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10:30 PM ET, November 18, 2021

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CBO Publications:
Summary of Cost Estimate for H.R. 5376, the Build Back Better Act  —  As Posted on the Website of the House Committee on Rules on November 3, 2021 (Rules Committee Print 117-18), as Amended by Yarmuth Amendment 112  —  37.51 KB  —  CBO estimates that enacting this legislation would result …
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Quinnipiac University Poll:
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 …
Jessica Piper / Bangor Daily News:
Jared Golden to vote no on Democrats' social spending bill, citing tax break for the wealthy  —  U.S. Rep. Jared Golden said Thursday night that he would vote against Democrats' $1.7 trillion social spending bill in the House, citing a tax change that would mostly benefit the wealthy …
CNN:
Kamala Harris' communications director is leaving the administration  —  (CNN)Vice President Kamala Harris' communications director, Ashley Etienne, is leaving the administration, according to a White House official, to pursue “other opportunities.”  —  Etienne's departure comes …
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Abigail Tracy / Vanity Fair:
Top Kamala Harris Aide Heads for the Exit  —  Ashley Etienne, Kamala Harris's communications chief, is leaving the administration.  —  Vice President Kamala Harris's communications chief Ashley Etienne is leaving the White House.  A veteran of the Barack Obama administration …
David Brooks / The Atlantic:
The Terrifying Future of the American Right  —  Rachel Bovard is one of the thousands of smart young Americans who flock to Washington each year to make a difference.  She's worked in the House and Senate for Republicans Rand Paul, Pat Toomey, and Mike Lee, was listed among the …
Discussion: The Triad, Raw Story and Instapundit
Alayna Treene / Axios:
Scoop: GOP donors “furious” with McConnell  —  Sen. Rick Scott (R-Fla.) told his colleagues this week top party donors were “furious” with the number of Republicans — including Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell — who voted for the bipartisan infrastructure bill, two sources familiar with his remarks tell Axios' Alayna Treene.
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Chicago Tribune:
Man spotted with AR-15 outside Kyle Rittenhouse trial confirms he is a fired Ferguson police officer  —  KENOSHA — A man who screamed obscenities about Black Lives Matter and carried an AR-15 rifle outside the Kenosha County Courthouse while the Kyle Rittenhouse jury deliberated is a former Ferguson …
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Eric Levitz / New York Magazine:
Kyle Rittenhouse's Defense Was Strong. It's Also a Threat to the Rule of Law.
Discussion: New Republic, NPR and Washington Post
Miranda Devine / New York Post:
10 heinous lies about Kyle Rittenhouse debunked
Discussion: The Western Journal and Fox News
David Smith / The Guardian:
‘Professor or comrade?’  Republicans go full red scare on Soviet-born Biden pick  —  Senator asks Saule Omarova, nominated to be comptroller of the currency, if he should call her ‘professor or comrade’  —  Three decades have passed since their hero, Ronald Reagan, went to Berlin …
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David Gura / NPR:
A look into the ugly and incredibly personal fight over Biden's pick to oversee banks
Michael Wilson / New York Times:
Search for Jimmy Hoffa Leads the F.B.I. to Jersey City Landfill  —  A deathbed statement by a man who claimed to bury the Teamster boss' body in a steel drum brought agents to the site for an inspection.  —  The disappearance of Jimmy Hoffa, a mystery that has gripped the American imagination …
Yair Rosenberg / The Atlantic:
The Incredible True Story Behind TV's Strangest Space Jew  —  An eight-year investigation to explain why a religious Jew appeared in one of contemporary science fiction's most celebrated shows  —  The science-fiction genre has long been inflected by Jewish influences, whether audiences realize it or not.
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Sarah Seltzer / New York Times:   Abortion Rights Are a Religious Freedom for Progressive Jews
Axios:
Exclusive: Marriott refused to host Uyghur conference, citing “political neutrality”  —  The Marriott hotel in Prague declined to host a conference of activists and leaders from China's Uyghur diaspora this month, citing “political neutrality,” an email shared with Axios shows.
ProPublica:
Texts Show Kimberly Guilfoyle Bragged About Raising Millions for Rally That Fueled Capitol Riot  —  Text messages reviewed by ProPublica represent the strongest indication yet that members of the Trump family inner circle were involved in financing and organizing the Jan. 6 “Save America” …
Joel Achenbach / Washington Post:
Prominent scientist who said lab-leak theory of covid-19 origin should be probed now says evidence points to Wuhan market  —  Controversy continues amid sketchy data and lack of transparency from Chinese authorities  —  The location of early coronavirus infections in late 2019 in Wuhan …
Press Association:
Pennsylvania teen had his hands up when fatally shot by State Police, new videos show  —  Authorities obscured the last 4 seconds of Christian Hall's life in publicly released videos.  New footage shows he had his hands up when troopers killed him.  —  STROUDSBURG, Pa. …
Michael M. Grynbaum / New York Times:
Judge Tries to Block New York Times's Coverage of Project Veritas  —  The state court order, which The Times said it would immediately oppose, raised concerns from First Amendment advocates.  —  A New York trial court judge ordered The New York Times on Thursday to temporarily refrain …
Max Boot / Washington Post:
Even if the Steele dossier is discredited, there's plenty of evidence of Trump's collusion with Russia  —  In early November, John Durham, a special counsel appointed by the Trump administration, indicted a Russian American analyst who had been a contributor to the Steele dossier of lying to the FBI about where he got his information.
