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2:50 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
Discussion: Breitbart
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 …
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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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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Raphael Minder / New York Times:
Portugal bars companies from contacting employees off hours and requires other protections for remote work.  —  MADRID — Portugal is barring employers from contacting their staff outside their contracted working hours under a new law and from remotely monitoring their work …
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 …
Discussion: Insider
NBC News:
Schiff says Jan. 6 committee preparing to refer Meadows for criminal contempt charges  —  Full Schiff: When Trump aides refuse subpoenas, they 'seem to feel that they're above the law'  —  WASHINGTON — The House Select Committee investigating the January 6 insurrection at the U.S. Capitol will …
Discussion: CNN
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.
Glenn Thrush / New York Times:
‘Ghost Guns’: Firearm Kits Bought Online Fuel Epidemic of Violence  —  They are untraceable and can be ordered with a click by children, gang members and felons.  The Biden administration is trying to crack down, but law enforcement officials believe the problem may be here to stay.
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
Will Sommer / The Daily Beast:
Fox News Story Disappears Own Critique of White Nationalists  —  The original version of a story about far-right activists protesting a vaccine mandate called them out.  After edits, the story pointed the finger only at “antifa.”  —  Fox News edited an article Sunday to downplay the presence …
Discussion: Mediaite
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 …
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 …
Emma Colton / Fox News:
Trump aims to oust ‘RINOs, sell-outs’ who voted for infrastructure with 3 notable exceptions  —  Trump called the Republicans ‘RINOs, sellouts, and known losers’  —  Fox News Flash top headlines for November 13  —  Former President Donald Trump is amping up his battle against “RINOs …
 
 
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A deep dive into Paramount's sale to Skydance; sources: Skydance may integrate Pluto into Paramount+, and CBS head George Cheeks is expected to be head of TV

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Jack Dunn / Variety:
Trump appoints Mark Burnett, the British TV executive who created and produced the reality show The Apprentice, as a special envoy to the UK

 
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