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Politico:
'The president's decline is alarming': Biden trapped in coronavirus malaise — ATLANTA — In a focus group last week, Pennsylvania Democrats one after another articulated the issue vexing top White House aides, party operatives in Virginia and voters in Georgia: Why isn't President Joe Biden's diminished job rating rebounding?
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Cleve R. Wootson Jr / Washington Post:
‘Frustration is at an all-time high’: Behind Biden's falling poll numbers — ATLANTA — W. Mondale Robinson spent a large chunk of last fall in clubs and bars and concert venues in Georgia, trying to convince disenchanted Black men that casting a ballot — in the 2020 general election …
Michael S. Schmidt / New York Times:
White Tiger and Cheetah Furs: A Mess of Trump Gift Exchanges — Gift exchanges between U.S. and foreign leaders, a highly regulated process, devolved into sometimes risible shambles during the Trump administration. — The Saudi royal family showered Donald J. Trump and his entourage …
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Insider and The Indian Express
Wall Street Journal:
Biggest U.S. Retailers Charter Private Cargo Ships to Sail Around Port Delays — Home Depot, Costco and Walmart resort to private charters in push to stock shelves for holiday shoppers — Global supply-chain delays are so severe that some of the biggest U.S. retailers have resorted to an extreme …
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Reason
Dion Nissenbaum / Wall Street Journal:
Afghan Interpreter Who Helped Rescue Joe Biden in 2008 Escapes Afghanistan — After a personal plea to the U.S. president, weeks in hiding and a clandestine evacuation, Aman Khalili gets out with his family — An Afghan interpreter who helped rescue then- Sen. Joe Biden in 2008 …
Ben Smith / New York Times:
Two Journalists Started an Argument in Boston in 1979. It's Not Over Yet. — A writer for an alt-weekly called out a Boston Globe editor for his “fealty” to the idea of objectivity in a column that reads as if it was written yesterday. — In 1979, two journalists got into an argument.
The Daily Beast:
Corey Lewandowski in Exile: Banned at Trump Properties — Former Trump campaign manager Corey Lewandowski is no longer allowed on Trump properties or at Trump parties after a high-profile donor accused him of sexual misconduct. — After a GOP donor accused Corey Lewandowski of sexual misconduct late …
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Raw Story
Garry Kasparov / Wall Street Journal:
Celebrate Columbus's Achievements — We should acknowledge his flaws, but his treatment by the left is reminiscent of communist propaganda. — Friends, Americans, citizens of the world, lend me your ears. I come to bury Christopher Columbus, not to praise him.
David Browne / Rolling Stone:
Eric Clapton Isn't Just Spouting Vaccine Nonsense—He's Bankrolling It — Eric Clapton went from setting the standard for rock guitar to making ‘full-tilt’ racist rants to becoming an outspoken vaccine skeptic. Did he change? Or was he always like this? — Cambel McLaughlin thought he was being punked.
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The Daily Beast and Gawker
Neil Irwin / New York Times:
There Is Shadow Inflation Taking Place All Around Us — Some companies haven't been raising prices. Instead, they've been cutting back customer services and conveniences, but how should that be measured? — Inflation has surged in 2021, with various official measurements of consumer prices rising faster than they have in years.
David Catron / The American Spectator:
VA Dems Want Last Minute Voting Rule Change — Virginia's gubernatorial contest between Republican Glenn Youngkin and Democrat Terry McAuliffe clearly has supporters of the latter worried. Recent polls show a far tighter race than they expected. Consequently, it was all but inevitable …
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Zach Montellaro / Politico:
‘Are we blowing this?’: McAuliffe and friends plead for online cash.
‘Are we blowing this?’: McAuliffe and friends plead for online cash.
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The Daily Caller, Conservative Brief and Washington Post
Lee Brown / New York Post:
Lego commits to removing ‘gender bias and harmful stereotypes’ from its toys — Lego on Monday vowed to rid its toys of “gender bias and harmful stereotypes” in a push to make them more accessible to girls. — The world's largest toymaker has already stopped labeling its products as …
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Twitchy, The Guardian and Metro.co.uk
The Intercept:
Steven Mnuchin Stepped In to Prevent Ivanka Trump World Bank Appointment … In January 2019, Jim Yong Kim threw the global financial development sector into a state of disarray: The former academic and health official announced he would be stepping down the following month from his role …
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The Guardian, Crooks and Liars, Insider and Raw Story
New York Times:
'It's Not Sustainable': What America's Port Crisis Looks Like Up Close — An enduring traffic jam at the Port of Savannah reveals why the chaos in global shipping is likely to persist. — SAVANNAH, Ga. — Like toy blocks hurled from the heavens, nearly 80,000 shipping containers are stacked …
Miranda Devine / New York Post:
AG Merrick Garland is at war with American families — Only a fool pokes a mama bear, but that's Merrick Garland for you. — The attorney general thought to be such a moderate that 20 Republicans confirmed his nomination turns out to be a radical ideologue hellbent on targeting President Biden's political foes.
