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New York Times:
Appeals Court Restores Justice Dept.'s Access to Sensitive Files Seized From Trump — A federal judge had temporarily barred the department from using the records marked as classified in its inquiry into whether the former president illegally retained national defense documents.
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Devlin Barrett / Washington Post:
Appeals court: Justice Depart. can use Mar-a-Lago documents in criminal probe — Federal appeals panel says Judge Aileen Cannon “abused” her discretion in requiring outside review of seized classified documents — An appeals court sided with the Justice Department in a legal fight …
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Mediaite, The Liberty Loft, Roll Call, PoliticusUSA, New York Daily News, New York Post, National Review, Raw Story and Insider
Aaron Blake / Washington Post:
A thorough rebuke of Judge Aileen Cannon's pro-Trump order
A thorough rebuke of Judge Aileen Cannon's pro-Trump order
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Digby's Hullabaloo
Miami Herald:
Operatives linked to DeSantis promised to fly migrants to Delaware — but left them stranded — A black, luxury SUV with tinted windows pulled into a parking space along the side of a drab, two-story La Quinta motel planted on the northwestern edge of 12 lanes of highway that loop around downtown San Antonio.
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Talking Points Memo, Vox, Twitchy, IJR, The Daily Wire, Florida Politics and New York Daily News
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Mary Ilyushina / Washington Post:
As mobilization begins in Russia, sold-out flights, protests and arrests — Within hours of President Vladimir Putin's speech declaring a partial military mobilization on Wednesday, men all over Russia — including some who had tried for months to ignore the messy war in Ukraine …
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Reason, The Times of Israel, Washington Examiner, Forbes, Foreign Policy, New York Daily News, KTLA and Associated Press
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Ed Morrissey / HotAir:
The million-man mistake: Russians hit the streets after Putin mobilization decree
The million-man mistake: Russians hit the streets after Putin mobilization decree
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Vox and Institute for the Study of War
Washington Post:
Americans freed in sprawling Russia-Ukraine prisoner exchange
Americans freed in sprawling Russia-Ukraine prisoner exchange
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Al Arabiya, Reuters, NBC News, The Daily Caller, UPI and al.com
Anne Applebaum / The Atlantic:
The Kremlin Must Be in Crisis
The Kremlin Must Be in Crisis
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Washington Post, National Review, The Hill and Reuters
Andrew Kaczynski / CNN:
GOP congressional candidate said US suffered from women's suffrage and praised organization trying to repeal 19th Amendment — A Michigan candidate for the US House backed by former President Donald Trump once railed against giving women the right to vote, arguing that America has “suffered” since women's suffrage.
Ruth Igielnik / New York Times:
Trump Support Remains Unmoved by Investigations, Poll Finds — Even during peak crises during his presidency, views of him were static. Post-presidency polls have continued the trend. — The American public's views of former President Donald J. Trump have remained remarkably stable across …
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The Liberty Loft, Power Line and NewsNation
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Ruy Teixeira / The Liberal Patriot:
Does the Abortion Issue Mean Democrats Have Won the Culture War? — Not Even Close — Some Democrats may believe that they have now fixed what's wrong with their party. They just passed some key legislation and are set to do better than expected in the 2022 election.
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HotAir, New York Times and NBC News
CNN:
First on CNN: Ginni Thomas agrees to January 6 committee interview — The House select committee investigating January 6, 2021, has come to an agreement with Ginni Thomas, the conservative activist and wife of Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas, to be interviewed by the panel in the coming weeks …
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Washington Post:
Jan. 6 committee reaches deal with Ginni Thomas for an interview — The House select committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021, insurrection has reached an agreement with Virginia “Ginni” Thomas, the wife of Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas, to be interviewed by the panel in coming weeks …
Sahil Kapur / NBC News:
House passes bill to prevent stolen elections, despite strong GOP opposition — WASHINGTON — The House voted 229-203 on Wednesday to pass a bill aimed at preventing future election subversion, inspired by the investigation into Jan. 6 and a determination to prevent such an attack from occurring again.
