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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 …
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Loeffler's texts post-2020 election go public, raising new investigative questions — A log of text messages sent and received by former Sen. Kelly Loeffler during the weeks leading up to the Jan. 6 Capitol attack is raising questions about potentially unauthorized access to investigative material relevant …
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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New York Times:
U.K. Live Updates: Liz Truss Resigns as Prime Minister — Here is the latest on the political turmoil in Britain. — LONDON — Prime Minister Liz Truss of Britain said on Thursday that she would resign, just days after her new finance minister reversed virtually all of her planned tax cuts …
Daniel Victor / New York Times:
The Lettuce Outlasts Liz Truss
The Lettuce Outlasts Liz Truss
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Politico:
Trump taps firm to handle his Jan. 6 committee subpoena — 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. — The firm, The Dhillon Law Group, already represents multiple witnesses …
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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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Washington Examiner, The Bulwark and Raw Story
New York Times:
Judge Says Trump Signed Statement With Data His Lawyers Told Him Was False
Judge Says Trump Signed Statement With Data His Lawyers Told Him Was False
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Karen Tumulty / Washington Post:
Where the Jan. 6 committee failed
Where the Jan. 6 committee failed
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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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Washington Examiner, New York Times and Wall Street Journal
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Ed Morrissey / HotAir:
CNBC: GOP up 2 in generic poll — and dominant on the economy
CNBC: GOP up 2 in generic poll — and dominant on the economy
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Steve Liesman / CNBC:
GOP holds big leads on key economic issues ahead of the November elections, CNBC survey shows
GOP holds big leads on key economic issues ahead of the November elections, CNBC survey shows
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New York Times:
With Crucial Elections Looming, Biden Breaks Tradition of Big Campaign Rallies
With Crucial Elections Looming, Biden Breaks Tradition of Big Campaign Rallies
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Victoria Prodeline / Monmouth University …:
Biden Not Paying Enough Attention to Most Important Issues
Biden Not Paying Enough Attention to Most Important Issues
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The Hill, Al Jazeera, Politico and Iowa Capital Dispatch
David Freedlander / New York Magazine:
Cleta Mitchell Is Training Thousands of Trump Loyalists to Monitor the Polls on Election Day … I don't care what anybody says. You can tell me I'm ‘the Big Lie.’ Blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah. Cleta Mitchell had just gotten into her car from her home in central North Carolina for a long drive east.
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Associated Press:
Election deniers could make deep changes to Arizona voting
Election deniers could make deep changes to Arizona voting
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BACKSTORY JOURNAL, Raw Story and CBS News
Jack Ewing / New York Times:
E.V. Bonanza Flows to Red States That Denounce Biden Climate Policies
E.V. Bonanza Flows to Red States That Denounce Biden Climate Policies
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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?
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Politico:
Parler was jubilant about Kanye West buying it. Then the problems started. — On the afternoon that Parler, a social media platform popular with conservatives, announced its acquisition by Ye, better known as Kanye West, the site emailed hundreds of VIP members to excitedly share the news.
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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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CBS News:
Cortez Masto and Laxalt neck and neck in Nevada Senate race — CBS News Battleground Tracker poll — Another battleground state, another toss-up contest. In one of Republicans' best pick-up opportunities, Republican challenger Adam Laxalt and Democratic Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto are neck and neck.
Associated Press:
Dr. Oz made reputation as a surgeon, a fortune as a salesman — Dr. Mehmet Oz rolled onstage inside of an inflatable orb, put on a hydrating face mask and proceeded to pitch a new line of skin care products to a convention of supplement distributors at Salt Lake City's Vivint Arena in 2018.
Sam Levine / The Guardian:
Republicans aim to pass national 'don't say gay' law — Measure introduced in Congress would prohibit federal money from being used to teach children under 10 about LGBTQ issues — Congressional Republicans introduced a measure Tuesday that would prohibit federal money from being used to teach children under 10 about LGBTQ issues.
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Dan Ladden-Hall / The Daily Beast:
Former U.S. Spy Wife Admits to Causing Brit Teen's Death — Anne Sacoolas' plea comes after a three-year campaign for justice after the diplomat hit Harry Dunn while driving on the wrong side of the road. — A former U.S. spy on Thursday admitted to being responsible for the death of a British teenager riding his motorcycle in 2019.
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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 …
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The Liberty Loft, National Review and Axios
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 …
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The Gateway Pundit:
Protestors Glue Themselves To Floor, Get Mad When Company Doesn't Give Them “A Bowl To Urinate And Defecate In” — “Green” activists glued themselves to the floor of the Porsche pavilion of a car show in Germany. — One of the activists, Gianluca Grimalda, is also going on a hunger strike until their climate change demands are met.
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Instapundit, Twitchy, Metro.co.uk and The Daily Wire
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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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 …
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Raw Story
Amy B Wang / Washington Post:
Okla. governor mocks Democratic challenger for accurately noting state's crime rate — In a debate Wednesday night between Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt (R) and his Democratic challenger, Joy Hofmeister, the governor took issue with Hofmeister pointing out — accurately — the state's violent crime problem.
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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.
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Stephen A. Crockett Jr / HuffPost:
This Rapper Is More Politically Dangerous Than Kanye West — Killer Mike cozied up with Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp and Senate candidate Herschel Walker allowing legitimacy to their campaigns with the Black community. — Kanye West's antisemitic, anti-Black, misogynistic dribble is exhausting.
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