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Mike Allen / Axios:
Exclusive audio: Trump defends threats to “hang” Pence — Former President Trump — in a taped interview with Jonathan Karl of ABC News that was shared with Axios — defended, quite extensively, supporters who threatened to “hang” former Vice President Mike Pence.
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John Wagner / Washington Post:
Trump says it was ‘common sense’ for Jan. 6 rioters to chant ‘Hang Mike Pence!’ — Former president Donald Trump said he considered it “common sense” for his supporters to chant “Hang Mike Pence!” during the Jan. 6 insurrection but that he never feared for his vice president's safety.
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Colby Hall / Mediaite:
Trump Defends ‘Hang Mike Pence’ Chant to Jonathan Karl In Stunning Audio
Trump Defends ‘Hang Mike Pence’ Chant to Jonathan Karl In Stunning Audio
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Washington Post, HillReporter.com, Raw Story, POLITICUSUSA and IJR
Aaron Blake / Washington Post:
Trump's callous new comments on Pence reinforce what he really thought of Jan. 6
Trump's callous new comments on Pence reinforce what he really thought of Jan. 6
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Slate and Rolling Stone
Elizabeth Crisp / Newsweek:
College Student Seeks Dating Advice From Mike Pence During Texas Event
College Student Seeks Dating Advice From Mike Pence During Texas Event
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Raw Story
Caroline Vakil / The Hill:
Trump dismisses rioters' calls to hang Pence: ‘People were very angry’
Trump dismisses rioters' calls to hang Pence: ‘People were very angry’
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CNN, Bipartisan Report and Raw Story
Tara Palmeri / Politico:
POLITICO Playbook: Trump sours on DeSantis — DRIVING THE DAY — TODAY'S MUST-READ — “The toughest trial KEVIN MCCARTHY faces on his way to becoming House speaker isn't reclaiming the majority. It's what comes afterward.” That's the blunt takeaway from Olivia Beavers' big piece …
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Nate Cohn / New York Times:
Why Democrats May Have a Long Wait if They Lose Their Grip on Washington — Voters' reflexive instinct to check the party in power makes it hard for any party to retain a hold on both the White House and Congress for long. — Usually, it's the party out of power that frets about whether it will ever win again.
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The Hill, The Nation, Washington Post, One America News Network, The Time of Monsters, The Daily Beast, Washington Monthly and NPR
Nicole Chavez / CNN:
Judge in Kyle Rittenhouse trial makes inappropriate Asian food joke — (CNN)The judge presiding over the homicide trial of Kyle Rittenhouse confused observers after making a strange and off-color joke inside the courtroom on Thursday. — “I hope the Asian food isn't coming …
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HotAir, The Western Journal, The Daily Caller, The Hill, National Review, WGN-TV, ABC17NEWS, Breitbart, Raw Story, The Guardian and Nicki Swift
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William A. Jacobson / New York Post:
The media framed Kyle Rittenhouse — and won't come clean even after the prosecution's case falls apart — Media malpractice has come full circle in Kenosha, Wis. — Kyle Rittenhouse's trial for the shooting deaths of two people and the wounding of another is nearing its end, with the jury expected to get the case soon.
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HotAir, Vox, The Daily Wire, The Western Journal and BizPac Review
Zachary Basu / Axios:
White House says Biden and Xi will hold virtual summit on Nov. 15 — President Biden will hold a virtual summit with Chinese President Xi Jinping on Monday, marking the most public direct engagement between the two leaders since Biden took office, the White House announced Friday.
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Associated Press and Washington Post
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Josephine Harvey / Yahoo News:
White House Mocks ‘Active Imagination’ That Trump's Still Conducting Foreign Policy
White House Mocks ‘Active Imagination’ That Trump's Still Conducting Foreign Policy
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Bipartisan Report, Insider, Mock Paper Scissors and Political Wire
Hugo Lowell / The Guardian:
Mark Meadows faces contempt referral after failure to show for deposition
Mark Meadows faces contempt referral after failure to show for deposition
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ProPublica:
St. Jude Hoards Billions While Many of Its Families Drain Their Savings — St. Jude's Unspent Billions … A series of sharp knocks on his driver's side window startled Jason Burt awake. — It was the middle of the night on a Saturday in 2016. Burt was sleeping in his pickup truck …
The White House:
Statement from President Joe Biden Announcing His Intention to Nominate Dr. Robert Califf for Commissioner of Food and Drugs — I first want to thank Dr. Janet Woodcock for her leadership over the last year. She has done an incredible job leading the agency during what has been a busy and challenging time …
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CNBC, Bloomberg, NBC News and New York Post
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Politico:
Biden nominates Califf as FDA chief
Biden nominates Califf as FDA chief
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Laurie McGinley / Washington Post:
Biden nominates Robert Califf, former Obama FDA chief, as agency commissioner
Biden nominates Robert Califf, former Obama FDA chief, as agency commissioner
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The Hill, USA Today, The Verge, New York Times, STAT, One America News Network and Political Wire
Cristina Marcos / The Hill:
Cheney, Kinzinger signal they'd back Gosar censure — Reps. Liz Cheney (Wyo.) and Adam Kinzinger (Ill.) are expressing support for censuring their fellow Republican Rep. Paul Gosar (Ariz.) for posting a photoshopped anime video this week depicting himself killing Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.).
