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John Feehery / The Hill:
The Bridge Over the River Kwai  —  House Republicans should be careful not to become like Colonel Nicholson in the movie, “The Bridge Over the River Kwai.”  —  Nicholson, played by Alex Guinness, was the British officer who helped the Japanese build a bridge in Burma during the Second World War …
Discussion: CBS News
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Mike DeBonis / Washington Post:
How Mitch McConnell and Senate Republicans learned to stop worrying about a Biden victory and love the infrastructure bill  —  What happened Tuesday in the Senate might seem like nothing short of a political miracle: Nineteen Republican senators, including Minority Leader Mitch McConnell …
Emily Cochrane / New York Times:
Senate Passes $3.5 Trillion Budget Plan, Advancing Sweeping Safety Net Expansion  —  The blueprint, which would expand Medicaid, provide free preschool and community college, and fund climate change programs, passed along party lines and faces an arduous path ahead.
Lindsay Wise / Wall Street Journal:
McConnell Credits Biden for Infrastructure Breakthrough, Dismisses Trump Criticism  —  But the Senate GOP leader doesn't anticipate many more opportunities for bipartisan deals  —  WASHINGTON—Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell credited President Biden with helping to get the roughly …
Discussion: Washington Post and UPI
Burgess Everett / Politico:
GOP prays Sinema and Manchin pare back Dems' big spending bill  —  Senate Republicans can't stop Democrats from spending as much as $3.5 trillion more on social priorities like climate change in the coming months.  Joe Manchin and Kyrsten Sinema can, though, and the GOP lobbying effort is already underway.
Washington Post:
How Cuomo's flexing of political power became his undoing  —  Hours after the state attorney general released a scorching report last week that found New York Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo had sexually harassed 11 women and his staff had unlawfully retaliated against an alleged victim …
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New York Times:
'A Publisher's Worst Nightmare': How Cuomo's Book Became a Cautionary Tale  —  Last summer, publishers really wanted to buy Gov. Andrew Cuomo's book.  —  At the time, it seemed like a guaranteed best seller.  Sales of political books were surging, and Mr. Cuomo had become a cable news fixture …
Michael M. Grynbaum / New York Times:
On CNN, covering one Cuomo while another is on vacation.
Jill Lawrence / USA Today:
Andrew Cuomo resignation is the coda on a mean era Joe Biden ended by beating Donald Trump
New York Post:
Andrew Cuomo resigns as governor of New York
Washington Post:
Texas House speaker signs arrest warrants for Democrats who broke quorum over voting restrictions  —  AUSTIN — Texas House Speaker Dade Phelan (R) escalated a showdown with Democratic lawmakers who broke quorum for the third time over voting rights, signing arrest warrants Tuesday that a spokesman …
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Allahpundit / HotAir:
80-12: Texas House authorizes sergeant-at-arms to arrest the Dem fleebaggers and bring them back
James Barragán / The Texas Tribune:
Gov. Greg Abbott, House Speaker Dade Phelan, ask Texas Supreme Court to overturn ruling blocking arrest of Democrats
Axios:
Inside the Biden administration as Afghanistan collapses  —  The Taliban has stunned even some seasoned military and national security officials in the U.S. government with the speed of its conquests over the past week, sources with direct knowledge of the developments tell Axios.
Discussion: New York Times, Forbes and Reuters
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Washington Post:
U.S. officials warn collapse of Afghan capital could come sooner than expected  —  The Biden administration is preparing for Afghanistan's capital to fall far sooner than feared only weeks ago, as a rapid disintegration of security has prompted the revision of an already stark intelligence …
Robert Siegel / NPR:
Neal Conan, Longtime Host Of NPR's ‘Talk Of The Nation,’ Dies At 71  —  Neal Conan, who spent 36 years with National Public Radio and 11 years as the host of the network's Talk of the Nation died Tuesday in Hawaii of glioblastoma at the age of 71.  —  I met Neal almost 50 years ago …
Politico:
Trump asked his AG about legal strategy to overturn election, Rosen tells senators  —  Donald Trump asked the country's top legal official in late December about a conspiratorial draft complaint aimed at overturning the 2020 election results, according to a previously unreported account …
Discussion: Raw Story and Washington Post
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CNN:   Senate Judiciary chairman wants to interview former Trump chief of staff Mark Meadows
Sam Stanton / Sacramento Bee:
CA college professor held in arson spree near Dixie Fire |  The Sacramento Bee  —  A college professor suspected in a series of arson fires in remote forested areas of Northern California near the massive Dixie Fire has been charged in connection with one of the blazes in Lassen County …
Jim Abbott / Daytona Beach News-Journal Online:
WNDB official: Radio host Marc Bernier hospitalized with COVID-19  —  Jim AbbottThe Daytona Beach News-Journal  —  DAYTONA BEACH — Longtime radio talk-show host Marc Bernier has been hospitalized with COVID-19, according to a top official at WNDB (1150 AM, 93.5 FM).
Discussion: The Wrap and Crooks and Liars
Philip Bump / Washington Post:
The con is winding down  —  Allow me to present to you the evidence that China stole the 2020 election.  Please sit down; I don't want you to be injured when you faint.  —  So: voilà.  —  Yes, you're reading that right.  Looks like you owe MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell an apology.  —  Hm?
New York Times:
See the Data on Breakthrough Covid Hospitalizations and Deaths by State  —  Serious coronavirus infections among vaccinated people have been relatively rare since the start of the vaccination campaign, a New York Times analysis of data from 40 states and Washington, D.C., shows.
Discussion: Gizmodo and Kevin Drum
Michael Shellenberger:
Why I Am Not A Progressive  —  And Why, From Climate Change to Homelessness, Liberal People Are Giving Up  —  For all of my adult life I have identified as a progressive.  To me, being a progressive meant that I believed in empowerment.  In 2002, when I co-founded a labor-environmental coalition …
Discussion: HotAir
Niara Savage / Atlanta Black Star:
‘It Was Just Disbelief’: Parent Files Complaint Against Atlanta Elementary School After Learning the Principal Segregated Students Based on Race  —  An Atlanta mom filed a federal complaint against her daughter's Atlanta elementary school after she learned that the school was separating students on the basis of race.
Discussion: RedState and Twitchy
Scott Rasmussen:
61% Say Biden Likely To Raise Middle Class Taxes  —  Sixty-one percent (61%) of voters believe it is likely that the Biden Administration will raise taxes on middle class Americans.  A Scott Rasmussen national survey found that 27% consider it unlikely and 12% are not sure.
Discussion: Washington Examiner
Politico:
Rep. Ron Kind announces retirement in boon to GOP's House hopes  —  Rep. Ron Kind, a senior Democrat in one of the most competitive swing seats, will not seek reelection — a gutting blow to House Democrats in their uphill battle to hang onto their majority next November.
Joe Hagan / Vanity Fair:
“All Roads Lead to Mar-a-Lago”: Inside the Fury and Fantasy of Donald Trump's Florida  —  It's late afternoon, and the palms of Fort Lauderdale are swaying as Roger Stone—dirty trickster, convicted felon—glides across the boulevard in short sleeves and a linen jacket, ready for his first cocktail of the day.
Discussion: Raw Story
Washington Post:
A man claiming to be a Mexican cartel leader threatened to kill a TV anchor.  She returned to her nightly broadcast.  —  MEXICO CITY — Hours after receiving a death threat from a man claiming to be one of Mexico's most dangerous criminals, the news anchor took to the air again.
New York Post:
Biden ‘checking’ if he can overrule states and order universal masks in schools  —  President Biden said Tuesday that his administration is examining whether he can order universal masking in public schools, overriding Republican governors in states like Florida and Texas.
NK News:
North Korea refuses to answer inter-Korean hotline calls for second straight day  —  Seoul's unification, defense ministries confirm lack of response as top DPRK officials rail against joint US-ROK drills  —  North Korea has not responded to calls from South Korea via recently reconnected …
 
