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How Joe Manchin's awful new stance could blow up in his face — By now you've heard that Sen. Joe Manchin III has essentially declared he has consigned us to a future of minority rule. In a new piece, the West Virginia Democrat says he'll vote against his party's voting rights legislation and will never …
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Joe Manchin's mighty delusions
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Chandelis Duster / CNN:
Democrat calls Manchin ‘the new Mitch McConnell’ and says he is working to thwart Biden's agenda
Democrat calls Manchin ‘the new Mitch McConnell’ and says he is working to thwart Biden's agenda
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Cheney: Trump inciting January 6 riot ‘the most dangerous thing’ a president has done — Jonathan Swan: Liz Cheney is a woman without a party — (CNN)Wyoming Republican Rep. Liz Cheney accused former President Donald Trump of having committed the worst violation of a president's oath …
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No, Trump Did Not Wear His Pants Backwards at Rally
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Cheney compares Trump claims to Chinese Communist Party: 'It's very dangerous'
Cheney compares Trump claims to Chinese Communist Party: 'It's very dangerous'
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Exclusive: Eric Adams jumps in front, Yang slips in NY1/Ipsos poll — Eric Adams has surged to the front of the pack, overtaking Andrew Yang and building a six-point lead in the Democratic primary for mayor, according to the exclusive results of a new Spectrum News NY1/Ipsos poll. — What You Need To Know
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Supreme Court declines to hear lawsuit challenging male-only draft … The Supreme Court declined Monday to consider the constitutionality of a federal law requiring men, but not women, to register for the military draft when they turn 18. — As is its usual practice, the court didn't say why it wouldn't take the case.
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Supreme Court won't review male-only registration for the military draft
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In Arizona 2020 Election Review, Risks for Republicans, and Democracy — Experts call it a circus. Polls say it will hurt the G.O.P. in 2022. But Republicans are on board in Arizona and elsewhere, despite warnings of lasting damage to the political system.
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What Were They Thinking About Insurrection? — The hopes and fears of the participants in the Capitol attack, government officials, and Donald Trump. — On January 6, 2021, members of the Oath Keepers, high on conspiracies and disinformation, went to Washington, D.C. to support then-President Donald Trump.
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New York City Plans a Central Park Mega-Concert to Celebrate Reopening — The mayor's office has asked the producer Clive Davis to sign up musical stars for an event on the Great Lawn in August. — Brunch crowds are back. Rush-hour traffic is back. Tourists in horse-drawn carriages are back.

Jeff Bezos is going to space on first crewed flight of rocket — New York (CNN Business)Jeff Bezos will be flying to space on the first crewed flight of the New Shepard, the rocket ship made by his space company, Blue Origin. The flight is scheduled for July 20th, just 15 days after he is set to resign as CEO of Amazon.
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Rep. Mo Brooks served with lawsuit related to his role in Capitol insurrection — (CNN)Alabama GOP Rep. Mo Brooks was served with a lawsuit filed by California Democratic Rep. Eric Swalwell seeking to hold him partially accountable for the January 6 insurrection, according to a tweet from Brooks and an attorney for Swalwell.
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America's scarcity mindset — Is our society turning into a zero-sum competition for survival? — 6 hr ago — “This land was made for you and me” — Woody Guthrie — “I'm all right Jack, keep your hands off of my stack” — Pink Floyd — I've been reading Rick Perlstein's Reaganland: America's Right Turn 1976-1980.

The Bush family evolved along with the GOP. George P. Bush is no exception. … Last week, George Prescott Bush announced that he would run for Texas attorney general next year. It's a definite power play from Bush, the land commissioner in a state where former President George W. Bush, his uncle, was once governor.
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Anthony Weiner's Not Coming Back. But He Has Nowhere to Go. — The man who was almost New York's mayor talks about the current campaign, selling tweets and why he feels bad for the media. — Anthony Weiner doesn't pay the kind of attention to New York politics that he did back when he was running …

What Happened When Trump Was Banned on Social Media — When Facebook and Twitter barred Donald J. Trump from their platforms after the Capitol riot in January, he lost direct access to his most powerful megaphones. On Friday, Facebook said the former president would not be allowed …
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David Dushman, Soviet Soldier Who Helped Liberate Auschwitz, Dies at 98 — Mr. Dushman is believed to have been the last surviving liberator of the camp. He went on to become a decorated fencer. — BERLIN — David Dushman, who as a soldier for the Soviet Union drove his tank through …
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Video appears to show GOP Oregon lawmaker telling protesters how to enter closed state Capitol — (CNN)An Oregon state lawmaker who has been charged after he allegedly allowed protesters into the closed state Capitol building during a debate over Covid-19 restrictions is seen in new video appearing …
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House Democrat Leading Effort Against Key Consumer Protection — Rep. Josh Gottheimer is lobbying against a resolution that would end the practice of predatory lenders charging astronomical interest rates on consumer loans. — Rep. Josh Gottheimer (D-NJ) speaks during …
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Vaccination rates fall off, imperiling Biden's July Fourth goal — The ‘last mile’ of delivering coronavirus shots has become a marathon, with health officials showing up at stores, parks and factories, rather than waiting for people to come to them. — Plummeting vaccination rates …
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Biden's vaccine push fails to gain traction with African Americans
Biden's vaccine push fails to gain traction with African Americans
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Something appears to be ‘simply, simply wrong’ at the Biden Justice Department — Fred Ryan is publisher of The Post. — During the final days of the Trump administration, the attorney general used extraordinary measures to obtain subpoenas to secretly seize records of reporters at three leading U.S. news organizations.
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Was mask-wearing pointless, after all? Fauci must be forced to answer — Did we ever need masks? — It's a touchy, complex question. People may not want to learn that millions of us covered our faces for 15 months for no good reason, after all. But asking the questions is exactly what we must do.

Once a Bastion of Free Speech, the A.C.L.U. Faces an Identity Crisis — An organization that has defended the First Amendment rights of Nazis and the Ku Klux Klan is split by an internal debate over whether supporting progressive causes is more important. — It was supposed to be the celebration …
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The dirty secret behind the success of top Republican fundraisers — A constellation of obscure websites — populated with content stolen from major media outlets like Politico, Axios, and BuzzFeed — has played a significant role in the fundraising success of Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene …

From Doomsday Preppers to Doomsday Plotters — Far-right movements have long dreamed of a moment that ends society as we've known it. Now, experts say, so-called accelerationist thinking is proliferating in ways that could destabilize democracy. — For QAnon it is “The Storm,” …

Biden should go it alone — Seventeen months — that's all the time that's left. — That's how long President Biden can hope to hold Democratic majorities in the House and Senate. — Now is the time to start thinking about the November 2022 midterm elections.
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Stormy Daniels says her attorney is in contact with prosecutors investigating Trump Organization — Stormy Daniels says her lawyer has been in touch with prosecutors in New York City who are investigating former President Trump's company. — “I have not been called to testify,” …
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Interview with Barack Obama … During his time in office, former President Barack Obama maintained something of a hot-and-cold relationship with Jewish leaders, particularly around his administration's foreign policy in the Middle East. Obama first entered the national stage with longstanding ties …
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