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David Wasserman / Cook Political Report:
House Overview: 10 Rating Changes as Democrats' Blue State Problems Grow — Two weeks out, Republicans have the momentum in the race for House control. Last week, the GOP regained the lead in FiveThirtyEight's generic ballot average for the first time since August amid worsening economic news.
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Shane Goldmacher / New York Times:
Democrats, on Defense in Blue States, Brace for a Red Wave in the House — “Reality is setting in”: With two weeks to go, Republicans are competing in Democratic bastions like New York, California, Oregon and even Rhode Island. — PROVIDENCE, R.I. — Republicans are pressing their advantage deep …
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Ari Berman / Mother Jones:
How Wisconsin Became the GOP's Laboratory for Dismantling Democracy
How Wisconsin Became the GOP's Laboratory for Dismantling Democracy
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Politico:
House progressives retract Russia-diplomacy letter amid Dem firestorm — House progressives on Tuesday retracted a letter calling on President Joe Biden to engage in direct diplomacy with Russia, less than 24 hours after it sparked intense backlash from other Democrats.
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HuffPost:
How A Progressive Bid To Shape Ukraine Policy Imploded — The kerfuffle over a now-withdrawn letter from 30 House Democrats shows how the left is still struggling to communicate effectively on foreign policy. — A group of progressive lawmakers withdrew a high-profile letter intended …
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Washington Post:
Liberal Democrats withdraw letter to Biden that urged him to rethink Ukraine strategy — The Congressional Progressive Caucus has withdrawn a letter, signed by 30 House liberals and sent to the White House Monday, that urged President Biden to negotiate directly with Russia to bring an end to the war in Ukraine.
David Weigel / Semafor:
Bernie Sanders: House progressives were wrong on Ukraine — Dave is a Political Reporter for Semafor, joining us from the Washington Post. Sign up for Americana to get his coverage of the national political scene in your inbox twice a week. — THE SCOOP
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Lisette Voytko / Forbes:
Billionaire No More: Kanye West's Antisemitism Obliterates His Net Worth As Adidas Cuts Ties — The superstar rapper no longer has a place on the Forbes Billionaires' list now that his lucrative deal with Adidas is over. — Just days ago, the rapper-cum-fashion entrepreneur Kanye West challenged Adidas …
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Emily Tamkin / New Statesman:
Ye, Adidas and the trap of celebrity anti-Semitism — Prejudice against Jewish people won't be stamped out in America because the German sportswear company dropped Kanye West. — WASHINGTON DC - Adidas has announced that it will sever its partnership with Ye, the rapper formerly known as Kanye West …
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Bloomberg:
Adidas Finally Ends Ye Partnership After String of Controversies
Adidas Finally Ends Ye Partnership After String of Controversies
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CNN:
DOJ overcomes Trump's privilege wall in Jan. 6 investigation, pushing deeper into former President's inner circle — The Justice Department is asking a federal judge to force the top two lawyers from Donald Trump's White House counsel's office to testify about their conversations with the former President …
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CNN:
As midterms near, Trump shifts focus to 2024 and his own political future — Donald Trump is accelerating his plans for another presidential campaign, buoyed by a belief that Republicans are on the precipice of significant gains in next month's midterm elections and that many of his handpicked candidates will prevail.
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Will Weissert / Associated Press:
Dodge, deny or fib: Candidates stay vague on 2024 plans
Dodge, deny or fib: Candidates stay vague on 2024 plans
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Meridith McGraw / Politico:
The non-Trump 2024 field starts to make their moves
The non-Trump 2024 field starts to make their moves
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Bloomberg
Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:
Biden Debt-Ceiling Gaffe Could Destroy His Presidency … Last week, a reporter asked President Biden if he would support a repeal of the debt ceiling. “A permanent repeal of the debt ceiling? ... Just say we don't have a debt limit?” he asked with a laugh, as if the notion were fantastical.
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Fox News:
Pennsylvania debate or political charade? Voters weigh in ahead of Oz-Fetterman showdown — Dr. Oz, Fetterman prepare for first and only debate, but will it influence Pennsylvania voters?
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Allan Smith / NBC News:
Oz and Fetterman debate live updates: Follow as PA Senate candidates face off
Oz and Fetterman debate live updates: Follow as PA Senate candidates face off
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Miami Herald:
‘My son has never voted’: Mom rejects Rubio's claim that politics motivated Hialeah attack — Diana Rosa Lopez isn't sure exactly what started the fight between her son and an ex-white supremacist canvassing for Sen. Marco Rubio outside her home in Hialeah Sunday.
