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5:00 PM ET, November 13, 2021

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Maggie Haberman / New York Times:
Chris Christie Wants the Post-Trump G.O.P. to Move Past 2020  —  In a new book and in an interview, Mr. Christie says that if the former president wants to be a positive force, “he's got to let this other stuff go.”  —  Chris Christie wants to be very clear about something: The election of 2020 was not stolen.
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Ruth Marcus / Washington Post:
Sorry, Mr. Trump: Executive privilege is President Biden's to assert
Discussion: New York Times and Mother Jones
Washington Post:
At COP26, nations speed climate action but leave world still headed for dangerous warming  —  As negotiators praised the compromise the minister from the low-lying Maldives noted, “It will be too late” for her nation and others most vulnerable to climate impacts.
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CNN:
Nations reach climate deal with unprecedented reference to fossil fuels, but doesn't reflect urgency of crisis  —  Glasgow, Scotland (CNN)A COP26 agreement was reached on Saturday with an unprecedented reference to the role of fossil fuels in the climate crisis, with an 11th-hour change …
Discussion: ABC17NEWS and Associated Press
New York Times:
How the U.S. Hid an Airstrike That Killed Dozens of Civilians in Syria  —  The military never conducted an independent investigation into a 2019 bombing on the last bastion of the Islamic State, despite concerns about a secretive commando force.  —  In the last days of the battle …
Discussion: Forbes and Rolling Stone
Washington Post:
Harris and Buttigieg under the spotlight amid uncertainty over Biden's future  —  PARIS — Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg started his week in the White House press briefing room promoting a crown jewel of President Biden's legislative agenda — a landmark public works package that recently passed with bipartisan support.
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CNN:
US announces big hike in Medicare premiums  —  (CNN)The federal government announced a large hike in Medicare premiums Friday night, blaming the pandemic but also what it called uncertainty over how much it may have to be forced to pay for a pricey and controversial new Alzheimer's drug.
Discussion: UPI and ABC17NEWS
Caitlin McFall / Fox News:
DOJ says it will ‘vigorously defend’ Biden OSHA COVID-19 vaccine mandate in court  —  An appeals court has blocked the OSHA vaccine mandate from taking effect
Discussion: Townhall, Page Array and The Federalist
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Dan Whitcomb / Reuters:
U.S. appeals court affirms hold on Biden COVID-19 vaccine mandate
Ta-Nehisi Coates / The Atlantic:
The Man Who Freed Me From Cant  —  I always find it hard to list the books that have influenced me the most.  Memory is tricky, and a work can assert its influences over my thinking long after I've forgotten its particular details, or even its title.  Moreover, people who set as their job …
Allison Schrager / Bloomberg:
Americans Need to Learn to Live More Like Europeans  —  Supply-chain shortages are constraining U.S. consumers' endless appetite for buying whatever they want whenever they want.  It's about time.  —  It's become the conventional wisdom that the U.S. economy is built on Americans' endless appetite to buy lots and lots of stuff.
Discussion: RedState and Twitchy
Washington Post:
Oklahoma National Guard rejects Pentagon's coronavirus vaccine mandate  —  The Oklahoma National Guard has rejected the Defense Department's requirement for all service members to receive the coronavirus vaccine and will allow personnel to sidestep the policy with no repercussions …
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Davis Winkie / Army Times:
Oklahoma Guard goes rogue, rejects COVID vaccine mandate after sudden change of command
Discussion: The Oklahoman
Josh Gerstein / Politico:
FBI raid on Project Veritas founder's home sparks questions about press freedom  —  The Biden administration's effort to establish itself as a committed champion of press freedom is facing new doubts because of the Justice Department's aggressive legal tactics against a conservative provocateur known for his hidden-camera video stings.
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Brian Slodysko / Associated Press:
Sinema's shift: ‘Prada socialist’ to corporate donor magnet  —  WASHINGTON (AP) — Twenty years ago, a Green Party activist running for the Phoenix City Council named Kyrsten Sinema likened raising campaign cash to “bribery.”  —  Now a first-term senator from Arizona, she no longer has such qualms.
