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10:40 PM ET, November 5, 2021

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New York Times:
People Tied to Project Veritas Scrutinized in Theft of Diary From Biden's Daughter  —  The F.B.I. carried out search warrants in New York as part of a Justice Department investigation into how pages from Ashley Biden's journal came to be published by a right wing website.
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John Sexton / HotAir:
What is going on with Project Veritas and the FBI?  —  Earlier today the NY Times reported that the FBI had carried out search warrants at locations in New York as part of a DOJ investigation of the alleged theft of a diary belonging to Joe Biden's 39-year-old daughter Ashley:
Project Veritas:
FBI and Southern District of New York Raid Project Veritas Journalists' Homes
Discussion: Washington Examiner and [your]NEWS
Antonio Olivo / Washington Post:
Virginia Gov.-elect Youngkin's underaged son tried to vote in Tuesday's election, elections officials said  —  The 17-year-old son of Virginia Gov.-elect Glenn Youngkin (R) tried to cast a ballot in Tuesday's gubernatorial election twice despite being too young to vote, Fairfax County officials said in a statement released Friday.
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Seth Hettena / Rolling Stone:
Glenn Youngkin's Underage Son Attempted to Vote on Election Day, Was Turned Away  —  Thomas Youngkin was turned away because he was ineligible due to his age, according to a statement from a local election official  —  A 17-year-old son of Virginia Governor-elect Glenn Youngkin tried twice …
Discussion: Digby's Hullabaloo and Raw Story
Scott Clement / Washington Post:
McAuliffe's quote on schools was a clunker, but polls suggest parental backlash didn't swing the election  —  What exit polling shows about how education issues mattered in Youngkin's win.  —  Polling director  —  Education became a surprisingly important factor in the final month …
NBC4 Washington:
Glenn Youngkin's Underage Son Tried to Vote in Virginia Governor's Election, Officials Say  —  The teen tried to vote at a polling place in Great Falls, but was turned away due to his age, according to election officials  —  The 17-year-old son of Virginia Governor-elect Glenn Youngkin twice tried …
Discussion: Bulwark+
Matt Taibbi / TK News:
Rachel Maddow's Shocking New Low  —  With last night's loony response to the indictment of Igor Danchenko, the MSNBC anchor takes a bold leap off the credibility cliff  —  Yesterday, Special Counsel John Durham indicted Brookings Institute analyst Igor Danchenko, better known as the primary source …
Discussion: Law & Crime and NOQ Report
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Eli Lake / Bloomberg:
Was the FBI Manipulated by the Democratic Party?
Discussion: Power Line and The Guardian
Chuck Ross / Washington Free Beacon:
Clinton Operative Linked to Steele Dossier Did Not Disclose Work for Russia to Justice Department
John Sexton / HotAir:
Eli Lake: The Danchenko indictment shows the Democratic Party manipulated the FBI
Discussion: We Love Trump and Bloomberg
Politico:
Pelosi tries to rev House Dems after season in the ditch  —  Democrats got a taste this week of how brutal their midterms could be.  Now Speaker Nancy Pelosi and her team are trying to turn things around before it's too late.  —  House leaders entered the Capitol Friday optimistic …
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Roll Call:
House votes Friday on infrastructure, budget bill rule in doubt
CNN:
Retiring GOP lawmaker warns Trump will try to steal the next election  —  Programming note: A new CNN documentary, “Trumping Democracy: An American Coup,” reported by Jake Tapper about former President Donald Trump's attempts to subvert the 2020 election, premieres at 9 p.m. ET on Friday, November 5.
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CNN:
Exclusive: Inside the Capitol Police intelligence unit overhaul that caused confusion ahead of January 6  —  Programming note: A new CNN documentary, “Trumping Democracy: An American Coup,” about former President Donald Trump's attempts to subvert the 2020 election, premieres at 9 p.m. ET on Friday, November 5.
Carolyn Y. Johnson / Washington Post:
Pfizer antiviral pill reduced risk of covid hospitalization and death by 89 percent in high-risk people, company study shows  —  An experimental coronavirus pill reduced the risk of hospitalization and death by 89 percent in high-risk people infected with the virus, pharmaceutical giant Pfizer announced Friday.
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Pfizer Inc.:
Pfizer's Novel COVID-19 Oral Antiviral Treatment Candidate Reduced Risk of Hospitalization or Death by 89% in Interim Analysis of Phase 2/3 EPIC-HR Study  — PAXLOVID™ (PF-07321332; ritonavir) was found to reduce the risk of hospitalization or death by 89% compared to placebo in non-hospitalized high-risk adults with COVID-19
Politico:
Trump DOJ official who aided effort to overturn election declines to answer Jan. 6 questions  —  A top Trump Justice Department official who aided the former president's quest to overturn the 2020 election refused to answer substantive questions in a meeting with congressional investigators on Friday.
Matt Dixon / Politico:
No million-dollar checks: Democratic governors may sit out Florida  —  TALLAHASSEE — The Democratic Governors Association has no plans to give significant financial help to Florida Democrats as they seek to unseat Gov. Ron DeSantis in 2022, a major setback that will make it harder for challengers to take on the popular Republican.
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New York Times:
Cuomo Sex-Crime Charge May Be ‘Defective,’ D.A. Says  —  A judge granted the Albany County district attorney's request for an adjournment, after prosecutors cited potentially “exculpatory” mistakes in the investigation.  —  The sex-crime case against former Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo was thrown …
Andrew Miller / Fox News:
Texas attorney general sues Biden administration, slams ‘flatly unconstitutional’ federal vaccine mandate  —  Paxton says the mandate represents ‘federal overreach’  —  Dana White explains why he opposes vaccine mandates  —  Texas' Republican Attorney General Ken Paxton has filed a lawsuit …
Discussion: Politico
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Joseph Pisani / Wall Street Journal:
States Sue to Stop Biden's Covid-19 Vaccine Mandate
Discussion: The Hill and Alaska Public Media
Newsweek:
Joe Manchin, Kyrsten Sinema, Know What Happened to Pols Who Did What They're Doing  —  It's a core principle of economics that people do what they are incentivized to do.  That may be why Senators Kyrsten Sinema, D-Ariz., and Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., haven't hesitated to oppose popular progressive policies …
Discussion: Jacobin and The Daily Poster
Jim Swift / The Bulwark:
John Eastman Is Not Good With Computers  —  The legal scholar who advised Trump on his Jan. 6 strategy is making a lot of mistakes.  —  John Eastman is having a rough go of it.  The 61-year-old attorney, founding director of the Claremont Institute's Center for Constitutional Jurisprudence …
Nellie Bowles / Common Sense with Bari Weiss:
A Very Exciting Introduction  —  TGIF.  A weekly report from Nellie Bowles.  —  Hello and welcome to the Common Sense weekly news roundup.  I'm Nellie Bowles.  Until a couple weeks ago, I was a reporter at the New York Times.  Funky local paper.  —  During my four years at the Times …
Discussion: HotAir
Matt Welch / Reason:
They Just Keep Closing Schools and Mandating Masks  —  Given this week's surprise drubbing at the polls—not just in Virginia, New Jersey, and Long Island, but also in many of the estimated 117 school districts where board seats were contested on the issues of COVID-19 response, race-based policies …
Discussion: KNSD-TV and CBS Chicago
Michael Wines / New York Times:
University of Florida Reverses Course to Allow Professors to Testify Against State  —  Facing a storm of protest, the university said three professors could testify as expert witnesses in a voting-rights lawsuit against the state.  —  Acceding to a storm of protest, the University …
CNN:
CIA director dispatched to Moscow to warn Russia over troop buildup near Ukraine  —  (CNN)President Joe Biden dispatched CIA Director Bill Burns to Moscow earlier this week to warn the Kremlin that the US is watching its buildup of troops near Ukraine's border closely, and to attempt to determine what is motivating Russia's actions.
Discussion: TASS, Voice of America and CyberScoop
Eugene R. Fidell / Just Security:
The Missing Kabul Drone Strike Report  —  the Defense Department announced that it had completed its investigation into the Aug. 29, 2021 drone strike that killed 10 civilians, including seven children, in Kabul.  The report itself remains classified.  The official single-page fact sheet asserts …
Discussion: MSNBC and The Intercept
Ryan Lizza / Politico:
The Surprising Strategy Behind Youngkin's Stunner  —  Sometimes you want to hear from the strategists rather than the candidate.  —  With all due respect to Governor-elect Glenn Youngkin — who, for a first-timer from the world of high finance, proved to be remarkably disciplined on the stump …
Jim Geraghty / National Review:
Democratic Aide Irritated with Biden: I'm Almost Ready to Chant 'Let's Go, Brandon'  —  To the extent President Biden commented about the seemingly endless negotiations over the spending bills on Capitol Hill, he has offered generic, optimistic assessments: “I believe that Joe [Manchin] will be there.”
Discussion: Washington Examiner and Politico
 
