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Felicia Sonmez / Washington Post:
In sworn testimony, wife of Pa. Senate candidate Sean Parnell says he strangled her and abused their children
Discussion: Insider
Sabato's Crystal Ball:
A Last Word on Virginia  —  Dear Readers: Join us Thursday, Nov. 4 from 6:30 p.m. to 8 p.m. for our annual American Democracy Conference.  The virtual event will begin with a presentation by Project Home Fire's Larry Schack and Mick McWilliams on our ongoing polling and data analytics project.
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Patrick McHale / Bloomberg:
Election Forecaster Changes Virginia Race Rating to ‘Leans Republican’
Discussion: Fox News
Marist Poll:
NPR/PBS NewsHour/Marist National Poll: Trust in Elections, Threat to Democracy, Biden Approval, November 2021  —  Americans See a Serious Threat to Democracy; Trust Elections Largely on Partisan Basis  —  A majority of Americans (62%) say they will trust the results of the 2024 election …
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Ben Kamisar / NBC News:
NBC News Poll: 50 percent of Republicans doubt their vote will be counted accurately  —  WASHINGTON — There's been a significant decline over the past year in voters who think their vote will be counted accurately, a trend driven mainly by Republicans — most of whom still believe false claims …
Discussion: The Hill, USA Today and Political Wire
Byron York / Washington Examiner:
Byron York's Daily Memo: Note to Democrats: It's not 2020 anymore
Discussion: CNN and HotAir
Max Greenwood / The Hill:
More Democrats in new poll want someone other than Biden as party's presidential nominee
Discussion: RedState
David Corn / Mother Jones:
Republicans Are Already Claiming the Virginia Election Has Been Rigged  —  Fight disinformation.  Get a daily recap of the facts that matter.  Sign up for the free Mother Jones newsletter.  —  This is how it's going to be forever: Republicans and conservatives will claim that any election they lose is fraudulent.
Discussion: HuffPost, Raw Story, Breitbart and Daily Kos
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Annika Kim Constantino / CNBC:
Early voting hits record high in Virginia ahead of dead-heat governor's race
Reid J. Epstein / New York Times:
As Youngkin Tries to Finesse Trump, McAuliffe Conjures His Comeback
Ken Dilanian / NBC News:
Gun dealers sell parts, ammo using anti-Biden meme 'Let's go, Brandon'  —  It arose from a crowd chant at the NASCAR racetrack in Talladega, Ala.  —  Gun dealers are marketing weapon parts and ammunition using a right-wing slogan widely understood as code for profanity directed at President Joe Biden.
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Scott McDonald / Newsweek:
Video of Trump Laughing During 'Let's Go Brandon' Chant at World Series Seen Over 8M Times  —  Former President Donald Trump attracts attention anywhere he goes, with anything he does or just about anything he says.  Saturday was no different during Game 4 of the World Series between …
New York Post:
Here's how many NYPD cops are on unpaid leave over vax mandate  —  Only a few a dozen NYPD members were placed on unpaid leave Monday after refusing to get the COVID-19 vaccine — but thousands of unvaccinated employees remain on the job with pending exemption requests, the city's top cop said.
Adam Liptak / New York Times:
Supreme Court Appears Open to Letting Providers Challenge Texas Abortion Law  —  The Supreme Court heard two challenges on Monday to the law, which bars most abortions in Texas after about six weeks of pregnancy.  The first was brought by abortion providers in Texas, and the second was brought by the Justice Department.
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Fox News:
Texas abortion law: Supreme Court hears oral arguments
Washington Post:
Manchin calls on Democrats to slow down on $1.75 trillion spending package, putting imminent House vote in jeopardy  —  West Virginia Democrat raised concerns about debt and inflation and demanded that House lawmakers approve a separate infrastructure bill.  —  Sen. Joe Manchin III (D-W.Va.) …
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Bill Scher / HotAir:
Taking the infrastructure bill hostage didn't work
Axios:
The Facebook attention gap  —  The Facebook Papers and whistleblower accounts were a public relations nightmare for Facebook, but so far, the company's core stakeholders — advertisers, users and investors — seem unfazed.  —  The big picture: For now, this controversy is mainly of interest to the media and lawmakers.
