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10:25 AM ET, November 6, 2021

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Philip Klein / National Review:
Disgraceful House Republicans Rescue Biden's Flailing Agenda  —  Just before midnight on Friday, we witnessed an utterly disgraceful act by a group of 13 House Republicans.  Given the chance to deal a severe blow to President Biden's flailing agenda, they instead rescued him by providing Speaker Nancy Pelosi …
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Jeff Stein / Washington Post:
Patience, persistence pay off as Biden brings infrastructure package across finish line  —  Bipartisan deal would have ramifications for roads, bridges, ports, and broadband access across the entire country, delivering on a campaign promise.  —  Less than 10 months after taking office …
Discussion: Real Clear Politics and Twitchy
Politico:
‘Whole day was a clusterf—’: Dems overcome distrust to send infrastructure bill to Biden  —  House Democrats broke a monthslong fever Friday that has imperiled their entire domestic agenda, thanks to a truce from moderates and liberals brokered to advance more than $2 trillion in party priorities.
Axios:
House passes $1.2T bipartisan infrastructure bill, sending it to Biden's desk  —  The House on Friday passed, 228-206, a $1.2 trillion bipartisan infrastructure bill, handing President Biden a major victory after months of party infighting and negotiations.  —  Why it matters …
The White House:
Statement by President Joe Biden on the House Passage of the Bipartisan Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act  —  Tonight, we took a monumental step forward as a nation.  —  The United States House of Representatives passed the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, a once …
Discussion: Fox News, BizPac Review and HuffPost
NBC News:
House passes $555 billion infrastructure bill, sends legislation to Biden's desk  —  House votes on bipartisan infrastructure bill  —  The House passed a $555 billion infrastructure bill on Friday night, sending the legislation to President Joe Biden who is expected to quickly sign the measure into law.
Mary Clare Jalonick / Associated Press:
Roads, transit, internet: What's in the infrastructure bill  —  WASHINGTON (AP) — The House has passed a $1 trillion bipartisan plan to rebuild roads and bridges, modernize public works systems and boost broadband internet, among other major improvements to the nation's infrastructure.
Discussion: Florida Politics, NPR and Townhall
Ricochet:
13 Republican Congressmen Save Pelosi, Biden on $1.2T Infrastructure Vote  —  Six Democrats voted against the $1.2 trillion Bipartisan Infrastructure Plan (BIF) late Friday night, which should have killed the legislation.  Instead, 13 Republicans rode to Nancy Pelosi's rescue and voted yes.
Discussion: National Review
Washington Post:
Another intraparty revolt by Democrats imperils swift passage of infrastructure, spending bills
Kylee Zempel / The Federalist:
9 Truths From Aaron Rodgers' Explosive Vaxx Interview You Aren't Allowed To Say  —  'For the media out there taking shots at me, you don't know my story.  Now you do.  So quit lying about me.'
Discussion: YouTube, Breitbart and New York Times
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Matt Bonesteel / Washington Post:
Aaron Rodgers lashes out against NFL, ‘woke mob’ in defense of vaccination status  —  Decrying the “woke mob,” “cancel culture” and what he described as a “witch hunt” against him, Green Bay Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers vigorously defended his decision not to be vaccinated …
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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NBC4 Washington:
Glenn Youngkin's Underage Son Tried to Vote in Virginia Governor's Election, Officials Say
Discussion: Bulwark+
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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Project Veritas:
FBI and Southern District of New York Raid Project Veritas Journalists' Homes
John Sexton / HotAir:   What is going on with Project Veritas and the FBI?
Isaac Stanley-Becker / Washington Post:
A spin doctor with ties to Russia allegedly fed the Steele dossier before fighting to discredit it  —  Charles Dolan Jr., a PR executive who cut his teeth in Democratic politics, provided anti-Trump information, according to the special counsel probing the Russia investigation
Discussion: Raw Story, Reason and New York Post
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Chuck Ross / Washington Free Beacon:
Clinton Operative Linked to Steele Dossier Did Not Disclose Work for Russia to Justice Department
Matt Taibbi / TK News:
Rachel Maddow's Shocking New Low
Discussion: Law & Crime
New York Times:
Trapped in a Pandemic Funk: Millions of Americans Can't Shake a Gloomy Outlook  —  Despite signals that the economy is improving and the virus is waning, many Americans said they were frustrated by polarized politics and a sense of stagnancy.  —  A year ago, Michael Macey …
Daniel Chaitin / Washington Examiner:
Powerful New Jersey Senate Democrat says ‘12,000 ballots recently found’ support refusal to concede to truck driver  —  Democratic New Jersey Senate President Steve Sweeney, who is projected to lose his bid for reelection against a little-known truck driver, is talking about “recently found” …
Missy Ryan / Washington Post:
Reversing Trump, Biden administration restores reproductive rights assessment to State Dept. report  —  The U.S. State Department has restored assessments of global reproductive rights to its annual human rights report, another move by the Biden administration to roll back decisions made under President Donald Trump.
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 and Voice of America
Natalie Allison / Politico:
Trump muscles into Arizona Senate primary  —  Former President Donald Trump is scheduled to attend a fundraiser next week for Arizona Republican Blake Masters, marking his first foray into the state's contentious GOP Senate primary.  —  The fundraiser, according to an invitation obtained by POLITICO …
Discussion: Raw Story
Hansi Lo Wang / NPR:
Trump left a $7 million mess after delaying census workers' payroll taxes  —  The U.S. Census Bureau has been stuck with a $7 million accounting mess after former President Donald Trump's administration ordered the federal agency to pause payroll taxes last year for certain employees …
Discussion: Raw Story
The Federalist:
At Long Last, The Right Has Joined The Culture War  —  The left has understood the power of the culture war for half a century.  But something happened leading into Tuesday: The right figured it out too.  —  We're spiking the football because it's long past time for the political establishment to pay attention.
Discussion: Outside the Beltway
 
 
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Chiara Eisner / The State:
They executed people for the state of South Carolina. For some, it nearly destroyed them.
Tim Carpenter / Kansas Reflector:
Autopsy huckster without Kansas medical credentials guilty of six offenses
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Matt Welch / Reason:
They Just Keep Closing Schools and Mandating Masks
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Michael S. Schmidt / New York Times:
State Dept. Report on Missing Gifts Finds Poor Oversight
Discussion: Raw Story
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 Earlier Items: 
U.S. Department of Justice:
Jury Convicts Chinese Intelligence Officer of Espionage Crimes, Attempting to Steal Trade Secrets
Discussion: Financial Times
Eugene R. Fidell / Just Security:
The Missing Kabul Drone Strike Report
Discussion: MSNBC and The Intercept
CNN:
Exclusive: Inside the Capitol Police intelligence unit overhaul that caused confusion ahead of January 6
Jim Swift / The Bulwark:
John Eastman Is Not Good With Computers
Patrick Svitek / The Texas Tribune:
Greg Abbott leads Beto O'Rourke by 9 percentage points in hypothetical matchup, UT/TT Poll finds
Discussion: Off the Kuff and HotAir
Politico:
Trump DOJ official who aided effort to overturn election declines to answer Jan. 6 questions
 

 
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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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