The Man Who Made January 6 Possible  —  In late October 2020, Donald Trump's chief of staff, Mark Meadows, was attending the confirmation hearing for Amy Coney Barrett when his cellphone rang.  He answered with a whisper and walked out to the hallway to take the call.

At least 13 Trump officials illegally campaigned while in office, federal investigation finds  —  At least 13 senior Trump administration officials illegally mixed governing with campaigning before the 2020 election, intentionally ignoring a law that prohibits merging the two and getting approval to break it …

Rep. Paul Gosar shared an anime video of himself killing AOC.  This was her response  —  Critics are slamming Republican Rep. Paul Gosar of Arizona for sharing an altered anime video in which he kills Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and swings swords at President Biden.

Howard Stern floats 2024 bid against Trump: 'There's no way I'd lose'  —  Howard Stern says he could launch a White House bid in 2024 against former President Trump, quipping he knows he'll “beat his ass.”  —  The SiriusXM host said Tuesday that running for president could be his “civic duty” …

GOP Rep. Upton receives death threats after backing bipartisan public works bill  —  Washington — Republican U.S. Rep. Fred Upton said he has received well over 1,000 calls including multiple “nasty” death threats since he voted for a bipartisan infrastructure bill that he helped write …

USA-ELECTION/THREATS  —  Law enforcement has taken little action as backers of Donald Trump aim stark threats at election officials.  Reuters tracked down nine of the harassers.  Most were unrepentant.  —  This story contains text, images and audio clips with offensive language.

Former VA administrator and Georgia senator Max Cleland dies at home  —  Former U.S. senator and Veterans Administration leader Max Cleland died Tuesday more than 53 years after a live grenade dropped by a fellow soldier in Vietnam robbed him of three limbs.The injuries, however …

Getting Back to Normal Is Only Possible Until You Test Positive  —  When I first received the invitation to the wedding where I would eventually get COVID, I was on the fence about attending at all.  My best friend had gone through a tough divorce and was remarrying.  I was thrilled for him.

Dr. Oz Prepares To Jump Into Pennsylvania Senate Race  —  The celebrity physician Dr. Mehmet Oz is preparing to jump into the Pennsylvania Senate race on the Republican side, a move that would shake up contested primary and general election contests.  —  The 61-year-old Oz has begun hiring …

A secret tape made after Columbine shows the NRA's evolution on school shootings  —  Soon after the Columbine High School shooting in 1999, senior leaders of the National Rifle Association huddled on a conference call to consider canceling their annual convention, scheduled just days later and a few miles away.

Oklahoma Supreme Court overturns historic opioid ruling against J&J  —  Oklahoma's highest court reversed a historic ruling against drugmaker Johnson & Johnson Tuesday, finding a judge incorrectly interpreted public nuisance laws in the nation's first major trial over the opioid epidemic.

CBO's Schedule for Releasing a Cost Estimate for H.R. 5376, the Build Back Better Act  —  The Congressional Budget Office is in the process of preparing a cost estimate for the current version of H.R. 5376, the Build Back Better Act (Rules Committee Print 117-18 incorporating a manager's amendment by Congressman Yarmuth).

'90s Dad Thrillers: a List  —  Notes toward a theory of the Dad Thriller  —  For the first few months after my son was born last year, I was hunting for stuff to watch that would be entertaining but not taxing — movies I'd seen before, or movies that even if I hadn't actually seen them …

I Will Create A Winning Basketball Program At The University Of Austin  —  It is important to note, up here at the beginning, that the University of Austin is not a real college.  It exists on its own website, and also in a mission statement written by the (why not) university's new president …

U.S. Rep. Louie Gohmert appears to explore run against Attorney General Ken Paxton in increasingly crowded GOP primary  —  Land Commissioner George P. Bush, former Texas Supreme Court Justice Eva Guzman and state Rep. Matt Krause are also vying for the GOP nomination next year.  —  Copy link

USC Pushed a $115,000 Online Degree.  Graduates Got Low Salaries, Huge Debts.  —  The prestigious private university hired a for-profit firm to recruit low-income students to its social-work master's program; 'You don't feel like you're part of an elite school'

Producer prices rise 8.6%, matching September record high  —  WASHINGTON (AP) — Inflation at the wholesale level rose 8.6% last month from a year earlier, matching September's record annual gain and offering more evidence that inflationary pressures are not yet easing.

What Moves Swing Voters  —  A creative new poll tries to understand.  —  Political pundits often talk about swing voters as if they were upscale suburbanites, like “soccer moms” or “office-park dads.”  And some are.  But many are blue-collar.  They are the successors to the so-called Reagan Democrats …

Trump Highway Sign at West 79th To Be Removed After 1,600 Sign Petition  —  The Donald J. Trump highway beautification sign — on the southbound side of the Henry Hudson Parkway, just north of the West 79th Street exit — is being removed, according to a letter from the New York City Department …

Man Shot by Kyle Rittenhouse Describes the Encounter on a Kenosha Street  —  The testimony underscores the prosecutors' challenge in disproving a self-defense claim.  Gaige Grosskreutz, who was armed, was shot while responding to an earlier shooting.  —  KENOSHA, Wis. — Gaige Grosskreutz …

Facebook Allows Stolen Content to Flourish, Its Researchers Warned  —  About 40% of traffic to pages in 2018 went to those with content that was plagiarized or recycled, and Facebook has been slow to crack down on copyright infringement  —  Facebook has allowed plagiarized and recycled content …

Steve Bannon's subpoena case is taking longer than we want it to.  That's a good thing.  —  Steve Bannon's potential indictment is taking a while to materialize.  That just means our justice system is working.  —  ‘Cowardice’: Elie Mystal slams AG Garland's lack of urgency with Bannon case

National Security Adviser Sullivan is ‘foreign policy advisor’ in former Clinton lawyer indictment: sources  —  There is no indication that Sullivan is a target of Durham's investigation, only that he received information from Sussmann  —  Andy McCarthy on the implications of John Durham's latest indictments

Anti-mandate teacher in Illinois reveals she had been vaccinated for months  —  An Illinois high school teacher who defiantly fought against the state's COVID-19 vaccine mandate, even at the expense of her job, has now revealed she has been vaccinated all along.

Even in a polarized era, deep divisions in both partisan coalitions  —  Pew Research Center conducted this study to learn more about the complexity of the current political environment.  While partisanship remains the dominant factor in politics, we sought to identify the fissures within both partisan coalitions.

Pfizer CEO says people who spread misinformation on Covid vaccines are ‘criminals’  — People who spread misinformation on Covid-19 vaccines are “criminals,” Pfizer CEO Albert Bourla said Tuesday.  — “They're criminals because they have literally cost millions of lives,” he said.