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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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Dan Mangan / CNBC:
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.
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 …
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Washington Post, Outside the Beltway and Washington Examiner
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Caitlin Emma / Politico:
House GOP's 2023 forecast: Fiscal warfare
House GOP's 2023 forecast: Fiscal warfare
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Raw Story, PoliticusUSA, CNN, The Liberal Patriot, The Hill and New York Magazine
Nicholas Lemann / New Yorker:
The Democrats' Midterm Challenge
David M. Drucker / Rolling Stone:
Republicans Are Having a Messy Breakup With Corporate America. They Feel Fine
Republicans Are Having a Messy Breakup With Corporate America. They Feel Fine
Kate Davidson / Politico:
The big recession risk that no one is talking about
The big recession risk that no one is talking about
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Based Politics
Victor Davis Hanson / American Greatness:
Will ‘Democracy Die in Darkness’ After November?
Will ‘Democracy Die in Darkness’ After November?
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Diary of a Sane Conservative
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
Math Scores Dropped in Every State During Pandemic, Report Card Shows
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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.
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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.
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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
CNN Polls on key Senate races find tight contest in Wisconsin and a narrow Democratic edge in Pennsylvania
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The Hill
Camille Mumford / Emerson Polling:
Texas 2022: Abbott Holds Ten-Point Lead for Governor; Majority of Voters Support Migrant Busing
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
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
Hollywood talent agency CAA cuts ties with Kanye West after antisemitic tirade
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Kevin Rector / Los Angeles Times:
More antisemitic hate seen in L.A. after Kanye West's hateful rants
More antisemitic hate seen in L.A. after Kanye West's hateful rants
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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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Common Dreams, Big League Politics, Political Wire, New York Times and ukrainetoday.org
Jonathan Swan / Axios:
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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NBC News:
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, The Gateway Pundit, RedState, New York Post and The Post Millennial
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 …
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Raw Story
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.
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Political Wire
Brad Raffensperger / Georgia Secretary of State:
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
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.
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Twitchy
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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Taylor Popielarz / Spectrum News 1 Ohio:
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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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 …
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Washington Examiner, Washington Post, TheBlaze, Ace of Spades HQ, Twitchy, New York Post, The Daily Caller and Instapundit
NBC News:
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.
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 …
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New York Magazine, Washington Post, The Hill, The Daily Wire, Alaska Beacon, Breitbart and Insider
Tim Miller / The Bulwark:
Democrats Need to Know What Time It Is — A lesson and a warning from the Katie Hobbs Experience. — The stakes in Arizona's governor race could not be higher. — The Republican nominee, Kari Lake, is the most zealous election denier this side of the South Florida Sigmaringen.
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