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12:40 AM ET, November 20, 2021

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Julie Bosman / New York Times:
Kyle Rittenhouse Found Not Guilty in Fatal Kenosha Shooting  —  “The defendant will rise to face the jury and hearken to its verdicts.”  “As to the first count of the information, Joseph Rosenbaum, we the jury, find the defendant, Kyle H. Rittenhouse, not guilty.
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Robby Soave / Reason:
The ACLU Thinks Kyle Rittenhouse's Civil Liberties Got Too Much Protection  —  Kyle Rittenhouse, the 17-year-old who shot and killed two men during the riots in Kenosha, Wisconsin, last summer, was acquitted on Friday.  Prosecutors had charged him with first-degree reckless homicide …
ACLU of Wisconsin:
ACLU Responds to ‘Not Guilty’ Verdict in Kyle Rittenhouse Case  —  KENOSHA, Wis. — The American Civil Liberties Union released the following statement after a jury decided that Kyle Rittenhouse was not guilty of the fatal shooting of two protestors and injuring of another …
Discussion: ABC7 and CBS Chicago
The White House:
Statement by President Biden  —  While the verdict in Kenosha will leave many Americans feeling angry and concerned, myself included, we must acknowledge that the jury has spoken.  I ran on a promise to bring Americans together, because I believe that what unites us is far greater than what divides us.
Jason Easley / POLITICUSUSA:
Kyle Rittenhouse Could Face Federal Charges As Rep. Nadler Calls For DOJ Review  —  Rep. Nadler tweeted: … Kyle Rittenhouse Crossed State Lines Which Means That He Can Be Federally Charged  —  There are a wide variety of federal charges that Kyle Rittenhouse could potentially face …
Discussion: Townhall, RedState and The Daily Caller
TK News by Matt Taibbi:
The Rittenhouse Verdict is Only Shocking if You Followed the Last Year of Terrible Reporting
Discussion: Townhall and Power Line
Megan McArdle / Washington Post:
The jury gave Rittenhouse the benefit of the doubt. That's what advocates of criminal justice reform should have wanted.
Ja'han Jones / MSNBC:
Kyle Rittenhouse trial was designed to protect white conservatives who kill
Elie Mystal / The Nation:   Kyle Rittenhouse Has Gotten Away With Murder—as Predicted
Caitlin McFall / Fox News:
Wisconsin gov. says Rittenhouse verdict has ‘reopened wounds,’ pleads with community to remain peaceful
ABC News:
Kyle Rittenhouse acquitted on all charges
Jacob Bogage / Washington Post:
Biden expected to replace Ron Bloom, USPS board chair and key DeJoy ally, on postal board  —  Bloom, a Democrat, has backed the postmaster general as the agency slowed mail delivery standards and raised prices  —  President Biden is expected to announce Friday that he will not renominate Ron Bloom …
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Oriana Gonzalez / Axios:
Biden replaces DeJoy allies on Postal Service board
Discussion: Joe.My.God. and Forbes
Kyle Cheney / Politico:
Judge faults Trump for Jan. 6 attack  —  Judge Amit Mehta describes rioter John Lolos as ‘pawn’ of the former president, imposes 2-week jail sentence  —  A federal judge on Friday squarely placed the blame for the Jan. 6 Capitol attack on Donald Trump, suggesting that the former president's role …
Discussion: HuffPost, Raw Story and Rolling Stone
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Hannah Rabinowitz / CNN:   Federal judge says Trump has responsibility for January 6, calling rioter a ‘pawn’
BuzzFeed News:
Top Justice Department Officials Were Told There Were “No Credible Threats” Hours Before The Capitol Riot  —  WASHINGTON — On Jan. 6 at 10:43 a.m., three top Justice Department officials received an email with an update on a briefing that morning from the counterterrorism section.
Discussion: Raw Story
GoFundMe Stories:
GoFundMe Policy on Fundraisers for the Legal Defense of Violent Crimes  —  GoFundMe's Terms of Service prohibit raising money for the legal defense of an alleged violent crime.  In light of the Kyle Rittenhouse trial, we want to clarify when and why we removed certain fundraisers in the past.
Ryan Cooper / The Week:
Democrats are in denial about what they're up against  —  Wisconsin Republicans are plotting election theft, and Biden is boasting about bipartisanship  —  On Friday morning, Democrats passed their Build Back Better agenda through the House.  Only hours before their triumphant celebrations …
Discussion: CNN and Daily Kos
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Reid J. Epstein / New York Times:
Wisconsin Republicans Push to Take Over the State's Elections
Washington Post:
Attempted breach of Ohio county election network draws FBI and state scrutiny  —  Federal and state investigators are examining an attempt to breach an Ohio county's election network that bears striking similarities to an incident in Colorado earlier this year, when government officials helped …
Discussion: Raw Story and Political Wire
CNN:
Peng Shuai: UN calls for proof of Chinese tennis star's whereabouts; WTA chairman willing to pull out of China  —  Hong Kong (CNN)China is facing pressure from the United Nations over Chinese tennis star Peng Shuai's whereabouts as the organization called for an investigation into her allegations of sexual assault.
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Peter Wade / Rolling Stone:
Kyle Rittenhouse to Appear on Tucker Carlson as Reality Trails The Onion by 6 Hours  —  The teen is cementing his place in right-wing culture as a conservative darling and future pundit  —  The Onion called it with their headline: “Kyle Rittenhouse Sentenced to 45 Years of CPAC Appearances …
Jessica Huseman / Votebeat:
How Trump ally Cleta Mitchell won a seat on the EAC advisory board  —  An unorthodox process at the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights, largely done in secret, led to the controversial bipartisan appointment.  —  Cleta Mitchell, a voter fraud conspiracy theorist who joined President Trump …
U.S. Department of Justice:
Nashotah man sentenced for attacking U.S. Service Member  —  Acting United States Attorney Richard G. Frohling of the Eastern District of Wisconsin announced that on November 18, 2021, Ian Alan Olson of Nashotah, Wisconsin, was sentenced to 14 months in prison, to be followed by one year …
David Corn / Mother Jones:
The Steele Dossier and Donald Trump's Betrayal of America  —  Fight disinformation.  Get a daily recap of the facts that matter.  Sign up for the free Mother Jones newsletter.  —  Vladimir Putin must be delighted.  With the recent indictment of Igor Danchenko, the primary source …
Discussion: Raw Story
Michael C. Bender / Wall Street Journal:
Republican Governors Distance Themselves From Trump, Drawing His Ire  —  About half of the 16 GOP governors up for re-election in 2022 face primary challenges from opponents endorsed or inspired by him  —  PHOENIX—As Republicans in the nation's capital mostly fall in line behind former …
Discussion: Raw Story
Danusha V. Goska / Front Page Magazine:
A Letter to the Management of the Breakers Hotel in Palm Beach  —  Give free speech a chance.  —  Editor's note: The management of the Breakers Hotel in Palm Beach, Florida recently informed the David Horowitz Freedom Center that the hotel will no longer host the Center's Restoration Weekend …
Discussion: Power Line
Jerry Dunleavy / Washington Examiner:
Fauci claims ‘gain of function’ is ‘completely meaningless term’ as he defends NIH actions  —  Dr. Anthony Fauci  —  said “gain-of-function,” the term for research to make viruses more dangerous, is a “completely meaningless term” in a new interview.  —  The octogenarian virologist …
Discussion: Mediaite
Pew Research Center:
What Makes Life Meaningful?  Views From 17 Advanced Economies  —  Family is preeminent for most publics but work, material  —  well-being and health also play a key role  —  What do people value in life?  How much of what gives people satisfaction in their lives is fundamental …
Kelly Crow / Wall Street Journal:
Citadel CEO Kenneth Griffin Outbid a Group of Crypto Investors for Copy of U.S. Constitution  —  The 53-year-old billionaire paid $43.2 million for the historic document, plans to lend it to Crystal Bridges museum in Arkansas  —  Chicago hedge-fund billionaire Kenneth Griffin said he won …
New York Times:
3 Women in the Senate Object to ‘Sexist’ Focus on Sinema's Style  —  The senators criticize The Times's coverage of their colleague's style and fashion choices.  —  To the Editor:  —  The Times has published four separate pieces analyzing the style and dress of our colleague Senator Kyrsten Sinema.
New York Times:
U.S. Warns Allies of Possible Russian Incursion as Troops Amass Near Ukraine  —  Western intelligence officials are increasingly convinced that the Russian president wants to take control of a larger swath of territory.  —  WASHINGTON — American intelligence officials are warning allies …
Discussion: Foreign Affairs
Dina Ley / dinachka82.medium.com:
Central Bucks Is Not Okay  —  Recently, New York Times' The Daily featured a two-part series called The School Board Wars about my school district, Central Bucks, in Bucks County, PA. Having lived through and — one could argue, having survived this 2021 election as a Democratic School Board Candidate …
Jacob Bliss / Breitbart:
DCCC Screws Up Response to Rittenhouse Acquittal with Factual Inaccuracies, Issues Correction  —  The Democrat Congressional Campaign Committee (DCCC) Chairman Sean Patrick Maloney (D-NY) — the top Democrat tasked with keeping their House majority — issued a statement filled with factual inaccuracies …
 
