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Neil MacFarquhar / New York Times:
Charlottesville Rally Trial: Jury Finds Far-Right Conspiracy — Jurors found the main organizers of the deadly right-wing rally in Charlottesville, Va., in 2017 liable under state law, awarding more than $25 million in damages, but deadlocked on federal conspiracy charges.
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Slate
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Christopher Miller / BuzzFeed News:
A Charlottesville Jury Ordered White Nationalists To Pay $25 Million To Victims Of The “Unite The Right” Rally — CHARLOTTESVILLE, Virginia — A Charlottesville jury found several of the most high-profile white supremacist leaders and organizations in the United States violated state civil rights laws …
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National Review
Integrity First for America - IFA:
Charlottesville Plaintiffs Win Historic Lawsuit, Securing Justice Against White Supremacist Leaders and Groups for Planning Racially Motivated Violence — BY: INTEGRITY FIRST FOR AMERICA PRESS RELEASES — Jury Held Defendants Liable for Conspiring to Deprive Minorities and …
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Talking Points Memo
Washington Post:
Spencer, Kessler, Cantwell and other white supremacists found liable in deadly Unite the Right rally
Spencer, Kessler, Cantwell and other white supremacists found liable in deadly Unite the Right rally
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Rolling Stone, The Daily Beast and Joe.My.God.
Denise Lavoie / ABC News:
Jury awards millions in damages for Unite the Right violence
Jury awards millions in damages for Unite the Right violence
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Associated Press, Mother Jones, Gizmodo, Metro.co.uk, Raw Story and NBC Boston
Colby Hall / Mediaite:
Bret Baier Reveals ‘Concerns’ About Tucker Carlson's ‘Patriot Purge’ When Questioned By Kilmeade: 'I Don't Want to Go Down This Road' — Fox News host Brian Kilmeade, on his radio show, questioned his colleague Bret Baier on Tucker Carlson's controversial series “Patriot Purge.”
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Insider, BizPac Review, Rolling Stone, The Hill, spectatorworld.com, Talking Points Memo and Laughing in Disbelief
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Kevin D. Williamson / National Review:
The Fox Fix — Welcome to the Tuesday, a weekly newsletter about that which has come to pass …
Justin Baragona / The Daily Beast:
Fox News Anchor Reluctantly Reveals ‘Concerns’ Over Tucker's ‘False Flag’ Special
Fox News Anchor Reluctantly Reveals ‘Concerns’ Over Tucker's ‘False Flag’ Special
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Digby's Hullabaloo, Raw Story and Mediaite
Zachary Petrizzo / The Daily Beast:
Mike Lindell Blames a Vast GOP Conspiracy for His Supreme Court Failure — The pillow boss has long promised he'd file his unhinged ravings to the high court by Tuesday, but that hasn't happened. Of course, a conspiracy must be to blame, Lindell says. — MyPillow chief and 2020 dead …
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Second Nexus and Joe.My.God.
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Roger Sollenberger / The Daily Beast:
Oklahoma GOP Head: RNC Chair ‘Must Resign’ For LGBTQ Support
Oklahoma GOP Head: RNC Chair ‘Must Resign’ For LGBTQ Support
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Political Wire
The White House:
President Biden Announces Release from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve As Part of Ongoing Efforts to Lower Prices and Address Lack of Supply Around the World — Announcement is in parallel with other major energy consuming nations, including China, India, Japan, Republic of Korea, and the United Kingdom
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Haisten Willis / Washington Examiner:
Biden lashes out at oil and gas companies over high prices in economic speech
Biden lashes out at oil and gas companies over high prices in economic speech
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Fox News
Anya Kamenetz / NPR:
Parents are scrambling after schools suddenly cancel class over staffing and burnout — Two weeks' notice: Winston-Salem/Forsyth County Schools in North Carolina voted on Oct. 28 to close schools on Nov. 12 for a “day of kindness, community and connection.”
