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Daniel Bates / Daily Mail:

EXCLUSIVE: Katie Couric covered up RBG's contempt for taking the knee: Anchor says she edited 2016 interview to 'protect' the elderly justice after she said people who kneel for the anthem were 'dumb and disrespectful' — Katie Couric has admitted to editing out Ruth Bader Ginsburg's controversial comments …

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Kristin Tate / The Hill:

Coming soon: Biden's full-blown recession — Joe Biden has had a rough few months. Polling has his approval falling below 40 percent and Friday's jobs report won't do anything to prop it up. The Afghanistan catastrophe, COVID-19 deaths surpassing those during Donald Trump's tenure …

New York Times:
Biden to Announce Expansion of Port of Los Angeles's Hours

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Politico:

POLITICO Playbook: Scoop: Manchin-Sinema split vexes the White House — DRIVING THE DAY — So what's the state of negotiations between the White House and JOE MANCHIN and KYRSTEN SINEMA? — The talks have been shrouded in mystery, but we have some fresh details we can share this morning.

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David A. Graham / The Atlantic:

America Is Not Ready for Trump's Second Term — The United States was unprepared for the scope of President Donald Trump's attempt to steal the 2020 presidential election. By Election Day, Trump had spent months calling the election "rigged," and historians and democracy experts warned …

Jemele Hill / The Atlantic:

Jon Gruden Just Put It in Writing — Jon Gruden's resignation as head coach of the Las Vegas Raiders is just the beginning of a long-overdue reckoning for the NFL, and it underscores the basic problem: The NFL is full of Jon Grudens. — Gruden made racist, homophobic …

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Joseph Trevithick / The Drive:

Robot Dogs Now Have Assault Rifles Mounted On Their Backs — Ghost Robotics and SWORD International have teamed up to create a rifle-toting "robot dog." Called the Special Purpose Unmanned Rifle, or SPUR, the system adds a 6.5mm Creedmoor rifle from SWORD to one of Ghost Robotics' quadrupedal unmanned ground vehicles, or Q-UGVs.

Karl W. Smith / Bloomberg:

America Needs Higher, Longer-Lasting Inflation — The benefits of moderately rising prices and wages outweigh the costs. — The administration of President Joe Biden has repeatedly assured Americans that the sharp uptick in inflation they are experiencing is temporary — in the language of economists, transitory.

Mona Charen / The Bulwark:

Jonah Goldberg's Narcissism of Small Differences — In a world of trouble, why snipe at allies? — Back in 2016, when formerly distinguished conservatives were suddenly lining up to issue glassy-eyed endorsements of a half-mad reality-TV figure, Jonah Goldberg wrote a brilliant column comparing …

Alex Isenstadt / Politico:

Peter Thiel lines up against Liz Cheney — Wyoming Rep. Liz Cheney's primary challenger landed former President Donald Trump's endorsement before she even officially launched her campaign. Now, she's cashing big checks from Trump's biggest donors — including tech billionaire Peter Thiel.

Ed Morrissey / HotAir:

FDA to J&J: No sale on boosters? — Suuuuure looks like us Johnson & Johnson recipients will have to wait longer for a blessing from the FDA for boosters we're all but certain to need at some point. The New York Times reports that the preliminary review of J&J's application …