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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 …
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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.
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Raw Story and Political Wire
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.
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New York Times
Rolling Stone:
Dr. Oz's Campaign Is Stocked With Jan. 6ers — The Republican has kept his distance from the “stolen election” lie while running for Senate, but records obtained by Rolling Stone reveal some of his staffers have embraced it wholeheartedly — and even attended the Jan. 6 rally to overturn the election
Politico:
Senate control could go either way despite Republican momentum
Senate control could go either way despite Republican momentum
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The Michigan Daily, New York Times and Breitbart
Shane Goldmacher / New York Times:
The Battle for Blue-Collar White Voters Raging in Biden's Birthplace
The Battle for Blue-Collar White Voters Raging in Biden's Birthplace
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CNN and The Daily Caller
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 …
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Brett Samuels / The Hill:
Trump: Attack on Paul Pelosi a ‘terrible thing’ — Former President Donald Trump in an interview Sunday called the attack on Speaker Nancy Pelosi's (D-Calif.) husband in their San Francisco home a “terrible thing” as he railed against crime in Democrat-led cities.
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CBS News:
Suspect in Paul Pelosi attack had list of targets, law enforcement sources say
Suspect in Paul Pelosi attack had list of targets, law enforcement sources say
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Jay Caspian Kang / New Yorker:
The Futile Race to Label Paul Pelosi's Attacker
The Futile Race to Label Paul Pelosi's Attacker
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MSNBC, DNyuz and The Gateway Pundit
Isaac Stanley-Becker / Washington Post:
Elon Musk, right-wing figures push misinformation about Pelosi attack
Elon Musk, right-wing figures push misinformation about Pelosi attack
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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.
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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 …
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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
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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.
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Washington Post:
Election denier Mark Finchem's sleeper campaign closes in on MAGA prize
Election denier Mark Finchem's sleeper campaign closes in on MAGA prize
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NBC News, Raw Story, Election Law Blog and Insider
Francis Wilkinson / Bloomberg.com:
In Pennsylvania, the Big Lie Is Spreading Its Roots
In Pennsylvania, the Big Lie Is Spreading Its Roots
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HuffPost
Mike Allen / Axios:
First look: Mike Pence's new book reveals key moment before Jan. 6 — In former Vice President Mike Pence's “So Help Me God” — out Nov. 15 — he describes a scene in November 2020, just after the election, when he and former President Trump met in the Oval Office to review legal challenges with the campaign's lawyers.
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Washington Examiner, The Hill and Raw Story
Shelby Talcott / Semafor:
Republican donors are being forced into an agonizing choice between Trump and DeSantis — Shelby is a Political Reporter for Semafor, joining us from the Daily Caller. Morgan is a Political and National Security Reporter for Semafor, joining us from The Hill.
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Raw Story
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Luis Ferré-Sadurní / New York Times:
Clinton, Obama and DeSantis Lend Star Power to Tight N.Y. Races
Clinton, Obama and DeSantis Lend Star Power to Tight N.Y. Races
Lawrence Mower / Tampa Bay Times:
After voter fraud arrests, Florida issues new forms that could bolster future cases — “This is just going to make future prosecutions easier for the state,” an attorney said. “I think it's horrifying.” — TALLAHASSEE — A week after Gov. Ron DeSantis announced the arrests of 20 people …
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Raw Story
David Folkenflik / NPR:
Right-wing “zombie” papers attack Illinois Democrats ahead of elections — Since late summer, many Illinois residents have been receiving newspapers that they haven't paid for or, in many cases, even heard of. — Each paper bears a clear-cut tagline: Real data, real news.
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 …
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Los Angeles Times and Raw Story
Nora Mishanec / San Francisco Chronicle:
Ex-girlfriend of suspect in Paul Pelosi attack says he struggled with mental illness, drugs, believed he was ‘Jesus for a year’ — The imprisoned longtime partner of David DePape, the suspect in the attack on U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's husband, Paul, said Sunday that mental illness …
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