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5:05 PM ET, October 24, 2022

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Yasmeen Abutaleb / Washington 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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New York Times:
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 …
Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
Why Putin hopes for a GOP victory, as explained by a top Russia expert
NBC News:
Can liberals win tough Senate races? Fetterman and Barnes hope to prove it
Discussion: The Daily Wire
Nicholas Lemann / New Yorker:
The Democrats' Midterm Challenge
Discussion: American Greatness
Kevin Robillard / HuffPost:
Michael Bloomberg, Tom Steyer And The Case Of The Missing Megadonors
Discussion: Common Dreams
David M. Drucker / Rolling Stone:
Republicans Are Having a Messy Breakup With Corporate America. They Feel Fine
Discussion: Roll Call, The Hill, Raw Story and Daily Kos
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Dan Mangan / CNBC:
Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas temporarily blocks Sen. Graham's subpoena from Georgia grand jury
New York Times:
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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Ben Chapman / Wall Street Journal:
Math Scores Dropped in Every State During Pandemic, Report Card Shows
Matt Barnum / Chalkbeat:
Nation's report card: Massive drop in math scores, slide in reading linked to COVID disruption
John A. Farrell / New York Times:
Alito Assured Ted Kennedy in 2005 of Respect for Roe v. Wade, Diary Says  —  In the senator's recollection, the Supreme Court justice who wrote the opinion overturning the abortion ruling tried to show Mr. Kennedy that he was not a threat to Roe.  —  Senator Edward M. Kennedy looked skeptically at the federal judge.
Discussion: Political Wire
TMZ.com:
Leslie Jordan Dead at 67  —  EXCLUSIVE  —  REMEMBERING LESLIE JORDAN  —  Leslie Jordan, the beloved actor and comedian has died.  —  Law enforcement sources tell TMZ Jordan was driving in Hollywood Monday morning when it's suspected he suffered some sort of medical emergency and crashed his BMW into the side of a building.
David Wasserman / Cook Political Report:
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.
Ariel Edwards-Levy / CNN:
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.
Discussion: Fox News
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Jennifer Agiesta / CNN:
CNN Polls on key Senate races find tight contest in Wisconsin and a narrow Democratic edge in Pennsylvania
Discussion: The Hill and Mediaite
Sonya Hamasaki / CNN:
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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Los Angeles Times:
Hollywood talent agency CAA cuts ties with Kanye West after antisemitic tirade
Cory Shaffer / Plain Dealer:
Jacob Wohl, Jack Burkman plead guilty to felony for 2020 election robocalls targeting Cleveland voters  —  CLEVELAND, Ohio — Two right-wing conspiracy theorists who placed thousands of robocalls with false information to largely minority and Democratic voters in Cleveland in the months …
Discussion: MyNorthwest.com and The Daily Dot
Wall Street Journal:
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 …
Discussion: Raw Story
Andrew Meldrum / Associated Press:
Ukraine cites success in downing drones, fixes energy sites  —  Ukrainian authorities tried to dampen public fears over Russia's use of Iranian drones by claiming increasing success Monday in shooting them down, while the Kremlin's talk of a possible “dirty bomb” attack has added another worrying dimension …
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Wall Street Journal:
NATO Allies Warn Russia Against ‘Dirty Bomb’ Plot in Ukraine
Andrew Prokop / Vox:
Curtis Yarvin wants American democracy toppled.  He has some prominent Republican fans.  —  The New Right blogger has been cited by Blake Masters and J.D. Vance.  What exactly is he advocating?  —  In September 2021, J.D. Vance, a GOP candidate for Senate in Ohio, appeared on a conservative podcast …
James Bickerton / Newsweek:
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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Kyle Cheney / Politico:
Son of Confederate flag-wielding rioter sentenced to 24 months for Jan. 6 breach
Associated Press:
2 Chinese officers charged in plot to obstruct Huawei probe  —  Two men suspected of being Chinese intelligence officers have been charged with attempting to obstruct a U.S. criminal investigation and prosecution of Chinese tech giant Huawei, according to court documents unsealed Monday.
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Suzanne Downing / Must Read Alaska:
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 …
Discussion: Breitbart and Insider
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Brittany Gibson / Politico:
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 …
Politico:
Biden admin set to warn about threats to nation's election infrastructure  —  Top Biden national security officials are tracking multiple threats to the nation's election security infrastructure ahead of the midterms and are set to issue warnings, including in an internal intelligence bulletin this week …
Matthew A. Winkler / Bloomberg:
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.
Discussion: Twitchy
 
 
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David Wildstein / New Jersey Globe:
DCCC appears to be bailing on Malinowski
Discussion: Political Wire
Michael Tomasky / New Republic:
Will the Bob Woodward Audiobook Put Trump Back on the Ballot?
Eamon Javers / CNBC:
How Google's former CEO Eric Schmidt helped write A.I. laws in Washington without publicly disclosing investments in A.I. startups
Discussion: Washington Examiner
Robert Barnes / Washington Post:
How one man brought affirmative action to the Supreme Court. Again and again.
Discussion: SCOTUSblog
 Earlier Items: 
Miami Herald:
Man wearing Rubio shirt and DeSantis hat ‘brutally attacked’ in Hialeah, senator says
Philip Bump / Washington Post:
The effort to break America's elections
Discussion: HuffPost and Mediaite
NBC News:
Florida's Hispanic voters back DeSantis over Crist, support Martha's Vineyard migrant flights
 

 
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Financial Times:
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