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John Ganz / Unpopular Front:
Small-D Delusional — Why Can't We Just Say What's True? — Yesterday, centrist pundit Josh Barro put out a newsletter entitled “The Problem With ‘Pro-Democracy’ Rhetoric,” which was enthusiastically greeted by right-wing New York Times columnist Ross Douthat, who tweeted out “Yes, yes …
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Washington Post:
Biden warns GOP could set nation on ‘path to chaos’ as democratic system faces strain — The president delivered his warning in the shadow of the U.S. Capitol and just days after Paul Pelosi, husband of the speaker, was attacked — Signs of strain in the nation's democratic system mounted Wednesday …
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Washington Post:
Obama heckled in Phoenix, slams toxic politics: 'Everybody's yelling'
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New York Times:
Biden Seeks to Put Democracy Front and Center
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Stanley B. Greenberg / American Prospect:
How Democrats Mishandled Crime — The most effective issue for Republicans in this midterm is a result of Democratic elites failing to understand what their diverse base of working-class voters wants. — Culpeper County sheriff's deputies are seen at an early-vote rally for Yesli Vega …
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Washington Examiner, Slow Boring, The Daily Wire and Sacramento Bee
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Tim Alberta / The Atlantic:
Why Democrats Are Losing Hispanic Voters — Have you ever met someone who's watching their life's work—their very legacy—fall apart in front of their eyes? I'm talking to two of them right now. — Earl and Mary Rose Wilcox spent the morning juggling plates of chorizo and shouting orders in Spanish toward the kitchen behind them.
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New York Times, The Liberal Patriot and The Daily Caller
Jim Geraghty / National Review:
Who Failed Paul Pelosi? — On the menu today: Last night, President Biden offered this closing message: In order to preserve your right to vote for the candidate of your choice, you have no other option but to vote for the candidate of his choice. Biden's speech began by focusing …
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Maria Sacchetti / Washington Post:
Immigration officials confirm alleged Pelosi attacker was in the U.S. illegally
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Ken Meyer / Mediaite:
Brian Kilmeade Mocks Biden's Democracy Speech: 'Where's Nancy Is Nothing Perilous' — That's What a FedEx Guy Asks!
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Vivian Salama / Wall Street Journal:
Republican Opposition to Helping Ukraine Grows, WSJ Poll Finds — Parties are split over whether to provide Kyiv more aid as it faces prolonged war with Russia — WASHINGTON—The majority of Americans support continuing aid to Ukraine in what will likely be a prolonged war with Russia …
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PolitiFact, New York Times, The Hill and Axios
Ankush Khardori / New York Magazine:
The Secret Court Battle That Threatens Trump After Election Day — Prosecutors are obtaining potentially crucial testimony about January 6. — As the midterm campaigns draw to a close, so too may an informal détente between Donald Trump and federal prosecutors since the search of Mar-a-Lago in August.
