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Mike Allen / Axios:
“Axios on HBO” exclusive: Christie taunts Trump for losing  —  Former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie, lacing up for a possible presidential run in 2024, told “Axios on HBO” he won't back down from a fight with former President Donald Trump, taunting his longtime friend for losing the last election.
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Tommy Christopher / Mediaite:
WATCH: Chris Christie ROASTS Trump for Losing to Joe Biden in Feud Escalation  —  Former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie hit back at former President Donald Trump by harshly contrasting the results of their respective reelection efforts.  —  Trump and Christie are embroiled in a feud that offers a little bit of fun for everyone.
Ed Morrissey / HotAir:
Obama adviser: Bidenflation is real and it's spectacular — and directly tied to Biden's stimulus  —  I hate to say we told you so back in February — so let's let one of Barack Obama's economists say it instead.  “They poured kerosene on a fire,” former Obama administration economic adviser …
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Ed Morrissey / HotAir:
Too dumb to check: Biden to improve standing with voters by hiring ...
Discussion: ABC News
Politico:
Biden's ‘I feel your pain’ conundrum
Discussion: Washington Examiner
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Elizabeth Faddis / Washington Examiner:
Federal judge rules Texas mask ban violates rights of disabled
Chris Sommerfeldt / New York Daily News:
Black Lives Matter activists threaten ‘riots’ if Mayor-elect Eric Adams reinstates controversial NYPD anti-crime units  —  Leaders of the city's Black Lives Matter movement on Wednesday threatened “riots” and “bloodshed” in the streets if Mayor-elect Eric Adams reverses the abolition of the NYPD's controversial anti-crime units.
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New York Post:
BLM leader says there will be ‘bloodshed’ after spat with Eric Adams over police reform  —  A Black Lives Matter leader said there will be “bloodshed” after debating police reform with Mayor-elect Eric Adams during a contentious sit-down with the incoming Democrat at Brooklyn Borough Hall Wednesday.
Perry Bacon Jr / Washington Post:
Have Democrats reached the limits of White appeasement politics?  —  There is a flip side to the White grievance of the right — and it's one of the most important but under-discussed aspects of American politics.  —  In the decades since the passage of the Civil Rights and Voting Rights acts in the 1960s …
Miranda Devine / New York Post:
Kyle Rittenhouse shooting a clear case of self-defense  —  It was hard to watch Kyle Rittenhouse break down during almost five hours in the witness box Wednesday.  —  Over and over, he was forced to relive the traumatic evening of August 25, 2020, when he was chased by a murderous antifa mob …
Discussion: BizPac Review, ABC13 and IJR
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Matt Wilstein / The Daily Beast:
Fox News Host Jeanine Pirro Offers Up Wild Defense of Kyle Rittenhouse
Discussion: Mediaite and Raw Story
Washington Post:
Pressure builds on Meadows to cooperate with Jan. 6 committee as White House rejects his executive privilege claims  —  The House Select committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol and the White House are ramping up the pressure on former Trump White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows …
Discussion: CBS News
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Jennifer Rubin / Washington Post:
Tough sentences for Jan. 6 rioters should freak Trump out
Discussion: Raw Story
Chris Buckley / New York Times:
China's Communist Party Paves the Way for Xi to Extend His Rule  —  Here's what you need to know:  —  Eyeing his future, Xi Jinping rewrites the past.  —  阅读.体中 文.  • 閱讀.體中 文.  —  China's Communist Party delivered Xi Jinping …
Discussion: New York Magazine and Al Jazeera
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Jenni Marsh / Bloomberg:   China Elite Hand Xi Key Victory, Paving Way for Indefinite Rule
Amy Cheng / Washington Post:
London's River Thames, now home to sharks, seals and seahorses, is no longer ‘biologically dead’  —  Some 60 years ago, parts of the River Thames were declared biologically dead.  But the famous waterway that cuts through London has been revived and it is now home to hundreds of wildlife species, such as seahorses and sharks.
Discussion: Bloomberg
Roger Sollenberger / The Daily Beast:
Embattled GOP Senator Says a Staffer Messed Up His Campaign Reports and Vanished.  We Found Him in Minutes.  —  Sen. Mike Braun (R-IN) is accused of a number of major campaign-finance violations.  The campaign blames it on one particular staffer who it says “vanished.”  Not quite.
Mychael Schnell / The Hill:
House Democrats to introduce resolution calling for Gosar censure  —  House Democrats announced on Wednesday that they will introduce a resolution to censure Rep. Paul Gosar after he posted an anime-style video that depicted the Arizona Republican and other GOP lawmakers violently attacking President Biden …
Discussion: Fox News and Daily Kos
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CNBC:
After weeks of declines, U.S. Covid cases have stalled at a high level: ‘The ERs are packed’  — New infections have dropped to an average of more than 74,000 per day over the past week, a 57% fall from the delta wave's peak level of 172,500 new cases per day on Sept. 13.
Discussion: HillReporter.com
Becket Adams / Washington Examiner:
Good riddance to Brian Williams  —  After 28 long years, disgraced former NBC News anchor Brian Williams is leaving the Peacock network.  —  Thus falls another overpaid anchor of little talent in an industry replete with overpaid anchors of little talent.  —  Williams, who was demoted …
Hans Nichols / Axios:
Manchin may delay Biden social spending plan over inflation  —  Red-hot inflation data validates the instinct of Sen. Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.) to punt President Biden's Build Back Better agenda until next year — potentially killing a quick deal on the $1.75 trillion package, people familiar with the matter tell Axios.
Discussion: Breitbart, Noahpinion, Bloomberg and HotAir
Justin Davidson / Curbed:
Perfecting the New York Street An achievable, replicable plan for a city that's embracing public space as never before.  —  When automobiles first appeared on the streets of New York, quickly and decisively transforming the city into an early center of car culture, those streets bent to their needs.
Jeff Stein / Washington Post:
Democrats' lofty tax agenda imperiled by resistance from within  —  The White House and its allies wanted to rewrite the tax code, raising rates on businesses and the wealthy.  But key Democrats balked, and they scaled everything back.  —  Democrats swept into power earlier this year promising …
Gabby Orr / CNN:
Trump allies are pushing for ‘stay away’ strategy in some 2022 races  —  (CNN)Donald Trump is expected to maintain a prolific schedule of campaign rallies to boost Republicans in next year's midterms.  But on the heels of Gov.-elect Glenn Youngkin's victory in Virginia …
Discussion: The Nation, Insider and Raw Story
Ann Coulter:
I Read Biden's Build Back Better Plan and ... Oh, My God  —  The White House's official press release announcing the Build Back Better Act (BBB) pitches it as a “PLAN TO REBUILD THE MIDDLE CLASS.”  It rhapsodizes about “working families” squeezed by the economy, and reminds voters that …
Wall Street Journal:
Elon Musk Sells Around $5 Billion in Tesla Stock  —  Three-days of share disposals come as the billionaire chief executive exercises a large number of stock options  —  Elon Musk sold about $5 billion in Tesla Inc. shares this week as he exercised stock options that he received as part …
Politico:
POLITICO Playbook: The other big intra-Democratic fight  —  DRIVING THE DAY  —  NUMBER OF DAYS UNTIL GOVERNMENT FUNDING EXPIRES: 22  —  DEBT LIMIT X DATE: between mid-December and mid-February (that's the latest estimate from the Bipartisan Policy Center on when Treasury will hit the debt ceiling).
Discussion: CNN, Talking Points Memo and Raw Story
New York Post:
Hunter Biden makes flashy NYC art scene debut at gallery show for his pricey paintings  —  First son Hunter Biden acted like a full-fledged member of the New York art scene Wednesday evening, making a flashy appearance at the gallery where his unexpectedly pricey paintings are being displayed.
Discussion: Fox News and Power Line
Vinny Vella / The Philadelphia Inquirer:
Two teens were charged with murder in the shooting that led to an 8-year-old girl's death at a high school football game  —  Two teenagers who prosecutors say started a gunfight outside a Sharon Hill high school football game that led to the fatal police shooting of 8-year-old Fanta Bility …
Aaron Blake / Washington Post:
‘I think we should throw those books in a fire’: Movement builds on right to target books  —  Perhaps the most infamous quote of the 2021 Virginia governor's race — and indeed of any 2021 race — belongs to Democrat Terry McAuliffe: “I don't think parents should be telling schools what they should teach.”
 
