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10:25 AM ET, October 15, 2022

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Taylor Popielarz / Spectrum News 1 Ohio:
Fundraiser for Ohio GOP candidate JD Vance axed after Spectrum News asked questions about host  —  WASHINGTON, D.C. — A weekend fundraiser for Ohio U.S. Senate candidate JD Vance was abruptly canceled Friday after Spectrum News notified the Vance campaign it would report the host …
Discussion: Raw Story and Political Wire
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NBC News:
Congress asks Secret Service for an account of all contacts between agency, Oath Keepers up to and on Jan. 6, 2021  —  The House Committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol insurrection has asked the Secret Service for records of all communications between the far-right Oath Keepers group …
Discussion: Digby's Hullabaloo
Dan Mangan / CNBC:
Jan. 6 Capitol riot panel briefed on multiple calls between Secret Service and Oath Keepers, NBC News reports
Discussion: Bloomberg
Wall Street Journal:
Company Documents Show Meta's Flagship Metaverse Falling Short  —  Most visitors to Horizon Worlds generally don't return after first month; ‘an empty world is a sad world’  —  Nearly a year after Mark Zuckerberg rebranded Facebook META -2.71%▼ as Meta Platforms Inc. META -2.71%▼ …
James Gordon / Daily Mail:
Creepy Joe strikes again!  Biden sneaks up behind girl, grabs her shoulders and tells her 'no serious guys until you're 30' - as the uncomfortable teen tries to laugh it off  — President Joe Biden was speaking at a community college in California on Friday when he was seen grabbing a girl by the shoulder as he gave dating advice
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Reuters:
Biden calls on Iran to end violence against citizens  —  U.S. President Joe Biden on Friday called on leaders in Iran to end the violence against its own citizens.  —  Women “should be able to wear in God's name what they want to wear,” he said, during a speech at Irvine Valley Community College in California.
Wall Street Journal:
FBI Seeks Additional Information From Two Trump Aides About Mar-a-Lago Records  —  Aides are being asked about the treatment and moving of sensitive records at the Florida resort  —  Can Trump Declassify Documents?  It's Complicated  —  YOU MAY ALSO LIKE  —  Created with sketchtool.
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CNN:
Justice Department formally appeals appointment of special master in Mar-a-Lago documents case
Greg Bluestein / Atlanta Journal-Constitution:
Herschel Walker's debate performance scores points for his campaign  —  An AJC analysis of the U.S. Senate debate between the GOP nominee and incumbent Raphael Warnock  —  SAVANNAH - As the sole debate between U.S. Sen. Raphael Warnock and Republican Herschel Walker wound down …
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Edward Luce / Financial Times:
Mark Carney: ‘Doubling down on inequality was a surprising choice’ … Mark Carney and I have been going back and forth for months to pin down a date — each of us having to cancel at least once.  Fate was guiding us.  The former governor of the Bank of England strolls into our New York venue …
Discussion: Bloomberg and NPR
Alex Marshall / New York Times:
Climate Protesters Throw Soup Over van Gogh's ‘Sunflowers’  —  Two activists attacked the famous painting at the National Gallery, in London.  —  LONDON — Climate protesters across Europe have for months been gluing themselves to the frames of famous paintings in a series of attention-grabbing stunts.
Azi Paybarah / Washington Post:
Jan. 6 video undermines Trump's repeated efforts to blame Pelosi for Capitol security  —  Never-bef0re-seen video of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) and other congressional leaders on Jan. 6, 2021 offers strikingly vivid evidence undermining former president Donald Trump's long-debunked claim …
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Jonathan V. Last / The Triad:   Let Me Tell You What I Want  —  Cards on the table for the Republican party.
Jerry Dunleavy / Washington Examiner:
Dirty money, dirty politics, and Hunter Biden  —  There might finally be enough pieces of the Hunter Biden puzzle for the authorities and Congress to put together the full picture of the legal case against the president's son.  And the next few weeks will play a crucial role in how this convoluted and salacious story ends.
Discussion: Fatherly
Jeff Coltin / City & State New York:
Manhattan congressional candidate publishes a porn video to highlight his sex positive platform  —  Mike Itkis is running against Rep. Jerry Nadler, and wants to legalize sex work.  —  Independent candidate for Congress Mike Itkis, who is running against Jerry Nadler in Manhattan's 12th …
Paul Kane / Washington Post:
Independent voters don't want mini-Trumps, are bored by Biden  —  Researchers who study independents advise ‘elections are won in the middle,’ even though many Republicans are not heeding the message  —  A critical group of swing voters was asked to give a brief, one-word description …
Discussion: Axios and Daily Kos
Betsy Klein / CNN:
Student loan forgiveness applications now open through beta mode website, Biden administration says  —  The Biden administration has opened the application process for Americans seeking student debt relief in a beta period starting Friday evening, officials told CNN, allowing applicants …
Michael Scherer / Washington Post:
Newspapers with a partisan aim filling the void of traditional media  —  As independent local papers collapse, a new industry is being fueled by ideological donors seeking to further political agendas.  —  Pennsylvania's most widely-circulated newspaper showed up, without fanfare or explanation …
Brianna Herlihy / Fox News:
Arizona AG asks FBI, IRS to investigate election integrity watchdog True the Vote  —  Republican Attorney General Mark Brnovich says True The Vote has never provided him with information on voter fraud, despite its public claims  —  Arizona AG Mark Brnovich: Drugs, criminals and illegal migrants …
Discussion: Politico, Raw Story and MyNorthwest.com
Don Thompson / Associated Press:
California governor blocks Charles Manson follower's parole  —  California's governor blocked the parole of Charles Manson follower Patricia Krenwinkel on Friday, more than five decades after she scrawled “Helter Skelter” on a wall using the blood of one of their victims.
Discussion: Los Angeles Times and Al Jazeera
Miami Herald:
DeSantis migrant flights may continue, records suggest, including to Delaware and Illinois  —  Gov. Ron DeSantis' administration may keep flying migrants from the border to Democratic states using Florida taxpayer money, according to newly released public records.
Discussion: Fox News, CNN, NewsNation and Raw Story
David Moye / HuffPost:
Ted Cruz Falls For Fake News, Then Blames The Real Media For Calling Him Out  —  “It could easily have been real,” the Texas Republican finally admitted to journalists who pointed out he'd been suckered.  —  Sen. Ted Cruz's latest attempt at owning those danged libs failed miserably on Thursday …
New York Times:
‘It Was a Massacre’: How Security Forces Cracked Down in Southeastern Iran  —  A New York Times analysis of witness testimony and videos reveals a bloody scene that unfolded last month in Zahedan during Friday Prayer, with mats as stretchers and bodies piled in cars.
NBC News:
Obama to campaign for Mandela Barnes in tough Wisconsin Senate race, sources say  —  Former President Barack Obama is heading to Wisconsin to help boost Senate candidate Mandela Barnes, a Democrat challenging GOP Sen. Ron Johnson, two sources familiar with the plans told NBC News.
Discussion: ABC7 and The Hill
Gloria Oladipo / The Guardian:
Anger as DeSantis eases voting rules in Republican areas hit by hurricane  —  Executive order makes voting easier in Florida's Lee, Charlotte and Sarasota counties but not in Democratic Orange county  —  Governor Ron DeSantis has made voting easier in certain Florida counties battered by Hurricane Ian …
Discussion: Washington Post, Politico and The Hill
Reuters:
NATO to kick off nuclear drills involving B-52 bombers on Monday  —  NATO said on Friday it would launch its annual nuclear exercise “Steadfast Noon” on Monday, with up to 60 aircraft taking part in training flights over Belgium, the North Sea and Britain to practise the use of U.S. nuclear bombs based in Europe.
 