 
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Tim Carpenter / Kansas Reflector:
Autopsy huckster without Kansas medical credentials guilty of six offenses
Discussion: Raw Story
Michael S. Schmidt / New York Times:
State Dept. Report on Missing Gifts Finds Poor Oversight
Discussion: Raw Story
James Pethokoukis / Faster, Please!:
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Derek Thompson / The Atlantic:
Democrats Are Getting Crushed in the ‘Vibes War’
Discussion: Alternet.org
U.S. Department of Justice:
Jury Convicts Chinese Intelligence Officer of Espionage Crimes, Attempting to Steal Trade Secrets
Discussion: Financial Times
Corbin Bolies / The Daily Beast:
New Jersey Council Member-Elect Doubles Down on Blackface Pic
Discussion: CBS Philly and Raw Story
Will Sommer / The Daily Beast:
MAGA's New Shock Jock Is a Bounty Hunter With a Troubled Past
Discussion: Raw Story and Alternet.org
Amy Nelson / Fox News:
Dana White says he won't mandate vaccines for fighters: ‘This is a free country, do what you want’
Discussion: The Daily Caller
 Earlier Items: 
Patrick Svitek / The Texas Tribune:
Greg Abbott leads Beto O'Rourke by 9 percentage points in hypothetical matchup, UT/TT Poll finds
Discussion: HotAir
Gary Fineout / Politico:
Florida begins recount in nearly-tied contest for Alcee Hastings' former seat
Discussion: Washington Post
Brian Naylor / NPR:
Colin Powell is remembered as a down-to-earth statesman and leader at his funeral
Joseph Wulfsohn / Fox News:
CNN ratings crash in October without any regular program averaging 1 million viewers
Ruairí Arrieta-Kenna / Politico:
When the Unstoppable Activists Met Their Match
 

 
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Katie Robertson / New York Times:
The NYT reports adding 260K digital subscribers in Q3, for 11.9M in total, with digital ad revenue up 8.8% YoY to $81.6M, and The Athletic had its first profit

Joshua Benton / Nieman Lab:
Around 75% of the largest US newspapers aren't endorsing anyone for president this year, as publishers try not to annoy any sliver of their remaining customers

Sean Burch / The Wrap:
Report: Garrett Ventry, who will join NBC News' Election Night coverage as a Republican pundit on election day, registered as an agent of Qatar in September

 
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