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The absurd ‘Russiagate’ Pulitzer of the NY Times and Washington Post

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“For deeply sourced, relentlessly reported coverage in the public interest,” the citation from the Pulitzer Prize board begins, “that dramatically furthered the nation’s understanding of Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election and its connections to the Trump campaign, the president-elect’s transition team and his eventual administration.” Except the journalism that the Pulitzers honored — a 2018 National Reporting prize shared by The Washington Post and The New York Times for reporting on Russiagate — did no such thing. It led to a dramatic misunderstanding, suggesting that Donald Trump colluded…

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House Republican Leader Kevin McCarthy boos Liz Cheney for getting initial endorsement

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GOP leader Kevin McCarthy ignored Representative Liz Cheney and endorsed her opponent in the upcoming GOP primaries – a rare move by a congressional leader against one of its members. McCarthy announced Thursday He supported Harriet Hagmanwho challenges Cheney to the only seat in Wyoming. Cheney has been a target of some hard-line Republicans because of her fierce criticism of former President Donald Trump and her role as one of only two GOP members on the House Select Committee to investigate the 2021 Capitol riots. “The most successful Representatives in…

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Why Asian Americans like me are the new rising patriarchal force

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Chinese people in the United States, especially first- and second-generation immigrants, have historically paid no interest in politics because Chinese culture does not encourage civic engagement. Either we are too busy making money to support our families or we think the games politicians play don’t affect us. To be honest, I was too. But the pandemic has made me realize that decisions made by local elected officials affect our actual lives! During the 18 months of online lessons, my son wasn’t fully involved in school and wasted his time all…

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The son of former Libyan leader Gaddafi is running for the presidency

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TRIPOLI, November 14 – The son of late Libyan dictator Muammar Gaddafi appeared for the first time in nearly a decade on Sunday to register as a presidential candidate in December elections planned to help end years of chaos since his father was ousted. Saif al-Islam Gaddafi 49, seen in an electoral commission video in his traditional brown robe and turban, gray beard and glasses, signs documents at the election center in the southern city of Sebha. Gaddafi is one of the most prominent – and controversial – figures expected…

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Manchin says he has “no idea” if he’ll run for re-election

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Senator Joe Manchin says he has no idea if he will seek a third term. Said the West Virginia Democrat and broker influence in Congress WV . metro He will make a decision after next year’s midterm elections. “I have no idea. I will make a decision then [the] 2022 elections, November. “My term will end in 2024,” Manchin said. “So I’ll make a decision then, I won’t make it now.” Manchin is the last Democrat elected statewide in West Virginia, which has put him in an increasingly precarious position…

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76% of Americans think Facebook makes society worse

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A new poll finds that more than three out of four Americans think Facebook is making society worse – backed in part by concerns about the spread of conspiracy theories on the platform. CNN Poll released Wednesday It found that 76 percent of adults in the United States believe Facebook makes society worse, compared to 11 percent who said the social media giant has a positive impact on “society as a whole”. 13% of respondents said it had no effect in either direction. More than a third of those surveyed…

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Fumio Kishida re-elected as Japanese Prime Minister in the parliamentary elections

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Fumio Kishida was re-elected prime minister of Japan on Wednesday after his ruling party scored a big victory in a key parliamentary election. Elected just over a month ago, Kishida called a snap election in which his ruling party won 261 seats in the 465-member lower house – Japan’s most powerful bicameral parliament – enough to maintain freedom to push legislation through parliament. The October 31 victory increases his grip on power and is seen as a voter mandate for his weeks-old government to deal with the pandemic-hit economy, virus…

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Progressives aim to strip Buffalo Mayor Brown of DNC after campaign victory

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Progressives, angry at Byron Brown’s victory in the writing campaign for democratic socialism India, aim Walton to remove the incumbent from his position on the Democratic National Committee. Larry Cohen, head of Bernie Sanders’ left-wing Our Revolution, is considering a campaign pushing Democrats to strip Brown of his office, I mentioned Politico. “When you do a stunt like this, someone wins a working-class woman in elementary school, and she goes to every rich donor in both parties to fund a writing campaign…it’s a disgrace,” Cohen told the publication. “You have…

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Letters to the Editor – November 8, 2021

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The Issue: Democrats lost local elections in Virginia, New Jersey and elsewhere last Tuesday. Repeating the “bad orange guy” phrases and playing the race card doesn’t seem to be a good left-handed strategy (“He’s awake now!” November 4). People are beginning to notice the rising prices of fuel and essentials, the continuing crisis on our southern border and attempts to pass bills that will lead to long-term increases in taxes and inflation. The recent state elections show a red wave of parents who don’t want kids to be taught a…

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AOC rips James Carvell to blame Virginia’s loss on ‘vigilance’

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Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez has criticized political strategist James Carville for blaming the Democratic candidate’s loss in Virginia on the “stupid idiots” of progressives — saying the term is common among “old people.” “Like the regular audience of people who take the word ‘wake up’ seriously in a political debate in 2021, there are critics James Carville and Fox News, so that should tell you everything you need to know,” the New York Democrat posted on Twitter. She went on to blame Carville, who ran Bill Clinton’s 1992 presidential campaign, for…

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