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Washington Post:
House Democrats circulate new tax plan as party tries to unify behind huge economic package — Democrats sparred in the Senate but House Democrats were trying to reach a consensus on some of the thorniest issues. — A powerful panel of House Democrats on Sunday circulated a draft plan …
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E.J. Dionne / Washington Post:
A make-or-break moment for our democracy — It's a habit of journalism to declare nearly every impending period as a turning point, a “defining moment” that will set a nation or even the world on a course for years or decades to come. — The routinization of the momentous is mostly harmless, but over time it has a cost.
Richard Rubin / Wall Street Journal:
House Democrats Consider 26.5% Corporate Tax Rate — Lawmakers are expected to propose a smaller capital-gains tax increase than Biden wants — WASHINGTON—House Democrats expect to propose raising the corporate tax rate to 26.5% from 21% and imposing a 3-percentage-point surtax …
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Nick Corasaniti / New York Times:
False Election Claims in California Reveal a New Normal for G.O.P. — In an echo of 2020, Republicans are pushing baseless allegations of cheating in the state's recall race even before Election Day. — The results of the California recall election won't be known until Tuesday night.
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Washington Post:
Democrats wanted Trump gone. Now they want him on the ballot. — LOS ANGELES — Democrats are growing confident that Gov. Gavin Newsom (D-Calif.) will prevail in Tuesday's recall election, averting political disaster by energizing liberal voters. Across the country his party …
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Jason Easley / POLITICUSUSA:
Watch CNN's Dana Bash Call Out Joe Manchin's Infrastructure Game — Joe Manchin's Can't Name A Spending Amount For Reconciliation Bill — Video: … CNN's Dana Bash asked Manchin to be specific and asked if he had a specific number in mind. — Manchin talked about he wanted to raise corporate taxes back to 25%.
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CNN:
State of the Union — DANA BASH, CNN HOST (voice-over): Fed up.
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Julia Cherner / ABC News:
Manchin, Sanders at odds over $3.5 trillion budget resolution
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NBC News:
Senate Democrats near agreement on new voting rights legislation — WASHINGTON — Senate Democrats are close to an agreement on updated voting rights legislation that can get the support of all 50 Democrats, three Democratic aides familiar with negotiations tell NBC.
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Andy Kroll / Rolling Stone:
Biden Tells Top Democrats He's Preparing Lobbying Blitz on Filibuster Reform, Voting Rights
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Sam Raskin / New York Post:
Rudy Giuliani rambles during 9/11 memorial dinner — Ex-Mayor Rudy Giuliani at a 9/11 commemoration on Saturday called a top US general an “idiot” and “a-hole,” imitated Queen Elizabeth and distanced himself from Prince Andrew, in a series of rambling soliloquies, video shows.
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Ronn Blitzer / Fox News:
Rose McGowan to join Larry Elder amid Harvey Weinstein-related allegation against Newsom's wife — McGowan claims Jennifer Siebel Newsom relayed a message from a Weinstein attorney — California Gov. Gavin Newsom fights for his political life — Actress Rose McGowan …
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David Marcus / Fox News:
Newsom, Dems all about racism until Larry Elder is attacked
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Derek Thompson / The Atlantic:
Why Americans Die So Much — U.S. life spans, which have fallen behind those in Europe, are telling us something important about American society. — About the author: Derek Thompson is a staff writer at The Atlantic, where he writes about economics, technology, and the media.
Timothy Bella / Washington Post:
Alabama man dies after being turned away from 43 hospitals as covid packs ICUs, family says — When Ray DeMonia was having a cardiac emergency last month, his Alabama family waited anxiously for a nearby hospital with available space in its intensive care unit.
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Mattathias Schwartz / Insider:
I spent 5 years inside DC's foreign policy ‘blob.’ Here's why the experts keep getting us into unwinnable wars like Afghanistan. … One autumn afternoon a few years ago, I took the subway from my Brooklyn apartment to a mansion on the Upper East Side. I was nervous.
Alyssa Lukpat / New York Times:
The U.S. is falling to the lowest vaccination rates of the world's wealthiest democracies. — Japan initially struggled to get its Covid-19 vaccination program into full gear, but now that it has, the percentage of its population that has received at least one dose has edged past the level achieved …
Washington Post:
Texas wanted to be the tech haven of the U.S. Its new abortion bill and other measures are causing workers to rethink their move. — Tech workers are marking Texas off the list of places they'd consider working after the state passed the nation's most restrictive abortion law
CNN:
Most Republicans want Trump as the GOP's leader but are divided about whether he'd help them retake the White House — Donald Trump is ‘99, 100 percent’ likely to run for president in 2024 — (CNN)Most Republicans want former President Donald Trump to remain their party's leader, according to a new CNN poll conducted by SSRS.
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Scott Gottlieb / The Atlantic:
A Second Major Seasonal Virus Won't Leave Us Any Choice — Businesses and schools must adapt, because the dual threat from COVID and the flu will be too severe. … He is the author of the forthcoming book Uncontrolled Spread: Why COVID-19 Crushed Us and How We Can Defeat the Next Pandemic.
Zoe Tillman / BuzzFeed News:
Trump's Judges Are Playing A Huge Role In Upholding Anti-Abortion Laws Across The Country — WASHINGTON — In 2016, then-candidate Donald Trump pitched to Republican voters that even if they didn't like him, they needed him for one big reason: the US Supreme Court.
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Michael S. Schmidt / New York Times:
Behind the Texas Abortion Law, a Persevering Conservative Lawyer
Byron York / Washington Examiner:
George W. Bush's dreadful 9/11 speech — President Joe Biden was silent during Saturday's 9/11 commemoration events. So were former Presidents Barack Obama and Bill Clinton. Former President Donald Trump visited a New York City police precinct and fire station, where he made a few impromptu remarks.
Charlotte Greenfield / Reuters:
As West ponders aid for Afghanistan, China and Pakistan quick to provide relief — As international donors gather in Geneva on Monday to discuss humanitarian relief for Afghanistan under Taliban rule, neighbours China and Pakistan have already reached out with aid and discussions of future assistance.
Sheryl Gay Stolberg / New York Times:
How Outrage Over Vaccine Mandates Became a Mainstream G.O.P. Stance — Resistance to vaccine mandates, once a fringe position, has entered the Republican mainstream. But the governors fighting President Biden's Covid-19 vaccine requirements impose mandates of their own.
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Justin Gomez / ABC News:
Murthy calls Biden's new COVID-19 actions an ‘appropriate response’ to tackle pandemic — The surgeon general said it's not an “unusual phenomenon” to mandate vaccines. — U.S. Surgeon General Vivek Murthy defended President Joe Biden's new mandates to vaccinate 100 million Americans against COVID-19 …
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Noah Smith / Noahpinion:
The 9/11 Era is over. Good. — A few last words as my generation's defining event recedes into history — I think this is the last post I'll write about 9/11. The reason is not just that I, and the world, are running out of things to say about that awful event — although that is certainly true.
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