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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.
Discussion: 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: Raw Story, Political Wire and CBS News
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Ed Morrissey / HotAir:
Too dumb to check: Biden to improve standing with voters by hiring ...  ... the man who just alienated so many that a state that Joe Biden won by ten points flipped to the GOP?  Punchbowl News reports this morning that the White House will look for room to hire Terry McAuliffe …
Jennifer Rubin / Washington Post:
Tough sentences for Jan. 6 rioters should freak Trump out
Discussion: Raw Story
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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Politico:
Biden's ‘I feel your pain’ conundrum
Discussion: Washington Examiner
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.
Discussion: RedState
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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.
Jazz Shaw / HotAir:   BLM promises “bloodshed” in NYC if anti-crime police units return
Adam Kredo / Washington Free Beacon:
Iran-Backed Militants Storm US Embassy in Yemen, Seize Hostages and Equipment  —  The State Department is working to secure the release of several hostages taken by Iran-backed terrorists after they stormed the U.S. embassy facility in Sana'a, Yemen, U.S. officials told the Washington Free Beacon early Thursday.
Discussion: National Review
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Joseph Simonson / Washington Free Beacon:   Customs and Border Protection May Lose Thousands of Agents Due To Vaccine Mandate
Nick Miroff / Washington Post:
Border crossings by Haitian migrants plunged in October, CBP data show
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Elizabeth Faddis / Washington Examiner:
Federal judge rules Texas mask ban violates rights of disabled
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 …
Congresswoman Jackie Speier:
Speier and Congressional Colleagues to Introduce Resolution Calling for Censure of Rep Gosar  —  WASHINGTON, D.C. - Congresswoman Jackie Speier (CA-14), co-chair of the Democratic Women's Caucus (DWC), and Representatives Jim Cooper (TN-5); Brenda Lawrence (MI-14), co-chair of the DWC …
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Mychael Schnell / The Hill:
House Democrats to introduce resolution calling for Gosar censure
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, Raw Story and Daily Kos
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 …
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Bloomberg:   China's Elite Hand Xi a Key Victory, Paving the Way for His Indefinite Rule
Kayla Tausche / CNBC:
Xi is expected to invite Biden to the Beijing Winter Olympics, sources say
Discussion: Financial Times
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.
Discussion: Raw Story
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
Jaclyn Ramkissoon / KXAN-TV:
Man accused of setting fire to Austin synagogue on Halloween arrested  —  AUSTIN (KXAN) — Arson investigators with the Austin Fire Department arrested a man Wednesday who is accused of intentionally setting fire to an Austin synagogue on Halloween night.  —  Franklin Barrett Sechriest …
Drew Harwell / Washington Post:
Contract lawyers face a growing invasion of surveillance programs that monitor their work  —  The attorneys worry that if law firms, traditionally the defenders of workers' rights, are turning to the programs, why wouldn't every other business?  —  Camille Anidi, an attorney on Long Island …
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
Glenn Greenwald:
Democrats Are Profoundly Committed to Criminal Justice Reform — For Everyone But Their Enemies  —  Principles of rehabilitative justice, reform of the carceral state, and liberalized criminal justice evaporate when Democrats demand harsh prison for their political adversaries.
Discussion: RedState and Twitchy
Charles P. Pierce / Esquire:
We Have Moved Swiftly On to the Book-Burning Portion of the Proceedings  —  Remember how so many of those Concerned Moms in Virginia kept couching their Concerns by making the point that, hey, we're not book-burners or anything?  Problem is, if you start down the road that Glenn Youngkin took …
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.
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
 
 
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Kyle Kondik / New York Times:
How Likely Is a Democratic Comeback Next Year?
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Caitlin McFall / Fox News:
Sen. Cotton honors veterans, 100th anniversary of the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier
Discussion: Washington Examiner
Becket Adams / Washington Examiner:
Good riddance to Brian Williams
Politico:
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Discussion: CNN, Bipartisan Report and Daily Kos
Ann Coulter:
I Read Biden's Build Back Better Plan and ... Oh, My God
Marc Lacey / New York Times:
F.W. de Klerk, Last President of Apartheid South Africa, Dies at 85
Jerry Dunleavy / Washington Examiner:
DOJ and FBI gave cover to Steele dossier source accused of lying
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Jeff Stein / Washington Post:
Democrats' lofty tax agenda imperiled by resistance from within
New York Times:
Andrew Cuomo Under Oath: Proud, Prickly and Often Unable to Recall
Discussion: Washington Post
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
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
Scientific American:
The Anti-Critical Race Theory Movement Will Profoundly Affect Public Education
Discussion: Insider