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Associated Press:
Crimea bridge blast damages key Russian supply route; 3 dead  —  An explosion caused the partial collapse of a bridge linking the Crimean Peninsula with Russia on Saturday, damaging a key supply artery for the Kremlin's faltering war effort in southern Ukraine.  Three people were killed in the blast, Russian authorities said.
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Reuters:
Russian shelling has again forced the Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant offline, Ukrainian officials say. … The bridge linking Crimea with Russia is damaged by fire after an explosion.  —  KRYVYI RIH, Ukraine — A fireball erupted on Saturday on the sole bridge linking the Crimean Peninsula to Russia …
Washington Post:
Kremlin, shifting blame for war failures, axes military commanders  —  Russian Ground Forces Gen. Alexander Dvornikov, who over a 44-year military career was best-known for scorched-earth tactics in campaigns he led in Syria and Chechnya, was named overall operational commander of the war in Ukraine in April.
Discussion: The Guardian, Meduza.io and CBS News
Louisa Loveluck / Washington Post:   After Russian retreat in east Ukraine, police find dozens of torture sites
New York Times:
How Trump Deflected Demands for Documents, Enmeshing Aides  —  The former president exhibited a pattern of dissembling about the material he took from the White House, creating legal risk not just for himself but also some of his lawyers.  —  Late last year, as the National Archives ratcheted …
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Hugo Lowell / The Guardian:
Donald Trump seeks to withhold two folders seized at Mar-a-Lago
Discussion: Law & Crime and Forbes
Roger Sollenberger / The Daily Beast:
Herschel Walker's Wife Reaches Out to His Abortion Accuser  —  Herschel Walker still maintains he doesn't know who the woman is who's accusing him of having an abortion.  His wife seems pretty clear on the matter. … Herschel Walker has maintained that he still doesn't know the identity …
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New York Times:
Herschel Walker Urged Woman to Have a 2nd Abortion, She Says  —  The Georgia Senate candidate's ex-girlfriend says he wanted her to terminate a pregnancy in 2011.  She chose to have their son instead.  —  ATLANTA — A woman who has said Herschel Walker, the Republican Senate nominee in Georgia …
Marc Caputo / NBC News:
Texts show family strife between Herschel Walker's wife and woman who alleged he paid for her abortion  —  “I'm not saying she did or didn't have one [an abortion],” Walker told NBC News.  “I'm saying I don't know anything about that.  I don't know.”  —  Herschel Walker …
Jon King / Michigan Advance:
Karamo makes abortion and religion the centerpieces of her secretary of state campaign  —  Republican nominee for Michigan secretary of state Kristina Karamo campaigns in Lansing on Aug. 27, 2022.  (Andrew Roth |  Michigan Advance)  —  A Republican running a family values campaign is certainly not a headline.
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Adam Edelman / NBC News:
Nevada Democrats sound alarm as election denier leads secretary of state race
Discussion: Sacramento Bee, Destabilized and CNN
New York Times:
‘The Cash Monster Was Insatiable’: How Insurers Exploited Medicare for Billions  —  By next year, half of Medicare beneficiaries will have a private Medicare Advantage plan.  Most large insurers in the program have been accused in court of fraud.  —  Accused  —  of fraud by  —  whistle-blower
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette:
Valeriy Tarasenko, associate of fake heiress who wandered Mar-a-Lago and posed with Donald Trump, shot outside Canadian resort  —  A close associate of a woman who posed as a member of a famous banking family and spent days at former President Donald Trump's Mar-a-Lago home was shot Friday outside …
Martin Pengelly / The Guardian:
Trump ally Lindsey Graham told ex-cop Capitol rioters should be shot in head  —  Michael Fanone recounts meeting with South Carolina Republican senator in book to be published next week  —  Republican senator and Trump ally Lindsey Graham told a police officer badly beaten during …
Steve Beynon / Military.com:
‘The Army Gave a Hunting Permit to Radical Partisans’: What a General's Bout with Fox Could Mean for Women  —  The Army's top enlisted leader says he is steadfast in his commitment to his promise of crafting a more inclusive environment for women as the service has been rocked …
Discussion: Stars & Stripes and BizPac Review
Mark Paoletta / Wall Street Journal:
The Hypocrisy of Supreme Court Ethics Journalism  —  Expect to see more baseless attacks on conservative justices.  —  1x  —  “Rules for thee but not for me” seems to be the phrase these days when it comes to criticizing Supreme Court justices.  Politico adds to the double standard …
Wall Street Journal:
Himars Transform the Battle for Ukraine—and Modern Warfare  —  The mobile, high-precision U.S. rocket system is thwarting Russia's invasion as it revolutionizes military strategy  —  MYKOLAIV REGION, Ukraine—A global revolution in warfare is dramatically tipping the scales …
Discussion: News Items
Ty Ross / Occupy Democrats:
STAMPED OUT: Letitia James protects the mail with huge judicial win against DeJoy  —  “After he assumed leadership in June 2020, Postmaster General Louis DeJoy pushed through drastic changes to the U.S. Postal Service's operations that slowed mail operations nationwide, harmed everyday Americans, and made a mockery of the right to vote.
