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8:55 AM ET, November 8, 2021

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Washington Post:
Countries' climate pledges built on flawed data, Post investigation finds  —  Malaysia's latest catalogue of its greenhouse gas emissions to the United Nations reads like a report from a parallel universe.  The 285-page document suggests that Malaysia's trees are absorbing carbon four times faster …
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Maxine Joselow / Washington Post:   It's crunch time for COP26 negotiators as Obama weighs in
David Leonhardt / New York Times:
Covid Gets Even Redder  —  The partisan gap in deaths has grown larger.  —  As 2020 wound down, there were good reasons to believe that the death toll during the pandemic's first year might have been worse in red America.  There were also good reasons to think it might have been worse in blue America.
Will Steakin / ABC News:
Trump told RNC chair he was leaving GOP to create new party, says new book  —  In his new book, Jonathan Karl shares what Trump said before backing down.  —  In an angry conversation on his final day as president, Donald Trump told the chairwoman of the Republican National Committee …
Discussion: The Hill, Mediaite and Crooks and Liars
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ABC News:
'I'm done': Trump's post-Jan. 6 threat to GOP comes to light: The Note  —  New reporting from ABC's Jonathan Karl reveals Trump's threat to leave the GOP.  —  There's no questioning the Republican Party's loyalty to former President Trump these days — and a gathering of potential 2024 candidates …
Discussion: Raw Story and Fox News
Ally Mutnick / Politico:
Republican wave builds to take back the House  —  Republicans could hardly be better poised to recapture the House majority.  —  Increasingly aggressive redistricting, a diverse slate of candidates raking in record-breaking amounts of cash and a political atmosphere that just keeps getting …
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Natalie Allison / Politico:
The Democratic Senate majority was already dicey.  Then came Virginia.  —  Democrats go into the midterm election with one advantage — a favorable map that gives some reason to think the party can hold its minuscule Senate majority next year.  —  But it's not going to be enough on its own …
Pano Kanelos / Common Sense with Bari Weiss:
We Can't Wait for Universities to Fix Themselves.  So We're Starting a New One.  —  I left my post as president of St. John's College in Annapolis to build a university in Austin dedicated to the fearless pursuit of truth.  —  So much is broken in America.  But higher education might be the most fractured institution of all.
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%.
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 …
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Techno Fog / The Reactionary:   What did the FBI have on Danchenko?  —  Deciphering a curious FBI question
Barry Meier / New York Magazine:
The Crippling Blow for the Steele Dossier A key source for the purported dirt has been exposed, with damning fallout for his handler.
Rachel Bovard / The Federalist:
How 31 Republicans Just Betrayed The Country To Reward Illegal Immigration, Worsen Inflation, And Pay Off Democrats' Donors  —  A vote for the bipartisan infrastructure bill is a vote for Biden's reconciliation legislation — the largest cradle-to-grave expansion of federal power since the New Deal.
Discussion: National Review
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Caroline Vakil / The Hill:
Trump bashes Senate Republicans, McConnell over infrastructure bill
Discussion: Mediaite, Insider and Political Wire
Christian Vanderbrouk / The Bulwark:
Notes on an Authoritarian Conspiracy: Inside the Claremont Institute's “79 Days to Inauguration” Report  —  The sun rises on January 6, 2021 while a nation is in crisis.  —  Michigan's presidential electors are in dispute after a mysterious fire in Detroit destroyed thousands of mail-in ballots …
Talmon Joseph Smith / New York Times:
Winter Heating Bills Loom as the Next Inflation Threat  —  After plunging during the pandemic as the economy slowed, energy prices have roared upward.  Washington is already moving to offer homeowners relief.  —  With consumers already dealing with the fastest price increases in decades …
Michael Kranish / Washington Post:
Mitch McConnell spent decades chasing power.  Now he heeds Trump, who mocks him and wants him gone.  —  How one of Washington's longtime Republican power players succumbed to the preeminence of the 45th president  —  As President Donald Trump's supporters stormed the Capitol on Jan. 6 …
Discussion: Raw Story
Washington Post:
Biden's border woes expose White House divisions as centrists assert more control  —  Illegal border crossings and coronavirus cases were both rising this summer when a group of Biden administration officials developed a plan to vaccinate migrants in U.S. custody, viewing the shots as a sensible public health measure.
Karol Markowicz / New York Post:
Meet the anti-Fauci: Florida's sane surgeon general, Joseph Ladapo  —  America has had 20 long months with Dr. Anthony Fauci as the spokesman for the government's COVID response, poorly explaining to us both the pandemic and the concurrent illogical restrictions.  —  Perhaps it's time for some new voices.
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.”
Discussion: Mediaite
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: TheBlaze and RedState
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Jack Morphet / New York Post:
Eric Adams says he wants to end NYC's school mask mandate, calls himself ‘conservative’ on crime
Discussion: Townhall
Washington Examiner:
Biden's Afghan war crime gets the whitewash treatment  —  Mistakes were made, but no one did anything wrong.  —  No one will be held accountable.  —  This is the result of the Air Force's investigation last week into the drone strike that President Joe Biden authorized.
Juan Williams / The Hill:
Democrats must fight and win on the economy  —  Here's a smart move — Democrats start channeling Ronald Reagan's famous question in the 1980 presidential campaign: “Are you better off than you were four years ago?”  —  If Democrats want to win in the 2022 midterm elections, voters need to hear Reagan's question over and over.
CNN:
CIA Director had rare conversation with Putin while in Moscow last week  —  (CNN)CIA Director Bill Burns held a rare conversation with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Moscow last week, to convey “serious” US concerns about Russia's military buildup along the Ukrainian border and to attempt …
Discussion: Political Wire
Molly Osberg / New Republic:
More Than 30,000 Health Care Workers Are on the Verge of Striking … On November 4, a handful of unions representing more than 30,000 Kaiser Permanente workers notified the health system of their intention to strike on November 15, a move that would be among the largest hospital workplace actions in recent memory.
Aaron Sibarium / Washington Free Beacon:
Study: Diversity Statements Required for One-Fifth of Academic Jobs  —  Requirements as common in STEM as in social science  —  Nearly a fifth of university jobs require diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) statements that press applicants to express and expound upon their commitment to diversity …
Ben Kesslen / NBC News:
Big Bird's vaccination announcement sparks backlash from conservatives, GOP  —  Big Bird's seemingly innocuous — and obviously fictional — announcement Saturday that he has been vaccinated against Covid-19 caused a stir online, as Republicans like Sen. Ted Cruz of Texas accused …
Ron Kampeas / Jewish Telegraphic Agency:
Report from Las Vegas: Some Jewish Republicans have Trump fatigue, but they just can't quit him  —  LAS VEGAS (JTA) — The Republican Jewish Coalition conference was about 2022, and also 2024.  It was about how a near Republican sweep in state and local races last week revealed a way back to GOP control of the federal government.
New York Times:
A Way Forward for Biden and the Democrats in 2022 and 2024  —  Mr. Penn is a former adviser and pollster to President Clinton and Hillary Clinton.  Mr. Stein is a former president of the New York City Council.  —  Swing voters in two blue-leaning states just sent a resounding wake-up call …
Discussion: Washington Post
 
