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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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Politico:
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 …
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Washington Examiner, Insider and Raw Story
CNN:
First on CNN: Former White House Counsel Pat Cipollone, former US Sen. Kelly Loeffler testify to grand jury in Georgia investigating 2020 election interference — Prosecutors in Georgia have secured grand jury testimony from two prominent witnesses - former US Sen. Kelly Loeffler …
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 …
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Daniel Victor / New York Times:
The Lettuce Outlasts Liz Truss
The Lettuce Outlasts Liz Truss
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Aaron Blake / Washington Post:
The growing warning signs for Democrats in 2022 — For months, Democrats' polling gains, strong special-election performances and surprising leads in key Senate races have come with important caveats. — Those caveats? The party that holds the presidency loses the vast majority of midterms …
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Monmouth University …, Breitbart and The Hill
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Benjamin Hart / New York Magazine:
‘A Category 2 or 3 Hurricane Headed Democrats’ Way'
‘A Category 2 or 3 Hurricane Headed Democrats’ Way'
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Cook Political Report, Washington Examiner, New York Times and Wall Street Journal
Ryan Cooper / American Prospect:
Republicans Are Coming for Your Social Security and Medicare
Republicans Are Coming for Your Social Security and Medicare
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Los Angeles Times, Talking Points Memo, Fox News, Common Dreams, Raw Story, New Republic, The Hill and Daily Kos
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 Post, Mediaite, The Daily Caller and The Hill
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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al.com and Ace of Spades HQ
KFTC-TV:
InsiderAdvantage/FOX 29 poll: Fetterman, Oz neck and neck as Shapiro's lead over Mastriano narrows — PHILADELPHIA - As Election Day nears, a new InsiderAdvantage/FOX 29 poll shows Republican nominee Dr. Mehmet Oz has gained ground on Democratic nominee John Fetterman in Pennsylvania's U.S. Senate race.
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The Daily Caller, RedState, The Daily Wire and Mediaite
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Colby Itkowitz / Washington Post:
Shapiro emphasizes Jewish faith as he warns of Mastriano's extremism
Shapiro emphasizes Jewish faith as he warns of Mastriano's extremism
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The Hill, WITF and Media Matters for America
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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American Prospect
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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The Hill, Washington Post, Raw Story, Monmouth University …, The Bulwark and No More Mister Nice Blog
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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
Jan. 6 committee has yet to find a Trump lawyer who'll accept service of subpoena, sources say
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The Bulwark, Washington Examiner, Raw Story, Washington Post and CNN
NBC News:
With GOP skeptics of Ukraine aid poised to gain seats in Congress, lawmakers look to lock in a huge military assistance package — Amid concerns that a new Congress could take a more skeptical view of aid to Ukraine, lawmakers from both parties are looking to lock in billions of dollars …
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Washington Examiner, The Hill and Fox News
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Alan Rappeport / New York Times:
Biden Promotes Infrastructure Law in Pennsylvania Swing With Fetterman
Biden Promotes Infrastructure Law in Pennsylvania Swing With Fetterman
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Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
Kevin McCarthy's ugly new Ukraine threats should prod Democrats to act
Kevin McCarthy's ugly new Ukraine threats should prod Democrats to act
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Alexander Sammon / Slate:
A Crypto Titan Hinted He'd Spend $1 Billion to Elect Democrats. You'll Be Shocked—Shocked! —What Happened Next. — Billionaire FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried said he'd spend lavishly to elect Democrats in the coming years. But with midterms looming, his wallet is suddenly shut.
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Roll Call
Michael Gerson / Washington Post:
‘Gaffes’ aside, I once assumed GOP goodwill on race. I was wrong. — What does the return of unvarnished racism to the center of our political culture mean? — For decades, the Martinez model of scandal has been the (more or less) typical response to gaffe-revealed racism in both parties.
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Raw Story
Emily Baker-White / Forbes:
TikTok Parent ByteDance Planned To Use TikTok To Monitor The Physical Location Of Specific American Citizens — The project, assigned to a Beijing-led team, would have involved accessing location data from some U.S. users' devices without their knowledge or consent.
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Newsbusters and Bloomberg, more at Techmeme »
Ken Klippenstein / The Intercept:
Saudis Sought Oil Production Cut So Deep It Surprised Even Russia … The Saudi-led oil cartel OPEC+'s announcement earlier this month that it was cutting 2 million barrels of oil per day — a move that would drive up the price of oil just a month before midterm elections — rankled Democrats in Washington.
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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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, HuffPost and BACKSTORY JOURNAL
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 Daily Caller and New York Post
Sky Palma / Raw Story:
Anti-'woke' school board candidate facing furious backlash for suggesting that all Nazis weren't bad — A candidate for an Indiana school board in under fire over a Facebook comment where he seemed to suggest that not all Nazis during World War II were bad, WTHR reports.
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Daniel Arkin / NBC News:
Kevin Spacey found not liable in sex abuse suit brought by Anthony Rapp — Spacey flatly denied Rapp's allegations, saying under oath that “they are not true.” His lawyers argued that Rapp “created a story” in large part because he was jealous of their client's success in the entertainment industry.
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Washington Post, New York Times, Raw Story, Just The News and TMZ.com
Jeanna Smialek / New York Times:
A Fed President Spoke at an Invite-Only, Off-the-Record Bank Client Event — James Bullard, who leads the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis, appeared at a Citigroup forum last week in Washington. Reporters were not invited. — James Bullard, the president of the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis …
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Political Wire
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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Twitchy and Steve Bannon's War Room
Mike Allen / Axios:
1 big thing: Ditching 9-to-5 — Businesses often think about post-pandemic flexibility as the ability to choose where we work. … - Why it matters: Work-whenever has allowed many types of workers to boost their productivity — including parents, who make up around a third of the U.S. workforce.
Robert C. O'Brien / Deseret News:
Why I'm supporting Mike Lee — Everyone in Washington knows that Utah's senior senator is guided by the Constitution, no matter who the president is and what party is in charge — I first met Utah Sen. Mike Lee after I left the George W. Bush administration. We were both practicing law at the time.
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Erick Erickson Show Notes, The Nation and Daily Kos
Dallas Morning News:
Dallas cop running for Texas House faced nine brutality investigations early in career — Trump-backed candidate Frederick Frazier has spotlighted his crime-fighting record. A close look shows multiple force allegations involving people of color. — Frederick Frazier …
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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Lara Seligman / Politico:
Pentagon will pay for service members to travel for abortions — The Pentagon will pay for service members to travel to obtain abortions, in a move the military says will ease the burden on troops who wish to receive reproductive care and are stationed in states where the procedure is no longer legal, the department announced Thursday.