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2:55 PM ET, October 6, 2022

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Roger Sollenberger / The Daily Beast:
She Had an Abortion With Herschel Walker.  She Also Had a Child With Him.  —  Herschel Walker has claimed he has no idea who this woman could be.  Here's why that's surprising. … After a woman revealed that Republican senatorial candidate Herschel Walker had urged her to have an abortion …
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Natalie Allison / Politico:
Walker's Christian fans unfazed by abortion revelations  —  ATLANTA — Pastor Anthony George didn't set out to be a defender of Herschel Walker.  —  But as the prominent Baptist minister welcomed Walker into his church this week for a scheduled prayer event with faith leaders …
Aaron Blake / Washington Post:
The holes in Herschel Walker's explanations  —  After a couple of not-terribly enlightening interviews on Fox News, Herschel Walker did a little more explaining Thursday morning in an interview with Hugh Hewitt.  —  But that interview reinforced several key holes in his accounting …
Greg Bluestein / Atlanta Journal-Constitution:
Herschel Walker faces another abortion report that threatens his Senate campaign
Washington Post:   Governor races in at least five states could determine abortion legality
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Jennifer Agiesta / CNN:
CNN Polls: Democrat holds edge in Arizona Senate race while Nevada contest has no clear leader  —  New CNN polling in two critical Senate battlegrounds finds that Arizona Democratic Sen. Mark Kelly holds a narrow lead over Republican challenger Blake Masters, while there is no clear leader …
Washington Post:
Federal agents see chargeable tax, gun-purchase case against Hunter Biden  —  Delaware U.S. Attorney David Weiss, a Trump appointee, must decide whether to charge the son of the current president  —  Federal agents investigating President Biden's son Hunter have gathered what they believe …
Discussion: Washington Times
Timothy Snyder / Thinking about:
How does the Russo-Ukrainian War end?  —  Sometimes you change the subject, and sometimes the subject changes you  —  At first, no one could imagine that the Russo-Ukrainian war could begin.  And yet it began.  And now, no one can imagine how it will end.  And yet end it will.
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Lauren Maxwell / KTUU:
Foreign nationals detained after boating from Russia to St. Lawrence Island  —  GAMBELL, Alaska (KTUU) - Village authorities on St. Lawrence Island notified the Coast Guard on Tuesday that two foreign nationals had landed near the community of Gambell in a small boat.
Discussion: Нов … and Мед …
Ina Fried / Axios:
Exclusive: Boston Dynamics pledges not to weaponize its robots  —  Several robotics companies, including Boston Dynamics, are pledging not to support the weaponization of their products and are calling for others in the industry to do the same, according to a letter shared first with Axios.
Marist Poll:
Biden's Job Approval Rating & the Midterm Elections  —  NPR/Marist National Poll  —  Biden's Approval Rating on Upswing as Dems Edge GOP in Midterm Elections  —  President Joe Biden's job approval rating is at 44% among Americans, marking a three-month upward swing in perceptions of the president's job performance.
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The White House:
Statement by President Joe Biden on Protecting Dreamers
Axios:
Biden's new Saudi strategy
Olivia Nuzzi / New York Magazine:
Maggie Haberman on How She Covers Trump Without Losing Her Mind  —  I first met Maggie Haberman in 2014.  She was a correspondent for Politico with roots in city tabloids, and while I didn't know much about politics or the media, I knew that when she reported something, it seemed to carry a certain weight …
Reid J. Epstein / New York Times:
Democrats Worry as G.O.P. Attack Ads Take a Toll in Wisconsin  —  Mandela Barnes, the party's Senate candidate, is now wobbling in his race against Ron Johnson, the Republican incumbent.  Democratic nominees in other states face similar challenges.  —  MADISON, Wis. — Politicians …
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Reuters:
As more transgender children seek medical care, families confront many unknowns  —  USA-TRANSYOUTH/CARE  —  Across the United States, thousands of youths are lining up for gender-affirming care.  But when families decide to take the medical route, they must make decisions about life-altering treatments …
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Reuters:   Putting numbers on the rise in children seeking gender care
CNN:
House GOP amps up talk about impeaching Biden's border chief, posing a test for McCarthy  —  House GOP Leader Kevin McCarthy will be swiftly confronted in a Republican majority with a politically dicey proposition gaining steam within his conference: Launching impeachment proceedings …
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Brianna Herlihy / Fox News:
Graham, Cruz tell Mayorkas he's on notice for possible impeachment over border crisis
Discussion: The Texas Tribune and RedState
David Folkenflik / NPR:
Fox News CEO warned against ‘crazies’ after 2020 election, Dominion says  —  Besieged by angry viewers, denounced by then-President Trump, questioned by some of its own stars, Fox News found itself in a near-impossible spot on Election Night 2020 after its election-analysis team announced …
Discussion: The Daily Beast
Rebecca Jennings / Vox:
The Instagram capital of the world is a terrible place to be  —  Just because you can (sort of) afford to go somewhere doesn't mean you'll enjoy it.  —  This time last week I was wandering the stony streets of Positano, a small village on Italy's Amalfi Coast.
Max Chafkin / Bloomberg:
Even After $100 Billion, Self-Driving Cars Are Going Nowhere  —  The first car woke Jennifer King at 2 a.m. with a loud, high‑pitched hum.  “It sounded like a hovercraft,” she says, and that wasn't the weird part.  King lives on a dead-end street at the edge of the Presidio …
Bloomberg:
Musk's Twitter Takeover Hits Snag Over Debt-Financing Issue  —  Talks between Elon Musk and Twitter Inc. to reach a resolution of the $44 billion takeover are stuck in part over Musk's statement that his offer is now contingent on receiving $13 billion in debt financing, according to people familiar with the matter.
Tim Miller / New York Times:
Online Fund-Raising Was Supposed to Save Politics.  Instead, It's Dragging Us to Hell.  —  In late 2003 the spirit of revolution was in the air and on our Yahoo browsers.  Shock and awe had given way to the long slog of war.  And the internet was allowing supporters of politicians to use new tools such as …
Discussion: Lawyers, Guns & Money
Nathan Williams / BBC:
Mexico mayor assassinated in town hall massacre  —  Gunmen have shot dead the mayor of a small town in western Mexico, and at least 17 others, officials say.  —  Police say gunmen stormed the San Miguel Totolapan town hall at 14:00 (19:00 GMT) on Wednesday.  Photos online show it riddled with bullet holes.
New York Times:
U.S. to Begin Screening Air Passengers From Uganda for Ebola  —  There are no cases in the United States, but federal health officials also urged doctors to be vigilant for patients with symptoms.  —  Worried by an outbreak of Ebola in Uganda, the Biden administration said on Thursday …
 