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Wall Street Journal:
Trump Aide, Granted Immunity, Set to Testify at Grand Jury Probing Mar-a-Lago Documents — Kash Patel, who has said Trump declassified documents as president, previously declined to testify, citing right against self-incrimination — WASHINGTON—Kash Patel, a close associate …
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Sophia Saifi / CNN:
Former Prime Minister Imran Khan shot in foot in reported assassination attempt in Pakistan — Video shows rally where Imran Khan was shot Video shows crowd doing what appears to be Nazi salute to Brazilian anthem Cleaning up one of the world's most polluted waterways Restoring Hong Kong's oyster reefs …
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BBC:
Imran Khan: Pakistan ex-prime minister wounded at protest march — Pakistan's ousted Prime Minister, Imran Khan, has survived a gun attack on his convoy while holding a protest march in the eastern city of Wazirabad. — He was injured in the leg and four other people were also hurt …
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Politico:
GOP finally off the mat: 'We're going to get the Senate' — Senate Republicans are in their best position in months to net the one seat they need to flip control of the chamber next year — on the eve of the midterms, no less. — Claiming even that one needed seat looked like a Herculean task …
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Gabriel Sherman / Vanity Fair:
GOP Insiders Are Starting to Doubt Ron DeSantis Would Actually Take On Trump
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Julia Terruso / The Philadelphia Inquirer:
What effect did the Oz-Fetterman debate have on the Senate race? Here's what three new polls show — For all the attention last week's debate between John Fetterman and Mehmet Oz received, the race appears virtually unchanged — and extremely close — in its aftermath.Separate polls …
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New York Times:
North Korea Fires 6 More Missiles Toward Japan, Including an ICBM — A day after launching nearly two dozen missiles, the North fired more. One was an intercontinental ballistic missile, but that test apparently failed, an official said. — SEOUL — A day after firing at least 23 missiles …
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Associated Press:
North Korea keeps up its missile barrage with launch of ICBM
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Bloomberg:
Musk Plans to Eliminate Half of Twitter Jobs to Cut Costs — Elon Musk plans to eliminate about 3,700 jobs at Twitter Inc., or half of the social media company's workforce, in a bid to drive down costs following his $44 billion acquisition, according to people with knowledge of the matter.
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Olivia Rubin / ABC News:
‘Hand-to-hand combat with the Left’: Recordings show Trump-funded lawyer Cleta Mitchell readying for midterm elections — Mitchell participated in a meeting of “election integrity” groups this fall. — Cleta Mitchell speaks at the Pennsylvania Leadership Conference in Camp Hill, Pa., April 1, 2022.
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Reuters:
In the hunt for voter fraud, Republican door knockers are intimidating residents: officials — The canvassers in California's Shasta County in September wore reflective orange vests and official-looking badges that read “Voter Taskforce.” Four residents said they mistook them for government officials.
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iaea.org:
IAEA Inspectors Complete In-Field Verification Activities at Three Ukraine locations, No Indications of Undeclared Nuclear Activities and Materials — Inspectors of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) have completed their in-field verification activities at three locations in Ukraine …
Molly Jong-Fast / Vanity Fair:
We're Witnessing the Post-Truth Midterms — This cycle has been awash in lies—about everything from the last election to litter boxes to the assault on Paul Pelosi—and an Elon-owned Twitter could further fuel the right's alternate reality. — On Friday, in the middle of the night …
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MSNBC:
Biden issued one final warning on democracy amid political violence: WH — White House Chief of Staff Ron Klain discusses President Biden's Wednesday primetime speech on the midterms as a defining moment for democracy.
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CREW:
CREW to pursue disqualification if Trump runs — Should Donald Trump seek reelection to the presidency or any other office, Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington will pursue his disqualification under the Fourteenth Amendment for engaging in the January 6th insurrection.
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Roxanne Roberts / Washington Post:
The British ambassador brings her unique style to Washington — Dame Karen Pierce, the first female envoy from the United Kingdom, makes a colorful splash on Embassy Row: ‘Diplomacy is a contact sport’ — Last month's Meridian Ball was a playful, black-tie take on a county fair …
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Peter Savodnik / Common Sense:
The Hollywood Power Brokers Mugged by Reality — L.A.'s mayoral race pits a black congresswoman endorsed by Obama against a billionaire developer. “I can't tell you the number of people who tell me, 'I'm voting for him, but I'm not telling anyone.” — “This is like a breaking point,” …
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NHTSA:
Consumer Alert: Fiat Chrysler Automobiles Issues “Do Not Drive” Warning; Automaker Reports More Fatalities and Injuries — More people killed by exploding Takata air bags; check and repair for FREE Takata recalls now — Fiat Chrysler Automobiles issued a “Do Not Drive” …
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ProPublica:
They Were Trying to Help Run Elections. Then They Got Criminally Investigated. — Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton hasn't just been pursuing supposed voter fraud. His office has also criminally investigated at least 10 election workers, in a harbinger of potential post-midterm turmoil.
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