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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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Shannon McCaffrey / Atlanta Journal-Constitution:
Herschel Walker's campaign in turmoil as adult son accuses him of violence, lying — ‘You are not a family man’ — U.S. Senate hopeful Herschel Walker's campaign was in turmoil Monday after his adult son accused his father of threatening to kill his family members, an accusation that came …
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Maya King / New York Times:
Herschel Walker Paid for Girlfriend's Abortion, Report Says — Mr. Walker called the report a lie, after The Daily Beast, which has also broken news about Mr. Walker's out-of-wedlock children, reported that a former girlfriend had the procedure in 2009. — ATLANTA — Herschel Walker …
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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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New York Times:
Lawyer Declined Trump Request to Tell Archives All Material Was Returned — When asked to say the former president had no more government documents after the return of 15 boxes in January, the lawyer, Alex Cannon, would not do so, uncertain of whether it was true.
Walter Russell Mead / Wall Street Journal:
Putin's Nuclear Threat Is Real — The conflict isn't only about Ukraine. He's waging a global war on the U.S.-led order. — 1x — Even as poorly trained, poorly led and poorly supplied Russian forces retreat on the battlefield, the danger that the war in Ukraine will erupt into a wider conflict continues to grow.
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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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Snejana Farberov / New York Post:
Putin deploys world's largest submarine with ‘apocalypse’ drone capabilities
Putin deploys world's largest submarine with ‘apocalypse’ drone capabilities
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Gideon Rachman / Financial Times:
When conspiracy theorists run countries
Garry Kasparov / New York Daily News:
Mobilize the free world against Putin now
Mobilize the free world against Putin now
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American Greatness and Politico
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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Susan Page / USA Today:
Exclusive: Democrat Fetterman hangs onto 6-point lead over GOP's Dr. Oz in Pennsylvania Senate race — Democrat John Fetterman is hanging on to a six percentage-point lead over Republican Mehmet Oz in the nation's most closely watched Senate race, a new USA TODAY/Suffolk University poll …
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Salena Zito / Washington Examiner:
'There's no there there': Fetterman's problems go beyond his health
'There's no there there': Fetterman's problems go beyond his health
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HotAir, WITF and BizPac Review
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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The Daily Beast, The Wrap, Alternet.org, Common Dreams and Political Wire
CNN:
Takeaways from the dramatic first day and opening statements of the Oath Keepers trial — With the historic case that they had brought against Oath Keepers accused of plotting to attack the US Capitol on January 6, 2021, prosecutors framed up how the jury should think about the allegations …
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NBC News:
Oath Keepers leader regretted not having guns on Jan. 6, prosecutors say at seditious conspiracy trial
Oath Keepers leader regretted not having guns on Jan. 6, prosecutors say at seditious conspiracy trial
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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Occupy Democrats, Mother Jones, The Hill and USA Today
Victor Shi / The Boston Globe:
There is no home for Asian Americans in the Republican Party anymore — Next month, millions of voters will make their voices heard at the polls. For Asian Americans, this is an opportunity to send a message to Trump and Republicans that we will not tolerate their attacks on us.
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Washington Post:
Refuting annexation, Ukrainian forces push on from Lyman toward Luhansk — LYMAN, Ukraine — The Ukrainian soldiers waved, hooted and raised their fists in triumph as they drove out of the strategic eastern city of Lyman on Monday, riding M113 armored personnel vehicles provided by Western countries.
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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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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.
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Raw Story
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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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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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 …
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Dan Ladden-Hall / The Daily Beast:
Irony Meter Explodes as Migrants Lured TO Florida for Hurricane Ian Cleanup — OH, NOW YOU NEED THEM — Migrants are reportedly being transported from New York City to Florida for work supporting cleanup efforts in the wake of Hurricane Ian—weeks after the governor put migrants on a flight to Martha's Vineyard.
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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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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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Chicago Sun-Times and BizPac Review
Caroline Downey / National Review:
Supreme Court Declines to Hear Challenge to Health-Care-Worker Vaccine Mandate — The Supreme Court on Monday declined to hear a legal challenge to the Biden administration's vaccine mandate for health-care workers at facilities that receive federal funds. — The justices rejected …
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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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USA Today, Dear Rest Of America, Along the Mississippi, Fox News, The Daily Caller and Election Law Blog
Bryan Anderson / WRAL-TV:
Budd, Beasley deadlocked in US Senate race as economic concerns weigh NC voters, WRAL News poll shows … The online survey found 43% of likely voters favor Republican U.S. Rep. Ted Budd, while 42% prefer the Democrat, former state Supreme Court Chief Justice Cheri Beasley.
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