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Vaccine Safety:
Autism and Vaccines — KEY POINTS … Vaccines do not cause Autism* — Pursuant to the Data Quality Act (DQA), which requires federal agencies to ensure the quality, objectivity, utility, and integrity of information they disseminate to the public, this webpage has been updated because the statement …
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Mother Jones, Washington Post, Bloomberg, Axios, Los Angeles Times, Mock Paper Scissors, The Daily Wire and Wonkette
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Lena H. Sun / Washington Post:
Under RFK Jr., CDC promotes false vaccines-autism link it once discredited — The CDC's website now says health authorities ignored evidence of a potential connection between vaccines and autism, despite dozens of studies showing no link. — Just now — The Centers for Disease Control …
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Politico, MS NOW, Joe.My.God. and The Independent
Andrew Egger / The Bulwark:
Donald Trump Wants to Bullshit the Economy Into Greatness — Well, here we go. Donald Trump signed the bill compelling him to make most of the government's Epstein files public last night—a remarkable development, given how hard he was working just days ago to prevent the bill from ever getting a vote in either chamber.
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New Republic and The Gateway Pundit
John Yoon / New York Times:
C.D.C. Website No Longer Rejects Possible Link Between Autism and Vaccines
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Scientific American
Mike Stobbe / Associated Press:
CDC website is changed to raise suspicions of a vaccines-autism link
CDC website is changed to raise suspicions of a vaccines-autism link
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The Bulwark, The Hill, New York Times, STAT, NewsMax.com and Grabien
Gregory Svirnovskiy / Politico:
Trump calls for Democratic lawmakers to face trial for ‘seditious behavior’ — President Donald Trump on Thursday called for six Democratic lawmakers to face arrest and trial after they made a video encouraging U.S. service members and members of the intelligence community to refrain from following orders if they broke the law.
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Bloomberg, Fox News, TMZ.com, Washington Times, The Gateway Pundit and Newsweek
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Aaron Parnas / The Parnas Perspective:
BREAKING: Trump Calls for Arrest of Democratic Lawmakers and Reposts Calls to “Hang Them” — Donald Trump is calling for the arrest, indictment, and imprisonment of lawmakers who reminded military leaders to follow their oaths, amplifying calls to “hang them.” A very serious morning. — 1,660
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NBC News and The Guardian
Andrew Solender / Axios:
House Dem leaders contact Capitol Police after Trump “death threats”
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CNN, Associated Press, HuffPost, Greensburg Tribune-Review, The Wrap, Al Jazeera, Reuters, Daily Mail, New Republic, Raw Story, Mediaite, Forbes and The Post Millennial
Axios:
Behind the Curtain: Red alert … - In a Fox News Poll out last evening, voters said the White House is doing more harm than good on the economy: 46% said they've been hurt by the administration's economic policies, 15% say they've been helped and 39% said Trump has made no difference.
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Fox News, NewsNation, New York Post, Raw Story, Joe.My.God., Alternet.org, Journal Sentinel, Crooks and Liars, Mediaite and OutsideTheBeltway
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Politico:
The word Trump hates to say
The word Trump hates to say
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The City, The Daily Signal, New Jersey Online, Straight Arrow News, UPI, Fox News, IJR and Syracuse Post-Standard
Lakshya Jain / The Argument:
The COVID political backlash disappeared
Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
GOP senators warn Bondi not to slow-walk release of Epstein files — Republican senators are warning Attorney General Pam Bondi not to slow-walk the public release of records and documents related to the convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein following votes by the House and Senate demanding the documents.
