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Washington Post:
Trump demands major changes to childhood vaccine recommendations  —  The president signed an order instructing states to revise their rules.  He also called for narrowing which vaccines are administered to children and splitting shots into multiple appointments.
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The White House:
Delivering Gold Standard Childhood Vaccine Recommendations for Americans  —  By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, it is hereby ordered:  —  Section 1.  Purpose and Policy.  Pursuant to the Presidential Memorandum of December 5 …
Discussion: Rolling Stone and NOTUS
Greg Sargent / New Republic:
Trump's Reflecting Pool Fiasco Is About to Get Even Worse for Him  —  You'd be forgiven for thinking the saga involving Donald Trump's vile prosecutions of innocent people over his Reflecting Pool fiasco has finally come to an ignominious end.  On Thursday, a judge officially threw …
Discussion: New York Magazine, Truthout and Forbes
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Meryl Kornfield / Washington Post:
Trump nominates loyalist to office that would oversee Reflecting Pool review
Discussion: Mark Lee Greenblatt
Jason Koebler / 404 Media:
Mark Zuckerberg Posts Deranged 6,500-Word Essay About Giving Everyone AI Superintelligence  —  “The future is for everyone,” Zuckerberg says, describing future that is primarily good for Meta.  —  Mark Zuckerberg, whose superyacht apparently spent the weekend ignoring or missing the distress signal …
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Mark Zuckerberg / Meta:
The Future is for Everyone  —  We are fortunate to live at an incredible moment in history.  In the next few years, people will be able to use superintelligence beyond human capacity to create and discover extraordinary new things, build new businesses, express new ideas, learn new concepts, and advance our health and quality of life.
Sabrina Siddiqui / Wall Street Journal:
GOP Senators Release Fauci Texts Discussing Covid Vaccine Risk to Pregnant Women  —  Exchange shows Fauci and top health officials debating pros and cons of the shots  —  WASHINGTON—A pair of Senate Republicans leading the congressional investigations into Dr. Anthony Fauci released …
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Josh Christenson / New York Post:
Fauci privately warned of miscarriage risk linked to COVID vaccine while publicly claiming no issues, newly released texts show  —  WASHINGTON — Dr. Anthony Fauci privately raised concerns that the COVID-19 vaccine could “theoretically” be linked to miscarriages in expectant mothers …
Politico:
White House officials tamped down efforts to oust Max Miller in final days  —  Members of President Donald Trump's political team asked Ohio Republicans last week not to wage a public pressure campaign against embattled GOP Rep. Max Miller, after they became increasingly convinced he wouldn't end his reelection bid.
Discussion: Washington Examiner and NPR
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Washington Post:
Eleventh-hour primary upsets muddy the race for control of Congress
Discussion: New York Post and The Hill
Reuters:
Taylor Farms recalls salsa, guacamole on salmonella outbreak, intensifying food-safety fears  —  Taylor Farms is recalling prepared foods containing jalapenos from retailers including Walmart and Whole Foods in several states over potential salmonella contamination, the second major foodborne illness linked …
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Alexandra E. Petri / New York Times:
Taylor Farms Voluntarily Recalls Fresh Jalapeños Over Salmonella Concerns
Maureen Farrell / New York Times:
Private Equity Is Stuck With 33,575 Unsold Businesses  —  Even amid a booming deal-making environment, private equity firms are unable to exit a growing number of investments at values their investors require.  —  The long-awaited deal-making boom has finally arrived.
Discussion: Bloomberg and Eschaton
Dara Lind / New Yorker:
The Great Delegalization  —  More than a million immigrants are seeing protections that granted them safe lives in the U.S. suddenly swept away.  —  In early 2010, an earthquake devastated Haiti—but, even as Haitians in the U.S. had far less to return to, they received a new opportunity to stay.
Discussion: TheGrio, Gothamist and Mother Jones
Mark Jacob / Stop the Presses:
25 must-follow people in pro-democracy media  —  Negativity is a trap we can fall into during times like these.  But we need to stay optimistic and motivated if we're going to defeat the criminals who are trying to steal our country.  —  Here's my subjective list of 25 bright stars of pro-democracy media …
Matt Gertz / Media Matters for America:
How Fox News is trying to cover up the Rep. Max Miller alleged domestic abuse scandal  —  No mentions on primetime shows, and the network also isn't asking Republicans about it on air  —  RESEARCH CONTRIBUTIONS FROM TYLER MONROE & ROB SAVILLO  —  Fox News is keeping its viewers in the dark …
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Media Matters for America:
Megyn Kelly rages at Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez: “This bitch thinks she's going to be president”
Discussion: National Review
Dominick Mastrangelo / The Hill:
Florida attorney general threatens charges after Cunningham is fouled in WNBA game  —  Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier (R) threatened to charge WNBA players with assault after a hard foul against star Indiana Fever player Sophie Cunningham over the weekend.
Tyler Austin Harper / The Atlantic:
Why I Quit the Tenure Track  —  The insufferable hypocrisy of elite academia  —  As you cross the Androscoggin River into Lewiston, you pass on your left the waterfalls that once set the mills to humming.  On your right, affixed to a pockmarked brick mill—now defunct …
