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Clarence Thomas freezes order for Lindsey Graham to testify before Georgia grand jury investigating 2020 election — Justice Clarence Thomas on Monday agreed to temporarily freeze a lower court order requiring the testimony of Republican Sen. Lindsey Graham in front of an Atlanta-area special grand jury …
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Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas temporarily blocks Sen. Graham's subpoena from Georgia grand jury — Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas temporarily blocked a subpoena issued by a Georgia grand jury seeking testimony from South Carolina Republican Sen. Lindsey Graham.


Their America Is Vanishing. Like Trump, They Insist They Were Cheated. — The white majority is fading, the economy is changing and there's a pervasive sense of loss in districts where Republicans fought the outcome of the 2020 election. — When Representative Troy Nehls of Texas voted …
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Washington Post, Outside the Beltway and Washington Examiner
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House GOP's 2023 forecast: Fiscal warfare
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Raw Story, PoliticusUSA, CNN, The Liberal Patriot, The Hill and New York Magazine

Republicans Are Having a Messy Breakup With Corporate America. They Feel Fine

Will ‘Democracy Die in Darkness’ After November?
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Diary of a Sane Conservative


Math Scores Fell in Nearly Every State, and Reading Dipped on National Exam — The results, from what is known as the nation's report card, offer the most definitive picture yet of the pandemic's devastating impact on students. — U.S. students in most states and across almost …
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Math Scores Dropped in Every State During Pandemic, Report Card Shows
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NY-17 Rating Change: DCCC Chair Maloney Moves From Lean Democrat to Toss Up — When Republicans' top Super PAC started spending against Democratic Rep. Sean Patrick Maloney (NY-17) in mid-September, many assumed it was a gambit to troll or distract the DCCC chair.
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Fox News, Axios, New York Post, RedState, The Hill, Albany Times Union, Forbes, LGBTQ Nation and The Daily Wire


CNN Polls show Democrats are ahead in races for governor in Michigan and Pennsylvania, with no clear leader in Wisconsin — The Wisconsin race for governor has no clear leader, while Democratic gubernatorial candidates hold the edge in Michigan and Pennsylvania, according to new CNN polls conducted by SSRS in the three key states.
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CNN Polls on key Senate races find tight contest in Wisconsin and a narrow Democratic edge in Pennsylvania
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The Hill

Texas 2022: Abbott Holds Ten-Point Lead for Governor; Majority of Voters Support Migrant Busing
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Dallas Morning News, Washington Times and The Hill


Los Angeles officials condemn demonstrators seen in photos showing support of Kanye West's antisemitic remarks — Los Angeles officials are condemning the display of banners from a freeway overpass this weekend by a group of demonstrators seen in bystander photos showing support …
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Hollywood talent agency CAA cuts ties with Kanye West after antisemitic tirade
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The Hill, TMZ.com, New York Times, New York Post, Variety, The Hollywood Reporter, Vanity Fair, Page Six, American Thinker, Forbes, The Daily Caller, Deadline, Rolling Stone, IndieWire and KTLA

More antisemitic hate seen in L.A. after Kanye West's hateful rants
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Scoop: Tucker Carlson lashes out at GOP campaign chief in irate private call — An irate Tucker Carlson phoned Rep. Tom Emmer (R-Minn.), chairman of the House Republican campaign committee, with an ultimatum on Friday: — Either reveal which staff member took a swipe at Carlson's son …
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Washington Post, The Daily Beast, Vanity Fair, Rolling Stone, Talking Points Memo, Morning Shots, Mediaite and Politico


Garland to hold news conference on ‘significant national security cases’ — WASHINGTON — Attorney General Merrick Garland will hold a news conference Monday afternoon to discuss “significant national security cases addressing malign influence schemes and alleged criminal activity …
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USA Today, UPI, The Gateway Pundit, RedState and New York Post


