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Hans Nichols / Axios:
Scoop: Democrats deploy Biden and Obama to lock down Pennsylvania — President Biden and former President Obama will barnstorm the Philadelphia and Pittsburgh areas on Nov. 5 with the party's nominees for Pennsylvania governor and Senate, according to a Democrat with direct knowledge of the plans.
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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 …
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Washington Post and Outside the Beltway
Kevin Robillard / HuffPost:
Michael Bloomberg, Tom Steyer And The Case Of The Missing Megadonors
Michael Bloomberg, Tom Steyer And The Case Of The Missing Megadonors
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Political Wire
Bloomberg:
Biden Says Democrats Can Still Stave Off House, Senate Losses
Biden Says Democrats Can Still Stave Off House, Senate Losses
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ABC News, Politico, Wake Up To Politics and Fox News
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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Bloomberg, Politico, CNN, The Hill, Washington Times, Daily Kos, Voice of America, Common Dreams and Big League Politics
CNN:
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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The Root, Forbes, Daily Kos, PoliticusUSA, Rolling Stone, Raw Story and MindWar
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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 blocks Sen. Graham's subpoena from Georgia grand jury
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Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
Why Putin hopes for a GOP victory, as explained by a top Russia expert — “The notion that now Kevin McCarthy is going to make himself the leader of the pro-Putin wing of my party is just a stunning thing,” Rep. Liz Cheney (R-Wyo.) told NBC News on Sunday. This was a provocative way of reminding …
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The Daily Beast, Common Dreams and The Hill
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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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PoliticusUSA, Raw Story, The Liberal Patriot, The Hill, CNN, New York Magazine and Eschaton
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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CNBC, Union-News and Political Wire
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 …
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Associated Press, KTLA and The Daily Dot
TMZ.com:
Leslie Jordan Dead at 67 — EXCLUSIVE — 186.7K … UPDATE — 1:50 PM PT — A rep for Leslie Jordan posted on Jordan's IG, saying “the love and light that Leslie shared will never go out and we invite you to share your memories and comfort each other during this time.
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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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WPLG-TV:
Man accused of attacking Rubio canvasser, but police account differs from senator's — Despite senator's tweet, ‘no indication’ of political motive, Hialeah police say — HIALEAH, Fla. - Police arrested a 22-year-old man accused of attacking a canvasser handing out political flyers on Sunday evening in Hialeah.
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Florida Politics
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Ryan J. Reilly / NBC News:
Ex-Capitol Police officer charged with obstruction tells jury he is ‘embarrassed’ over Facebook chat with Jan. 6 rioter — WASHINGTON — A former police officer charged with obstruction for telling a Jan. 6 rioter to remove a Facebook post about being in the U.S. Capitol testified Monday that he was …
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James Bickerton / Newsweek:
Ted Cruz Hid in Supply Closet During Jan. 6, New Book Reveals
Ted Cruz Hid in Supply Closet During Jan. 6, New Book Reveals
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Media Matters for America, The Daily Caller, Raw Story, The Guardian, Jacobin, Washington Post, Blue Virginia, IJR and Political Wire
Kyle Cheney / Politico:
Son of Confederate flag-wielding rioter sentenced to 24 months for Jan. 6 breach
Son of Confederate flag-wielding rioter sentenced to 24 months for Jan. 6 breach
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Washington Post and Associated Press
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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Rolling Stone, Deadline, Fortune, Breitbart, Jewish Telegraphic Agency, TMZ.com, The Daily Caller, ABC7, The Hollywood Reporter, CBS News, The Daily Beast, Associated Press, Forbes, Vanity Fair, New York Times, New York Post, WHNT-TV, Variety, Page Six, The A.V. Club, American Thinker, Mediaite, IndieWire, The Hill and KTLA
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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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
CNN Polls on key Senate races find tight contest in Wisconsin and a narrow Democratic edge in Pennsylvania
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PoliticusUSA, The Hill and Mediaite
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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New York Magazine, RedState, Raw Story, The Post Millennial, Fox News, Chicks On The Right, HuffPost, Twitchy and Insider
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 …
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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Fox News, New York Post and Raw Story
U.S. Department of Justice:
Two Chinese Intelligence Officers Charged with Obstruction of Justice in Scheme to Bribe U.S. Government Employee and Steal Documents Related to the Federal Prosecution of a PRC-Based Company — Defendants Paid $61,000 in Bitcoin Bribes to Double Agent under the Control of the FBI …
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The Hill, Washington Examiner, The National Interest, UPI and Fox 8 Cleveland WJW
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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 …
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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Fox News, Raw Story, New York Post, The Gateway Pundit, RedState, USA Today and The Post Millennial
Zoe Tillman / Bloomberg:
Trump Drops Some Early Privilege Claims in Seized Records Fight — Former President Donald Trump dropped his initial claim that some of the documents seized from his Mar-a-Lago home couldn't be used in a government criminal probe because they were protected by attorney-client and legal-work-product privilege.
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USA Today, The Hill, Raw Story and Washington Post
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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