 
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Dr. LaShonda Brenson / Joint Center:
Racial Diversity Among Top Staff in the U.S. House of Representatives
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Pam Belluck / New York Times:
Barnard College Plans to Offer Abortion Pills on Campus
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Joshua Benton / Nieman Lab:
Most people on Twitter don't live in political echo chambers — but mostly because they don't care enough to bother building one
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Lee Brown / New York Post:
Kamala Harris was in accident falsely dismissed as ‘mechanical failure’
Bloomberg:
Thai Daycare Center Shooting Leaves 32 Dead, Mostly Children
Elena Schneider / Politico:
Republican support from this key voting group is in jeopardy. Abortion is to blame.
Discussion: Washington Post
Guttmacher Institute:
100 Days Post-Roe: At Least 66 Clinics Across 15 US States Have Stopped Offering Abortion Care
Matt Brennan / Los Angeles Times:
The real lesson of ‘Bros’: It's OK to let gay art bomb
Colleen Slevin / Associated Press:
Colorado baker fighting ruling over gender transition cake
 

 
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Jonathan Stempel / Reuters:
A New York judge finds Sirius XM liable for a difficult subscription cancellation process; Sirius says it will appeal but abide by a new “click-to-cancel” rule

Ashley Carman / Bloomberg:
A growing number of podcasters, including Tim Ferriss, are moving away from interviews to monologues or co-hosts, as some well-known guests can be overexposed

Brian Steinberg / Variety:
Sources: NBCUniversal Vice Chairman Bonnie Hammer plans to leave the company at the end of the year; she has been with the company since 2004

 
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