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7:05 PM ET, November 21, 2021

Top Items:

Two Fox News Contributors Quit in Protest of Tucker Carlson's Jan. 6 Special — Jonah Goldberg and Stephen Hayes, stars of a brand of conservatism that has fallen out of fashion, decide they've had enough. — The trailer for Tucker Carlson's special about the Jan. 6 mob at the Capitol landed online …

Discussion: Rolling Stone, more at Mediagazer »

The Dispatch:

Why We Are Leaving Fox News — A brief explanation. — We joined Fox News as contributors in early 2009. Combined, that's more than 20 years of experience, relationships, and friendships. For most of that time, we were proud to be associated with the network, if not necessarily with every program …

CNN:
Acosta says this comment has put Tucker Carlson over the top

Discussion: The Wrap

Natasha Anderson / Daily Mail:

Gang of EIGHTY crowbar-wielding looters in ski masks ransack California Nordstrom and fill 25 cars with designer goods in raid lasting less than one minute — Approximately 80 thieves wearing ski masks stormed the Nordstrom store in Walnut Creek, California around 9pm Saturday night

Discussion: NBC News, CBS San Francisco, Mercury News and TMZ.com

Emma Colton / Fox News:

California Nordstrom ransacked by 80 looters in ski masks with crowbars and weapons: Witness — One witness described the scene outside of the California Nordstrom as, ‘like a scene out of a movie’ — Fox News Flash top headlines for November 20 — About 80 looters in ski masks ransacked …

Discussion: Breitbart

CBS San Francisco:

‘It Was Insane’; Dozens Of Looters Ransack Walnut Creek Nordstrom Store — WALNUT CREEK (CBS SF) — Dozens of looters swarmed into the Nordstrom store in downtown Walnut Creek Saturday night, terrorizing shoppers, ripping off bag loads of merchandise and ransacking shelves before fleeing …

Discussion: Breitbart, The Western Journal, Power Line and Insider

Daniel Dale / CNN:

Another voter fraud accusation blows up in Republicans' faces — Washington (CNN)The mysterious case of Rosemarie Hartle's vote in the last presidential election, three years after her death, was trumpeted in November 2020 by the Nevada Republican Party and various prominent conservatives.

Discussion: Rolling Stone

Peter Nicholas / The Atlantic:

The Complicated Truth About Trump 2024 — If Donald Trump tries to run for president again, one of his former campaign advisers has a plan to dissuade him. Anticipating that Trump may not know who Adlai Stevenson was or that he lost two straight presidential elections in the 1950s …

Discussion: The Guardian, No More Mister Nice Blog, Raw Story, Hackwhackers and The Hill

Tara Palmeri / Politico:
POLITICO Playbook: Biden tries to calm nerves about 2024

Discussion: CNN, National Review, Hackwhackers and Outside the Beltway

Astead W. Herndon / New York Times:

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez on Why Democrats' ‘Talking Points Are Not Enough’ — The House progressive spoke about “demoralizing” congressional negotiations, how she was told to stay away from Virginia's elections, and what it means to excite the Democratic base.

Discussion: The Hill, Insider, Wall Street Journal, Washington Times, One America News Network, Common Dreams and Conservative Brief

Joe DePaolo / Mediaite:
AOC Fumes Over ‘Empty Promises’ Amid Gutted Spending Bill, Calls on WH to Bypass Congress: ‘Biden Could Do This Stuff With a Stroke of a Pen’

Discussion: The Hill and The Daily Wire

New York Times:

Discharge of Felon's Gun Prompts Panic at Atlanta Airport — Gunfire at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport on Saturday was accidental, officials said, but it led to flight disruptions and a stampede of passengers. — ATLANTA — Gunfire at the Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport …

Discussion: CNN, tsa.gov, UPI and TheGrio

Barbara Goldberg / Reuters:
Chaos at Atlanta airport as convicted felon's gun goes off, 3 hurt - police

Discussion: Breitbart, KTLA, Insider, The Atlanta Voice, NBC Chicago, TheGrio and Joe.My.God.

Demetri Sevastopulo / Financial Times:

Chinese hypersonic weapon fired missile over South China Sea — Pentagon struggles to understand how Beijing mastered technology that tests constraints of physics — China's hypersonic weapon test in July included a technological advance that enabled it to fire a missile as it approached …

New York Times:

G.O.P. Donors Back Manchin and Sinema as They Reshape Biden's Agenda — The two Democratic senators are attracting campaign contributions from business interests and conservatives as progressives fume over their efforts to pare back the president's domestic policy bill.

