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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 …
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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 …
Discussion: Mediaite, Raw Story, The Hill and NBC News
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 …
CNN:
Herschel Walker's campaign fires its political director in key Georgia Senate race  —  Herschel Walker's Senate campaign cut ties with its political director on Wednesday, CNN has learned, the move coming just days after The Daily Beast reported that the Georgia Republican paid for a woman's abortion more than a decade ago.
Rolling Stone:
Justice Department Asking if Trump Stashed Documents in Trump Tower  —  Investigators have quizzed multiple witnesses about whether Trump is holding sensitive government documents at other properties outside Mar-a-Lago, including at his Manhattan tower and his New Jersey club
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Hugo Lowell / The Guardian:
Donald Trump seeks to withhold two folders seized at Mar-a-Lago  —  The former US president is trying to exclude a specific set of seized documents from an inquiry into his handling of government records  —  Donald Trump is seeking to withhold from the justice department two folders marked …
Discussion: Law & Crime
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  —  The U.S. Postal Service (USPS) said Friday it wants to raise the price of first-class Forever mail stamps from 60 to 63 cents to account for inflationary costs.  —  USPS filed notice of the proposed hike with the Postal Regulatory Commission …
Discussion: Associated Press
Jessica Piper / Politico:
Why Trump's last-minute super PAC spending doesn't go as far  —  Former President Donald Trump's new super PAC is hitting the airwaves backing GOP Senate candidates in five key races.  But his paid media efforts are unlikely to reach as many viewers as the campaigns and even some other outside groups.
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Louisa Loveluck / Washington Post:
After Russian retreat in east Ukraine, police find dozens of torture sites  —  PISKY RADKIVSKY, Ukraine — It wasn't the sort of house that neighbors gave much thought to in peacetime.  With its white brick walls and metal gate, it looked much like the others.
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Roula Khalaf / Financial Times:
Elon Musk: 'Aren't you entertained?' … Dinner with Elon Musk begins with a drive in a Tesla.  I am seated in the back, next to X, the billionaire's two-and-a-half-year-old son.  It's around 7pm in Austin, and X is, as one would expect, cranky.  We had set off to Fonda San Miguel …
ABC News:
Uvalde school district suspends entire police force, superintendent to retire amid fallout from shooting  —  The district has faced withering criticism over its police department's actions.  —  An officer walks outside of Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas, May 24, 2022.
John Leland / New York Times:
How a Dog's Killing Turned Brooklyn Progressives Against One Another  —  After a sudden confrontation that left a golden retriever dead, neighbors came together online to support the owner of the dog.  But then things changed.  —  Real-world ethics question: In a well-used city park …
Politico:
Biden's inside man in Trump land  —  Welcome to POLITICO's West Wing Playbook, your guide to the people and power centers in the Biden administration. … In the spring of 2020, JOE BIDEN's transition team viewed CHRIS LIDDELL skeptically.  —  As a deputy chief of staff to DONALD TRUMP …
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
Kate Brumback / Associated Press:
Flynn, Gingrich testimony sought in Georgia election probe  —  The Georgia prosecutor investigating whether then-President Donald Trump and others illegally tried to interfere in the 2020 election filed paperwork Friday seeking to compel testimony from a new batch of Trump allies …
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Associated Press:
Michael Flynn's ReAwaken roadshow recruits ‘Army of God’
Discussion: Political Wire
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, WINK NEWS and WFLA-TV
Erik Wemple / Washington Post:
Quit dragging Maggie Haberman  —  A traitor is defined as someone who “betrays another's trust or is false to an obligation or duty,” according to Merriam-Webster.  The dictionary people, however, might soon have to add an emerging variation: “A journalist who doesn't give me my juicy tidbits …
