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10:40 AM ET, October 17, 2022

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Shane Goldmacher / New York Times:
Republicans Gain Edge as Voters Worry About Economy, Times/Siena Poll Finds  —  With elections next month, independents, especially women, are swinging to the G.O.P. despite Democrats' focus on abortion rights.  Disapproval of President Biden seems to be hurting his party.
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Jeff Stein / Washington Post:
GOP wants to push to extend Trump tax cuts after midterm elections  —  Republican lawmakers gear up to push 2017 tax law after midterm elections, despite potential impact on inflation  —  Republicans plan to push to extend key parts of President Donald Trump's tax cuts if they take control …
Discussion: Daily News and Washington Examiner
B.A. / New York Times:
Cross-Tabs for October 2022 Times/Siena Poll of Likely Voters  —  Do you think the United States is on the right track, or is it headed in the wrong direction?  —  Likely Voters  —  Age  —  Gender  —  Education  —  Race/Ethnicity  —  Race and Education  —  Region  —  Community
Discussion: The Hill and Washington Times
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Sara Fischer / Axios:
Kanye West plans to acquire Parler  —  Ye, formerly known as Kanye West, plans to acquire Parler, a Twitter-like social media app that has become a haven for conservatives.  —  Why it matters: In a statement, Ye said he's buying the platform to ensure people with conservative opinions …
Discussion: NPR, Reason and The Guardian
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Ryan Browne / CNBC:
Kanye West agrees to buy conservative social media platform Parler, company says  — Kanye West, who now goes by Ye, agreed to buy Parler, a conservative social media app after other platforms suspended him over antisemitic posts.  — “In a world where conservative opinions are considered …
Parler:
Ye, formerly known as Kanye West, to acquire Parler platform  —  Music, apparel & sports titan is acquiring leading free-speech Platform  —  Parlement Technologies announced today that it has entered into an agreement in principle to sell Parler, the world's pioneering uncancelable free speech platform …
Brian Fung / CNN:
Kanye West to acquire conservative social media platform Parler
Discussion: TechCrunch
Rolling Stone:
Even Trump Says Kanye West Is Acting Too ‘Crazy’ and Needs ‘Help’
Discussion: HuffPost, CBS News and The Daily Wire
Rosalind S. Helderman / Washington Post:
Trump attacks American Jews, posting they must ‘get their act together’ on Israel
Gareth Vipers / Wall Street Journal:
Kayne West to Buy Parler, a Libertarian Social-Media Platform, Company Says
Discussion: Breitbart
Hunter Walker / Hunter Walker's Substack:
Here Are All Of Marjorie Taylor Greene's January 6 Text Messages With Mark Meadows  —  Just when I thought I was out of focusing this newsletter solely on January 6, it pulled me back in.  I really will be writing about other topics soon too!  —  If you want to read more please subscribe!
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Natalie Allison / Politico:
The sleeper state Republicans are targeting to win the Senate  —  DENVER — For months, top party operatives have mused that Joe O'Dea is the best Republican candidate running for Senate this year.  —  While other GOP nominees are countering reports that they have encouraged abortions …
Robert Draper / New York Times:
The Problem of Marjorie Taylor Greene  —  What the rise of the far-right congresswoman means for the House, the G.O.P. and the nation.  —  “There's going to be a lot of investigations,” Marjorie Taylor Greene said, describing what she anticipates if the Republicans regain the House majority this November.
Sarah Longwell / The Bulwark:
The End of the Good Republicans  —  Say goodnight: The party's over.  —  Ben Sasse is retiring from the Senate at the youthful age of 50.  We know why.  Politicians who thought they could wait out Trump now see the writing on the wall.  —  The party's over.
Discussion: Washington Post, Raw Story and CNN
Mike Lee / Salt Lake Tribune:
Mike Lee has earned a reputation as a principled conservative  —  Mike Lee serves as a United States senator representing the state of Utah.  Since taking office, Senator Lee has earned a reputation as a principled conservative.  He believes elected officials are responsible for keeping …
NBC News:
