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New York Times:
People Tied to Project Veritas Scrutinized in Theft of Diary From Biden's Daughter  —  The F.B.I. carried out search warrants in New York as part of a Justice Department investigation into how pages from Ashley Biden's journal came to be published by a right wing website.
Pfizer Inc.:
Pfizer's Novel COVID-19 Oral Antiviral Treatment Candidate Reduced Risk of Hospitalization or Death by 89% in Interim Analysis of Phase 2/3 EPIC-HR Study  — PAXLOVID™ (PF-07321332; ritonavir) was found to reduce the risk of hospitalization or death by 89% compared to placebo in non-hospitalized high-risk adults with COVID-19
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Carolyn Y. Johnson / Washington Post:
Pfizer antiviral pill reduced risk of covid hospitalization and death by 89 percent in high-risk people, company study shows  —  An experimental coronavirus pill reduced the risk of hospitalization and death by 89 percent in high-risk people infected with the virus, pharmaceutical giant Pfizer announced Friday.
Discussion: HotAir
Jared S. Hopkins / Wall Street Journal:
Pfizer Says Covid-19 Pill Is 89% Effective in Preliminary Assessment
Discussion: Human Events, National Review and NPR
Antonio Olivo / Washington Post:
Virginia Gov.-elect Youngkin's underaged son tried to vote in Tuesday's election, elections officials said  —  The 17-year-old son of Virginia Gov.-elect Glenn Youngkin (R) tried to cast a ballot in Tuesday's gubernatorial election twice despite being too young to vote, Fairfax County officials said in a statement released Friday.
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Scott Clement / Washington Post:
McAuliffe's quote on schools was a clunker, but polls suggest parental backlash didn't swing the election
Eli Lake / Bloomberg:
Was the FBI Manipulated by the Democratic Party?  —  The latest indictment in the investigation of the bureau's Russia probe shows why the story is still relevant.  —  John Durham, the U.S. attorney appointed in 2019 by then Attorney General William Barr to investigate the origins …
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Andrew C. McCarthy / New York Post:
Arrest illustrates how the Steele dossier was a political dirty trick orchestrated by Hillary Clinton  —  Special counsel John Durham's indictment of Igor Danchenko, the principal source for the bogus Steele dossier used by the FBI as a basis for the Trump-Russia investigation …
Erik Wemple / Washington Post:
The media and the Steele dossier
Discussion: Fox News
CNN:
Retiring GOP lawmaker warns Trump will try to steal the next election  —  Programming note: A new CNN documentary, “Trumping Democracy: An American Coup,” reported by Jake Tapper about former President Donald Trump's attempts to subvert the 2020 election, premieres at 9 p.m. ET on Friday, November 5.
Discussion: Vanity Fair and Raw Story
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New York Times:
The U.S. economy added 531,000 jobs in October.  —  Hiring rose sharply last month.  —  Cumulative change in jobs since before the pandemic  —5 mil.  —  April  —  June  —  Sept.  —  April  —4.2 million jobs since Feb. 2020 +18.2 million since April 2020  —  +531,000  —  in October
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Jeff Cox / CNBC:
Job creation roars back in October as payrolls rise by 531,000  — Nonfarm payrolls increased by 531,000 in October, beating the estimate of 450,000.  — The unemployment rate fell to 4.6%, a new pandemic low and better than expectations.  — Wages rose 0.4% for the month and were up 4.9% from a year ago.
Courtenay Brown / Axios:   U.S. economy adds 531,000 jobs in huge hiring rebound
Matt Dixon / Politico:
No million-dollar checks: Democratic governors may sit out Florida  —  TALLAHASSEE — The Democratic Governors Association has no plans to give significant financial help to Florida Democrats as they seek to unseat Gov. Ron DeSantis in 2022, a major setback that will make it harder for challengers to take on the popular Republican.
Politico:
Letter: Former Trump DOJ official declines to answer Jan. 6 questions  —  A top Trump Justice Department official who aided the former president's quest to overturn the 2020 election met Friday with congressional investigators probing the Jan. 6 Capitol attack — accompanied by a lawyer …
Ryan Lizza / Politico:
The Surprising Strategy Behind Youngkin's Stunner  —  Sometimes you want to hear from the strategists rather than the candidate.  —  With all due respect to Governor-elect Glenn Youngkin — who, for a first-timer from the world of high finance, proved to be remarkably disciplined on the stump …
Newsweek:
Joe Manchin, Kyrsten Sinema, Know What Happened to Pols Who Did What They're Doing  —  It's a core principle of economics that people do what they are incentivized to do.  That may be why Senators Kyrsten Sinema, D-Ariz., and Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., haven't hesitated to oppose popular progressive policies …
Discussion: Jacobin and The Daily Poster
Jessica Wehrman / Roll Call:
Moderates not ready to back budget bill without CBO score  —  House Democratic leaders were struggling Friday morning to muster the final few votes needed to pass their sweeping $2 trillion budget reconciliation package over cost concerns from moderates.  —  Speaker Nancy Pelosi huddled …
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Politico:
Pelosi tries to rev House Dems after season in the ditch
Nellie Bowles / Common Sense with Bari Weiss:
A Very Exciting Introduction  —  TGIF.  A weekly report from Nellie Bowles.  —  Hello and welcome to the Common Sense weekly news roundup.  I'm Nellie Bowles.  Until a couple weeks ago, I was a reporter at the New York Times.  Funky local paper.  —  During my four years at the Times …
Jim Geraghty / National Review:
Democratic Aide Irritated with Biden: I'm Almost Ready to Chant 'Let's Go, Brandon'  —  To the extent President Biden commented about the seemingly endless negotiations over the spending bills on Capitol Hill, he has offered generic, optimistic assessments: “I believe that Joe [Manchin] will be there.”
