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4:05 AM ET, October 27, 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.
Annie Linskey / Washington Post:
Democrats scramble into defensive posture in final stage of midterms  —  Less than two weeks before the midterm elections, Democrats are trying to shore up the party's candidates as Republicans charge deeper into their terrain  —  Democrats on Wednesday pumped at least $6.3 million worth …
Politico:
Fetterman's debate performance prompts Democratic handwringing
New York Times:
Fetterman's Debate Showing Raises Democratic Anxieties in Senate Battle
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 …
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 …
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Camille Mumford / Emerson Polling:
Illinois 2022: Democratic Incumbents Pritzker and Duckworth Leads Shrink as Republican Challengers Bailey and Salvi Gain Support
Discussion: Breitbart, BizPac Review and The Hill
New York Times:
Prosecutors Seek Testimony on Trump's Claims to Have Declassified Documents  —  The Justice Department is seeking to compel Kash Patel, an ally of the former president, to answer questions about assertions that material taken from the White House had been declassified.
Discussion: Raw Story, USA Today and Political Wire
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Steve Benen / MSNBC:
Another member of Trump's inner circle reportedly takes the Fifth
Discussion: Raw Story
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.
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Roger Sollenberger / The Daily Beast:
New Woman Alleges Herschel Walker Urged Her to Have Abortion
Eugene Scott / Washington Post:
Second woman accuses Herschel Walker of pressuring her to have abortion
NBC News:
Herschel Walker denies new abortion allegation
Politico:
Judge to consider unsealing Trump grand jury filings  —  A federal judge is considering whether to unseal secret court documents detailing former President Donald Trump's effort to prevent former aides from providing testimony to a grand jury investigating efforts to subvert the 2020 election.
Arizona Republic:
Break-in at Arizona governor candidate Katie Hobbs' campaign office in Phoenix; several items taken  —  Stacey Barchenger Taylor SeelyArizona Republic  —  The Phoenix campaign headquarters of Democratic gubernatorial candidate Katie Hobbs was burglarized earlier this week, Phoenix police and a campaign official said Wednesday.
Discussion: Rolling Stone
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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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Steven Nelson / New York Post:
Biden chief of staff Ron Klain violated Hatch Act, gets warning for Twitter retweet  —  WASHINGTON — White House Chief of Staff Ron Klain violated the Hatch Act and was warned not to do so again, according to a document obtained by The Post.  —  The Office of Special Counsel …
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Joseph Simonson / Washington Free Beacon:
Twitter Addict Ron Klain Violated Hatch Act, Special Counsel Finds
Discussion: Washington Examiner
Ewan Palmer / Newsweek:
Marjorie Taylor Greene Flees Interview After Callers Grill Her—'She's Gone'  —  Georgia congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene abruptly left an appearance on a local TV show in which she was taking questions, prompting confusion from the hosts.  —  Greene took part in the call-in show Night Talk on North Georgia's UCTV on Monday night.
Discussion: Raw Story and Vanity Fair
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 …
Discussion: Raw Story
Politico:
Trump to hold rally in Florida with Rubio — but not DeSantis  —  TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — Former President Donald Trump is coming to Miami just two days before Election Day.  But one Republican won't be there — Gov. Ron DeSantis.  Not yet anyway.  —  Trump on Wednesday said he'll hold a rally with Sen. Marco Rubio on Nov. 6.
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 …
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.
Miriam Berger / Washington Post:
As protests rock Iran, its most feared security force is lying in wait  —  Thousands of people poured into the streets of Mahsa Amini's hometown Wednesday and marched to her grave.  Iranian security forces responded — as they have throughout the course of the nationwide protests inspired by her death — with violence and arrests.
 
 
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Kelly Weill / The Daily Beast:
MAGA Conspiracy Tours Plagued With ‘Grifter’ Allegations
Discussion: Raw Story
Reuters:
Abandoned Russian base holds secrets of retreat in Ukraine
Discussion: Breitbart and Balloon Juice
Miami Herald:
GOP canvasser didn't say brutal beating was political until after Rubio tweet, cops say
Caroline Downey / National Review:
Alito Warns That Dobbs Leak Made Conservative Justices Assassination Targets
Michael Luciano / Mediaite:
Marjorie Taylor Greene Vows Revenge on Companies That Stopped Donating to GOP Election Deniers: ‘Not Going to Be Forgotten’
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