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Greg Bluestein / Atlanta Journal-Constitution:
Stunning developments dog Herschel Walker's campaign at pivotal time — Republican Senate nominee Herschel Walker has weathered crises that have leveled other campaigns and still remained within striking distance of Democratic incumbent Raphael Warnock thanks to relatively unshakable support from many in the GOP base.
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Walker's team knew of an abortion allegation months before it surfaced — Months before news broke alleging that Herschel Walker paid for an abortion, top Republicans in the state — including those advising his team — warned him that the story could torpedo his campaign.
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Erick-Woods Erickson / Erick Erickson Show Notes:
About the Herschel Walker Story — So, to start, can I just say the reactions to me tweeting about this story are a bit nuts. I don't think I'm supposed to carry water for anyone. But people on the right are infuriated that I'm not standing by their man.
New York Times:
Republicans Rally Behind Herschel Walker After Abortion Report
Republicans Rally Behind Herschel Walker After Abortion Report
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Zach Schonfeld / The Hill:
Trump defends Herschel Walker after abortion report
Trump defends Herschel Walker after abortion report
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Greg Bluestein / Atlanta Journal-Constitution:
Georgia Republicans distance themselves from Herschel Walker after abortion report
Georgia Republicans distance themselves from Herschel Walker after abortion report
Aaron Blake / Washington Post:
What happens next with Herschel Walker
What happens next with Herschel Walker
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Shannon McCaffrey / Atlanta Journal-Constitution:
Herschel Walker's campaign in turmoil as adult son accuses him of violence, lying
Herschel Walker's campaign in turmoil as adult son accuses him of violence, lying
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Jessica Taylor / Cook Political Report:
Pennsylvania Senate Moves Back to Toss Up — When we shifted our Pennsylvania Senate rating to Lean Democrat about six weeks ago, we included this key caveat — Republican spending against Democratic nominee John Fetterman had yet to ramp up, and that while Republican Mehmet Oz still …
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Nate Cohn / New York Times:
Poll Update: Republicans Gain in the Senate
Poll Update: Republicans Gain in the Senate
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Marianne LeVine / Politico:
Dems agonize over N.C. spending debacle as Senate race tightens
Dems agonize over N.C. spending debacle as Senate race tightens
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Bloomberg:
Musk Proposes to Buy Twitter for Original Price of $54.20 a Share — Elon Musk revived his bid for Twitter Inc. at the original offer price of $54.20 a share, potentially avoiding a courtroom fight over one of the most contentious acquisitions in recent history.
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Eliot A. Cohen / The Atlantic:
Russia's Nuclear Bluster Is a Sign of Panic — Margarita Simonyan, the editor in chief of RT and one of Russia's top propagandists, has in the space of seven months gone from supreme confidence that Kyiv would fall in days to something like despair at Russia's shambolic mobilization and battlefield defeats.
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Ukraine hammers Russian forces into retreat on east and south fronts
Ukraine hammers Russian forces into retreat on east and south fronts
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Tatiana Stanovaya / Carnegie Endowment …:
Russia's Elites Are Starting to Admit the Possibility of Defeat
Russia's Elites Are Starting to Admit the Possibility of Defeat
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Sarah Polus / The Hill:
Ye, Candace Owens wear ‘White Lives Matter’ shirts at Paris Fashion week — Rapper and fashion designer Ye and conservative U.S. political commentator Candace Owens made headlines with matching “White Lives Matter” t-shirts at Paris Fashion Week on Monday. — The duo, who are both Black …
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Benoit Faucon / Wall Street Journal:
Iran's Crippled Economy Sustains Protests After Religious Police Lit Flame — The country's middle class is shrinking for the first time in decades amid U.S. sanctions, corruption and economic mismanagement — TEHRAN—The protests that have gripped Iran for three weeks started over a headscarf …
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Nahid Siamdoust / New Lines Magazine:
Woman, Life, Liberty: A Slogan One Hundred Years in the Making
Woman, Life, Liberty: A Slogan One Hundred Years in the Making
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Washington Post:
In Trump White House, classified records routinely mishandled, aides say — The jumble of secret and not-secret documents found by the FBI was typical of how Donald Trump handled records, former staffers said — Aides who had worked in Donald Trump's White House were not surprised this summer …
Aaron Sibarium / Washington Free Beacon:
Citing Concern for Free Speech, 12 Federal Judges Say They Won't Take Clerks from Yale Law School — A dozen federal judges say they are no longer hiring clerks from Yale Law School, citing a slew of scandals that they say have undermined free speech and intellectual diversity.