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Common Dreams, Associated Press, Talking Points Memo and The Post Millennial
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Miles Parks / NPR:
The House just passed a bill that would make it harder to overthrow an election
The House just passed a bill that would make it harder to overthrow an election
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Virginia Mercury, ABC News, New York Daily News, Mediaite, Roll Call and Bloomberg
Associated Press:
Ohio GOP House candidate has misrepresented military service — Campaigning for a northwestern Ohio congressional seat, Republican J.R. Majewski presents himself as an Air Force combat veteran who deployed to Afghanistan after the 9/11 terrorist attacks, once describing “tough” …
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The Daily Wire, The Hill, Digby's Hullabaloo, Media Matters for America, Mediaite, Insider, Raw Story, Occupy Democrats, Rolling Stone and Marist Poll
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Reuters:
Republicans spend millions on TV ads for midterms, but why doesn't Trump? — Fundraising groups tied to Republican Party leaders are sharply increasing spending on campaign ads to help the party win control of Congress in the Nov. 8 general elections. — But not Donald Trump's Save America …
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Craig Mauger / Detroit News:
‘You funded this’: DePerno left a trail of comments about tabulator ‘operation’ — Matt DePerno and his closest allies repeatedly and publicly discussed examining voting tabulators last year and, on one occasion, the future Republican attorney general nominee described his team's efforts as …
Emma G. Fitzsimmons / New York Times:
3-K for All? Adams Retreats From Expanding N.Y.C. Preschool Program. — Mayor Eric Adams is reassessing how New York City's so-called 3-K for All program, a top priority of his predecessor, fits into his administration's strategy. — New York City's free universal prekindergarten program …
Stephanie Pagones / New York Post:
Shannon Brandt free after admitting he mowed down ‘Republican’ teen over politics — ORIGINALLY PUBLISHED BY: — The North Dakota man who allegedly admitted to fatally striking a teenage pedestrian with his car because the pair had “a political argument” was released from jail on Tuesday after posting $50,000 bond, records show.
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Big League Politics, Fox News, The Daily Caller, Summit News, The Daily Wire, RedState, Breitbart and Just The News
American Prospect:
Permitting Reform Is a Decoy for Ramping Up Gas — A new Manchin-Schumer deal is being marketed as a clean energy hack, but it's mostly about gas exports. — harrisrock092122-manchin — Sen. Joe Manchin (D-WV) speaks with reporters as he departs a vote at the U.S. Capitol Sept. 21, 2022.
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The Hill and New York Times
Kim Tong-Hyung / Associated Press:
North Korea denies sending arms to Russia amid Ukraine war — North Korea says it hasn't exported any weapons to Russia during the war in Ukraine and has no plans to do so, and said U.S. intelligence reports of weapons transfers were an attempt to tarnish North Korea's image.
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The Guardian, Voice of America, Al Jazeera, Russia-Ukraine War Newsletter and Japan Times
Miranda Devine / New York Post:
FBI hero paying the price for exposing unjust ‘persecution’ of conservative Americans — Bombshell allegations by FBI Special Agent Steve Friend contained in a whistleblower complaint filed late Wednesday with the Department of Justice inspector general reveal a politicized Washington, DC …
Josh Barro / Very Serious:
Gavin Newsom Is Gross and Embarrassing and Will Never Be President — So he should stop making an embarrassing national spectacle of himself. — Dear readers, — I have a rant. — In theory, Gavin Newsom is running for re-election as governor of California.
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IJR, Florida's Voice and National Review
Jeong-Ho Lee / Bloomberg:
South Korea President Caught on Hot Mic Insulting US Congress — South Korean leader Yoon Suk Yeol was overheard insulting American lawmakers, after briefly meeting President Joe Biden to discuss issues including US electric-vehicle subsidies that South Korea wants to change.
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The White House
E. Danya Perry / Just Security:
Has a Trump Tipping Point Been Reached? Analyzing The NY Attorney General's Case Against Trump — In the last month, the array of investigations involving Donald J. Trump and many of Trump's associates and family members has reached an intense pitch. Today another bombshell detonated—one that may prove to be the most devastating.
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Washington Post, NY State Attorney General, Common Dreams, Media Matters for America, Axios, Vanity Fair, CNBC and UPI
Naomi Nix / Washington Post:
Inside the civil rights campaign to get Big Tech to fight the ‘big lie’ — For months, civil rights groups have unsuccessfully pleaded with Big Tech companies to bolster their election policies — A coalition of five dozen civil rights organizations is blasting Silicon Valley's biggest …
KNSD-TV:
‘Fat Leonard,’ Fugitive Defense Contractor Convicted in Navy Bribery Case, Arrested in Venezuela — Leonard Glenn Francis, better known as “Fat Leonard,” a defense contractor who disappeared weeks before he was set to be sentenced for one of the largest bribery scandals in the nation's military history …
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NBC News, UPI, WHNT-TV, Al Jazeera, Los Angeles Times, CBS News, CNN and Fox News
Ashton Pittman / Mississippi Free Press:
Ex-Mississippi Welfare Leader To Plead Guilty On Federal, State Charges In Exchange For Cooperation — John Davis, the former Mississippi Department of Human Services director who presided as a massive welfare fraud scandal unfolded, is set to plead guilty on Thursday to multiple federal …