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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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Annie Linskey / Washington Post:
Democrats scramble into defensive posture in final stage of midterms
Democrats scramble into defensive posture in final stage of midterms
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Matt Mathias / WJET/WFXP/YourErie.com:
Fetterman, Oz face off in Senate debate; energy, crime, abortion among issues discussed
Fetterman, Oz face off in Senate debate; energy, crime, abortion among issues discussed
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NBC News:
Fetterman's debate performance has Democrats on edge in crucial Pennsylvania Senate race
Fetterman's debate performance has Democrats on edge in crucial Pennsylvania Senate race
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Politico:
Fetterman's debate performance prompts Democratic handwringing
Fetterman's debate performance prompts Democratic handwringing
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Noah Rothman / Commentary Magazine:
The Reputations Ruined by the Pennsylvania Senate Debate
The Reputations Ruined by the Pennsylvania Senate Debate
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Alex Isenstadt / Politico:
GOP governor candidates call in Youngkin for help in tough campaigns
GOP governor candidates call in Youngkin for help in tough campaigns
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Karen Tumulty / Washington Post:
Fetterman's struggles may still strike a chord with voters
Fetterman's struggles may still strike a chord with voters
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Mark Pazniokas / CT Mirror:
New poll gives GOP challenger George Logan slight edge over Jahana Hayes in 5th District — Republican George Logan has a one-point lead over U.S. Rep. Jahana Hayes, D-5th District, in the first public poll in Connecticut's nationally watched congressional contest. — CT's 5th District Race
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Harvard University:
FALL 2022 POLL — A national poll released today by the Institute of Politics at Harvard Kennedy School indicates that 40% of 18-to-29-year-olds state that they will “definitely” vote in the November 8 midterm elections, on track to match or potentially exceed the record-breaking 2018 youth turnout in a midterm election.
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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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Abha Bhattarai / Washington Post:
U.S. economy grows in third quarter, reversing a six-month slump — Latest GDP report shows the economy expanded at an annual rate of 2.6%, even though many signs point to slowdown — The U.S. economy grew at an annual rate of 2.6 percent in the third quarter, marking its first increase …
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Sarah Chaney Cambon / Wall Street Journal:
U.S. GDP Grew 2.6% in Third Quarter — While key segments remained resilient, economists are worried about a possible recession — Mortgages, Cars and Credit Cards: How Interest-Rate Hikes Are Hitting Americans' Wallets — Created with sketchtool. … 1x
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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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Colleen Long / Associated Press:
Election Day is Nov. 8, but legal challenges already begin
Election Day is Nov. 8, but legal challenges already begin
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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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Jessica Taylor / Cook Political Report:
Arizona Senate Shifts Back To Toss Up — As the overall environment continues to improve in the Republicans' direction, the closer we get to Election Day, just 12 days out, we are shifting another race rating in the GOP's direction. A month after we initially moved Arizona Sen. Mark Kelly …
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IEA:
World Energy Outlook 2022 — With the world in the midst of the first global energy crisis - triggered by Russia's invasion of Ukraine - the World Energy Outlook 2022 (WEO) provides indispensable analysis and insights on the implications of this profound and ongoing shock to energy systems across the globe.
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Brad Plumer / New York Times:
War in Ukraine Likely to Speed, Not Slow, Shift to Clean Energy, I.E.A. Says
War in Ukraine Likely to Speed, Not Slow, Shift to Clean Energy, I.E.A. Says
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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.
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Grant Stern / The Dworkin Report:
Author reveals how GOP became toxic from the rise of Gingrich to Trump — Share now: — — Princeton political history Professor and CNN Commentator Julian Zelizer returns to the Dworkin Report to discuss his book, Burning Down the House: Newt Gingrich, the Fall of a Speaker …
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.
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.
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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
Twitter Addict Ron Klain Violated Hatch Act, Special Counsel Finds
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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.
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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.
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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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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.
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John Podhoretz / Commentary Magazine:
Lucianne Goldberg, 1935-2022 — Lucianne Goldberg was—she owned the term proudly—a broad. A grand broad—big, blowsy, sexy, and up for a good time from morning till night. She was the first and the last person I ever knew to spend her days inserting cigarettes into a cigarette holder …
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 …
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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 …
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