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Washington Post:
Russia is grabbing men off the street to fight in Ukraine — Police and military officers swooped down on a Moscow business center this week unannounced. They were looking for men to fight in Ukraine — and they seized nearly every one they saw. Some musicians, rehearsing. A courier there to deliver a parcel.
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Wall Street Journal, The Mahablog, Insider and The Western Journal
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Neil MacFarquhar / New York Times:
‘Coffins Are Already Coming’: The Toll of Russia's Chaotic Draft — Newly mobilized recruits are already at the front in Ukraine, a growing chorus of reports says, fighting and dying after only days of training. — A half-dozen Russian soldiers talk about being shipped to an area …
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Task & Purpose, Associated Press and The Guardian
Bryan Pietsch / Washington Post:
Russian man arrested for flying drone over Norwegian airport — Norwegian police arrested a Russian man after he was caught flying a drone above an airport in northern Norway, the police said Saturday, the second such incident in the past week. — The 51-year-old man was arrested Friday morning …
Washington Post:
Iran plans to send missiles, drones to Russia for Ukraine war, officials say — Increased flow of weapons from Iran could help offset steep Russian weapons losses, rebuild supply of precision-guided munitions — Iran is strengthening its commitment to supply arms for Russia's assault on Ukraine …
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Breitbart, Fox News, The Times of Israel, Radio Free Europe/Radio … and Agence France-Presse
Liz Sly / Washington Post:
Russia's escalation won't turn tide of the war, experts say
Russia's escalation won't turn tide of the war, experts say
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Plain Dealer:
Tim Ryan for U.S. Senate — This election season's battle for control of the U.S. Senate that has been raging across the 35 states where Senate seats are up for grabs portends significant, long-range consequences for how this country is governed, as each party tries to break the current 50-50 partisan deadlock.
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PoliticusUSA, UnHerd, The Hill and Ohio Capital Journal
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CBS News:
GOP keeps lead for House control, Democrats' momentum stalls amid economy worries — CBS News Battleground Tracker poll — For two months the Democrats chipped away at the Republicans' lead in the battle for House control, helped by motivated abortion-rights voters and what turned …
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Breitbart, The Daily Wire, The Hill and Los Angeles Times
Jim Tankersley / New York Times:
Democrats Spent $2 Trillion to Save the Economy. They Don't Want to Talk About It. — Polls show voters liked direct payments from President Biden's 2021 economic rescue bill. But they have become fodder for Republican inflation attacks. — In the midst of a critical runoff campaign …
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Washington Examiner, Althouse, The National Interest and Bloomberg
Summer Concepcion / NBC News:
Kari Lake refuses to say whether she would accept loss in Arizona election — Arizona Republican gubernatorial nominee Kari Lake on Sunday repeatedly declined to say whether she would accept the results of the election if she loses. — During an interview on CNN's “State of the Union,” …
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Arizona Republic, HuffPost, The Daily Beast, New York Times, Insider, RedState, Rolling Stone, Raw Story, Washington Times, Mediaite, The Hill, Political Wire and Breitbart
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Zach Schonfeld / The Hill:
Dana Bash, Kari Lake clash over 2020 election fraud claims
Dana Bash, Kari Lake clash over 2020 election fraud claims
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Axios, RedState, Vanity Fair, Washington Examiner, Digby's Hullabaloo, The Post Millennial and CNN
Ruby Cramer / Washington Post:
On Kari Lake's campaign for Arizona governor, the mic is always hot
On Kari Lake's campaign for Arizona governor, the mic is always hot
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CNN, The Western Journal, No More Mister Nice Blog and Blue Virginia
Rosalind S. Helderman / Washington Post:
Trump attacks American Jews, posting they must ‘get their act together’ on Israel — Former president Donald Trump attacked American Jews in a post on his Truth Social platform on Sunday, saying Jews in the United States must “get their act together” and show more appreciation for the state of Israel “before it is too late.”
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Rolling Stone:
Even Trump Says Kanye West Is Acting Too ‘Crazy’ and Needs ‘Help’ — Minutes after the rapper's interview with Tucker Carlson first aired, Trump was already on the phone, sounding seemingly perplexed about what the hell had just happened … This now includes the leader of the Republican Party …
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CBS News, The Daily Wire, The Western Journal and The Federalist
Charlotte Higgins / The Guardian:
Russian troops kill Ukrainian musician for refusing role in Kherson concert — International condemnation swift after conductor Yuriy Kerpatenko shot dead in his home — Charlotte Higgins and Artem Mazhulin in Kyiv — Russian soldiers have shot dead a Ukrainian musician in his home …
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Al Jazeera, Vanity Fair and Reuters
The Philadelphia Inquirer:
John Fetterman is the best choice to represent Pennsylvania's priorities in the U.S. Senate | Endorsement — By many measures, the first two years of the Biden administration have been fruitful for Pennsylvania.The president's plan to slash prescription-drug costs for older Americans …
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The Hill and New Jersey Online
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Elaine Godfrey / The Atlantic:
Do Voters Care About John Fetterman's Stroke?
Zach Everson / Forbes:
A Trump Political Committee Bought $131,000 Worth Of Books. Four Days Later, Jared Kushner's Hit The Best-Seller List — One of Donald Trump's political committees spent $158,000 on books just weeks after the release of Jared Kushner's memoir. — “Breaking History: A White House Memoir” hit book shelves on Aug. 23.
Greg Bluestein / Atlanta Journal-Constitution:
Walker's empty lectern co-stars in Senate debate with Warnock, Oliver — U.S. Sen. Raphael Warnock tried to make the most of Republican Herschel Walker's absence at the Atlanta Press Club debate on Sunday by using the platform to direct withering criticism at the empty lectern representing the GOP nominee.
Sonner Kehrt / The War Horse:
Veterans and Reservists Make up More Than 28% of Candidates Who Question 2020 Election Results — More than a quarter of the candidates on the ballot in November who have publicly denied or raised questions or doubts about the legitimacy of the 2020 election have served or are serving in the military …
Sebastian Payne / Financial Times:
'We've messed this up': Tories plan for life after Liz Truss … “The question is when — not if — she goes,” one minister remarked on Sunday, a sign that the mood against Liz Truss is hardening within the Conservative party despite her efforts to steady the government with the appointment of a new chancellor.
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Telegraph, Bloomberg, The Times, Power Line, Metro.co.uk, The Sun, Washington Post, Politico, Latest - Truthout, New York Times, The Guardian and Cyprus Mail
Will Bunch / The Philadelphia Inquirer:
Who's behind those vile, right-wing political TV ads during the baseball playoffs — If you live in Philadelphia or thereabouts, the October baseball playoffs have brought almost unbridled joy from a Phillies hot streak, punctuated by an epic bat flip and an inside-the-park home run …
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Lawyers, Guns & Money and Digby's Hullabaloo