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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 …
Ed Morrissey / HotAir:
Politico: Dems warn that “the president's decline is alarming”
Discussion: Instapundit
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 …
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: Alternet.org and Raw Story
George Gene Gustines / New York Times:
Superman Comes Out, as DC Comics Ushers In a New Man of Steel  —  The new Superman, the son of Clark Kent and Lois Lane, is concerned about the environment, does not shy away from politics and will soon begin a romantic relationship with a male friend.  —  Up, up and out of the closet!
Maud Maron / Common Sense with Bari Weiss:
Why Are Moms Like Me Being Called Domestic Terrorists?  —  Showing up to dress down school boards over their dereliction of duty isn't a crime.  It's good parenting and good citizenship.  —  I am a mother of four, a criminal defense attorney and a lifelong liberal who is deeply concerned …
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Miranda Devine / New York Post:   AG Merrick Garland is at war with American families
Ronald G. Shafer / Washington Post:
The first Columbus Day was born of violence — and political calculation  —  The first national Columbus Day was proclaimed in 1892 by Republican President Benjamin Harrison to celebrate the 400th anniversary of Italian-born explorer Christopher Columbus's supposed discovery of America.
Discussion: Lawyers, Guns & Money
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Garry Kasparov / Wall Street Journal:   Celebrate Columbus's Achievements
Christopher Tremoglie / Washington Examiner:
We can celebrate both Columbus Day and Indigenous People's Day
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.
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Greg Bluestein / Atlanta Journal-Constitution:
Herschel Walker off to $3.7M fundraising start in 2022 Senate race
Discussion: Politico and 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 …
Jonathan V. Last / The Triad:
Joe Biden Is in a World of Trouble  —  Even Democrats don't like him.  —  1. Group Therapy  —  Last week I Sarah invited me onto The Focus Group.  The episode is out.  You can subscribe on Apple Podcasts here or listen to it here.  —  We watched a group of nine Democratic voters …
Aaron Blake / Washington Post:
The amazingly bad voter-fraud theories behind Trump's DOJ scheme  —  As former president Donald Trump endorsed his reelection bid this weekend, Sen. Charles E. Grassley (R-Iowa) pressed forward with his remarkable turnabout on Trump's actions vis-a-vis Jan. 6.
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Livia Albeck-Ripka / New York Times:
Missing Apostrophe in Facebook Post Lands a Man in Defamation Court  —  An Australian man claimed a real estate agent did not pay its “employees” retirement funds.  The lack of a punctuation mark may cost him thousands.  —  A missing apostrophe in a Facebook post could cost a real estate agent …
Ian Haney Lopez / link.medium.com:
Shor is mainly wrong about racism (which is to say, about electoral politics)  —  A race-informed response to Ezra Klein's engagement with David Shor  —  What Shor gets right  —  Shor is correct that most Democratic messaging makes it harder to win elections because it either fails …
Discussion: Balloon Juice and Freddie deBoer
Philip Bump / Washington Post:
Steve Scalise's election rhetoric is no less harmful than Trump's  —  A defining characteristic of being an elected official is the need to maintain support from voters.  For Republican officials in recent years, that has meant having to adjust their rhetoric and positions to align …
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Gitit Levy-Paz / The Forward:
Why won't Sally Rooney allow her latest novel to be translated into Hebrew?  —  The young Irish writer Sally Rooney is a literary prodigy.  In 2018, she was nominated for the prestigious Man Booker Prize, and the TV series adapted from her first book became a global hit.
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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 …
Jonathan Bernstein / Bloomberg:
The 2020 Election Was Nothing Like Bush-Gore  —  Donald Trump's actions after the vote simply have no historical precedent.  —  In today's exercise in whataboutism, it turns out that (as some pundits are keen to remind everyone) there are Democrats who have claimed that the 2000 election was stolen …
Michael Tomasky / New Republic:
Kyrsten Sinema, We're Sick of Your Act … There are Democrats I admire tremendously, like my own Congressman Jamie Raskin, and there are Democrats I'm not crazy about.  But there's only one Democrat for whom I wish future defeat, scandal, and humiliation, and I bet you can guess who that is.
Discussion: FiveThirtyEight and The Guardian
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: NBC News
Julia Manchester / The Hill:
Stacey Abrams to campaign for McAuliffe in Virginia  —  Former Georgia Democratic gubernatorial candidate Stacey Abrams is set to hit the campaign trail with former Virginia Gov. Terry McAuliffe (D) in his bid for a second term as governor of the Old Dominion.
Discussion: Political Wire
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.
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
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
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.
 
 
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