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4:00 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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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
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 …
Shannon Pettypiece / NBC News:
Biden got his infrastructure win. Will political reward follow?
Discussion: NPR
Washington Post:
After months of setbacks, Biden finally gets long-sought win on infrastructure
Discussion: Associated Press
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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Washington Post:
Iraqi Prime Minister's residence targeted by drone strike, military says
Discussion: Al Jazeera and Financial Times
CNN:
Iraqi Prime Minister survives exploding drone assassination attempt
Discussion: Insider
Wall Street Journal:
Iraq's Prime Minister Targeted in Assassination Attempt
Sinan Mahmoud / The National:
Iraqi PM Al Kadhimi escapes drone assassination attempt in Baghdad
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  —  Kristi Noem, Ted Cruz and Rick Scott were among those to talk at the conference.  —  With an eye on both the midterm elections and 2024, a host of Republican lawmakers …
Discussion: Fox News and Raw Story
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: Crooks and Liars, Raw Story and Rumble
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.
Jack Morphet / New York Post:
Camilla Parker Bowles can't stop talking about Joe Biden's ‘long fart’  —  President Joe Biden let out a long, loud fart while speaking with the Duchess of Cornwall at the COP26 summit.  —  Camilla Parker Bowles “hasn't stopped talking about” the 78-year-old's “long fart,” it has been reported.
Discussion: RedState
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Elizabeth Kolbert / New Yorker:   Running Out of Time at the U.N. Climate Conference
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
Politico:
Biden may tap strategic reserve amid rising fuel prices, Granholm says  —  “The president is all over this.  Of course, every president is frustrated because they can't control the price of gasoline,” she said.  —  Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm said the president is …
Discussion: Fox News
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Laura Davison / Bloomberg:   Biden's Quest for Oil Relief Turns to U.S. Energy Data This Week
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
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.
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 …
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 …
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.
 
 
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Peter Loftus / Wall Street Journal:
Covid-19 Vaccines and Myocarditis Link Probed by Researchers
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
David Cohen / Politico:
Surgeon general defends embattled vaccine mandate
Discussion: ABC News and RedState
Salena Zito / Washington Examiner:
The voters revolt against our cultural curators, again
Discussion: Insider and Fox News
 Earlier Items: 
National Review:
The Dossier Deceit  —  We learn from special counsel John Durham's indictment of Igor Danchenko that …
Discussion: Power Line
Carol Rosenberg / New York Times:
Foreman Says Military Jury Was Disgusted by C.I.A. Torture
Discussion: Insider
CNN:
Moms who voted for Biden explain why they voted for a Republican in Virginia
Discussion: YouTube
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
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