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••••• The Atlantic • Caitlin Dickerson • 21 hours ago • theatlantic.com
An American Catastrophe
The secret history of the U.S. government’s family-separation policy
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••••• The New York Times • Jonathan Martin • 1 day ago • nytimes.com
Liz Cheney Is Ready to Lose. But She’s Not Ready to Quit.
The Republican says her crusade to stop Donald J. Trump will continue — even if she loses her primary next week. Restoring a “very sick” G.O.P. will take years, she says, “if it can be healed.”
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••• Reuters • Last hour • reuters.com
Exclusive: Trump-backed Michigan attorney general candidate involved in voting-system breach, documents show
The Republican nominee for Michigan attorney general led a team that gained unauthorized access to voting equipment while hunting for evidence to support former President Donald Trump’s false election-fraud claims, according to a Reuters analysis of court filings and public records.
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•• POLITICO • 12 hours ago • politico.com
The Sinema-Manchin split that shaped Dems’ deal
The West Virginia centrist spent months with Chuck Schumer molding Democrats' party-line agenda. In the final hours, he had to accept several of his Arizona colleague's demands.
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Burgess Everett@burgessev
TICK TOCK
Sinema, Manchin and the anatomy of a deal
“We argue with each other on issues, but we try to respect each other,” Schumer said of Manchin. “Sinema, if she gives you her word, you got it. But she’s not a schmoozer like Manchin.”
politico.com/news/2022/08/0…
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• The Detroit News • Craig Mauger • 10 hours ago • detroitnews.com
Nessel's office seeks special prosecutor in election 'conspiracy' probe of DePerno, others
Republican Matt DePerno was "one of the prime instigators of the conspiracy" to obtain election equipment, according to the Attorney General's office.
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Craig Mauger@CraigDMauger
BREAKING: Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel's office is seeking a special prosecutor to consider potential criminal charges against 9 individuals in a "conspiracy" to obtain and examine voting machines.
Among the 9 is GOP AG candidate Matt DePerno. detroitnews.com/story/news/pol…
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• The Washington Post • Evan Halper, Tony Romm • 18 hours ago • washingtonpost.com
Republicans block cap on insulin costs for millions of patients
GOP lawmakers stripped efforts by Democrats to impose a $35 price cap on the cost of insulin for many patients from the legislative package moving through Congress.
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Jeff Stein@JStein_WaPo
Some 7 million Americans require insulin daily. A Yale University study found that 14 percent of those insulin users are spending more than 40 percent of their income after food and housing costs on the medicine.
washingtonpost.com/nation/2022/08…
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• The New York Times • Emily Cochrane • 21 hours ago • nytimes.com
Senate Passes Climate and Tax Bill After Marathon Debate
Despite all Republicans being opposed, the vote was a major victory for President Biden and Democrats. The bill now goes to the House, where it is expected to pass by the end of the week.
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Peter Baker@peterbakernyt
In a major breakthrough for Biden, the Senate passes the revised version of his signature domestic initiative on climate, health care, prescription drugs and corporate taxes on a party line vote with Harris breaking the tie. ⁦@ESCochrane⁩
nytimes.com/live/2022/08/0…
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POLITICO • 14 hours ago • politico.com
Michigan AG calls for special prosecutor in case now involving her Trump-backed opponent
Dana Nessel’s office says it’s uncovered evidence tying the GOP candidate running to unseat her to a scheme to seize and tamper with voting machines.
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Heidi Przybyla@HeidiReports
BREAKING: MI Attorney Gen. calls for special pros. citing potentially criminal scheme by Trump-backed opponent to seize & tamper with voting machines, acc. to documents obtained by @politico.
Probe by @nessel & MI State Police unexpectedly led to
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The New York Times • Carl Hulse • 13 hours ago • nytimes.com
Chuck Schumer, the ‘Happy Worrier,’ Delivers
The Senate majority leader managed to resurrect and pass a signature climate change and health care deal with help from Republican missteps.
