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5:35 PM ET, October 14, 2021

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NBC News:
Southlake school leader tells teachers to balance Holocaust books with ‘opposing’ views  —  SOUTHLAKE, Texas — A top administrator with the Carroll Independent School District in Southlake advised teachers last week that if they have a book about the Holocaust in their classroom …
Discussion: Raw Story
Select Committee to Investigate …:
Thompson Statement on Cooperation of Witnesses  —  Bolton, MS—Chairman Bennie G. Thompson today made the following statement:  —  “Mr. Bannon has declined to cooperate with the Select Committee and is instead hiding behind the former President's insufficient, blanket …
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CNN:
January 6 panel moves to hold Steve Bannon in criminal contempt  —  (CNN)The committee investigating the January 6 Capitol Hill riot announced Thursday it is moving forward to hold Trump ally Steve Bannon in criminal contempt for refusing to comply with a subpoena, as his game of chicken …
Reuters:
U.S. Senator Sinema rejects vote on big Biden package before infrastructure-source  —  U.S. Senator Kyrsten Sinema, a key moderate, told fellow Democrats in the House of Representatives this week that she will not vote for a multitrillion-dollar package that is a top priority for President Joe Biden …
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Shane Goldmacher / New York Times:
As Budget Bill Hangs in Limbo, Kyrsten Sinema Heads to Europe  —  With the Senate out of session, Ms. Sinema, the Democratic senator from Arizona, has been in Europe on a fund-raising trip.  —  Senator Kyrsten Sinema, the moderate Arizona Democrat who has objected to the size and scope …
Tara Golshan / HuffPost:
Democrats Float Possible $2.5 Trillion Compromise Reconciliation Framework
Discussion: HotAir, Washington Monthly and Politico
Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
Trump's latest eruption at Republicans captures a core insight about GOP voters  —  Donald Trump called in to a rally for Virginia Republicans late Wednesday night, joining a festival of derangement featuring former adviser Stephen K. Bannon hallucinating aloud that Trumpism will rule the United States for the next century.
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Alex Seitz-Wald / NBC News:
Virginia Republican Glenn Youngkin won't say if he wants Trump to campaign for him
Discussion: The Hill and Raw Story
Laura Vozzella / Washington Post:
Trump calls in to rally hosted by Bannon for Virginia GOP candidates
Ryan Bort / Rolling Stone:
Republicans Pledge Allegiance to Flag Carried on Jan. 6 at Rally Trump Called In To
Discussion: Twitchy and Crooks and Liars
Aaron Katersky / ABC News:
Trump must give videotaped deposition in protest lawsuit, judge orders  —  The protest followed Trump's calling Mexican immigrants criminals and rapists.  —  Former President Donald Trump must sit for a videotaped deposition next week as part of a lawsuit involving his anti-immigrant rhetoric, a judge in the Bronx ordered.
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Brian Krebs / Krebs on Security:
Missouri Governor Vows to Prosecute St. Louis Post-Dispatch for Reporting Security Vulnerability  —  On Wednesday, the St. Louis Post-Dispatch ran a story about how its staff discovered and reported a security vulnerability in a Missouri state education website that exposed the Social Security numbers …
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Philip Bump / Washington Post:
A newspaper informed Missouri about a website flaw. The governor accused it of ‘hacking.’
Washington Post:
GOP lawmaker, banned from flying Alaska Airlines over mask mandate, tests positive for coronavirus  —  An Alaska GOP lawmaker banned from flying on the state's leading airline for refusing to wear a mask, and therefore unable to travel to and from the state capital, has now tested positive for the coronavirus, she said.
Washington Post:
Norway bow-and-arrow attack that killed five people appears to be ‘terrorist act,’ police say  —  An attack by a Danish man armed with a bow and arrow that killed five people in a Norwegian town appears to be a “terrorist act,” police said Thursday.  —  The victims, four women and a man, were 50 to 70 years old.
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Josh Rogin / Washington Post:
The Iran deal is dead.  Where is Biden's Plan B?  —  A flurry of diplomatic activity in Washington this week revealed that the Iran nuclear deal is likely dead for good, despite the Biden administration's best efforts to revive it.  But if the Biden team has a follow-up plan to prevent Iran from going nuclear, it's a well-kept secret.
Marc Tracy / New York Times:
Nicholas Kristof Leaves New York Times as He Considers a Political Run  —  Mr. Kristof, a two-time Pulitzer Prize winner, is weighing a run for governor of Oregon, the state where he grew up.  —  After 37 years at The New York Times as a reporter, high-level editor and opinion columnist …
Wall Street Journal:
Microsoft Folds LinkedIn Social-Media Service in China  —  LinkedIn cites challenging operating environment, as retreat marks the biggest departure from China by a major tech company in years  —  Microsoft Corp.'s LinkedIn said it would shut the version of its professional-networking site …
Isaac Chotiner / New Yorker:
The Republicans Running to Support Donald Trump  —  Don Bolduc, a retired Army general and current U.S. Senate candidate from New Hampshire, is one of many political aspirants who believe that the 2020 election was stolen.  —  Across the country, candidates who support Donald Trump's false claims …
Discussion: The American Independent and CNN
McKay Coppins / The Atlantic:
A Secretive Hedge Fund Is Gutting Newsrooms  —  The Tribune Tower rises above the streets of downtown Chicago in a majestic snarl of Gothic spires and flying buttresses that were designed to exude power and prestige.  When plans for the building were announced in 1922, Colonel Robert R. McCormick …
Tim Miller / The Bulwark:
Not My Party: So We're Headed to ‘Civil War’ Soon?  —  What to make of all the talk of a ‘national divorce.’  —  Civil War?  You Gotta Be Kidding Me  —  [Editor's note: Watch Not My Party every week on Snapchat.]  —  MSNBC Interviewee at Trump Rally: I see a civil war coming.  I do.
RR Auction:
Donald Trump Signed Book  —  “To Rudy—The best mayor N.Y.C. has ever had!  I promise never to run against you—Donald” … This lot has closed  —  Consign Similar Item … Rare signed book with an important association: Trump: The America We Deserve.  First edition.  Los Angeles: Renaissance Books, 2000.
Davey Alba / New York Times:
YouTube's stronger election misinformation policies had a spillover effect on Twitter and Facebook, researchers say.  —  Share of Election-Related Posts on Social Platforms Linking to Videos Making Claims of Fraud  —  YouTube's stricter policies against election misinformation was followed …
The Economist:
Opinion on the use of puberty blockers in America is turning  —  Even members of the World Professional Association for Transgender Health have some concerns  —  Worries about the use of puberty blockers, which are prescribed to some children to prevent the development of secondary sex characteristics …
Bloomberg:
How a $2 Million Condo in Brooklyn Ends Up With a $157 Tax Bill  —  Opaque methods, hypothetical numbers and ‘bonkers’ adjustments shift the property-tax burden toward middle- and working-class New Yorkers  —  A condo in Brooklyn's fashionable Williamsburg neighborhood sells for $2.15 million.
Christopher F. Rufo / City Journal:
Walmart vs. Whiteness  —  The company's new training program tells hourly employees that they are guilty of “internalized racial superiority.”  —  The Social Order  —  Economy, finance, and budgets  —  Walmart Inc. has launched a critical race theory training program that denounces …
Discussion: Twitchy
Andy Kroll / Rolling Stone:
He's the Whistleblower Who Brought Down Trump's EPA Chief.  Now He's Driving an Uber  —  He exposed Scott Pruitt's corruption.  So why is Kevin Chmielewski's life ruined while the official he brought down continues to escape justice?  —  When Kevin Chmielewski emerged from the FBI's fortress …
Discussion: Raw Story
CBS News:
Robert Gates says watching the Afghanistan withdrawal sickened him  —  The former defense secretary and CIA head also says China is the United States' top military and economic rival now.  Anderson Cooper's interview with Gates airs Sunday on 60 Minutes.  —  Robert Gates has seen …
Discussion: Washington Examiner
Nicholas Bogel-Burroughs / New York Times:
Alex Murdaugh Charged With Swindling Sons of Dead Housekeeper  —  Mr. Murdaugh, the scion of a legal dynasty in South Carolina, is accused of pocketing a $2.8 million settlement intended for the housekeeper's family.  —  Alex Murdaugh, the South Carolina lawyer who has endured …
Discussion: Rolling Stone and The Daily Beast
The Economist:
The first big energy shock of the green era  —  There are grave problems with the transition to clean energy power  —  Next month world leaders will gather at the cop26 summit, saying they mean to set a course for net global carbon emissions to reach zero by 2050.
 
