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8:40 PM ET, October 26, 2022

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Shirin Ali / Slate:
Actually, John Fetterman's Debate Performance Was Fine  —  Pennsylvania has one of the most contentious Senate races in the country this term, and on Tuesday night, during the one and only debate between candidates, eyes were on Democrat John Fetterman, who had a stroke in May just days before his party's primary.
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NBC News:
Fetterman's debate performance has Democrats on edge in crucial Pennsylvania Senate race  —  HARRISBURG, Pa. — After getting their first long look at John Fetterman in Tuesday night's Pennsylvania Senate debate, fellow Democrats are second-guessing his decision to appear on stage five months …
Politico:
Fetterman's debate performance prompts Democratic handwringing  —  In public, Democratic leaders are projecting confidence that John Fetterman can still win the Pennsylvania Senate race after a shaky debate.  In private, some in the party are fretting that his health struggles could cost them a critical seat.
Noah Rothman / Commentary Magazine:
The Reputations Ruined by the Pennsylvania Senate Debate  —  On Tuesday night, Pennsylvanians were treated to a grotesque, voyeuristic spectacle they should not have had to witness.  John Fetterman has not been allowed the care and space he needs to recover fully from the stroke he suffered in May. That much is clear.
New York Times:
Fetterman's Debate Showing Raises Democratic Anxieties in Senate Battle  —  The Democratic nominee's performance in Pennsylvania thrust questions of health to the center of a pivotal Senate race, adding uncertainty to the contest and worrying some in his party.
CNN:
‘It was tough’: Fetterman supporters voice concern that debate performance will sway undecided voters  —  Democrat John Fetterman's debate performance has intensified the focus on his recovery from a stroke, leading some supporters to worry that his current post-stroke limitations could affect …
George Upper / The Western Journal:
Democrats Panic After Fetterman's ‘Brutal’ Debate Night Turns Out to Be ‘Much Much Worse’ Than Expected
Aaron Blake / Washington Post:
How the handling of Fetterman's stroke compares with Mark Kirk's in 2016
Discussion: Newsbusters
TMZ.com:
Kanye West Shows Up Uninvited to Skechers Headquarters in Wake of Adidas Fallout  —  Kanye West is making a quick move to find a new home for his Yeezy shoes ... hitting Skechers headquarters to talk with the company's honchos, but immediately got turned away.
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Mike Calia / CNBC:
Ye escorted out of Skechers office in Los Angeles after he showed up unannounced  — Ye, who is also known as Kanye West, was escorted out of the Los Angeles office of shoe maker Skechers, the company said.  — The incident comes after Adidas terminated its relationship with the fallen rapper …
Roger Sollenberger / The Daily Beast:
New Woman Alleges Herschel Walker Urged Her to Have Abortion  —  High-profile attorney Gloria Allred hosted a press conference Wednesday with an anonymous woman who says she had an abortion at Herschel Walker's urging.  —  A second woman has come forward to say Herschel Walker urged …
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NBC News:
Herschel Walker denies new abortion allegation
University of Nevada, Reno:
University of Nevada, Reno election poll shows Sisolak and Lombardo in a close race for governor, Cortez Masto leading Laxalt for U.S. Senate  —  Nevadans begin to vote in state and national competitive races  —  As Nevadans begin voting in the 2022 midterm election, a new University of Nevada …
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FOX 10 Phoenix:
2022 Arizona Election Poll: Lake leads governor's race, Senate race tightens  —  PHOENIX - A new FOX 10 InsiderAdvantage poll shows the race for Governor - widening a bit.  But the race for U.S. Senate is turning into a dead heat.  —  Governor's race  —  With less than 2 weeks …
Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
Trump lets the truth slip about the MAGA base — and today's GOP  —  Donald Trump has long harbored a tendency to confess to his sins in public.  Now he's done it again, revealing a large truth about today's Republican Party in the process: He declared that his lies about the 2020 election …
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Steve Benen / MSNBC:
Kari Lake gives away the game on ‘restoring confidence’ in voting
Barton Gellman / The Atlantic:
The Impeachment of Joe Biden  —  Sometime next year, after an interval of performative investigations, Republicans in the House are going to impeach Joe Biden.  This may not be their present plan, but they will work themselves up to it by degrees.  The pressure from the MAGA base will build.
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Reuters:
EXCLUSIVE Tesla faces U.S. criminal probe over self-driving claims-sources  —  Tesla Inc (TSLA.O) is under criminal investigation in the United States over claims that the company's electric vehicles can drive themselves, three people familiar with the matter said.
