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Roger Sollenberger / The Daily Beast:
‘Pro-Life’ Herschel Walker Paid for Girlfriend's Abortion — The woman has receipts—and a “get well” card she says the football star, now a Senate candidate, sent her. … Herschel Walker, the football legend now running for Senate in Georgia, says he wants to completely ban abortion …
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Stephanie Saul / New York Times:
At N.Y.U., Students Were Failing Organic Chemistry. Who Was to Blame? — Maitland Jones Jr., a respected professor, defended his standards. But students started a petition, and the university dismissed him. — In the field of organic chemistry, Maitland Jones Jr. has a storied reputation.
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Reason, HotAir, The Gateway Pundit and Freddie deBoer
Kylie Cheung / Jezebel:
Dr. Oz's Scientific Experiments Killed Over 300 Dogs, Entire Litter of Puppies — Columbia's internal investigation found that Oz's research team inflicted extensive suffering on canine test subjects in violation of the Animal Welfare Act. — Alerts — In a scandal that will surely …
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Alternet.org, Common Dreams and Political Wire
Washington Post:
Trump's lawyer refused his request in February to say all documents returned — After initial return of 15 boxes, attorney Alex Cannon thought there might be more records at Mar-a-Lago, people familiar with the matter said — Former president Donald Trump asked one of his lawyers to tell …
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Dominick Mastrangelo / The Hill:
Trump sues CNN for defamation — Former President Trump has sued CNN in federal court in Florida for defamation. — In the l awsuit filed Monday, Trump's attorneys claim CNN “has sought to use its massive influence — purportedly as a ‘trusted’ news source — to defame the Plaintiff …
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Caroline Downey / National Review:
Supreme Court Declines to Hear Challenge to Health-Care-Worker Vaccine Mandate
Supreme Court Declines to Hear Challenge to Health-Care-Worker Vaccine Mandate
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Lawrence Hurley / NBC News:
Supreme Court rejects Trump ally Mike Lindell's appeal in 2020 election lawsuit
Supreme Court rejects Trump ally Mike Lindell's appeal in 2020 election lawsuit
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Andrew Chung / Reuters:
Supreme Court turns away challenge to U.S. vaccine rule for health workers
Supreme Court turns away challenge to U.S. vaccine rule for health workers
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Victoria Prodeline / Monmouth University …:
Economic Issues Outweigh Concerns About Rights in Midterm Vote — Biden gets poor marks on handling pivotal issues — West Long Branch, NJ - Economic issues are a bigger factor in this year's midterm elections than concerns about rights and democracy, according to the latest Monmouth ("Mon-muth") University Poll.
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Megan Brenan / Gallup:
GOP Leads On Image, Handling Terrorism, Nation's Prosperity
GOP Leads On Image, Handling Terrorism, Nation's Prosperity
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NBC News:
Oath Keepers leader regretted not having guns on Jan. 6, prosecutors say at seditious conspiracy trial — WASHINGTON — The founder of the far-right Oath Keepers was recorded days after the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol saying his “only regret” about that day is that the group …
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Carrie Johnson / NPR:
Oath Keepers planned an armed rebellion, prosecutor tells jury in sedition case
Alan Feuer / New York Times:
Prosecution Says Oath Keepers ‘Concocted a Plan for Armed Rebellion’
Prosecution Says Oath Keepers ‘Concocted a Plan for Armed Rebellion’
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Washington Post:
Prosecutors outline alleged Jan. 6 plotting
Prosecutors outline alleged Jan. 6 plotting
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Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:
Republican Senator on Trump's Racist Rant: ‘I Hope No One Is Racist’ … One of the important phenomena of this current era that has been weirdly hiding in plain sight is Donald Trump's habit of saying racist things in public. These episodes tend to go underanalyzed in part …
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Victor Shi / The Boston Globe:
There is no home for Asian Americans in the Republican Party anymore
There is no home for Asian Americans in the Republican Party anymore
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J. Michael Luttig / The Atlantic:
There Is Absolutely Nothing to Support the ‘Independent State Legislature’ Theory — Such a doctrine would be antithetical to the Framers' intent, and to the text, fundamental design, and architecture of the Constitution. — The Supreme Court will decide before next summer the most important case …
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Josh Kovensky / Talking Points Memo:
11th Circuit Rules On Case Seven Years Later, Hours After TPM Story — The 11th Circuit Court of Appeals issued a ruling in a case on Monday more than seven years after the matter was first filed, and hours after TPM published an article about the delay. — The 81-page ruling was per curiam …
Andrew Kaczynski / CNN:
Minnesota GOP nominee for governor claimed kids are using litter boxes in schools - it's an internet hoax — The Republican candidate for governor of Minnesota repeated last week a bizarre hoax claim which has been debunked that children are being told they can identify as anthropomorphic cats …
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LGBTQ Nation and Occupy Democrats
Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
The identity of ‘Perla’ is revealed, creating new woes for DeSantis — The political mystique of Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) rests partly on the illusion that he wields absolute “own the libs” mastery over the various assorted enemies the right has decided to hate these days.
