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Jury finds all 3 men guilty of murder in Ahmaud Arbery's death  —  BRUNSWICK, Ga. — Jurors have found all three men guilty of murder in the killing Ahmaud Arbery.  —  The decision was read to the court shortly after 1:30 p.m. Wednesday.  —  Earlier Wednesday, Jurors asked to review video …
Stephen Gutowski / The Dispatch:
The Similarity, and Stark Difference, Between the Kyle Rittenhouse and Ahmaud Arbery Shootings  —  It comes down to provocation.  —  The two most watched murder trails in the country are coming to an end and, while they have similarities, one big difference makes different results likely.
Fabiola Cineas / Vox:
The significance of the guilty verdicts in Ahmaud Arbery's murder
Sarah Lustbader / New York Times:   What the Arbery and Rittenhouse Verdicts Couldn't Tell Us
Hans Nichols / Axios:
Scoop: Centrist Dems sink Biden's nominee for top bank regulator  —  Five Democratic senators have told the White House they won't support Saule Omarova to head the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, effectively killing her nomination for the powerful bank-regulator position.
Jeff Cox / CNBC:
Weekly jobless claims post stunning decline to 199,000, the lowest level since 1969  —  The ranks of those submitting jobless claims tumbled to their lowest level in more than 52 years last week, the Labor Department reported Wednesday.  —  New filings totaled 199,000, a number not seen since Nov. 15 …
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Washington Post:   Weekly jobless claims plunge to 199,000, the lowest level in more than 50 years
Lucia Mutikani / Reuters:   U.S. weekly jobless claims hit 52-year low, economy regaining speed
Andrew Beaton / Wall Street Journal:
Aaron Rodgers Doesn't Just Have Any Toe Injury.  He Has Covid Toe.  —  The Packers star quarterback is dealing with a painful toe injury that stems from the body's immune response to his recent case of Covid-19.  —  Since Aaron Rodgers returned to the field after testing positive for Covid-19 …
Ruth Styles / Daily Mail:
EXCLUSIVE: Waukesha massacre suspect Darrell Brooks was convicted for threatening to bomb Nugget Casino in Nevada and is STILL wanted after failing to appear in court  — Darrell Brooks was busted in March 2007 for calling in a bomb threat to the $43-per-night Nugget Casino Resort in Sparks, Nevada, DailyMail.com can reveal
Discussion: Instapundit and The New Neo
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Gabby Orr / CNN:
‘Nothing about this is normal’: RNC payments to Trump attorneys irk GOP officials  —  (CNN)A pair of payments the Republican National Committee made to a law firm representing former President Donald Trump is raising questions among former and current GOP officials about the party's priorities …
Discussion: HotAir, Mediaite, Raw Story and CBS News
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Stef W. Kight / Axios:
Scoop: Biden restarting Trump's “Remain in Mexico” policy  —  President Biden will start turning asylum seekers back to Mexico as soon as next week under a reinstated Trump-era “Remain in Mexico” program — but will offer them the option to receive the COVID-19 vaccine, Axios has learned.
Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
On ‘Hannity,’ Trump reveals the truth about right-wing lionization of Rittenhouse  —  Donald Trump ventured into the safe confines of Sean Hannity's show on Tuesday night, where he disclosed that Kyle Rittenhouse had visited him at Mar-a-Lago.  “Really a nice young man,” the former president declared.
Molly Jong-Fast / The Atlantic:
Deprogram your relatives this Thanksgiving  —  Some people (like my friend Tom Nichols) think that you should spend your Thanksgiving playing nice, pretending that your cousin doesn't follow QAnon and that your uncle doesn't believe the election was stolen and also that the Cyber Ninjas …
Choire Sicha / New York Magazine:
Here's the Best Strike for Most People  —  In October 2016, Wirecutter, a scrappy website that uses journalism to help people make purchases, was five years old.  On a Sunday that month, Brian Lam, the site's founder, told everyone to clear their Monday for an all-hands meeting.
New York Times:
Trump Investigation Enters Crucial Phase as Prosecutor's Term Nears End  —  New developments suggest the long-running inquiry has returned to an earlier focus: the valuations the former president and his family business applied to properties as it sought loans.
