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3:20 PM ET, November 15, 2021

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Jonathan Tilove / Texas Monthly:
Exclusive: Beto O'Rourke Is Running for Governor  —  For months, Texas Democrats have failed to field a single serious candidate to challenge Governor Greg Abbott's reelection bid.  But today, Beto O'Rourke is announcing in Texas Monthly that he is entering the 2022 gubernatorial race.
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Patrick Svitek / The Texas Tribune:
Beto O'Rourke says he's running for Texas governor
Mychael Schnell / The Hill:
Texas state lawmaker leaves Democratic Party for GOP
Discussion: The Daily Wire and Townhall
Elizabeth Williamson / New York Times:
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 …
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Dave Collins / Associated Press:
Alex Jones liable for defamation in Sandy Hook ‘hoax’ case  —  Infowars host and conspiracy theorist Alex Jones was found liable Monday for damages in lawsuits brought by parents of children killed in the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting over Jones' claims that the massacre was a hoax.
Politico:
POLITICO Playbook: Washington's mystery mansion buyer unmasked  —  DRIVING THE DAY  —  A busy Monday: Congress is back ... PATRICK LEAHY makes a big announcement at 10 a.m. ... JOE BIDEN signs BIF at 3 p.m. ... STEVE BANNON is expected to surrender.  —  THE TRUMP HOTEL IS BEING SOLD …
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Meridith McGraw / Politico:
McConnell sought to disinvite Trump from Biden's inaugural  —  The level of distrust that Mitch McConnell had for then-President Donald Trump in the wake of the deadly Jan. 6 riots on Capitol Hill was greater than previously known.  —  The then-Senate majority leader sought to have Trump disinvited …
Insider:
Trump called January 6 ‘a very beautiful time with extremely loving and friendly people’ in a March 2021 interview for a new book  — Donald Trump called January 6 “a very beautiful time” in a March 2021 interview.  — ABC News' Jonathan Karl writes in his forthcoming book that Trump “fondly” recalled the crowd on Jan. 6.
Discussion: NPR and Political Wire
Insider:
Ex-chief of staff John Kelly said if Trump was a ‘real man’ he would've gone to the Capitol on January 6 to stop the rioters: book
Discussion: Raw Story and Political Wire
Jonathan V. Last / The Triad:
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 …
Anne Applebaum / The Atlantic:
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.
Discussion: HotAir
Ed Morrissey / HotAir:
BREAKING: Leahy announces retirement in 2022  —  “It's time to put down the gavel,” Patrick Leahy declared a few minutes ago in bowing out of the 2022 midterms.  “It's time to pass the torch to the next Vermonter.”  It's the identity of the next Vermonter that will worry Democrats …
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Max Boot / Washington Post:
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.
Discussion: Raw Story
Phill Swagel / CBO Publications:
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) …
Discussion: Political Wire
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Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget:
Build Back Better Cost Would Double with Extensions
Discussion: Washington Examiner
CNN:
Trump ally Steve Bannon released from custody pending trial on contempt of Congress charges  —  (CNN)Steve Bannon won't be detained before trial on charges of contempt of Congress after he failed to comply with subpoenas from the House committee investigating January 6.
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Betsy Woodruff Swan / Politico:
D.C.'s new top cop vs. Steve Bannon
Discussion: Raw Story and MSN
Associated Press:
US journalist jailed in Myanmar for nearly 6 months is freed  —  BANGKOK (AP) — American journalist Danny Fenster, who was recently sentenced to 11 years of hard labor after spending nearly six months in jail in military-ruled Myanmar, was freed and on his way home Monday, a former U.S. diplomat who helped negotiate the release said.
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Lynette Horsburgh / BBC:
Liverpool Women's Hospital explosion declared a terror incident  —  An explosion outside Liverpool Women's Hospital on Remembrance Sunday has been declared a terror incident by police.  —  A taxi exploded and was engulfed in flames just before 11:00 GMT at a drop-off zone near the entrance …
Discussion: Sky News, Politico and Jihad Watch
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Chicago Tribune:
Judge dismisses gun charge against Kyle Rittenhouse  —  KENOSHA, WIS. — A Kenosha County judge handed a huge win to Kyle Rittenhouse's defense team before closing arguments when he dismissed a misdemeanor gun charge against the teen.  —  Legal experts had considered the misdemeanor gun charge …
Will Wright / The Charlotte Observer:
Charlotte-area GOP members shaken by Cawthorn move to district  —  Dual announcements by U.S. Rep. Madison Cawthorn and N.C. House Speaker Tim Moore have shaken the Republican establishment of Mecklenburg County — potentially the new stomping grounds of North Carolina's most controversial politician.
Discussion: Mock Paper Scissors
Monmouth University Polling Institute:
Doubt in American System Increases  —  GOP belief in 2020 election fraud couples with fundamental distrust  —  West Long Branch, NJ - Three in ten Americans now believe the nation's system is fundamentally unsound, according to the Monmouth ("Mon-muth") University Poll.
CNN:
US concerned that a Russian anti-satellite weapons test created a debris field in space  —  (CNN)The US is concerned that Russia carried out a major anti-satellite weapons test over the weekend, two US officials told CNN.  One of the officials said it may have created a potentially dangerous debris field in space.
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Mike Allen / Axios:
Inside Chris Christie's breakup with Trump  —  Chris Christie told me on “Axios on HBO” that he and former President Trump haven't spoken since before Jan. 6, when Christie frantically tried to reach his friend of 20 years — and Trump never picked up the phone.
Discussion: Mediaite, Raw Story, The Hill and YouTube
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Bart Jansen / USA Today:
What documents does Trump not want the Jan. 6 House panel to see? Appointments, call logs and handwritten notes
Discussion: Raw Story and POLITICUSUSA
Clio Chang / New York Magazine:
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 …
Pew Research Center:
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 …
 
 
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Jeremy Beaman / Washington Examiner:
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The Philadelphia Inquirer:
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Josh Israel / The American Independent:
Fact check: Experts say Build Back Better does not raise taxes on middle-class families
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Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
The GOP's repugnant midterm strategy requires a tough Democratic response
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Charlie Sykes / Morning Shots:
Misreading the Politics of “Normalcy”
Discussion: INFORUM and CNN
Lawrence H. Summers / Washington Post:
On inflation, it's past time for team ‘transitory’ to stand down
Discussion: Al Jazeera and Bloomberg
Ruby Cramer / Politico:
Huma Abedin's ‘No Apology’ Tour