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Associated Press:
Wyoming GOP votes to stop recognizing Cheney as a Republican  —  CASPER, Wyo. (AP) — The Wyoming Republican Party will no longer recognize Liz Cheney as a member of the GOP in its second formal rebuke for her criticism of former President Donald Trump.  —  The 31-29 vote Saturday in Buffalo …
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Victoria Eavis / Casper Star-Tribune:
Wyoming GOP votes to no longer recognize Rep. Cheney as a Republican  —  Wyoming Republican leaders voted this weekend to no longer recognize Rep. Liz Cheney as a member of their party.  —  The resolution, which does not strip Cheney of any tangible power, passed the Wyoming GOP Central Committee …
Washington Post:
Biden signs $1.2 trillion infrastructure bill, fulfilling campaign promise and notching achievement that eluded Trump
Michael Drapa / University of Chicago News:
Statement from Chancellor Robert J. Zimmer on his role for the University of Austin  —  I was asked to serve in an advisory role to the University of Austin by its founding president, Dr. Pano Kanelos.  This board had no fiduciary, oversight or management responsibilities.
Discussion: The Daily Beast
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Alex Pareene / The AP (Alex Pareene) Newsletter:
I've Heard You Have Some Questions About the New University My Friends and I Are Starting  —  The APU FAQ  —  What is the APU?  —  The University of Alaska Pacific, or APU, is a new university located in Alaska devoted to rational inquiry, free expression, and open debate.  —  Why is the acronym APU?
Jonathan V. Last / The Triad:
Andrew Sullivan and the Narrative of the “MSM Narrative”  —  The narrative on MSM narratives is false.  —  Over the weekend Andrew Sullivan published a jeremiad against the “mainstream media” that tracks pretty closely with the Matt Taibbi-Glenn Greenwald-Bari Weiss view …
Elizabeth Williamson / New York Times:
Alex Jones Liable by Default in All Sandy Hook Defamation Suits  —  A Connecticut judge's ruling combines with decisions in Texas to grant a clean sweep for families of shooting victims in their cases against the Infowars host.  —  A superior court in Connecticut granted a sweeping victory …
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Rob Ryser / Connecticut Post:   Sandy Hook families ‘grateful’ to win defamation case against Alex Jones by default; appeal expected
Jill Lawrence / USA Today:
Infrastructure was once a crashing bore.  Now it symbolizes our sick, violent politics.  —  Will this be the last gasp of bipartisan deal-making?  If it's this dangerous to vote for infrastructure, there's no safe common ground in politics.  —  View Comments
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Meridith McGraw / Politico:
McConnell sought to disinvite Trump from Biden's inaugural
Peter Wade / Rolling Stone:
Mnuchin and Pompeo Discussed a Plan to Oust Trump from Office on Jan. 6: Report  —  “In the hours after the riot, there were high-level conversations about” using the 25th Amendment to kick Trump out of office, according to ABC News' Jonathan Karl  —  Steve Mnuchin and Mike Pompeo discussed …
Robin Bravender / Insider:
Kamala Harris' allies lash out at the media and each other as the bad press keeps piling up  — Vice President Kamala Harris is facing more bad press.  — Her allies are increasingly frustrated by reports of infighting in the White House.  — They blame the press and anonymous leaks from her orbit.
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New York Post:
Kamala Harris sidelined amid growing tensions with Biden, insiders say
Ryan Grim / The Intercept:
It's Not Just White People: Democrats Are Losing Normal Voters of All Races … Last Monday, a Democratic firm hosted focus groups with women in Virginia who voted in 2017 for Democratic Gov. Ralph Northam, in 2020 for Democratic President Joe Biden, and then this month for Republican Gov.-elect Glenn Youngkin.
Discussion: Washington Times and NOQ Report
Justin Rohrlich / The Daily Beast:
Teen Who Torched Synagogue Seethed About Jews in Disturbing Diary, Feds Say  —  Franklin Barrett Sechriest, a former National Guard member, also spewed vitriol toward African-Americans, a newly unsealed federal complaint reveals.  —  A Texas teen accused of setting fire to an Austin, Texas …
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Alan Rappeport / New York Times:
An empowered I.R.S. emerges as the linchpin of Biden's social policy bill.  —  WASHINGTON — President Biden's pledge to fully pay for his $1.85 trillion social policy and climate spending package depends in large part on having a beefed up Internal Revenue Service crack down on tax evaders …
Discussion: HotAir and The Daily Caller
Phill Swagel / CBO Publications:
CBO to Release a Complete Cost Estimate for H.R. 5376, the Build Back Better Act, by November 19  —  The Congressional Budget Office anticipates publishing a complete cost estimate for H.R. 5376, the Build Back Better Act (Rules Committee Print 117-18 incorporating a manager's amendment by Congressman Yarmuth) …
Discussion: ABC News and Political Wire
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Brian Sharp / Democrat and Chronicle:
Dems on verge of seizing control of Monroe County Legislature; first time in 30 years  —  Democrats appear to have taken control of the Monroe County Legislature for the first time in more than 30 years.  —  Unofficial absentee and affidavit counts, tabulated Monday, flipped two close races …
Eda Aker / Yale Daily News:
