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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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Barbara Rodriguez / The 19th:
Stacey Abrams: It is ‘wrong’ to compare her refusal to concede with Trump's stolen election rhetoric — ATLANTA — Stacey Abrams on Monday cautioned against conflating her refusal to concede in the 2018 Georgia governor's race with former President Donald Trump's false claims of a stolen election …
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Washington Examiner, RedState, Townhall, The Hill and The Bulwark
Politico:
Special Master to Trump's lawyers: 'You can't have your cake and eat it too' — NEW YORK — The senior federal judge tasked with reviewing the materials seized by the FBI from Donald Trump's Mar-a-Lago estate sharply questioned the former president's attorneys Tuesday during their first hearing before his courtroom.
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Insider, Axios, Washington Post, Raw Story, The Gateway Pundit, Political Wire, Forbes and Benzinga
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Jennifer Rubin / Washington Post:
Trump has more legal problems of his own making — Donald Trump and Federal Judge Aileen M. Cannon might end up regretting their selection of former judge Raymond Dearie as the special master to undertake the review of classified papers retrieved from the former president's Mar-a-Lago club.
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Mediaite, USA Today, HuffPost, Associated Press and Raw Story
Adam Klasfeld / Law & Crime:
'As Far as I'm Concerned, That's the End of It': Skeptical Special Master Presses Trump's Lawyers on Declassification Evasions at Hearing — After the FBI found highly classified documents inside his Mar-a-Lago home, former President Donald Trump sought review of the materials by a special master.
Jose Pagliery / The Daily Beast:
Special Master Has a Simple Test That May Be Disaster for Trump
Special Master Has a Simple Test That May Be Disaster for Trump
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New York Times, Washington Examiner, Reuters and Los Angeles Times
Brooke Singman / Fox News:
Trump team tells 11th Circuit Mar-a-Lago probe is a ‘document storage dispute’ that ‘spiraled out of control’
Trump team tells 11th Circuit Mar-a-Lago probe is a ‘document storage dispute’ that ‘spiraled out of control’
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CBS News, Washington Examiner, USA Today, CNBC, CNN, Roll Call, Washington Times and Axios
Washington Post:
Video appears to undercut Trump elector's account of alleged voting-data breach in Georgia — On Jan. 7, 2021, a group of forensics experts working for lawyers allied with President Donald Trump spent eight hours at a county elections office in southern Georgia, copying sensitive software and data from its voting machines.
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Washington Examiner, Daily Kos and Mediaite
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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 …
Linda Chavez / The Bulwark:
The Cruelty and Dishonesty of the DeSantis Immigration Stunt — Especially galling: The men and women he used as props are in the U.S. legally. — Of all the excuses he could muster, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis's explanation that he flew some fifty asylum seekers to Martha's Vineyard last week because …
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Lawyers, Guns & Money, Miami Herald, Law & Crime and The Guardian
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Emma James / Daily Mail:
Special delivery for Joe? Plane used by Florida Gov. DeSantis to send 50 migrants to Martha's Vineyard is now heading to Delaware airport near Biden's two homes!
Special delivery for Joe? Plane used by Florida Gov. DeSantis to send 50 migrants to Martha's Vineyard is now heading to Delaware airport near Biden's two homes!
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WFLA-TV, The Gateway Pundit, Townhall, RedState, Fox News, Florida's Voice, Louder With Crowder, The Daily Caller, Ace of Spades HQ and The Daily Wire
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’
Bret Baier Wanted Fox to Rescind Arizona Call, ‘Put It Back’ in Trump's ‘Column’
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Mediaite
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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Townhall and Washington Examiner
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William Saletan / The Bulwark:
The Chaotic Politics of Lindsey Graham's Abortion Bill
The Chaotic Politics of Lindsey Graham's Abortion Bill
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The Hill, Washington Examiner, HuffPost and Blue Virginia
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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The Message Box, Morning Shots, Florida Politics, NBC News, The Daily Beast and Washington Examiner
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Mike Brest / Washington Examiner:
Russian-occupied Donbas region to hold referenda on annexation — Russian-occupied territories in eastern Ukraine announced referenda on whether to join the Russian Federation. — Russian separatists have fought in the Donbas region, which consists of the self-identified Luhansk People's Republic …
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Reuters, National Review, 19FortyFive and The National Interest
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David A. Fahrenthold / New York Times:
Indictments Accuse 44 in Minnesota of Brazen Pandemic Aid Fraud — The Justice Department said the defendants had stolen $240 million intended to feed children, in what appears to be the largest theft so far from a pandemic-era program. — MINNEAPOLIS — The Justice Department said on Tuesday …
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Washington Post, HotAir and NPR
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Ken Dilanian / NBC News:
Feds accuse 47 people of stealing cash meant to help feed needy kids in ‘staggering’ Covid scheme
Feds accuse 47 people of stealing cash meant to help feed needy kids in ‘staggering’ Covid scheme
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Washington Free Beacon, USA Today, Mercury News, Alpha News and IJR
Suzy Weiss / Common Sense:
‘Crime Is a Construct’: My Morning With the Park Slope Panthers — In the last couple of months in Park Slope—the baby bjorn-wearing capital of bourgeois-bohemian New York—a thief absconded with $200,000 worth of jewelry in a smash and grab, three boys stole a bunch of iPhones off of subway riders …
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HotAir and National Review
Mailchimp:
New York Mag's Hunter Biden laptop cover story puts proper focus on story that matters — I don't want to assume the political affiliations of New York Magazine readers, but I'd have to guess most who received their copy of the print issue this week voted for Joe Biden in 2020.
United States Space Force:
Space Force reveals official song: “Semper Supra” — ARLINGTON, Va — ARLINGTON, Va. - Every branch of the armed forces has an official song, from “The Army Goes Rolling Along” to “The Marines' Hymn.” Each song is part of the services' foundation and represents its values, traditions and culture.
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CNN, The Hill, DVIDS, Politico, Military.com, Defense One, Task & Purpose, Air & Space Forces Magazine and WHTM-TV
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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Insider, The Times, The Guardian, USA Today, The Liberty Loft and HuffPost
Washington Post:
Trump's ‘big lie’ fueled a new generation of social media influencers — Accounts that rose to prominence spreading disinformation about the 2020 election now drive other polarizing debates, a Washington Post data analysis found — Three days after the 2020 election, Kyle Becker …
Spencer Brown / Townhall:
With Economy in Crisis, Biden to Host Elton John for White House Concert — The U.S. economy is in a recession, inflation remains near 40-year highs, food prices are spiking faster than they have since 1979, the Pentagon is sending billions of dollars to Ukraine while Biden muddies the waters …
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Kate Bennett / CNN:
Elton John will perform at White House on Friday
Elton John will perform at White House on Friday
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New York Magazine, Bloomberg, Associated Press, Politico, The Hill and New York Daily News
AnnaMaria Andriotis / Wall Street Journal:
Visa, Mastercard, Amex Face Calls From GOP Attorneys General to Abandon Gun-Shop Code — The card companies recently decided to adopt a merchant code specifically for firearms retailers — Republican attorneys general of 24 states are warning Visa Mastercard and American Express …
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Washington Examiner, bearingarms.com, Associated Press, Washington Times and The Daily Wire
Bloomberg:
Biden to Skip UN Meeting as Climate Change Moves to ‘Back Burner’ — President Joe Biden is set to miss a United Nations roundtable on climate action Wednesday afternoon in New York, stoking concern that other G-7 leaders will also forgo the session meant to help pave the way for international …
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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CNN:
These male politicians are pushing for women who receive abortions to be punished with prison time — 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 …
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