Washington Post:
Arizona GOP raised record money with misleading pitches on election audit  —  GOP chair Kelli Ward said in a text message the party had no plans to fund the review, despite what it was telling supporters  —  Arizona's Republican Party raised record sums in 2021 with repeated appeals …
Discussion: Associated Press
Joseph Wulfsohn / Fox News:
Late-night comedy flounders in ratings as Colbert, Kimmel, others openly root for Democrats, shred Republicans  —  Stephen Colbert, Jimmy Kimmel, Trevor Noah have seen their ratings tank since Trump left office  —  Greg Gutfeld: The new king of late night  —  If there were two things Americans …
Discussion: CNSNews
Nature:
Cable news and COVID-19 vaccine uptake  —  12, Article number: 16804 (2022) Cite this article  —  Abstract  —  COVID-19 vaccines have reduced infections and hospitalizations across the globe, yet resistance to vaccination remains strong.  This paper investigates the role of cable television news …
Mary Ellen Klas / Miami Herald:
Florida may have violated its own guidelines in flying migrants to Martha's Vineyard  —  Documents obtained from the state agency charged with managing the controversial migrant relocation program explicitly say that its mission was “to relocate out of the State of Florida foreign nationals …
Discussion: Fox News
Ben Strauss / Washington Post:
At the Athletic and New York Times, a marriage with promise and tension  —  Not long after the New York Times bought the Athletic earlier this year, the founders of the popular sports website held an all-staff call.  —  Most Athletic staffers were pleased with the purchase.
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
Politico:
How Influential Senate Democrats Shut Down a Bid to Call Witnesses Against Trump  —  Jamie Raskin's eyes bulged as he skimmed the CNN story on his phone.  Huddled with his team in the impeachment managers' holding room after the Senate trial proceedings had finished on Friday evening …
Discussion: HuffPost, The Daily Beast and Raw Story
Emily Singer / The American Independent:
Utah GOP congressman says it ‘stinks’ that he has to decide abortion issues for women  —  'I wish, as a man, I didn't have to make this decision.  I wish women could make this decision,' Rep. John Curtis (R-UT) said during a debate on Oct. 6.  —  Incumbent Republican Rep. John Curtis of Utah …
Discussion: Deseret News, Jezebel, The Hill and Mediaite
Associated Press:
Biden's ‘Armageddon’ talk edges beyond bounds of US intel  —  President Joe Biden's warning that the world is at risk of a nuclear “Armageddon” was designed to send an unvarnished message that no one should underestimate the extraordinary danger if Russia deploys tactical nuclear weapons …
U.S. Department of Justice:
Civil War Reenactor Indicted For Planting Pipe Bomb at Cedar Creek Battlefield  —  Gerald Drake Also Charged With Stalking and Mailing Threating Letters  —  HARRISONBURG, Va. - A federal grand jury in Charlottesville has indicted Gerald Leonard Drake, 63, from Winchester, Va. …
Discussion: Raw Story
Alex Heath / The Verge:
Meta's flagship metaverse app is too buggy and employees are barely using it, says exec in charge … Meta's VR social network Horizon Worlds — the company's flagship “metaverse” app — is suffering from too many quality issues and even the team building it isn't using it very much, according to internal memos obtained by The Verge.
Chris Cillizza / CNN:
Joe Biden is still pretty unpopular  —  For the last month or so, the dominant narrative in American politics has been that President Joe Biden - and Democrats more generally - are on the comeback trail.  —  Their odds of keeping the Senate look better than they did earlier in the midterm cycle …
Judy Kurtz / The Hill:
Dwayne Johnson says White House bid ‘off the table’  —  Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson is no longer cooking up a White House bid, saying a run for president is “off the table.”  —  “I will say this because it requires a B side to this,” Johnson said in a preview clip from “CBS Sunday Morning” released Friday.
Jacqueline Alemany / Washington Post:
House Democrats seek to censure Marjorie Taylor Greene over ‘Biden is Hitler’ comment  —  House Democrats are again seeking to censure Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) over “Joe Biden is Hitler” social media posts.  Rep. Brad Schneider (D-Ill.) introduced a resolution on Thursday.
 
 
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