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11:45 AM ET, November 9, 2021

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Jonathan D. Karl / The Atlantic:
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.
Discussion: POLITICUSUSA, Raw Story and Mediaite
Atlanta Journal-Constitution:
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 …
Discussion: The Hill
CNN:
New Hampshire Gov. Chris Sununu declines Senate bid in significant blow for Republicans  —  (CNN)New Hampshire Gov. Chris Sununu on Tuesday said he would not run against Democratic Sen. Maggie Hassan in 2022, dealing a significant blow to Republicans who hoped the seat would be a top target in the critical midterm elections.
Discussion: CBS News, Roll Call and National Review
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Trip Gabriel / New York Times:
Sununu to Seek Re-election as New Hampshire Governor, Rejecting Senate Bid  —  National Republicans had been trying to recruit Gov. Chris Sununu to compete for a Democratic-held seat that the G.O.P. believed could determine control of the Senate.  —  Gov. Chris Sununu of New Hampshire …
Henry J. Gomez / NBC News:
New Hampshire Gov. Chris Sununu says he will not run for Senate, a blow to GOP hopes
Discussion: HotAir and Breitbart
Kyle Cheney / Politico:
Trump makes — and loses — overnight bid to block Jan. 6 investigators  —  If you blinked you missed it.  —  Former President Donald Trump filed an emergency request to a federal judge late Monday night to prevent the National Archives from sending sensitive records to Jan. 6 committee investigators by Friday.
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Reuters:
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.
Discussion: Washington Post
Phill Swagel / CBO Publications:
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).
Tim Mak / NPR:
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.
Discussion: Insider, Raw Story and POLITICUSUSA
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Alexandra Macon / Vogue:
Inside Ivy Getty's Fantasy Wedding Weekend in San Francisco  —  Artist and model Ivy Love Getty, the great granddaughter of J. Paul Getty and one of the heiresses to the oil fortune he amassed, married photographer Tobias Alexander Engel in a ceremony officiated by Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi at City Hall in San Francisco.
Politico:
POLITICO Playbook: A Trump-backed Senate hopeful takes the stand  —  DRIVING THE DAY  —  PARNELL DOUBTS GROW — All eyes are on SEAN PARNELL when he testifies today for the second and final time in an ugly child custody battle with his estranged wife, LAURIE SNELL.
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Ashley Oliver / Breitbart:
Sean Parnell Abuse Allegations Hit Buzzsaw: Pennsylvania Republican Testifies Wife Presented Photo of Bruised Child - Who Wasn't His
Paul Wiseman / Associated Press:
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.
Wall Street Journal:
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'
Eric Ting / SFGATE:
Gavin Newsom's wife, California Democrats bristle at questions about governor's continued absence  —  California Gov. Gavin Newsom has not appeared publicly since abruptly canceling a visit to Glasgow, Scotland on Oct. 29 for a climate change conference, stirring considerable online speculation.
David Leonhardt / New York Times:
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 …
Discussion: Jacobin
Erik Wemple / Washington Post:
Indictment of Steele dossier source is more bad news for multiple media outlets  —  MSNBC host Rachel Maddow in December 2017 aired a special report on the Trump-Russia dossier compiled by former British intelligence officer Christopher Steele.  That document, claimed Maddow …
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Eric Garcia / MSNBC:
Trump's supporters have a bizarre secret password meant to own the libs  —  Biden's presence in the White House doesn't inflame Trump's base in quite the same way as Obama's did.  I wonder why.  —  A new shibboleth insulting President Joe Biden has been circulating lately among Republican members …
Matthew Yglesias / Slow Boring:
“Critical Race Theory” and actual education policy, part two  —  The core problem is a dangerous attack on efforts to measure learning  —  In yesterday's post I wrote about two recent trends in progressive education policy that have (rightly, I think) annoyed a lot of people …
Jeremy Tombs / WKYT-TV:
Sen. Mitch McConnell tours AppHarvest facility in Morehead  —  MOREHEAD, Ky. (WKYT) - Monday afternoon, Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell took a trip to Morehead to tour AppHarvest's facility.  —  After his tour with AppHarvest founder and CEO Jonathan Webb, Senator McConnell addressed dozens …
Discussion: Raw Story
Ivana Saric / Axios:
Crisis brews in Bosnia as U.S., EU stand by  —  The international community's top representative in Bosnia is sounding the alarm over the “very real” possibility of a return to conflict, citing secessionist maneuvers by the Serb member of the country's tripartite presidency.