 
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Christopher Mathias / HuffPost:
District Attorney To Review All Cases Handled By Cop Who Planned Charlottesville Nazi Rally
Discussion: Raw Story and Boston Herald
Chelsea Donovan / WRAL-TV:
Mask dispute lands potential Harnett County juror in jail
The White House:
Remarks By President Biden at a Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee Reception
Times of Malta:
A trial five years in the making
Carl Campanile / New York Post:
Close call: Hochul's lead over Zeldin shrinks in NY gov race, indy poll finds
 Earlier Items: 
Fox News:
Stacey Abrams' group funnels thousands to director's family and friends with no political experience
Discussion: CNN
Marshall Cohen / CNN:
Judge drops 1 of 5 charges against Trump-Russia dossier source, in blow to special counsel Durham
Insider:
Newt Gingrich is a self-avowed fiscal conservative and deficit hawk. But his 2012 presidential campaign committee remains millions in debt.
CNN:
CNN Exclusive: Trump operative seen on video in Georgia voting system breach testifies before special grand jury
Discussion: Political Wire
Mark Niquette / Bloomberg:
Luntz Raises Alarm About Election Losers Not Accepting Results
Matt Stieb / New York Magazine:
Dr. Oz Staged an Encounter With a Victim of Gun Violence
Discussion: The Root, Alternet.org and Raw Story
 

 
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Jessica Toonkel / Wall Street Journal:
A deep dive into Paramount's sale to Skydance; sources: Skydance may integrate Pluto into Paramount+, and CBS head George Cheeks is expected to be head of TV

Kimberly Nordyke / The Hollywood Reporter:
News Corp and Telstra agree to sell Australian pay TV company Foxtel Group to sports streaming platform DAZN in a deal worth ~$2.1B

New York Times:
In a first, Telegram is set to be profitable in 2024, with $1B+ in revenue, up from ~$350M in 2023, and 12M subscribers; source: 50%+ its revenue is from ads

 
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