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2:55 PM ET, November 16, 2021

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Jennifer Szalai / New York Times:
In Another Trump Book, a Journalist's Belated Awareness Steals the Show … When you purchase an independently reviewed book through our site, we earn an affiliate commission.  —  By the looks of his formidable résumé, the veteran Beltway journalist Jonathan Karl shouldn't startle all that easily.
Discussion: HuffPost and Balloon Juice
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Hayes Brown / MSNBC:
Jenna Ellis' memo on stealing the 2020 election holds a lesson for Democrats  —  Another Trump lawyer wrote another memo pressuring Pence to overturn election  —  After losing the 2020 presidential election, former President Donald Trump was obsessed with finding a route to remain in power.
Discussion: Raw Story
Politico:
POLITICO Playbook: A victory lap and a reality check  —  DRIVING THE DAY  —  It was all smiles and selfies at the White House on Monday as Democrats celebrated passage of the bipartisan infrastructure deal.  But rising voter concern about inflation has cast a pall over President JOE BIDEN's victory lap.
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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 …
Josh Rogin / Washington Post:
Biden administration soon to announce diplomatic boycott of the Beijing Olympics  —  With the Beijing Winter Olympics just three months away, the Biden administration will soon have to make clear whether it plans to send an official delegation to China.  But sooner rather than later …
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Steven Lee Myers / New York Times:
Biden and Xi Pledge More Cooperation, but Offer No Breakthroughs
Becket Adams / Washington Examiner:
Jen Psaki is annoyed you'd ask about Biden defaming Kyle Rittenhouse as a white supremacist  —  The Biden campaign defamed Kyle Rittenhouse as a white supremacist in 2020, even though there is nothing at all to back such a claim about him.  —  Now, the White House would rather not discuss …
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Associated Press:
Jury begins deliberations at Kyle Rittenhouse murder trial
Discussion: CBS News, Metro.co.uk and NBC Chicago
James A. Gagliano / New York Post:
From irresponsibly pointing a gun, to ‘tsking,’ DA's closing in Rittenhouse trial was pathetic
Discussion: National Review and Reason
Politico:
Rep. Jackie Speier retiring from Congress  —  Rep. Jackie Speier on Tuesday announced she would not seek reelection to Congress next year, becoming the latest House Democrat to opt against running for another term.  —  “It's time for me to come home — time for me to be more than a weekend wife …
Discussion: Washington Post and Townhall
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Emily Brooks / Washington Examiner:
Jackie Speier is eighth House Democrat to announce retirement in 2022
Discussion: CNN
Max Greenwood / The Hill:
Jackie Speier will not run for reelection to Congress in 2022
Discussion: USA Today, Roll Call, UPI and Political Wire
Christopher Mathias / HuffPost:
Tucker Carlson's Jan. 6 ‘Documentary’ Is His Most Nakedly Fascist Piece Of Propaganda Yet  —  His recent series for Fox Nation, “Patriot Purge,” is setting the stage for something even worse than the attack on the Capitol.  —  Tucker Carlson's “Patriot Purge,” a revisionist history …
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Nikki McCann Ramirez / Media Matters for America:
On Fox Nation, Tucker Carlson goes full anti-vaccine with Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
Discussion: Joe.My.God., Daily Kos and Eschaton
Washington Post:
Americans broadly support Supreme Court upholding Roe v. Wade and oppose Texas abortion law, Post-ABC poll finds  —  Americans say by a roughly 2-to-1 margin that the Supreme Court should uphold its landmark abortion decision in Roe v. Wade, and by a similar margin the public opposes …
Washington Post:
The second-biggest program in the Democrats' spending plan gives billions to the rich … The House is expected to vote this week on President Biden's Build Back Better legislation.  The social spending bill includes investments in clean energy and affordable child care …
Discussion: Bloomberg, Jacobin and Breitbart
Axios:
Goldman: “Inflation will get worse”  —  “The current inflation surge will get worse this winter before it gets better,” Goldman Sachs Global Investment Research warns clients in a “2022 U.S. Economic Outlook.”  —  Driving the news: But Goldman expects the economy “to reaccelerate …
Miriam Jordan / New York Times:
Unauthorized Migration Across the Mexico-U.S. Border Slips  —  Border crossings declined for the third consecutive month in October, but thousands of Haitians and other migrants were waiting in Mexico, hoping to head north.  —  After a major influx of migrants overwhelmed …
Discussion: Mediaite
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Kyle Whitmire / al.com:
Hubbard still pulling strings from prison, tapes reveal  —  This is an opinion column.  —  In September, Mike Hubbard said he was sorry — for something.  —  In a letter to Lee County Circuit Judge Jacob Walker, the former Alabama House speaker apologized — for his convictions.  Not his crimes.