Discussion: Daily Kos
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David Shepardson / Reuters:
U.S. Postal Service wants to hike stamp prices to 63 cents
Discussion: Associated Press
Ben Zeisloft / The Daily Wire:
New PayPal Policy Lets Company Pull $2,500 From Users' Accounts If They Promote ‘Misinformation’  —  A new policy update from PayPal will permit the firm to sanction users who advance purported “misinformation” or present risks to user “wellbeing.”  —  The financial services company …
Jake Offenhartz / Gothamist:
‘Utter takeover’: Pickleball invasion prompts turf war in West Village … We rely on your support to make local news available to all  —  Make your contribution now and help Gothamist thrive in 2022.  —  Gothamist is funded by sponsors and member donations
Deroy Murdock / New York Post:
The chilling numbers that reveal the scale of Joe Biden's border disaster  —  Democrats are napping peacefully through the US-Mexico “border” crisis they engineered.  Perhaps these data will snap them from their slumber:  —  The US Department of Homeland Security reports that the Mexican cartels' income …
New York Times:
Many of Hurricane Ian's Victims Were Older Adults Who Drowned  —  The storm, Florida's deadliest since 1935, has been linked to the deaths of at least 119 people in the state, many of them older residents who lived near the coast.  —  A 57-year-old woman in the Sarasota area developed hypothermia …
Discussion: New York Post and WINK NEWS
Greg Jaffe / Washington Post:
Howard Schultz's fight to stop a Starbucks barista uprising  —  Starbucks's CEO saw his unionizing baristas as a threat to his life's work.  They said he didn't understand how the country and their lives had changed.  —  SEATTLE — Howard Schultz, the billionaire founder of Starbucks …
Discussion: Bloomberg and Detroit Metro Times
Zachary Petrizzo / The Daily Beast:
Pro-Trump Rally-Goers Blame Mysterious Bogeymen for Latest Event Flop  —  Speakers bent over backwards to explain the low turnout, blaming “paid agitators,” the government, and would-be attendees' spam folders.  —  WASHINGTON, D.C.—Right-wing activists assembled on Capitol grounds Friday afternoon …
Discussion: Raw Story and Daily Kos
Trip Gabriel / New York Times:
Fetterman's Blue-Collar Allure Is Tested as Pennsylvania Race Tightens  —  John Fetterman, the Democratic nominee for Senate, says he can win over working-class voters in deep-red counties.  Some evidence suggests he can, but partisan loyalties may prove more powerful.
Susan Rinkunas / Jezebel:
Dr. Oz Stood in Front of One of Hitler's Cars at a Fundraiser and Had Jordan Peterson Call In  —  Matt Gaetz's in-laws hosted the high-dollar dinner from hell.  What is this campaign doing?  —  Alerts  —  In what continues to be an incredibly puzzling campaign, Dr. Mehmet Oz attended …
 
 
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U.S. Department of Justice:
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Washington Post:
Arizona GOP raised record money with misleading pitches on election audit
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Joseph Wulfsohn / Fox News:
Late-night comedy flounders in ratings as Colbert, Kimmel, others openly root for Democrats, shred Republicans
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Politico:
Biden's inside man in Trump land
Fox News:
Las Vegas stabbing suspect is in US illegally, has criminal record in California: source
Mary Ellen Klas / Miami Herald:
Florida may have violated its own guidelines in flying migrants to Martha's Vineyard
Discussion: Fox News
Politico:
Republicans slash ad buys in N.H. Senate race as Hassan leads
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