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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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A.B. Stoddard / Real Clear Politics:
If Polls Are Right, Dems Are Doomed.  If They're Wrong, It's Worse.  —  COMMENTARY  —  In less than three months, President Biden's approval rating has tumbled from a remarkable position in a polarized nation to the lowest of all but two presidents since 1945.
Andrew Stiles / Washington Free Beacon:
Happy Indigenous Peoples' Day! Biden's COVID-19 Body Count Just Passed 300K
Discussion: Washington Examiner
Ed Morrissey / HotAir:
Politico: Dems warn that “the president's decline is alarming”
Discussion: Instapundit
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Aaron Blake / Washington Post:
John Eastman's employer tries to whitewash his road map for overturning Trump's loss  —  John Eastman, it seems, is the victim of one big misunderstanding.  —  The conservative Claremont Institute, which employs the lawyer who provided a road map for then-President Donald Trump …
Nathaniel Rakich / FiveThirtyEight:
Kyrsten Sinema Is Confounding Her Own Party.  But ... Why?  —  Most Democrats in Congress are united around the Democratic agenda, but a small number of senators and representatives have so far been able to hold up its passage.  “I need 50 votes in the Senate.
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Ian Haney Lopez / link.medium.com:
Shor is mainly wrong about racism (which is to say, about electoral politics)  —  A race-informed response to Ezra Klein's engagement with David Shor  —  What Shor gets right  —  Shor is correct that most Democratic messaging makes it harder to win elections because it either fails …
Michael Tomasky / New Republic:
Kyrsten Sinema, We're Sick of Your Act
Discussion: The Guardian and Twitchy
Saeed Jones / GQ:
Dave Chappelle's Betrayal  —  Poet Saeed Jones used to consider himself a longtime fan of the comedian.  But Chappelle's new Netflix special “The Closer,” which fixates on gay and trans people, feels like a stab in the back.  —  You ever hear the one about the famous Black comedian …
Discussion: Twitchy
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Zoe Schiffer / The Verge:
Netflix suspends trans employee who tweeted about Dave Chappelle special  —  Internally, trans employees and allies are asking executives tough questions about the line between commentary and hate  —  Netflix has suspended a trans employee who tweeted about Dave Chappelle's comedy special The Closer.
George Gene Gustines / New York Times:
Superman Comes Out, as DC Comics Ushers In a New Man of Steel  —  The new Superman, the son of Clark Kent and Lois Lane, is concerned about the environment, does not shy away from politics and will soon begin a romantic relationship with a male friend.  —  Up, up and out of the closet!
David M. Drucker / Vanity Fair:
How Tom Cotton and Mitch McConnell Plotted to Undermine Trump's Stolen Election Claims  —  Neither senator openly contradicted the former president when he began spreading election-fraud conspiracy theories, but both privately agonized over a potential bandwagon scenario, David M. Drucker writes in his new book, In Trump's Shadow.
Discussion: Alternet.org and Raw Story
Maud Maron / Common Sense with Bari Weiss:
Why Are Moms Like Me Being Called Domestic Terrorists?  —  Showing up to dress down school boards over their dereliction of duty isn't a crime.  It's good parenting and good citizenship.  —  I am a mother of four, a criminal defense attorney and a lifelong liberal who is deeply concerned …
Max Boot / Washington Post:
I'm no Democrat — but I'm voting exclusively for Democrats to save our democracy  —  There appears to be a consensus in Washington that the success of the Biden presidency will hinge on the outcome of the massive infrastructure and social-spending bills now before Congress.
Discussion: USA Today, Newsweek and Liberty Nation
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Aaron Blake / Washington Post:   The amazingly bad voter-fraud theories behind Trump's DOJ scheme
Gitit Levy-Paz / The Forward:
Why won't Sally Rooney allow her latest novel to be translated into Hebrew?  —  The young Irish writer Sally Rooney is a literary prodigy.  In 2018, she was nominated for the prestigious Man Booker Prize, and the TV series adapted from her first book became a global hit.
Maya Yang / The Guardian:
Outcry after federal agents kill eight wolf cubs adopted by Idaho school  —  US Department of Agriculture defends its agents' killing of the pups, part of a pack adopted by a high school in 2003  —  Conservationists in Idaho are speaking out against the “inhumane” killings of eight wolf pups …
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Julian Mark / Washington Post:
High-schoolers tracked a wolf pack for years. The feds killed eight of the pups, conservationists say.
