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1:30 PM ET, October 30, 2021

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Washington Post:
During Jan. 6 riot, Trump attorney told Pence team the vice president's actions caused attack on Capitol  —  As Vice President Mike Pence hid from a marauding mob during the Jan. 6 invasion of the Capitol, an attorney for President Donald Trump emailed a top Pence aide to say that Pence …
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Washington Post:
Read: Pence aide Greg Jacob's draft opinion article denouncing Trump's outside lawyers  —  Below is the text of a draft op-ed Greg Jacob wrote in January 2021, when he was chief counsel to Vice President Mike Pence, but ultimately decided not to publish.  The Washington Post obtained a copy …
Ed Pilkington / The Guardian:
‘A deliberate, orchestrated campaign’: the real story behind Trump's attempted coup … n 4 January, the conservative lawyer John Eastman was summoned to the Oval Office to meet Donald Trump and Vice-President Mike Pence.  Within 48 hours, Joe Biden's victory in the 2020 presidential election …
Aaron Blake / Washington Post:
The most shocking new revelation about John Eastman  —  He and Trump weren't just pressing forward despite the mob; they were apparently trying to leverage it.  —  There was little new evidence presented at Donald Trump's second presidential impeachment trial back in February.
Discussion: Rolling Stone, HuffPost and Raw Story
Josh Marshall / Talking Points Memo:
The Most Damning Jan 6th Revelation Yet  —  New Emails Show Trump and Eastman Saw the Insurrectionists as the Foot Soldiers of the Coup.  They Cheered Them on and Used Them in Real Time.  —  As I have noted in other recent posts, much of the recent ‘news’ about the insurrection has not been terribly new.
CNN:   Trump lawyer John Eastman said ‘courage and the spine’ would help Pence send election to the House in comments before January 6
Kanishka Singh / Reuters:
Group of anti-Trump Republicans was behind tiki torches in Virginia campaign  —  A group of mostly Republican critics of former U.S. President Donald Trump claimed responsibility on Friday for a demonstration in the Virginia governor's campaign that recalled an infamous 2017 rally in the state.
Discussion: Crooks and Liars
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Cameron Joseph / VICE:
Lincoln Project Posed as Charlottesville White Supremacists at GOP Event
WTOP:   Anti-Trump group takes credit for Virginia tiki torch stunt
Emily / The Lincoln Project:
Statement from the Lincoln Project
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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Andrew Jeong / Washington Post:
University of Florida bars faculty members from testifying in voting rights lawsuit against DeSantis administration
Discussion: Balloon Juice
Kyle Cheney / Politico:
Call logs, speech drafts among records Trump is trying to block from Jan. 6 investigators  —  Donald Trump is seeking to prevent Jan. 6 investigators from accessing daily presidential diaries, drafts of election-related speeches, logs of his phone calls, handwritten notes and files of top aides …
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Katelyn Polantz / CNN:
New January 6 court filings reveal what Trump is trying to keep secret from Congress  —  (CNN)Specifics about former President Donald Trump's efforts to keep secret the support from his White House for overturning his loss of the 2020 election were revealed in late-night court filings that show …
The White House:
Joint Statement by the President of France Emmanuel Macron, Chancellor of Germany Angela Merkel, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom and Northern Ireland Boris Johnson, and President of the United States Joseph R. Biden, Jr. on Iran  —  We, the President of France, Chancellor of Germany …
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David M. Herszenhorn / Politico:
Western leaders warn Iran on nuclear deal  —  Biden, Merkel, Macron and Johnson urge Tehran to halt acceleration of nuclear program and return to talks.  —  ROME — Recent efforts by Tehran to advance its nuclear program and obstruct the work of monitors from the International Atomic Energy Agency …
Morgan Chalfant / The Hill:
G20 leaders endorse global minimum tax  —  Leaders of the world's largest economies are endorsing the establishment of a global minimum tax at the opening of the Group of 20 (G20) summit in Rome on Saturday.  —  The global minimum tax seeks to block corporations from moving jobs or profits overseas in order to avoid paying taxes.
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New York Times:
Biden Finds Raising Corporate Tax Rates Easier Abroad Than at Home
Discussion: Digby's Hullabaloo
Colleen Long / Associated Press:
How 'Let's Go Brandon' became code for insulting Joe Biden  —  WASHINGTON (AP) — When Republican Rep. Bill Posey of Florida ended an Oct. 21 House floor speech with a fist pump and the phrase “Let's go, Brandon!” it may have seemed cryptic and weird to many who were listening.
Alexander Nazaryan / Yahoo News:
Vaccine confers better protection than natural immunity, CDC finds  —  American writer, speaker, radio and TV commentator.  —  WASHINGTON — Earlier this month, the conservative radio host Dennis Prager announced he had contracted the coronavirus.  This was, as far as he was concerned, good news.
Washington Post:
Trump looks to 2024, commanding a fundraising juggernaut, as he skirts social media bans  —  Facebook has banned former president Donald Trump from posting on its platform, and he is barred by law from using his current fundraising to finance another campaign for the White House.
Discussion: Insider
Kieran Healy:
The Polarization of Death  —  I'm continuing to update the covdata package in anticipation of a Data Visualization for Social Science course I'll teach next semester.  I revisited the Partisan Trajectories graph, as it seems there's more that could be done with it.  More on that in the future, I hope.
Douglas Belkin / Wall Street Journal:
Mask Mandates, Critical Race Theory Heat Up School-Board Elections  —  Colorado district reflects national surge in number of candidates; police step in as board members are called sociopaths, liars, tyrants  —  CASTLE ROCK, Colo.—For the better part of four hours Tuesday night …
Kate McGee / The Texas Tribune:
911 transcripts filed in updated “Trump Train” lawsuit reveal San Marcos police refused to send escort to Biden bus  —  The highway confrontation between a Biden bus and Trump supporters made national news in the final days of the heated 2020 presidential campaign.
Discussion: Joe.My.God.
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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Naomi Lim / Washington Examiner:
Biden troubles at home follow him abroad
Kiran Stacey / Financial Times:
US intelligence report sheds new light on Wuhan lab accident theory  —  Declassified report reignites debate over whether China bears responsibility for pandemic's origins  —  A US intelligence agency has spelt out for the first time how and why it thinks the virus that causes Covid-19 …
Alia Shoaib / Insider:
A gun church that glorifies the AR-15 and is led by the son of the ‘Moonies’ church founder has been making alliances with far-right figures  — The Rod of Iron Ministries is a far-right church founded by the son of accused Moonies cult leader.  They worship carrying AR-15s.
Discussion: Raw Story
Curtis Bunn / NBC News:
A Black chief diversity officer lost a job offer after flagging racial bias  —  Joseph B. Hill was four days from starting a new position as vice president, chief equity, diversity and inclusion officer at Memorial Hermann Health System in Houston, when he received an email that changed the trajectory of his career.
 