Discussion: CNN, Raw Story and Twitchy
Emily Ngo / Spectrum News NY1:
Adams loves the nightlife, but it's about more than boogie  —  NEW YORK — He loves the nightlife.  —  But it's not all boogie.  —  “When you're out at night, it helps decrease crime.  It attracts tourists to the city.  That industry is a multi-billion-dollar industry,” Mayor-elect Eric Adams told NY1 in one-on-one interview.
Will Bunch / The Philadelphia Inquirer:
The impeachment of President Biden and other American nightmares coming in 2023  —  Imagine this: It's a gray, chilly day in Washington, D.C., in March of 2023.  A handful of protesters from left-leaning groups like Indivisible are huddled outside against the icy Potomac winds …
Nellie Bowles / Common Sense with Bari Weiss:
TGIF: Inflation Rises.  Russiagate Falls Apart.  And J.K. Rowling Is Erased.  —  Plus: The challenge of reporting about Kenosha in the aftermath of the riots.  —  Welcome back to TGIF.  We've got the news that fills our group chats, a few good reads, and a summary of this week in Common Sense.
Discussion: National Review
Jennifer Rubin / Washington Post:
It's not ‘polarization.’ We suffer from Republican radicalization.  —  Listen to political scientists, pollsters and well-meaning elected officials, and you'll likely hear a lot of chatter about “polarization.”  That characterization of our current political environment misses the point — and is dangerous.
Discussion: New York Times, Bloomberg and Daily Kos
U.S. Department of Justice:
Two Iranian Nationals Charged for Cyber-Enabled Disinformation and Threat Campaign Designed to Influence the 2020 U.S. Presidential Election  —  An indictment was unsealed in New York today charging two Iranian nationals for their involvement in a cyber-enabled campaign to intimidate …
Claire Suddath / Bloomberg:
How Child Care Became the Most Broken Business in America  —  Biden has a plan to make day care more affordable for parents—if the providers don't go out of business first.  —  Deanna Cohen was 20 years into a career in the music industry when she realized it wasn't going to work out.
Erin Banco / Politico:
House Covid panel subpoenas former Trump adviser Navarro  —  A congressional committee investigating the Trump administration's response to the Covid-19 pandemic issued a subpoena for former White House trade adviser Peter Navarro on Thursday for failing to respond to document requests.
Ed Shanahan / New York Times:
Man Is Spared Prison After Guilty Plea in Sexual Attacks on 4 Teens  —  The judge who sentenced the man, Christopher Belter, said that he had “agonized” over the decision but that incarceration wasn't “appropriate.”  —  The girl was 16 when Christopher Belter raped her, according to court documents.
Niskanen Center:
State Capacity: What Is It, How We Lost It, And How To Get It Back  —  The concept of state capacity - “the ability of a state to collect taxes, enforce law and order, and provide public goods” - was developed by political scientists, economic historians, and development economists to illuminate …
Ellie Silverman / Washington Post:
In Charlottesville trial, jurors learn to decode the secret slang of white supremacists  —  CHARLOTTESVILLE — The jury in a federal courtroom listened as a longtime researcher of far-right movements parsed the style guide of the infamous neo-Nazi website the Daily Stormer.  —  “The tone of the site should be light.
Discussion: CNN
 
 
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John Sexton / HotAir:
Chinese tennis star who accused party leader of abuse has disappeared and now (allegedly) recants by email
Suzanne Gamboa / NBC News:
Sen. Ted Cruz goes after Library of Congress for dropping term ‘illegal alien’
Discussion: HotAir and The Hill
Kevin Breuninger / CNBC:
Biden's Covid vaccine mandate will likely go to the Supreme Court. Here's how the courts have ruled before
Discussion: Sacramento Bee
Christopher Ingraham / The Why Axis:
Why there's $50 million for doulas in Build Back Better
NY State Attorney General:
Attorney General James Investigating Instagram's Impact on Young People
Timothy L. O'Brien / Bloomberg:
Murdoch Has the Power If He Wants Trump to Move On
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Abigail Shrier / The Truth Fairy:
How Activist Teachers Recruit Kids
Discussion: Power Line and The Federalist
Dennis Aftergut / The Bulwark:
The Pattern of GOP Voter Fraud
Discussion: Right Wing Watch
Garry Kasparov / Wall Street Journal:
‘Woke’ Is a Bad Word for a Real Threat to American Democracy
Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
Trump's rage at Georgia Republicans should unsettle us all
Dan Diamond / Washington Post:
Dozens of health groups urge businesses to voluntarily adopt Biden's vaccine rule
Discussion: Common Dreams
Edward Luce / Financial Times:
Why Democrats are so bad at politics