 
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Frank Konkel / Nextgov:
NSA Awards Secret $10 Billion Contract to Amazon
Victoria Eavis / Casper Star-Tribune:
Republicans in 2 Wyoming counties vote to stop recognizing Cheney as party member
Discussion: UPI, The Hill, Political Wire and Raw Story
Cristiano Lima / Washington Post:
The Technology 202: Democrats urged Google to get itself vetted for racial biases. It hasn't budged.
Reuters:
Dominion sues Newsmax, One America over U.S. election fraud claims
Josh Eidelson / Bloomberg:
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Max Boot / Washington Post:
America has a long history of vaccination mandates. Why should the worst plague in a century be any different?
Discussion: Digby's Hullabaloo
Katherine J. Wu / The Atlantic:
Delta Is Bad News for Kids
Discussion: Raw Story and CBS News
Tami Luhby / CNN:
Inflation wiped out America's pay raises
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Anne Steele / Wall Street Journal:
Spotify plans to pay incentives to video creators who hit certain viewing thresholds and, in January, to let Premium subscribers view podcast videos without ads

Todd Spangler / Variety:
Don Lemon, who sued Elon Musk and X after a deal fell apart, says he's leaving X on November 15, citing X's new ToS that moves legal disputes to Texas courts

Murray Stassen / Music Business Worldwide:
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