Discussion: CNN, Rolling Stone, Slate, Insider and Raw Story

Wall Street Journal:

Chinese Tennis Star Peng Shuai Appears in Beijing Amid Assault Claim — Takes part in video meeting with International Olympic Committee president hours after footage shows her attending tennis tournament — HONG KONG—Chinese tennis pro Peng Shuai took part in a video meeting …

Discussion: Bloomberg, The Guardian, ABC7 and Slate

Emma Colton / Fox News:
Blackburn says it's ‘unsafe’ for US athletes to go to Beijing Olympics: ‘Disappear you’

Discussion: New York Times, The Hill and Politico

Reuters:

Disney World puts COVID-19 vaccination policy on hold for employees — Disney World near Orlando, Florida, operated by Walt Disney Co (DIS.N), has put its COVID-19 vaccination mandate on hold, a spokesperson said on Saturday. — The move comes amid the Biden administration's workplace COVID-19 vaccine rule …

Discussion: HotAir, FOX 35 Orlando, OutKick and Deadline

Bryan Pietsch / Washington Post:
Disney World halts vaccine requirement for workers after Florida restricts employer mandates

Discussion: UPI, NPR, Joe.My.God., BizPac Review, Fox News, Florida Politics and The Hill

Alex Horton / Washington Post:

Marine Corps compliance with vaccine mandate on course to be military's worst — Up to 10,000 active-duty Marines will not be fully vaccinated against the coronavirus when their deadline arrives in coming days, a trajectory expected to yield the U.S. military's worst immunization rate.

Discussion: Reuters

Bloomberg:

U.S. Intel Shows Russian Plans for Potential Ukraine Invasion — Vladimir Putin's actual intentions on Ukraine remain unclear — Intel shows readiness for quick, large-scale move into Ukraine — The U.S. has shared intelligence including maps with European allies that shows …

Discussion: Fox News

Howard Altman / Military Times:
Russia preparing to attack Ukraine by late January: Ukraine defense intelligence agency chief

Discussion: National Review and Lawyers, Guns & Money

Mark Phillips / KNXV:

VIDEO: Senator Kyrsten Sinema sits down with ABC15 — PHOENIX — Arizona Senator Kyrsten Sinema didn't do much talking while she helped shepherd the infrastructure bill through the Senate. But on Friday she took time out during her infrastructure tour in Phoenix to speak with ABC15 exclusively.

Discussion: The Hill and TheBlaze

Washington Post:

Facebook's race-blind policies around hate speech came at the expense of Black users, new documents show … Last year, researchers at Facebook showed executives an example of the kind of hate speech circulating on the social network: an actual post featuring an image of four female Democratic lawmakers …

Henry J. Gomez / NBC News:

Fueled by Trump-inspired grievance, attempts to terrorize public officials escalate — When Rep. Joe Neguse delivered his closing remarks in February at the impeachment trial of former President Donald Trump, he expressed concern about the direction of a nation that weeks earlier witnessed a homegrown attack in its capital.

Discussion: Raw Story

Mychael Schnell / The Hill:

O'Rourke stands by his 'we're gonna take your AR-15, your AK-47' comment — Democratic Texas gubernatorial candidate Beto O'Rourke on Sunday said he stands by his controversial 2019 comment that “we're going to take your AR-15, your AK-47.” — Asked by co-host Dana Bash on CNN's …

Discussion: HuffPost, Insider and Breitbart

Mark Moore / New York Post:
Beto O'Rourke doubles down on vow to ‘take your AR-15, your AK-47’

Discussion: Fox News

Wall Street Journal:

Supply-Chain Problems Show Signs of Easing — Asian output is coming back and some bottlenecks are clearing, but labor shortages could persist into next year — Global supply-chain woes are beginning to recede, but shipping, manufacturing and retail executives say that they don't expect …

CBS News:

Rising prices take toll on Americans' wallets — and Biden's numbers — CBS News Poll — This year may have seen unemployment drop, stocks rise, and continued — albeit slowing — growth, but those are all big-picture, “macro” numbers for the U.S. economy. On the ground, for Americans staring …

Discussion: The Hill, New York Post, Breitbart and The Guardian

Global Times:

Rittenhouse case ‘exposes illness of US political system’ — Bipartisan struggle further worsens ‘American social divergence’ — The Kyle Rittenhouse case has resulted in a new wave of protests across the US, some of which have escalated into riots, after the judicial case became deeply politicized under …

Michael Wines / New York Times:

As Gerrymanders Get Worse, Legal Options to Overturn Them Dwindle — Persuading judges to undo skewed political maps was never easy. A shifting judicial landscape is making it harder. — Voting-rights advocates are in a North Carolina state court in Raleigh this month …

Discussion: Outside the Beltway