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Greg Bluestein / Atlanta Journal-Constitution:
AJC poll gives Republicans the edge in most races — The latest Atlanta Journal-Constitution poll paints a bleak picture for Georgia Democrats in November, with every statewide candidate aside from U.S. Sen. Raphael Warnock facing a sizable deficit less than two months before the election.
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The Hill, Breitbart, LifeNews.com and Sacramento Bee
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The 19th:
Stacey Abrams: It is ‘wrong’ to compare her refusal to concede with Trump's stolen election rhetoric — Republicans have continued to call Abrams' actions in 2018 the original “Big Lie.” As Abrams runs for Georgia governor again, she wants to be clear she's here to defend democracy.
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Washington Examiner, The Hill, RedState and The Bulwark
Marist Poll:
Warnock Edges Walker in U.S. Senate Race, Kemp Leads Abrams for Governor — U.S. Senator Raphael Warnock (47%) leads his Republican challenger Herschel Walker (42%) by five percentage points among Georgia registered voters, including those who are undecided yet leaning toward a candidate.
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CNN
Cami Mondeaux / Washington Examiner:
Stacey Abrams rejects comparison of refusal to concede in 2018 to Trump's 2020 claims
Stacey Abrams rejects comparison of refusal to concede in 2018 to Trump's 2020 claims
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Townhall
Miami Herald:
Texas sheriff will investigate Florida flying Venezuelan migrants to Martha's Vineyard — Authorities in Texas have opened a criminal investigation into Gov. Ron DeSantis' operation to fly roughly 50 Venezuela migrants from Texas to Martha's Vineyard last week.
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RedState, USA Today, We Love Trump, Political Wire, Talking Points Memo, WFLA-TV, Townhall and CBS News
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Linda Chavez / The Bulwark:
The Cruelty and Dishonesty of the DeSantis Immigration Stunt
The Cruelty and Dishonesty of the DeSantis Immigration Stunt
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Insider, Washington Examiner, NBC News and The Guardian
New York Times:
Criminal Investigation Is Opened After Migrant Flights to Martha's Vineyard
Criminal Investigation Is Opened After Migrant Flights to Martha's Vineyard
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CBS News, Axios, Bloomberg and Associated Press
Nick Allen / Telegraph:
Donald Trump mocks Joe Biden over seating position at Queen's funeral — Former president claims if he was still in the White House he would have been sat nearer the front — Donald Trump has mocked Joe Biden over his seating position at the late Queen's state funeral.
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USA Today, HuffPost, Insider, The Guardian, The Times and The Liberty Loft
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Alex Shephard / New Republic:
Donald Trump Is More Deranged Than Ever — J.D. Vance didn't invite Donald Trump to Ohio, where the former president gave a lengthy, rant-filled speech at a rally on Saturday—and it's easy to see why. “J.D. is kissing my ass. Of course, he wants my support,” Trump said to those who gathered …
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CNN, Talking Points Memo, The Political Insider, Plain Dealer and The Independent
Matt Lewis / The Daily Beast:
Trump Is Making Love to QAnon and We Should All Be Terrified
Trump Is Making Love to QAnon and We Should All Be Terrified
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Daily Kos, Insider, Raw Story and Rolling Stone, more at Mediagazer »
Maggie Haberman / New York Times:
Trump Was Warned Late Last Year of Potential Legal Peril Over Documents — A former White House lawyer sought to impress on him the need to return material he had taken with him upon leaving office. — A onetime White House lawyer under President Donald J. Trump warned him late last year …
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The Daily Beast, The Hill, Associated Press, Washington Post, Digby's Hullabaloo, Mediaite, Raw Story, The Daily Wire, The Full Belmonte and Insider
New York Times:
Videos Show Trump Allies Handling Georgia Voting Equipment — The footage raises new questions about efforts by Trump affiliates in a number of swing states to gain access to and copy sensitive voting software after the 2020 election. — Newly released videos show allies …
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CNN and Boston.com
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Nick Catoggio / The Dispatch:
The Trump/DeSantis War May Start Sooner Than You Think — The best defense is a good offense. — Donald Trump is not a patient man. Patience is a virtue, after all, and Trump has never had much regard for virtue. But he's been surprisingly patient with his one serious rival …
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Florida Politics, The Message Box, The Daily Beast and Washington Examiner
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Zachary Faria / Washington Examiner:
Republicans' choice for 2024 should be abundantly clear
Republicans' choice for 2024 should be abundantly clear
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Le·gal In·sur·rec·tion and HotAir
Ben Kamisar / NBC News:
GOP loyalty to Trump over party dips to new low in NBC poll
GOP loyalty to Trump over party dips to new low in NBC poll
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The Hill
Nicole Gaudiano / Insider:
Bret Baier wanted to rescind Fox News' decision to call Arizona for Biden in 2020 and wrote in an email, ‘The Trump campaign was really pissed,’ book says — Fox News anchor Bret Baier “was ready to give into” pressure from Trump after the network said he lost Arizona, new book says.
