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Emily / The Lincoln Project:
Statement from the Lincoln Project — October 29, 2021 — Today, The Lincoln Project released the following statement: — “Glenn Younkin has said: ‘President Trump represents so much of why I am running.’ Youngkin proves it every day by trying to divide Virginians using racial code words …
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Washington Post:
Virginia governor's race a toss-up as Election Day nears, Post-Schar School poll finds — RICHMOND — Virginia's race for governor is a toss-up as Tuesday's election draws near, with 49 percent of likely voters favoring Democrat Terry McAuliffe and 48 percent favoring Republican Glenn Youngkin …
Cameron Joseph / VICE:
Lincoln Project Posed as Charlottesville White Supremacists at GOP Event — Five people dressed like the white supremacists who caused the violent “Unite the Right” riots in Charlottesville four years ago showed up outside of Virginia Republican gubernatorial nominee Glenn Youngkin's event in the town on Friday.
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Madison McNamee / WVIR-TV:
Group with Tiki torches stand by Youngkin campaign bus during Charlottesville event — CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (WVIR) - A rare visit by Republican gubernatorial candidate Glenn Youngkin in Charlottesville is being overshadowed by an incident that occurred outside a campaign stop.
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Andrew Miller / Fox News:
McAuliffe spokesperson, who also worked for Harris and Biden campaigns, accused of racist tweets — The tweets have since been deleted — Glenn Youngkin holds a Fauquier ‘Get Out the Vote’ rally — A spokesperson for Terry McAuliffe's campaign is being accused of posting racist tweets in 2012.
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Kay Smythe / The National Pulse:
Democrat Operatives Caught Dressing Up As White Supremacists in Desperate Last-Ditch Virginia Election Stunt.
Democrat Operatives Caught Dressing Up As White Supremacists in Desperate Last-Ditch Virginia Election Stunt.
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Washington Post:
Oct. 20-26, 2021, Washington Post-Schar School Virginia poll
Oct. 20-26, 2021, Washington Post-Schar School Virginia poll
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Trip Gabriel / New York Times:
Why a Changing Richmond and Its Suburbs Are Key to Virginia's Vote
Why a Changing Richmond and Its Suburbs Are Key to Virginia's Vote
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Associated Press, The Hill, Washington Post and No More Mister Nice Blog
Antonio Olivo / Washington Post:
Virginia AG presses GOP senator for proof of claims of fraud in statewide elections
Virginia AG presses GOP senator for proof of claims of fraud in statewide elections
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Talking Points Memo and oag.state.va.us
Guy Benson / Townhall:
False Flag: Did Dems Pose As White Nationalists ‘Supporting’ Glenn Youngkin?
False Flag: Did Dems Pose As White Nationalists ‘Supporting’ Glenn Youngkin?
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Aaron Blake / Washington Post:
How scary are the new Virginia polls for Democrats?
How scary are the new Virginia polls for Democrats?
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Michael Wines / New York Times:
Florida Bars State Professors From Testifying in Voting Rights Case — After being hired as expert witnesses for groups opposing a restrictive voting law, three University of Florida academics were told they could not participate in the lawsuit against the state.
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Tyler Hayden / The Santa Barbara Independent:
Architect Resigns in Protest over UCSB Mega-Dorm — A consulting architect on UCSB's Design Review Committee has quit his post in protest over the university's proposed Munger Hall project, calling the massive, mostly-windowless dormitory plan “unsupportable from my perspective as an architect, a parent, and a human being.”
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Adam Liptak / New York Times:
Supreme Court Won't Block Maine's Vaccine Mandate for Health Care Workers — A state regulation that does not allow exemptions on religious grounds was challenged by workers who said taking a coronavirus vaccine was at odds with their faith. — WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Friday refused …
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Robert Barnes / Washington Post:
Supreme Court won't block vaccine mandate for Maine health-care workers with religious objections
Supreme Court won't block vaccine mandate for Maine health-care workers with religious objections
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David Covucci / The Daily Dot:
Fox News wants to make it ‘clear’ it isn't airing Tucker Carlson's Capitol riot documentary — Yesterday, Fox News host Tucker Carlson unveiled a dramatic trailer for his new special, one which will reveal the “true story” behind the Jan. 6 Capitol riot. — In it, he drops real truths like …
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Amanda Carpenter / The Bulwark:
How to Push Back on Fox — Liz Cheney and Adam Kinzinger aren't giving them a free pass.
How to Push Back on Fox — Liz Cheney and Adam Kinzinger aren't giving them a free pass.
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New York Times:
Trump's $300 Million SPAC Deal May Have Skirted Securities Laws — The former president began discussing a deal with a ‘blank check’ company early this year. Investors weren't told. — Just days after Donald J. Trump left the White House, two former contestants on his reality show, “The Apprentice,” approached him with a pitch.
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Karol Markowicz / New York Post:
The country needs a dose of Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis to battle COVID-19 — Florida has the lowest COVID-19 case rate in the country. They did it without vaccine mandates, without mask mandates in school and with no restrictions on businesses. Life simply went on.
