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2:00 AM ET, October 9, 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: The Hill, CNBC, New York Times and TASS
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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.
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.
Washington Post:
Explosion hits Crimean Bridge, damaging Russian supply route to Ukraine
Associated Press:
Blast on bridge to Crimea hurts Russian supply lines, pride
Washington Post:   Kremlin, shifting blame for war failures, axes military commanders
CNN:
Massive blast cripples Crimea-Russia bridge, in blow to Putin's war effort
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Adam Edelman / NBC News:
Nevada Democrats sound alarm as election denier leads secretary of state race
Edward Helmore / The Guardian:
Ex-partner of Ukrainian ‘heiress’ who infiltrated Mar-a-Lago club shot outside Canada resort  —  Valeriy Tarasenko was left with ‘significant injuries’ but expected to survive, according to Quebec police  —  An associate of the Ukrainian woman who posed as a member of the Rothschild banking family …
Discussion: New York Post
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Pittsburgh Post-Gazette:
Valeriy Tarasenko, associate of fake heiress who wandered Mar-a-Lago and posed with Donald Trump, shot outside Canadian resort
Discussion: Raw Story
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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 …
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.
Marc Caputo / NBC News:
Kari Lake was booted from Arizona town hall audience before Hobbs took the stage  —  Democrat Katie Hobbs won't debate her opponent in Arizona's race for governor, yet Republican Kari Lake tried to make it happen at a candidate town hall that organizers say she disrupted.
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 …
Alex Marquardt / CNN:
First on CNN: Top US officials hold first in-person meeting with the Taliban since the US killed al Qaeda's leader in July  —  Top Biden administration officials met in-person with the Taliban on Saturday for the first time since al Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahiri was killed by the US …
Discussion: New York Post and Fox News
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.
Reuters:
Musk offers proposal on China-Taiwan tensions, after Russia-Ukraine plan  —  Billionaire Elon Musk, days after floating a possible deal to end the war between Russia and Ukraine that drew condemnation in Ukraine, suggested that tensions between China and Taiwan could be resolved by handing over some control of Taiwan to Beijing.
Lisa Rein / Washington Post:
New Florida records raise more questions about DeSantis's migrant flights  —  The governor's administration had been orchestrating the flights for several months  —  In the request for bids to round up migrants to transport across the country, the administration of Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis …
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 …
 
 
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