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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 …
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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.
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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.
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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 …
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New York Times:
Fetterman's Debate Showing Raises Democratic Anxieties in Senate Battle
Fetterman's Debate Showing Raises Democratic Anxieties in Senate Battle
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Michael Brendan Dougherty / National Review:
From Fetterman to Biden — I still cannot believe what I watched last night in the Pennsylvania Senate debate.
From Fetterman to Biden — I still cannot believe what I watched last night in the Pennsylvania Senate debate.
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John Hendrickson / The Atlantic:
The Fetterman-Oz Debate Was a Rorschach Test
The Fetterman-Oz Debate Was a Rorschach Test
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Katie Glueck / New York Times:
Republicans Target a Top House Democrat as Winds Shift to the Right
Republicans Target a Top House Democrat as Winds Shift to the Right
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George Upper / The Western Journal:
Democrats Panic After Fetterman's ‘Brutal’ Debate Night Turns Out to Be ‘Much Much Worse’ Than Expected
Democrats Panic After Fetterman's ‘Brutal’ Debate Night Turns Out to Be ‘Much Much Worse’ Than Expected
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Aaron Blake / Washington Post:
How the handling of Fetterman's stroke compares with Mark Kirk's in 2016
How the handling of Fetterman's stroke compares with Mark Kirk's in 2016
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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 …
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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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Shannon McCaffrey / Atlanta Journal-Constitution:
Second woman says Herschel Walker pressured her to have abortion
Second woman says Herschel Walker pressured her to have abortion
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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 …
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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
University of Nevada, Reno election poll shows Sisolak and Lombardo in a close race for governor, Cortez Masto leading Laxalt for U.S. Senate
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Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
Kelly, Masters tied in Arizona: progressive poll
Kelly, Masters tied in Arizona: progressive poll
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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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Eric Cortellessa / TIME:
How Kari Lake Went From Local Anchor to New Face of the MAGA Right
How Kari Lake Went From Local Anchor to New Face of the MAGA Right
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David H. Freedman / Newsweek:
Sweet Revenge: What Trump Would Do in a Second Term
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.
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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 …
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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 …
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 …
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Alex Sherman / CNBC:
CNN chief Chris Licht has big ideas, but employees are nervous, and more job cuts are coming — CNN CEO Chris Licht talked to CNBC about why he took the job, why he thinks some coverage of him has been “painfully inaccurate,” and how he's hoping to restore a brand he says has been tarnished.
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Politico:
Trump team receives subpoena from Jan. 6 committee — Attorneys for Donald Trump have accepted service of a subpoena issued by the Jan. 6 select committee demanding documents and testimony from the former president by next month. — A person familiar with the matter confirmed that attorneys …
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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 …
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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.
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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
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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 …
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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 …
Neil MacFarquhar / Associated Press:
Putin Repeats Unsupported ‘Dirty Bomb’ Claim, Fueling Fears of Escalation — 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 …
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Jon Campbell / Gothamist:
Lee Zeldin's ad shows a man's final moments. His family wants it removed. … Go to comments — We rely on your support to make local news available to all — Make your contribution now and help Gothamist thrive in 2022. — Gothamist is funded by sponsors and member donations