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12:40 PM ET, October 20, 2022

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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 …
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.
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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 …
Victoria Prodeline / Monmouth University …:
Biden Not Paying Enough Attention to Most Important Issues  —  GOP maintains edge in contest to lead Congress  —  West Long Branch, NJ - More Americans are struggling economically than felt that way at the prior midterm elections four years ago.  Most say President Joe Biden …
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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Politico:
Trump taps firm to handle his Jan. 6 committee subpoena  —  The firm, the Dhillon Law Group, has handled litigation for other Jan. 6 select committee witnesses.  —  Former President Donald Trump has hired a firm to engage with the Jan. 6 select committee on its forthcoming subpoena of him, POLITICO has learned.
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
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.
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Jill Lawless / Associated Press:
Truss faces clamor to quit amid UK government chaos
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
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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Victor Davis Hanson / American Greatness:   Who Denies Election Results?
Arit John / Los Angeles Times:
Two democracies are forming in the U.S. — Zip code determines which one you're in
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:
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
Politico:
Biden world privately thinks McCarthy could fold on Ukraine aid  —  The GOP's internal rift over how long to keep U.S. aid flowing to war-ravaged Ukraine is spilling into public view weeks before a midterm election that could hand the party full control of Congress.
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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.
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 …
Discussion: New York Post
ADL:
ADL Letter to Adidas Executives Regarding Kanye West  —  Dear Mr. Rorsted and Mr. Rabe:  —  In light of Kanye West's increasingly strident antisemitic remarks over the past few weeks, we were disturbed to learn that Adidas plans to continue to release new products from his Yeezy brand without …
Discussion: Forbes, TMZ.com and Page Six
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Jeff Ihaza / Rolling Stone:
How Did Kanye Get Here? A Short History of Provocation and Extreme Rhetoric
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 …
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.
Megan K. Stack / New York Times:
A Town With a Heart, but Few Options, for Migrants  —  EL PASO — The Rio Grande ran thin through downtown, slimy and clay-colored from recent rains, coursing along concrete banks and through tangles of wildflowers, a liquid boundary marking the end — or, if you like, the beginning — of the United States.
Discussion: BorderReport and Reuters
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.
 
 
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NBC News:
DOJ says it needs more money for the Jan. 6 probe. The next spending bill may be its last chance.
Discussion: Raw Story
Shibley Telhami / Washington Post:
Public support for Ukraine remains high in the U.S, survey shows
U.S. Department of Justice:
Five Russian Nationals and Two Oil Traders Charged in Global Sanctions Evasion and Money Laundering Scheme
Tom LoBianco / Yahoo News:
Vote for Trump in 2024? Pence says ‘there might be somebody else I prefer.’
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Sellers of Dr. Oz's new home in Pennsylvania say they ‘insisted on’ adding an unusual wrinkle
Chris Geidner / Law Dork, with Chris Geidner:
The attacks on LGBTQ people — especially trans people — aren't stopping
Discussion: NBC News
Isaac Chotiner / New Yorker:
Vladimir Putin's Place in the Culture Wars
Jill Colvin / Associated Press:
Pence warns of ‘unprincipled populists,’ ‘Putin apologists’
 

 
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