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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.
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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
McConnell sought to disinvite Trump from Biden's inaugural
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Mother Jones, Washington Examiner, Insider, Vanity Fair, HillReporter.com, Raw Story, New York Post, Rolling Stone, The Hill and Mediaite
Insider:
Trump called January 6 ‘a very beautiful time with extremely loving and friendly people’ in a March 2021 interview for a new book
Trump called January 6 ‘a very beautiful time with extremely loving and friendly people’ in a March 2021 interview for a new book
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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
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
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Raw Story and Political Wire
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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Allahpundit / HotAir:
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 …
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Washington Examiner, The Western Journal, The Hill, Fox News, Washington Post, Wall Street Journal, New York Post and Townhall
Patrick Svitek / The Texas Tribune:
Beto O'Rourke says he's running for Texas governor
Beto O'Rourke says he's running for Texas governor
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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 …
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.
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Ryan Grim / The Intercept:
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.
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Washington Times and NOQ Report
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) …
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Associated Press:
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 …
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POLITICUSUSA and Raw Story
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.
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CNN:
US says it 'won't tolerate' Russia's ‘reckless and dangerous’ anti-satellite missile test — (CNN)The US strongly condemned a Russian anti-satellite test on Monday, calling it “a reckless and dangerous act” and added that it “won't tolerate” behavior that puts the national interests of several countries at risk.
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New York Post:
Kamala Harris sidelined amid growing tensions with Biden, insiders say — Vice President Kamala Harris feels increasingly isolated inside the White House as her approval ratings plummet — with the first female veep believing she's not getting the same support given to other members …
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Zachary Faria / Washington Examiner:
Kamala Harris doesn't have a presidential future
Kamala Harris doesn't have a presidential future
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USA Today, Washington Free Beacon and HotAir
Patrick Svitek / The Texas Tribune:
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 …
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Alan Rappeport / New York Times:
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 …
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.
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Washington Post
Elizabeth Faddis / Washington Examiner:
‘I got over 1,000 soldiers ready’: Texas parent escorted out of school board meeting over critical race theory — Several parents were left feeling “threatened” during a Nov. 9 school board meeting after a Texas parent supporting critical race theory stated that he had “1,000 soldiers ready to go.”
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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 …
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Elena Durnbaugh / Lansing State Journal:
Michigan Sen. John Bizon facing assault charges after incident with nurse practitioner — MARSHALL - Michigan state Sen. John Bizon faces misdemeanor assault charges after a nurse practitioner with Oaklawn Medical Group accused him of inappropriately touching her.
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Raw Story
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 …
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.
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Neil Vigdor / New York Times:
College Student Charged in Arson at Texas Synagogue — Security footage of the attack on Halloween night showed the man carrying a five-gallon fuel jug and a roll of toilet paper to the synagogue's entrance, the F.B.I. said. — An 18-year-old college student was charged with arson on Monday …
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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Washington Examiner:
University of Maryland wants in on the Ivy League's anti-Asian racism — The University of Maryland has just given itself an unofficial license to discriminate. — As the Manhattan Institute's Christopher Rufo pointed out on Twitter last week, the university's online release …
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National Review
Miranda Devine / New York Post:
MSNBC anchor Joy Reid's crying shame — MORE FROM: — Joy Reid is a racist sociopath. How else to explain her reaction to Kyle Rittenhouse breaking down in the witness box during his murder trial last week? — “White crocodile tears,” said the hate-mongering MSNBC prime-time anchor.
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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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Nahal Toosi / Politico:
Biden tried to push Putin aside. The Russian isn't having it. — When National Security Council officials approached President Joe Biden with a package of sanctions to impose on Russia earlier this year, he sent it back to them three times. — It's not tough enough, he told them …
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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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David J. Lynch / Washington Post:
As supply lines strain, some corporations rewrite production playbook — Many firms are eyeing regional networks to replace globe-circling supply chains — The pandemic caught Stanley Black & Decker midway through an overhaul of its 18-country supply chain.