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1:00 PM ET, November 7, 2021

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Washington Post:
Iraqi Prime Minister's residence targeted by drone strike, military says  —  BAGHDAD — A drone targeted the residence of Iraqi Prime Minister Mustafa al-Kadhimi in Baghdad early Sunday, the army said, signaling a major escalation as Iran-linked groups contest the results of last month's elections.
Discussion: Al Jazeera, Financial Times and WGN-TV
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Jane Arraf / New York Times:
Fears of Wider Instability in Iraq After Attack on Prime Minister's Home  —  Armed drones struck the Iraqi prime minister's home in what was seen as a warning as Iranian-backed groups dispute the results of parliamentary elections.  —  Iraq's prime minister survived a drone strike on his home early Sunday …
Wall Street Journal:
Iraq's Prime Minister Targeted in Assassination Attempt
Discussion: Associated Press and ABC7
CNN:
Iraqi Prime Minister survives exploding drone assassination attempt
Discussion: Insider
Sinan Mahmoud / The National:
Iraqi PM Al Kadhimi escapes drone assassination attempt in Baghdad
Discussion: Bloomberg
Alex Isenstadt / Politico:
The $30 billion woman: Megadonor Miriam Adelson leaps back into politics  —  LAS VEGAS — Republican megadonor Miriam Adelson — the widow of casino mogul and longtime GOP kingmaker Sheldon Adelson — is staging a return to politics, positioning herself to be a force in the 2022 midterms and beyond.
Discussion: Raw Story
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Averi Harper / ABC News:
Potential 2024 GOP candidates take Election Day victory lap, lean into support of Donald Trump at Jewish Coalition
Discussion: Raw Story
Jon Stone / The Independent:
UK's Brexit losses more than 178 times bigger than trade deal gains  —  Exclusive: All trade deals combined worth less than 50p per person a year, analysis of government figures shows  —  James O'Brien explains how ‘Get Brexit Done’ has ‘blindfolded’ the Tories
Justin Baragona / The Daily Beast:
Disgraced Fox News Anchor Quietly Resurfaces at Fringe Right-Wing Outlet  —  Real America's Voice boasts a roster of MAGA freaks like Steve Bannon and John Solomon.  It can now add to that list a former Fox News anchor accused of sexual misconduct.  —  More than a year after Fox News fired …
Discussion: Raw Story and Rumble
Natalia Mehlman Petrzela / Washington Post:
School culture wars stirred up voters for a reason: Classrooms really did change  —  he last post Glenn Youngkin shared on his website before winning the Virginia governor's race was a list of 15 purported “lies” told by his opponent, Democrat Terry McAuliffe.
HuffPost:
Pillow Guy Who Promised ‘Reinstatement’ Of Trump Is Planning A Black Friday Stunt  —  The vote-fraud marathon is set to coincide with a long-promised Supreme Court case to overturn the 2020 election - and with the year's busiest shopping days.  —  By S.V. Date
Discussion: Raw Story
CNN:
Moms who voted for Biden explain why they voted for a Republican in Virginia  —  CNN's Pamela Brown sits down with some White suburban moms from Virginia about what made them vote for a Republican in the recent governor's race, despite voting for Biden for president in 2020.  Source: CNN
Salena Zito / Washington Examiner:
The voters revolt against our cultural curators, again  —  PITTSBURGH — On the morning of Election Day in western Pennsylvania, Democratic Gov. Tom Wolf mentioned on a local radio show that his wife had submitted his mail-in ballot for him — a direct violation of Pennsylvania election law punishable …
Discussion: Insider, Fox News and Breitbart
Tara Palmeri / Politico:
POLITICO Playbook: What happens in Vegas ...  DRIVING THE DAY  —  MOVE OVER ALEC, THERE'S A NEW DONALD — You know you've arrived as a national political figure when you get impersonated on “Saturday Night Live.”  Last night, GLENN YOUNGKIN got the SNL treatment in a sketch …
Discussion: NRCC
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JONATHAN TURLEY:
FBI Raids Project Veritas . . . Over A Missing Biden Diary?  —  There is a curious story out this weekend on reported FBI raids of writers or associates of Project Veritas, the conservative investigative journalism outfit.  Project Veritas has been described variously as “Gonzo” or “guerilla” …
Gabby Deutch / Jewish Insider:
Kamala Harris to say that singling out Israel is ‘antisemitism’ in ADL speech  —  The speech comes weeks after Kamala Harris faced criticism for her handling of a question accusing Israel of ‘ethnic genocide’  —  The Biden administration pledges to “fight antisemitism and hate of all kinds …
David Cohen / Politico:
Surgeon general defends embattled vaccine mandate  —  Surgeon General Vivek Murthy on Sunday defended the Biden administration's workplace rules on vaccine mandates after a federal court blocked a new Occupational Safety and Health Administration policy.  —  Citing historical precedents dating …
Discussion: ABC News and RedState
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Eli Rosenberg / Washington Post:
GOP-appointed judges freeze Biden vaccine requirement after federal lawsuit
Discussion: Financial Times and abc7NY
Matt Viser / Washington Post:
Biden gets his ‘infrastructure week,’ crossing another goal off Trump's to-do list  —  President Biden entered office determined to rip to shreds most everything that his predecessor put in place.  His advisers kept lists of President Donald Trump's policies, and how they could immediately …
National Review:
The Dossier Deceit  —  We learn from special counsel John Durham's indictment of Igor Danchenko that “the FBI ultimately devoted substantial resources attempting to investigate and corroborate the allegations” in the now-infamous Steele dossier.  “Ultimately” is right …
Discussion: Power Line and New York Post
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Jonathan Turley / The Hill:
Durham's latest indictment: More lines drawn to Clinton's campaign
 
