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7:30 AM ET, November 15, 2021

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Craig Karmin / Wall Street Journal:
Trumps Selling Prized Washington, D.C., Hotel for $375 Million  —  CGI Merchant Group, a Miami-based investment firm, is in contract to acquire the hotel lease for the Trump International Hotel  —  Donald Trump's family hotel company has reached an agreement to sell the rights to its glittering Washington …
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Jonathan O'Connell / Washington Post:
Trump's company to sell D.C. hotel lease for $375 million, report says
Discussion: Insider
CNN:
Exasperation and dysfunction: Inside Kamala Harris' frustrating start as vice president  —  (CNN)Worn out by what they see as entrenched dysfunction and lack of focus, key West Wing aides have largely thrown up their hands at Vice President Kamala Harris and her staff …
Ken Thomas / Wall Street Journal:
Biden to Name Mitch Landrieu to Lead Roughly $1 Trillion Infrastructure Plan  —  The former Louisiana lieutenant governor led the city of New Orleans from 2010 to 2018  —  WASHINGTON—President Biden intends to name former New Orleans Mayor Mitch Landrieu to supervise the roughly $1 trillion …
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The White House:
President Biden Announces Former New Orleans Mayor Mitch Landrieu as Senior Advisor and Infrastructure Coordinator
Discussion: UPI and Red Voice Media
Brian Stelter / CNN:
New book alleges Fox's Maria Bartiromo shouted at Bill Barr about imagined voter fraud  —  (CNN Business)Former attorney general Bill Barr says Fox News host Maria Bartiromo called him up “screaming” about imaginary voter fraud, according to his account in a new book.
Discussion: Raw Story
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Katherine Huggins / Mediaite:   Maria Bartiromo Allegedly Called Bill Barr ‘Screaming’ About Baseless Voter Fraud, New Jon Karl Book Claims
Amy B Wang / Washington Post:
In wake of Bannon indictment, Republicans warn of payback  —  GOP lawmakers say Democrats, by pursuing contempt charges against a Trump ally, are paving the way for them to go after Biden aides if they retake the House in 2022.  —  Republicans are rallying around former White House adviser Stephen K. Bannon …
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Will Bunch / The Philadelphia Inquirer:   Rittenhouse, Arbery cases, Jan. 6 probe reveal stench of America's broken justice system
NBC News:
Schiff says Jan. 6 committee preparing to refer Meadows for criminal contempt charges
Discussion: CNN and HuffPost
CNN:
American journalist Danny Fenster released from jail in Myanmar  —  Hong Kong (CNN Business)American journalist Danny Fenster has been freed from prison in Myanmar, according to a Myanmar military official and former New Mexico governor Bill Richardson, who had been on a private humanitarian visit to the country.
Sarah Rumpf / Mediaite:
Anti-Vax Conspiracist Emerald Robinson is Reportedly Out at Newsmax: ‘The Decision Has Essentially Been Made’  —  Newsmax White House correspondent Emerald Robinson has been off the air since earlier this month after she posted a lunatic tweet claiming that the Covid-19 vaccines contained a bioluminescent demonic tracker.
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The Daily Beast:
Newsmax Goes Fishing for Respectability in Fox's Talent Pool
Discussion: Raw Story
Ben Smith / New York Times:
His Reasons for Opposing Trump Were Biblical.  Now a Top Christian Editor Is Out.  —  A clash over culture and politics comes to World, a groundbreaking journalistic institution that covers evangelical Christians.  —  When Marvin Olasky gets angry emails from readers …
Terry Tang / Associated Press:
AP Exclusive: ‘Sesame Street’ debuts Asian American muppet  —  What's in a name?  Well, for Ji-Young, the newest muppet resident of “Sesame Street,” her name is a sign she was meant to live there.  —  “So, in Korean traditionally the two syllables they each mean something different and Ji means, like, smart or wise.
Discussion: Channel NewsAsia
Jared Malsin / Wall Street Journal:
Moammar Gadhafi's Son Launches Libyan Presidential Bid  —  Saif al-Islam Gadhafi has called the 2011 rebellion that led to his father's brutal death ‘evil’  —  Saif al-Islam Gadhafi, the son of Libya's slain dictator, launched a presidential campaign on Sunday in an attempt to retake control …
Discussion: Voice of America
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Ahmed Elumami / Reuters:
Son of former Libyan ruler Gaddafi runs for president
Financial Times:
Ukraine warned of ‘high probability’ of Russian military escalation this winter  —  Kyiv's deputy defence minister tells FT western intelligence not just based on troop surge at border  —  Western intelligence suggests a “high probability of destabilisation” of Ukraine by Russia as soon …
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Dexter Filkins / New Yorker:
Europe's Migration Crisis, Born in Belarus
Rolling Stone:
Marilyn Manson: The Monster Hiding in Plain Sight  —  He was a provocative media darling for decades.  Offstage, exes allege, he was an abuser who made their lives hell.  A Rolling Stone investigation based on court documents and more than 55 new interviews  —  It started as a vocal booth.