Discussion: Political Wire
Wall Street Journal:
Activision CEO Bobby Kotick Knew for Years About Sexual-Misconduct Allegations at Videogame Giant  —  Top executive didn't inform board of some reports, including alleged rapes; company faces multiple regulatory investigations  —  Bobby Kotick, the longtime chief executive …
David Pitt / USA Today:
Audit: Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds improperly used COVID funds for salaries  —  DES MOINES, Iowa — A state audit report on government spending released Monday accused Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds of using nearly $450,000 in federal coronavirus relief funds to pay salaries for 21 staff members …
David Charns / KLAS:
I-Team: Las Vegas man, whose case GOP highlighted as voter fraud, to plead guilty to voting twice  —  Donald “Kirk” Hartle agrees to plea deal, will likely avoid prison time  —  LAS VEGAS (KLAS) — A Las Vegas man charged with forging his dead wife's signature on her ballot …
Discussion: Political Wire and Boston.com
Ruth Ben-Ghiat / Lucid:
Waiting for the Apocalypse: The Unnerving New Normal  —  A few months ago, the humorist David Sedaris wrote about his joy at feeling he no longer had to care about political news.  Four years of “constant monitoring” of events, which a friend of his likened to having a second job, had left him exhausted.
Nicole Gaudiano / Insider:
Democratic strategists plan to get aggressive on critical race theory, saying Republicans are putting ‘politicians in charge of the classroom and white supremacists in charge of the curriculum’  — Democratic strategists say the party should hit back harder against GOP critical race theory claims.
Joe Battenfeld / Boston Herald:
Biden tormented by Republican guerrilla campaign and ‘I did it’ stickers  —  If you see Joe Biden's picture on a gas pump these days, it's not a tribute to his amazingly successful energy policy.  —  The stickers — with Biden pointing to the $3.50 a gallon gas price and saying “I did that!”
Discussion: CNN, Bloomberg and Ace of Spades HQ
The Daily Beast:
Mary Trump: If Donald Runs Again, This Will Be the Reason  —  Mary Trump is honest about what she thinks about Biden's low approval ratings and what her uncle is brewing.  Plus, a Holocaust survivor's son shares a chilling Trump prediction.  —  Mary Trump knows her uncle, Donald Trump …
Discussion: Raw Story
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 …
Discussion: Outside the Beltway and Althouse
Sophie Egan / New York Times:
Does It Matter if I Eat the Stickers on Fruits and Vegetables?  —  I keep finding myself biting into an apple or a peach, only to find I've eaten half the sticker the store put on there.  Is there any harm in eating produce stickers?  —  While the stickers that get placed on fruits …
Emily Singer / The American Independent:
GOP lawmaker takes credit for infrastructure funding after voting against it  —  Republicans have begun to take credit for things in the infrastructure bill they didn't vote for.  —  Rep. Gary Palmer (R-AL) on Monday night touted “critical funding” that President Joe Biden's infrastructure bill provided …
Tovia Smith / NPR:
Why Boston will need to wait longer for its 1st elected Black mayor  —  For the first time in its history, Boston is inaugurating a newly-elected mayor on Tuesday who is not a white man.  Michelle Wu - who's Asian American, is the first woman and first person of color elected to lead the city.
Discussion: Twitchy
Walter Hickey / Numlock News:
Numlock News: November 16, 2021  • Scotland, Terrapins, Jets  —  This past Sunday I talked to the brilliant Alex Abad-Santos for the subscriber Sunday edition.  I also published it as a podcast, and everyone can check that out on Apple Podcasts or Spotify.
Rachel Holliday Smith / THE CITY:
FDR Drive Tear-Down and Manhattan Land Extension Eyed in Downtown Flood Plan  —  A higher waterfront and a lower highway may be on tap for Lower Manhattan.  —  The city has a new proposal for protecting the Financial District and Seaport from future flooding: extending the eastern edge …
 
 
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Washington Post:
Biden administration to announce purchase of 10 million courses of Pfizer anti-covid pill
Los Angeles Times:
Facebook struggled with disinformation targeted at Latinos, leaked documents show
Bill Mahoney / Politico:
New York ethics board revokes approval for Cuomo book deal
Discussion: Raw Story and abc7NY
Laurence Norman / Wall Street Journal:
Iran Resumes Production of Advanced Nuclear-Program Parts, Diplomats Say
Dareh Gregorian / NBC News:
South Carolina Republican introduces bill to decriminalize marijuana at federal level
Discussion: Associated Press and Reason
Lydia Saad / Gallup:
Political News Receiving Heightened Public Attention
Discussion: The Hill and Political Wire
Nicole Hong / New York Times:
What's the Future of Outdoor Dining in New York?
Discussion: Joe.My.God.
 Earlier Items: 
Elizabeth Dilts Marshall / Reuters:
As Congress advances Democrats' tax plans, the wealthy eye loopholes
Discussion: Washington Post
Max Fisher / New York Times:
U.S. Allies Drive Much of World's Democratic Decline, Data Shows
Discussion: Common Dreams
Fredrik deBoer / New York Times:
Democratic Socialists Have a Long Road to Electoral Victory
Discussion: Freddie deBoer
Jeff Greenfield / Politico:
Joe Biden's Empty Inflation Toolbox
Discussion: Al Jazeera and Washington Post