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CBS News • Sophie Reardon • 2 days ago • cbsnews.com
New York Health Department says hundreds of people may be infected with polio virus
The health department said it is still investigating the virus' origin, after finding eight of the positive wastewater samples are genetically linked.
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POLITICO • 1 day ago • politico.com
Among Donald Trump’s endorsements, one holds a special place in his heart: Kari Lake
With her obsessive insistence on unproven election fraud, the Arizona GOP nominee holds a special place in Trump’s eye.
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NPR • Danielle Kurtzleben • 1 day ago • npr.org
Republicans have long feuded with the mainstream media. Now many are shutting them out
A trend of GOP candidates ignoring or actively avoiding legacy media — particularly national outlets — is building this year. That can hamper voters' ability to make informed choices.
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The New York Times • Emily Cochrane • 21 hours ago • nytimes.com
Senate Passes Climate, Health and Tax Bill, With All Republicans Opposed
The vote was a major victory for President Biden and Democrats, who are battling to maintain their slim House and Senate majorities in November’s midterm congressional elections.
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Mark Mazzetti@MarkMazzettiNYT
The lead story on the Senate's big day by @ESCochrane nytimes.com/2022/08/07/us/…
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WSJ • Patience Haggin • 21 hours ago • wsj.com
Phones Know Who Went to an Abortion Clinic. Whom Will They Tell?
Myriad state restrictions on accessing or performing abortions prompt some companies to pledge not to share sensitive mobile-phone data.
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Patience 🧐@patiencehaggin
NEW from me: people are already trying to buy location data on smartphone users who have visited abortion clinics wsj.com/articles/phone…
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The Guardian • Luke Harding • 1 day ago • theguardian.com
‘Absolute evil’: inside the Russian prison camp where dozens of Ukrainians burned to death
Entrepreneur Anna Vorosheva accuses Moscow of murder after spending 100 days in the Olenivka detention centre
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Timothy Snyder@TimothyDSnyder
Olenivka, a Russian concentration camp that became a Russian death camp. Important reporting from Luke Harding. theguardian.com/world/2022/aug…
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The New Yorker • Jane Mayer • 1 day ago • newyorker.com
State Legislatures Are Torching Democracy
Even in moderate places like Ohio, gerrymandering has let unchecked Republicans pass extremist laws that could never make it through Congress.
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The Washington Post • Christopher Buckley • 2 days ago • washingtonpost.com
Review | Tracing the Republican Party’s devolution to one man: Newt Gingrich
Dana Milbank identifies Gingrich as the culprit who began steering the GOP away from Reagan and toward Trump.
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Peter Baker@peterbakernyt
"Dana Milbank covers politics with snap and crackle" and his latest book, "The Destructionists," traces the Republican Party's 25-year journey from Gingrich to Trump as only he can. ⁦Christopher Buckley gives it a rave review. washingtonpost.com/outlook/2022/0…
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The New York Times • Michael D. Shear • 1 day ago • nytimes.com
Biden Is an Uneasy Champion on Abortion. Can He Lead the Fight in Post-Roe America?
A practicing Catholic, President Biden has long sought a middle ground on abortion. But activists see the decision to overturn Roe v. Wade as a sign that Democrats have tiptoed too carefully around the issue.
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The Atlantic • Robinson Meyer • 14 hours ago • theatlantic.com
History’s Greatest Obstacle to Climate Progress Has Finally Fallen
Democrats in the Senate passed a bill that would, for the first time ever, use Congress’s power to push the U.S. to decarbonize.
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Reuters • 23 hours ago • reuters.com
China to conduct 'regular' military drills east of Taiwan Strait median line, state media report
The Chinese military will from now on conduct "regular" drills on the eastern side of the median line of the Taiwan Strait, Chinese state television reported on Sunday, citing a commentator.
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The New York Times • Neelam Bohra, Vimal Patel • 10 hours ago • nytimes.com
Killings of 4 Men in Albuquerque Leave Muslim Community in Fear
As the authorities appeal to the public for help in their investigation, many Muslim residents are experiencing a “managed panic.”
