigation into Sexual Harassment Allegations Against Former Governor Andrew Cuomo  —  These are transcripts and corresponding exhibits from the independent investigation and resulting report into sexual harassment allegations against former New York Governor Andrew Cuomo.
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Carly Roman / Washington Examiner:
Andrew Cuomo ‘not totally sure’ he never kissed senior staffer on the lips: Testimony
Discussion: Politico
New York Times:
Documents From Cuomo Inquiry Detail Culture Inside Governor's Office
Discussion: The Hill and NBC New York
Hailey Fuchs / Politico:
The political war around daylight saving time takes a nasty turn  —  When the clocks turned back on Sunday morning to end daylight saving time, hungover college kids cheered and parents of young kids lamented their fates.  But for Jay Pea and Scott Yates, it was yet another volley …
Discussion: POLITICUSUSA
Vicky Prodeline / Monmouth University Polling …:
Biden's Plans More Popular Than President  —  Message may matter more than substance in the end  —  West Long Branch, NJ - President Joe Biden's big spending plans on infrastructure, support programs, and climate change remain broadly popular even though he personally does not.
Los Angeles Times:
USC gave Rep. Karen Bass a full scholarship worth $95,000 while she served in Congress  —  During Rep. Karen Bass' first year in Congress in 2011, she contacted government ethics officials with a request: Could she accept a full scholarship for a graduate degree at USC.
Kate Scanlon / Washington Examiner:
Manchin, already a Biden spending plan skeptic, raises inflation fears  —  Sen. Joe Manchin isn't exactly giving hope to proponents of President Joe Biden's costly social spending proposal that he'll support it any time soon.  —  Following a Labor Department report that found the highest rate …
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Eddie Burkhalter / Alabama Political Reporter:
Britt Campaign Internal Polling Puts Her Ahead Of Mo Brooks In Senate Race  —  After hearing more information about candidates, Brooks dropped to third, according to the polling company.  —  Katie Britt's campaign on Tuesday said an internal poll puts Britt ahead of U.S. Rep Mo Brooks …
Discussion: Washington Examiner
Ruy Teixeira / The Liberal Patriot:
Revisiting the Fox News Fallacy  —  It Seems To Be Alive and Well  —  Three months ago, I wrote a piece on the Fox News Fallacy.  As I explained in that piece: … In light of the Democrats' dreadful performance in last week's election, I thought it would be useful to revisit this analysis and see if it still applies.
Discussion: Eduwonk
Kavya Balaraman / Utility Dive:
California should revisit shutting down Diablo Canyon nuclear plant, Stanford, MIT analysis finds  —  Dive Brief:  — California could reduce its power sector emissions by more than 10% from 2017 levels, save $2.6 billion in power system costs and improve system reliability by delaying …
Jazz Shaw / HotAir:
To highlight his success, Biden will point to... Baltimore?  —  It would appear that somebody on Team Biden has finally noticed that the President's approval numbers have continued to tank and are not showing any signs of rebounding.  With that in mind, now that Uncle Joe …
Ko Bragg / Columbia Journalism Review:
The lie of the storm  —  Katrina, Ida, and resisting the “looting” myth  —  On August 29, 2005, Hurricane Katrina made landfall in southeastern Louisiana.  In New Orleans, dozens of levees and floodwalls failed, and water poured into the city, plunging eighty percent of it underwater.
David A. Lieb / Associated Press:
States challenge Biden's vaccine mandate for health workers  —  JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — A coalition of 10 states sued the federal government on Wednesday to try to block a COVID-19 vaccine requirement for health care workers, marking a new front in the resistance by Republican-led states …
Discussion: Breitbart and ABC17NEWS
Ellie Silverman / Washington Post:
White supremacists find a new platform to spread hate: A federal courtroom in Charlottesville  —  Defendants are using a trial about the 2017 Unite the Right rally as an opportunity to spew the hate they've been banned from some social media platforms for expressing
Discussion: Raw Story
 
 
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David Byler / Washington Post:
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Associated Press:
George Floyd biography to be published in May 2022
Ross Douthat / New York Times:
Why We Need New Colleges  —  The plans for the University of Austin, a start-up university founded under …
Michael Scherer / Washington Post:
Top GOP congressional candidate in Texas accused of abusing teenage daughter of estranged husband
Drew Harwell / Washington Post:
Data broker shared billions of phone location records with D.C. government as part of covid-tracking effort
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 Earlier Items: 
Paul Brandus / USA Today:
Jobs, jabs, infrastructure, prosperity, peace: Why isn't Biden doing more to tout his wins?
Bloomberg:
Biden Agenda Faces Revenue Doubt With IRS Boost Likely Left Out
Discussion: Washington Examiner
Yvonne Wingett Sanchez / Arizona Republic:
Sen. Kyrsten Sinema takes victory lap after Congress passes physical infrastructure bill
Discussion: Washington Examiner and HotAir
CNN:
CNN Poll: Three out of four adults think Facebook is making society worse
Discussion: HotAir and Mock Paper Scissors
Spencer S. Hsu / Washington Post:
Trump White House records can be turned over to House Jan. 6 investigative committee, judge rules
 

 
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Annie Palmer / CNBC:
Amazon reports Q3 AWS revenue up 19% YoY to $27.5B and AWS operating income of $10.4B, up from $7B in Q3 2023, and subscription sales up 11% to $11.3B

Shirin Ghaffary / Bloomberg:
OpenAI unveils ChatGPT Search to let users search for timely information using GPT-4o, after testing the feature in July 2024, a direct challenge to Google

Dade Hayes / Deadline:
In its Q3 earnings call, Comcast CEO Mike Cavanagh says the company is weighing spinning off its cable networks and open to “partnerships in streaming”

 
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