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New York Times:
Republicans Pounce on Schools as a Wedge Issue to Unite the Party — Rallying around what it calls “parental rights,” the party is pushing to build on its victories this week by stoking white resentment and tapping into broader anger at the education system.
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Zachary B. Wolf / CNN:
Donald Trump fever may be breaking — Jennings: Youngkin gives GOP a blueprint on how to talk to voters again — (CNN)In Tuesday's elections, Republican candidates surged in blue states, cities rejected major police reform and suburban voters showed their independence. The major takeaways?
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NBC News:
Democratic struggles with rural and white voters hurt them on Tuesday night — WASHINGTON — Yes, the political environment was rough for Democrats on Tuesday night. Yes, playing the Trump and Jan. 6 cards didn't work as well as they had hoped. And, yes, Democrats lost independent voters in Virginia, per the exit poll.
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Washington Post:
Republican Glenn Youngkin became Virginia governor by wooing both moderates and Trump supporters. So how Trumpy is he? — RICHMOND — Republican Glenn Youngkin's slim but decisive victory Tuesday in the governor's race promises a sharp turn in policy for Virginia, where Democrats have spent …
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Burgess Everett / Politico:
Senate GOP sees Youngkin's Trump approach as path back to majority — As Marco Rubio prepares to run for reelection a year from now, he has little doubt that former President Donald Trump's presence in Florida will help him. — “The president's viewed as a liability in the minds of some people around here.
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Raw Story and Florida Politics
Ann Coulter:
Dems' Post-Election Plan: Send More Immigrants to Virginia
Dems' Post-Election Plan: Send More Immigrants to Virginia
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Washington Post, New York Times and New Yorker
Reid J. Epstein / New York Times:
Youngkin's Dance With Trump Was Pivotal. But Is It Repeatable?
Youngkin's Dance With Trump Was Pivotal. But Is It Repeatable?
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New York Times:
Reeling From Surprise Losses, Democrats Sound the Alarm for 2022 — Party officials say the White House and Congress must do more to address the electorate's deep malaise or risk watching voters lurch back toward the G.O.P. by default. — WASHINGTON — Reeling from a barrage of unexpected losses …
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Washington Post:
NRCC head to vulnerable House Democrats: ‘Retire or lose’ — Good morning, Early Birds. Send your tips, ideas, witty asides and petty grievances to earlytips@washpost.com. — 🚨: President Biden's longtime friend and fellow Amtrak devotee, Sen. Tom Carper (D-Del.) …
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Politico:
POLITICO Playbook: For Dems, it's ‘2009 all over again’ — DRIVING THE DAY — DEMOCRATS' UGLY REALITY SETS IN — Following an embarrassing election night for Democrats, Speaker NANCY PELOSI and her caucus have redoubled their efforts to pass the bipartisan infrastructure bill (BIF) …
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Marcus Weisgerber / Defense One:
Biden Administration Delays Contractor Vaccine Mandate Until Jan. 4 — Defense firms had warned of layoffs and weapons-manufacturing delays. — The Biden administration is pushing the COVID-19 vaccination deadline for federal contractors from Dec. 8 to Jan. 4, a move that could prevent thousands …
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Wall Street Journal:
Employer Covid-19 Vaccine and Testing Rules Unveiled by Biden Administration
Employer Covid-19 Vaccine and Testing Rules Unveiled by Biden Administration
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The White House:
Fact Sheet: Biden Administration Announces Details of Two Major Vaccination Policies
Fact Sheet: Biden Administration Announces Details of Two Major Vaccination Policies
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Bruce Rolfsen / Bloomberg:
White House Sets Jan. 4 Shots-or-Tests Deadline for U.S. Workers
White House Sets Jan. 4 Shots-or-Tests Deadline for U.S. Workers
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New York Times:
Authorities Arrest Analyst Who Contributed to Steele Dossier — Igor Danchenko, a Russia analyst who worked with Christopher Steele, the author of a dossier of rumors and unproven assertions about Donald J. Trump, was taken into custody as part of the Durham investigation.
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Washington Post:
After loss in Virginia, Democrats look to speed up their stalled $3 trillion spending agenda — ‘The American public gave us a majority of both houses for a reason,’ Sen. Tim Kaine says — A new sense of political urgency swept over restive Democrats from the White House to Capitol Hill on Wednesday …
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Hans Nichols / Axios:
Biden hits the gas
Biden hits the gas
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Michael Vasquez / Chronicle of Higher Education:
3 U. of Florida Experts Couldn't Testify on a Voting-Rights Law. This Professor Had No Trouble. — The University of Florida is embroiled in controversy this week following revelations that, in at least four cases, it denied professors' requests to testify in lawsuits that challenged policy set …
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Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
The case of Ron DeSantis and the muzzled professors takes another dubious turn
The case of Ron DeSantis and the muzzled professors takes another dubious turn
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New York Times, Miami Herald and Lawyers, Guns & Money
Hunter Walker / Rolling Stone:
Top Trump Allies Set Up A ‘Legal Fund’ For Jan. 6 White House Rally Organizers — The fund will defend former Trump aides who were involved in planning his speech that day and have been subpoenaed by the House committee investigating the Capitol attack — Top allies of Donald Trump …
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Barbie Latza Nadeau / The Daily Beast:
Trump Allies Set Up Legal Fund for Jan. 6 Elite, but Leave Protesters on Their Own
Trump Allies Set Up Legal Fund for Jan. 6 Elite, but Leave Protesters on Their Own
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ProPublica:
Here's Why Rapid COVID Tests Are So Expensive and Hard to Find — Months-long silences. Mysterious rejections. Here's what's behind the shortages of a critical tool for ending the pandemic. — Coronavirus — The U.S. Response to COVID-19 … A few weeks ago, a ProPublica reporter decided to test his kids for COVID-19.
