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12:05 PM ET, November 14, 2021

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Sara Fischer / Axios:
The media's epic fail  —  A reckoning is hitting news organizations for years-old coverage of the 2017 Steele dossier, after the document's primary source was charged with lying to the FBI.  —  Why it matters: It's one of the most egregious journalistic errors in modern history …
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Jeff Stein / SpyTalk:
Steele Dossier in Tatters  —  Kick 'em when they're up, kick 'em when they're down  —  I bet I'm not the only journalist with Don Henley's iconic 1982 hit, Dirty Laundry, swirling in their head this week, as the fortunes of former MI6 agent David Steele and his so-called dossier disintegrate.
Discussion: Breitbart and Louder With Crowder
Washington Post:
Biden approval hits new low as economic discontent rises, Post-ABC poll finds  —  Majorities of Americans support President Biden's $1.2 trillion bipartisan infrastructure package and a pending bill that would spend nearly $2 trillion on social programs and climate initiatives.
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Gary Langer / ABC News:
Economic discontent, criticisms of Biden lift GOP to record early advantage: POLL  —  Both parties, however, are seen as out of touch by majorities of Americans.  —  Republican congressional candidates currently hold their largest lead in midterm election vote preferences …
Discussion: Fox News, NBC News and TheBlaze
Libby Cathey / ABC News:
Memo from Trump attorney outlined how Pence could overturn election, says new book  —  ABC News' Jonathan Karl covers the story in his new book on Trump's presidency.  —  In a memo not made public until now, then-White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows emailed to Vice President Mike Pence's top aide …
Maggie Haberman / New York Times:
What's in Chris Christie's New Book  —  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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George J. Terwilliger III / Washington Post:   In abandoning executive privilege, Biden rejects 200 years of history
David Lat / Original Jurisdiction:
Yale Law School And the Federalist Society: Caught In A Bad Romance?  —  The ‘trap house’ email controversy is even worse than we thought. … The Federalist Society, the nation's leading organization of conservative and libertarian law students and lawyers, got its start at Yale Law School.
Discussion: Reason
Washington Post:
Republicans seek a U.S. Senate takeover in 2022 but struggle over candidates  —  The national environment could hardly look more favorable to Republicans one year before the midterm elections, with declining approval for President Biden, growing pessimism in the country and spiking prices for essentials like gasoline and milk.
Discussion: Red Voice Media and Political Wire
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Kate Scanlon / Washington Examiner:
Senate candidates' checkered pasts leave some Republicans worried about 2022 prospects
Discussion: Raw Story
Des Moines Register:
Iowa Poll: In a potential 2024 match, Donald Trump leads Joe Biden by double digits  —  Brianne Pfannenstiel Stephen Gruber-MillerDes Moines Register  —  In a hypothetical 2024 rematch, former President Donald Trump leads President Joe Biden in Iowa by 11 percentage points, a new Des Moines Register/Mediacom Iowa Poll shows.
Tara Palmeri / Politico:
POLITICO Playbook: No BIF bump for Biden  —  DRIVING THE DAY  —  A new WaPo-ABC poll out this morning has President JOE BIDEN's approval rating down to 41%, with 53% of respondents disapproving.  That's troubling for the White House because the poll was conducted Nov. 7-10 …
Associated Press:
Workers at federal prisons are committing some of the crimes  —  WASHINGTON (AP) — More than 100 federal prison workers have been arrested, convicted or sentenced for crimes since the start of 2019, including a warden indicted for sexual abuse, an associate warden charged with murder …
Holly Otterbein / Politico:
GOP roars back to life in Trump-resistant Pennsylvania suburbs  —  PHILADELPHIA — The Philadelphia suburbs buried Donald Trump in 2020.  —  One year later, after enabling Joe Biden to flip one of the nation's most critical swing states, their lurch in the opposite direction is a cause for alarm among Democrats.
Discussion: Breitbart and Washington Post
Los Angeles Times:
Op-Ed: Glasgow's hope at a critical moment in the climate battle  —  For those looking for reasons to be cynical about the U.N. Climate Change Conference in Glasgow, Scotland — COP26 — there seemed to be more than ample cause early on.  Yet for those looking for hope, grounds for this too emerged later.
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Naomi Lim / Washington Examiner:
Psaki deputy Karine Jean-Pierre gets her audition behind the podium  —  White House spokeswoman Karine Jean-Pierre wrapped up her longest run behind the briefing podium this week, an unofficial audition for the top job.  —  But Jean-Pierre substituting for press secretary Jen Psaki coincides …
Discussion: ABC News
 
 
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