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9:40 AM ET, October 17, 2021

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Salena Zito / Washington Examiner:
Terry McAuliffe is misreading what matters to Virginia voters  —  Four years ago, Virginia Democrats nominated a slow-talking country-accented pediatrician named Ralph Northam who had been an anonymous lieutenant governor for Terry McAuliffe.  —  Unlike McAuliffe, he sounded and talked like a rural Virginian, so he seemed harmless.
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Lachlan Markay / Axios:
Virginia energy giant quietly boosts McAuliffe
Discussion: The Reload
Astead W. Herndon / New York Times:
Glenn Youngkin Talks About Virginia. His Base Talks About Donald Trump.
Discussion: The Hill, Raw Story and The Guardian
Maria Abi-Habib / New York Times:
American Missionaries Kidnapped in Haiti, Officials Say  —  Up to 17 missionaries and their family members were taken by gangs in the capital as they were leaving an orphanage Saturday.  —  As many as 17 Christian missionaries from the United States and their family members …
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Hollywood Strike Averted As IATSE & AMPTP Reach Deal On New Film & TV Contract  —  EXCLUSIVE: With Hollywood on edge and picket signs at the ready, IATSE and the AMPTP have reached an agreement on a new film and TV contract, averting a threatened nationwide strike.
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Gene Maddaus / Variety:
IATSE and AMPTP Have Reached a Deal to Avert a Strike
Discussion: San Bernardino Sun
Kierra Frazier / Yahoo News:
Five times as many police officers have died from COVID as from guns since pandemic began  —  COVID-19 is the leading cause of death for police officers even though members of law enforcement were among the first to be eligible to receive the vaccine, CNN reports, citing data from the Officer Down Memorial Page.
Discussion: CNN and Lawyers, Guns & Money
Alex Thompson / Politico:
'We're done': Immigration advocates stage walkout on Biden administration  —  Dozens of immigration advocates walked out, virtually, on top Biden officials Saturday in protest of the administration's decision to continue border policies enacted during the Trump administration, according to several people who were in the meeting.
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Adolfo Flores / BuzzFeed News:
Advocates Left A Meeting With Biden Officials Over Plans To Restart A Trump-Era Border Policy
Discussion: Associated Press
Financial Times:
China tests new space capability with hypersonic missile  —  Launch in August of nuclear-capable rocket that circled the globe took US intelligence by surprise  —  China tested a nuclear-capable hypersonic missile in August that circled the globe before speeding towards its target …
Marie Jackson / BBC:
Sir David Amess: MP murder suspect detained under Terrorism Act  —  A man detained after MP Sir David Amess was stabbed to death on Friday is 25-year-old Ali Harbi Ali, Whitehall officials have confirmed to the BBC.  —  Police said the British man was being held at a London police station under …
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Deborah Haynes / Sky News:
Sir David Amess murder: Terror suspect being held by police is named Ali Harbi Ali, Sky News understands
Discussion: The Times of Israel
Washington Examiner:
Merrick Garland should really resign, but the least he can do is recuse himself  —  It is amazing to see what people can get paid to do nowadays.  —  In 2012, Xan Tanner founded a company the purpose of which was to produce and administer surveys of entire school districts.
Maya King / Politico:
‘This is the future’: Black Senate candidates crush fundraising expectations  —  In his bid to hold his Georgia Senate seat, Democrat Raphael Warnock collected a stunning $9.5 million over the last 90 days.  Democrat Val Demings, who's challenging GOP Sen. Marco Rubio in Florida, amassed an eye-popping $8.5 million.
Discussion: Fox News
Peter Nicholas / The Atlantic:
Is Biden Doing Enough to Protect Democracy?  —  As a reporter for The Philadelphia Inquirer in the early 2000s, I once received a call from a couple of Republican campaign operatives who said they had something to show me.  We met at their office in Washington, D.C., a few days later.
Discussion: Daily Kos
Ahmed Rouaba / BBC:
How a massacre of Algerians in Paris was covered up  —  “It was a miracle I was not thrown into the Seine,” Algerian Hocine Hakem recalled about an infamous but little-known massacre in the French capital 60 years ago.  —  Around 30,000 Algerians had taken to the streets of Paris …
Discussion: Jacobin, UPI and Politico
Harriet Alexander / Daily Mail:
Former NYT opinion editor Bari Weiss hits out at CNN's Brian Stelter after he suggested a controversial column by a Republican senator she published ‘endangered lives’  — Bari Weiss appeared on Brian Stelter's podcast on Thursday to discuss media  — Weiss resigned from The New York Times in July 2020 in protest at their stance
Charles V. Bagli / New York Times:
Robert Durst has Covid, his lawyer says, and is on a ventilator.  —  The millionaire and former real estate mogul Robert A. Durst, 78, is on a ventilator in a Los Angeles hospital after testing positive for Covid-19, days after being sentenced to life in prison for the 2000 murder of his confidante.
Discussion: NBC News, The Times of Israel and Slate
Russ Choma / Mother Jones:
Marjorie Taylor Greene and Matt Gaetz's Big Fundraising PAC is Nearly Broke  —  Fight disinformation.  Get a daily recap of the facts that matter.  Sign up for the free Mother Jones newsletter.  —  Marjorie Taylor Greene and Matt Gaetz both have a knack for ginning up outrage and stealing headlines.
Discussion: Raw Story
Amy Davidson Sorkin / New Yorker:
The G.O.P.'s Race to Out-Trump the Trumpists  —  The midterm elections are approaching, and the Republican Party is heading into them with the former President as its leader.  —  Anyone in need of a warning about what the 2022 midterm elections could bring might consider what took place …
 
 
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