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7:30 PM ET, October 21, 2022

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Devlin Barrett / Washington Post:
Mar-a-Lago classified papers held U.S. secrets about Iran and China  —  Iran's missile program, U.S. intelligence work aimed at China were among the most sensitive material seized by the FBI, people familiar with the matter say  —  Some of the classified documents recovered by the FBI …
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Charlie Savage / New York Times:
Trump Claims He Owns White House Pardon and Immigration Policy Records  —  A letter to the special master overseeing a review of files seized from Mar-a-Lago has opened a window on disputes over an initial batch.  —  WASHINGTON — Former President Donald J. Trump is claiming that nine documents seized …
Axios:
Exclusive: Emails reveal warning to Trump team about fraud claims  —  A senior White House lawyer expressed concerns to President Trump's advisers and attorneys about the president signing a sworn court statement verifying inaccurate evidence of voter fraud, according to emails from December 2020 obtained by Axios.
Discussion: Washington Examiner and Raw Story
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Dennis Aftergut / Slate:
Why the Bannon Prison Sentence and Trump Jan. 6 Subpoena Matter  —  On Friday, one year to the day after Congress voted to hold Steve Bannon in contempt for defying the Jan. 6 committee's subpoena, Bannon was sentenced to four months in jail.  He was allowed to stay out of custody pending his appeal.
New York Times:
Bannon Sentenced to 4 Months in Prison for Contempt of Congress  —  Stephen Bannon was found guilty of two counts of contempt of Congress this summer for defying a subpoena from the House Jan. 6 committee.  —  WASHINGTON — A federal judge on Friday sentenced Stephen K. Bannon …
Associated Press:
Jan. 6 panel issues subpoena to Trump, demanding he testify
Dareh Gregorian / NBC News:
Jan. 6 committee subpoenas former President Donald Trump
Discussion: The Hill, Associated Press and The Root
Nate Silver / FiveThirtyEight:
Why I'm Telling My Friends That The Senate Is A Toss-Up  —  The Senate started out as a toss-up when we launched our forecast in June — and after a summer in which political developments mostly played to Democrats' favor, there is now clear movement back toward Republicans.
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NBC News:
Voters in battleground states prefer Republican House candidates over Democrats by 6%, survey says
Discussion: HotAir
Joshua Blank / The Texas Politics Project:
With Texans focused on the border and the economy, Abbott leads O'Rourke 54%-43% among likely voters in new University of Texas/Texas Politics Project Poll
Miles Cohen / ABC News:
Voter fraud charge dismissed in Florida after arrest  —  The accused was facing up to five years in prison and $5,000 in fines and fees.  —  A Florida man had his election fraud charges dismissed on Friday, making him the first of 20 people who Gov. Ron DeSantis announced had been charged with voter fraud in August, to beat his case.
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Sam Levine / The Guardian:
Miami judge dismisses voter fraud case trumpeted by DeSantis  —  Case is one of the 19 voter fraud prosecutions, and involves man who says he registered to vote in 2020 without knowing he was ineligible  —  A Miami judge on Friday dismissed one of the 19 voter fraud prosecutions loudly trumpeted …
CNN:
Sen. Lindsey Graham asks the Supreme Court to block a subpoena from an Atlanta grand jury investigating 2020 election interference  —  Sen. Lindsey Graham asked the Supreme Court on Friday to block a subpoena from the Atlanta-area special grand jury investigating efforts to overturn the 2020 presidential election in Georgia.
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NBC News:
Sen. Lindsey Graham asks Supreme Court to block subpoena in criminal probe of 2020 election
Jeff Cox / CNBC:
U.S. budget deficit cut in half for biggest decrease ever amid Covid spending declines  — The U.S. budget deficit was sliced in half for fiscal 2022, the biggest drop in history following two years of huge Covid-related spending.  — The shortfall declined to $1.375 trillion, compared to the 2021 deficit of $2.776 trillion.
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Brian Riedl / New York Post:
Unmitigated gall of Joe Biden claiming that he ‘lowered’ debt
Adam B. Coleman / Speaking Wrong At The Right Time:
The Mainstream Media Lied to Me About Conservatives  —  How political media propaganda prevented me from understanding conservatives  —  Looking back, when I was a Democrat, I never personally knew any Republicans or conservatives yet my entire perception of what they stood for was based on left-leaning media filtering.
Ryan J. Reilly / NBC News:
Jan. 6 rioter who brought two guns to Capitol sentenced to five years in prison  —  WASHINGTON — A Donald Trump supporter who brought two guns to the Capitol on Jan. 6, and dropped one of them on Capitol grounds, was sentenced to five years in federal prison on Friday.
Washington Post:
Video shows GOP gov. nominee Dan Cox accepting gift from Md. Proud Boys  —  Footage posted online from Cox's July victory party shows the exchange, but it was removed after The Post contacted the Cox campaign.  He said in a statement he has no affiliation with people who stormed the capitol on Jan. 6.
Discussion: Raw Story
Marc Caputo / NBC News:
Before resigning, Charlie Crist's campaign manager was arrested in domestic violence case  —  The manager for Charlie Crist's Florida gubernatorial campaign was arrested in a domestic violence case a day before he resigned his political position, NBC News has learned.