 
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Jonathan Allen / NBC News:
Trump looks like he'll run to reclaim the presidency in 2024
Brad Wilmouth / Newsbusters:
MSNBC Regular: ‘Sick of White Men’ Like Carville, ‘Shut the F Up’
New York Times:
Young Marines in Kabul Were Left to Run Final Days of Evacuation
Devin Dwyer / ABC News:
After FBI spying, Muslim Americans ask Supreme Court to OK religious bias suit
Discussion: New Republic
Lisa O'Carroll / The Guardian:
Northern Ireland health minister to sue Van Morrison over Covid remarks
Mary Papenfuss / HuffPost:
Ted Cruz Talks About Joe Rogan Being ‘President’ Of Texas If State Secedes From U.S.
USNI News:
China Builds Missile Targets Shaped Like U.S. Aircraft Carrier, Destroyers in Remote Desert
Discussion: Reuters, New York Post and Bloomberg
Monique Beals / The Hill:
CORRECTED: Guardian op-ed says Trump is likely 'Biden's best hope for re-election'
Discussion: Mediaite and The Guardian
 Earlier Items: 
Sean Lyngaas / CNN:
Hackers have breached organizations in defense and other sensitive sectors, security firm says
Vinay Prasad / Brownstone Institute:
For Whom Do the Covid “Fact Checkers” Really Work?
Discussion: Cafe Hayek and National Review
The White House:
Statement by President Joseph R. Biden, Jr. on Nicaragua's Sham Elections
Discussion: The Guardian
Mike Florio / ProFootballTalk:
Terry Bradshaw unloads on Aaron Rodgers: “You lied to everyone”
Discussion: New York Post and The Wrap
BBC:
A love letter to Kabul
Will Bunch / The Philadelphia Inquirer:
Democrats can't keep ignoring the culture war. They should fight it — and win
Discussion: Breitbart and Boston Herald
Peter Loftus / Wall Street Journal:
Covid-19 Vaccines and Myocarditis Link Probed by Researchers
 

 
From Mediagazer:

Devin Coldewey / TechCrunch:
As the NYT Tech Guild goes on strike, Perplexity CEO Aravind Srinivas offers the AI company's services to the NYT to help ensure election coverage is available

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

Ellen Clegg / What Works:
After The Minnesota Star Tribune decided last summer not to endorse anyone for president, 15 former opinion staffers posted their own endorsement online

 
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