Two students sue Yale Law administrators for alleged retaliation in Amy Chua case  —  Two unnamed Yale Law School students filed a complaint Monday against three Law School administrators and the University for allegedly “blackball[ing]” them from job opportunities after they refused to endorse …
Allahpundit / HotAir:
Why on earth does Beto O'Rourke want to run for governor of Texas?  —  It's always intriguing when a well-known figure whom everyone understands has no chance of winning decides to run for office.  —  I doubt even Beto's under illusions about his chances.  He'll be running in a red state facing …
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Jonathan Tilove / Texas Monthly:
Exclusive: Beto O'Rourke Is Running for Governor
Paul M. Duggan / Washington Post:
Proud Boys leader seeks release from D.C. jail, alleging inhumane conditions  —  A national leader of the Proud Boys, a far-right group with a history of violence, asked a judge on Monday to release him from the D.C. jail and place him on home confinement, citing what he described as inhumane conditions in the facility.
Max Boot / Washington Post:
A newly disclosed memo reveals Trump's plot to turn the military into his personal goon squad  —  I want to apologize to Mark T. Esper, former president Donald Trump's fourth and second-to-last defense secretary.  I may have been too harsh on the man who became known as “Yesper” for accommodating Trump.
Discussion: Raw Story
Anne Applebaum / The Atlantic:
The Bad Guys Are Winning  —  The future of democracy may well be decided in a drab office building on the outskirts of Vilnius, alongside a highway crammed with impatient drivers heading out of town.  —  I met Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya there this spring, in a room that held a conference table, a whiteboard, and not much else.
Discussion: HotAir
Chuck Ross / Washington Free Beacon:
Biden Infrastructure Czar Advises Pro-China Group  —  President Joe Biden's pick to oversee $1.2 trillion in infrastructure spending is a top adviser to a trade organization that seeks Chinese investment in American infrastructure.  —  Mitch Landrieu serves as strategic adviser …
Pew Research Center:
The Behaviors and Attitudes of U.S. Adults on Twitter  —  A minority of Twitter users produce a majority of tweets from U.S. adults, and the most active tweeters are less likely to view the tone or civility of discussions as a major problem on the site  —  Pew Research Center conducted …
Luke Sullivan / Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost:
Attorney General Yost Sues Facebook for Securities Fraud After Misleading Disclosures, Allegations of Harm to Children  —  (COLUMBUS, Ohio) — Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost has filed a lawsuit against the social-media giant Facebook for misleading the public on how it controlled …
NBC News:
Parents protesting ‘critical race theory’ identify another target: Mental health programs  —  At a September school board meeting in Southlake, Texas, a parent named Tara Eddins strode to the lectern during the public comment period and demanded to know why the Carroll Independent School District …
Ally Mutnick / Politico:
Trump wades into West Virginia member-vs-member race  —  Former President Donald Trump is endorsing GOP Rep. Alex Mooney in the member-vs.-member primary in West Virginia over GOP Rep. David McKinley, who recently voted for the new infrastructure law.  —  His decision does not come as a surprise.
Patrick Svitek / The Texas Tribune:
State Rep. Ryan Guillen switches to GOP in latest blow to South Texas Democrats  —  The Rio Grande City lawmaker was the least liberal Democrat in the Texas House this year, according to a political scientist's rankings of lawmakers.  —  Copy link  —  Longtime Democratic state Rep. Ryan Guillen …
Hannah Mullen / Balls and Strikes:
How Judges Turn Your Legal Rights Into Worthless Promises  —  If courts make it impossible for you to do anything about violations of your rights, those rights are worth nothing at all.  —  On the evening of June 7, 2010, a U.S. Border Patrol Agent shot 15-year-old Sergio Adrián Hernández Güereca in the face.
ADF Media:
Cross v. Loudoun County School Board  —  Description: A Loudoun County Public Schools policy requires all faculty and students, regardless of their beliefs about biological sex and gender, to use the pronouns that students demand regardless of their biological sex.  —  Loudoun County teacher wins free speech battle
Anna Gronewold / Politico:
'He's nuts and he's got a vendetta': Cuomo won't leave New York alone  —  ALBANY, N.Y. — Andrew Cuomo will not go away.  —  Three months after resigning in disgrace, battered by misconduct allegations leveled by nearly a dozen women, the former New York governor continues to make weekly headlines.
Discussion: HotAir and Breitbart
YouTube:
Union Busting: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)  —  John Oliver discusses the mechanics of union busting, why the companies who do it face so few consequences, and what it really means when your manager wants ...
Discussion: Payday Report
BBC:
Aung San Suu Kyi being treated well: Myanmar army  —  Myanmar's military has told the BBC that authorities are not mistreating ousted leader Aung San Suu Kyi.  —  The 76-year-old former leader has not been seen in public since a February military coup removed her from office.
Politico:
POLITICO Playbook PM: GOP support for bipartisan infrastructure bill plummets  —  BIF DIP — With President JOE BIDEN set to sign the bipartisan infrastructure bill better known as BIF in a few hours at a splashy ceremony, a new poll shows voter support becoming less and less bipartisan.
 
