How Oprah Helped Joe Biden Speak to the Nation After 9/11

By Scott Bixby

Blocked from entering the Senate on Sept. 11, 2001, Sen. Joe Biden had a message he thought the entire world needed to hear. Then someone called Oprah.

By Asawin Suebsaeng, Will Sommer, Adam Rawnsley

Brazil’s embattled President Jair Bolsonaro stood by Trump’s lies when no foreign leader would. Now, ahead of his own doomed reelection bid, he’s hoping Trump returns the favor.

By Matt Lewis

Treating a former national security adviser and lieutenant general the same way as a political mouthpiece really is a political “massacre.”

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By Alex Berke

The DoJ’s complaint in United States v. Texas outlines why an unconstitutional law should not be allowed to stand just because individuals, rather than state actors, enforce it.

By The Daily Beast

Democrats who can win in Republican districts have to think differently, as infuriating as that is for other Democrats.

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Facing a tide of misinformation, the president is using the powers of his office to take a crucial public health stand.

Amazon, Google, and Facebook have all made significant donations in recent years to conservative groups that strongly pushed for the new Texas abortion law.

It’s the abortion bill, but also the voting law and gun law and the no-mask mandate and the 1836 Project and “patriotic education,” and on, and on, and on.

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 FLASHING RED

Politico reports that threats to the U.S. Capitol building were specifically discussed during a call.

 LOST IT

The hours after Biden’s speech were full of incandescent fury on Fox News.

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