 
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Jessica Grose / New York Times:
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Financial Times:
Allies lobby Biden to prevent shift to ‘no first use’ of nuclear arms
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Eric Boehlert / PRESS RUN:
Critical race theory fight exposes massive journalism failure
Peter Pomeranzev / Coda Story:
Memory in the age of impunity
Andrea Bernstein / NPR:
Trump's businesses and brand still suffering from his polarizing rhetoric
Discussion: Raw Story
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Kylee Zempel / The Federalist:
Wisconsin Elections Commission ‘Shattered’ Laws By Telling Nursing Home Staffers To Illegally Cast Ballots For Residents
Discussion: Townhall and BizPac Review
Erik Ortiz / NBC News:
Court rules Alabama judge accused of racist, sexist remarks must be removed from office
Discussion: Raw Story
Steven Nelson / New York Post:
Biden tours Rome with 85-vehicle motorcade ahead of ‘climate’ summit
Discussion: RedState and Twitchy
Robert Barnes / Washington Post:
Supreme Court won't block vaccine mandate for Maine health-care workers with religious objections
 

 
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Ankush Khardori / Politico:
Trump may erode press protections but the ABC case is not evidence of that as the decision to settle appears reasonable given Stephanopoulos' imprecise remarks

Jessica Toonkel / Wall Street Journal:
A deep dive into Paramount's sale to Skydance; sources: Skydance may integrate Pluto into Paramount+, and CBS head George Cheeks is expected to be head of TV

New York Times:
In a first, Telegram is set to be profitable in 2024, with $1B+ in revenue, up from ~$350M in 2023, and 12M subscribers; source: 50%+ of its revenue is from ads

 
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