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 …

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 …

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” …

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.

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 …

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.

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.

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 …

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.

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 …

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.

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. …

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.

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 …

‘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 …

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 …

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 …

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.

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 …

‘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 …

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

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 …

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 …

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.

Amazon's Dark Secret: It Has Failed to Protect Your Data  —  Voyeurs.  Sabotaged accounts.  Backdoor schemes.  For years, the retail giant has handled your information less carefully than it handles your packages.  —  On September 26, 2018, a row of tech executives filed into a marble …

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 …

Mississippi executes man who killed wife, terrorized family  —  PARCHMAN, Miss. (AP) — A man who pleaded guilty to killing his estranged wife and sexually assaulting her young daughter as her mother lay dying was put to death Wednesday evening, becoming the first inmate executed in Mississippi in nine years.

McDaniel says she still considers Cheney a Republican despite Wyoming GOP vote  —  Republican National Committee Chairwoman Ronna McDaniel on Thursday said she still considers Rep. Liz Cheney (R-Wyo.) to be a member of the party after the Wyoming GOP voted to no longer recognize the congresswoman Republican.