More Prefer Republicans To Win Control Of The House And Senate, Quinnipiac University National Poll Finds; 68% Say Higher Prices Are Changing Spending Habits  — mail_outline  —  With Election Day in the rearview mirror and both political parties setting their sights on the 2022 midterm elections …

Minutes After Being Censured, Gosar Retweets Offending Ocasio-Cortez Video  —  Representative Paul Gosar (R-Ariz.) retweeted a doctored anime video depicting him killing Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) only minutes after the House censured him over the video.

Matt Gaetz Says ‘Kyle Rittenhouse Would Probably Make a Pretty Good Congressional Intern’ and ‘May Reach Out To Him’  —  Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-FL) thanked Newsmax host Grant Stinchfield on Wednesday night for his support of Kyle Rittenhouse, who is currently on trial in Kenosha, Wisconsin.

Why Democrats are so bad at politics  —  Americans have much more in common than the party's conventional approach allows  —  The skill at which Donald Trump excels is creating a master narrative and ensuring every American hears it — no consultants needed.

Biden Nom Saule Omarova Stole Hundreds of Dollars of Merchandise From a T.J. Maxx  —  President Joe Biden's nominee to regulate banks stole hundreds of dollars of merchandise from a discount retail store, according to a police report revealed Wednesday.  —  Saule Omarova, whom Biden tapped …

Say goodbye to swing districts.  Lawmakers are drawing easy wins in dozens of states.  —  When most voters go to the polls to elect members of Congress next year, the general election will essentially be meaningless.  That's because winners are being determined right now …

New Marquette Law School Poll finds majority of Republicans across the nation favor a Trump run for president in 2024, while majority of voters overall are opposed  —  Please note: Complete Poll results and methodology information can be found online at law.marquette.edu/poll

Allegations of bigotry and calls for impeachment rock College Democrats  —  The kids are not alright.  —  The College Democrats of America — the Democratic Party's national organization presiding over 500 chapters on campuses across the country — is in turmoil.

You Should Get a Booster Now  —  As the air gets colder and drier and people in most of the United States move indoors, a winter spike in COVID-19 cases is beginning to materialize.  The drop in new infections across the Deep South after a difficult summer raised hopes that the country …

Yale Law Dean Admits Error, Stops Short of Apologizing to Targeted Students  —  The dean of Yale Law School expressed “regret” Wednesday for her administration's role in the now-infamous “trap house” incident but stopped short of apologizing to second-year law student Trent Colbert …

Bye bye, BBB?  —  Ahead of President Joe Biden signing an infrastructure bill into law on Monday, Vice President Kamala Harris said, “Now, this bill, as significant as it is, as historic as it is, is part one of two.”  —  This is wishful thinking.  Progressives have gotten played on supporting the bill …

Israel Revised Intel File It Gave U.S. on Bombing Gaza High-rise That Housed AP, Al Jazeera  —  The report was given to senior U.S. officials after Biden demanded an explanation for the May 15 attack from then-Prime Minister Netanyahu  —  Ruins of the Al Jalaa tower after Israeli airstrike in MayCredit: Adel Hana / AP

Why Vermont's Phil Scott, the Country's Most Popular Governor, May Be Resisting the GOP's Calls to the Senate  —  Scott's standing is driven by solid support among Democrats and independents  —  Republican Phil Scott of Vermont has been America's most popular governor throughout 2021 …

Trump's Bureau of Land Management HQ move reduced Black employees, created mass vacancies, report says  —  Government Accountability Office report also finds headquarters move to Colorado led to ‘confusion and inefficiency’ at BLM  —  As Trump officials were moving the headquarters of the Bureau …

Geoff Bennett to Join PBS NewsHour as Chief Washington Correspondent and WETA to Assume Production of PBS NewsHour Weekend in April with Bennett as Anchor  —  Arlington, VA (November 18, 2021) - Sharon Percy Rockefeller, President and C.E.O. of WETA and President of NewsHour Productions …

Belarus's Lukashenko tried to use migrants as a weapon.  That's now turned against him.  —  MOSCOW — Months after Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko unleashed a migrant crisis against the European Union, the gambit has come full circle.  —  Lukashenko's regime is now struggling …

Gov. Lamont says all residents should get booster shot and not wait for guidance from federal government  —  WINDSOR — With COVID-19 transmission again increasing, Gov. Ned Lamont said Wednesday that all Connecticut adults should immediately get a booster shot to avoid the coronavirus.

The Women Bringing Sex Ed to the Arab World  —  Activists are using social media to do what Arab countries have failed to do: teach women about their bodies.  They are aiming for nothing less than a cultural awakening.  —  CAIRO — When Nour Emam decided to devote herself to educating Arab women …

Rupert Murdoch says Trump should move on: ‘The past is the past’  —  Conservative media mogul Rupert Murdoch is publicly rebuking former President Donald Trump — telling him to get over the past and focus on the future.  —  Trump — who continues to allege that the 2020 election was …

Florida Curtails Coronavirus Mandates, Reflecting Wishes of Vaccine Skeptics  —  Florida lawmakers, at the request of Gov. Ron DeSantis, passed new laws sharply curtailing mask and vaccine mandates.  Fringe anti-vaccination views met with little pushback.  —  TALLAHASSEE, Fla. …

Koppelman: This Is A Witch-Hunt Against A Tenured Law Professor  —  Following up on last Thursday's post, When Suspending A Law Professor Isn't Enough: Chronicle of Higher Education op-ed: Yes, This Is a Witch-Hunt, by Andrew Koppelman (Northwestern):  —  In January the University of Illinois …

Facebook Isn't Telling You How Popular Right-Wing Content Is on the Platform  —  Facebook insists that mainstream news sites perform the best on its platform.  But by other measures, sensationalist, partisan content reigns  —  In early November, Facebook published its Q3 Widely Viewed Content Report …

Mobilewalla Says Data It Gathered From Consumers' Cellphones Ended Up With Government  —  CEO writes to U.S. senator investigating location brokers: ‘Selling mobile device data for use by law enforcement agencies is not our business model’  —  A company that collects and sells consumer information gleaned …

Indicted GOP Congressman Says the Feds Got Him on Tape—Twice  —  Rep. Jeff Fortenberry (R-NE) is facing charges that he lied to the FBI over an illegal donation from a foreign billionaire.  Now we know the feds got him on tape.  —  There are tapes.  —  That's the news from a recent filing …