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Politico:
'The president's decline is alarming': Biden trapped in coronavirus malaise  —  ATLANTA — In a focus group last week, Pennsylvania Democrats one after another articulated the issue vexing top White House aides, party operatives in Virginia and voters in Georgia: Why isn't President Joe Biden's diminished job rating rebounding?
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Cleve R. Wootson Jr / Washington Post:
‘Frustration is at an all-time high’: Behind Biden's falling poll numbers  —  ATLANTA — W. Mondale Robinson spent a large chunk of last fall in clubs and bars and concert venues in Georgia, trying to convince disenchanted Black men that casting a ballot — in the 2020 general election …
Discussion: Althouse and The Hill
Christopher Tremoglie / Washington Examiner:
We can celebrate both Columbus Day and Indigenous People's Day  —  The first official Columbus Day celebration occurred in 1792 in New York, to commemorate the tricentennial of the explorer's landing.  A century later, President Benjamin Harrison issued a proclamation “recommending to the people …
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Garry Kasparov / Wall Street Journal:
Celebrate Columbus's Achievements  —  We should acknowledge his flaws, but his treatment by the left is reminiscent of communist propaganda.  —  Friends, Americans, citizens of the world, lend me your ears.  I come to bury Christopher Columbus, not to praise him.
Dan Hannan / Washington Examiner:   Why should Spain despise its greatest explorer?
New York Times:
Elect Democrats in 2022, Write Miles Taylor and Christine Todd Whitman  —  Mr. Taylor served at the Department of Homeland Security from 2017 to 2019, including as chief of staff, and was the anonymous author of a 2018 guest essay for The Times criticizing President Donald Trump's leadership.
Discussion: Digby's Hullabaloo and Raw Story
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Tal Axelrod / The Hill:
Herschel Walker raises $3.7 million since start of Senate campaign
Greg Bluestein / Atlanta Journal-Constitution:
Herschel Walker off to $3.7M fundraising start in 2022 Senate race
Discussion: Insider
Michael S. Schmidt / New York Times:
White Tiger and Cheetah Furs: A Mess of Trump Gift Exchanges  —  Gift exchanges between U.S. and foreign leaders, a highly regulated process, devolved into sometimes risible shambles during the Trump administration.  —  The Saudi royal family showered Donald J. Trump and his entourage …
Discussion: Insider and The Indian Express
The Daily Beast:
Corey Lewandowski in Exile: Banned at Trump Properties  —  Former Trump campaign manager Corey Lewandowski is no longer allowed on Trump properties or at Trump parties after a high-profile donor accused him of sexual misconduct.  —  After a GOP donor accused Corey Lewandowski of sexual misconduct late …
Discussion: Raw Story
Lee Brown / New York Post:
Lego commits to removing ‘gender bias and harmful stereotypes’ from its toys  —  Lego on Monday vowed to rid its toys of “gender bias and harmful stereotypes” in a push to make them more accessible to girls.  —  The world's largest toymaker has already stopped labeling its products as …
Wall Street Journal:
Biggest U.S. Retailers Charter Private Cargo Ships to Sail Around Port Delays  —  Home Depot, Costco and Walmart resort to private charters in push to stock shelves for holiday shoppers  —  Global supply-chain delays are so severe that some of the biggest U.S. retailers have resorted to an extreme …
Discussion: Reason
Dion Nissenbaum / Wall Street Journal:
Afghan Interpreter Who Helped Rescue Joe Biden in 2008 Escapes Afghanistan  —  After a personal plea to the U.S. president, weeks in hiding and a clandestine evacuation, Aman Khalili gets out with his family  —  An Afghan interpreter who helped rescue then- Sen. Joe Biden in 2008 …
Discussion: CNN
Washington Post:
Inside Blue Origin: Employees say toxic, dysfunctional ‘bro culture’ led to mistrust, low morale and delays at Jeff Bezos's space venture  —  'It's condescending.  It's demoralizing,' said one former top executive of conditions prompting many to leave the company
David M. Drucker / Vanity Fair:
How Tom Cotton and Mitch McConnell Plotted to Undermine Trump's Stolen Election Claims  —  Neither senator openly contradicted the former president when he began spreading election-fraud conspiracy theories, but both privately agonized over a potential bandwagon scenario, David M. Drucker writes in his new book, In Trump's Shadow.
Discussion: Raw Story
Ben Smith / New York Times:
Two Journalists Started an Argument in Boston in 1979.  It's Not Over Yet.  —  A writer for an alt-weekly called out a Boston Globe editor for his “fealty” to the idea of objectivity in a column that reads as if it was written yesterday.  —  In 1979, two journalists got into an argument.
Sam Stein / Politico:
Dems thought giving voters cash was the key to success.  So what happened?  —  When they took power this past winter, Democrats made a commitment to not repeat what many viewed as a critical misstep of the Obama years.  The legislation they passed would do two things well …
The American Mind:
Claremont Institute Statement on Senior Fellow John Eastman  —  The Claremont Institute does not normally comment on the work of its scholars.  But a recent combined disinformation, de-platforming, and ostracism campaign requires us to make an exception.  Claremont Institute Senior Fellow John Eastman …
Discussion: Election Law Blog
David Browne / Rolling Stone:
Eric Clapton Isn't Just Spouting Vaccine Nonsense—He's Bankrolling It  —  Eric Clapton went from setting the standard for rock guitar to making ‘full-tilt’ racist rants to becoming an outspoken vaccine skeptic.  Did he change?  Or was he always like this?  —  Cambel McLaughlin thought he was being punked.