Politico:
Biden's ‘worst performing message’  —  Welcome to POLITICO's West Wing Playbook, your guide to the people and power centers in the Biden administration.  With help from Allie Bice.  —  It's an article of faith among Democrats that their party is deeply hampered by its inability or unwillingness to tout its own accomplishments.
CNN:
CNN Exclusive: After Ukraine, Biden administration turns to Musk's satellite internet for Iran  —  The White House has engaged in talks with Elon Musk about the possibility of setting up SpaceX's satellite internet service Starlink inside Iran, multiple officials familiar with the discussions told CNN.
American Prospect:
A Memo to Democrats  —  We will win this election if we convince voters we care about their economic well-being.  —  President Biden meets with Pennsylvania's Democratic nominee for Senate John Fetterman, along with his wife Gisele, on October 20, 2022.  —  The four of us have been around politics a long time.
Discussion: Raw Story
Miami Herald:
DeSantis cracked down on migrant labor.  Then one helped coordinate his migrant flights  —  A Venezuelan migrant unable to legally work in the United States was paid to help coordinate Gov. Ron DeSantis' migrant flight program, putting the Republican governor's high-profile political gambit …
Burgess Everett / Politico:
Tim Ryan may help save Senate Dems' majority.  Even if he loses.  —  TOLEDO, Ohio — Tim Ryan is arguably running the country's most valuable Senate campaign.  Even if he doesn't win.  —  The self-described Democratic “underdog” is neck-and-neck with J.D. Vance in the race to replace retiring GOP Sen. Rob Portman (R-Ohio).
Steve Schmidt / The Warning:
How Liz Cheney can kill the MAGA threat  —  Killing the MAGA movement is beyond the capacity and imagination of the national Democratic Party's sclerotic and inept leadership.  It has failed utterly.  Even more atrociously, Chuck Schumer has failed to adequately support and fund …
Giulia Heyward / NPR:
Trudeau orders an immediate freeze on the sale of handguns in Canada  —  Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is placing a nationwide freeze on the sale, purchase and transfer of handguns, effective immediately.  —  The handgun freeze is the latest in an ongoing battle among Canadian lawmakers over gun control measures.
Joelle Diderich / WWD:
EXCLUSIVE: Balenciaga Severs Ties With Ye  —  The French fashion house, which collaborated with the rapper on a line sold at Gap, is walking away from the relationship after he repeatedly used hate speech. … “Balenciaga has no longer any relationship nor any plans for future projects related …
Amanda Macias / CNBC:
U.S. Defense secretary speaks with Russian counterpart as war in Ukraine enters ninth month  — Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin spoke with his Russian counterpart Friday morning.  — The last known instance of the two leaders speaking was in May.  — The call comes as the war enters …
Zach Montellaro / Politico:
Republicans launch rescue mission in Oklahoma governor race  —  Donald Trump won Oklahoma by over 30 points in 2020 — but Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt is still getting last-minute help to close out his reelection bid.  —  Stitt has been deadlocked in a string of recent public polls in the state …
Washington Post:
Sorry you went viral  —  TikTok's explosive stardom has created a new kind of celebrity.  But nothing goes viral like rage.  —  When Junna Faylee started making money on TikTok, the 21-year-old anime and gaming fan in London made it the centerpiece of her life.  She devoted every night and weekend to making videos.
Discussion: Althouse
Laurel Brubaker Calkins / Bloomberg:
Sandy Hook Families Seek $2.75 Trillion From Alex Jones  —  Sandy Hook families asked a Connecticut judge to order Alex Jones to pay $2.75 trillion in damages in addition to the almost $1 billion a jury awarded for defamation, claiming only “the highest possible punitive damages,” …
John Loftus / The Daily Caller:
Republicans Tear Into One Of Their Leaders For Requesting ‘Social Justice’ Highway Money From Buttigieg  —  In a June 10 letter to Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg, National Republican Congressional Committee (NRCC) Chairman Rep. Tom Emmer of Minnesota expressed support …
Discussion: The Daily Beast
Kate Bennett / CNN:
Donald Trump's Boeing 757 rehabbed and back in West Palm Beach  —  Trump's 757 seen on tarmac with updated paint job  —  What this defamation attorney thinks could have happened in Trump's deposition  —  Trump in 2021: ‘Is this a good Jewish character right here?’
Discussion: HuffPost
 
 
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Joseph Wulfsohn / Fox News:
Jake Tapper fuels GOP bashing in primetime despite CNN's newfound mission toward nonpartisanship
Discussion: OutKick
Washington Free Beacon:
Biden Is Now Licking Ice Cream on a Times Square Billboard
Emily Flitter / New York Times:
Where $30 Billion to Fix Systemic Racism Actually Goes
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Philip Bump / Washington Post:
The only thing the debt limit is used for is political blackmail
Discussion: Wall Street Journal and Roll Call
Catherine Rampell / Washington Post:
Recession warnings are growing. Almost no one is prepared.
Dave Itzkoff / New York Times:
James Corden Would Rather Not Talk About That Omelet
Susan J. Demas / Michigan Advance:
Adults who choose to bully LGBTQ+ children are weird — and profoundly broken
Paul Berger / Wall Street Journal:
Southern California's Notorious Container Ship Backup Ends
Discussion: The Daily Caller
 

 
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Financial Times:
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