Bryan Metzger / Insider:
Lindsey Graham says there are ‘gonna be people jumping off bridges in San Francisco by the thousands’ if Jim Jordan becomes chair of the House Judiciary Committee  — GOP Sen. Lindsey Graham campaigned in Ohio for Senate candidate JD Vance.  — During a speech at a Republican Party dinner in Lima …
Semafor:
Senator Robert Menendez is under investigation again  —  Kadia is a Political Reporter for Semafor, joining us from BuzzFeed News.  Sign up for the daily Principals newsletter to get our insider's guide to American power.  —  Senator Robert Menendez, D-N.J. faces a new federal investigation …
Politico:
Judge to consider unsealing Trump grand jury filings  —  DOJ and Trump attorneys have until Nov. 15 to respond to media requests to reveal court actions.  —  A federal judge is considering whether to unseal secret court documents detailing Donald Trump's effort to prevent former aides …
Kyle Morris / Fox News:
Air Force takes ‘full responsibility’ for Jennifer-Ruth Green sexual assault leak, GOP congressmen say  —  Indiana Reps. Jim Banks and Larry Bucshon said the records were provided to ‘an opposition research firm’ ahead of the state's Nov. 8 election  —  Jennifer-Ruth Green takes aim …
Judd Legum / Popular Information:
Amazon puts January 6 in the rearview mirror: “It's been more than 21 months”  —  After January 6, 2021, Amazon released a strongly worded statement announcing it would stop contributing to members of Congress that voted to overturn the election.  It said those members were part of an …
Discussion: Raw Story and Deadline
Bryan Schott / Salt Lake Tribune:
Fox News offered to host a U.S. Senate debate in Utah.  Evan McMullin said yes.  Mike Lee said no.  —  Lee's campaign said they agreed to a one-on-one interview with Fox News' Bret Baier, but not a joint appearance with McMullin.  —  Republican incumbent Sen. Mike Lee has turned …
Michael Luciano / Mediaite:
Marjorie Taylor Greene Vows Revenge on Companies That Stopped Donating to GOP Election Deniers: ‘Not Going to Be Forgotten’  —  Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) hasn't forgotten that some corporations halted donations to Republican lawmakers who didn't vote to certify the 2020 presidential election.
Discussion: PoliticusUSA
Kara Berg / Detroit News:
3 men convicted of providing aid to terrorists in Whitmer kidnapping plot  —  Jackson — Three men have been found guilty by a Jackson County jury of materially aiding a terrorist and being a member of a gang as part of a plot to kidnap Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer.
Articles and Investigations:
That Cardboard Box in Your Home Is Fueling Election Denial  —  A previously unreported boom in profits for the shipping supply giant Uline has provided the funds for a deeply conservative Midwestern family to bankroll anti-democracy causes around the country.  —  Co-published with Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Natalie Weber / Tampa Bay Times:
Attorney who fought Florida helmet laws died in motorcycle crash while not wearing one  —  Ron Smith, 66, and his girlfriend, 62-year-old Brenda Jeanan Volpe, were on their way to a funeral with a group of riders from the American Legion.  —  In the late 1990s, when Florida bikers …
Discussion: Insider
Neil MacFarquhar / Associated Press:
The C.I.A. director visited Ukraine this month.  —  Yevgen Honcharenko/EPA, via Shutterstock … Putin repeats unfounded accusations that the West has labeled disinformation.  —  President Vladimir V. Putin on Wednesday repeated Russia's unsubstantiated warning that Ukraine was preparing …
Jon Campbell / Gothamist:
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Ewan Palmer / Newsweek:
Marjorie Taylor Greene Flees Interview After Callers Grill Her—'She's Gone'
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J. David Goodman / New York Times:
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Aaron Rupar / Public Notice:
Kevin Kruse says this really is the most important election of your life
Discussion: News-Herald
Theodore Schleifer / Puck:
Hillary's New Play, Newsom's Midterm Post-Mortem, & a Thiel Shake-Up
Philip Bump / Washington Post:
What's the non-obvious reason Fox News is talking about crime more?
Alex Seitz-Wald / NBC News:
Pa. Republicans move to impeach Philadelphia's progressive prosecutor
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Giuliani's Election ‘Experts’ Get Cold Reception in Washington Ethics Case
Discussion: Law & Crime and Raw Story
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