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Justin Baragona / The Daily Beast:
Bret Baier Wanted Fox to Rescind Arizona Call, ‘Put It Back’ in Trump's ‘Column’
Ayesha Rascoe / NPR:
‘The Divider’ probes Trump's White House years for lessons about our political future
‘The Divider’ probes Trump's White House years for lessons about our political future
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Politico
Charlotte Alter / TIME:
Conspiracy Theorists Want to Run America's Elections. These Are the Candidates Standing in Their Way — Nobody recognizes Adrian Fontes when he walks into a Phoenix lunch spot near his office. The former recorder of Maricopa County looks like any other Arizona dad: a neat beard …
CNN:
Men are leading a movement to lock up women for getting abortions — A businessman turned state representative from rural Oil City, Louisiana, and a Baptist pastor banded together earlier this year on a radical mission. — They were adamant that a woman who receives an abortion should receive …
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Charlotte Shane / Harper's:
The Right to Not Be Pregnant — I've never wanted to be pregnant, and I've been pregnant three times.
The Right to Not Be Pregnant — I've never wanted to be pregnant, and I've been pregnant three times.
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HotAir and Lawyers, Guns & Money
Dino Grandoni / Washington Post:
Scientists have calculated how many ants are on Earth. The number is so big it's ‘unimaginable.’ — A new estimate for the sheer number of ants on Earth comes to an “unimaginable” sum, one researcher said — It's the ants' world, and we're just visiting.
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Fortune and Ace of Spades HQ
Kyle Cheney / Politico:
Trump discovers he's not in Cannon-land anymore — Donald Trump put the Justice Department on its heels, courtesy of a single federal judge who gave him the benefit of almost every doubt as he fought against the FBI's probe of documents seized from his Mar-a-Lago estate.
Elena Schneider / Politico:
How Democrats are trying to counter a wave of GOP attacks on crime — Democratic candidates across the country are getting hammered on crime and public safety. The left's best-funded gun safety group thinks they have the answer on how to push back: linking crime to how easy it is to get a gun in America.
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Andrew Desiderio / Politico:
The Cheney 2024 conundrum — Liberals who lavish praise on Liz Cheney for her defiance of Donald Trump are making one thing crystal clear: Don't expect us to support her for president, or any other political office, for that matter. — The Wyoming Republican's anti-Trump maneuvers …
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National Review
Jessica Piper / Politico:
What the numbers really say about abortion and Democrats in the midterms — Democrats have been on a voter registration tear since the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade. There's just one problem for them — they are digging out from under major Republican gains in the previous 18 months.
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Washington Examiner and FiveThirtyEight
Andy Campbell / Hachette Book Group:
Amazon Barnes & Noble Books-A-Million Indiebound Bookshop Target Walmart … A gripping investigation into the nation's most notorious far-right group, revealing how they created a new blueprint for extremism and turned American politics into a blood sport — After the 2016 election …
Molly Beck / Journal Sentinel:
Michael Gableman, who produced no evidence of 2020 election fraud in $1 million review, now suggests the country needs revolution — MADISON - Former state Supreme Court Justice Michael Gableman told a group of Republicans this month that a revolution against government officials …
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Washington Post, Talking Points Memo, Raw Story and Mediaite
Kate Bennett / CNN:
Elton John will perform at White House on Friday — Singer Elton John will perform at the White House Friday night, according to a release from the White House. — There is a large tent being erected on the South Lawn for the event, the construction of which began Monday, a White House official told CNN.
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Associated Press, Politico, The Hill, Raw Story, Washington Times and New York Daily News
Nick Miroff / Washington Post:
U.S. arrests along Mexico border top 2 million a year for first time — U.S. authorities made more than 2 million immigration arrests along the southern border during the past 11 months, marking the first time annual enforcement statistics have exceeded that threshold, according to figures provided …
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U.S. Customs …, The Daily Wire, The Hill, The Daily Caller, Politico and Washington Times
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Eileen Sullivan / New York Times:
Arrests at Southwestern Border Exceed 2 Million in a Year for the First Time
Arrests at Southwestern Border Exceed 2 Million in a Year for the First Time
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The Atlantic, Associated Press, NPR, Power Line and Washington Examiner
C.C. McCandless / KNWA FOX24:
Beyond Meat COO arrested for biting man's nose near Razorback Stadium — FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. (KNWA/KFTA) — A food company executive was arrested on a pair of charges after reportedly biting a man's nose in a parking garage in Fayetteville on Saturday night.