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7:25 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 …
Discussion: CNN, Insider and Digby's Hullabaloo
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Zeke Miller / Associated Press:
Trump wants call logs, aide's notes hidden from Jan. 6 panel
Discussion: New York Post, POLITICUSUSA and CNN
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
Discussion: Townhall, Crooks and Liars and Twitchy
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
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Sally Goldenberg / Politico:   De Blasio makes moves toward his political future as spotlight focuses on others
Washington Examiner:
The father has no place in today's Democratic Party  —  In yet another desperate attempt to sell the public on his failing multitrillion-dollar spending agenda, President Joe Biden released a slideshow Thursday that inadvertently betrays how the modern Democratic Party views the family.
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.
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: The Daily Beast and HuffPost
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.
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
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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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 …
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 …
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
Daniel Nichanian / New York Magazine:
Will Tuesday Change How We Talk About Crime?  Left-wing candidates for mayor vow to redefine “public safety.”  —  Last year it seemed like policing in America might finally change, after the summer's Black Lives Matter protests from coast to coast built a groundswell of support for major upheavals in law enforcement.
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 …
 
 
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Wynne Davis / NPR:
Here's what 'Let's Go, Brandon' actually means and how it made its way to Congress
Alana Goodman / Washington Free Beacon:
Watchdog Hits McAuliffe With Campaign Finance Complaint Over Foreign Money
Discussion: Breitbart and RedState
Frank Stoltze / LAist:
LA Sheriff Warns Of ‘Mass Exodus’ Of Deputies Because of Vaccine Mandate
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
Axios:
House aims to pass infrastructure and social spending bills on Tuesday
Discussion: NBC News and The Hill
Politico:
POLITICO Playbook: Biden's promise to progressives
 Earlier Items: 
Reuters:
Taliban says failure to recognise their government could have global effects
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 …
Jessica Grose / New York Times:
We Need to Talk About an Off-Ramp for Masking at School