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Political Wire
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Politico:
Christie's calculus: Trump is ‘in the rearview mirror’ — He doesn't actually say the name Donald Trump when he lays out what's wrong with the Republican Party. — But it's obvious who Chris Christie is talking about in recent speeches, interviews and in a new book that's set for release next week.
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PRESS RUN, New Republic, Raw Story, New York Magazine, The Week, Vanity Fair and Boston Herald
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Washington Post:
The strong winds of climate change have failed to move the opinions of many Americans — Most believe global warming is a problem, but the partisan divide is growing — Even as windstorms became more powerful, wildfires grew more deadly and rising seas made damaging floods more frequent …
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Eli Rosenberg / Washington Post:
A record 4.4 million Americans quit their jobs in September as labor market tumult continued — Rising covid cases, problems finding child care, and better wages elsewhere have all prompted a record number of Americans to quit their jobs. — A record 4.4 million Americans quit their jobs in September …
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HotAir, Wall Street Journal, The Daily Caller and The Daily Wire
Russ Bynum / Associated Press:
Attorney: No more ‘Black pastors’ in court for Arbery case — BRUNSWICK, Ga. (AP) — An attorney for one of the white men standing trial in the death of Ahmaud Arbery told the judge Thursday he doesn't want “any more Black pastors” in the courtroom after the Rev. Al Sharpton sat with the slain man's family.
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Keith Griffith / Daily Mail:
Biden's broken promise: Build Back Better will force 30% of middle class families to pay higher taxes - breaking president's vow to only tax the super-rich, analysis finds — Tax Policy Center analysis finds some middle class taxpayers would pay more — Increases would be modest, and the average household would not pay more
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RedState and BizPac Review
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Marc A. Thiessen / Washington Post:
The danger of critical race theory — By now, most Americans have heard of critical race theory. But many do not know just how radical or pernicious CRT is — because, as a new study from the American Enterprise Institute shows, the media does not explain its key tenets in its coverage.
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The Daily Caller
Petula Dvorak / Washington Post:
An Air Force sergeant killed himself on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial. The note he left is heartbreaking. — Kenneth Omar Santiago's perfect smile dazzles on social media as he poses in his Air Force uniforms — flight suits to mess dress. — He accepts military awards …
NBC News:
Covid vaccine holdouts are caving to mandates — then scrambling to ‘undo’ their shots — As mandates spread, anti-vaccine groups have been trafficking in pseudoscience treatments meant to remove or counteract the vaccines. Experts say it's like trying to “unring a bell.”
Eli Lake / Commentary Magazine:
The Resistance Liar … Adam Schiff was one of the star attractions at Donald Trump's first impeachment trial. In his role as one of the House impeachment managers, Schiff pressed his case on the Senate floor by summoning an earnest indignation. He would at times get hoarse and weary.
Ryan J. Reilly / HuffPost:
‘Unbalanced’ Trump Fanatic Who Took An Arsenal To The Capitol On Jan. 6 Pleads Guilty — Lonnie Coffman, who brought guns and Molotov cocktails to D.C., told a staffer for Sen. Ted Cruz that he wanted to “help with the election fraud he saw.” — A fanatical Donald Trump supporter who parked …
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Raw Story
Tyler O'Neil / Fox News:
NSBA coordinated with White House, DOJ before sending notorious ‘domestic terrorists’ letter: emails — NSBA leaders even altered the letter's text to satisfy the Biden White House — Sen. Tom Cotton calls for Merrick Garland's resignation over schools memo
Ed Morrissey / HotAir:
Harris: Hey, did you know that prices have gone up? — Now why would anyone think that Democrats have to find a way to boot Kamala Harris out of the way to compete in 2024? This performance at a Paris presser should make all Americans confident in this administration's ability to deal with adversity ... right?
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ABC News and Washington Examiner
Michael Lange / The Narrative Wars:
Tish James makes her move — As James launches her campaign for Governor, her political past can provide a preview of what the future holds … Two weeks ago, amidst the fanfare of GOTV weekend leading up to this year's November 3rd election day, Attorney General Letitia “Tish” James …