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Shane Goldmacher / New York Times:
Libertarian Candidate Drops Out of Arizona Senate Race and Endorses Masters — “This is another major boost of momentum as we consolidate our support,” Blake Masters said. — The Libertarian candidate running for Senate in Arizona — who had threatened to play spoiler in the closely watched race …
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Joshua Jamerson / Wall Street Journal:
GOP Prospects Rise Amid Economic Pessimism, WSJ Poll Finds — Survey shows Republicans with an edge in voting enthusiasm; inflation overshadows abortion as a key issue — Voters are giving Republicans a late boost in support just ahead of the midterm elections, as pessimism about the economy …
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National Review, RedState, Power Line and Breitbart
The Phillips Academy Poll:
Arizona decides: Kelly and Masters locked in tight battle, Kari Lake dominates Hobbs — Arizona is heating up, and we're not just talking about temperature. Arizona Democrats are trying to preserve their seat, currently held by Mark Kelly, while the GOP hopes to gain a majority in the Senate.
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Bloomberg, Fox News, Washington Times, OH Predictive Insights, Just The News, NewsNation, Breitbart, The Gateway Pundit, Insider and The Hill
Camille Mumford / Emerson Polling:
Colorado 2022: Senate Race Tightens but Bennet Maintains Lead; Polis Holds 14-Point Lead Over Ganahl — Home Polls Colorado 2022: Senate Race Tightens but Bennet Maintains Lead; Polis Holds 14-Point Lead Over Ganahl — The latest Emerson College Polling/The Hill survey …
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The Hill, Washington Times, Colorado Newsline and Insider
Bloomberg:
Twitter Limits Content-Enforcement Tools as US Election Looms — Twitter Inc., the social network being overhauled by new owner Elon Musk, has frozen some employee access to internal tools used for content moderation and other policy enforcement, curbing the staff's ability to clamp down on misinformation ahead of a major US election.
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Yair Rosenberg / The Atlantic:
Elon Musk Is No Aberration
Elon Musk Is No Aberration
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NPR, The National Interest and The Hollywood Reporter
Rebecca Kern / Politico:
Musk's Twitter: ‘This is exactly what many of us were worried about’
Musk's Twitter: ‘This is exactly what many of us were worried about’
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Reason, The Guardian, The Atlantic, NPR, American Enterprise Institute, Politico, CNN, UPI and KTLA
Lawrence Hurley / NBC News:
Chief Justice Roberts temporarily blocks release of Trump's tax records to House Democrats — Chief Justice John Roberts on Tuesday temporarily blocked a congressional committee from accessing former President Donald Trump's tax records. — Trump, unlike other recent presidents …
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Robert Barnes / Washington Post:
Roberts temporarily delays release of Trump tax records — Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. temporarily halted the release of former president Donald Trump's tax records to a congressional committee, and called for more briefing in the case. — Without the Supreme Court's intervention …
TMZ.com:
Migos Rapper Takeoff Dead at 28, Shot in Houston — 7:11 AM PT — In a new video you can hear Quavo on the phone, presumably with a 911 operator, and he's asking ... “What does she need to do?” A woman on the scene had said she was a nurse and was offering to help Takeoff.
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William Saletan / The Bulwark:
Even the Sane Republicans Are Embracing Election Deniers — Chris Sununu is just the latest to put party before country. — Chris Sununu, the governor of New Hampshire, is one of the saner people in today's Republican party. He concedes that the 2020 election was free and fair.
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CNN:
Biden hopes to use Florida's ‘extreme MAGA Republicans’ as foils for his closing midterm pitch — When President Joe Biden rallies Democrats in Florida on Tuesday for a final-stretch campaign stop, he will finally land in the state his advisers have long eyed as the ideal backdrop for his warnings against “mega-MAGA” Republicans.
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Associated Press, Florida's Voice, Balloon Juice, Raw Story, Florida Politics, Issues & Insights and New York Post
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J. Miles Coleman / Sabato's Crystal Ball:
The Governors: Georgia, Florida Move Further Toward Republicans
The Governors: Georgia, Florida Move Further Toward Republicans
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The Hill, CNN, Jezebel, The Daily Caller, Insider and New York Magazine
Brett Samuels / The Hill:
Biden to use Florida trip to warn of GOP threat to Social Security and Medicare
Biden to use Florida trip to warn of GOP threat to Social Security and Medicare
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PolitiFact, The Daily Caller and The Federalist
Lora Kolodny / CNBC:
Elon Musk has pulled more than 50 Tesla employees into his Twitter takeover — Tesla CEO Elon Musk, now sole director and CEO of Twitter, is asking employees of the social network to redesign their subscription and verification systems within one week. — Musk has authorized dozens …
Slate:
The Supreme Court Has No Reason to End Affirmative Action. They're Doing It Anyway. — Oral arguments in a pair of much-anticipated cases about the future of affirmative action sprawled over almost six hours on Monday, yet the outcome was obvious within the first 30 minutes …
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Kylie Atwood / CNN:
Iran is preparing to send additional weapons including ballistic missiles to Russia to use in Ukraine, western officials say — Iran is preparing to send approximately 1,000 additional weapons, including surface-to-surface short range ballistic missiles and more attack drones …
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Rachel's Rants, Al Jazeera and World Socialist Web Site
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Barak Ravid / Axios:
U.S. “not going to waste time” on Iran deal right now, official says
U.S. “not going to waste time” on Iran deal right now, official says
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CNN and The Times of Israel
Doug Heye / Washington Post:
I helped run the ‘Fire Pelosi’ effort. Our toxic politics goes too far. — Doug Heye is a former communications director of the Republican National Committee and founder of communications firm Douglas Media. — As communications director for the Republican National Committee in the 2010 election cycle …
Washington Post:
Mehmet Oz's medical research was rejected in 2003, resulting in 2-year ban — At issue were questions about the strength of the data used by Oz to reach an important medical conclusion, according to several of those who recalled the events — In May 2003, Mehmet Oz was the senior author …
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Raw Story
Patrick Kingsley / New York Times:
Early Turnout Appears to Be Highest in 23 Years … Here's what's at stake as Israelis cast their ballots. — As Israelis vote on Tuesday in their fifth parliamentary election in less than four years, former Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is hoping to return to power, but polls are predicting another deadlock.
