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Steve Vladeck / CNN:
How Trump's terrible day went from bad to worse — See Trumps reaction to New York attorney general's lawsuit — Steve Vladeck (@steve_vladeck) is a CNN legal analyst and a professor at the University of Texas School of Law. The opinions expressed in this commentary are his own.
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Lawfare, The Gateway Pundit and The National Interest
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Andrew C. McCarthy / National Review:
Appeals Court Thoroughly Rebukes Federal Judge in Ruling on Mar-a-Lago Files — The Eleventh Circuit federal appeals court has granted the Justice Department's requests that it be permitted to (a) withhold approximately 100 documents bearing classification markings from a special-master review …
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Washington Post, Insider, Raw Story, The Bulwark and Washington Examiner
Aaron Blake / Washington Post:
A thorough rebuke of Judge Aileen Cannon's pro-Trump order — From a panel that was two-thirds comprised of fellow Trump-nominated judges, no less. — As U.S. District Judge Aileen M. Cannon ruled twice in the Mar-a-Lago documents case for the former president who nominated her to the bench …
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Law & Crime and Digby's Hullabaloo
Julian Mark / Washington Post:
Trump says presidents can declassify docs ‘even by thinking about it’
Trump says presidents can declassify docs ‘even by thinking about it’
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USA Today, National Review, NewsNation, Rolling Stone and Raw Story
Katie Bo Lillis / CNN:
Russia's military divided as Putin struggles to deal with Ukraine's counteroffensive, US sources say — Russia's military is divided over how best to counter Ukraine's unexpected battlefield advances this month, according to multiple sources familiar with US intelligence …
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Raw Story, Washington Post, Deseret News, The National Interest and Foreign Policy
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Ed Morrissey / HotAir:
The million-man mistake: Russians hit the streets after Putin mobilization decree — Did Vladimir Putin miscalculate again? Late yesterday, the Russian dictator announced a series of moves to bolster his failing campaign in Ukraine, including the annexation efforts that will take place …
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Politico, The Guardian, Institute for the Study of War and Vox
Mary Ilyushina / Washington Post:
As mobilization begins in Russia, sold-out flights, protests and arrests
As mobilization begins in Russia, sold-out flights, protests and arrests
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Reason, The Times of Israel, Washington Examiner, Forbes, Foreign Policy, New York Daily News, KTLA and Associated Press
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, Rolling Stone, RedState, BizPac Review, Florida Politics, Arizona Republic, CNN, Vox, Twitchy, The Intercept, IJR, Tampa Bay Times, The Daily Wire and New York Daily News
Atlanta Journal-Constitution:
Stacey Abrams has a surprising problem with Black voters — As Stacey Abrams took the stage at a recent campaign stop, one person at the crowded Atlanta event was at the top of her mind. “Daddy, stand up,” Abrams said as her father, Robert Abrams, was showered with applause before an audience of several hundred people.
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Erick Erickson's Confessions …, Breitbart and Georgia Public Broadcasting
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Victoria Prodeline / Monmouth University …:
Rematch of 2018 Governor's Race is Tight — Abrams has strong base support, but Kemp has higher favorables — West Long Branch, NJ - The race for Georgia governor is close, with incumbent Gov. Brian Kemp claiming slightly more voter support overall. Challenger Stacey Abrams …
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The Hill and Political Wire
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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Progress Pond, The Liberty Loft, NewsNation and Power Line
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Ruy Teixeira / The Liberal Patriot:
Does the Abortion Issue Mean Democrats Have Won the Culture War?
Does the Abortion Issue Mean Democrats Have Won the Culture War?
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National Review, HotAir and New York Times
Amy B Wang / Washington Post:
South Korean president overheard insulting U.S. Congress as ‘idiots’ — South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol was caught on a hot mic Wednesday insulting U.S. Congress members as “idiots” who could be a potential embarrassment for President Biden if they did not approve funding for global public health.
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Jeong-Ho Lee / Bloomberg:
South Korea President Caught on Hot Mic Insulting US Congress
South Korea President Caught on Hot Mic Insulting US Congress
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The Diplomat and The White House
CNN:
Man admits fatally striking 18-year-old with vehicle after ‘political argument,’ police say — A man in North Dakota was charged with felony vehicular homicide after he fatally struck a teenager with his SUV following what he said was a “political argument,” authorities said.