Liberals urge Biden to rethink Ukraine strategy — Democratic lawmakers' letter calls for direct U.S. talks with Russia — A group of 30 House liberals is urging President Biden to dramatically shift his strategy on the Ukraine war and pursue direct negotiations with Russia …
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Common Dreams, Big League Politics, Political Wire, New York Times and ukrainetoday.org


U.S.-Saudi Relations Buckle, Driven by Animosity Between Biden and Mohammed bin Salman — Lack of personal trust accelerates a yearslong split driven by geopolitical and economic forces — RIYADH, Saudi Arabia—An unwritten pact binding the U.S. and Saudi Arabia has survived 15 presidents …
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Raw Story


California Poised to Overtake Germany as World's No. 4 Economy — Gavin Newsom is as familiar as anyone with the media narrative of earthquakes, persistent wildfires, droughts, homelessness and companies fleeing California to Texas for a tax- and regulation-free lifestyle. This is nothing new.
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Twitchy

Georgia Voters Shatter Second Presidential Turnout Record on Saturday — (Atlanta) - Georgia voters continued to hit record breaking turnout on the first mandatory Saturday of Early Voting. As of Sunday morning, approximately 740K Georgia voters have cast their ballot during in-person Early Voting …
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Washington Examiner, TheBlaze, The Hill, Atlanta Journal-Constitution, IJR and Now Habersham


Ted Cruz Hid in Supply Closet During Jan. 6, New Book Reveals — Senator Ted Cruz has revealed he was in a “a supply closet with stacked chairs” during part of the January 6 storming of Congress. — On that day in 2021 hundreds of Donald Trump supporters broke into the Capitol Building …
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Washington Post, Jacobin, Raw Story, The Daily Caller, The Guardian, Blue Virginia and Political Wire


Ohio Senate race tied in new Spectrum News/Siena College Poll — WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Ohio Senate race between Republican JD Vance and Democrat Tim Ryan could not be much closer. — What You Need To Know — An exclusive Spectrum News/Siena College Poll released Monday shows Ryan …
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Abrams' campaign chair collected millions in legal fees from voting rights organization — ATLANTA — The voting rights organization founded by Stacey Abrams spent more than $25 million over two years on legal fees, mostly on a single case, with the largest amount going to the self-described boutique law firm …
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Washington Examiner, Washington Post, Ace of Spades HQ, Twitchy, New York Post, The Daily Caller and Instapundit


Florida's Hispanic voters back DeSantis over Crist, support Martha's Vineyard migrant flights — Florida's Hispanic voters back Gov. Ron DeSantis over Democrat Charlie Crist, and they even support the Republican's decision to fly migrants to Martha's Vineyard, according to a new Telemundo/LX News poll.


Triangle: Palin joins Murkowski in Peltola love fest — The Murkowski-Palin-Peltola political love triangle is a curiosity in the “Only in Alaska” category: Sen. Lisa Murkowski, a Republican, endorsed hardline Democrat Congresswoman Mary Peltola during Alaska Federation of Natives convention …
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New York Magazine, Washington Post, The Hill, The Daily Wire, Alaska Beacon, Breitbart and Insider


Man wearing Rubio shirt and DeSantis hat ‘brutally attacked’ in Hialeah, senator says — A canvasser wearing a Marco Rubio T-shirt and a Gov. Ron DeSantis hat was “brutally attacked” in Hialeah Sunday night, according to U.S. Senator Marco Rubio. — The senator alleged on social media …
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National Review, The Daily Caller and The Daily Wire


How one man brought affirmative action to the Supreme Court. Again and again. — Edward Blum, the force behind the Harvard and UNC admissions cases, has spent decades challenging race-based laws aimed at repairing historic inequities — SOUTH THOMASTON, Maine — Edward Blum is early …
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The effort to break America's elections — It's telling that, in an interview with ABC News on Sunday, Arizona Republican gubernatorial candidate Kari Lake invoked untrue “facts” in defense of her efforts to undermine confidence in her state's elections. — As she did the week prior …
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Mediaite