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Politico:
Thune and Johnson suffer rare split over Epstein, Jack Smith fallout
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Punchbowl News, Alternet.org, Raw Story, The Daily Signal, MS NOW and The Hill
Heather Cox Richardson / Letters from an American:
Yesterday the House of Representatives passed the Epstein Files Transparency Act. …
Yesterday the House of Representatives passed the Epstein Files Transparency Act. …
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Ballotpedia News, JURISTnews, Wonkette, The Hill, BBC, New Republic, HuffPost and Shipwreckedcrew's Port-O-Call
Hailey Fuchs / Politico:
House unanimously rebukes Thune on data seizure payouts
House unanimously rebukes Thune on data seizure payouts
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NewsNation, Deseret News, Scripps News, Daily Caller News Foundation, New York Sun, The Hill, Bloomberg, ABC News and Semafor
David R. Lurie / Public Notice:
The lame duck dictatorship — PN is supported by paid subscribers. Become one ⬇️ — 🔥🔥🔥 Subscribe to PN 🔥🔥🔥 — Democrats of all ideological persuasions correctly rebuked the decision of eight senators to accept a deal …
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Semafor and Washington Examiner
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Stef W. Kight / Axios:
Trump's $2,000 tariff checks shunned by Senate Republicans
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New York Magazine, NewsMax.com, Alternet.org, CNN, USA Today, New Jersey Online, Raw Story and Bloomberg
Karl Rove / Wall Street Journal:
Is Trump Starting to Correct His Course?
Is Trump Starting to Correct His Course?
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The Hill, Associated Press, Los Angeles Times, Washington Examiner, NBC News, Mediaite and Diplomatic,
Peter Nicholas / NBC News:
Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene voters say they're sticking with her, despite the Trump feud — NBC News spoke to roughly 20 voters in her conservative district, many of whom praised Greene for her courage and conviction — while making clear they still back Trump, as well.
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Staten Island Advance, Vox and HuffPost
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Hannah Knowles / Washington Post:
Trump-Marjorie Taylor Greene breakup shakes MAGA: ‘Mom and Dad are separated’
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Alternet.org, No More Mister Nice Blog, Raw Story, Reuters and France 24
Annie Grayer / CNN:
Democrats are debating how to approach the new Marjorie Taylor Greene
Democrats are debating how to approach the new Marjorie Taylor Greene
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twitchy.com
Associated Press:
Border Patrol is monitoring US drivers and detaining those with ‘suspicious’ travel patterns — The U.S. Border Patrol is monitoring millions of American drivers nationwide in a secretive program to identify and detain people whose travel patterns it deems suspicious, The Associated Press has found.
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The Hill, Mock Paper Scissors, San Diego Union-Tribune, The Atlantic and Straight Arrow News
CNN:
Trump and Vance not invited to Dick Cheney's funeral, but all four living former vice presidents attending — Past presidents and politicians of both parties will gather Thursday in Washington, DC, for former Vice President Dick Cheney's funeral — sending off a key figure of pre-MAGA Republican politics.
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Axios, New York Times, The Hill, ABC News, The Guardian, WALV-TV, New Jersey Online, Fox News, Townhall, Victory Girls Blog, Staten Island Advance, Joe.My.God., The Borowitz Report, CBS News, Breitbart, The Independent, UPI, Straight Arrow News, Washington Examiner, IJR, Daily Mail and Reuters
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Calvin Woodward / Associated Press:
A bipartisan show of respect and remembrance is set for Dick Cheney's funeral, absent Trump
A bipartisan show of respect and remembrance is set for Dick Cheney's funeral, absent Trump
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Axios, Wall Street Journal, Scripps News, New York Post, The Hill, New York Times, ABC News, Washington Examiner, CBS News, Washington Post, Daily Mail, New Jersey Online, USA Today, MS NOW, The Gateway Pundit, Associated Press, Joe.My.God., Washington Times, NewsNation, Raw Story, Alternet.org and Newsweek
Matthew Goldstein / New York Times:
Wyden Presses for Investigation Into JPMorgan Chase and Epstein — Senator Ron Wyden, an Oregon Democrat, wants to examine how the nation's largest bank handled the reporting of more than $1 billion in suspicious transactions. — The top Democrat on the Senate Finance Committee issued …
Hugo Lowell / The Guardian:
Larry Ellison discussed axing CNN hosts with White House in takeover bid talks — Senior officials indicated favorability toward Paramount Skydance to acquire Warner Bros Discovery — Senior White House officials have discussed internally their preference for Paramount Skydance …
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Straight Arrow News, The Wrap, Raw Story, New Republic, Daily Caller News Foundation and Alternet.org, more at Mediagazer »
G. Elliott Morris / Strength In Numbers:
The hidden axis: the left-right spectrum has a non-ideology problem — This article presents more results from our November Strength In Numbers/Verasight poll. You can read the first article about this poll here: — Introduction to this essay — Dissatisfaction with American politics …
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The Preamble
US Department of Justice:
South Florida Congresswoman Charged with Stealing $5 Million in FEMA Funds and Making Illegal Campaign Contributions — For Immediate Release — MIAMI - A federal grand jury in Miami has returned an indictment charging Congresswoman Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick and several co-defendants …
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Isabela Dias / Mother Jones:
Meet the Veteran Who Chases ICE on a Scooter — Recently, Clifford “Buzz” Grambo decided to upgrade his electric scooter. The old one he had purchased online reached only 16 mph and wasn't cutting it anymore. He needed to go faster to keep up with the US Immigration and Customs Enforcement cars he chases around Baltimore.
