Police cameras show confusion, anger over DeSantis' voter fraud arrests  —  Local police carrying out the arrests were patient, understanding — almost apologetic.  —  TALLAHASSEE — When police went to arrest Tony Patterson outside his Tampa home in August, he couldn't believe the reason.

Voters See Democracy in Peril, but Saving It Isn't a Priority  —  A New York Times/Siena College poll found that other problems have seized voters' focus — even as many do not trust this year's election results and are open to anti-democratic candidates.  —  Voters overwhelmingly believe …

Mike Lee's Golden Rule  —  “He's tasted the wine and he wants more and he loves power and thinks that means sticking with Donald Trump now, regardless of what he represents.”  —  Beseeching Mitt Romney for help—on Tucker Carlson's show of all places—would have been unthinkable to Sen. Mike Lee, even recently.

Retired U.S. brass cash in with Saudis, other repressive governments … More than 500 retired U.S. military personnel — including scores of generals and admirals — have taken lucrative jobs since 2015 working for foreign governments, mostly in countries known for human rights abuses …

GOP to use debt limit to force spending cuts, McCarthy says  —  House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) said that if Republicans win control of the House the GOP will use raising the debt limit as leverage to force spending cuts — which could include cuts to Medicare and Social Security …

More lethal strain of COVID created in Boston University lab, researchers say  —  ORIGINALLY PUBLISHED BY:  —  Researchers at Boston University say they have developed a new COVID strain that has an 80% kill rate following a series of similar experiments first thought to have started the global pandemic that began in China.

Ex-UK pilots lured to help Chinese military, MoD says  —  Former British military pilots are being lured to China with large sums of money to pass on their expertise to the Chinese military, it is claimed.  —  Up to 30 former UK military pilots are thought to have gone to train members of China's People's Liberation Army.

We Surveyed America's Sheriffs.  Their Views May Surprise You. … Over the last decade, debates about police violence, mass incarceration and other criminal justice issues have generally focused on police chiefs and prosecutors.  But sheriffs demand equal attention.

Biden to pledge legalizing abortion on Roe anniversary if Dems expand majorities  —  President Joe Biden on Tuesday will promise that the first bill he'll send to the next Congress will be legislation to reinstate the abortion protections of Roe v. Wade, according to a Democratic official previewing the president's remarks.

EXCLUSIVE Iran agrees to ship missiles, more drones to Russia, defying the West-sources  —  Iran has promised to provide Russia with surface to surface missiles, in addition to more drones, two senior Iranian officials and two Iranian diplomats told Reuters, a move that is likely to infuriate the United States and other Western powers.

John Fetterman said he's ‘always supported’ fracking — he previously said 'I don't' and ‘never have’  —  Pennsylvania Democratic Senate Candidate John Fetterman said in a national television interview last week that he has always supported fracking in his state, but in 2018 Fetterman …

Biden's Blessing  —  Biden's inner circle is pondering throwing their juice behind a Silicon Valley-inflected outside political group.  The move would represent a break with the past, and the unmistakable westward march of Democratic influence.  —  In the argot of today's soft-money political …

Top Georgia journalist warns about Herschel Walker's political assets  —  Award-winning journalist and author Greg Bluestein of the Atlanta Journal-Constitution joined our show to talk about what lessons can be learned from the 2020 special elections in Georgia and shared wisdom about Herschel Walker's campaign.

Complacency got women here, but authenticity can get us back to where we want to be  —  I heard from women who are living the real effects of book bans, attacks on women's health care choices and threats of political violence.  They repeatedly told me not being involved is not an option.

Turnout on first day of Georgia early voting breaks midterm record  —  Competitive elections drive Georgia voters to the polls  —  The first day of early voting in Georgia set a new midterm turnout record, with nearly 123,000 in-person voters casting their ballots, an early sign of strong interest in this year's elections.

French company fined $777 million and pleads guilty to paying ISIS as terror group killed Westerners  — Lafarge Cement is pleading guilty and has agreed to pay a fine of $777.8 million to resolve a criminal charge related to the French company's payments to the terror organization ISIS to keep a plant operating in Syria.

Why Wakanda might be a model for our future cities  —  Wakanda is a marvel.  The fictional country of the Marvel Universe is the most advanced civilization in the world, years beyond the rest of the world in technological learning.  —  But it's a little-noticed part of Wakanda that may predict …

Trump Says He Wants Marjorie Taylor Greene in His Next Administration  —  “Wouldn't she be great?” former president tells confidants of a person who mocked a school shooting survivor and blamed wildfires on a secret space laser … As he lays the groundwork for a 2024 presidential run …

Andrew Cuomo to host new weekly podcast, leaves door open to politics  —  Former New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo is launching a new podcast on the subscription podcast platform Quake, he told Axios. … - The show's first guest is former White House communications director and Wall Street financier Anthony Scaramucci.

No Laughing Matter  —  John Oliver badly botches the “gender-affirming care” debate.  —  The Social Order  —  Health Care  —  Yesterday, John Oliver devoted an episode of Last Week Tonight to transgender rights, specifically the controversy over “gender-affirming care” for minors.

U regent Sviggum wonders if Morris campus is ‘too diverse’  —  A member of the University of Minnesota Board of Regents is coming under fire for a suggestion he made that the Morris campus is “too diverse” and that diversity might be making it harder to draw students there.

What the eclipse of Tencent by a liquor company says about Xi's China  —  Kweichow Moutai has overtaken the tech group in market capitalisation thanks to the whims of one man  —  What would it say about US innovation and President Joe Biden's stewardship of the economy if America's largest beer company …

EXCLUSIVE: 'I've never shot any dog ever.' GOP Rep. Lauren Boebert denies claim she killed husky that attacked goats at her Colorado ranch - but staunchly defends the man who did ‘neutralize’ neighbor's pet  — Rep. Lauren Boebert told DailyMail.com in an exclusive interview that claims she killed a dog on her ranch are false.

Menstrual cycle lengths vary between people of different ethnicities  —  Cycles may be 1.6 days longer in people who self-identify as Asian compared with their white non-Hispanic counterparts  —  A person's ethnicity may influence the length of their menstrual cycle.

Lee Chatfield suspected of engaging in criminal enterprise  —  Lansing — Former Michigan House Speaker Lee Chatfield is under investigation in connection with an alleged “criminal enterprise,” potentially involving embezzlement, bribery, campaign finance violations and controlled substances …