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Wall Street Journal:
The Half-Trillion-Dollar Student-Loan Executive Coup  —  Biden's student-loan write-off is an abuse of power that favors college grads at the expense of plumbers and FedEx drivers.  —  WSJ Opinion: The Tough Politics of Student Debt Forgiveness  —  Skip Ad  —  in 15  —  YOU MAY ALSO LIKE
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Megan McArdle / Washington Post:
Biden's student loan ‘fix’ will likely make the problem worse  —  There are so many things wrong with President Biden's newly unveiled policy on student loans that one hardly knows where to begin.  So I might as well start with ... the Medicare doc fix.  —  In 1997, Congress became alarmed …
Discussion: The Hill, Pharyngula, Fortune and HuffPost
Edwin Flores / NBC News:
Almost half of Latino student loan debt is expected to be forgiven under Biden
Discussion: The Gateway Pundit
Washington Examiner:
Biden to the working class: Drop dead
Discussion: HotAir and RedState
Joseph Simonson / Washington Free Beacon:
Biden Says This Law for the Troops Gives Him Authority To Cancel Harvard Grads' Debt
Discussion: RedState, Instapundit and Power Line
The White House:
FACT SHEET: President Biden Announces Student Loan Relief for Borrowers Who Need It Most
Washington Post:
Biden's student loan announcement is a regressive, expensive mistake
Washington Post:
GOP prospects narrow in House as Democrats overperform in early contests  —  Republicans are facing dimming prospects for an overwhelming sweep in the House this fall, according to independent analysts and strategists across parties, as Democrats defy a long-predicted red wave in early contests …
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Josh Barro / Very Serious:
Republicans' Other Dobbs Problem  —  Their coalition contains a lot of voters who aren't that religious and aren't especially keen on abortion bans.  And they may not vote this November.  —  Dear readers,  —  Democrats had a strong election night on Tuesday, continuing their streak …
Nate Cohn / New York Times:
Growing Evidence Against a Republican Wave
Cook Political Report:
Red Wave Looks More Like a Ripple
Discussion: Axios, HotAir and Washington Post
Alex Isenstadt / Politico:
RNC chief on tape to donors: We need help to win the Senate  —  Republican National Committee Chairwoman Ronna McDaniel rallied major donors Wednesday to get behind the GOP's efforts to flip the Senate — a plea that comes amid rising concerns in the party over its candidates' lagging fundraising totals and its overall prospects.
Discussion: The Dispatch
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Marita Vlachou / HuffPost:   Trump Calls For Mitch McConnell To Be ‘Immediately’ Replaced As Senate GOP Leader
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CNN:
Uvalde school board votes unanimously to fire police chief Pete Arredondo
Alexandra Petri / Washington Post:
Stop improving things right now!  Everyone must suffer as I did!  —  DISGUSTING!  AWFUL!  I have just received word that life is getting marginally better for some people, and I am white-hot with fury!  This is the worst thing that could possibly happen!
Camille Mumford / Emerson Polling:
Pennsylvania 2022: Fetterman Holds Four-Point Lead Over Oz for US Senate; Shapiro Leads Mastriano by Three  —  Home Polls Pennsylvania 2022: Fetterman Holds Four-Point Lead Over Oz for US Senate; Shapiro Leads Mastriano by Three  —  Majority of Voters Say Oz's NJ Residence Makes Them Less Likely to Vote for Him
Discussion: HotAir and Washington Times
Washington Post:
Justice Dept. memo to not charge Trump in Russia probe released  —  A federal appeals panel ordered the release of the memo in response to a lawsuit by a watchdog group  —  The Justice Department has released the entire text of a secret 2019 memo that laid out the legal rationale for not charging …
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Matt Viser / Washington Post:
Biden names second woman to head the Secret Service  —  Kim Cheatle takes over at a time when the storied agency has faced mishaps and a less-than-flattering spotlight  —  President Biden on Wednesday announced that he had selected a new director for the U.S. Secret Service …
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Craig Pittman / Florida Phoenix:
Developers back out of Florida panther protection proposal  —  Documents show they were too cheap to do what's required to save them  —  August is usually the worst month to be in Florida.  We're wilting from the heat and humidity and watching the National Weather Service bulletins because it's peak hurricane season.
Camilo Montoya-Galvez / CBS News:
Biden administration moves to formalize DACA and shield it from legal challenges  —  The Biden administration on Wednesday finalized a rule to transform the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) immigration policy for more than 600,000 so-called “Dreamers” into a federal regulation …
Martijn Konings / Boston Review:
The Asset Economy Strikes Again … The resurgence of inflation has created a strange situation.  Inflation is bad for ordinary people: their money buys less of what they need.  But the prevailing approach to containing inflation is also bad for ordinary people: higher interest rates depress economic activity and keep wages down.
