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Sabato's Crystal Ball:
Upset Alert — Where to look out for surprising results; rating changes in Senate, House, and gubernatorial races — KEY POINTS FROM THIS ARTICLE — As we approach Election Day, the basic fundamentals of this midterm may be reasserting themselves, to the benefit of Republicans.
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Wall Street Journal, Against the Grain, Forbes and The Hill
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Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
They were elected to stop Trump. Now they're fighting for their lives. — As we hurtle into the final stretch of the midterm elections, many of the Democrats who were elected in the exhilarating 2018 wave election are now staring into the abyss of defeat. And at the core of their plight sits an unnerving paradox.
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Lawyers, Guns & Money, Conservative Brief and Washington Examiner
Bloomberg:
Pennsylvania Could Determine Control of the Senate, But First They'll Need to Count Votes
Pennsylvania Could Determine Control of the Senate, But First They'll Need to Count Votes
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Associated Press, WHYY, The Daily Caller, WITF, The Hill, CNN, Townhall and RedState
Tim Pearce / The Daily Wire:
EXCLUSIVE POLL: Kari Lake In Lead For Arizona Gov, Masters Trails Kelly By One Point For Senate
EXCLUSIVE POLL: Kari Lake In Lead For Arizona Gov, Masters Trails Kelly By One Point For Senate
Politico:
POLITICO Playbook: Breaking down the GOP's midterm momentum
POLITICO Playbook: Breaking down the GOP's midterm momentum
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Fox News, The Hill, BizPac Review, Iowa Capital Dispatch, TheBlaze, The Daily Caller, Punchbowl News, USA Today, Florida Politics and Washington Post
Nick Corasaniti / New York Times:
A Democratic Group Pours $20 Million Into State Legislative Races
A Democratic Group Pours $20 Million Into State Legislative Races
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The Nevada Independent
Politico:
Judge: Trump signed court document that knowingly included false voter fraud stats — Former President Donald Trump signed legal documents describing evidence of election fraud that he knew were false, a federal judge indicated on Wednesday. — U.S. District Court Judge David Carter wrote …
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Talking Points Memo, Washington Post, USA Today, Mediaite, Raw Story, Election Law Blog, PoliticusUSA and emptywheel
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Claudia Allen / BBC:
Braverman rebukes Truss in blistering resignation letter — Play video Watch: BBC News live coverage — Summary — Suella Braverman resigns as home secretary in a face-to-face meeting with the prime minister — It's unclear exactly why but the BBC has been told PM Liz Truss …
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Telegraph, The Guardian, Matt Goodwin's Substack, Metro.co.uk, Bloomberg, Al Jazeera and Politico
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The Guardian:
Suella Braverman departs as UK home secretary
Suella Braverman departs as UK home secretary
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UPI, CNBC and Political Wire
Stephen Gutowski / The Reload:
Why I'm Joining CNN as an Analyst — I have signed a contract to be a contributor with CNN. — I'm excited about the opportunity to work with many solid reporters and reach a new audience. I've long criticized how major media outlets have reported on firearms.
