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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 …
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Media Matters for America, 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
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Washington Examiner, National Review, The Hill, TheBlaze, Instapundit and Washington Times
Punchbowl News:
10/17/22 ☀️ Punchbowl News AM … HOW WILL TRUMP RESPOND? WE DON'T THINK TRUMP'S LEGAL TEAM WILL RE-ISSUE THE 14-PAGE RANT THAT THE FORMER PRESIDENT SENT OUT FRIDAY. THE GAMBLE HERE FOR TRUMP IS THAT THE REPUBLICANS WIN THE HOUSE AND THIS ALL GOES AWAY.
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Insider, The Hill, Al Jazeera and Center for Security Policy
Natalie Allison / Politico:
The sleeper state Republicans are targeting to win the Senate
The sleeper state Republicans are targeting to win the Senate
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CNBC, HuffPost, CNN, The Colorado Sun, Washington Times, Washington Examiner and The Hill
Charles C. W. Cooke / National Review:
NYT/Siena Poll Suggests Political Environment Turning Toward Republicans
NYT/Siena Poll Suggests Political Environment Turning Toward Republicans
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The Hill, Louder With Crowder and Twitchy
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 …
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NPR, Washington Examiner, Balloon Juice, Reason, The Guardian and The Daily Wire
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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 …
Ryan Browne / CNBC:
Kanye West agrees to buy conservative social media platform Parler, company says
Kanye West agrees to buy conservative social media platform Parler, company says
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Gareth Vipers / Wall Street Journal:
Kayne West to Buy Parler, a Libertarian Social-Media Platform, Company Says
Kayne West to Buy Parler, a Libertarian Social-Media Platform, Company Says
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Breitbart and Just The News
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.
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Washington Examiner, Raw Story and The American Conservative
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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.
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AlterNet, Washington Post, The Moderate Voice, Raw Story, Washington Examiner and CNN
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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The Independent, CNN, HuffPost, Mediaite and Washington Examiner
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 …
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Insider, HuffPost, Mediaite, Washington Post, Raw Story, The Hill, The Bulwark and Breitbart
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Evan McMullin / Salt Lake Tribune:
McMullin is true independent to serve Utah and the nation
McMullin is true independent to serve Utah and the nation
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Washington Examiner, Reason, Insider and Politico
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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Talking Points Memo, CNN, Insider, Washington Post, Atlanta Journal-Constitution, The Daily Caller, Raw Story and Mediaite
The Guardian:
Iran breaching nuclear deal by providing Russia with armed drones, says UK — UK joins France in saying apparent drone supply for use in Ukraine leaves Iran in breach of 2015 JCPoA — Britain has joined France in viewing the Iranian supply of armed drones to Russia for devastating use …
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The Times of Israel, Al Jazeera, Fox News, Reuters, Kyiv Post, Breitbart and Washington Post
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Spencer S. Hsu / Washington Post:
Justice Dept. seeks jail for Bannon in contempt of Congress case — House Democrats said the Trump loyalist had foreknowledge of the president's plans to falsely claim election victory and of the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol — Federal prosecutors urged a judge Monday …
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Wall Street Journal, New York Times, The Daily Beast, NBC News, CBS News, NPR, RedState, Roll Call and WGN-TV
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Politico:
DOJ recommends 6-month jail term for Bannon
DOJ recommends 6-month jail term for Bannon
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Lawrence Hurley / NBC News:
Supreme Court declines to consider overturning racist ‘Insular Cases’ — The Supreme Court on Monday declined to consider whether American Samoans have full U.S. citizenship at birth, a dispute that would have given the justices the opportunity to repudiate past rulings suffused with racist language …
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CNN, Washington Post and Associated Press
Carol D. Leonnig / Washington Post:
Trump charged Secret Service ‘exorbitant’ rates at his hotels, records show — Former president Donald Trump's company charged the Secret Service as much as five times more than the government rate for agents to stay overnight at Trump hotels while protecting him and his family, according to expense records newly obtained by Congress.
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CNN
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.
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RedState, HotAir and LewRockwell
Susan J. Demas / Michigan Advance:
Tudor Dixon trashes all the single ladies — Republican gubernatorial candidate Tudor Dixon attends a Republican gubernatorial in Howell on May 13, 2022. (Andrew Roth | Michigan Advance) — In Michigan, the GOP nominee for a critical congressional seat is on record blasting women …
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Insider
Josh Boswell / Daily Mail:
EXCLUSIVE: Leaked emails reveal Hunter Biden's real estate company received a $40MILLION investment from Russian oligarch Yelena Baturina, the billionaire widow of corrupt Moscow mayor, who also paid president's son $3.5million consulting fee — Yelena Baturina is the billionaire widow …
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Instapundit
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 …
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The American Conservative and Desire and Fate
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.
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 …
Liz Skalka / HuffPost:
Embattled GOP Candidate J.R. Majewski Also Exaggerated Academic Credential — Majewski, the Ohio Republican accused of misrepresenting his military record, also fudged information about his degree. — A GOP congressional candidate from Ohio who is accused of embellishing his U.S. Air Force record …
Washington Free Beacon:
Pests, Filth, and Killer Elevators: Inside Raphael Warnock's Secret Low-Income Apartment Building — ATLANTA—A low-income apartment building owned by Raphael Warnock's church is plagued by pests, maintenance problems, and filth, according to residents—and at least two people have sued …
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The Western Journal
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 …
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Townhall, OutKick, The Hill, New York Post, Washington Examiner, The Daily Caller, Just The News, Power Line, Not the Bee, The Gateway Pundit, Althouse, Fox News, Washington Times and Twitchy
Miranda Devine / New York Post:
Director Christopher Wray's use of FBI jet amounts to ‘embezzlement,’ current, ex-agents allege — Former and current FBI agents are fuming about Director Christopher Wray's use of the FBI's private jet, which originally was intended by Congress only to be used for counterterrorism purposes.