Apple:
Apple sues NSO Group to curb the abuse of state-sponsored spyware — Apple also announced a $10 million contribution to support cybersurveillance researchers and advocates — CUPERTINO, CALIFORNIA Apple today filed a lawsuit against NSO Group and its parent company to hold it accountable …
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Nicole Perlroth / New York Times:
Apple Sues Israeli Spyware Maker, Seeking to Block Its Access to iPhones
Apple Sues Israeli Spyware Maker, Seeking to Block Its Access to iPhones
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Times Leader, more at Techmeme »
New York Times:
New York Moves to Allow 800,000 Noncitizens to Vote in Local Elections — New York City will become the largest municipality in the country to allow legal residents to vote if the legislation is approved as expected in December. — New York City lawmakers are poised to allow more than 800,000 …
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National Review, Fox News, The Federalist and Conservative Brief
Marc Caputo / Politico:
Trump poll tests his 2024 comeback map — As Donald Trump builds out a presidential-campaign-in-waiting, his team is focusing on an electoral strategy that relies on recapturing the five states that flipped to Joe Biden in 2020. — The five states — Arizona, Georgia, Michigan …
Luke Nozicka / Kansas City Star:
Kevin Strickland is freed after judge agrees he's innocent — Kevin Strickland exonerated — Kevin Strickland spent 42 years in a Missouri prison for a crime that he, and prosecutors, says he didn't commit. Prosecutors argued in a 25-page motion that Strickland's innocence is “clear and convincing.”
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Washington Post, The Hill, Associated Press, UPI and Fox News
Jennifer Hassan / Washington Post:
Boris Johnson's Peppa Pig speech forces him to answer the question: ‘Is everything okay?’ — LONDON — “Is everything okay?” is probably not a question any world leader wants to be asked, especially in relation to their competence. — But that is the question politicians …
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The Guardian, The Times of Israel, Political Wire and Financial Times
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel:
What we know so far about the five victims of the Waukesha Christmas Parade — Bill Glauber Sophie Carson Sarah Volpenhein Talis ShelbourneMilwaukee Journal Sentinel — Every parade has an act that draws the eye, that brings a quick smile and a delighted laugh.
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Fox News, New York Post, Metro.co.uk, CBS News, The Federalist, Breitbart, Insider, USA Today, The Gateway Pundit, The Daily Beast and IJR
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Maya Yang / The Guardian:
Seven doctors contract Covid after attending Florida anti-vaccine summit — Doctors tested positive or developed symptoms ‘within days’ of conference at which alternative treatments were discussed — Seven anti-vaccine doctors fell sick after gathering earlier this month for a Florida …
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The Daily Beast, Joe.My.God. and Boing Boing
Fred Hiatt / Washington Post:
With hundreds of nominees to confirm, the Senate doesn't deserve Thanksgiving break — While the rest of us have turkey with friends and family, the Senate should stay in Washington and do its job — specifically, the job of advice and consent prescribed in the Constitution.
New York Times:
What New Documents Reveal About Jeffrey Epstein's Final Days — Newly released records show the disgraced financier living a mundane existence in jail before his suicide, while also spinning deceptions until the very end. — The disgraced financier, jailed in Manhattan …
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TheBlaze, The Daily Caller, New York Post, Gawker, Insider, The Daily Wire and Rolling Stone
Lauren Fox / CNN:
‘Toxic is spot-on’: House members describe roiling animosity among lawmakers — CNN breaks down Gosar's history of controversies prior to his censuring — (CNN)Many members within the House of Representatives have told CNN in recent days that they find themselves in a toxic work environment …
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Occupy Democrats and Raw Story
New York Times:
Everyone's Moving to Texas. Here's Why. — Farhad Manjoo is an Opinion Columnist. Gus Wezerek and Yaryna Serkez are graphics editors for Opinion. — The traumas of the past few years have rearranged all of our lives. Many Americans have new needs, new desires, new possibilities and new priorities.
