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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 …
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HotAir, The Hill, Washington Examiner and Political Wire
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Politico:
Dems agonize over tax cuts for rich: ‘Bad policy, bad politics’
Dems agonize over tax cuts for rich: ‘Bad policy, bad politics’
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The Hill, NBC News, Bloomberg, Ballotpedia and The Bulwark
CNN:
For the GOP now, all roads lead to Donald Trump
For the GOP now, all roads lead to Donald Trump
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Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
GOP senators appalled by ‘ridiculous’ House infighting
GOP senators appalled by ‘ridiculous’ House infighting
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NBC News, The Daily Beast and Political Wire
Dana Milbank / Washington Post:
Paul Gosar killed his colleague in a cartoon. Kevin McCarthy is killing democracy in real life. — Rep. Paul Gosar, the Arizona Republican who used congressional resources to produce and release a cartoon video of him murdering Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.), deservedly became …
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The Week, The Guardian, The Gateway Pundit, Forbes, Twitchy, Mediaite, The Hill and Mother Jones
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Paul Kane / Washington Post:
Trust is a key ingredient in ‘functional institutions’ — and Congress is fresh out of it — Congress is consumed by a trust deficit. — The distrust goes beyond the increasingly hostile, personal terms of policy negotiations that have dominated the fall and summer.
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Talking Points Memo
Aila Slisco / Newsweek:
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.
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Politico:
GOP can't escape ‘self-inflicted injuries’ as they fight to reclaim House — House Republicans should be riding high: The majority is in their grasp and President Joe Biden's poll numbers are tanking. — Instead, they're getting in their own way, again. — Ahead of a vote …
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Michael Luciano / Mediaite:
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.
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Joe.My.God., The Wrap and BizPac Review
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Christopher Hutton / Washington Examiner:
Matt Gaetz open to hiring Kyle Rittenhouse as intern if acquitted — If Kyle Rittenhouse is acquitted in court, he could have a new career opportunity ahead of him. — Rep. Matt Gaetz said that Rittenhouse “deserves” a not guilty verdict and that he could be offered an internship …
Farhad Manjoo / New York Times:
Kyle Rittenhouse's Firearm Made Everything Worse
Kyle Rittenhouse's Firearm Made Everything Worse
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Politico:
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 …
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Outside the Beltway and East Bay Times
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Alex Thompson / Politico:
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.
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HotAir
Ashish K. Jha / The Atlantic:
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 …
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Jesse O'Neill / New York Post:
Fauci says COVID-19 booster might become new standard for being vaccinated
Fauci says COVID-19 booster might become new standard for being vaccinated
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Marquette University:
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
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Edward Luce / Financial Times:
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.
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The Blue State Conservative
Adela Suliman / Washington Post:
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 …
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Amanda Terkel / HuffPost:
For Fifth Time, GOP Boycotts High-Ranking Muslim Nominee Dilawar Syed — Republican senators have refused to allow Syed to get a committee vote to be deputy administrator for the Small Business Administration. — For the fifth time, Senate Republicans blocked Dilawar Syed …
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Oliver Laughland / The Guardian:
Residents of Louisiana's Cancer Alley hopeful for action after EPA head's visit — Michael Regan says he aims to ‘hold everyone accountable’ on his ‘journey to justice’ through toxic sites across the south — Outside the Tchoupitoulas chapel in the community of Reserve …
Aaron Sibarium / Washington Free Beacon:
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 …
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Joshua Partlow / Washington Post:
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 …
Yaniv Kubovich / Haaretz:
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
Robyn Dixon / Washington Post:
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 …
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Jackson Richman / Washington Examiner:
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 …
Corin Faife / The Markup:
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 …
Sarah Kolinovsky / ABC News:
Harris says she's not being ‘underused,’ insists 'we're getting things done' — The VP touted infrastructure in an interview with ABC's George Stephanopoulos. — In an exclusive interview with “Good Morning America” Co-Anchor George Stephanopoulos, Vice President Kamala Harris defended …
New York Times:
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 …
Timothy Bella / Washington Post:
Man who raped four teenagers gets no jail time, judge says: 'Incarceration isn't appropriate' — A New York man who pleaded guilty to rape and sexual abuse for assaulting four teenage girls during parties at his parents' home will not face jail time after a judge Tuesday sentenced him to eight years probation.
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Wall Street Journal:
Electric-Vehicle Spat Looms Over Biden's Meeting With Canadian, Mexican Leaders — Officials from both countries have criticized a proposed tax credit for electric vehicles assembled by union workers using U.S.-built batteries — When President Biden hosts counterparts from Canada and Mexico …
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CBS News
American Greatness:
‘Criminal Justice Reform’ Is Leftist Code for Punishing Conservatives — If you're politically on the Right in America, you can no longer count on equal justice under the law. — I have often heard folk tales about how the Left used to be skeptical of state power. — To a small extent, it still is.
Roger Sollenberger / The Daily Beast:
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 …
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Joe.My.God., Raw Story and Political Wire
Patricia Mazzei / New York Times:
As G.O.P. Fights Mask and Vaccine Mandates, Florida Takes the Lead — 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. — Early this year …
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Jonathan J. Cooper / Associated Press:
Youngkin: Victory shows winning GOP path on education — PHOENIX (AP) — Incoming Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin said Wednesday his victory in a strongly Democratic state showed a winning path for Republicans to talk about education, an issue for which he said the GOP has “historically been a bit on our heels.”