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Politico:
Jayapal warned Klain not to push an infrastructure vote. Then chaos ensued. — Speaker Nancy Pelosi brought President Joe Biden in this week to finally close the deal on Democrats' domestic agenda. Rep. Pramila Jayapal had other plans. — As Biden prepared for the high-stakes meeting …
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US Food and Drug Administration:
FDA Authorizes Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 Vaccine for Emergency Use in Children 5 through 11 Years of Age — For Immediate Release: — Today, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration authorized the emergency use of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 Vaccine for the prevention of COVID-19 to include children 5 through 11 years of age.
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Jon Brown / Fox News:
Biden admin says it will not halt firing employees seeking vax exemptions before a DC court ruling — The attorney for the plaintiffs said the Biden administration has shown ‘an unprecedented, cavalier attitude toward the rule of law’ — A Washington, D.C., district court judge issued …
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Jon Brown / Fox News:
Biden admin barred from firing unvaccinated employees after DC judge issues injunction
Biden admin barred from firing unvaccinated employees after DC judge issues injunction
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Benjamin Siegel / ABC News:
Biden, Macron meet ahead of G-20 in Rome: What to watch for at the summit
Biden, Macron meet ahead of G-20 in Rome: What to watch for at the summit
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The Moderate Voice and Politico
Ross Barkan / New York Magazine:
What Happened to Matt Taibbi? The former darling of the liberal media is now one of its loudest critics. He says he hasn't changed. — Obviously, I'm anxious about why I'm being profiled," Matt Taibbi said at the end of our phone call this summer, which had already lasted an hour and a half.
Jen Monroe / Arc Digital:
Loudoun County Sexual Assault Story Shows Danger of Media Bias — A right-wing outlet let ideology motivate their reporting, while the mainstream media couldn't be bothered to report on it in the first place — A sexual assault case in Loudoun County, Virginia involving …
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Mary Ellen Klas / Miami Herald:
DeSantis decries ‘corporate wokeness’ in business speech — After months of getting the cold shoulder from large corporations who refused to endorse his COVID-19 policies, Gov. Ron DeSantis had harsh things to say Thursday at the annual meeting of the Florida Chamber of Commerce …
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Shannon Thaler / Daily Mail:
‘We got to take white people out’: Rutgers University professor, 41, calls white people ‘villains’, says ‘Critical Race Theory is just the proper teaching of American history’ and praises dwindling white birth rates in online discussion — Brittney Cooper, 41, said that whiteness 'totally skews …
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Max Abelson / Bloomberg:
The Fight Between Texas and Wall Street Is About to Get Bigger — Gun and oil laws have put some bank deals on hold during boom — ‘This is much bigger than the municipal bond business’ — Outside San Antonio this month, a veteran of Texas politics got so upset about Wall Street's retreat …
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Raw Story
The White House:
United States-France Joint Statement — Today, the President of the United States and the President of the French Republic met in Rome on the margins of the G20 Summit to reaffirm their commitment to closer bilateral and transatlantic cooperation in the pursuit of peace, security, and prosperity around the globe.
Mariana Alfaro / Washington Post:
Former Congress members file brief opposing Trump's attempt to shield Jan. 6 records — A bipartisan group of 66 former members of Congress filed a brief Thursday night urging the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia to dismiss a lawsuit from former president Donald Trump that seeks …
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Lori Aratani / Washington Post:
Flight attendant suffers broken bones in ‘one of the worst displays of unruly behavior’ in the skies — The incident prompted the pilots to divert the flight to Denver, where a passenger was detained — A flight attendant for American Airlines suffered broken bones in her face …
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AJ Vicens / CyberScoop:
Michigan police execute warrant looking for missing election equipment — The Michigan State Police launched a criminal investigation this week after a piece of election equipment went missing. — The inquiry comes after a local official—who has publicly questioned the validity and security …
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New York Times:
Case Against Cuomo ‘Very Solid,’ Sheriff Says of Move to File Complaint — The district attorney has not committed to prosecuting the former governor, and experts called the sheriff's decision to proceed independently unusual. — The accumulating of evidence began more than two months ago …
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Alex Pareene / The AP (Alex Pareene) Newsletter:
Pizza Story — Analogies Are Hard — I wanted a pizza. A large pizza with mushrooms. Or, actually, someone promised to get me a pizza. Actually, right, someone said they'd get pizza for me and everyone else in the building. They brought the pizza up to begin with …
Henry Olsen / Washington Post:
Biden's vaccine mandates might just backfire — President Biden's job approval ratings have been sinking for months as voters increasingly see him as out of touch with their priorities and values. The coming clash over vaccine mandates might be another area where the president has misread the public temperament.
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Karen Townsend / HotAir:
NAACP tells athletes not to sign with Texas teams: “Texas isn't safe for anyone.” — The NAACP called on members of professional sports leagues to not sign on with teams in Texas. It's a purely political move, calling out only one Texas politician - Governor Greg Abbott. Abbott is running for reelection.
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