Wyoming GOP votes to stop recognizing Cheney as a Republican  —  CASPER, Wyo. (AP) — The Wyoming Republican Party will no longer recognize Liz Cheney as a member of the GOP in its second formal rebuke for her criticism of former President Donald Trump.  —  The 31-29 vote Saturday in Buffalo …

Statement from Chancellor Robert J. Zimmer on his role for the University of Austin  —  I was asked to serve in an advisory role to the University of Austin by its founding president, Dr. Pano Kanelos.  This board had no fiduciary, oversight or management responsibilities.

Andrew Sullivan and the Narrative of the “MSM Narrative”  —  The narrative on MSM narratives is false.  —  Over the weekend Andrew Sullivan published a jeremiad against the “mainstream media” that tracks pretty closely with the Matt Taibbi-Glenn Greenwald-Bari Weiss view …

Alex Jones Liable by Default in All Sandy Hook Defamation Suits  —  A Connecticut judge's ruling combines with decisions in Texas to grant a clean sweep for families of shooting victims in their cases against the Infowars host.  —  A superior court in Connecticut granted a sweeping victory …

Mnuchin and Pompeo Discussed a Plan to Oust Trump from Office on Jan. 6: Report  —  “In the hours after the riot, there were high-level conversations about” using the 25th Amendment to kick Trump out of office, according to ABC News' Jonathan Karl  —  Steve Mnuchin and Mike Pompeo discussed …

Kamala Harris' allies lash out at the media and each other as the bad press keeps piling up  — Vice President Kamala Harris is facing more bad press.  — Her allies are increasingly frustrated by reports of infighting in the White House.  — They blame the press and anonymous leaks from her orbit.

It's Not Just White People: Democrats Are Losing Normal Voters of All Races … Last Monday, a Democratic firm hosted focus groups with women in Virginia who voted in 2017 for Democratic Gov. Ralph Northam, in 2020 for Democratic President Joe Biden, and then this month for Republican Gov.-elect Glenn Youngkin.

Teen Who Torched Synagogue Seethed About Jews in Disturbing Diary, Feds Say  —  Franklin Barrett Sechriest, a former National Guard member, also spewed vitriol toward African-Americans, a newly unsealed federal complaint reveals.  —  A Texas teen accused of setting fire to an Austin, Texas …

An empowered I.R.S. emerges as the linchpin of Biden's social policy bill.  —  WASHINGTON — President Biden's pledge to fully pay for his $1.85 trillion social policy and climate spending package depends in large part on having a beefed up Internal Revenue Service crack down on tax evaders …

Scoop: Welch preparing to run for Senate  —  Rep. Peter Welch (D-Vt.) is indicating to colleagues he's preparing to run for the Senate seat being vacated by Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.), people familiar with the matter tell Axios.  —  Why it matters: Vermont has never sent a woman to serve in either the House or Senate.

CBO to Release a Complete Cost Estimate for H.R. 5376, the Build Back Better Act, by November 19  —  The Congressional Budget Office anticipates publishing a complete cost estimate for H.R. 5376, the Build Back Better Act (Rules Committee Print 117-18 incorporating a manager's amendment by Congressman Yarmuth) …

Dems on verge of seizing control of Monroe County Legislature; first time in 30 years  —  Democrats appear to have taken control of the Monroe County Legislature for the first time in more than 30 years.  —  Unofficial absentee and affidavit counts, tabulated Monday, flipped two close races …

Two students sue Yale Law administrators for alleged retaliation in Amy Chua case  —  Two unnamed Yale Law School students filed a complaint Monday against three Law School administrators and the University for allegedly “blackball[ing]” them from job opportunities after they refused to endorse …

Proud Boys leader seeks release from D.C. jail, alleging inhumane conditions  —  A national leader of the Proud Boys, a far-right group with a history of violence, asked a judge on Monday to release him from the D.C. jail and place him on home confinement, citing what he described as inhumane conditions in the facility.

