memeorandum: UF professors can't testify in Florida voting rights case (Miami Herald)

7:10 AM ET, October 31, 2021

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Luke Broadwater / New York Times:

Court Filing Lists Documents Trump Seeks to Withhold From Jan. 6 Inquiry — The National Archives says the former president is asserting executive privilege over phone logs, notes and other records concerning the attack on the Capitol. — WASHINGTON — Former President Donald J. Trump …

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Luke Broadwater / New York Times:
John Eastman Blamed Pence for Violence at Jan. 6 Riot

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Josh Marshall / Talking Points Memo:
The Most Damning Jan 6th Revelation Yet

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Zeke Miller / Associated Press:
Trump wants call logs, aide's notes hidden from Jan. 6 panel

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Aaron Blake / Washington Post:
The most shocking new revelation about John Eastman

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Dan Merica / CNN:

McAuliffe says Virginia election ‘is not about Trump’ after making former President central figure in campaign — Trump has been relatively hands off. Smerconish has a theory why — Virginia Beach, Virginia (CNN)Terry McAuliffe claimed on Saturday that the Virginia gubernatorial election is …

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Kanishka Singh / Reuters:
Group of anti-Trump Republicans was behind tiki torches in Virginia campaign

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Isaac Schorr / Yahoo News:
New Poll Shows Youngkin, Fellow Republicans Sweeping Virginia

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Ed Morrissey / HotAir:
Today's deep question: Just how badly will the tikis torch Terry?

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Washington Post:
Fearful Democrats look at Virginia and worry about 2022

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New York Post:

26 FDNY firehouses out of service over vaccine mandate staff shortage — The FDNY shuttered 26 fire companies citywide Saturday morning because of staff shortages caused by the COVID-19 vaccination mandate — an “unconscionable” move some officials fear could have catastrophic consequences.

Discussion: RedState and abc7NY

Sally Goldenberg / Politico: De Blasio makes moves toward his political future as spotlight focuses on others

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.

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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.

Washington Post:

Russian troop movements near Ukraine border prompt concern in U.S., Europe — A renewed buildup of Russian troops near the Ukrainian border has raised concern among some officials in the United States and Europe who are tracking what they consider irregular movements of equipment and personnel on Russia's western flank.

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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 …

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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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Morgan Chalfant / The Hill:
G-20 leaders endorse global minimum tax

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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 …

Discussion: The Daily Beast, The Wrap, The Hill, The College Fix, Raw Story and JONATHAN TURLEY

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

Miami Herald:

UF professors can't testify in Florida voting rights case — In a decision that could have far-reaching free speech implications for faculty at universities and colleges across Florida, the University of Florida has refused to allow three political science professors to continue to serve …

Discussion: JONATHAN TURLEY, Gainesville Sun, UPI and Law & Crime

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

Yousef Munayyer / Washington Post:

Israel escalates its attacks against defenders of Palestinian rights, wherever they may be — Yousef Munayyer is a nonresident senior fellow at Arab Center in Washington. — When the Israeli government last week slapped a “terrorism” designation on six Palestinian human rights groups …

American Psychological Association:

APA apologizes for longstanding contributions to systemic racism — Acknowledges failures, accepts responsibility, pledges change for psychology — WASHINGTON — As part of the nation's historic reckoning on racism, the American Psychological Association has apologized to communities …

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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