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12:05 PM ET, October 22, 2022

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James Palmer / Foreign Policy:
What the Hell Just Happened to Hu Jintao?  —  Xi Jinping's predecessor was forcibly led away from the Party Congress.  —  China's 20th Party Congress concluded on Saturday with a rare and shocking piece of live drama.  Hu Jintao, the leader of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) from 2002 to 2012 …
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BBC:
Hu Jintao: ex-president escorted out of China party congress  —  Chinese former leader Hu Jintao has been led out of the closing ceremony of the Communist Party Congress.  —  The frail-looking 79-year-old was sitting beside President Xi Jinping when he was approached and led away by officials.
Discussion: Politico, CNN and Guido Fawkes
Reuters:
Hu Jintao escorted out of China party congress  —  Chinese former President Hu Jintao was unexpectedly escorted out of the closing ceremony of a congress of the ruling Communist Party on Saturday.  —  Hu, 79, Xi Jinping's immediate predecessor, was seated to the left of Xi.
Dana Milbank / Washington Post:
In Nevada, election deniers prepare to sabotage the midterms  —  PAHRUMP, Nev. — If the midterm elections degenerate into chaos in a couple of weeks — a very real possibility — then Nevada is poised to lead the way.  Indeed, the chaos here has already begun.
Discussion: CNN, Daily Kos and Talking Points Memo
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Associated Press:
GOP voters told to hold onto mail ballots until Election Day  —  Republican activists who believe the 2020 election was stolen from former President Donald Trump have crafted a plan that, in their telling, will thwart cheating in this year's midterm elections.
Nick Corasaniti / New York Times:
Voters Stick to Pandemic-Era Habits, As Early Turnout Surges  —  More than 5.5 million people have cast ballots in person or by mail.  Experts predict high turnout in the midterm elections.  —  Days into early voting in the 2022 midterm elections, states across the country have seen a surge …
David Wickert / Atlanta Journal-Constitution:
After record-breaking week, early voting continues Saturday across Georgia
Jacqueline Keeler / San Francisco Chronicle:
Sacheen Littlefeather was a Native American icon.  Her sisters say she was an ethnic fraud  —  The “Apache” actress and activist wasn't Native American, say her sisters.  And that wasn't the only thing she lied about.  —  You might not know her name, but you've probably seen the video that made her famous.
Discussion: Insider
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.
Discussion: Outside the Beltway and NBC News
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New York Times:
The Times Endorses Kathy Hochul for Governor of New York  —  The editorial board is a group of opinion journalists whose views are informed by expertise, research, debate and certain longstanding values.  It is separate from the newsroom.  —  The race for the governor of New York is unusually close this fall.
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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.
Dennis Aftergut / Slate:
Why the Bannon Prison Sentence and Trump Jan. 6 Subpoena Matter
Reuters:
U.S. appeals court temporarily blocks Biden's student loan forgiveness plan  —  A U.S. appeals court on Friday temporarily blocked President Joe Biden's plan to cancel billions of dollars in college student debt, one day after a judge dismissed a Republican-led lawsuit by six states challenging the loan-forgiveness program.
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New York Times:
Appeals Court Temporarily Halts Biden's Student Debt Cancellation
Mary Papenfuss / HuffPost:
Biden Rips Lawmakers Who Pushed Billions In PPP Grants For Bashing Student Debt Aid
Danielle Douglas-Gabriel / Washington Post:
Appeals court temporarily halts Biden's student debt relief program
Laura Vozzella / Washington Post:
Virginia directs 60,000 voters to wrong polling place for midterms  —  RICHMOND — State elections officials directed more than 30,000 Northern Virginia voters to the wrong polling place in mailers sent ahead of the Nov. 8 midterm elections, an error they acknowledged Friday and blamed …
Emma Bubola / New York Times:
Using Adoptions, Russia Turns Ukrainian Children Into Spoils of War  —  Thousands of Ukrainian children have been transferred to Russia.  “I didn't want to go,” one girl told The New York Times from a foster home near Moscow.  —  As Russian forces laid siege to the Ukrainian city of Mariupol this spring …
Greg Farrell / Bloomberg:
Trump Firm's Tax Fraud Trial Promises Ex-CFO as Star Witness  —  One of Donald Trump's most loyal deputies is expected to testify against the Trump Organization, in a trial that threatens to reveal the inner workings of the real estate empire that set the former president on his path to the White House.
Washington Post:
In bloody battle for Bakhmut, Russian mercenaries eye a symbolic prize  —  BAKHMUT, Ukraine — The crash and roar of artillery rarely stops in this east Ukrainian city.  In the cold and broken houses, residents huddle by candlelight and pray that they have safety in numbers.
Sasha Hupka / Arizona Republic:
As ballot drop box stakeouts continue, new voter intimidation complaints flow in  —  Days after Maricopa County officials warned people to stop taking photos of voters and election staffers at ballot drop boxes, the Arizona Secretary of State's Office continues to refer complaints to the Department of Justice.
Discussion: Insider
Eliot A. Cohen / The Atlantic:
The Words About Ukraine That Americans Need to Hear  —  “Deeds, not words,” is the motto of the 22nd Infantry Regiment, a credo that befits a fighting unit that has seen service from the Civil War to Iraq.  But wars are won by words as well as deeds, which is one of the reasons …
Arianne Cohen / Bloomberg:
Female Bosses Face a New Bias: Employees Refusing to Work Overtime  —  In December 2019, a scandal erupted at Away, a luggage maker known for hard-shelled suitcases.  Disgruntled workers at the company, then just four years old, complained publicly about working conditions …
 
 
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CNN:
Mystery robocall thanks Democrats in competitive Georgia races for supporting abortion rights of ‘birthing persons’
Ian Miller / OutKick:
Transgender Volleyball Player Severely Injures Female High Schooler With Spike to the Face
Discussion: Not the Bee
David Gutman / The Seattle Times:
Patty Murray still leads but Tiffany Smiley closes gap in new WA Poll
Tyler Kingkade / NBC News:
Liberal parents are joining the school culture wars — but conservatives are way ahead
Washington Post:
Over 6 in 10 Americans favor leaving race out of college admissions, Post-Schar School poll finds
Discussion: The Hill
Claire Fahy / New York Times:
A Vermont Town's Water Official Resigns Amid Fluoridation Confusion
Selim Algar / New York Post:
Florida Democrat gov candidate Charlie Crist's campaign chief Austin Durrer arrested for domestic violence
Oliver Willis / The American Independent:
President Biden visits Pittsburgh bridge being repaired thanks to infrastructure funding
 Earlier Items: 
Carmen Sesin / NBC News:
DeSantis' popularity among Latinos is boosting his chances of being the first Republican in 20 years to win Miami-Dade
Discussion: WESH-TV
Heather Knight / San Francisco Chronicle:
S.F.'s Toiletgate: Newsom calls $1.7 million bathroom a waste, halts state money until costs come down
Discussion: Insider
Brian Riedl / New York Post:
Unmitigated gall of Joe Biden claiming that he ‘lowered’ debt
Giulia Heyward / NPR:
Trudeau orders an immediate freeze on the sale of handguns in Canada
CNN:
Sen. Lindsey Graham asks the Supreme Court to block a subpoena from an Atlanta grand jury investigating 2020 election interference
 

 
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Financial Times:
Sources: Palantir and Anduril are in talks with OpenAI, SpaceX, and more to form a consortium to bid for US defense contracts and plan to announce it in January
 
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