Discussion: Washington Examiner and Politico
Hailey Fuchs / Politico:
Sinema's raking in cash from MLMs.  They want to kill her party's labor bill.  —  They've been derided as spruced up pyramid schemes: Companies that incentivize their own customers to become salespeople for products.  Now, these so-called multilevel marketing businesses are flexing their political muscle.
Discussion: Raw Story, Rolling Stone and Jacobin
Wall Street Journal:
Is Facebook Bad for You?  360 Million Users Say Yes, Company Documents Show  —  The app hurts sleep, work, relationships or parenting for about 12.5% of users, who reported they felt Facebook was more of a problem than other social media  —  Facebook researchers have found that 1 in 8 …
Discussion: Meta, more at Techmeme »
Ruairí Arrieta-Kenna / Politico:
When the Unstoppable Activists Met Their Match  —  Six months ago, the Sunrise Movement was feeling bullish.  The four-year-old youth climate organization had catapulted a massive legislative blueprint, the Green New Deal, to the forefront of Democratic politics.
Discussion: Associated Press
Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
A dangerous myth about those big Democratic losses is threatening Biden's agenda  —  Did Democrats take a big drubbing on Tuesday because they are trying to accomplish too much on behalf of our country?  —  To some centrist Democrats and opinionmakers, the answer is yes.
Discussion: Insider, New York Times and Mediaite
Wall Street Journal:
Fed's Powell and Brainard Met With Biden at White House  —  President Biden is expected to decide soon on who will lead Federal Reserve  —  WASHINGTON—President Biden held separate meetings with Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell and Fed governor Lael Brainard at the White House on Thursday …
Jacey Fortin / New York Times:
California Tries to Close the Gap in Math, but Sets Off a Backlash  —  Proposed guidelines in the state would de-emphasize calculus, reject the idea that some children are naturally gifted and build a connection to social justice.  Critics say math shouldn't be political.
Joseph Pisani / Wall Street Journal:
States Sue to Stop Biden's Covid-19 Vaccine Mandate  —  Lawsuit alleges requirement is unconstitutional; White House says it has authority to issue rules  —  Attorneys general in 11 states are suing the Biden administration to try to stop new rules that require employers with more than 100 workers …
Discussion: The Hill and Associated Press
Yew Lun Tian / Reuters:
China says it will hold supporters of Taiwan's independence criminally responsible for life  —  China will make people who support Taiwan independence criminally liable for life, a spokeswoman for China's Taiwan Affairs Office said on Friday.  —  This is the first time that China has spelt …
CNN:
Deposition video shows Trump allies under oath discussing debunked election fraud claims  —  Washington (CNN)Allies of former President Donald Trump testified under oath that they had done little to verify debunked claims of fraud in the 2020 election before spreading them on the national stage …
Andrew Boryga / The Daily Beast:
Travis McMichael's Confederate License Plate Deemed Fair Game in Arbery Trial  —  DENIED  —  As legal teams prepared for opening arguments in the Ahmaud Arbery murder trial on Friday, the judge dealt an early blow to the defense, ruling that prosecutors can discuss a vanity Confederate license plate …
Paul Fanlund / The Cap Times:
The Donald Trump threat is existential, yet Democrats practice politics as usual  —  The nine people in the focus group were from Madison, Eau Claire, Fontana, Green Bay, Evansville, Milwaukee and Brookfield.  Each identified as a political independent and as a Joe Biden voter.
Aris Folley / The Hill:
Jayapal: It's worth passing spending plan even if Democrats lose House  —  Congressional Progressive Caucus Chair Pramila Jayapal (D-Wash.) said on Friday that it's worth Democrats passing the party's sweeping social spending and climate change package even if they lose the House in next year's midterm elections.
Discussion: POLITICUSUSA
Joseph Wulfsohn / Fox News:
CNN ratings crash in October without any regular program averaging 1 million viewers  —  Liberal network shed a whopping 76% of its audience since January  —  The only thing spookier than Halloween for CNN is the network's freefalling viewership.  —  During the month of October …
 
 
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Sarakshi Rai / The Hill:
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Associated Press:
State Dept. names new coordinator on ‘Havana Syndrome’ cases
Discussion: Washington Examiner and ABC News
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Washington Post:
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Nemi El-Hassan / The Forward:
A German tabloid called me antisemitic. It cost me my job. Now, it's my turn to speak
Andrew Rice / New York Magazine:
New Jersey's Education Rebellion Was a Long Time Coming But Democrats didn't heed the signs.
Nathan Layne / Reuters:
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