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7:45 PM ET, October 30, 2021

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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.
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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 …
Luke Broadwater / New York Times:
John Eastman Blamed Pence for Violence at Jan. 6 Riot  —  John Eastman, the author of a memo that some in both parties liken to a blueprint for a coup, sent a hostile email to the vice president's chief counsel as the mob attacked.  —  WASHINGTON — As a mob was attacking the Capitol chanting …
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 …
Aaron Blake / Washington Post:
The most shocking new revelation about John Eastman
Discussion: Rolling Stone and Raw Story
Katelyn Polantz / CNN:
New January 6 court filings reveal what Trump is trying to keep secret from Congress
Washington Post:
During Jan. 6 riot, Trump attorney told Pence team the vice president's actions caused attack on Capitol
Zeke Miller / Associated Press:
Trump wants call logs, aide's notes hidden from Jan. 6 panel
Discussion: POLITICUSUSA, Joe.My.God. and WPTA21
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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.
Steven Shepard / Politico:
The 5 key groups fueling Youngkin's rise
Discussion: Conservative Brief and Breitbart
Isaac Schorr / National Review:
Lincoln Project Claims Credit for Racial Hoax at Youngkin Event
Washington Post:
Biden, other G-20 world leaders formally endorse groundbreaking global corporate minimum tax  —  The new global minimum tax of 15 percent aims to reverse the decades-long decline in tax rates on corporations across the world  —  ROME — President Biden and the other national leaders gathered …
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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
Discussion: Washington Examiner
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.
Andrew C. McCarthy / National Review:
Merrick Garland Plays Dumb on a DOJ Atrocity  —  There is no doubt that he grasps how wrong he is.  —  NRPLUS MEMBER ARTICLE  —  M  —  errick Garland turns out to be a political hack.  —  The attorney general very much enjoys his reputation as a distinguished former federal appellate judge …
Discussion: HotAir
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
Frank Stoltze / LAist:
LA Sheriff Warns Of ‘Mass Exodus’ Of Deputies Because of Vaccine Mandate  —  LAist relies on your reader support, not paywalls.  —  Freely accessible local news is vital.  Please power our reporters and help keep us independent with a donation today.  —  Donate Now
Erik Larson / Bloomberg:
Trump Making ‘Last Ditch’ Effort to Skip Deposition, Zervos Says  —  Former President Donald Trump is making a “last ditch” effort to avoid being deposed in a defamation lawsuit filed by a former “Apprentice” contestant who claims he sexually assaulted her, a judge was told.
Discussion: Raw Story
Tony Romm / Washington Post:
Inside the last-ditch effort by Democratic women to pressure Manchin and salvage paid family and medical leave  —  The party's still-forming $1.75 trillion economic package jettisoned the long-time priority to win over the West Virginia moderate.  But many Democrats aren't yet ready to give up the fight.
Discussion: The Hill
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.
New York Times:
Curtis Sliwa Has New York's Attention Again.  Was That Always the Point?  —  The founder of the Guardian Angels has sought the spotlight for decades.  With his long-shot bid to become the city's next mayor, he has found it again.  —  When New Yorkers feared their subway and streets amid …
Discussion: Washington Examiner
 
 
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Pedro Gonzalez / Chronicles:
Lobbyist Alleges Cato Institute ‘Mercenaries’ Are Paid to Push Pro-Immigration Studies
Discussion: Page Array
Robert Barnes / Washington Post:
Supreme Court embarks on most dramatic reckoning for abortion rights in decades
Sally Goldenberg / Politico:
De Blasio makes moves toward his political future as spotlight focuses on others
Discussion: New York Times
Axios:
House aims to pass infrastructure and social spending bills on Tuesday
Discussion: NBC News, CNN, The Hill and Bloomberg
Politico:
POLITICO Playbook: Biden's promise to progressives
Tom Mackaman / World Socialist Web Site:
Woody Holton retreats from Dunmore Proclamation claims in “historians' debate” with Gordon Wood
Discussion: Slate
Reuters:
Taliban says failure to recognise their government could have global effects
Discussion: The Daily Caller
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CBS News:
Virginia malls and shopping centers increase security amid ISIS threat
Becket Adams / Washington Examiner:
When will disinfo journalists talk about Joy Reid?
Douglas Belkin / Wall Street Journal:
Mask Mandates, Critical Race Theory Heat Up School-Board Elections
Financial Times:
Allies lobby Biden to prevent shift to ‘no first use’ of nuclear arms
Discussion: rbc.ru
 

 
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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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