Discussion: NBC News, Insider, CNBC and Raw Story
The Daily Beast:
Mike Lindell Trolls Fox News With Pathetic Rally  —  While he jet-sets across the nation, Lindell orders a smattering of his most fervent fans to protest at Fox News HQ.  —  MyPillow CEO and 2020 dead-ender-who-will-simply-never- quit Mike Lindell attempted to put pressure on Fox News to cover …
Andrea Roberson / DCPS Reopen Strong:
Sharing My Gratitude  —  This post is an email sent by Chancellor Ferebee to the DCPS community on November 18, 2021.  —  Esta carta está disponible en español a continuación.  —  Dear DCPS Families,  —  This Thanksgiving, I want to reflect on the past year and express …
Discussion: Washington Examiner and Twitchy
Mariana Alfaro / Washington Post:
Rep. Greene introduces bill to award Congress's highest honor to Kyle Rittenhouse, who fatally shot two men  —  Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) has introduced a bill to award the Congressional Gold Medal — the legislative branch's highest honor — to Kyle Rittenhouse …
Juliette Kayyem / The Atlantic:
The Pandemic Is Ending With a Whimper  —  Perhaps you've figured this out already: The pandemic will not have a discrete end.  The coronavirus will not raise a white flag.  There will be no peace treaty, no parade, no announcement from the CDC that the United States is done worrying about COVID.
Aaron Maté / RealClearInvestigations:
Five Trump-Russia ‘Collusion’ Corrections We Need From the Media Now — Just for Starters  —  Five years after the Hillary Clinton campaign-funded collection of Trump-Russia conspiracy theories known as the Steele dossier was published by BuzzFeed, news outlets that amplified its false allegations …
Discussion: HotAir
Andrew Romano / Yahoo News:
Poll: 77% of Americans now say inflation is personally affecting them — and 57% blame Biden  —  46th and current president of the United States  —  More than three-quarters of Americans (77 percent) say inflation is affecting their lives as the holiday season begins, according …
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Katelyn Polantz / CNN:
Trump argues January 6 committee could damage the presidency in quest for his records  —  (CNN)Former President Donald Trump is accusing the House select committee investigating January 6 of being so aggressive in its pursuit of his White House records that it could permanently damage the presidency …
Katya Adler / BBC:
Germany's Team Scholz sweeps away 16 years of Merkel  —  Has Angela Merkel actually gone now?  —  Her imminent departure has been reported on for months, in the lead-up to Germany's September general election and ever since.  Yet Mrs Merkel kept popping up this autumn at press conferences in Berlin …
Nate Raymond / Reuters:
4th Circuit judge to maintain active status, eliminating vacancy for Biden … (Reuters) - U.S. Circuit Judge Robert King on Wednesday told the White House he had changed his mind about stepping down from active service on the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, eliminating a vacancy President Joe Biden could fill.
David French / The Atlantic:
We Argue in All the Wrong Ways  —  You can't fact-check your way into family peace  —  Here's a very small thing I'm thankful for on this Thanksgiving eve—unless my eyes deceive me, I've seen fewer examples of a genre of article that used to be popular some years back.
David Charns / KLAS:
Woman yelling 'Let's go Brandon' wheeled off Las Vegas jet bridge, arrested over mask disturbance  —  LAS VEGAS (KLAS) — Las Vegas Metro police arrested a woman at McCarran International Airport over the weekend after a disturbance on a plane.  —  Katrina Alspaugh, of Las Vegas …
Tom Lawrence / The Daily Beast:
Rittenhouse Photo Reveals Where Trump Keeps Bizarre Rushmore Sculpture  —  South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem gave the strange homage to the then-president in 2020.  —  SIOUX FALLS—The “Mount Trumpmore” statue that South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem gave to then-President Donald Trump—grafting him onto the iconic monument—was not mothballed.
Tessa Stuart / Rolling Stone:
‘Bitter,’ ‘Angry,’ ‘Enraged’: Reality Winner Blasts the Intercept After 4 Years in Jail  —  After years locked away for leaking classified information on Russian interference, the former NSA contractor has a lot to say about how she got there  —  One of the first things Reality Winner …
John Hudson / Washington Post:
CIA director warns Russian spies of ‘consequences’ if they are behind ‘Havana Syndrome’ incidents  —  CIA Director William J. Burns delivered a confidential warning to Russia's top intelligence services that they will face “consequences” if they are behind the string of mysterious health incidents known as …
Discussion: NBC News, Forbes and New York Post
 
 
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