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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.
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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 …
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 …
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Raw Story, Politico, Talking Points Memo, The Guardian, Rolling Stone and Mediaite
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.
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Matt Lewis / The Daily Beast:
Could Chris Christie and Liz Cheney Take Trump Down?
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CNN, Fox News, Raw Story and The Guardian
Maggie Haberman / New York Times:
What's in Chris Christie's New Book
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Insider, Washington Post, Raw Story, POLITICUSUSA, Mother Jones and HillReporter.com
Ed Pilkington / The Guardian:
‘Terrifying for American democracy’: is Trump planning for a 2024 coup? — Republicans are vying for critical positions in many states - from which they could launch a far more effective power-grab than Trump's 2020 effort — At 1.35pm on 6 January, the top Republican in the US Senate …
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Jordain Carney / The Hill:
Biden spending bill to likely slip in Senate after House delays — The Senate's debate over President Biden's social and climate spending bill appears likely to slip, after the House failed to send the bill over before the Veterans Day recess. — Senate Majority Leader Charles Schumer …
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Wall Street Journal, The Office of Majority …, NBC News, Politico, Bloomberg and Townhall
John Wright / Raw Story:
Kayleigh McEnany's notebooks could be a smoking gun in Capitol riot probe: analyst — Of the 16 people subpoenaed this week in the House's Capitol riot probe, former White House press secretary Kayleigh McEnany stands out as potentially key, according to MSNBC analyst Betsy Woodruff Swan.
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.
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Kate Scanlon / Washington Examiner:
Senate candidates' checkered pasts leave some Republicans worried about 2022 prospects
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Raw Story
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 …
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.
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Reason
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 …
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ABC News
Jonathan Turley / The Hill:
Rittenhouse trial: Perils of weighing public opinion over evidence — With closing arguments scheduled for Monday in the Kyle Rittenhouse trial, the jury will soon get one of the most politically and emotionally charged cases in history. The question, however, is whether …
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