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New York Post, Mediaite, The Daily Beast, LifeNews.com, IJR and Just The News
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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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Natalie Allison / Politico:
The third rail Republicans can't stop touching — For two decades, campaign after campaign, Republican politicians have floated the idea of privatizing government entitlement programs including Social Security and Medicare. And campaign after campaign — from Paul Ryan to George W. Bush — it's been a loser.
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Mock Paper Scissors
Associated Press:
Over 1M Teslas recalled because windows can pinch fingers — Tesla is recalling nearly 1.1 million vehicles in the U.S. because the windows can pinch a person's fingers when being rolled up. Tesla says in documents posted Thursday by U.S. safety regulators that the automatic window reversal system …
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CBS News, Reuters, Washington Examiner and The Hill
Speaker Nancy Pelosi:
OOPS: McCarthy Accidentally Posts & Frantically Hides Extreme MAGA Agenda (But We Have Screenshots...) — From the Speaker's Press Office: — OOPS. Looks like Leader McCarthy fumbled his agenda rollout by accidentally posting the webpage of House Republicans' “Commitment to America” …
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SBA Pro-Life America, Vanity Fair, The Moderate Voice and Just The News
University of New Hampshire Scholars' Repository:
Post Primary: Hassan Leads Bolduc For U.S. Senate; CD1 & CD2 Close 9/22/2022 — Democratic incumbent Senator Maggie Hassan holds a slim lead over Republican Don Bolduc in the race for U.S. Senate in New Hampshire. Incumbent Democratic Representatives Chris Pappas and Ann Kuster are closely matched …
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Fox News
New York Times:
World Bank Leader, Accused of Climate Denial, Offers a New Response — David Malpass touched off a furor, including calls for his removal, when he refused to acknowledge that fossil fuels are warming the planet. On Thursday, he restated his position. — The president of the World Bank …
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The Nation, Fortune and Common Dreams
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.
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Daily Kos, HuffPost, Mock Paper Scissors and Raw Story
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 …
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The Daily Caller
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 …
Wall Street Journal:
Republicans and Democrats Differ on Rewards of Work, American Greatness in WSJ Poll — Voters from the two parties also differ on whether their generation will do better than the one before and whether they feel looked down upon — Midterms 2022: Where Republicans and Democrats Stand on the Issues
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The Hill
Jessica Chasmar / Fox News:
Air Force Academy diversity training tells cadets to use words that ‘include all genders,’ drop ‘mom and dad’ — Air Force Academy also tells cadets to be ‘Color Conscious’ instead of ‘Colorblind’ — Fox News Flash top headlines for September 21 — EXCLUSIVE: A diversity and inclusion training …
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New York Post, BizPac Review, Townhall, The Post Millennial, Mediaite, IJR and Just The News
Marcia Dunn / Associated Press:
Neptune and rings shine in photos from new space telescope — Neptune and its rings haven't looked this good in decades. NASA released new glamour shots of our solar system's outermost planet Wednesday taken by the James Webb Space Telescope. The pictures taken in July show not only Neptune's thin rings …
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Washington Examiner, NPR and ScreenRant
Washington Post:
‘Death to the dictator’: Videos show growing protests in Iran — Anger is spreading across the country after the death of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini in the custody of the ‘morality police’ — The protests started small, outside the Tehran hospital where a 22-year old Iranian woman named Mahsa Amini died …
Axios:
Abortion looms over 2022 state ballots — Five forthcoming state ballot initiatives on abortion rights could add fissures to the fractured post-Roe landscape and the evolving patchwork of reproductive health policies. … - Kansas showed how potent the issue is in driving turnout last month …
Ryan J. Reilly / NBC News:
Nazi sympathizer and Jan. 6 rioter who claimed he didn't know Congress met at Capitol to be sentenced Thursday — WASHINGTON — A Jan. 6 rioter who has dressed up as Adolf Hitler and held a security clearance is scheduled to be sentenced in federal court judge Thursday.
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