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 …

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 …

U.S. indicts two Iranian hackers over 2020 election misinformation campaign  —  Two alleged Iranian hackers were indicted by the U.S. Justice Department Thursday and accused of engaging in a hacking and disinformation campaign targeting American voters in the run-up to the 2020 U.S. presidential election.

Kyle Rittenhouse's Defense Was Strong.  It's Also a Threat to the Rule of Law.  —  In August 2020, Kyle Rittenhouse illegally brought an AR-15 rifle to Kenosha, Wisconsin, in the name of law and order.  As protests and riots raged in the wake of the police shooting of Jacob Blake …

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” …

A look into the ugly and incredibly personal fight over Biden's pick to oversee banks  —  The president's pick to become a top banking regulator doesn't usually attract a lot of interest, but this time is different.  —  President Biden has nominated Saule Omarova, a law professor at Cornell University …

CBO to Publish a Complete Cost Estimate for H.R. 5376, the Build Back Better Act, This Afternoon  —  The Congressional Budget Office will publish 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), this afternoon.

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.

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 …

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. …

Florida Gov. DeSantis trolls President Biden, will sign bills limiting vaccine mandates in Brandon, FL  —  DeSantis to sign legislation expanding exemptions to vaccination mandates  —  Fox News Flash top headlines for November 18  —  BRANDON, Fla. - Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis is expected …

Paul Gosar Boasts of His ‘Thug Life’ Cred as His Own Family Demands His Ouster Over Violent Murder Video  —  The Arizona Republican appeared to relish in the backlash over his violent anime video on Gettr.  —  Rep. Paul Gosar (R-AZ) appears to be relishing in the backlash over his decision …

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 …

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 …

The Pattern of GOP Voter Fraud  —  In case after case from 2020, it turns out that Republicans were the ones misbehaving at the ballot box.  —  On Tuesday, Donald Kirk Hartle, the CFO of a Nevada company that hosted a September 2020 rally for Donald Trump, pleaded guilty to voting twice …

Cryptographers fight to keep ‘crypto’ prefix: ‘We all have hills we are willing to die on’  —  Los Angeles' renamed Crypto.com stadium is good news for cryptocurrency fanatics but strikes a blow against cryptographers  —  he stadium that is home to the Los Angeles Lakers is getting a new name: the Crypto.com Arena.

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 …

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 …

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 …

Jesus Wept  —  Are Christians hurting Christianity?  —  As a lifelong evangelical Christian and a military brat who grew up in a succession of Southern Baptist churches and schools, I am no stranger to seeing anger and faith commingled.  I was angry myself, with my parents, for dragging me to church 17 times a week.

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 …

Anxiety builds waiting for verdicts in the Rittenhouse and McMichael-Bryan trials  —  Donald Grant finds it difficult to look at the trial in the killing of Ahmaud Arbery through a single lens.  Whether he processes it as a Black man, as the father of a young son or as a mental health professional …

‘Woke’ Is a Bad Word for a Real Threat to American Democracy  —  In authoritarian regimes, vengeance and coercion stand in place of justice and reason.  I've seen it before.  —  The search is on for new words for old ideas.  “Cancel culture” and “woke” have become overused and abused …

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 …

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

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 …

Trump's rage at Georgia Republicans should unsettle us all  —  Earlier this year, Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp signed the most nationally scrutinized “election integrity” bill in the country.  The Republican governor hoped this would atone for the sin of being insufficiently corrupt on Donald Trump's behalf …

‘We have to push boundaries’ on civil rights, says incoming NAACP Legal Defense Fund president  —  Janai Nelson, who will replace Sherrilyn Ifill this spring, says the group is “fighting against a revitalized mission to advance White supremacy”  —  The NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund …

The QAnon Shaman Gets 41 Months in Prison.  Good  —  It is right that we make examples of the January 6 Capitol rioters.  —  acob Chansley, the so-called QAnon Shaman, was sentenced on Wednesday to 41 months in federal prison — nearly three and a half years — for his role in the January 6 Capitol riot.