 
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The White House:
Executive Order on Implementation of the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act
Discussion: Politico
Zaid Jilani / City Journal:
When Demography Isn't Destiny  —  There's nothing inevitable about American immigrants joining the progressive coalition.
Omri Nahmias / Jerusalem Post:
Mike Herzog arrives in Washington, officially takes office as ambassador to US
Discussion: The Times of Israel
Washington Examiner:
University of Maryland wants in on the Ivy League's anti-Asian racism
Discussion: National Review
New York Times:
Here's what's in the infrastructure bill that Biden will sign today.
Miranda Devine / New York Post:
MSNBC anchor Joy Reid's crying shame
Discussion: The Daily Wire
Elena Durnbaugh / Lansing State Journal:
Michigan Sen. John Bizon facing assault charges after incident with nurse practitioner
Discussion: Raw Story and Michigan Advance
 Earlier Items: 
Nahal Toosi / Politico:
Biden tried to push Putin aside. The Russian isn't having it.
Stephen Singer / Hartford Courant:
In a reversal of fortune GE dismantles itself as its former home, Fairfield County, surges
Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
The GOP's repugnant midterm strategy requires a tough Democratic response
Discussion: VTDigger
Monmouth University Polling Institute:
Doubt in American System Increases
Discussion: Washington Post
Clio Chang / New York Magazine:
Inside Felicia Sonmez's War Against the Washington Post
Will Wright / The Charlotte Observer:
Charlotte-area GOP members shaken by Cawthorn move to district
Discussion: Mock Paper Scissors
 

 
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The Guardian:
How China is using AI news anchors to spread its propaganda on social media; Microsoft: some AI anchors were created using ByteDance's video editing app CapCut

Daniel Thomas / Financial Times:
Culture secretary Lucy Frazer says the UK is working on rules around the use of creative work for training AI after media and arts executives voiced concerns

Rodney Tiffen / Inside Story:
Court discovery docs from the UK's News Group phone hacking cases give more detail about evidence destruction and indicate the company gathered political intel

 
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