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Mediaite • Sarah Rumpf • 7 hours ago • mediaite.com
Pro-Trump Apparel Company Agrees to Pay Over $200K Fine for Ripping Out ‘Made in China’ Tags and Replacing Them With ‘Made in USA’ Tags
Lions Not Sheep, which sells a series of T-shirts and other apparel with pro-Trump and conservative messages, agreed to pay a $211,335 fine to the Federal Trade Commission after it was busted removing "Made in China" tags and replacing them with ones claiming the items were made in the U.S.
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The Washington Post • Joel Achenbach • 2 days ago • washingtonpost.com
Perspective | The Webb telescope is astonishing. But the universe is even more so.
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WSJ • Julie Bykowicz in Washington and Miriam Gottfried in New York • 23 hours ago • wsj.com
How the Private-Equity Lobby Won—Again
Senate Democrats wanted to change the tax rate on carried-interest income. The industry lobby knew how to push back.
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The New York Times • Hiroko Tabuchi • 14 hours ago • nytimes.com
Manchin’s Donors Include Pipeline Giants That Win in His Climate Deal
The controversial Mountain Valley Pipeline is one of several projects the senator has negotiated major concessions for, benefiting his financial supporters.
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The Washington Post • Jeff Stein • 11 hours ago • washingtonpost.com
With Sinema’s help, private equity firms win relief from proposed tax hikes
Sen. Kyrsten Sinema (D-Ariz.), a must-have vote for the legislation, insisted on last-minute changes to exempt the industry from a new minimum tax on billion-dollar corporations.
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The Washington Post • Tony Romm • 1 day ago • washingtonpost.com
Senate approves Inflation Reduction Act, clinching long-delayed health and climate bill
More than eight hours into debate, party lawmakers appeared on track to deliver the political centerpiece of President Biden’s long-stalled economic agenda.
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The New York Times • Ezra Klein • 23 hours ago • nytimes.com
Opinion | I Didn’t Want It to Be True, but the Medium Really Is the Message
How we look matters as much as what we see.
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Bulwark+ • Charlie Sykes • 20 hours ago • morningshots.thebulwark.com
Alex Jones Gets His Reality Check
In a court of law, Truth is actually a thing
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Axios • Josh Kraushaar • 13 hours ago • axios.com
GOP Rep. Alex Mooney's Manchin attack ad spurs 2024 speculation
Mooney is mulling running for Senate in 2024.
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Associated Press • Seung Min Kim • 22 hours ago • apnews.com
Biden steps out of the room and finds legacy-defining wins
WASHINGTON (AP) — Over five decades in Washington, Joe Biden knew that the way to influence was to be in the room where it happens. But in the second year of his presidency, some of Biden’s most striking, legacy-defining legislative victories came about by staying out of it.
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Mediaite • Natalie Korach • 12 hours ago • mediaite.com
Molly Jong-Fast Slams Sinema For Last Minute Inflation Bill Compromise
Molly Jong-Fast questioned Kyrsten Sinema's legislative priorities after she ensured a loophole used by private equity executives in the Inflation Reduction Act, which passed in the Senate on Sunday.
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The New York Times • Coral Davenport, Lisa Friedman • 14 hours ago • nytimes.com
Five Decades in the Making: Why It Took Congress So Long to Act on Climate
The Senate bill avoided the political pitfalls of past legislative attempts by offering only incentives to cut climate pollution, not taxes.
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POLITICO • 2 days ago • politico.com
Tim Ryan turned his race into a surprise Senate battleground. Now comes the hard part.
The Ohio Democrat has forged a small lead in internal polling — and brought the Senate Republican machine to his door with attack ads.
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Adam Wren@adamwren
Scoop: Rob Portman’s former chief of staff and George W. Bush’s former director of the Domestic Policy Council—John Bridgeland—is endorsing Tim Ryan w/ @natalie_allison politico.com/news/2022/08/0…
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Daily News • Sal Rodriguez • 1 day ago • dailynews.com
The disastrous story of Eric Garcetti’s ambassadorship nomination drags on and on
Enough is enough.
