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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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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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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 …
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Glenn Youngkin's Underage Son Attempted to Vote on Election Day, Was Turned Away
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Liberals, moderates strike deal on Biden agenda, clearing way for votes — © Associated Press/Jose Luis Magana — Warring progressive and moderate House Democrats agreed to a cease fire on Friday night, clearing the way for votes on key pieces of President Biden's stalled domestic agenda …
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Pelosi tries to rev House Dems after season in the ditch
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Showdown: Pelosi dares liberals to sink infrastructure bill
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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 …
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Was the FBI Manipulated by the Democratic Party?
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Clinton Operative Linked to Steele Dossier Did Not Disclose Work for Russia to Justice Department
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Eli Lake: The Danchenko indictment shows the Democratic Party manipulated the FBI
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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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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.


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'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
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Pfizer antiviral drug could nearly end deaths from COVID-19, company study suggests
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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.
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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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Republicans make Florida history, pass Democrats in voter registration
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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 …
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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 …
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States Sue to Stop Biden's Covid-19 Vaccine Mandate
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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 …
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Jacobin and The Daily Poster


Dana White says he won't mandate vaccines for fighters: ‘This is a free country, do what you want’ — White spoke with Brian Kilmeade ahead of UFC 268 at Madison Square Garden. — Dana White explains why he opposes vaccine mandates — UFC president Dana White said his business saw …
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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 …


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 …
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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 …
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They executed people for the state of South Carolina. For some, it nearly destroyed them. — From hanging pirates to firing squads, pictures reveal 303-year history of SC executions — The first time Craig Baxley executed a man for the state of South Carolina, he wasn't sure it was the right thing to do.


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 …
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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.
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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 …
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MSNBC and The Intercept

Jury Convicts Chinese Intelligence Officer of Espionage Crimes, Attempting to Steal Trade Secrets — A federal jury today convicted Yanjun Xu, a Chinese national and Deputy Division Director of the Sixth Bureau of the Jiangsu Province Ministry of State Security, of conspiring to and attempting …
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