Stephen Fowler / Georgia Public Broadcasting:
Latest filing sheds more light on Fulton DA's election interference probe … LISTEN: A new court filing in the Fulton county grand jury investigation examining election interference has new details about why Gov. Brian Kemp was subpoenaed.  GPB's Stephen Fowler has more.
Katherine Tully-McManus / Politico:
A very spendy September?  —  SEPTEMBER PREVIEW: SPENDING DRAMA— Funding the government is never a breeze, but a handful of factors converging this fall may make for an especially rocky ride.  —  There's the end-of-September deadline to pass (in theory) all 12 appropriations bills.
Discussion: Axios
The Daily Beast:
Eight Sources Say Feds Are Not Done With Matt Gaetz  —  It's been a quiet couple months in the probe into allegations that Rep. Matt Gaetz was involved in underage sex trafficking.  But few involved think it's over.  —  When Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-FL) beat his primary challenger Tuesday …
Discussion: Raw Story and NBC News
Perry Stein / Washington Post:
Judge blocks part of Idaho's abortion law from taking effect  —  Ruling in Biden administration lawsuit says doctors can't be punished for terminating pregnancies that pose significant health risks  —  The Biden administration on Wednesday scored its first legal victory since …
Richard Rubin / Wall Street Journal:
IRS to Start Spending Its $80 Billion Budget by Hiring People to Answer the Phone  —  Beefed-up enforcement will take time; for now, the IRS will use the money to hire customer-service representatives  —  WASHINGTON—The Internal Revenue Service is planning to spend the first big chunk …
Discussion: Fox News
Politico:
How Trump has spent his days since the feds searched his home  —  As he finds himself, once more, in legal jeopardy—standing at the epicenter of a media storm of his own making, his political future changing course in real time—Donald Trump has done what Donald Trump likes to do.
Discussion: Raw Story
U.S. Department of Justice:
Five Florida Men Arrested on Charges for Actions During Jan. 6 Capitol Breach  —  Defendants Were Allegedly Affiliated With a Militia Group, Were Among Rioters on Lower West Terrace  —  WASHINGTON — Five Florida men, all self-identified militia members, were arrested today on charges stemming …
Discussion: VTDigger and The Yeshiva World
Blake Hounshell / New York Times:
Meet the Former C.I.A. Officer Vying to Defeat Elise Stefanik  —  Matt Castelli spent nearly 15 years hunting down terrorists.  Now, he is taking on a top Republican he says no longer adequately represents her upstate New York district.  —  GLENS FALLS, N.Y. — Matt Castelli has spent much of his career in the shadows.
Michael Luciano / Mediaite:
Congressman-Elect Deems Trump ‘Essentially Traitorous,’ Says 'If I Had Done What He Did, I Would've Been in Jail'  —  Congressman-Elect Pat Ryan appeared on Wednesday's Alex Wagner Tonight, one day after scoring a big win in a special election in New York's 19th district.
Discussion: New York Post
 
 
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Starbucks illegally withheld raises from union workers, labor board says
Deanna Garcia / Spectrum News NY1:
Dan Goldman breaks down his win in NY-10
Lee Harris / American Prospect:
House Leadership Delays Social Security Expansion While Crafting Tax Breaks for Rich Retirees
Discussion: The National Interest
Lara Seligman / Politico:
3 U.S. service members injured in Iran-backed rocket attacks in Syria
Jennifer Smith / Daily Mail:
EXCLUSIVE: Lights out at South Sudan embassy of NYC diplomat accused of rape... as his government claims it'll act ‘urgently’ …
Jessica Huseman / Votebeat Texas:
Ken Paxton bucks legal precedent and secretary of state's advice in letting anyone examine ballots right after elections
Discussion: Raw Story
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62% Say Media Bias Getting Worse
Justin Baragona / The Daily Beast:
DeSantis Rages About ‘Little Elf’ Fauci: ‘Grab Him and Chuck Him Across the Potomac’
Thomas B. Edsall / New York Times:
When It Comes to Eating Away at Democracy, Trump Is a Winner
ABC News:
Foreign politicians, an indicted election clerk and Vanilla Ice: Inside the revolving door of Trump's Mar-a-Lago
Derek Thompson / The Atlantic:
There Is No National Teacher Shortage
Washington Post:
Ex-Interior secretary Zinke lied to investigators in casino case, watchdog finds