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Natasha Korecki / NBC News:
Ron Johnson acknowledges texting with Trump attorney on Jan 6 — “What would you do if you got a text from the attorney for the president of the United States?” Johnson said. “You respond to it.” — MILWAUKEE — Sen. Ron Johnson on Tuesday acknowledged he exchanged text messages …
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Adam Liptak / New York Times:
Trump Asks Supreme Court to Intervene in Review of Mar-a-Lago Records — In earlier cases, the justices have ruled against Mr. Trump when he sought to shield his financial and presidential records from prosecutors and congressional investigators. — WASHINGTON — Former President Donald J. Trump asked …
Greg Hilburn / USA Today:
Louisiana Democrat Katie Darling gives birth in ad for campaign against Steve Scalise — LAFAYETTE, La. —A digital ad from a Louisiana mother and Democratic congressional candidate has gone viral, focusing on the woman delivering her newborn baby boy last month while expressing alarm about the Bayou State's new abortion ban.
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Politico:
Arizona GOP Chair pleaded the Fifth, Jan. 6 committee attorney says — Arizona Republican Party Chair Kelli Ward asserted her Fifth Amendment right against self-incrimination to avoid answering questions from the Jan. 6 select committee, a lawyer for the panel revealed in federal court Tuesday.
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Julia Jacobs / New York Times:
Angelina Jolie Details Abuse Allegations Against Brad Pitt in Countersuit — In court papers related to a legal battle over a French winery they once owned together, she claims that he was abusive to her and their children during a 2016 plane ride. — Angelina Jolie filed a cross complaint …
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James Ball / Rolling Stone:
Roger Waters: I'm on a Ukrainian ‘Kill List’ — In an explosive, wide-ranging interview, the Pink Floyd co-founder discusses his controversial views on Ukraine — and Russia, and Wikileaks, and Israel, and so much more. — ROGER WATERS DOES not want you to ignore his politics.
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Ben Goggin / NBC News:
QAnon song played by Donald Trump removed from tech platforms — A song played at several Donald Trump rallies and speeches that has become known as a QAnon anthem has been removed from YouTube and Spotify after the creator of the song claimed that it was used by Trump and others without proper permissions.
CNN:
White House launches last ditch effort to dissuade OPEC from cutting oil production to avoid a ‘total disaster’ — The Biden administration has launched a full-scale pressure campaign in a last-ditch effort to dissuade Middle Eastern allies from dramatically cutting oil production …
Kate Riga / Talking Points Memo:
Jackson Turns Originalism Against Conservatives To Argue For Minority Voting Protections — Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson turned the favored tactic of her right-wing peers on its head Tuesday, advancing an originalist argument to support protections for racial minorities.
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Katie Glueck / New York Times:
Republican Group's Ads Take On Fetterman Over Gun Incident Involving Black Jogger — The $1.5 million ad buy focuses on when Mr. Fetterman brandished a shotgun to stop and detain an unarmed Black jogger in 2013. — The super PAC affiliated with the Republican Jewish Coalition is beginning …
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Susan J. Demas / Michigan Advance:
Michigan Republicans beg Whitmer to zip it on abortion rights — Gov. Gretchen Whitmer gives the keynote address at the 2022 Mackinac Policy Conference on June 2, 2022 | Susan J. Demas graphic using Allison R. Donahue photo — When Gov. Gretchen Whitmer gave her keynote address …
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Craig Mauger / Detroit News:
Gov. Gretchen Whitmer's lead over Tudor Dixon stretches to 17 points: new poll
Gov. Gretchen Whitmer's lead over Tudor Dixon stretches to 17 points: new poll
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Nouran Salahieh / CNN:
Hurricane Ian's death toll rises as crews in Florida go door to door in search for survivors in decimated neighborhoods — fired at least one ballistic missile over the north of the country in an escalation of Pyongyang's missile tests that prompted immediate backlash from Tokyo. CNN's Blake Essig reports.
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