Discussion: The Hill
New York Times:
Ukrainian Drone Attack Deep Into Russia Is Among Its Deadliest of the War  —  The strike, on an industrial center in Tatarstan, killed at least 13 people.  —  A Ukrainian drone attack Monday on an industrial city about 550 miles east of Moscow was among the deadliest on Russian territory since …
Lauren McGaughy / New York Times:
One Source of Paxton's Wealth: A Cell Tower at a Hospital He Knew Well  —  Ken Paxton, the Texas attorney general, makes six-figure income from a cellphone tower on the grounds of a hospital where he was a board member.  —  Over the course of Ken Paxton's decade-long rise to prominence …
Discussion: LGBTQ Nation
Ryan Mancini / The Hill:
Ocasio-Cortez on Hong positions: ‘Woke 1 was crazy’  —  Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) on Sunday quoted a New York City Council member in describing Wisconsin gubernatorial candidate Francesca Hong's (D) past positions, saying “Woke 1 was crazy.”  —  ABC News's “This Week” …
Denver Post:
Lauren Boebert's son arrested on charges of sexual exploitation of a child, court records show  —  Tyler Boebert faces 5 felony charges and was released from jail Sunday, records show  —  U.S. Rep. Lauren Boebert's son was arrested last week on three felony charges related to sexual exploitation of a child, court records show.
Rhian Lubin / The Independent:
Trump posted touched-up version of his golf photo to look younger and slimmer  —  Trump appears to have undergone an computer-generated glow-up  —  President Donald Trump posted a touched-up photograph of himself from his weekend golf trip, where he appeared much more youthful, instead of sharing the original image.
Andrew Atterbury / Politico:
Florida seeks to scrutinize The New York Times' editorial process … TALLAHASSEE, Florida — Florida's GOP Attorney General James Uthmeier is leveraging the state retirement fund's investment in The New York Times to scrutinize the company's editorial practices.
Discussion: Florida Politics
Noah White / Washington Post:
Patriot Games open with dodgeball, lots of MAGA caps and even more questions  —  The youth contest for $250,000 — part of the White House's Freedom 250 festivities — featured over 120 competitors drawn from a murky selection process.  —  Summary  —  GENEVA, Ohio — In a swift motion …
Robert Reich:
The Moronic Bullshit of the “Third Way”  —  The statements seem as belligerent as Pete Hegseth on a bad hair day.  —  “We are preparing for the next war that is coming,” says Jonathan Cowan.  —  Cowan is president of Third Way, described by The New York Times as a “leading centrist Democratic group.”
Discussion: The Lever
Matthew Goldstein / New York Times:
Traffic to Trump's Truth Social Falls Sharply This Summer  —  President Trump's social media platform has had double-digit declines in visitors in June and July, according to estimates from a widely cited online tracking firm.  —  President Trump is a commanding presence on Truth Social, the platform he co-founded in 2022.
Discussion: Forbes and The Independent
US Department of State:
State Department Revokes More Than 175,000 Visas  —  Under President Trump, the United States Department of State has revoked more than 175,000 visas from foreign nationals who violated the terms of their visas, committed crimes, called for violence against U.S. citizens, defrauded Americans …
Damian Paletta / Wall Street Journal:
Why Is Iran Acting Like It Is Holding All the Cards in Hormuz Talks?  —  Plus, voters' impressions on the economy pose a midterm challenge for the GOP, and Netanyahu breaks with Trump over the peace plan for Gaza  —  Good morning.  On Tuesday morning, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent went …
Kiki Intarasuwan / CBS News:
Contiguous U.S. breaks its record for hottest month ever, NOAA says  —  Add CBS News on Google  —  July was “a wild weather month,” setting a record as the warmest month ever for the contiguous United States, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration said Monday.
Mark Hertling / The Bulwark:
Precision Has a Price  —  FOR GENERATIONS, SENIOR MILITARY officers attending professional military education have been taught a simple but enduring truth: Logistics establishes the art of the possible.  No commander can conduct operations without the fuel, ammunition, and other resources needed to sustain the fighting force.
Stella Canino-Quiñones / Washington Post:
Former president Barack Obama launches a new podcast  —  The show will feature interviews with guests about key books that have left an impact on them.  It starts Sept. 24 on Audible.  —  Former president Barack Obama, an avid book reader, will host a new podcast starting next month to talk …
Jennifer Bendery / HuffPost:
Ilhan Omar Says ICE Agent Sat Outside Her Town Hall In Car With Mismatched Plates  —  This “raises serious and uncomfortable questions,” the Minnesota Democrat wrote in a letter to the Department of Homeland Security.  —  WASHINGTON — Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.) is demanding answers …
Steve Vladeck / One First:
243. Birthright Citizenship, Redux  —  Welcome back to “One First,” a newsletter that aims to make the U.S. Supreme Court more accessible to lawyers and non-lawyers alike.  I'm grateful to all of you for your continued support, and I hope that you'll consider sharing some of what we're doing with your networks.
Natalie Krebs / NPR:
Some disabled people want to advance their careers.  They say Medicaid rules stop them  —  Erica Carter is passionate about her job, and she has 7 acres of flowers and vegetables to show for it.  —  Carter's specialty is reeling in grants to support students in the Omaha Nation school district, where she is a finance manager.
 
