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- Reuters
Trump's real-estate empire pays the price for poisonous politics
Former U.S. president Donald Trump’s slashing rhetorical style and divisive politics allowed him to essentially take over the Republican Party. On Oct. 20, he said he will build a new social media platform aimed in part at giving him a political forum after being banned by Facebook and Twitter, who said after the U.S. Capitol riots that Trump used their platforms to incite violence.
- HuffPost
Wall Street Journal's Defense Of Trump's Lie-Filled Letter Backfires Badly
The paper said it printed Trump’s falsehoods without any kind of fact check because it trusts readers “to make up their own minds about his statement.”
- The Conversation
First major Second Amendment case before the Supreme Court in over a decade could topple gun restrictions
This ruling could change the course of future firearm rights litigation. Saul Loeb/AFP via Getty ImagesThe stakes in one of the most significant Second Amendment cases in U.S. history are high. The Supreme Court’s ruling in New York State Rifle & Pistol Association v. Bruen, expected by mid-2022, could declare a New York state restriction on carrying concealed handguns in public places unconstitutional. Such a ruling in favor of the plaintiffs, which include a National Rifle Association affiliat
- The Daily Beast
Ted Cruz Defends Parents Doing Nazi Salutes at School Board Meetings
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- Business Insider
Democratic Rep. Eric Swalwell mocks GOP Rep. Madison Cawthorn for 'lying about getting into the Naval Academy'
The pair traded barbs after Cawthorn criticized Biden's spending bill on Twitter. "What's the biggest lie a politician has ever told?" he wrote.
- GOBankingRates
New Social Security Bill: How Updates Could Lead to ‘Seismic Achievements’ for COLA and More
This week, House Representative John B. Larson, chairman of the House Ways and Means subcommittee on Social Security and major advocate of the enhanced Child Tax Credit, presented a revised Social...
- Business Insider
Here are all of Biden's progressive campaign promises that got cut from his $1.75 trillion social-spending package
Biden released a social spending plan half the size of the original package. Paid leave and free community college are gone, among others.
- Business Insider
On the billionaire's tax, Joe Manchin says he doesn't like 'targeting different people' and that the ultrawealthy have 'contributed to society, created a lot of jobs'
"I'm supporting basically that everyone should pay their fair share," Manchin said, allowing wiggle room. He represents a state with no billionaires.
- HuffPost
Meghan McCain Makes Crystal Clear What She Thinks Of Sen. Lindsey Graham
The conservative pundit ripped her one-time "uncle" in a blistering message to the media.
- Washington Examiner
North Korea tells starving citizens to eat less: Report
North Korea is telling its hungry citizens to be prepared to eat less for a few years.
- GOBankingRates
Revamped Social Security Bill To Improve COLA for Seniors Seeks Widespread Support
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- The Daily Beast
Kevin McCarthy Promises to ‘Pass on All’ of Hannity’s ‘Messages’ to McConnell
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- Washington Examiner
Tom Cotton swipes at Garland: ‘Thank God you are not on the Supreme Court’
In a tense exchange Wednesday at a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing, Sen. Tom Cotton told Attorney General Merrick Garland, “Thank God you are not on the Supreme Court.”
- NBC News
Trash piles up as vaccination deadline looms for NYC workers
“We've given people lots and lots of time to come along voluntarily. Now we're saying that we have the right to save New York to ensure the safety of our employees, the safety of our people," the mayor said.
- Business Insider
North Korea has the world's largest special-operations force. A defected spy offers hints about how they'd be used in a war.
Not much is known about North Korea's huge special-operations force, but they are believed to be well trained and highly motivated.
- HuffPost
'Coup Memo' Attorney Now Blames Mike Pence For Not Tossing Out Election
Pence was too much of an "establishment guy" to ignore the results of a legitimate presidential vote, John Eastman said on video.
- MarketWatch
Democrats drop paid family leave, and maybe billionaires tax, from social-spending bill whose 10-year price tag now appears to be in vicinity of $1.75 trillion
Top Democrats signaled a deal is within reach on President Joe Biden's big domestic bill but momentum fizzled and tempers flared late Wednesday as a paid family leave proposal fell out and a billionaires' tax appeared scrapped, mostly to satisfy a pivotal member of the 50-50 Senate.
- The Telegraph
Biden stings the rich in $2 trillion tax raid
Joe Biden is preparing to launch an unprecedented tax raid on US millionaires as he scrambles to raise $2 trillion to fund a flagship spending package.
- Washington Post
In China, 300 coronavirus cases means public shaming, marooned travelers and a nationwide dragnet
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