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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.
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Insider, Raw Story, POLITICUSUSA 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 …
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Associated Press:
Max Cleland, former VA chief and Georgia senator, dies
Max Cleland, former VA chief and Georgia senator, dies
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Washington Examiner and Washington Post
Katharine Q. Seelye / New York Times:
Max Cleland, Vietnam Veteran and Former Senator, Dies at 79
Max Cleland, Vietnam Veteran and Former Senator, Dies at 79
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Outside the Beltway
Lisa Rein / Washington Post:
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 …
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Political Wire
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Nick Niedzwiadek / Politico:
Watchdog: 13 Trump officials violated Hatch Act during 2020 campaign
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.
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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Insider, Talking Points Memo, Washington Examiner, Mock Paper Scissors, Daily Kos, Lawyers, Guns & Money and Political Wire
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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.
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Trip Gabriel / New York Times:
Sununu to Seek Re-election as New Hampshire Governor, Rejecting Senate Bid
Sununu to Seek Re-election as New Hampshire Governor, Rejecting Senate Bid
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CNBC, The Hill, Bloomberg, Wall Street Journal, Fox News, Associated Press, Politico, Washington Examiner, NBC Boston and CBS Boston
Henry J. Gomez / NBC News:
New Hampshire Gov. Chris Sununu says he will not run for Senate, a blow to GOP hopes
New Hampshire Gov. Chris Sununu says he will not run for Senate, a blow to GOP hopes
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New York Magazine, Washington Post, HotAir, The American Independent, Breitbart, CNN, The Daily Caller and WTOP News
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.
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Insider, Raw Story and POLITICUSUSA
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 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 …
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New York Magazine, Washington Examiner, The Nation, Mediaite, Nicki Swift, The Bulwark and The Daily Caller
Paul LeBlanc / CNN:
Republican congressman details threatening voicemail he received after voting for bipartisan infrastructure bill — Washington (CNN)Republican Rep. Fred Upton on Monday shared a threatening voicemail he had received after voting for the bipartisan infrastructure bill last week.
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Alex Daugherty / Miami Herald:
Bill sends billions for roads, internet and more in Florida
Bill sends billions for roads, internet and more in Florida
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Florida Politics, Townhall and Roll Call
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).
Julie Bosman / New York Times:
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 …
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HotAir, Townhall, USA Today, The Federalist, NBC Chicago, The Western Journal, Al Jazeera and ABC7
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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The Hill, Mediaite and The Guardian
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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.
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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.
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CNBC, HotAir, National Review, The Federalist, Townhall and Political Wire
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 …
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Jacobin
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 …
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Washington Examiner and National Review
Joseph Yeh / Latest | FOCUS TAIWAN:
U.S. lawmakers arrive in Taiwan on board military aircraft — Taipei, Nov. 9 (CNA) A United States C-40 Clipper military transport plane made a brief stop in Taipei on Tuesday night with a group of American senators and representatives on board for a previously undisclosed visit to Taiwan, according to local media reports.
Nikhel Sus / CREW:
Trump DOJ chose not to brief Congress on “expected” Jan. 6 “unrest” … Justice Department officials considered briefing Congress on January 5 about expected “unrest” in Washington that week, but ultimately chose not to, according to records obtained by CREW.
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.
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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.
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.
Michael J. de la Merced / New York Times:
DealBook Summit: Tim Cook Discusses Cryptocurrency — TRANSCRIPT … Companies have a responsibility to be a force for good in society, according to Tim Cook, Apple's chief executive. But how to achieve that is sometimes less than clear. — In a wide-ranging interview at the DealBook Online Summit …
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Forbes
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 …
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Raw Story
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 …
Axios:
Americans now want to read about sports, not politics — Politics and hard news have moved to the back burner of the national conversation, with sports — and particularly the NFL — generating more interest, new data shows. — Why it matters: It's a huge shift from a year ago …
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Political Wire
Sharon LaFraniere / New York Times:
Pfizer and BioNTech are expected to ask federal regulators to clear their boosters for all adults. — Pfizer and BioNTech are expected on Tuesday to ask federal regulators to expand authorization of its coronavirus booster shot to include all adults, according to two people familiar with the situation.
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National Review, Human Events, Washington Post and CBS Boston
Jamelle Bouie / New York Times:
What ‘Structural Racism’ Really Means — Whether for inspiration, new ideas or simply as a refresher, it is important to revisit the classics of whatever constitutes your field of interest. It was with that in mind that I spent much of the weekend rereading the 1948 book, “Caste, Class …
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.
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Financial Times