 
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Diane Bartz / Reuters:
Corporate America unloads on Biden's newly active business watchdogs
J.K. Dineen / San Francisco Chronicle:
'You don't mess with him': How an S.F. housing advocate wields power by funding ballot measures
Teresa Watanabe / Los Angeles Times:
UC slams the door on standardized admissions tests, nixing any SAT alternative
Grace Ashford / New York Times:
Assembly Report on Cuomo Contains Grounds for Impeachment, Lawmaker Says
Discussion: New York Post
Dustin Volz / Wall Street Journal:
Iranian Hackers Broke Into Newspaper Publisher Lee Enterprises Ahead of 2020 Election
Dion Rabouin / Wall Street Journal:
Fed Programs Have Kept Finance Flowing to Fossil Fuels
Justice News:
Real Estate Businessman And Lawyer Arrested In Connection With Campaign Finance Scheme
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Accused money launderers secretly moved millions into America to buy steel mills …
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Christina Wyman / NBC News:
Schools face parents who want to ban critical race theory — and don't get how teaching works
Edward Luce / Financial Times:
‘Tiger mother’ Amy Chua: ‘Boldness is my downfall’
Aidan McLaughlin / Mediaite:
‘Typical Bullsh*t’: Fox News Host Melts Down When Mediaite Asks About Fox's Vaccine Policy and Whether Trump Lost in 2020
Kaitlyn Tiffany / The Atlantic:
I Made the World's Blandest Facebook Profile, Just to See What Happens
 

 
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Jessica Toonkel / Wall Street Journal:
A deep dive into Paramount's sale to Skydance; sources: Skydance may integrate Pluto into Paramount+, and CBS head George Cheeks is expected to be head of TV

New York Times:
In a first, Telegram is set to be profitable in 2024, with $1B+ in revenue, up from ~$350M in 2023, and 12M subscribers; source: 50%+ of its revenue is from ads

Cecilia D'Anastasio / Bloomberg:
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