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3:10 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 …
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.
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
CNN:   Trump lawyer John Eastman said ‘courage and the spine’ would help Pence send election to the House in comments before January 6
Naomi Lim / Washington Examiner:
Biden troubles at home follow him abroad
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.
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WTOP:   Anti-Trump group takes credit for Virginia tiki torch stunt
Emily / The Lincoln Project:
Statement from the Lincoln Project
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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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
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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Tom Boggioni / Raw Story:
‘This is a powder keg’: AR-15-loving church aligning itself with the far right as it grows  —  According to a report from Business Insider, the Rod of Iron ministry that worships the AR-15 and is decidedly pro-Donald Trump, is increasingly aligning itself with far-right figures as evidenced by a recent …
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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
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.
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.
Morgan Chalfant / The Hill:
G-20 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 (G-20) 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
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
Ruth Serven Smith / al.com:
Samford disinvites historian Jon Meacham after student anti-abortion protest  —  Want more state education news?  Sign up for The Alabama Education Lab's free, weekly newsletter, Ed Chat.  —  Samford University has uninvited Pulitzer Prize-winning historian Jon Meacham from inauguration ceremonies …
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 …
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Julian E. Barnes / New York Times:
Origin of Virus May Remain Murky, U.S. Intelligence Agencies Say
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.
 
 
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Becket Adams / Washington Examiner:
When will disinfo journalists talk about Joy Reid?
Joseph Wulfsohn / Fox News:
Bill Maher rails against COVID restrictions: It's time to admit pandemic is ‘over’
Discussion: RedState, [your]NEWS and BizPac Review
Douglas Belkin / Wall Street Journal:
Mask Mandates, Critical Race Theory Heat Up School-Board Elections
Jessica Grose / New York Times:
When Will Kids' Masks Come Off at School?
Financial Times:
Allies lobby Biden to prevent shift to ‘no first use’ of nuclear arms
Discussion: rbc.ru
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Kieran Healy:
The Polarization of Death  —  I'm continuing to update the covdata package in anticipation …
Eric Boehlert / PRESS RUN:
Critical race theory fight exposes massive journalism failure
Discussion: Religion News Service
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: Digby's Hullabaloo and Raw Story
Washington Post:
Biden privately questions whether major emitters will deliver on their climate pledges
Erik Ortiz / NBC News:
Court rules Alabama judge accused of racist, sexist remarks must be removed from office
Discussion: Raw Story
Curtis Bunn / NBC News:
A Black chief diversity officer lost a job offer after flagging racial bias
 

 
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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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