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8:00 PM ET, November 7, 2021

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USA Today:
Gloomy landscape for Democrats for midterms as Biden's approval drops to 38%: USA TODAY/Suffolk poll  —  A year before the 2022 midterm elections, Republicans hold a clear early lead on the congressional ballot as President Joe Biden's approval rating sinks to a new low of 38%.
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Matt Viser / Washington Post:
Biden gets his ‘infrastructure week,’ crossing another goal off Trump's to-do list
Jack Morphet / New York Post:
Eric Adams says he wants to end NYC's school mask mandate, calls himself ‘conservative’ on crime  —  Mayor-elect Eric Adams took to the airwaves Sunday and declared he wants to nix mask mandates in the classroom and called himself “conservative” on public safety.
Discussion: Townhall
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New York Times:
Who Wants to Hang Out With Eric Adams in Puerto Rico?  Everyone.  —  Mr. Adams celebrated his victory in the New York City mayoral race with elected officials and lobbyists at a nonstop tropical party known as Somos.  —  SAN JUAN, P.R. — Three days after winning the New York City mayor's race …
Discussion: RedState, TheBlaze and New York Post
Aaron Maté / Aaron Mate:
Russiagate has no rock bottom  —  The indictment of the Steele dossier's key source newly humiliates the Clinton campaign, FBI, and US media.  —  It did not seem possible for the Steele dossier - the collection of Trump-Russia conspiracy theories funded by the Clinton campaign …
Discussion: National Review
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Techno Fog / The Reactionary:
What did the FBI have on Danchenko?  —  Deciphering a curious FBI question  —  I discussed the Igor Danchenko indictment here, laying out some of the more eye-raising parts of the facts and charges against Christopher Steele's primary sub-source.  —  Taking a closer look at the Danchenko indictment …
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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BBC:
A love letter to Kabul  —  This summer's Taliban takeover was a seismic moment for Kabul.  Those who call this city their own wonder if life has changed forever.  Much of what made Kabul special is now a cultural battlefield - evocative street murals have been painted over with Islamic verses …
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Los Angeles Times:   The Taliban is back — Afghan women are scared, but defiant.
Peter Loftus / Wall Street Journal:
Covid-19 Vaccines and Myocarditis Link Probed by Researchers  —  Several theories are under investigation seeking to explain heart-inflammation conditions among small numbers of vaccinated  —  As U.S. health authorities expand use of the leading Covid-19 vaccines, researchers investigating …
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, Crooks and Liars and Rumble
Bloomberg:
Columbia Campus Cleared After Bomb Threats At Ivy Schools  —  Columbia University said its buildings have been cleared for re-entry after bomb threats on Sunday were deemed “not credible” by the New York City Police Department.  —  Two other Ivy League universities — Cornell University …
Discussion: CBS News, WIVB-TV, abc7NY and PIX11
The White House:
Statement by President Joseph R. Biden, Jr. on Nicaragua's Sham Elections  —  What Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega and his wife, Vice President Rosario Murillo, orchestrated today was a pantomime election that was neither free nor fair, and most certainly not democratic.
Will Bunch / The Philadelphia Inquirer:
Democrats can't keep ignoring the culture war.  They should fight it — and win  —  One bit from the great satirical newspaper-turned-website The Onion that has stayed with me more than any other is searingly funny, of course, but also the best-ever summary of the ugly turn that American politics has taken over the last 40 years.
Politico:
Biden may tap strategic reserve amid rising fuel prices, Granholm says  —  Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm said Sunday that President Joe Biden is considering tapping into the nation's Strategic Petroleum Reserve amid rising crude oil prices.  —  In an interview with CNN's “State of the Union …
Discussion: Fox News
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Laura Davison / Bloomberg:   Biden's Quest for Oil Relief Turns to U.S. Energy Data This Week
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 …
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Sinan Mahmoud / The National:
Iraqi PM Al Kadhimi escapes drone assassination attempt in Baghdad
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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Mike Allen / Axios:
Sen. Josh Hawley defends speech on porn and video games  —  Sen. Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) told “Axios on HBO” he'll make masculinity a signature political issue, because he claims “the left” is telling men: “You're part of the problem. ...  Your masculinity is inherently problematic.”
JONATHAN TURLEY:
FBI Raids Project Veritas Writers . . . 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 …
Justin Baragona / The Daily Beast:
Liz Cheney to Fox News: ‘Un-American’ to Call Jan. 6 a ‘False Flag’  —  While not naming Tucker Carlson explicitly, Cheney's comments on Fox News definitely appeared to reference the Fox star's recent docu-series sowing doubt about Jan. 6.  —  Rep. Liz Cheney (R-WY) went on Fox News Sunday …
Mike Florio / ProFootballTalk:
Terry Bradshaw unloads on Aaron Rodgers: “You lied to everyone”  —  Fox viewers won't see the Kansas City defense try to sack Aaron Rodgers on Sunday.  Before the games began, however, Fox viewers got a chance to see a quartet of Hall of Famers verbally give him the business, from the Naval Academy in Annapolis.
Discussion: New York Post and The Wrap
Vinay Prasad / Brownstone Institute:
For Whom Do the Covid “Fact Checkers” Really Work?  —  I recently came across two tweets that caught my eye.  —  Here is the first one from the CDC director: … And here is the second one, from a couple months back: … Together they got me thinking.  What do they have in common?
Discussion: National Review
 
 
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Fox News:
1619 Project founder felt ‘ashamed’ during visit to US atomic bomb site in Japan
New York Times:
Uyghurs Seek Emotional Help as Families in China Suffer
Daniel Dale / CNN:
Steve Bannon's popular podcast is a ‘dangerous’ fantasyland of election lies
Discussion: Raw Story
Elizabeth Kolbert / New Yorker:
Running Out of Time at the U.N. Climate Conference
Shira Hanau / Jewish Telegraphic Agency:
Man who spent just $153 to win NJ Senate race says sorry for attacks on Islam and comparing vaccine mandates to Holocaust
Discussion: Jihad Watch
Laura Vozzella / Washington Post:
Gov.-elect Youngkin made $127 million over five years, campaign says
Discussion: Associated Press
Gabby Deutch / Jewish Insider:
Kamala Harris to say that singling out Israel is ‘antisemitism’ in ADL speech
 Earlier Items: 
David Cohen / Politico:
Surgeon general defends embattled vaccine mandate
Discussion: RedState and ABC News
HuffPost:
Pillow Guy Who Promised ‘Reinstatement’ Of Trump Is Planning A Black Friday Stunt
Discussion: Raw Story
Jon Stone / The Independent:
UK's Brexit losses more than 178 times bigger than trade deal gains
Natalia Mehlman Petrzela / Washington Post:
School culture wars stirred up voters for a reason: Classrooms really did change
Shannon Pettypiece / NBC News:
Biden got his infrastructure win. Will political reward follow?
Discussion: NPR
Salena Zito / Washington Examiner:
The voters revolt against our cultural curators, again
Discussion: Insider and Fox News
Carol Rosenberg / New York Times:
Foreman Says Military Jury Was Disgusted by C.I.A. Torture
Discussion: Insider
 

 
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