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3:10 PM ET, October 8, 2022

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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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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.
Discussion: CNBC, The Guardian, TASS and Reuters
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 …
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: The Hill, New York Times and TASS
Washington Post:
Explosion hits Crimean Bridge, damaging Russian supply route to Ukraine  —  KYIV, Ukraine — A giant explosion ripped across the Crimean Bridge, a strategic link between mainland Russia and Crimea, in what appeared to be a stunning blow early Saturday morning to a symbol of President Vladimir Putin's ambitions to control Ukraine.
Washington Post:
Kremlin, shifting blame for war failures, axes military commanders
Discussion: Meduza.io
Adam Edelman / NBC News:
Nevada Democrats sound alarm as election denier leads secretary of state race  —  LAS VEGAS — Jim Marchant, the election-denying Republican nominee for secretary of state in Nevada, has so far been outspent and out campaigned by his Democratic opponent.  But as the first counties …
Discussion: Destabilized and CNN
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Jon King / Michigan Advance:   Karamo makes abortion and religion the centerpieces of her secretary of state campaign
Trip Gabriel / New York Times:
Fetterman's Blue-Collar Allure Is Tested as Pennsylvania Race Tightens
Discussion: New York Post, Breitbart and Townhall
David Smith / The Guardian:
Help or hindrance? Biden takes a back seat as Trump goes all in on midterms
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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Paul Kane / Washington Post:
Will old rules of politics apply to Herschel Walker? They did 2 years ago to a N.C. Democrat
Marc Caputo / NBC News:
Texts show family strife between Herschel Walker's wife and woman who alleged he paid for her abortion
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
CNN:
North Korea fires two ballistic missiles, South Korea and Japan say  —  North Korea fired two short-range ballistic missiles from the Munchon area of Kangwon Province to the waters off the peninsula's eastern coast, South Korea's Joint Chiefs of Staff told reporters on Sunday.
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 …
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 …
NBC News:
Overwhelmed medical examiners grapple with grim task after Hurricane Ian  —  In the wake of Hurricane Ian, the living have struggled to account for all the dead.  —  Overwhelmed by the number of bodies to autopsy and thrown into a political debate over precisely how many lives the storm has claimed …
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New York Times:
Many of Hurricane Ian's Victims Were Older Adults Who Drowned
Discussion: New York Post and WINK NEWS
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
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 …
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 …
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 …
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
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Ty Ross / Occupy Democrats:
STAMPED OUT: Letitia James protects the mail with huge judicial win against DeJoy
Discussion: Daily Kos
 
 
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