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New York Times:
Republicans Continue to Spread Baseless Claims About Pelosi Attack — Some of the conspiracy theories have already seeped into the Republican mainstream. — Donald Trump Jr., the former president's son, continues to post jokes about it. — Dinesh D'Souza, the creator of a discredited film …
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PolitiFact, The Post Millennial, Althouse and The 19th
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Andrew Lapin / Jewish Telegraphic Agency:
An evangelical GOP House candidate in Texas wrote a novel about Anne Frank finding Jesus — (JTA) — The Republican nominee for Congress in Texas' 7th district is a self-proclaimed history buff, but his take on Anne Frank is not one that most historians would endorse.
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Talking Points Memo, No More Mister Nice Blog and Raw Story
Megan Brenan / Gallup:
Americans' Thought, Enthusiasm About Midterms Down From 2018 — WASHINGTON, D.C. — The 49% of Americans who say they have given “quite a lot” of thought to this year's congressional elections is essentially unchanged from the previous reading in June. In addition, 2% volunteer …
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The Hill
Judd Legum / Popular Information:
DeSantis' voter fraud arrests unravel — In August, Florida Governor Ron DeSantis (R) held a “campaign-style event” and announced that 20 people had been arrested “for breaking Florida's elections laws.” In a press release, DeSantis' office set aside the presumption of innocence, branding the group “election criminals.”
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Raw Story and Tampa Bay Times
Tressie McMillan Cottom / New York Times:
Trevor Noah, Samantha Bee, and the Future of Liberal Late Night T.V. — Trevor Noah recently surprised fans (and, according to some accounts, also Comedy Central management) when he announced plans to leave “The Daily Show.” His departure is one of many notable personnel changes in late-night television …
Emily Oster / The Atlantic:
Let's Declare a Pandemic Amnesty — In April 2020, with nothing else to do, my family took an enormous number of hikes. We all wore cloth masks that I had made myself. We had a family hand signal, which the person in the front would use if someone was approaching on the trail and we needed to put on our masks.
Zoë Richards / NBC News:
Arizona GOP nominee Kari Lake mocks attack on Paul Pelosi at campaign event — The remark by the candidate for governor drew laughter from the crowd. The House speaker's husband remains in intensive care. — The Republican nominee for governor of Arizona, Kari Lake …
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Washington Examiner, Raw Story, Virginian-Pilot, HuffPost, Mediaite, The Hill and CNN
New York Times:
Judge Blocks a Merger of Penguin Random House and Simon & Schuster — The government's case blocked the merger of two of the United States' largest publishers and reflected a more aggressive approach to curbing consolidation. It was closely watched by the publishing industry.
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Washington Post:
MAGA porn, hate for Trump: China-based accounts stoke division — A fake China-based account called MAGA ‘Hot Babe’ was among nearly 2,000 that sought to influence America's midterms and were removed by Twitter — Twitter has disrupted three China-based operations that were covertly trying …
Jessica Huseman / Votebeat Texas:
Two leaders of True the Vote jailed by federal judge for contempt of court — Catherine Engelbrecht and Gregg Phillips were escorted away after refusing to disclose the name of a mystery man who supposedly helped them investigate election software company Konnech.
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Dan Merica / CNN:
Fetterman on debate: ‘I thought it was important that I show up’ — Pennsylvania Democratic Senate hopeful John Fetterman anticipated that his debate against Republican Mehmet Oz “wasn't going to be easy” following a stroke earlier this year but “thought it was important that I show up,” …
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USA Today, Washington Examiner, Mediaite, Raw Story, New York Times and Wall Street Journal
Greg B. Smith / All:
Judge Who Put Harvey Weinstein Away Denied Reappointment by Mayor Adams' Advisory Panel — During the trial, Judge James Burke enraged a Weinstein defense attorney, who also happens to be a close friend of Frank Carone, Adams' chief of staff. — The veteran Manhattan judge …
Paige Williams / New Yorker:
The Right-Wing Mothers Fuelling the School-Board Wars — Moms for Liberty claims that teachers are indoctrinating students with dangerous ideologies. But is the group's aim protecting kids—or scaring parents? … In August, 2020, Williamson County Schools, which serves …