'That's my check': Walker acknowledges giving $700 to his ex, but denies her claim he knew it was for an abortion  —  Full Herschel Walker interview: 'Yes, that's my check'  —  WRIGHTSVILLE, Ga. — Confronted with images of a receipt from an abortion clinic and a check dated days later and bearing his name …
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Greg Bluestein / Atlanta Journal-Constitution:
Walker's empty lectern co-stars in Senate debate with Warnock, Oliver
David Shepardson / Reuters:
Lower-cost U.S. hearing aids go on sale Monday  —  Major U.S. retailers will begin selling lower-cost hearing aids without a prescription or medical exam under final Biden administration rules that take effect Monday.  —  The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) in August approved the sale …
Nick Arama / RedState:
Jill Biden Gets Mercilessly Booed at Eagles Game During Coin Toss  —  Jill Biden was in Philadephia on Sunday and she went to the Eagles game with Dallas at Lincoln Financial Field.  —  Biden was designated the honorary captain for the night and was standing at midfield during the coin toss …
BBC:
New chancellor reverses tax cuts and scales back energy help  —  Play video BBC News Channel (UK Only)  —  Summary  — Chancellor Jeremy Hunt ditches almost all of PM Liz Truss's tax cuts announced in the government's mini-budget three weeks ago  — The basic rate of income tax …
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Sebastian Payne / Financial Times:
'We've messed this up': Tories plan for life after Liz Truss
Christopher Tremoglie / Washington Examiner:
‘Pandemic of the unvaccinated’ turned out to be just another Democratic lie  —  For months, the Left in the United States told us to get the vaccine to prevent transmission of COVID.  The vaccine was touted as efficient, effective, and a key to saving lives because it stopped the virus from spreading.
Discussion: RedState, HotAir and LewRockwell
Stan Grant / ABC:
To understand China you need to understand whiteness, yet it's missing from the conversation … It is not possible to understand China without understanding race and racism.  Specifically, without understanding whiteness.  —  Yet far too often the conversation around the rise …
Washington Post:
Drones hit Kyiv as Russia aims to destroy Ukraine power grid before winter  —  KYIV, Ukraine — Russian redoubled its bombing of Ukrainian critical infrastructure on Monday morning in a push to leave millions of people across the country without heat or power ahead of his winter …
Politico:
DOJ recommends 6-month jail term for Bannon  —  The Justice Department is recommending a six-month jail sentence and $200,000 fine for Steve Bannon, the longtime adviser to Donald Trump who defied a subpoena to the Jan. 6 select committee.  —  Prosecutors said Bannon, from the moment …
Kate Bennett / CNN:
Biden has spent more than a fourth of his presidency working from Delaware, outpacing Trump's regular trips away  —  President Joe Biden spent the weekend at his home in Delaware, where he met up with his wife, other family members and - if they followed usual practice - Willow the cat and Commander the dog.
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 …
Discussion: Washington Post
 
 
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Jonathan Swan / Axios:
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Wall Street Journal:
China Abruptly Delays GDP Release During Communist Party Conference
Discussion: Bloomberg and Quartz
Marc Fisher / Washington Post:
Leaders of democracies increasingly echo Putin in authoritarian tilt
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Will Bunch / The Philadelphia Inquirer:
Who's behind those vile, right-wing political TV ads during the baseball playoffs
Zach Everson / Forbes:
A Trump Political Committee Bought $131,000 Worth Of Books. Four Days Later, Jared Kushner's Hit The Best-Seller List
Discussion: Raw Story
 

 
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Daniel Kaplan / Awful Announcing:
The US DOJ and 17 state attorneys general file briefs for Fubo and against Venu Sports, which is trying to get an injunction lifted that blocked Venu's launch

Frank Connelly / Bloomberg:
Vivendi says one of its small investors seeks to delay Vivendi's spinoff of Canal+, Havas, and Louis Hachette Group; shareholders were due to vote December 9

Nitasha Tiku / Washington Post:
OpenAI suspends early access to Sora after ~20 artists leaked access to the tool in protest of the company's treatment of creative professionals as “PR puppets”

 
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