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Politico:
POLITICO Playbook: Youngkin's crowds dwarf McAuliffe's on election eve  —  DRIVING THE DAY  —  TERRY MCAULIFFE wanted GLENN YOUNGKIN and DONALD TRUMP to campaign together so badly that when it didn't happen, McAuliffe simply invented a Youngkin-Trump event that didn't exist.
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Alex Isenstadt / Politico:
Trump, the billionaire family and the bull semen baron who divides them  —  Pete Ricketts, the governor of Nebraska and scion of one of the most powerful megadonor families in the Republican Party, had a pressing request for Donald Trump: Please stay out of my home-state politics.
Discussion: Raw Story
David Corn / Mother Jones:
Republicans Are Already Claiming the Virginia Election Has Been Rigged  —  Fight disinformation.  Get a daily recap of the facts that matter.  Sign up for the free Mother Jones newsletter.  —  This is how it's going to be forever: Republicans and conservatives will claim that any election they lose is fraudulent.
Axios:
New GOP brand: Trump Light  —  Win or lose in today's Virginia governor's race, Glenn Youngkin has created a new template for Republican candidates running in competitive races in the Trump era.  —  Why it matters: Republicans, with swing states set to dictate Senate control in 2022 …
Discussion: Washington Post, Forbes and Althouse
Politico:
Not it: Democrats dodge blame for stalled agenda as McAuliffe teeters  —  Terry McAuliffe could go down in Virginia's gubernatorial race Tuesday, and neither congressional liberals nor centrists want to take the blame.  —  Democrats fear losing the marquee race in a state President Joe Biden won …
Washington Examiner:
For Democrats, all Republicans are Trump  —  In 2012, sitting Vice President Joe Biden, the current president and leader of the Democratic Party, told a crowd that Mitt Romney wanted to restore slavery and enslave black people.  —  If Biden could say something that completely deranged …
Rich Mendez / CNBC:
GOP pollster sees likely Republican win in Virginia governor race — and says it will be a bad omen for Democrats  — GOP pollster Frank Luntz on Tuesday predicted Republican Glenn Youngkin is likely to defeat Democrat Terry McAuliffe in Virginia's gubernatorial race.
Cliff Owen / ABC News:
Virginia's 2021 gubernatorial election results
Sabato's Crystal Ball:
A Last Word on Virginia  —  Dear Readers: Join us Thursday, Nov. 4 from 6:30 p.m. to 8 p.m …
NBC News:
Virginia Election Day 2021: What to watch for in the governor's race
New York Post:
Here's how many NYPD cops are on unpaid leave over vax mandate  —  Only a few a dozen NYPD members were placed on unpaid leave Monday after refusing to get the COVID-19 vaccine — but thousands of unvaccinated employees remain on the job with pending exemption requests, the city's top cop said.
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New York Times:
9,000 Unvaccinated N.Y.C. Workers Put on Unpaid Leave as Mandate Begins  —  Mayor Bill de Blasio said thousands more did get the shot and that the first day of the vaccine mandate went smoothly, without significant service disruptions.  —  Hundreds of firefighters called in sick in what appeared to be an organized protest.
Discussion: Politico
Denise Chow / NBC News:
White House announces new methane regulations, kicking off global pledge  —  Biden calls climate change challenge of our collective lifetime  —  GLASGOW, Scotland — The Biden administration on Tuesday announced plans to introduce some of the nation's strongest regulations against methane emissions …
Discussion: HotAir, Al Jazeera and Fox News
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The White House:
Fact Sheet: President Biden Tackles Methane Emissions, Spurs Innovations, and Supports Sustainable Agriculture to Build a Clean Energy Economy and Create Jobs
Discussion: Insider, The Daily Caller and UPI
Aaron Sibarium / Washington Free Beacon:
Yale Law Diversity Director at Center of ‘Traphouse’ Controversy Got an Anti-Semite Invited to the Yale Law Journal  —  The Yale Law School administrator caught on tape pressuring a student to apologize for an allegedly racist party invitation pushed the Yale Law Journal to host a diversity trainer …
Discussion: Reason, Law & Liberty and Power Line
Jonathan Tamari / The Philadelphia Inquirer:
Senate candidate Sean Parnell's wife testified that he tried to choke her and hit their children  —  BUTLER, Pa. — The estranged wife of Sean Parnell — the candidate endorsed by former President Donald Trump to be the Republican nominee for U.S. Senate from Pennsylvania …
Gibran Naiyyar Peshimam / Reuters:
Dozens killed and wounded as blasts and gunfire hit Kabul hospital  —  At least 25 people were killed and more than 50 wounded in an attack on Afghanistan's biggest military hospital on Tuesdaywhich saw two heavy blasts followed up by gunmen assaulting the site in central Kabul, officials said.
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Matthew Chapman / Raw Story:
Photos show QAnon believers gathering in Dallas — where they believe JFK Jr. will reveal he's still alive  —  On Monday night, believers in the QAnon conspiracy theory congregated for a mass gathering at the AT&T Discovery Plaza in Dallas, Texas.  —  According to reporter Steven Monacelli …
Discussion: Crooks and Liars
Lachlan Markay / Axios:
Scoop: FEC lets foreigners finance U.S. ballot fights  —  The Federal Election Commission has ruled foreign donors can finance U.S. referendum campaigns, opening the door to foreign spending on fights over high-profile policy issues, Axios has learned.  —  Why it matters: Foreign nationals …
Jeff Amy / Associated Press:
Georgia official: Trump call to ‘find’ votes was a threat  —  ATLANTA (AP) — Donald Trump was threatening Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger when he asked him to help “find” enough votes to overturn his loss in Georgia to Democratic President Joe Biden, Raffensperger writes in a new book.