 
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Laura Vozzella / Washington Post:
Gov.-elect Youngkin made $127 million over five years, campaign says
Laura Davison / Bloomberg:
Granholm Flags Energy Forecast as Biden Eyes U.S. Oil Reserve
Shannon Pettypiece / NBC News:
Biden got his infrastructure win. Will political reward follow?
Discussion: NPR and Crooks and Liars
Carol Rosenberg / New York Times:
Foreman Says Military Jury Was Disgusted by C.I.A. Torture
Discussion: Insider
Somini Sengupta / New York Times:
Young Women Are Leading Climate Protests. Guess Who Runs Global Talks?
Discussion: Washington Post and Denver Post
 Earlier Items: 
Melissa Gomez / Los Angeles Times:
UC Hastings College of the Law to rename school after reviewing founder's role in mass killings of Yuki Indians
Rachel Ramirez / CNN:
Generation Climate: How the crisis made young people the adults in the room
Neil Irwin / New York Times:
Americans Are Flush With Cash and Jobs. They Also Think the Economy Is Awful.
Discussion: Outside the Beltway
Scott Barry Kaufman / The Atlantic:
What Collective Narcissism Does to Society
New York Times:
How Police Justify Killing Drivers: The Vehicle Was a Weapon
Jake Cordell / The Moscow Times:
Russia Faces $2T in Stranded Hydrocarbon Assets in Net Zero World
Hadley Freeman / The Guardian:
Huma Abedin on Anthony Weiner: ‘He ripped my heart out and stomped on it over and over again’
 

 
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Variety:
AMC Networks acquires full control of BBC America, after BBC Studios sold its remaining 50.1% interest in the channel to AMC Networks for $42M in cash

Jim Milliot / Publishers Weekly:
News Corp's HarperCollins reports Q1 revenue up 4% YoY to $546M, led by a 15% YoY gain in digital sales; JD Vance's Hillbilly Elegy led titles with ~1.5M copies

Jonathan Stempel / Reuters:
CNN must face Project Veritas' defamation lawsuit after a federal appeals court finds that Project Veritas plausibly alleged that CNN acted with actual malice

 
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