 
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Joseph Simonson / Washington Free Beacon:
Customs and Border Protection May Lose Thousands of Agents Due To Vaccine Mandate
Jerry Dunleavy / Washington Examiner:
DOJ and FBI gave cover to Steele dossier source accused of lying
Kayla Tausche / CNBC:
Xi is expected to invite Biden to the Beijing Winter Olympics, sources say
Discussion: Financial Times
Emily Davies / Washington Post:
D.C. enters agreement with Marshals Service to address ‘systemic failures’ in city's jail
Discussion: WTOP News
The American Independent:
COVID misinformation fueled by right-wing media has reached 80% of Americans
New York Times:
Andrew Cuomo Under Oath: Proud, Prickly and Often Unable to Recall
Discussion: Washington Post
Sean Lyngaas / CNN:
US joins international cybersecurity partnership that Trump snubbed
Discussion: New York Times
 Earlier Items: 
Leana S. Wen / Washington Post:
Vaccine requirements come with very real political risks. But they're still worth pursuing.
Discussion: Althouse
Aaron Keller / Law & Crime:
Woman Seen Comforting Kyle Rittenhouse's Mom in Court Is Actually a Consultant Who Selected ‘Perfect Juror’ for O.J. Simpson Trial
Discussion: Mediaite
Hollywood Reporter:
Hollywood Studio Projects Get Stricter About COVID-19 Vaccine Mandates
Discussion: CBR, Twitchy and Forbes
Nury Turkel / CNN:
I was born in a Chinese ‘reeducation camp.’ I'm watching history repeat itself
Discussion: The Daily Caller
James Hohmann / Washington Post:
The Democrats need to go back to school
Catie Edmondson / New York Times:
House Republicans Who Backed Infrastructure Bill Face Vicious Backlash
Philip Mousavizadeh / Yale Daily News:
A “proliferation of administrators”: faculty reflect on two decades of rapid expansion
Discussion: National Review
 

 
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Mandy Dalugdug / Music Business Worldwide:
UMG, ABKCO, and Concord sue Believe and its subsidiary TuneCore for $500M+, alleging Believe built its business via “industrial-scale copyright infringement”

Christopher Palmeri / Bloomberg:
Sources: Shari Redstone does not plan to stay on the board of Paramount Global after the company completes its planned merger with Skydance Media

Manish Singh / TechCrunch:
India issues a notice to Wikipedia over bias concerns, questioning if it should be classified as a publisher, after judges called its open editing “dangerous”

 
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