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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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PoliticusUSA, Mother Jones and The Hill
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Rasmussen Reports:
Republicans Kemp, Walker Lead in Key Georgia Races
Republicans Kemp, Walker Lead in Key Georgia Races
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The Daily Caller, Breitbart, The Gateway Pundit and Power Line
Politico:
‘Going to be ugly’: All signs point to Republican landslide in Florida
‘Going to be ugly’: All signs point to Republican landslide in Florida
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Raw Story, The Gateway Pundit, The Daily Caller and Tallahassee Democrat
Hannah Gaskill / Baltimore Sun:
Inflation, economic outlook, abortion motivating Marylanders to vote, despite lopsided races at the top, poll shows
Inflation, economic outlook, abortion motivating Marylanders to vote, despite lopsided races at the top, poll shows
Mark Pazniokas / CT Mirror:
New poll gives GOP challenger George Logan slight edge over Jahana Hayes in 5th District
New poll gives GOP challenger George Logan slight edge over Jahana Hayes in 5th District
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Emerson Polling, Associated Press and The Hill
John Wagner / Washington Post:
Head of Republican Party mocks speaking abilities of Fetterman, Biden — Republican National Committee Chairwoman Ronna McDaniel on Thursday mocked the speaking abilities of Lt. Gov. John Fetterman, the Pennsylvania Democratic Senate candidate who is recovering from a stroke, and President Biden, who grew up with a stutter.
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The Hill, The Daily Wire, Breitbart, BizPac Review, IJR, The Daily Caller, CNN, The Federalist, RedState, Raw Story, Just The News and Politico
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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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NBC News, Washington Times, Fox News, The Daily Beast, Forbes, The Gateway Pundit, The Hill and CNN
Kevin Robillard / HuffPost:
Even Off The Ballot, Kyrsten Sinema Looms Large In Arizona
Even Off The Ballot, Kyrsten Sinema Looms Large In Arizona
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The Gateway Pundit, The Copper Courier, Politico, Political Wire, Breitbart, The Daily Caller and Washington Examiner
Chloe Melas / CNN:
Kanye West has a disturbing history of admiring Hitler, sources tell CNN — Several people who were once close to the artist formerly known as Kanye West told CNN that he has long been fascinated by Adolf Hitler — and once wanted to name an album after the Nazi leader.
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The Times of Israel, The Atlantic, New York Post, Insider, Page Six, Substack, Lawyers, Guns & Money, Raw Story, Hollywood Unlocked, Boing Boing, CBS News and Political Wire
CNN:
First on CNN: January 6 committee moves forward with Secret Service interviews — The House Select Committee investigating the January 6, 2021, attack on the US Capitol is wrapping up its review of more than a million pages of Secret Service documents and plans to bring in top agents …
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The Hill, CBS News, Raw Story and Political Wire
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Noah Bookbinder / Just Security:
The January 6th Hearings: Criminal Evidence Tracker - Trump Subpoena Edition — The January 6th Select Committee's public hearings have now culminated in a subpoena to former President Donald Trump. It is historic: although current and former presidents have been subpoenaed before …
Erik Wemple / Washington Post:
James Bennet was right — Controversy over an op-ed by Sen. Tom Cotton (R-Ark.) consumed the New York Times in June 2020 and claimed the job of then-editorial page editor James Bennet. Two-and-a-half years later, Bennet has shared some thoughts about the episode — and, in particular, the role of Times Publisher A.G. Sulzberger.
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Alan Feuer / New York Times:
Man Who Dragged Officer Into Jan. 6 Mob Is Sentenced to 90 Months — The sentence for the defendant, Albuquerque Cosper Head, was one of the most severe penalties handed down so far in the Justice Department's investigation of the Capitol attack. — A Tennessee man was sentenced on Thursday …
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Washington Post, Politico, Wall Street Journal, ABC News, The Hill, CNN, Mediaite, CBS News, NBC News, UPI, Law & Crime, Insider and Raw Story
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Michael Kunzelman / Associated Press:
Man who dragged officer into mob gets over 7 years in prison
Man who dragged officer into mob gets over 7 years in prison
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Mother Jones and The Guardian
Josborne / Hollywood Unlocked:
HUEXCLUSIVE: Families Are Wondering How To Get Their Tuition Back After Donda Academy Closes For The Remainder Of The School Year — Parents are concerned about tuition refunds after Donda Academy issued out an email, letting them know that “effective immediately” the school will be closed!
Christine Chung / New York Times:
Climate Protester Glues His Head to ‘Girl With a Pearl Earring’ Painting — The artwork by Johannes Vermeer, exhibited in The Hague, was the latest artwork to be targeted by protesters concerned about climate change. One person glued his head to the painting and another glued his hand to the wall.