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Mediaite, CNN, Deadline, Louder With Crowder and Twitchy
Maggie Haberman / New York Times:
In 2021 Video, Trump Asks, ‘Is This a Good Jewish Character Right Here?’ — Donald Trump made bigoted remarks about Jews and Persians at an event in 2021, in a new video provided by a British documentary filmmaker. — Former President Donald J. Trump inquired whether a documentary filmmaker recording …
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Forbes, Raw Story, Political Wire, middleeastmonitor.com and Mediaite
Jane Mayer / New Yorker:
The Conservative Stalwart Challenging the Far-Right Legal Theory That Could Subvert American Democracy — J. Michael Luttig is opposing Republican groups in one of the most momentous cases that the Supreme Court is considering this term. — A powerful new litigant has joined …
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Raw Story
Sebastian Murdock / HuffPost:
Arizona GOP Candidate Arrested For Allegedly Masturbating In Truck Near Preschool — Maricopa County officials say it's too late to remove Randy Kaufman from the ballot in the race for a college district board. — A GOP candidate running for an Arizona college district's governing board …
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Arizona Republic, The Daily Dot and Rolling Stone
New York Times:
‘The World According to Fox’: A C.E.O.'s Vision Gets Tested in Court — Suzanne Scott remade Fox News Media into a lucrative consumer brand. But a $1.6 billion defamation suit against the company is testing her strategy and leadership. — Before the committee investigating …
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Raw Story, more at Mediagazer »
Danielle Campoamor / TODAY.com:
Texas schools send parents DNA kits to identify their kids' bodies in emergencies — The state of Texas is sending public school students home with DNA kits designed to help their parents identify their children “in case of an emergency.” — In 2021, the Texas state legislature passed Senate Bill …
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Mercury News, Rolling Stone, Quartz, Fox News, PoliticusUSA, Political Wire, Daily Kos and Reform Austin
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Ansley Skipper / The Bulwark:
Glenn Youngkin Believes in “Parents' Rights”—But Only for the “Right” Kinds of Parents
Glenn Youngkin Believes in “Parents' Rights”—But Only for the “Right” Kinds of Parents
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New York Post, TheBlaze, The Atlantic and Fox News
Kara Scannell / CNN:
Trump scheduled to appear Wednesday for deposition in E. Jean Carroll lawsuit — Former President Donald Trump is set to answer questions under oath Wednesday as part of the defamation lawsuit brought by former magazine columnist E. Jean Carroll. — Last week, a federal judge cleared …
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New York Times, CNBC, Raw Story, Associated Press, USA Today, Vanity Fair, Metro.co.uk, The Times of Israel, Al Jazeera, Washington Examiner, NBC News, UPI, CBS News, Occupy Democrats, Washington Times, The Hill and VICE
Heather Knight / San Francisco Chronicle:
S.F. is spending $1.7 million on one public toilet: ‘What are they making it out of — gold?’ — San Francisco politicians will gather at the Noe Valley Town Square Wednesday afternoon to congratulate themselves for securing state money for a long-desired toilet in the northeast corner of the charming plaza.
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The Daily Caller and National Review
Poppy Noor / The Guardian:
What a pregnancy actually looks like before 10 weeks - in pictures — In 13 US states, abortion is banned even in the earliest stages of pregnancy. But we rarely see what such tissue really looks like — bortion is now banned or severely restricted in 14 states in the US …
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LifeNews.com, The Daily Caller and Althouse
Washington Post:
Whites now more likely to die from covid than Blacks: Why the pandemic shifted — SOMERVILLE, Tenn. — Skill Wilson had amassed more than three decades of knowledge as a paramedic, first in Memphis and then in Fayette County. Two places that felt like night and day.
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Balloon Juice
Dan Merica / CNN:
Walker as recently as August indicated he opposed exceptions to abortion, contrary to debate claim — Georgia Republican Senate nominee Herschel Walker said as recently as August that he opposes any exceptions to a ban on abortion, despite stating the opposite during his first and only debate …
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Democratic Party of Georgia, Fox News, Raw Story and IJR
Chris Strohm / Bloomberg:
Trump Prosecutors See Evidence for Obstruction Charges — A group of Justice Department prosecutors believe there is sufficient evidence to charge Donald Trump with obstruction of justice, but the path to an actual indictment is far from clear. — The team that's part of the classified records probe …
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Washington Post, The Gateway Pundit, PoliticusUSA, Washington Examiner and Raw Story
Jacqui Palumbo / CNN:
Groundbreaking movie star Anna May Wong to be first Asian American featured on US currency — Early movie star Anna May Wong, who broke into Hollywood during the silent film era, will become the first Asian American to appear on US currency, a century after she landed her first leading role.
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Axios, Breitbart, New York Times, The Daily Caller, The A.V. Club, Plain Dealer, UPI, IJR, ABC7, Variety, NPR and CBS News
Tessa Weinberg / Missouri Independent:
‘Attempted intimidation’: Missouri AG sent five requests for MSU emails, records — The requests to Missouri State University came months ahead of two highly criticized open records requests Attorney General Eric Schmitt's office sent to the University of Missouri (Madeline Carter/Missouri Independent).
