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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.
Discussion:
The Hill, The Daily Caller, Peach State Politics …, Axios, Breitbart, Erick Erickson's Confessions …, LifeNews.com and Sacramento Bee
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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, The Hill, RedState and The Bulwark
Marist Poll:
Warnock Edges Walker in U.S. Senate Race, Kemp Leads Abrams for Governor
Warnock Edges Walker in U.S. Senate Race, Kemp Leads Abrams for Governor
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CNN
Atlanta Journal-Constitution:
The Jolt: Trump eyeing Georgia rally after Warnock-Walker debate
The Jolt: Trump eyeing Georgia rally after Warnock-Walker debate
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The Hill, Slate and Washington Examiner
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
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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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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The Hill, Daily Kos and Boston.com
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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Miami Herald, Law & Crime, Daily Kos and The Guardian
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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 …
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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Washington Examiner, Fox News, NPR, Raw Story and Washington Times
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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
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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NBC News, The Message Box, The Daily Beast, Florida Politics and Washington Examiner
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Myah Ward / Politico:
White House and Delaware prepare for migrants from Texas
White House and Delaware prepare for migrants from Texas
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The Hill, Fox News, Washington Examiner, Bloomberg and Townhall
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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HuffPost, Talking Points Memo, Mediaite, PoliticusUSA and Raw Story, more at Mediagazer »
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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, Insider, The Guardian, The Times, The Liberty Loft and HuffPost
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Alex Shephard / New Republic:
Donald Trump Is More Deranged Than Ever
Donald Trump Is More Deranged Than Ever
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CNN, Insider, The Political Insider, Talking Points Memo and Axios, more at Mediagazer »
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, TASS and The National Interest
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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.
Discussion:
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
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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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
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
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.
Discussion:
Fortune and Ace of Spades HQ
Julia Mueller / The Hill:
McConnell on GOP migrant transports: ‘well-to-do blue enclaves’ finally facing border reality — Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) on Tuesday said Republican governors' efforts to transport migrants from the southern border to northern Democrat-led cities is showing …
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C-SPAN.org
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Hans Nichols / Axios:
Scoop: McConnell's closed-door confidence
Scoop: McConnell's closed-door confidence
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Washington Examiner, Breitbart, The Guardian, American Greatness, Political Wire, The Intercept, New York Times, Daily Kos and The Daily Caller
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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HuffPost, USA Today, Washington Post, The Daily Beast, Mediaite, Associated Press, The Hill, Daily Kos, Raw Story, The Daily Wire, The Full Belmonte, Digby's Hullabaloo and Insider
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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The Hill, Politico, Defense One, Military.com, Task & Purpose, DVIDS, WHTM-TV and Air & Space Forces Magazine
Rachel Frazin / The Hill:
Manchin decries ‘revenge politics’ amid GOP resistance to permitting effort — Sen. Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.) condemned what he described as “revenge politics” as many Republicans have resisted his efforts to speed up the approval process for energy projects. — “It's like the revenge politics, basically revenge towards one person: me.
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Washington Examiner and Bloomberg
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 …
Fox News:
Border Patrol agents nab a dozen people on terror watchlist at southern border in August — Border Patrol have now encountered 78 individuals on terror watchlist this fiscal year alone — 78 people on FBI watch list encountered at southern border — Border Patrol stopped …
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Washington Free Beacon, Washington Times and U.S. Customs …
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