 
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Christopher Cadelago / Politico:
White House banking on another McConnell retreat over the debt ceiling
Eli Yokley / Morning Consult:
Biden's Standing With Black Voters Hasn't Bounced Back After Tough Summer
Jessica Donati / Wall Street Journal:
U.S. Aims to Resume Regular Evacuation Flights From Afghanistan
Discussion: Defense One
Emma Brown / Washington Post:
Colorado county clerk who embraced conspiracy theories is barred from overseeing elections
Discussion: Joe.My.God.
Politico:
Gridlock and dysfunction — and a few tears — hit redistricting
Discussion: Political Wire
Mark Perry / American Enterprise Institute:
Women earned the majority of doctoral degrees in 2020 for the 12th straight year and outnumber men in grad school 148 to 100
Ken Klippenstein / The Intercept:
Verizon Asks Employees to Help Kill Corporate Tax Increase
Josh Christenson / Washington Free Beacon:
Even Broadway's ‘Hamilton’ Not Safe: Performer Accuses Play of Anti-Trans Bias
Discussion: Washington Examiner
 Earlier Items: 
Richard Bernstein / RealClearInvestigations:
Seminal ‘Diversity = Profits’ Research Doesn't Fare Well Under the Microscope
Discussion: NOQ Report
Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse / Salon:
Justice Alito complains, but the evidence is clear: This Supreme Court was built by dark money
Discussion: First Draft and Mediaite
Washington Post:
Loudoun County student accused in sexual assaults at two county schools, sparking outrage from parents
Discussion: HotAir, Newsbusters and RedState
Elise Viebeck / Washington Post:
Calls intensify to end Wisconsin's election review amid blunders by ex-judge in charge
Discussion: Raw Story
 

 
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Alexandra Bruell / Wall Street Journal:
The Atlantic is profitable, has 1M subscribers, and revenue grew 10% in 2023 thanks to a 50% price hike, a harder paywall, and a shift to in-depth reporting

New York Times:
Karlie Kloss' Bedford buys Life publication rights from Dotdash Meredith and plans to resume regular print publication in 2025; Josh Kushner will be publisher

New York Times:
The NBC News-Ronna McDaniel saga highlights the perks and perils of partisan talk TV; a source says McDaniel is now seeking $600K+ for her two year deal

 
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