Sarah Zhang / The Atlantic:
America Has Lost the Plot on COVID  —  We know how this ends: The coronavirus becomes endemic, and we live with it forever.  But what we don't know—and what the U.S. seems to have no coherent plan for—is how we are supposed to get there.  We've avoided the hard questions whose answers …
Discussion: Florida Politics
Luke Rosiak / The Daily Wire:
Loudoun Official Claimed He Might Not Have Seen Email Informing Him Of Sex Assault — Despite Responding To It  —  Internal Loudoun County School Board emails show a shifting explanation about how much school board members knew about a bathroom sex assault, with one member writing …
Discussion: Reason and Page Array
Pablo Manríquez / Latino Rebels:
Immigrant Rights Advocates Grapple With Senate Parliamentarian's Past as INS Prosecutor  —  WASHINGTON, D.C. — In 2012, when Elizabeth MacDonough became the first woman to be named Senate Parliamentarian, a POLITICO profile noted that MacDonough “was a Justice Department trial attorney …
Amy Harmon / New York Times:
BIPOC or POC?  Equity or Equality?  The Debate Over Language on the Left.  —  For those pushing for changes in society on race and other issues, words matter.  They can also muddle.  —  In California, a Black college freshman from the South is telling a story about his Latino friends …
Lachlan Markay / Axios:
Scoop: FEC lets foreigners finance U.S. ballot fights  —  The Federal Election Commission has ruled foreign donors can finance U.S. referendum campaigns, opening the door to foreign spending on fights over high-profile policy issues, Axios has learned.  —  Why it matters: Foreign nationals …
Natasha Khan / Wall Street Journal:
China Locks 30,000 Visitors Inside Shanghai Disneyland After One Guest Got Covid-19  —  Guests are required to take coronavirus test to exit after a positive case shuts down the park  —  HONG KONG—Shanghai Disneyland was temporarily shut down from Sunday after a visitor was found to be Covid-19-positive …
Matt Dathan / The Times:
Trolls will be jailed for ‘psychological harm’  —  Trolls could face two years in prison for sending messages or posting content that causes psychological harm under legislation targeting online hate.  —  Ministers will overhaul communication laws by creating new offences …
Cristina Marcos / The Hill:
Greene accrues at least $48K in fines for ignoring House mask mandate  —  Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) has been reprimanded by the House sergeant-at-arms at least 20 times this year for refusing to wear a mask in the chamber, which has added up to $48,000 worth of associated fines.
Discussion: Washington Post and Insider
New York Times:
Even as Biden Pushes Clean Energy, He Seeks More Oil Production  —  President Biden acknowledged “it seems like an irony” that he is asking energy-rich nations to boost oil production as he implores the world to tackle climate change.  —  GLASGOW — President Biden told a global climate summit …
Fox News:
CNN's Brian Stelter skips Lincoln Project viral hoax orchestrated to smear Youngkin on media program  —  CNN host has long history of ignoring stories that make Democrats look bad  —  CNN's ratings-challenge media pundit Brian Stelter typically decries disinformation at all costs when he feels it could hurt the liberal agenda.
Josh Sisco / The Information:
Former Google Activist Whittaker Expected to Join FTC as AI Adviser  —  Meredith Whittaker, a former employee activist and artificial intelligence researcher at Google, is expected to be hired full time at the Federal Trade Commission as a policy adviser on AI, according to a person with knowledge of her pending hire.
Sarah D. / Twitchy:
Axios is pleased to report that Twitter will “pre-bunk' climate misinformation,' i.e. any inconvenient truths that hurt preferred climate change narrative  —  Joe Biden's in Glasgow for the UN Climate Change Conference, because the international community needs to come together to fight for climate justice.
Hunter Woodall / Star Tribune:
Leading Minnesota Democrats skip campaigning against policing question  —  Three oppose Mpls. ballot question but haven't campaigned against it.  —  TEXT SIZE  —  MORE  —  WASHINGTON - Three of Minnesota's leading Democrats oppose the Minneapolis ballot question that could replace …
Discussion: HotAir
 
 
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Trump's New Company Is Planning For His Possible Conviction (Or Presidential Run)
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Monique Beals / The Hill:
Stone says he'll run for Florida governor if DeSantis doesn't do audit
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Joe Barrett / Wall Street Journal:
First Election in Minneapolis Since George Floyd Killing Is Referendum on Police
Eric Kleefeld / Media Matters for America:
Fox's shareholder meeting will require vaccine passports and masks
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How Journalism Abandoned the Working Class
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