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Reuters, Fortune, New York Post, Raw Story, Forbes, The Art Newspaper, Metro.co.uk, The Gateway Pundit, CBS News, Washington Examiner, Politico, Political Wire and NPR
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Robinson Meyer / The Atlantic:
The Climate Art Vandals Are Embarrassing
The Climate Art Vandals Are Embarrassing
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New York Times and nltimes.nl
CNN:
Trump lawyers and DOJ met in sealed court hearing related to Mar-a-Lago investigation Thursday — Watch members of Trump's legal team enter closed-door hearing — Haberman reveals what info he could give prosecutors — Police investigate break-in at office of candidate for Arizona governor Hear …
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Wall Street Journal, New York Times, The American Independent, Raw Story and Washington Times
David Wallace-Wells / New York Times:
A New Climate Reality Is Coming Into View — You can never really see the future, only imagine it, then try to make sense of the new world when it arrives. — Just a few years ago, climate projections for this century looked quite apocalyptic, with most scientists warning that continuing …
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Bad Crow Review, Washington Post, CBS News, Euractiv, The Daily Caller, Lawyers, Guns & Money, E&E and The Hill
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 …
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National Review and The American Conservative
Todd Spangler / Variety:
New York Post Fires Staffer Who Posted Racist, Violent Messages to Website and Twitter Account … The outlet said an investigation indicated an employee was behind the hack, and that the Post has fired the individual. — In a statement to Variety, a rep for the Post said …
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Corbin Bolies / The Daily Beast:
New York Post Fires Rogue Staffer Who Published Racist and Lewd Fake Headlines
New York Post Fires Rogue Staffer Who Published Racist and Lewd Fake Headlines
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CNBC, Just The News, The Daily Dot, Big League Politics, Jezebel, Insider, Deadline, The Daily Wire, The Hill and Ace of Spades HQ
Anita Gates / New York Times:
Lucianne Goldberg, Who Helped Expose Clinton Affair, Dies at 87 — It was Ms. Goldberg, a literary agent, who suggested that Linda Tripp tape her conversations with Monica Lewinsky. She later fed revelations to the news media. — Lucianne Goldberg, a colorful, conservative literary agent …
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Publishers Weekly, Just The News, Fox News and Political Wire
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Karen Matthews / Associated Press:
Lucianne Goldberg, key figure in Clinton impeachment, dies
Lucianne Goldberg, key figure in Clinton impeachment, dies
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Fox News and The Daily Caller
New York Times:
As Governor's Race Tightens, a Frantic Call to Action Among Democrats — Democrats and their allies are pouring millions of dollars into late-stage ads and get-out-the-vote efforts to help Gov. Kathy Hochul as she fends off her Republican challenger, Lee Zeldin.
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City & State New York, All, New York Post and Politico
Ed Z / Ed Zitron's Where's Your Ed At:
Mark Zuckerberg Is Going To Kill His Company — As someone who bought a Quest back in the day and has mostly thoroughly enjoyed the experience, I can't help but notice that the main reason I stopped using it was Meta's involvement. It soured the experience and made it more fiddly, too.
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Bloomberg, TechCrunch, Reuters, The Daily Wire, CNBC, The Big Picture, KTLA, Metro.co.uk, New Statesman, Fortune, IJR, The Information, The Verge and Breitbart, more at Techmeme »
Associated Press:
Putin Rails Against ‘Western Elites’ in Speech Aimed at U.S. Conservatives … Putin's remarks seem to be aimed at conservatives in the U.S. and Europe. — President Vladimir V. Putin, in a speech seemingly aimed more at winning over political conservatives abroad than his own citizens …
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New York Times, Bloomberg, The Hill, Al Jazeera, UPI, 19FortyFive, Jill Filipovic, Euractiv and The Guardian
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 …
Bloomberg:
Masked Poll Watchers Are Showing Up at Voting Sites With Handguns and Kevlar Vests — Two people armed with handguns and wearing tactical military gear, balaclavas masking their face and the license plates on their cars covered, stood watch over a ballot drop box during early voting last week in Mesa, Arizona.
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Washington Post and Media Matters for America
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Anita Snow / Associated Press:
Judge considers stopping Phoenix ballot drop box watchers
Judge considers stopping Phoenix ballot drop box watchers
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Media Matters for America, NewsNation, HotAir, CNN, Just The News and NPR
CNN:
Michigan GOP gubernatorial nominee invoked conspiracy claiming Democrats sought to ‘topple’ US in retaliation for losing Civil War — The Republican gubernatorial nominee in Michigan invoked a conspiracy that the Covid-19 pandemic and protests in the summer of 2020 after the killing …
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Bridge Michigan and Michigan Advance
Thomas Beaumont / Associated Press:
GOP's Cheney endorsing Michigan Democrat Slotkin in a first — Republican Rep. Liz Cheney is expected to endorse and campaign for Rep. Elissa Slotkin of Michigan, the first time that the critic of former President Donald Trump who lost her GOP primary has crossed party lines to formally support a Democrat.
Kipp Jones / Mediaite:
'Do You Have a Single Friend? You're an Absolute Jerk': CNN Republican LOSES IT on Democratic Strategist — CNN contributor Scott Jennings called former Barack Obama campaign manager Jim Messina “an absolute jerk” on the network Wednesday during a heated exchange over Latino voters.
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Boing Boing, Raw Story, The Daily Beast, HuffPost and IJR
Marcy Wheeler / New Republic:
John Durham's Investigation Has Disclosed Corruption: His Own — In the wake of special counsel John Durham's embarrassing second acquittal earlier this month, Durham's fans—from the Wall Street Journal editorial page to former Attorney General Bill Barr to Donald Trump himself …
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Lawyers, Guns & Money, BizPac Review and The Intercept
Zachary Faria / Washington Examiner:
Associated Press declares that the World Series isn't black enough — Our race-obsessed media outlets are once again complaining about the skin color of athletes while pretending that they are fighting against racism. — The latest racism from establishment media revolves around the World Series …
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Lawyers, Guns & Money, The Root, Associated Press and Breitbart
Zoe Tillman / Bloomberg:
Trump Loses Latest Push to Block Tax Returns From House Panel — A federal appeals court rejected former President Donald Trump's request to reconsider a ruling that his tax returns must be disclosed to a congressional committee. — The order from the US Court of Appeals for the DC Circuit clears …
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CNN, NBC News, CNBC, The Hill, Washington Examiner, Washington Post, Washington Times and Raw Story