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7:20 PM ET, October 8, 2022

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Andrew Roth / The Guardian:
Russia appoints notorious general to lead Ukraine offensive  —  Sergei Surovikin appointed on same day as explosion on Kerch bridge that has dealt blow to Vladimir Putin  —  Russia has appointed a notorious general who opened fire on pro-democracy protesters in the 1990s as its first overall commander …
Discussion: CNBC, The Hill, New York Times and TASS
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Roland Oliphant / Telegraph:
Why blowing up the Crimea bridge is a double blow for Putin  —  Until now an attack on the Kerch bridge seemed unthinkable - for both practical and political reasons  —  Just before dawn on Saturday morning, a security camera filmed two lorries and two cars driving west on the Crimea road bridge.
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.
Wall Street Journal:
Crimea Bridge Explosion Disrupts Crucial Supply Route for Russian Forces  —  Russian officials blame Kyiv; Ukrainian officials have repeatedly threatened to hit the 12-mile bridge  —  Video: Massive Explosion Destroys Part of Russia's Crimea Bridge  —  Created with sketchtool.
Associated Press:
The Crimea bridge explosion prompts calls for revenge from Russian hard-liners.  —  Dimitar Dilkoff/Agence France-Presse — Getty Images … Blast on key bridge linking Crimea with Russia deals blow to Moscow's war effort.  —  KYIV, Ukraine — A fireball consumed two sections …
Washington Post:
Explosion hits Crimean Bridge, damaging Russian supply route to Ukraine
CNN:
Massive blast cripples Crimea-Russia bridge, in blow to Putin's war effort
Washington Post:
Kremlin, shifting blame for war failures, axes military commanders
Discussion: Meduza.io
New York Times:
4 Weeks Out, Senate Control Hangs in the Balance in Tumultuous Midterms  —  The G.O.P. claimed the momentum in the spring.  Then the overturning of Roe v. Wade galvanized Democrats.  As the momentum shifts again, the final stretch of the 2022 midterms defies predictability.
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Adam Edelman / NBC News:
Nevada Democrats sound alarm as election denier leads secretary of state race
Discussion: CNN and Destabilized
Jon King / Michigan Advance:   Karamo makes abortion and religion the centerpieces of her secretary of state campaign
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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 …
David A. Fahrenthold / New York Times:
J.D. Vance's First Attempt to Renew Ohio Crumbled Quickly  —  In 2017, the Republican candidate for Senate started a nonprofit group to tackle the social ills he had written about in his “Hillbilly Elegy” memoir.  It fell apart within two years.  —  J.D. Vance was not running for office.
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 …
Discussion: New York Post
David Griffin / news9.com:
Poll: Hofmeister Holds Edge On Stitt 1 Month From Election  —  Gubernatorial challenger State Superintendent Joy Hofmeister holds a slight lead on incumbent Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt, according to new polling released Friday.  —  The exclusive News 9 / News On 6 poll, conducted between Oct. 3 and 6 …
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
Susan Edelman / New York Post:
NYC Schools Chancellor David Banks, Eric Adams put each other's girlfriends in top posts  —  Schools Chancellor David Banks quietly promoted Mayor Adams' girlfriend to a top job at the Department of Education, just months after Adams hired Banks' girlfriend as a deputy mayor, The Post has learned.
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 …
Marc Caputo / NBC News:
The Justice Department's sex trafficking investigation into Rep. Matt Gaetz seems stalled, attorneys say  —  Gaetz unlikely to be charged in sex crimes probe  —  The FBI seized Rep. Matt Gaetz's cellphone in December 2020, marking the beginning of an investigation into whether …
Michael Scherer / Washington Post:
Rick Scott, Tom Cotton to rally in Ga. for embattled Herschel Walker  —  The Republican senators will travel Tuesday to show their support for the GOP senatorial candidate in Georgia  —  National Republican Senatorial Committee Chairman Rick Scott (Fla.) will travel to Georgia on Tuesday …
Discussion: Fox News and ArkansasTimes
David Smith / The Guardian:
Marjorie Taylor Greene: can Democrats unseat the far-right extremist?  —  Georgia in focus: A Democratic challenger who raised $10.8m is facing an uphill battle against the Maga congresswoman  —  n cowboy hat and square-toed boots, Marcus Flowers steps on to another porch …
Discussion: Raw Story
 
 
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