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Sheila Dang / Reuters:
Exclusive: Twitter is losing its most active users, internal documents show — “Is Twitter dying?” billionaire Elon Musk mused in April, five days before offering to buy the social media platform. — The reality, according to internal Twitter (TWTR.N) research seen by Reuters …
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Josh Kraushaar / Axios:
Scoop: National Republicans jump back into New Hampshire Senate race — The National Republican Senatorial Committee is recommitting resources into the New Hampshire Senate race, according to an NRSC official, just days after the Senate GOP's top super PAC cancelled its spending on behalf of nominee Don Bolduc.
Peter Wehner / The Atlantic:
The Desecrations of Michael Flynn — A prayer at a “ReAwaken America” event in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, a few days ago, at which Michael Flynn appeared, captured the sensibilities of this moment: “Father God, we come to you in the name of Jesus. We're asking you to open the eyes …
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Dana Milbank / Washington Post:
No, Latinos aren't abandoning the Democratic Party — LAS VEGAS — Is the Latino voter abandoning Democrats, as this year's incessant media narrative would have it? — Not on Catherine Cortez Masto's watch. — At the East Las Vegas Community Center, the Nevada Democrat …
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Michael Stratford / Politico:
The student debt relief whiplash — FINAL EXAM — Heading into the two-week homestretch of the midterm election, President Joe Biden's student debt relief plan is rippling across the campaign trail. It's not exactly getting the attention of top-tier issues like the economy …
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Joe Biden / CNN:
In 14 days, the American people face a choice — Editor's Note: Joe Biden is the President of the United States. The views expressed here are his own. Read more opinion on CNN. — CNN — Over the past nearly two years, we have made enormous progress.
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Eric S. Edelman / The Bulwark:
Remembering Ashton Carter — He devoted his life—and brilliant intellect—to the defense of the country. — Ashton Carter, the 25th secretary of defense, passed away suddenly and unexpectedly on Monday evening, October 24. His passing is, of course, a stunning loss for his family and friends …
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Jeffrey M. Jones / Gallup:
Biden Job Approval Back Down to 40% — WASHINGTON, D.C. — President Joe Biden's job approval rating is 40%, a step down from the 44% measured in August but still above his term-low 38% from July. In all other months in 2022, his approval rating has been in the 40% to 42% range. — ###Embeddable###
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Anders Hagstrom / Fox News:
New York Supreme Court reinstates all employees fired for being unvaccinated, orders backpay — State Supreme Court found that being vaccinated ‘does not’ stop the spread of COVID-19 — Fox News Flash top headlines for October 25 — The New York state Supreme Court has reinstated …
Evan Pheiffer / New Lines Magazine:
How the Mountain Jews of Azerbaijan Endure — By a river in the hills near the Russian border, a 300-year-old community of multilingual Jews keeps 'Europe's last shtetl' alive — Deep in the Azerbaijani foothills of the southern Caucasus Mountains lives one of Europe's most interesting communities, the Red Village Mountain Jews.
Steve Schmidt / The Warning:
The country is asleep to the threat it is facing — PBS Frontline's “Michael Flynn's Holy War” is an epic piece of TV journalism — The United States faces a grave threat from an extremist movement that was unleashed by Donald Trump and inflamed by his defeat. It is a growing threat — not a diminishing one.
Mike Ives / New York Times:
Penn State Cancels Event by Proud Boys Founder, Citing Threat of Violence — The university's president said that the event had been canceled in the interests of public safety, after a peaceful protest against it turned violent. — Pennsylvania State University canceled a planned comedy event …
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Cathy Young / The Bulwark:
No, ‘Russiagate’ Wasn't the Hoax That Team Trump Claims It Was — It looks like John Durham's investigation is going out with a whimper. — The acquittal last week of think tank analyst Igor Danchenko is a fitting final chapter in the “Russiagate” saga, as John Durham's three-year-old probe judders to a halt.
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Wall Street Journal
Lynne O'Donnell / Foreign Policy:
Russia's Recruiting Afghan Commandos — Abandoned special forces veterans are getting job offers for a very different kind of battlefield. — Members of Afghanistan's elite National Army Commando Corps, who were abandoned by the United States and Western allies when the country fell …
Jon Wiener / The Nation:
Mike Davis: 1946-2022 — A brilliant radical reporter with a novelist's eye and a historian's memory. — Mike Davis, author and activist, radical hero and family man, died October 25 after a long struggle with esophageal cancer; he was 76. He's best known for his 1990 book about Los Angeles, City of Quartz.
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Politico:
National Archives denies Trump referral to DOJ was connected to Dems — The National Archives is denying Republican accusations that its decision to refer Donald Trump's handling of classified records to the Justice Department had anything to do with an inquiry from a top House Democrat.
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