Why on earth does Beto O'Rourke want to run for governor of Texas?  —  It's always intriguing when a well-known figure whom everyone understands has no chance of winning decides to run for office.  —  I doubt even Beto's under illusions about his chances.  He'll be running in a red state facing …

The end of “click to subscribe, call to cancel”?  One of the news industry's favorite retention tactics is illegal, FTC says  —  Most U.S. news organizations won't let readers cancel online.  The Federal Trade Commission wants that to change.  —  Discovering they had to get on the phone …

A newly disclosed memo reveals Trump's plot to turn the military into his personal goon squad  —  I want to apologize to Mark T. Esper, former president Donald Trump's fourth and second-to-last defense secretary.  I may have been too harsh on the man who became known as “Yesper” for accommodating Trump.

Infrastructure was once a crashing bore.  Now it symbolizes our sick, violent politics.  —  Will this be the last gasp of bipartisan deal-making?  If it's this dangerous to vote for infrastructure, there's no safe common ground in politics.  —  View Comments

Biden Infrastructure Czar Advises Pro-China Group  —  President Joe Biden's pick to oversee $1.2 trillion in infrastructure spending is a top adviser to a trade organization that seeks Chinese investment in American infrastructure.  —  Mitch Landrieu serves as strategic adviser …

The Bad Guys Are Winning  —  The future of democracy may well be decided in a drab office building on the outskirts of Vilnius, alongside a highway crammed with impatient drivers heading out of town.  —  I met Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya there this spring, in a room that held a conference table, a whiteboard, and not much else.

Attorney General Yost Sues Facebook for Securities Fraud After Misleading Disclosures, Allegations of Harm to Children  —  (COLUMBUS, Ohio) — Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost has filed a lawsuit against the social-media giant Facebook for misleading the public on how it controlled …

Parents protesting ‘critical race theory’ identify another target: Mental health programs  —  At a September school board meeting in Southlake, Texas, a parent named Tara Eddins strode to the lectern during the public comment period and demanded to know why the Carroll Independent School District …

Trump wades into West Virginia member-vs-member race  —  Former President Donald Trump is endorsing GOP Rep. Alex Mooney in the member-vs.-member primary in West Virginia over GOP Rep. David McKinley, who recently voted for the new infrastructure law.  —  His decision does not come as a surprise.

The Behaviors and Attitudes of U.S. Adults on Twitter  —  A minority of Twitter users produce a majority of tweets from U.S. adults, and the most active tweeters are less likely to view the tone or civility of discussions as a major problem on the site  —  Pew Research Center conducted …

How Judges Turn Your Legal Rights Into Worthless Promises  —  If courts make it impossible for you to do anything about violations of your rights, those rights are worth nothing at all.  —  On the evening of June 7, 2010, a U.S. Border Patrol Agent shot 15-year-old Sergio Adrián Hernández Güereca in the face.

State Rep. Ryan Guillen switches to GOP in latest blow to South Texas Democrats  —  The Rio Grande City lawmaker was the least liberal Democrat in the Texas House this year, according to a political scientist's rankings of lawmakers.  —  Copy link  —  Longtime Democratic state Rep. Ryan Guillen …

Cross v. Loudoun County School Board  —  Description: A Loudoun County Public Schools policy requires all faculty and students, regardless of their beliefs about biological sex and gender, to use the pronouns that students demand regardless of their biological sex.  —  Loudoun County teacher wins free speech battle

'He's nuts and he's got a vendetta': Cuomo won't leave New York alone  —  ALBANY, N.Y. — Andrew Cuomo will not go away.  —  Three months after resigning in disgrace, battered by misconduct allegations leveled by nearly a dozen women, the former New York governor continues to make weekly headlines.

Union Busting: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)  —  John Oliver discusses the mechanics of union busting, why the companies who do it face so few consequences, and what it really means when your manager wants ...

Inside Felicia Sonmez's War Against the Washington Post  —  Why was a reporter punished for speaking up about sexual assault?  —  In February 2020, the leadership of the Washington Post was in the midst of an internal crisis.  Marty Baron, the revered executive editor credited with reviving …