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Jordain Carney / Politico:
How John Thune sees the shutdown ending … “I keep telling them: When they have eight or 10 — preferably 10, or more — when they have a critical mass, let me know if there's a conversation they want to have,” Thune said.  —  He insisted he would not negotiate on the substance of an extension while the government is closed.
Discussion: The Daily Caller and Newsweek
Dave Jamieson / HuffPost:
Trump Admin Tells Furloughed Workers To Set OOO Message Blaming Democrats For Shutdown  —  One health department employee said the directions seemed to be “coercing” subordinates into political activity.  —  After the government shutdown began Wednesday morning, furloughed employees …
Washington Post:
We asked 1,000 Americans who they blame for the shutdown  —  Here's what they said.  —  Just now  —  How concerned are Americans about the partial shutdown of the federal government and whom do they blame for causing it?  The Washington Post texted a nationally representative sample of 1,010 people on Wednesday to ask.
Eleanor Mueller / Semafor:
Trump causes bipartisan alarm by turning shutdown into DOGE 2.0
Robert Jimison / New York Times:
These Democrats Voted With Republicans Against a Shutdown
Cindy Hernandez / Chicago Sun Times:
Massive immigration raid on Chicago apartment building leaves residents reeling: ‘I feel defeated’  —  Dan Jones was jolted awake around 1 a.m. Tuesday to the sound of federal agents trying to break through his apartment door.  They couldn't get past his double lock, so he went back to bed.
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New York Times:
Israel Intercepts Boats Headed to Gaza With Humanitarian Aid  —  The boats were part of a flotilla, carrying Greta Thunberg and other activists, that was organized to break Israel's blockade and protest the war.  —  Israel intercepted more than a dozen boats with activists from around …
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Associated Press:
Activists say Israeli navy has begun intercepting a Gaza-bound aid flotilla
NBC News:
Israel intercepts aid flotilla bound for Gaza
Reuters:
FBI cuts ties with Anti-Defamation League, FBI director says  —  The FBI said on Wednesday it had cut ties with the Anti-Defamation League, a prominent Jewish group that tracks antisemitism, after Republicans criticized the group for including slain activist Charlie Kirk's organization in a glossary on extremism.
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Rachel Wolf / Fox News:
Patel cuts ties Comey's FBI made with ADL as organization faces backlash for TPUSA criticism
Gabby Deutch / Jewish Insider:
FBI's Kash Patel attacks ADL as ‘extreme group functioning like a terrorist organization’
Discussion: IJR and Breitbart
Wall Street Journal:
White House Asks Colleges to Sign Sweeping Agreement to Get Funding Advantage  —  An initial round of nine schools is being asked to sign a wide-ranging accord  —  The Trump administration is laying out a set of operating principles that it wants universities to agree to in exchange for preferential access to federal funds.
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Michael C. Bender / New York Times:   Trump Administration Asks Colleges to Sign ‘Compact’ to Get Funding Preference
Aaron Pellish / Politico:
Trump targets states that voted for Harris in shutdown fight … New York-area lawmakers reacted with fury to the infrastructure cuts earlier Wednesday.  —  “Political revenge.  Clearly outlined by Trump, time and again.  He sees the U.S. as Blue and Red, and Blue states are enemies,” …
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Chris Mason / BBC:
Two dead in Manchester synagogue attack, with suspect also believed to have been killed - police  —  Summary  — Two people have died after a car and stabbing attack at a synagogue in Manchester - here's a timeline of how the attack unfolded  — A third person - thought to be the suspect …
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Bloomberg:
UK Synagogue Attack Kills Two, Prompting Starmer Crisis Meeting
Steve Vladeck / One First:
Bonus 180: “Domestic Terrorism” and NSPM-7  —  The Trump administration is hoping no one notices that, although federal law *defines* “domestic terrorism,” it provides no special authorities against anyone whose behavior *meets* that definition.  —  ∙ Paid  —  Welcome back to the weekly bonus content for “One First.”
Discussion: The Contrarian
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Keith Schneider / New York Times:
Jane Goodall, Eminent Primatologist Who Chronicled the Lives of Chimps, Dies at 91  —  Her discoveries in the 1960s about how chimpanzees behaved in the wild broke new ground and represented what was called “one of the Western world's great scientific achievements.”
Slate:
There's a New Lawsuit Against “Kavanaugh Stops.”  It's Absolutely Devastating.  —  Gregory Bovino, the officer in charge of roving immigration enforcement in American cities, admitted this week that his agents arrest people based on “how they look.”  Asked by a WBEZ reporter to elaborate …
Maria Sacchetti / Washington Post:
Immigration judge denies Kilmar Abrego García's request to reopen case  —  The judge found “insufficient evidence” to show that the Trump administration would send Abrego to Uganda, according to a copy of the decision reviewed by The Washington Post.  —  A U.S. immigration judge …
Dorothy Thompson / Harper's:
Who Goes Nazi?  —  It is an interesting and somewhat macabre parlor game to play at a large gathering of one's acquaintances: to speculate who in a showdown would go Nazi.  By now, I think I know.  I have gone through the experience many times—in Germany, in Austria, and in France.
emptywheel:
Stephen Miller Implies He Intended for Trump's Nutjobs to Kill Democrats  —  Less than a week after copying a Joseph Goebbels speech to mythologize Charlie Kirk, Stephen Miller is trying to gin up outrage because Gavin Newsom's trollish Xitter account called him, accurately, a fascist.
Avery Lotz / Axios:
Female veterans slam Hegseth's questioning of their combat fitness … - But Elisa Cardnell, the president and CEO of the Service Women's Action Network, said in a statement the “physical requirements for infantry school, special operations, or any other combat role are already gender-neutral.”
New York Times:
At Stake in the Shutdown Fight: Obamacare Prices That Could Rise by Thousands of Dollars  —  Democrats say they will not vote to end the government shutdown unless Congress extends extra Obamacare subsidies that are set to expire next year.  Republican leaders have said the subsidies …
Megan Brenan / Gallup:
Trust in Media at New Low of 28% in U.S.  —  Republicans' confidence in mass media to report news “fully, accurately and fairly” now at 8%  —  WASHINGTON, D.C. — Americans' confidence in the mass media has edged down to a new low, with just 28% expressing a “great deal” or “fair amount” …
Discussion: Axios and Semafor
Liz Dye / Public Notice:
Google joins presidential bribe club  —  PN is supported by paid subscribers.  Become one ⬇️  —  🧠 Subscribe to PN 🧠  —  On Monday, Google paid a $24.5 million bribe to President Trump.  —  The bag of cash was euphemistically described as a “legal settlement …
ProPublica:
Elon Musk's SpaceX Took Money Directly From Chinese Investors, Company Insider Testifies  —  The newly unsealed testimony marks the first time direct Chinese investment in the company has been disclosed, raising new questions about foreign ownership interests in one of America's most important military contractors.
Seb Starcevic / Politico:
Trump mocked by European leaders over Armenia-Albania mix-up  —  U.S. president's cartographical confusion prompts joke at Copenhagen summit.  —  U.S. President Donald Trump's geographic confusion was the butt of a joke between world leaders at a summit Thursday.
 
 
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Democrats Need an Education Reset
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Paul Krugman:
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Ed O'Keefe / CBS News:
Head of Eisenhower library resigns after sword spat with Trump administration
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CNN:
Justice Department fires prosecutor falsely tied to Comey case in social media post
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Melissa Goldin / Associated Press:
FACT FOCUS: Democrats did not shut down the government to give health care to ‘illegal immigrants’
 

 
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