Associated Press • Chris Megerian • 22 hours ago • apnews.com
Biden leaves White House for 1st time since getting COVID-19
REHOBOTH BEACH, Del. (AP) — Ending his most recent COVID-19 isolation, President Joe Biden on Sunday left the White House for the first time since becoming infected with the coronavirus last month, settling in for a reunion with first lady Jill Biden in their home state of Delaware.
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The Washington Post • Helaine Olen • 2 days ago • washingtonpost.com
Opinion | Republicans are coming after Social Security. Democrats, take note.
The GOP is handing Democrats an issue almost as politically potent as abortion rights in the midterm elections.
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NBC News • The Associated Press • 3 days ago • nbcnews.com
N.Y. man who sent threats to LGBTQ groups gets 30 months
The retired teacher had threatened to blow up the Stonewall Inn and place explosives at New York City's 2021 Pride march, prosecutors said.
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Reuters • 2 days ago • reuters.com
Muslim men likely targeted and killed in New Mexico, police say
The murders of three Muslim men in New Mexico's largest city in the past nine months were likely linked and they appear to have been targeted for their religion and race, police said.
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POLITICO • 1 day ago • politico.com
Senate Dems pass long-awaited climate, tax and health care bill
The majority party guided the legislation they'd labored over for more than a year through a 15-hour vote-a-rama, a last-minute snag with Sen. Kyrsten Sinema and several rules challenges.
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The Forward • Jacob Kornbluh • 17 hours ago • forward.com
Conspiracy theorist who alleged Israel was behind the 9/11 attacks endorses progressive candidate in NY House race
Yuh-Line Niou posted the endorsement of Sander Hicks on her campaign website.
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CNN • 18 hours ago • cnn.com
Video: What the Bidens really think about their media coverage - CNN Video
Michael LaRosa, the former press secretary for first lady Jill Biden, speaks with CNN's Brian Stelter about how President Biden and his wife feel about the media coverage of the Biden administration.
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The Washington Post • Paul Kane • 1 day ago • washingtonpost.com
Analysis | Culture wars could be a winning issue — for Democrats
Democrats have hope they can limit some of their potential losses in the midterms and outperform expectations because of abortion and gun-control issues.
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Associated Press • Christina A. Cassidy • 21 hours ago • apnews.com
GOP seeking power over elections in Wisconsin, Minnesota
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin’s secretary of state has no role in elections, but that could change if Republicans are able to flip the seat this year and pass a law that would empower the office with far more responsibilities.
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Financial Times • James Politi, Financial Times, Alice Hancock, Amy Kazmin, Laura Pitel • 1 day ago • ft.com
Alarm mounts in western capitals over Turkey’s deepening ties with Russia
Officials warn of retaliation if Ankara helps Moscow evade sanctions after Erdoğan and Putin agree to increase co-operation
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The Washington Post • Jacob Bogage • 1 day ago • washingtonpost.com
Democrats’ $80 billion wager: A bigger IRS will be a better IRS
Modernizing the tax collector is a key to the party’s climate change and health care bill, but the agency has many problems after years of underfunding
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The New York Times • Helene Cooper • 1 day ago • nytimes.com
After 246 Years, Marine Corps Gives 4 Stars to a Black Officer
Gen. Michael E. Langley is the first Black person to attain the highest rank in the corps, whose most senior leadership had until now consisted entirely of white men.
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The Washington Post • Amber Phillips, Tom Hamburger • 1 day ago • washingtonpost.com
Abortion law in Indiana leads to fallout for state, politics
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The New York Times • Annie Karni • 3 days ago • nytimes.com
Pitching G.O.P. on Gay Marriage Bill, Tammy Baldwin Leaves Nothing to Chance
The second-term Democrat was the first openly gay woman elected to Congress. Now she is leading the effort to rally Republican support for legislation that would protect marriage equality nationwide.
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The Washington Post • Isabelle Khurshudyan • 3 days ago • washingtonpost.com
It’s an artillery war, but Ukraine still kills tanks with Javelins
The U.S.-made antitank missiles have shorter range than most artillery, but Ukrainian soldiers are using them effectively in close combat along the front lines.
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