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11:55 AM ET, October 20, 2022

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Katherine Faulders / Associated Press:
Jan. 6 committee has yet to find a Trump lawyer who'll accept service of subpoena, sources say  —  The panel voted to subpoena the former president last week.  —  Former President Donald Trump pauses while speaking at a rally at the Minden Tahoe Airport in Minden, Nev., on Oct. 8, 2022.
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John F. Harris / Politico:
Sorry, Ron DeSantis, You Are No Donald Trump  —  In the two years since Donald Trump lost the 2020 presidential election, the political-media industrial complex has been busy trying to answer an urgent question: Who is the next Trump?  —  Business has been surprisingly brisk …
New York Times:
Judge Says Trump Signed Statement With Data His Lawyers Told Him Was False
Politico:
Judge: Trump signed court document that knowingly included false voter fraud stats
Greg Bluestein / Atlanta Journal-Constitution:
Texts from Loeffler's phone shed light on activities ahead of Jan. 6 and 2021 runoff  —  Tricia Raffensperger's text message, six days after the 2020 elections, was as blistering as it was direct.  —  Hours after Kelly Loeffler, then Georgia's junior U.S. senator, called for her husband …
The Times:
Liz Truss resigns as prime minister — follow latest … Liz Truss has announced she is resigning after 44 days in office, becoming the shortest-serving prime minister in British history.  —  She announced that she would stand down after losing the confidence of Tory MPs and cabinet ministers.
John Daniel Davidson / The Federalist:
We Need To Stop Calling Ourselves Conservatives  —  The conservative project has failed, and conservatives need to forge a new political identity that reflects our revolutionary moment.  —  Given the state of America in 2022, conservatives should stop calling themselves conservatives.  —  Why?
Discussion: American Prospect
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Politico:
Biden world privately thinks McCarthy could fold on Ukraine aid
Washington Post:
U.S. has viewed wreckage of kamikaze drones Russia used in Ukraine  —  Such information could prove crucial in helping the United States and its Ukrainian allies better identify and ultimately defeat the unmanned craft  —  The U.S. government has examined the wreckage of Iranian-made drones shot …
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Associated Press:
Election deniers could make deep changes to Arizona voting  —  Gathered at a table in the state Capitol a little less than two years ago, two Republicans and a Democrat took part in a ceremony proscribed in state law that made official Joe Biden's 10,500-vote victory in Arizona's 2020 presidential contest.
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Arit John / Los Angeles Times:
Two democracies are forming in the U.S. Zip code determines which one you're in
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April Corbin Girnus / Nevada Current:
Adam Laxalt, Trumpism and the Big Lie: An (updated) chronology
Discussion: HuffPost and Associated Press
Benjamin Hart / New York Magazine:
‘A Category 2 or 3 Hurricane Headed Democrats’ Way'  —  With less than three weeks to go before the midterms, the GOP appears to be gaining momentum, as inflation and the economy dominate voters' concerns.  And while the Senate outlook still remains plausibly optimistic for Democrats, the House presents a darker picture.
Discussion: Wall Street Journal
Associated Press:
Prison escapee accused of sending threatening letter containing powder to Jan. 6 committee chair  —  SCRANTON, Pa. — Federal prosecutors have accused a Pennsylvania prison escapee of sending a letter with threats to kill President Biden and the chairman of the Jan. 6 committee, among others …
Discussion: Raw Story
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Will Sommer / The Daily Beast:
Anti-Woke Superhero Movie Blown Up in $1 Million Con  —  The film was a Confederacy-themed superhero comic book character created by a right-wing blogger.  But then the money disappeared.  —  An attempt to make a right-wing superhero movie has ended in disaster, with $1 million missing …
Discussion: Raw Story
Steve Schmidt / The Warning:
Kevin McCarthy's betrayal of the United States of America  —  Kevin McCarthy was my friend.  He betrayed the United States of America and his duty and obligations to the Constitutional Oath that he took.  —  His conduct over the Trump era has been abhorrent.
Steve Liesman / CNBC:
GOP holds big leads on key economic issues ahead of the November elections, CNBC survey shows  —  The third-quarter CNBC All-America Economic Survey finds some modest improvements in economic attitudes and in President Joe Biden's approval ratings across the country, but Americans still harbor …
Discussion: HotAir and The Hill
Associated Press:
Afghan couple accuse US Marine of abducting their baby  —  The young Afghan couple raced to the airport in Kabul, clutching their baby girl close amid the chaotic withdrawal of American troops last year.  —  The baby had been rescued two years earlier from the rubble of a U.S. Special Forces raid …
John Besche / Eater DC:
Tryst Is Suddenly D.C.'s Newest Cop Cafe, and Some People Are Pissed  —  Despite internet backlash, the Adams Morgan anchor welcomes community-wide conversation about crime starting this week  —  Washingtonians know Tryst as a longtime hub for the artsy, the under-caffeinated, and the first-date unimaginative.
Ian Dunt / The i Paper:
The corpse of the Tory party has woken up again - only to find ingenious new ways to murder itself  —  Liz Truss's government is now piece of performance art on national humiliation  —  All she needed to do was not mess up.  That was all that was required of her.  Liz Truss had secured a brief moment of calm.
NBC News:
DOJ says it needs more money for the Jan. 6 probe.  The next spending bill may be its last chance.  —  WASHINGTON — The Biden administration says it is in critical need of more money to bring the Jan. 6 rioters to justice.  But it's not clear Congress will grant that request in a major funding bill planned for December.
Discussion: Raw Story
Will McDuffie / ABC News:
Sellers of Dr. Oz's new home in Pennsylvania say they ‘insisted on’ adding an unusual wrinkle  —  The GOP Senate nominee has pointed to the property amid criticism of his roots.  —  Republican U.S. Senate candidate Dr. Mehmet Oz hosts a safer streets community discussion at Galdos Catering …
New York Times:
Times Square May Get One of the Few Spectacles It Lacks: A Casino  —  The battle to win a New York City casino license has heated up in Manhattan, with real estate and gambling giants offering competing proposals for Times Square and Hudson Yards.  —  Times Square, New York City's famed Crossroads …
Shibley Telhami / Washington Post:
Public support for Ukraine remains high in the U.S, survey shows  —  Americans see Ukraine as succeeding in its fight against the Russian invasion.  That might explain the robust public support for Ukraine.  —  Will the cost of supporting Ukraine's fight against Russia undermine U.S. public support for Ukraine?
Washington Post:
False claim that CDC would require covid vaccines for kids goes viral  —  ‘This is an all new level of dangerous misinformation,’ says former top health official  —  On Tuesday morning, a Fox News contributor claimed on Twitter that the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention was set …
 
 
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U.S. Department of Justice:
Five Russian Nationals and Two Oil Traders Charged in Global Sanctions Evasion and Money Laundering Scheme
Megan K. Stack / New York Times:
A Town With a Heart, but Few Options, for Migrants
Discussion: BorderReport and Reuters
Jill Lawless / Associated Press:
Truss faces clamor to quit amid UK government chaos
Tom LoBianco / Yahoo News:
Vote for Trump in 2024? Pence says ‘there might be somebody else I prefer.’
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