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12:25 PM 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: 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 …
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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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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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
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
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).
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 …
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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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 …
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 …
Discussion: Politico and Political Wire
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
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.
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'
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
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.
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.
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 …
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.
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 …
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.
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
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.
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
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 …
Luz Lazo / Washington Post:
The infrastructure package puts $66 billion into rail.  It could power the biggest expansion in Amtrak's 50-year history.  —  The funding would help rebuild the Northeast Corridor, but is also a path to bringing service to new cities and towns nationwide  —  The $1.2 trillion bipartisan …
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 …
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
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 …
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.
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:
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Discussion: Washington Examiner and ABC17NEWS
Noam Scheiber / New York Times:
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Washington Examiner:
Randi Weingarten should have learned in school that she cannot fool everyone
Washington Post:
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Heather Mac Donald / City Journal:
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New York Times:
A Conversation With a Virginia Democrat
Michelle Goldberg / New York Times:
Covid-Related School Chaos Is a Problem for Democrats
Discussion: Balloon Juice, Twitchy and RedState
Paloma Esquivel / Los Angeles Times:
Faced with soaring Ds and Fs, schools are ditching the old way of grading