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HotAir, Wall Street Journal and Althouse
Wall Street Journal:
Trump's Voter Fraud Claims Test Republican Candidates — Some embrace, and all must navigate, an issue the former president has said will help the party win back Congress — WASHINGTON—Former President Donald Trump's yearlong campaign falsely claiming he won the 2020 election …
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Washington Times, NBC News, One America News Network, Daily Kos, Lucid, The Atlanta Voice and Roll Call
Justin Fenton / Baltimore Sun:
Judge sentences Baltimore County police officer convicted of rape to home detention — A Baltimore County judge last week sentenced a police officer convicted of second-degree rape to four years in prison, but is allowing him to remain on home detention pending an appeal.
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The Hill, CBS News, Washington Post, New York Post and CBS Baltimore
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Ryan J. Reilly / HuffPost:
He Attacked Cops At The Capitol Riot. Then He Went To Air Force Basic Training. — Aiden Bilyard, who was known to online sleuths as #HarvardSweats, smashed out a window at the Capitol and attacked law enforcement. — The FBI has arrested a supporter of former President Donald Trump …
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Joe.My.God. and Raw Story
Joey Fox / New Jersey Globe:
Ciattarelli won all five of New Jersey's competitive congressional districts — Jack Ciattarelli may have lost this year's gubernatorial election, but his performance against Gov. Phil Murphy could still bode well for Republicans ahead of next year's midterm congressional elections.
David Siders / Politico:
The Democratic brand is broken. The infrastructure bill isn't fixing it. — In the days after the Democratic Party's collapse in the Virginia governor's race, party strategists descended on the commonwealth to figure out what went wrong and understand just how bad the national outlook might be next year.
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HotAir and Washington Post
Mark Moore / New York Post:
Trump receives honorary ninth-degree black belt in taekwondo — He got a kick out of this honor. — Former President Donald Trump was presented with an honorary ninth dan black belt in taekwondo over the weekend by the head of one of the sport's governing bodies at Trump's Mar-a-Lago resort in Palm Beach, Fla.
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Joe.My.God., donga.com and Breitbart
Alyssa Lukpat / New York Times:
Covid Live Updates: Cases in U.S. Children Are Surging, Doctors Say — Here's what you need to know: — Pediatricians say Covid cases in children are on the rise. — Coronavirus cases in children in the United States have risen by 32 percent from about two weeks ago …
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Eschaton
Greg Bishop / The Center Square:
Pritzker enacts new Congressional map after Illinois loses seat in U.S. House — (The Center Square) - New Congressional boundaries drawn and passed by statehouse Democrats are now law. — Gov. J.B. Pritzker on Tuesday enacted the new Congressional map that will be the boundaries for the next ten years.
Capital Research Center:
Breaking: Arabella's Left-wing Activist Network Raked in $1.7 Billion in 2020—a “Dark Money” Blowout — If there was any doubt that the Left's biggest “dark money” network had its way with the 2020 election, this should silence it. — Newly obtained filings reveal a record-smashing $1.7 billion haul …
A.D. Quig / Chicago Business:
'If I ran for governor ... I'm the only candidate that can win' — That's Adam Kinzinger, assessing the current field of GOP contenders to take on Gov. J.B. Pritzker, in an exclusive interview for the next Crain's “A.D. Q&A” podcast. Hear a snippet. — KINZINGER ASSESSES THE GUBERNATORIAL FIELD
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Insider, The Hill and Joe.My.God.
Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:
Chris Christie and the Death of the Never Trump Republican … “Never Trump” was a label embraced by a handful of Republicans who deemed Donald Trump disqualified for office by some combination of his ignorance, his mendacity, his bigotry, and/or his authoritarianism.
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The American Spectator
Molly Jong-Fast / The Atlantic:
Biden Needs an Enemy — Less than a year ago, America was led by a man who governed to please the Fox News host Tucker Carlson and toyed with the idea of imposing martial law. After Donald Trump, you'd think the American people would just enjoy having a normal president who doesn't use …
Chris Lehmann / New Republic:
We All Live in the John Birch Society's World Now — When Lionel Trilling dismissed America's conservative intellectual tradition as a series of “irritable mental gestures,” it's a safe bet that he had people like Robert Welch in mind. Welch, the irascible candy executive who founded …