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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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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
Max Greenwood / The Hill:
Biden's approval dips to 36 percent in new Quinnipiac poll
Philip Klein / National Review:
Biden Has Lower Approval Rating Than Any U.S. Governor
Discussion: RedState and Mediaite
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 and Raw Story
Devlin Barrett / Washington Post:
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.
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Ken Dilanian / NBC News:
Feds charge two Iranians with interference in U.S. 2020 election
Discussion: Bloomberg and Voice of America
Justice News:
U.S. Attorney Announces Charges Against Two Iranian Nationals For Cyber-Enabled Disinformation And Threat Campaign Designed To Interfere With The 2020 U.S. Presidential Election
Discussion: Politico
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. …
Discussion: The Hill
David Gura / NPR:
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 …
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Victoria Guida / Politico:
Biden bank cop nomination in doubt after fiery hearing  —  President Joe Biden's nominee to become the government's top banking regulator faced a wave of criticism Thursday at a tense Senate hearing that cast further doubt on her chances of being confirmed.  —  Saule Omarova …
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 …
Discussion: New York Times
Matt Leach / Fox News:
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 …
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Matt Dixon / Politico:   ‘This is about power’: DeSantis gets big wins ahead of 2022
Eric Levitz / New York Magazine:
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 …
Discussion: Washington Post, New Republic and NPR
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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” …
Timothy L. O'Brien / Bloomberg:
Murdoch Has the Power If He Wants Trump to Move On  —  The media mogul can order his properties to stop enabling the former president's falsehoods and conspiracy theories.  —  Rupert Murdoch told News Corp.'s shareholders that former President Donald Trump needs to get over himself.
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Phill Swagel / CBO Publications:
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.
Eli Yokley / Morning Consult:
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 …
Discussion: Washington Examiner
Dennis Aftergut / The Bulwark:
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 …
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.
Curtis Bunn / NBC News:
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 …
Discussion: Twitchy
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 …
Discussion: New York Post
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 …
oklahoma.gov:
Governor Stitt Commutes Julius Jones' Sentence to Life Without Possibility of Parole  —  Pursuant to Article 6, Section 10 of the Oklahoma Constitution, Governor Kevin Stitt today issued Executive Order 2021-25 to commute the death sentence of Julius Jones, who was tried and convicted …
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 …
Abigail Shrier / The Truth Fairy:
How Activist Teachers Recruit Kids  —  Leaked Documents and Audio from the California Teachers Association Conference Reveal Efforts to Subvert Parents on Gender Identity and Sexual Orientation  —  Incensed parents now make news almost daily, objecting to radical material taught in their children's public schools.
Discussion: The Federalist
Matthew Cantor / The Guardian:
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.
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 …
Paul Mirengoff / Power Line:
Biden expected to opt for “diplomatic boycott” of 2022 Winter Olympics  —  In a few months, Beijing will stage the 2022 Winter Olympics.  U.S. athletes are set to participate.  Nothing like the boycott of the 1980 Summer Olympics in the Soviet Union is likely to occur.
Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
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 …
Afba / Latest News, Opinion and Podcasts …:
Farm Bureau: Survey Shows Thanksgiving Dinner Cost Up 14%  —  Enjoying Thanksgiving dinner with family and friends is a priority for many Americans, but paying attention to how the meal will impact the budget is also important.  Farm Bureau's 36th annual survey indicates the average cost …
The White House:
Statement of President Joe Biden on Pfizer's COVID-⁠19 Antiviral Treatment  —  Earlier this month, we received promising news that Pfizer has developed an antiviral pill for people infected by COVID-19 that may dramatically reduce the risk of hospitalizations and death.
Matt Labash / Slack Tide:
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.
Discussion: Raw Story
 
 
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Foreign Affairs:
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Ari Berman / Mother Jones:
This Texas County Shows Exactly How Republicans Are Rolling Back the Clock on Voting Rights
Discussion: Raw Story
Garry Kasparov / Wall Street Journal:
‘Woke’ Is a Bad Word for a Real Threat to American Democracy
Dan McLaughlin / National Review:
The QAnon Shaman Gets 41 Months in Prison. Good
Julia Manchester / The Hill:
McDaniel says she still considers Cheney a Republican despite Wyoming GOP vote
Discussion: Political Wire
Will Evans / Wired:
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Dan Diamond / Washington Post:
Dozens of health groups urge businesses to voluntarily adopt Biden's vaccine rule
Jacob Bogage / Washington Post:
‘We have to push boundaries’ on civil rights, says incoming NAACP Legal Defense Fund president
Discussion: The Hill
PBS NewsHour:
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
Discussion: The Hill and TVNewser
Jackson Richman / Washington Examiner:
Bye bye, BBB?
Discussion: Political Wire
Corin Faife / The Markup:
Facebook Isn't Telling You How Popular Right-Wing Content Is on the Platform
Sarah Kolinovsky / ABC News:
Harris says she's not being ‘underused,’ insists 'we're getting things done'