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9:30 AM ET, October 31, 2022

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New York Times:
Senate Control Hinges on Neck-and-Neck Races, Times/Siena Poll Finds  —  The contests are close in Arizona, Georgia, Nevada and Pennsylvania.  Many voters want Republicans to flip the Senate, but prefer the Democrat in their state.  —  Control of the Senate rests on a knife's edge …
Discussion: Bloomberg, Opinion Today and DNyuz
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Nate Cohn / New York Times:
Times/Siena Polls Show Democrats Slightly Ahead in Key Senate Races  —  Respondents said they preferred Republicans to control the Senate, but individual matchups showed a different story.  —  Eight days before the election, we have our final* midterm surveys: polls of the four states likeliest to determine control of the Senate.
Discussion: Raw Story
Politico:
POLITICO Playbook: The next big precedent SCOTUS is set to overturn  —  Presented by With help from Eli Okun and Garrett Ross  —  DRIVING THE DAY  —  ALMOST THERE — 8 days left until Election Day. ...  21,174,265 early votes cast as of 4:44 p.m. Sunday, per the United States Elections Project.
Discussion: New York Times
Shane Goldmacher / New York Times:
The Battle for Blue-Collar White Voters Raging in Biden's Birthplace  —  Among white working-class voters in places like northeast Pennsylvania, the Democratic Party has both the furthest to fall and the most to gain.  —  SCRANTON, Pa. — The fate of the Democratic Party in northeastern Pennsylvania lies …
Discussion: CNN and The Daily Caller
Politico:
Senate control could go either way despite Republican momentum  —  PHILADELPHIA — Democrats' hopes of holding onto the Senate and perhaps even bolstering their majority — which rose this summer after the national right to an abortion was eliminated and support for the party surged …
Discussion: New York Times and Breitbart
Ally Mutnick / Politico:
The Michigan race testing the limits of a GOP wave
Discussion: Reason
Hannah Knowles / Washington Post:   Democrats attack GOP over entitlements, with abortion leaving some unmoved
Andrew Solender / Axios:   GOP reaches deeper into Biden-land
Michael M. Grynbaum / New York Times:
TV Prepares for a Chaotic Midterm Night
Discussion: Political Wire
Alex Heath / The Verge:
Twitter is planning to start charging $20 per month for verification … Now that he owns Twitter, Elon Musk has given employees their first ultimatum: Meet his deadline to introduce paid verification on Twitter or pack up and leave.  —  The directive is to change Twitter Blue …
New York Times:
Pelosi, Vilified by Republicans for Years, Is a Top Target of Threats  —  The attack on the husband of Speaker Nancy Pelosi, which appeared to target her, came after more than a decade of Republican efforts to demonize and dehumanize the most powerful woman in Washington.
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Isaac Stanley-Becker / Washington Post:
Elon Musk, right-wing figures push misinformation about Pelosi attack  —  Twitter's new owner sowed doubt about law enforcement's account as suggestions of a ‘false flag’ flooded social media sites  —  An online forum devoted to former White House adviser Stephen K. Bannon's right-wing radio show alerted …
Jay Caspian Kang / New Yorker:
The Futile Race to Label Paul Pelosi's Attacker
Max Boot / Washington Post:
Don't blame ‘both sides.’ The right is driving political violence.
Mark Moore / New York Post:
Paul Pelosi's alleged attacker David DePape had been ‘mentally ill for a long time,’ ex claims
Neil Vigdor / New York Times:
Barack Obama Lamented the Attack on Paul Pelosi. Then He Got Heckled.
Jack Nicas / Reuters:
Lula's victory likely means big changes for Brazil, though his specific plans are vague.  —  Maria Magdalena Arréllaga for The New York Times  —  Maria Magdalena Arrellaga for The New York Times  —  Victor Venco Moriyama for the New York Times  —  Maria Magdalena Arrellaga for The New York Times
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CNN:
Brazil's Bolsonaro loses bid for second term in fiercely contested presidential vote  —  Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva is set to become the next president of Brazil, after defeating his rightwing rival, incumbent Jair Bolsonaro, by a razor-thin margin.  —  The leftist former leader …
Matthew Kassel / Jewish Insider:
Laxalt campaign paid thousands to political operative linked to Twitter account that denigrated Jews, women  —  A Twitter account connected to former Laxalt staffer Michael Pecjak has compared abortion to the Holocaust and claimed that “Jews are not a religious sect and are a cult,” among other comments
Discussion: Axios
Scott Pelley / CBS News:
Belief in the Ballot: Republicans in Arizona running on claims of election fraud  —  It's the vote that holds America together—belief that with a ballot voices are heard, disputes are addressed and there's always another chance.  Countries without this belief tend to be in bondage or at war.
Discussion: The Hill, HuffPost and Axios
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Francis Wilkinson / Bloomberg.com:
In Pennsylvania, the Big Lie Is Spreading Its Roots
Discussion: HuffPost
NBC News:
Biden lost temper with Zelenskyy in June phone call when Ukrainian leader asked for more aid  —  It's become routine since Russia invaded Ukraine: President Joe Biden and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy speak by phone whenever the U.S. announces a new package of military assistance for Kyiv.
Discussion: Politico and New York Post
Katelyn Polantz / CNN:
January 6 committee obtains eight emails showing possible planning of post-election crime  —  The House select committee investigating the January 6, 2021, attack on the US Capitol has obtained eight emails from late 2020 that a judge determined show Donald Trump and his lawyers planning …
Discussion: Los Angeles Times and Raw Story
Burgess Everett / Politico:
Ambitious GOP senators dive into midterms while Trump weighs his 2024 plans  —  Tom Cotton likens it to a faraway target at the shooting range.  Tim Scott says any talk of it is premature.  Ted Cruz allows that it's in the back of his mind.  —  Whether Republican senators demur or not …
Discussion: Raw Story
Ryan Boetel / Albuquerque Journal:
Journal Poll: Democrat has edge in race for US House seat  —  It's a neck-and-neck race to represent southern New Mexico and parts of Albuquerque as Election Day approaches.  —  A Journal poll found that Democratic challenger Gabe Vasquez has a slight edge over Rep. Yvette Herrell, R-N.M., as the race enters the home stretch.
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Dan Boyd / Albuquerque Journal:   Journal Poll: Lujan Grisham maintains 8-point lead over Ronchetti
Christopher Cadelago / Politico:
Democrats turn to Obama to rescue them from a midterm shellacking  —  Barack Obama joked at a campaign rally in Milwaukee over the weekend that the state's Democratic governor — Tony Evers, the bespectacled one-time science teacher mired in a neck-and-neck race for a second term — had “more of a Clark Kent” than a Superman vibe.
Discussion: Mother Jones and PoliticusUSA
 
