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6:25 AM 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.
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CNN:
Iraqi Prime Minister survives exploding drone assassination attempt  —  Iraqi Prime Minister Mustafa Al-Kadhimi  —  Baghdad, Iraq (CNN)Iraqi Prime Minister Mustafa Al-Kadhimi escaped an assassination attempt on Sunday after an explosive-laden drone targeted his residence, the country's military said.
Discussion: Insider
Reuters:
Iraqi PM safe after drone attack on residence, military says  —  A drone laden with explosives targeted the residence of Iraqi Prime Minister Mustafa al-Kadhimi in Baghdad early on Sunday in what the Iraqi military called an attempted assassination, but said Kadhimi escaped unhurt.
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 …
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New York Times:
Election Results in Virginia Prove Things Can Get Worse for Democrats  —  Republicans ran up the margins in rural Virginia counties, the latest sign that Democrats, as one lawmaker put it, “continue to tank in small-town America.”  —  HOT SPRINGS, Va. — The increasingly liberal politics …
Discussion: The Hill
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Politico:   Rural Democrats stare into the abyss after Virginia
Eli Rosenberg / Washington Post:
GOP-appointed judges freeze Biden vaccine requirement after federal lawsuit  —  The federal appeals court in New Orleans is giving the Biden administration until Monday to respond to a lawsuit filed by GOP-led states and businesses.  —  A federal appeals court suspended the Biden administration's …
Discussion: Financial Times and abc7NY
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Glen Owen / Daily Mail:
Joe Biden or the new Mr Trump?  Camilla 'hasn't stopped talking about' hearing the President ‘break wind’ during chat at Cop26 climate summit in Glasgow  — President Joe Biden met Duchess of Cornwall during reception on Monday  — They made polite small talk and Camilla was shocked to hear Biden break wind
Discussion: The Right Scoop
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Susan Estrich / New York Post:   Terry McAuliffe's doom: Joe Biden and the price of eggs
Neil Irwin / New York Times:
Americans Are Flush With Cash and Jobs.  They Also Think the Economy Is Awful.  —  The psychological effects of inflation seem to have the upper hand.  —  Americans are, by many measures, in a better financial position than they have been in many years.  They also believe the economy is in terrible shape.
New York Times:
F.B.I. Searches James O'Keefe's Home in Ashley Biden Diary Theft Inquiry  —  Authorities carried out a court-ordered search at the New York apartment of the Project Veritas founder two days after searching the homes of his associates.  —  Federal authorities on Saturday searched the home of James O'Keefe …
New York Times:
Georgia Grand Jury Looms in Trump Inquiry  —  An Atlanta D.A. is said to be likely to impanel a special grand jury in her criminal investigation of election interference by the former president and his allies.  —  As the House committee investigating the Jan. 6 Capitol riot fights …
Discussion: Raw Story
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: Fox News and Breitbart
New York Times:
The Congressional Black Caucus Was Key to the Infrastructure Vote  —  Speaker Nancy Pelosi sent the chairwoman of the caucus, Representative Joyce Beatty of Ohio, to announce a key deal, understanding that the lawmaker had more influence at that point than she did.
Rachel Ramirez / CNN:
Generation Climate: How the crisis made young people the adults in the room  —  (CNN)Vanessa Nakate was 21 when deadly floods inundated vast swaths of East Africa in 2018.  She didn't consider herself a climate activist at the time, but soon after that disaster she and her younger siblings …
Andrew Solender / Axios:
The infrastructure Republicans  —  Some of the swing-district House Republicans who crossed party lines to help Democrats pass the $1.2 trillion infrastructure bill told Axios they believe they can survive the political fallout from their own party — and that their vote strengthens …
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The White House:
Fact Sheet: The Bipartisan Infrastructure Deal
Elizabeth Faddis / Washington Examiner:
13 Republicans under fire for breaking ranks on infrastructure bill
Discussion: HuffPost, USA Today and New York Times
Maureen Dowd / New York Times:
Wokeness Derails the Democrats  —  WASHINGTON — In Shakespeare, when characters want to fulfill their desires, they escape to what's been called the Green World.  —  And that's what Democrats promised voters: that they could leave behind the vitriol and aggravation of Donald Trump's America …
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
Jake Cordell / The Moscow Times:
Russia Faces $2T in Stranded Hydrocarbon Assets in Net Zero World  —  Researchers say more than half of Russia's oil and gas infrastructure could be worthless within the next 15 years.  —  Russia could be left with almost $2 trillion in worthless hydrocarbon assets if major economies hit …
 
 
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Carol Rosenberg / New York Times:
Foreman Says Military Jury Was Disgusted by C.I.A. Torture
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Somini Sengupta / New York Times:
Young Women Are Leading Climate Protests. Guess Who Runs Global Talks?
Discussion: Washington Post and Denver Post
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
City Journal:
Goodbye, MIT  —  As the university increasingly caves to “wokeness,” two alumni explain …
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New York Times:
Infrastructure Bill Makes First Major U.S. Investment in Climate Resilience
Discussion: Politico
Margot Sanger-Katz / New York Times:
Democrats Choosing Less Risky Path on Drug Prices
Discussion: Mother Jones
Michelle R. Martinelli / USA Today:
NASCAR president denounces 'Let's Go Brandon' chant: 'We're not happy about that'
Discussion: Associated Press
Hugo Lowell / The Guardian:
House 6 January panel to issue new round of subpoenas for Trump allies
Discussion: HuffPost and Raw Story
Joseph Wulfsohn / Fox News:
Bill Maher, liberal professor clash on CRT in schools: It's ‘disingenuous’ to say parents oppose Black history
Discussion: RedState and The Daily Caller
Heather Knight / San Francisco Chronicle:
S.F. Supervisor Dean Preston invited YIMBYs to look at his housing record. They panned it.
Benjamin Carter Hett / Los Angeles Times:
Op-Ed: When politicians claim professors like me are the enemy, what are they really attacking?
Greg Jaffe / Washington Post:
'It's a walkout!' … BRADFORD, Pa. — Dustin Snyder was tired of the low wages …
 

 
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Jonathan Stempel / Reuters:
A New York judge finds Sirius XM liable for a difficult subscription cancellation process; Sirius says it will appeal but abide by a new “click-to-cancel” rule

Ashley Carman / Bloomberg:
A growing number of podcasters, including Tim Ferriss, are moving away from interviews to monologues or co-hosts, as some well-known guests can be overexposed

Matthew Keys / The Desk:
DirecTV terminates its Dish acquisition after a group of Dish creditors rejected a modified bond exchange offer

 
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