Neil Irwin / New York Times:
There Is Shadow Inflation Taking Place All Around Us  —  Some companies haven't been raising prices.  Instead, they've been cutting back customer services and conveniences, but how should that be measured?  —  Inflation has surged in 2021, with various official measurements of consumer prices rising faster than they have in years.
Miami Herald:
Pandora Papers sheds light on who help link $92M in bribes to Venezuelan minister  —  Millions of leaked documents and the biggest journalism partnership in history uncover the financial secrets of world leaders as well as Miami's rich, powerful and celebrated.  —  EXPAND ALL
Discussion: Raw Story
Miranda Devine / New York Post:
AG Merrick Garland is at war with American families  —  Only a fool pokes a mama bear, but that's Merrick Garland for you.  —  The attorney general thought to be such a moderate that 20 Republicans confirmed his nomination turns out to be a radical ideologue hellbent on targeting President Biden's political foes.
Washington Post:
Iraq announces arrest of top ISIS financial figure in operation abroad  —  BAGHDAD — Iraq's prime minister said Monday that security forces had detained a senior member of the Islamic State who was once among the most important players in the group's financing efforts.
New York Times:
'It's Not Sustainable': What America's Port Crisis Looks Like Up Close  —  An enduring traffic jam at the Port of Savannah reveals why the chaos in global shipping is likely to persist.  —  SAVANNAH, Ga. — Like toy blocks hurled from the heavens, nearly 80,000 shipping containers are stacked …
The Intercept:
Steven Mnuchin Stepped In to Prevent Ivanka Trump World Bank Appointment … In January 2019, Jim Yong Kim threw the global financial development sector into a state of disarray: The former academic and health official announced he would be stepping down the following month from his role …
Michel Martin / NPR:
Rep. Schiff reveals impeachment regrets, tensions on Capitol Hill after insurrection  —  Nine months after the insurrection at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, Rep. Adam Schiff, D-Calif., says the Capitol is a “different place.”  —  “I think the relationships that we had with our [GOP] …
New York Times:
Inside Rikers: Dysfunction, Lawlessness and Detainees in Control  —  With a staffing emergency disrupting the basic functions of the jail system, detainees have had free rein inside.  —  When a detainee decided to hijack a bus inside the Rikers Island jail complex, little was in place to stop him.
Discussion: Insider and The Crime Report
David M. Drucker / The Daily Beast:
The Lincoln Project Got Attention but These Never Trumpers Got Results  —  MORE HEAT THAN LIGHT  —  Disaffected GOP operatives like Sarah Longwell and Tim Miller never made headlines while they quietly but effectively helped put Biden in the White House.  —  The Lincoln Project doesn't do subtle.
Discussion: Washington Post and NBC News
New York Post:
White House throws up its hands at new questions on Hunter Biden's ‘art’ scam  —  “I'd refer to the gallerist for questions,” huffed White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki last week in non-answer to reporters asking about Hunter Biden's star-studded Los Angeles art show.
The Hill:
Bleak midterm outlook shadows bitter Democratic battle  —  The 2022 midterm elections — and the very real possibility that Democrats could be swept from their House majority — are hanging over the bitter political fight within the party over President Biden's domestic agenda.
Kelly Weill / The Daily Beast:
The Far-Right John Birch Society Wants Anti-Mask Protests to Fuel Its Comeback  —  The John Birch Society used to boost segregation.  Now it's back to attack schools over mask mandates.  —  On a sunny Saturday in a Knoxville, Tennessee park, a man with a microphone told a crowd of parents to bar entry to their children's schools.
Discussion: Raw Story
Marianna Sotomayor / Washington Post:
Liberal Democrats have become the mainstream of the party and less willing to compromise with dwindling moderates  —  Moments after President Biden instructed House Democrats to make concessions or risk derailing passage of his economic agenda, members of the Congressional Progressive Caucus hastily gathered …
Discussion: pjmedia.com
 
 
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Laurent Sacharoff / Washington Post:
The fight between Biden and Trump over executive privilege should be decided in favor of the sitting president
Discussion: Reason
Benjamin Mueller / New York Times:
‘Go out there and enjoy Halloween,’ Dr. Fauci says.
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Merck asks FDA to authorize promising anti-COVID pill
David Edwards / Raw Story:
‘It depends’: Chris Christie says there are times teachers should be ‘threatened’
Washington Post:
America is shorthanded in foreign affairs. Thanks, Ted Cruz.
David Catron / The American Spectator:
VA Dems Want Last Minute Voting Rule Change
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American Greatness:
The Left Got What It Wanted—So Now What?
Sudarsan Raghavan / Washington Post:
After the Taliban seized their school, Afghanistan's all-female orchestra tried to flee. Only some escaped.
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Graeme Massie / The Independent:
Trump asked director of national intelligence to probe whether Chinese thermostats changed votes, book claims
Discussion: Mediaite
Joe Concha / The Hill:
The Biden-Harris train wreck may have its savior: 2024 GOP nominee Donald Trump
Laura Bicker / BBC:
Drugs, arms, and terror: A high-profile defector on Kim's North Korea
Discussion: Insider
Leslie Josephs / CNBC:
Southwest Airlines cancels 1,800 flights, blaming weather and staffing
Michael Starr / Jerusalem Post:
BBC describes Alfred Dreyfus as ‘notorious Jewish spy’
New York Times:
Navy Nuclear Engineer Attempted Espionage, FBI Says
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