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Stef W. Kight / Axios:
“Anti-CRT” school board candidates are winning — A new PAC focused on electing conservative candidates to public school boards — by raising fears about how racism is taught — won three-fourths of its 58 races across seven states on Tuesday. — Why it matters: Those wins for the 1776 Project PAC …
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Power Line
Nick Shook / NFL.com:
Packers QB Aaron Rodgers tests positive for COVID-19, will not play in Week 9 vs. Chiefs — The NFL's hottest team will be without its most important player Sunday. — Aaron Rodgers tested positive for COVID-19 and is out for Green Bay's showdown with the Kansas City Chiefs, NFL Network's Tom Pelissero reported.
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Polly Mosendz / Bloomberg:
Yacht Full of Climate Scientists Plots Giant Sea Gate to Save Manhattan — Aboard a boat sailing the city's coastline, an organization outlines the $30 billion plan to keep the island safe from flooding. — Aboard the Manhattan II, a 100-foot yacht with glass walls and mahogany panelling …
New York Post:
Illegal immigrant who posed as minor while crossing border charged with murder in Florida — A 24-year-old Honduran immigrant who's charged with murder in the brutal stabbing death of a Florida man had crossed the US border illegally months earlier while posing as an unaccompanied minor, an investigation by The Post found.
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Gabe Kaminsky / The Federalist:
University Of Michigan Paid CRT Peddler $266 Per Minute For Zoom Lecture — Dr. Beverly Daniel Tatum raked in the same amount of money from Michigan taxpayers as CRT czar Ibram X. Kendi did in November 2020. — The University of Michigan, a taxpayer-funded institution …
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Andrew Kerr / The Daily Caller:
EXCLUSIVE: Fauci Staffers Flagged Potential Gain-Of-Function Research At Wuhan Lab In 2016, Records Reveal — Two subordinates of Dr. Anthony Fauci raised concerns in May 2016 that taxpayer dollars may be funding gain-of-function experiments on bat coronaviruses at a Wuhan lab …
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Zeke Hausfather / Carbon Brief:
Global CO2 emissions have been flat for a decade, new data reveals — Global carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from fossil fuels and cement have rebounded by 4.9% this year, new estimates suggest, following a Covid-related dip of 5.4% in 2020. — The Global Carbon Project (GCP) …
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Murray Waas / The Guardian:
Giuliani investigators home in on 2019 plan to advance Ukraine interests in US — Prosecutors believe Giuliani and two others may have violated law over agreement that would have seen them win lucrative contracts — The high-profile federal criminal investigation of Rudy Giuliani …
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Mountain State Spotlight:
Gov. Jim Justice is among these ultrawealthy politicians who avoid paying taxes — A donation to Mountain State Spotlight goes beyond the newsroom. We strive to become the essential news source for West Virginians and to deliver the information you need to make our state a better place. — Donate
Ellen Barry / New York Times:
For Progressives, Michelle Wu Points to a Way Forward — As a Boston mayoral candidate, she had plenty of opportunity to pivot away from her more liberal ideas. She didn't, and it paid off. — BOSTON — For progressives, Tuesday's elections brought a litany of bad news and one conspicuous bright spot …
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Jimmy Vielkind / Wall Street Journal:
Buffalo Mayor Race: Byron Brown Declares Victory Against Socialist India Walton — Associated Press hasn't called the race that drew more write-in votes than those for the only candidate on the ballot — Buffalo Mayor Byron Brown declared victory in his write-in campaign …
Christopher Miller / BuzzFeed News:
A Renowned Holocaust Historian Testified That Charlottesville Rally Organizers' Messages Were A “Call To Arms” — Neo-Nazis Christopher Cantwell and Matthew Heimbach on Wednesday seemed almost to forget for a moment that they were in a court of law and defendants in a civil case …
Politico:
2 federal judges are poised to quietly begin unlocking reams of Jan. 6 secrets for Congress — Most Americans haven't heard of Beryl Howell and Tanya Chutkan. Yet these two federal judges are poised to help deliver troves of hidden information to congressional investigators over the next few weeks …