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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, Raw Story, Insider, The Bulwark and The Liberty Loft
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
Anders Hagstrom / Fox News:
Trump to Hannity: Presidents can declassify documents ‘by thinking about it’
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Talking Points Memo, Daily Kos and Just The News
Julian Mark / Washington Post:
Trump says presidents can declassify docs ‘even by thinking about it’
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National Review, USA Today, NewsNation, Outside the Beltway, Rolling Stone and Raw Story
Politico:
Trump suffers setback as appeals panel rejects Cannon ruling
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The Liberty Loft, Mediaite, The Guardian, Daily Kos, Al Jazeera, Ringside at the Reckoning, Financial Times, NewsNation, The Last Refuge, Raw Story, RedState, Fox News, Roll Call, New York Daily News, CBS News, Insider, The Hill, Wall Street Journal, PoliticusUSA, Thats Another Fine Mess, Washington Examiner, CNN, National Review, NBC News, Talking Points Memo and Just The News
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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Washington Examiner, 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
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The Times of Israel, Reason, Washington Examiner, Forbes, Foreign Policy, New York Daily News, KTLA and Associated Press
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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Cayla Harris / Houston Chronicle:
Abbott lead over O'Rourke widens as voters focus on immigration over abortion
Ruy Teixeira / The Liberal Patriot:
Does the Abortion Issue Mean Democrats Have Won the Culture War?
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National Review, HotAir and New York Times
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, BizPac Review, RedState, Florida Politics, Arizona Republic, CNN, Vox, Twitchy, IJR, The Intercept, Tampa Bay Times, New York Daily News and The Daily Wire
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
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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
U.S. Department of the Treasury:
Treasury Sanctions Iran's Morality Police and Senior Security Officials for Violence Against Protesters and the Death of Mahsa Amini — WASHINGTON — Today, the U.S. Department of the Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) is designating Iran's Morality Police for abuse and violence …
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Politico, Washington Examiner, The Hill, CNN, Al Jazeera and The Daily Caller
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Maggie Astor / New York Times:
For First Time in at Least 25 Years, No Democrat Has Top Grade From N.R.A. — The Democratic break from the National Rifle Association is complete: For the first time in at least 25 years, not a single Democrat running for Congress anywhere in the country received an A in the group's candidate ratings …
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, LifeNews.com, The Daily Beast, IJR, Political Wire and Just The News
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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
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The Diplomat and The White House
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, The Hill and Washington Examiner
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
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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Common Dreams and Mock Paper Scissors
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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Common Dreams, The Nation and Fortune
Natalie Andrews / Wall Street Journal:
Senate Republicans to Force Vote on Ending Covid-19 Emergency Declaration — Move by Sen. Roger Marshall comes after Biden said pandemic was over — WASHINGTON—A Republican senator is moving to force a vote on ending the yearslong national emergency declaration on Covid-19 …
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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Washington Examiner, New York Post, BizPac Review, The Post Millennial, Townhall, IJR, Mediaite and Just The News
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
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 and Washington Post
New York Times:
‘They Are Watching’: Inside Russia's Vast Surveillance State — Four days into the war in Ukraine, Russia's expansive surveillance and censorship apparatus was already hard at work. — Roughly 800 miles east of Moscow, authorities in the Republic of Bashkortostan, one of Russia's 85 regions …
Gina Chon / Semafor Media:
Semafor Interview: Facebook could lift Trump's suspension in January, Nick Clegg says — Semafor launches this fall, but we wanted to get this news right out to you. Sign up for Semafor Principals for our coverage of Donald Trump. For regular reporting on Facebook and all things tech …
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Media Matters for America, Insider, Big League Politics, Deadline and Washington Examiner, more at Techmeme »
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 …
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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Jonathan Tamari / The Philadelphia Inquirer:
Toomey is backing a bill to change how Electoral College votes are counted — and avoid the chaos of 2020 — Sen. Pat Toomey (R., Pa.) will cosponsor a bipartisan bill to reform how Electoral College votes are certified, adding more Republican weight to the push to avoid a repeat of the attempt …
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New York Times
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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