Discussion: Financial Times
David Dayen / American Prospect:
Postal Banking Test in the Bronx Yields No Customers  —  From September 13 to October 31, not a single customer put a paycheck on a gift card in one of the four test locations.  —  While 9.4 percent of New York City households have no bank account, in the Bronx that number nearly doubles to 17.7 percent.
Felicia Sonmez / Washington Post:
Rep. Paul Gosar tweets altered anime video showing him killing Rep. Ocasio-Cortez and attacking President Biden  —  Rep. Paul A. Gosar (R-Ariz.) shared an altered, animated video that depicts him killing Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) and swinging two swords at President Biden …
Grant Stern / The Stern Facts:
Ron DeSantis enemies list targets DNC member for “sleeping dragons” and viral tweets  —  Thomas Kennedy embarrassed Florida's governor.  DeSantis' office directed the state's top law enforcement agency to disseminate criminal intelligence about him.  —  Florida's top statewide law enforcement …
Jake Silverstein / New York Times:
The 1619 Project and the Long Battle Over U.S. History  —  Fights over how we tell our national story go back more than a century — and have a great deal to teach us about our current divisions.  —  To hear more audio stories from publications like The New York Times, download Audm for iPhone or Android.
Sarah Longwell / The Bulwark:
Desperately Seeking DeSantis (and Youngkin)  —  Hoping for a post-Trump future.  —  On the election night 2021, mere minutes after the Virginia governor's race had been called for Glenn Youngkin, Ross Douthat tweeted: … No need to wait for Youngkin to pass legislation.  Or create jobs.
Noah Feldman / New York Times:
Is the Supreme Court on Its Way to Becoming a Conservative Bastion? … When you purchase an independently reviewed book through our site, we earn an affiliate commission.  —  JUSTICE ON THE BRINK  —  The Death of Ruth Bader Ginsburg, the Rise of Amy Coney Barrett, and Twelve Months That Transformed the Supreme Court
Discussion: Reason and Althouse
Michelle Goldberg / New York Times:
Covid-Related School Chaos Is a Problem for Democrats  —  Last Wednesday morning, Christopher Rufo, the architect of the right-wing crusade against critical race theory, sent me a message asking if I wanted to talk, I suppose because I was one of the first people to write about his project back in February.
Discussion: Balloon Juice, Twitchy and RedState
Washington Post:
Why millions of job seekers aren't getting hired in this hot job market  —  The United States has a record number of job openings, but many firms continue to favor candidates with several years of experience, availability to work evening or weekend hours, and a willingness to work in-person
Discussion: Daily Kos and Florida Politics
Alastair Gale / Wall Street Journal:
U.S. Tests Israel's Iron Dome in Guam as Defense Against Chinese Cruise Missiles  —  System gets tryout at Pacific base, countering Beijing's buildup  —  Israel has used it to intercept thousands of Palestinian rockets and mortars.  Now the Iron Dome missile-defense system is being tested …
 
 
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Courtney Kube / NBC News:
Pentagon steps up efforts to evacuate families of U.S. troops from Afghanistan
Discussion: Washington Examiner and ABC17NEWS
Noam Scheiber / New York Times:
Starbucks Wants Union Vote Delayed in Buffalo
Jamelle Bouie / New York Times:
What ‘Structural Racism’ Really Means
Washington Examiner:
Randi Weingarten should have learned in school that she cannot fool everyone
Washington Post:
More than 360,000 U.S. children under 12 have already received a coronavirus vaccine
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Politico:
The Senate's year-end to-do list is ‘going to be a train wreck’
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Unscientific Method  —  An astronomer's peer-reviewed work is passed under the “equity” lens and found wanting.
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