Video Game Designer Quits 60 Minutes

Andrew Yang:

Breaking Up with the Democratic Party — I changed my voting registration from 'Democrat' to 'Independent' today. It was a strangely emotional experience. — I registered as a Democrat back in 1995 when I was 20 years old to vote for Bill Clinton's re-election. It was a no-brainer for me.

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Byron York / Washington Examiner:

Byron York's Daily Memo: Sinema under attack — Welcome to Byron York's Daily Memo newsletter. — Was this email forwarded to you? Sign up here to receive the newsletter. — SINEMA UNDER ATTACK. Remember the media cheers for Sen. John McCain when he stopped the effort to repeal Obamacare?

David Dayen / American Prospect:

USPS Begins Postal Banking Pilot Program — The test allows customers to cash business or payroll checks at the post office and place them onto a gift card. — The United States Postal Service (USPS) has taken the most dramatic step in a half-century to re-establish a postal banking system in America.

Politico:

McConnell reactivates his connection to Biden — with a sharp debt warning — Joe Biden and Mitch McConnell's two-man emergency hotline had gone silent — until now. — The Senate minority leader on Monday morning prodded the president to talk his party into raising the debt ceiling without the GOP …

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Andrew Murray / Fox News:

Florida Gov. DeSantis' wife diagnosed with breast cancer — Fox News Flash top headlines for October 4 — EXCLUSIVE - Casey DeSantis, the wife of Gov. Ron DeSantis of Florida, has been diagnosed with breast cancer. — "I am saddened to report that Florida's esteemed First Lady …

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Donald Ayer / New York Times:

The Supreme Court Has Gone Off the Rails — Mr. Ayer was a U.S. attorney and principal deputy solicitor general in the Reagan administration and deputy attorney general in the George H.W. Bush administration. — The Supreme Court has final authority to make difficult judgment calls articulating …

Kevin Roose / New York Times:

Facebook Is Weaker Than We Knew — A trove of leaked documents, published by The Wall Street Journal, hints at a company whose best days are behind it. — One possible way to read "The Facebook Files," The Wall Street Journal's excellent series of reports based on leaked internal Facebook research …

David Leonhardt / New York Times:

Covid, in Retreat — New cases in the U.S. have fallen by more than a third in the past month. — Covid-19 is once again in retreat. — The reasons remain somewhat unclear, and there is no guarantee that the decline in caseloads will continue. But the turnaround is now large enough …

New York Times:

U.S. Signals No Thaw in Trade Relations With China — The Biden administration said it would not immediately remove the Trump administration's tariffs and would require that Beijing uphold its trade commitments. — WASHINGTON — The Biden administration offered its strongest signal yet …

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