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Common Sense with Bari Weiss
New York Times:
Elect Democrats in 2022, Write Miles Taylor and Christine Todd Whitman — Mr. Taylor served at the Department of Homeland Security from 2017 to 2019, including as chief of staff, and was the anonymous author of a 2018 guest essay for The Times criticizing President Donald Trump's leadership.
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Raw Story
New York Times:
Inside Rikers: Dysfunction, Lawlessness and Detainees in Control — With a staffing emergency disrupting the basic functions of the jail system, detainees have had free rein inside. — When a detainee decided to hijack a bus inside the Rikers Island jail complex, little was in place to stop him.
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The Crime Report
Dan Hannan / Washington Examiner:
Why should Spain despise its greatest explorer? — Monuments to Christopher Columbus are regularly vandalized throughout the Americas, but Spain remains faithful to his memory. Last week, I visited Seville Cathedral, where his supposed remains are carried shoulder-high by massive statues representing …
New York Post:
White House throws up its hands at new questions on Hunter Biden's ‘art’ scam — “I'd refer to the gallerist for questions,” huffed White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki last week in non-answer to reporters asking about Hunter Biden's star-studded Los Angeles art show.
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Louder With Crowder, BizPac Review, Trending Politics and Daily Mail
The Hill:
Bleak midterm outlook shadows bitter Democratic battle — The 2022 midterm elections — and the very real possibility that Democrats could be swept from their House majority — are hanging over the bitter political fight within the party over President Biden's domestic agenda.
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Washington Post, RedState, The Atlantic and Associated Press
David Edwards / Raw Story:
‘It depends’: Chris Christie says there are times teachers should be ‘threatened’ — Former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie (R) asserted on Sunday that there are times that public school teachers deserve to be the target of verbal threats. — During a panel discussion on ABC's This Week …
Marianna Sotomayor / Washington Post:
Liberal Democrats have become the mainstream of the party and less willing to compromise with dwindling moderates — Moments after President Biden instructed House Democrats to make concessions or risk derailing passage of his economic agenda, members of the Congressional Progressive Caucus hastily gathered …
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Michel Martin / NPR:
Rep. Schiff reveals impeachment regrets, tensions on Capitol Hill after insurrection — Nine months after the insurrection at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, Rep. Adam Schiff, D-Calif., says the Capitol is a “different place.” — “I think the relationships that we had with our [GOP] …
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Townhall and Iowa Capital Dispatch
Joe Concha / The Hill:
The Biden-Harris train wreck may have its savior: 2024 GOP nominee Donald Trump — Former President Trump recently declared he would beat Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis in a potential Republican primary match-up for the party's 2024 presidential nomination. And based on current polling, he's almost certainly right.
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The Daily Beast
Kelly Weill / The Daily Beast:
The Far-Right John Birch Society Wants Anti-Mask Protests to Fuel Its Comeback — The John Birch Society used to boost segregation. Now it's back to attack schools over mask mandates. — On a sunny Saturday in a Knoxville, Tennessee park, a man with a microphone told a crowd of parents to bar entry to their children's schools.
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Raw Story
Sudarsan Raghavan / Washington Post:
After the Taliban seized their school, Afghanistan's all-female orchestra tried to flee. Only some escaped. — KABUL — The girls came from homes broken by war and poverty to chase an unimaginable future as musicians. And with grit and determination they succeeded: Some played at Carnegie Hall.
Allahpundit / HotAir:
Merck asks FDA to authorize promising anti-COVID pill — If cleared by the Food and Drug Administration — a decision that could come in a matter of weeks — it would be the first pill shown to treat COVID-19. All other FDA-backed treatments against the disease require an IV or injection.
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National Review, New York Post and Just The News
Benjamin Mueller / New York Times:
‘Go out there and enjoy Halloween,’ Dr. Fauci says. — Despite the wide availability of Covid-19 vaccines, not all Halloween parades have been safe from virus-related cancellations this year. — In Westchester County, N.Y., for example, the Tarrytown Halloween Parade was canceled out of concern …
Jason Lemon / Newsweek:
Liz Cheney Accuses Scalise of ‘Attack’ on U.S. After He Refuses to Say Election Wasn't Stolen — Representative Liz Cheney, a Wyoming Republican, accused House Minority Whip Representative Steve Scalise of being part of an “attack” on the U.S. after he declined repeatedly in a Sunday interview to say the 2020 election wasn't “stolen.”