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9:05 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 …
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.
Politico:
Fetterman's debate performance prompts Democratic handwringing
New York Times:
Fetterman's Debate Showing Raises Democratic Anxieties in Senate Battle
CNN:
‘It was tough’: Fetterman supporters voice concern that debate performance will sway undecided voters
Karen Tumulty / Washington Post:
Fetterman's struggles may still strike a chord with voters
Discussion: CNN and Fox News
Katie Glueck / New York Times:
Republicans Target a Top House Democrat as Winds Shift to the Right
Discussion: The Hill and Just The News
George Upper / The Western Journal:
Democrats Panic After Fetterman's ‘Brutal’ Debate Night Turns Out to Be ‘Much Much Worse’ Than Expected
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 …
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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Eric Cortellessa / TIME:
How Kari Lake Went From Local Anchor to New Face of the MAGA Right  —  Donald Trump read the names off a teleprompter.  It was July 2021, and the former President was speaking at a conservative advocacy group's confab in Phoenix, where candidates vying for the GOP nomination for Arizona governor hoped to grab his attention.
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.
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
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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 …
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 …
Politico:
Judge to consider unsealing Trump grand jury filings  —  A federal judge is considering whether to unseal secret court documents detailing Donald Trump's effort to prevent former aides from providing testimony to a grand jury investigating efforts to subvert the 2020 election.
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 …
J. David Goodman / New York Times:
Texas Goes Permitless on Guns, and Police Face an Armed Public  —  A new law allowing people to carry handguns without a license has led to more spontaneous shootings, many in law enforcement say.  —  HOUSTON — Tony Earls hung his head before a row of television cameras, staring down, his life upended.
Slate:
The Supreme Court Is Headed for a Self-Imposed Voting Caseload Disaster  —  On December 7, the Supreme Court will hear oral argument in Moore v. Harper, a radical case on the fate of the so-called “independent state legislature” theory which could end the ability of state courts to interpret …
Caroline Downey / National Review:
Alito Warns That Dobbs Leak Made Conservative Justices Assassination Targets  —  Justice Alito warned Tuesday that the leak of the Supreme Court opinion that overturned Roe v. Wade endangered his life and the lives of his conservative colleagues on the bench.
Politico:
Trump to hold rally in Florida with Rubio — but not DeSantis  —  The apparent snub angered some people within DeSantis' orbit, who complained that the Florida governor's team was not informed of the rally prior.  —  TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — Former President Donald Trump is coming to Miami just two days before Election Day.
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 …
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 …
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 …
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.
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.
CNN:
Inside the House GOP effort to keep weapons flowing to Ukraine  —  After House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy suggested last week that Republicans might pull back funding for Ukraine next year if they take the majority, the GOP leader has worked behind the scenes to reassure national security leaders …
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
 
 
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Ewan Palmer / Newsweek:
Marjorie Taylor Greene Flees Interview After Callers Grill Her—'She's Gone'
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Aaron Rupar / Public Notice:
Kevin Kruse says this really is the most important election of your life
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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
Jon Campbell / Gothamist:
Lee Zeldin's ad shows a man's final moments. His family wants it removed.
Zoe Tillman / Bloomberg:
Giuliani's Election ‘Experts’ Get Cold Reception in Washington Ethics Case
Discussion: Law & Crime and Raw Story
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Natalie Weber / Tampa Bay Times:
Attorney who fought Florida helmet laws died in motorcycle crash while not wearing one
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