David Ingram / NBC News:
Elon Musk's Grokipedia cites a neo-Nazi website 42 times, researchers say — An analysis by researchers at Cornell University is the first comprehensive look at Grokipedia since Musk launched his project last month. — Tech billionaire Elon Musk's online encyclopedia, Grokipedia …
Washington Post:
As Trump plans backfire, Democrats are ahead in House redistricting fight — After early redistricting wins, Trump faces setbacks over maps for Texas, Indiana and other Republican-led states, frustrating his allies. — just now — President Donald Trump's plan to shore …
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Don Moynihan / Can We Still Govern?:
How the FBI Became the Face of Deprofessionalization — A 2020 paper published in the American Journal of Political Science studied who works for secret police organizations under authoritarian governments. The authors, Christian Gläßel and Adam Scharpf, argued that those willing …
Will Sommer / The Bulwark:
Meet the Ambitious, Duplicitous, Semi-Fictitious MAGA Upstart Driving Trump World Nuts — REP. BYRON DONALDS (R-Fla.) should be cruising into the Florida governor's mansion, primarily because he possesses the most important currency in GOP politics: Donald Trump's endorsement.
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NBC News
New Republic:
Trump's Anger Over Prices Goes Nuclear as Fresh Polls Show Him Tanking — President Trump is cratering in two new polls. A Marist survey has his overall approval rating at 39 percent, and a Marquette poll has his approval plunging on the economy (36-64), tariffs (37-63), and inflation (28-72).
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HuffPost, Homepage, LGBTQ Nation and WTMJ
New York Times:
Family Affair: Commerce Secretary's Sons Cash In on A.I. Frenzy — Howard Lutnick is helping push data center projects. His family companies are profiting from them. — Kyle Lutnick, the 29-year-old scion of his family's real estate business, traveled in July to Amarillo, Texas …
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New York Times, more at Techmeme »
Dan Gooding / Newsweek:
Man Detained by ICE Found Dead, Hanging With Hands and Feet Tied—Attorney — Warning: This article contains descriptions of suicide. Please proceed with caution. — A Chinese immigrant was found dead in U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) detention, with his hands and feet tied behind him, an attorney has alleged.
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Notes From The Circus and The Colorado Sun
Nicquel Terry Ellis / CNN:
Prosecutors move to dismiss charges against Chicago woman shot after ramming car at law enforcement vehicle — In a striking reversal by the US government, prosecutors filed a motion Thursday to dismiss federal charges against a woman shot by a Customs and Border Protection agent in Chicago …
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Talking Points Memo
Jon Seidel / Chicago Sun Times:
Feds drop case against woman shot by Border Patrol agent in Brighton Park — Federal prosecutors have moved to dismiss the charges they brought against a woman shot by a Border Patrol agent last month in Brighton Park, one of the most high-profile criminal cases to result from the Trump administration's' “Operation Midway Blitz.”
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Chicago Tribune and Associated Press
David Wildstein / New Jersey Globe:
Ex-Van Drew staffer staged fake attack, writing ‘Trump Whore’ across her stomach and alleging men held her down and cut her body — A 26-year-old Ocean City woman who claimed she was brutally assaulted because she worked for Rep. Jeff Van Drew (R-Ocean City) instead orchestrated the entire incident …