Discussion: Insider
Harry Enten / CNN:
Flu shots uptake is now partisan.  It didn't use to be  —  (CNN)Uptake of the Covid-19 vaccine has, unfortunately, become partisan like so much else in our society.  Almost every Democratic adult (90% to 95%) has gotten a shot, while a little less than two-thirds of Republican adults have.
Discussion: Balloon Juice and Forbes
Politico:
GOP weighs trapping Democrats in Trump's budget  —  Democrats are working to negotiate a government funding deal, but Republicans have a long list of demands before they'll come to the table.  —  Sen. Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.) speaks to reporters following a Democratic policy meeting at the Capitol in Washington, on Nov. 2.
Discussion: Los Angeles Times
Politico:
Dems' bitter pill: Popular health provisions won't kick in until after the midterms  —  There was little they could have done to speed up implementation of key parts of their bill.  They're hoping voters will reward them regardless.  —  “Build Back Better has got to get done …
Stewart Whittingham / Daily Mail:
Did you witness any of Sunday's events in Liverpool?  —  Earlier, Merseyside Police chief constable, Serena Kennedy, said: 'This has not been declared a terrorist incident at this stage although out of caution [counter-terrorism] detectives are leading as we try to understand the circumstances behind the explosion.
Demetri Sevastopulo / Financial Times:
China's nuclear build-up: ‘one of the largest shifts in geostrategic power ever’ … On July 27, China became the first nation to fly a hypersonic glide vehicle — a manoeuvrable craft that travels at more than five times the speed of sound — around the earth.
Jay Weaver / Miami Herald:
Convicted Chinese intruder at Trump's club deported to China  —  A Chinese businesswoman who was held in immigration custody for two years after serving her eight-month prison sentence for trespassing at former President Donald Trump's exclusive Palm Beach club, Mar-a-Lago …
Elizabeth Elkind / Daily Mail:
Judge cited tweet by Ron Klain for blocking Biden's vaccine mandate: Chief of Staff said imposing it as an emergency workplace safety rule is the ‘ultimate work-around for the Federal govt to require vaccinations’  — The Circuit Court judges said Klain's retweet amounted to an ‘endorsement’
Josh Blackman / Reason:
A Message From A Current 3L and FedSoc Officer About Dobbs  —  A current 3L, and FedSoc officer sent me this message after reading my post about Dobbs: … This message is representative of what I've been hearing.  There are many, many consequences for originalism, if Dobbs reaffirms Roe and Casey.
Gibran Naiyyar Peshimam / Reuters:
Taliban hold military parade with U.S.-made weapons in Kabul in show of strength  —  Taliban forces held a military parade in Kabul on Sunday using captured American-made armoured vehicles and Russian helicopters in a display that showed their ongoing transformation from an insurgent force to a regular standing army.
Mike Allen / Axios:
“Axios on HBO”: Christie calls waiting on Trump for '24 disqualifying  —  On “Axios on HBO,” former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie took a tough opening shot at potential 2024 candidates who plan to decide whether to run based on what former President Trump does:
 
 
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New York Times:
How Republicans Have an Edge in the Emerging 2022 Congressional Maps
Discussion: Wall Street Journal
ACLU:
ACLU Comment on FBI Raid of Project Veritas Founder
Discussion: Fox News and Breitbart
Jeffery C. Mays / New York Times:
Is Brooklyn in the House? Its Politicians Certainly Are.
ABC News:
Sen. John Barrasso refuses to condemn Trump comments on ‘hang Mike Pence’ chant
Mary Beth Sheridan / Washington Post:
Cuba harasses, detains activists on eve of planned protest
Discussion: Voice of America
Jonathan Swan / Axios:
NATO chief: Jan. 6 was attack on “core values” of alliance
Jane Arraf / New York Times:
Afghan College Students Find a New Life, and Safety, in Iraq
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Raphael Minder / New York Times:
Portugal bars companies from contacting employees off hours and requires other protections for remote work.
Discussion: Financial Times and PRESS RUN
Glenn Thrush / New York Times:
‘Ghost Guns’: Firearm Kits Bought Online Fuel Epidemic of Violence
Jordain Carney / The Hill:
Biden spending bill to likely slip in Senate after House delays