Discussion: The Hill
Alani Letang / KSBW:
Monterey teen featured in new YouTube kids special with Vice President Kamala Harris  —  Hide Transcript Show Transcript  —  The latest breaking updates, delivered straight to your email inbox.  —  Your Email Address  —  Submit  —  Privacy Notice  —  A Monterey teen actor is featured …
Ellie Rushing / The Philadelphia Inquirer:
FBI raids home of Philadelphia Proud Boys' vice president to gather info about Capitol attack plans  —  The FBI raided the home of the vice president of the Proud Boys' Philadelphia chapter on Friday, seizing his computer, phone, and other electronics to gather information on the Jan. 6 attack …
Discussion: Raw Story
Judy Kurtz / The Hill:
Jon Stewart says Trump has ‘a very good chance’ in 2024  —  Jon Stewart says former President Trump has “a very good chance” of winning back the White House if he enters the 2024 race.  —  “I think he's got it — he's got a very good chance.  And they're smarter about it,” …
Discussion: Breitbart
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 …
JONATHAN TURLEY:
Is Durham Circling Jake Sullivan?  The Special Counsel May Not Be Done With National Security Adviser  —  Last month Washington was rocked by the indictment of Michael Sussman, former counsel for Hillary Clinton's 2016 presidential campaign and the Democratic National Committee …
Discussion: Fox News
Luz Lazo / Washington Post:
Southwest Airlines flight woes extend to Monday with hundreds of cancellations, delays  —  The carrier is working to return flight operations to normal as it deals with a backlog of passengers from nearly 2,000 canceled flights since Friday.  —  Air passengers hoping to travel Monday …
Robby Soave / Reason:
The New York Times Spreads Misinformation About COVID-19  —  The purported threat of social media has emerged once again as a top concern of senators, whistleblowers, and members of the press.  They are very, very worried about Facebook fanning the flames of hate, compromising U.S. democracy, and spreading COVID misinformation.
Discussion: Breitbart
The White House:
Statement by President Joseph R. Biden, Jr. on National Coming Out Day  —  Today, we celebrate National Coming Out Day and the courage of LGBTQ+ people who live their lives with pride, create community with open arms and hearts, and showcase the strength of being your authentic self.
Jim Geraghty / National Review:
Sliding toward Geopolitical Defeat  —  Happy Columbus Day, or whatever you prefer to call Monday.  On the menu today: On a wide variety of fronts, the Biden administration appears to be much more interested in placating and accommodating Beijing than their public rhetoric would suggest …
Discussion: HotAir, RedState, New York Post and CNN
John Boch / The Truth About Guns:
JOHN LOTT: Concealed Carry Licenses Jump 10.5% in 2020, 8.3% of Adults Now Have Carry Permits  —  Bad guys, listen up: John Lott has released a new report outlining the state of legal concealed carry in America.  In it, he reveals a staggering 10.5% increase in carry licenses despite (because of?)
Sam Stein / Politico:
Dems thought giving voters cash was the key to success.  So what happened?  —  When they took power this past winter, Democrats made a commitment to not repeat what many viewed as a critical misstep of the Obama years.  The legislation they passed would do two things well …
Catie Edmondson / New York Times:
Lawmakers Press to Rescue Afghan Relatives of U.S. Service Members  —  Members of Congress who helped evacuate Afghans who worked with U.S. forces turn their focus to their stranded relatives.  —  WASHINGTON — More than a month after a frenzied U.S. effort to evacuate thousands facing retribution …
Jonathan V. Last / The Triad:
Joe Biden Is in a World of Trouble  —  Even Democrats don't like him.  —  1. Group Therapy  —  Last week I Sarah invited me onto The Focus Group.  The episode is out.  You can subscribe on Apple Podcasts here or listen to it here.  —  We watched a group of nine Democratic voters …
Discussion: Balloon Juice
Livia Albeck-Ripka / New York Times:
Missing Apostrophe in Facebook Post Lands a Man in Defamation Court  —  An Australian man claimed a real estate agent did not pay its “employees” retirement funds.  The lack of a punctuation mark may cost him thousands.  —  A missing apostrophe in a Facebook post could cost a real estate agent …
Matthew Cooper / Washington Monthly:
Chuck Schumer, Chutzpah, and the Crybaby Republicans  —  After threatening to break the debt ceiling, GOP senators are whining.  Boo-hoo.  —  There are no longer any Jewish Republicans in the United States Senate.  But surely the Republican conference is familiar with chutzpah …
Discussion: New York Post and Florida Phoenix
 
 
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Associated Press:
Fiona Hill, a nobody to Trump and Putin, saw into them both
Houston Keene / Fox News:
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Alan Cole / Full Stack Economics:
Save the magnet schools
Discussion: Joanne Jacobs
Byron York / Washington Examiner:
Byron York's Daily Memo: The Democrats' dark campaign master
NBC News:
As Biden's vaccinate-or-test mandate approaches, questions arise over enforcement
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How the US Media Misreads Naftali Bennett
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Washington Post:
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Discussion: The Wrap
David M. Drucker / The Daily Beast:
The Lincoln Project Got Attention but These Never Trumpers Got Results
Discussion: NBC News
Christopher Tremoglie / Washington Examiner:
We can celebrate both Columbus Day and Indigenous People's Day
The Daily Beast:
Corey Lewandowski in Exile: Banned at Trump Properties
Discussion: Insider and Raw Story