 
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John Tierney / City Journal:
On Second Thought, Just Throw Plastic Away
Discussion: Cafe Hayek and Instapundit
Asher Notheis / Washington Examiner:
AOC says US is facing ‘environment of fascism’ ahead of midterm elections
David Folkenflik / NPR:
Right-wing “zombie” papers attack Illinois Democrats ahead of elections
Washington Post:
Historically diverse Supreme Court hears disproportionately from White lawyers
Discussion: Washington Monthly
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Clinton, Obama and DeSantis Lend Star Power to Tight N.Y. Races
Associated Press:
White House invites dozens of nations for ransomware summit
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A former employee's complaint prompts Republican calls to investigate The China Project, an American news company
 Earlier Items: 
Sam Baker / Axios:
Affirmative action is at death's door at the Supreme Court
Dan Friedman / Mother Jones:
Russians Used a US Firm to Funnel Funds to GOP in 2018. Dems Say the FEC Let Them Get Away With It.
Riham Alkousaa / Reuters:
EU examines classifying Iran Revolutionary Guards as terrorists - Germany
Discussion: The Times of Israel and NDTV
Steve Schmidt / The Warning:
The cynicism of the American political media
Miami Herald:
‘They want to destroy us all’: GOP canvasser beaten in Hialeah makes fiery speech
Discussion: Florida Politics
 

 
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