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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:
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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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 …
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Townhall, The Daily Signal and Susan B. Anthony List
Seth Hettena / Rolling Stone:
Glenn Youngkin's Underage Son Attempted to Vote on Election Day, Was Turned Away
Glenn Youngkin's Underage Son Attempted to Vote on Election Day, Was Turned Away
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Digby's Hullabaloo and Raw Story
Eli Lake / Bloomberg:
Was the FBI Manipulated by the Democratic Party? — The latest indictment in the investigation of the bureau's Russia probe shows why the story is still relevant. — John Durham, the U.S. attorney appointed in 2019 by then Attorney General William Barr to investigate the origins …
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Power Line and The Guardian
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Chuck Ross / Washington Free Beacon:
Clinton Operative Linked to Steele Dossier Did Not Disclose Work for Russia to Justice Department
Clinton Operative Linked to Steele Dossier Did Not Disclose Work for Russia to Justice Department
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RedState
Andrew C. McCarthy / New York Post:
Arrest illustrates how the Steele dossier was a political dirty trick orchestrated by Hillary Clinton
Arrest illustrates how the Steele dossier was a political dirty trick orchestrated by Hillary Clinton
John Sexton / HotAir:
Eli Lake: The Danchenko indictment shows the Democratic Party manipulated the FBI
Eli Lake: The Danchenko indictment shows the Democratic Party manipulated the FBI
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We Love Trump and Bloomberg
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
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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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HotAir, Wall Street Journal and National Review
Karen Weintraub / USA Today:
Pfizer antiviral drug could nearly end deaths from COVID-19, company study suggests
Pfizer antiviral drug could nearly end deaths from COVID-19, company study suggests
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Associated Press, The Verge, Washington Examiner, Mediaite and National Review
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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Mike Lillis / The Hill:
Showdown: Pelosi dares liberals to sink infrastructure bill
Showdown: Pelosi dares liberals to sink infrastructure bill
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Insider, Politico and New York Post
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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Alternet.org, Vanity Fair, Raw Story and Mediaite
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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.
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.
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Washington Post, USA Today, Insider, Al Jazeera, The Hill, Washington Times, Associated Press, Raw Story, CNN, Mediaite and Alternet.org
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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Romy Ellenbogen / Tampa Bay Times:
Republicans make Florida history, pass Democrats in voter registration
Republicans make Florida history, pass Democrats in voter registration
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Fox News, The Hill, The Western Journal and The Daily Caller
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 …
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Washington Examiner, Washington Post, Insider, Fox News, CNBC and Political Wire
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 …
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Jacobin and The Daily Poster
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 …
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Politico
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Joseph Pisani / Wall Street Journal:
States Sue to Stop Biden's Covid-19 Vaccine Mandate
States Sue to Stop Biden's Covid-19 Vaccine Mandate
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The Hill and Alaska Public Media
New York Times:
October 2021 Jobs Report: Gain of 531,000 Offers Brighter Picture — Hiring rose sharply last month. — Cumulative change in jobs since before the pandemic —5 mil. — April — June — Sept. — April —4.2 million jobs since Feb. 2020 +18.2 million since April 2020
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The White House, HotAir, The Daily Caller and CBS News
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Courtenay Brown / Axios:
U.S. economy adds 531,000 jobs in huge hiring rebound
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 …
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American Greatness, CNN, Conservative Brief, East Bay Times, HotAir, Washington Examiner and Washington Free Beacon
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 …
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.
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Voice of America and CyberScoop
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.”
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Washington Examiner and Politico
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 …
U.S. Department of Justice:
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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Financial Times
Alan Feuer / New York Times:
'I Don't Want to Die for It': School Board Members Face Rising Threats — Across the country, parents have threatened board members and vandalized their homes. One board member scans his driveway before walking to his car. — It was only days after Sami Al-Abdrabbuh was re-elected …
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Vanity Fair and Insider
Ruairí Arrieta-Kenna / Politico:
When the Unstoppable Activists Met Their Match — Six months ago, the Sunrise Movement was feeling bullish. The four-year-old youth climate organization had catapulted a massive legislative blueprint, the Green New Deal, to the forefront of Democratic politics.
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New York Times, Washington Examiner and Associated Press