Discussion: ABC17NEWS
Brett Wilkins / Common Dreams:
Documents Expose ‘Staggering Pattern of Political Interference’ in Trump's Covid-19 Response  —  “Top elected officials preferred to keep Americans in the dark and set policy based on political considerations, not science,” said one former CDC adviser.  —  Documents released Friday reveal …
Associated Press:
Fox News edits video of Biden to make it seem he was being racially insensitive  —  Fox & Friends host played edited clip before claiming the US president was ‘facing backlash’ for his remarks  —  Fox News edited video of Joe Biden to remove context from remarks some could judge as racially insensitive.
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Jon Levine / New York Post:
Retirement talk growing around Rep. Jerry Nadler  —  Rep. Jerry Nadler, a liberal warhorse who has represented Manhattan's West Side in Congress since 1992, may pack it in at the end of his current term, insiders tell The Post.  —  “People are wondering when he would decide to retire,” …
Andrew Sullivan / The Weekly Dish:
When All The Media Narratives Collapse  —  In case after case, the US MSM just keeps getting it wrong.  —  The news is a perilous business.  It's perilous because the first draft of history is almost always somewhat wrong, and needs a second draft, and a third, and so on, over time …
Discussion: HotAir
New York Times:
Migrants Say Belarusians Took Them to E.U. Border and Supplied Wire Cutters  —  Iraqi Kurds and other migrants said they were fleeing despair at home, but Belarus encouraged them, offering visas and helping them get to the border.  —  SULAIMANIYA, Iraq — The sudden surge of migrants …
Timothy Bella / Washington Post:
Judge in Kyle Rittenhouse trial faces backlash from ‘Asian food’ joke: ‘Definitely not okay’  —  As the court in the murder trial of Kyle Rittenhouse was set to adjourn for lunch Thursday, Judge Bruce E. Schroeder thought it was a good time to joke about whether their food would get there on time.
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Jim Treacher / Who the Hell Is Jim Treacher?:
Kyle Rittenhouse Shot Three (3) White People and Zero (0) Black People
Discussion: Instapundit
Jason Rantz / MyNorthwest.com:
13-yr-old watches father die as staffing crisis likely delayed police, fire response  —  In two 911 calls, a 13-year-old Seattle teen pleaded for help as his father suffered a medical emergency in their apartment.  But what would normally elicit an immediate response was delayed, and the father died.
 
 
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Margo Milanowski / Popular Science:
This one image illustrates the severity of climate change
Discussion: Twitchy
New York Times:
On Podcasts and Radio, Misleading Covid-19 Talk Goes Unchecked
Discussion: Balloon Juice
New York Post:
Family affair: Adams campaign paid Brooklyn Dem boss' hubby $80K
Bridget Murphy / Newsday:
Police patrols around Rep. Andrew Garbarino's office stepped up after death threat, commissioner says
Henry Olsen / Washington Post:
Are Americans starting to embrace one-earner households again?
Discussion: Breitbart, New York Times and CNN
 Earlier Items: 
Steve Peoples / Associated Press:
Inside DNC chair's ‘challenging’ bid to avert midterm defeat
Discussion: The Guardian
Zach Montellaro / Politico:
Nationalized races threaten Dem governors in '22
David Leonhardt / New York Times:
How Does This End?  —  Thinking about Covid and normalcy.  —  Among the Covid experts …
Discussion: Mediaite
W. Joseph Campbell / The Hill:
After a misfire in New Jersey, pollster offers a remarkable apology for error
McKay Coppins / The Atlantic:
Inside the Red-State Plot to Take Down a Top Trump Ally
Discussion: Raw Story
CNN:
Pardon for Homer Plessy, of Plessy v. Ferguson's ‘separate but equal’ ruling, heads to Louisiana governor's desk
CBS News:
Andrew Sullivan says America's democracy is at risk because citizens can't compromise
The Guardian:
These maps show how Republicans are blatantly rigging elections