Kyle Whitmire / al.com:
Alabama GOP chairman made the photo ID he used to vote — This is a column. — When you vote in Alabama, state law requires you to show a photo ID at the polls. — For most folks, this means a driver's license, but other forms of government-issued ID are permitted — a military ID …
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Jonathan Allen / NBC News:
Biden tells Al Sharpton he will run for president again in 2024 — WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden told the Rev. Al Sharpton that he will seek a second term in a private conversation at the White House last month, Sharpton informed his National Action Network staff in Washington later that day.
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New York Times:
Ukraine's Forces Push Forward on Two Fronts … Hundreds of miles apart, pro-Russia officials admit setbacks. — IZIUM, Ukraine — The Ukrainian Army was on the move on Monday in two theaters, as Kyiv's forces chased retreating Russian troops outside the reclaimed city of Lyman in the east …
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Center for Human Rights in Iran:
Students Violently Attacked, Arrested by Security Forces as Protests in Iran Spread — Students Trapped, Beaten, Tear Gassed, Taken to Unknown Locations — Fears of Worsening Violence as Protests Spread to Over 100 Universities — On Sunday night, October 2, 2022 …
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Jeff Cercone / PolitiFact:
No, Kamala Harris didn't say Hurricane Ian relief would be based on skin color — Harris did not say any particular race would be prioritized in relief efforts. — The White House said her comments about equity were referring to long-term, bipartisan investments in underserved communities, not immediate hurricane relief.
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Amelia Thomson-DeVeaux / FiveThirtyEight:
The Supreme Court Is On The Verge Of Killing The Voting Rights Act — The beginning of the end for the Voting Rights Act started more than 30 years ago. On Oct. 4, the end of the end is likely to begin. — This term, the Supreme Court is hearing a case about whether Alabama's newly drawn …
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Matt Dixon / Politico:
DeSantis asked the feds for hurricane relief. But he's long used their cash. — TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — Gov. Ron DeSantis has been a persistent critic of President Joe Biden on nearly every policy front as he moves toward a likely potential 2024 presidential bid.
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Sean Wilentz / Washington Post:
Trump's origins in a New York world of con men, mobsters and hustlers — Maggie Haberman hails from a New York City very different from Donald Trump's dominion of glitz and criminality, but she knows that dominion well. Raised in the household of a traditional shoe-leather New York Times reporter …
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Brian Schwartz / CNBC:
GOP megadonor Peter Thiel signals he is done helping Ohio Senate hopeful J.D. Vance, will fundraise for Arizona's Blake Masters — Republican megadonor Peter Thiel is signaling to allies that he is largely done helping Ohio Senate candidate J.D. Vance and wants his deep-pocketed political network …
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The Columbus Dispatch, Mock Paper Scissors and Mediaite
Helen Lewis / The Atlantic:
The Guggenheim's Scapegoat — Defacement is a beautiful painting—and an ugly one. Its alternative name, The Death of Michael Stewart, reveals its subject: a young Black man who died in police custody in 1983, after his arrest for allegedly writing graffiti on the wall of a subway station in New York City.
Zachary Petrizzo / The Daily Beast:
Marjorie Taylor Greene's Husband No Longer Wants to Keep Divorce Private — BETTER DEAL? — Georgia Republican Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene's husband, Perry Greene, has moved to withdraw a motion seeking to seal documents in their ongoing divorce case, meaning the matter could remain public.
Josie Ensor / Telegraph:
Nuclear weapons convoy sparks fears Putin could be preparing test to send ‘signal to the West’ — Train operated by secretive nuclear division spotted in central Russia heading towards the front line in Ukraine — A Russian convoy transporting equipment for Russia's nuclear weapons programme …
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KNP Communications:
Chasten Buttigieg Joins KNP Communications — Chasten Buttigieg, a New York Times bestselling author and LGBTQ+ advocate, has joined KNP Communications as a senior consultant. — “I am thrilled to be joining the team at KNP and to have the opportunity to share my experiences as a theater artist …
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David Wildstein / New Jersey Globe:
Malinowski has internal poll that shows him tied with Kean in NJ-7 — Biden at 44%-54% — An internal poll for Democratic Rep. Tom Malinowski's re-election campaign in New Jersey's 7th district has him tied with Republican Tom Kean, Jr. at 48%-48%. — The Greenberg Quinlan Rosner poll shows …