Julia Terruso / The Philadelphia Inquirer:
John Fetterman is in good health, his doctor says in a new medical report — John Fetterman's primary care physician said he continues to recover well from his stroke after an examination Friday, saying the Democratic nominee for U.S. Senate “has no work restrictions and can work full duty in public office.”
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Washington Free Beacon, The Daily Beast, ABC News, Insider, HuffPost, USA Today, The Gateway Pundit, NBC News, Fox News, BuzzFeed News, CBS News, CNN, Associated Press, Bloomberg, CNBC, IJR, Forbes, Politico, Washington Times, Washington Post, WITF, Persuasion, PoliticusUSA, Raw Story, The Daily Caller, The Hill and Washington Examiner
Bill Lueders / The Bulwark:
Attack Ads Are Darkening the Skin Tone of Black Candidates — While those responsible claim innocent technical problems, the larger pattern is consistent. So is the effect: heightened white racial anxieties. — It's working. Once ahead in the polls, Democrat Mandela Barnes …
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The Hill
New York Times:
Where Have All the Men in Moscow Gone? — Across the capital, there are noticeably fewer men at restaurants, stores and social gatherings. Many have been called up to fight in Ukraine. Others have fled to avoid being drafted. — MOSCOW — Friday afternoons at the Chop-Chop Barbershop …
Wall Street Journal:
As Covid Hit, Washington Officials Traded Stocks With Exquisite Timing — Some sold in January 2020 when the government began mobilizing against the threat. Others bought shares as a market-rescue plan was taking shape.
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The New Normal, Popular Rationalism and The Root
Reuters:
Japan rushes to rearm with eye on 2027 - and China's Taiwan ambitions — Between China's 20th Communist Party Congress, that began Sunday, and the next one in 2027, Japan will undertake its biggest arms buildup since World War Two in a race to deter Beijing from war in East Asia …
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Washington Examiner
Jordan Fischer / wusa9.com:
Trial begins for Capitol Police officer accused of warning rioter to take down incriminating info — Prosecutors say USCP Officer Michael Angelo Riley obstructed a grand jury when he advised a Capitol rioter to delete information from a Facebook post. — WASHINGTON — The trial …
Ed Pilkington / The Guardian:
Inside Steve Bannon's ‘disturbing’ quest to radically rewrite the US constitution — By taking over state legislatures, Republicans hope to pass conservative amendments that cannot be electorally challenged — teve Bannon, the former chief strategist in the Trump White House who is at the forefront …
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Raw Story
Noah Wyhof-Rudnick / Cygnal:
Cygnal Momentum Tracking Poll: Ohio Statewide - 10/19/22 — A large majority - 70% of voters - believe the United States is heading in the wrong direction, with 48% saying the U.S. is definitely heading in the wrong direction. Inflation and the cost of living is the top concern for 34% of voters …
New York Times:
Bernie Sanders, Fearing Weak Democratic Turnout, Plans Midterms Blitz — Mr. Sanders said he thought the Democratic Party was “doing rather poorly” at selling itself to working-class voters. — Senator Bernie Sanders is planning an eight-state blitz with at least 19 events over the final …
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The Hill, Florida Politics, Slaughter-Free America and The Daily Beast
Russell Contreras / Axios:
GOP candidate and immigration hardliner had a grandmother who faced deportation — Nevada's Republican senatorial nominee, Adam Laxalt, has taken a hard-line stance against DREAMers and illegal immigration — despite his late father, Sen. Pete Domenici of New Mexico, once saying Laxalt's grandmother was undocumented.
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National Review
Marlene Lenthang / NBC News:
Florida father and son shoot at innocent woman they thought tried to break in home, sheriff says — “You don't shoot at people. You don't leave the security of your home and go out and chase people down,” Polk County Sheriff Grady Judd said in a harsh rebuke.
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New York Post, Law & Crime, Insider, Raw Story and Fox News