 
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Bloomberg:
Trump Wins Permission to Remove Brand Damage From BBC Suit
Discussion: MS NOW, HotAir and Forbes
Tonya Mosley / NPR:
‘The Nerd Reich’ tracks the 'unmasking of Silicon Valley's true politics'
Steve Benen / MS NOW:
The White House tries (and fails) to put a positive spin on ugly economic results
Discussion: CNN
David A. Fahrenthold / New York Times:
Trump Concedes There Was ‘Some Contractor Error’ at Reflecting Pool
Mallory Wilson / The Hill:
Trump demands compensation for US from Iran
Tony Romm / New York Times:
As Voters Grow Anxious Over A.I., Trump Shrugs Off the Concern
Discussion: Instapundit
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George Chidi / The Guardian:
Trump officials offer cities tens of millions for Memphis-style police surges - with conditions
Rex Huppke / USA Today:
Democratic extremism? GOP spent a decade riding extremism to power.
Politico:
Tucker's third way  —  With help from Eli Okun, Ali Bianco and Irie Sentner
Discussion: The Independent and The Hill
Dustin Gardiner / Politico:
Pelosi unleashes her political machine in fight to replace her
 

 
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Diana Novak Jones / Reuters:
A US appeals court allows ~2,400 federal lawsuits against social media companies to proceed over claims their products were designed to addict young users

Rob Bonta / Deadline:
California AG Rob Bonta says AGs' antitrust case is on antitrust grounds, not politics, and Paramount is “spearheading” a PR campaign to spin a false narrative

Aisha Malik / TechCrunch:
YouTube says new creators will need double, or 8,000+, watch hours over the past year or 20M Shorts views in the last 90 days to start earning money from Feb. 1
 
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