Discussion: The Hill and Raw Story
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USA Today:
Brad Raffensperger, GOP target of Trump ire in Georgia, warns of potential for more election violence
Discussion: Insider
Ken Dilanian / NBC News:
Gun dealers sell parts, ammo using anti-Biden meme 'Let's go, Brandon'  —  It arose from a crowd chant at the NASCAR racetrack in Talladega, Ala.  —  Gun dealers are marketing weapon parts and ammunition using a right-wing slogan widely understood as code for profanity directed at President Joe Biden.
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Scott McDonald / Newsweek:   Video of Trump Laughing During 'Let's Go Brandon' Chant at World Series Seen Over 8M Times
Pilar Melendez / The Daily Beast:
The Risky Move That Could Save Kyle Rittenhouse—or Doom Him  —  The alleged far-right vigilante has to prove he was scared when he killed—and there's one simple way to do that.  —  Kyle Rittenhouse's highly anticipated and politically polarizing murder trial began on Monday.
Discussion: New York Post, Raw Story and CNN
Adam Gabbatt / The Guardian:
Republican senator Josh Hawley worries feminism has driven men to ‘pornography and video games’ … The effort to combat toxic masculinity in the US has led men to consume more pornography and play more video games, the Missouri senator Josh Hawley claimed in a speech to a group of Republicans.
UN Climate Change Conference (COP26) at the SEC:
Glasgow Leaders' Declaration on Forests and Land Use  —  We, the leaders of the countries identified below:  —  Emphasise the critical and interdependent roles of forests of all types, biodiversity and sustainable land use in enabling the world to meet its sustainable development goals …
Discussion: Washington Examiner, Insider and NPR
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GOV.UK:   World leaders summit on ‘Action on forests and land use’
John Stoehr / The Editorial Board:
There's always someone out there willing to make the GOP's fascism seem respectable  —  It's hard to pick one apologist to pick on.  —  It's election week.  So it bears repeating.  The race for Virginia governor is not going to tell us much about next year's congressional elections.
Nick Surgey / Documented:
Manchin's Secret Meeting With Coal Barons and Climate Deniers at a Luxury Golf Resort  —  As Manchin is held responsible for blocking key climate provisions in Build Back Better, his personal and financial ties to the coal industry have faced increasing scrutiny
Discussion: HuffPost, Salon and New Republic
Michael Rubin / Washington Examiner:
Questioning the climate science orthodoxy in Glasgow  —  Signing an executive order in his first week in office, Joe Biden declared, “We have a narrow moment to pursue action at home and abroad in order to avoid the most catastrophic impacts of that [climate] crisis.”
ProPublica:
Poison in the Air  —  Mapping Cancer-Causing Industrial Air Pollution … From the urban sprawl of Houston to the riverways of Virginia, air pollution from industrial plants is elevating the cancer risk of an estimated quarter of a million Americans to a level the federal government considers unacceptable.
Luke Rosiak / The Daily Wire:
Loudoun Official Claimed He Might Not Have Seen Email Informing Him Of Sex Assault — Despite Responding To It  —  Internal Loudoun County School Board emails show a shifting explanation about how much school board members knew about a bathroom sex assault, with one member writing …
Discussion: RedState, Page Array and Reason
Dan Evon / Snopes.com:
Did Biden Poop His Pants in Rome?  —  At the end of October 2021, as U.S. President Joe Biden met with Pope Francis during the G20 summit, hashtags such as #poopypantsbiden and #poopgate started circulating on social media, along memes based on the unsubstantiated claim that the commander in chief had a …
Washington Post:
Democrats not only have to pass their social spending package.  They also have to sell it  —  Good morning.  It's Tuesday and Election Day in much of America.  Tips, comments, voting selfies, subpoenas?  Don't be shy: earlytips@washpost.com.  Thanks for waking up with us.  —  At the White House
Discussion: Alabama Daily News
 
 
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Texas Hispanic Policy Foundation:
Abbott and O'Rourke in Dead Heat, New Poll From Texas Hispanic Policy Foundation Shows
Discussion: The Hill, Off the Kuff and Forbes
Jim Puzzanghera / The Boston Globe:
In Iowa and elsewhere, Republicans push bills granting some legal immunity to motorists who hit protesters.
Discussion: Raw Story
Margot Cleveland / The Federalist:
Wisconsin Investigation Uncovers Potential Tip Of A Voting Fraud Iceberg
Joel Zinberg / City Journal:
The Evidence Mounts  —  A new NIH letter reinforces the lab-leak hypothesis for the origins of Covid-19.
Allahpundit / HotAir:
Just 42% say Biden is “mentally sharp” and the share of independents who say so is even lower
Media Matters for America:
Fox's Newt Gingrich says if the Virginia governor race is close, “they will steal it”
Matt Bruenig / People's Policy Project:
Dem Child Care Plan Could Exclude Half of Black Kids
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Immigrant Rights Advocates Grapple With Senate Parliamentarian's Past as INS Prosecutor
Amy Harmon / New York Times:
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Discussion: Fortune
Dan Alexander / Forbes:
Trump's New Company Is Planning For His Possible Conviction (Or Presidential Run)
Discussion: Washington Examiner and Raw Story
Monique Beals / The Hill:
Stone says he'll run for Florida governor if DeSantis doesn't do audit
New York Times:
Even as Biden Pushes Clean Energy, He Seeks More Oil Production
Axios:
The Facebook attention gap
Sarah Zhang / The Atlantic:
America Has Lost the Plot on COVID
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