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1:30 PM ET, November 3, 2022

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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 …
Discussion: The Hill and National Review
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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 …
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.
Discussion: PoliticusUSA and Just Security
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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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.
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 …
Discussion: PolitiFact, The Hill and Axios
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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  —  The man accused of attacking House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's husband with a hammer is a Canadian citizen who was in the United States illegally and is facing possible deportation after his criminal cases are resolved …
Dan Whitcomb / Reuters:
U.S. Capitol Police to conduct internal review over missed camera images of Pelosi attack
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.
Discussion: Raw Story and Washington Times
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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 …
Max Tani / Semafor:
CNBC is cancelling Shepard Smith's show  —  CNBC is cancelling Shep Smith's show amid a broad network restructuring that president KC Sullivan said will force the business news channel to “make some difficult decisions.”  —  “The News set out on a bold mission of providing non-partisan …
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 …
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.
Discussion: Insider and PoliticusUSA
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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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
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” …
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
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.
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.
Discussion: Talking Points Memo
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 …
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.
Discussion: Rolling Stone
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,” …
Journal Sentinel:
Vote for Tony Evers and Mandela Barnes to defend our democracy.  Here's why.  —  USA TODAY NETWORK-Wisconsin Editorial Board  —  Democracy is on the ballot Nov. 8.  —  And we believe that means a vote for Democrats Mandela Barnes for U.S. Senate and Tony Evers for governor.
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 …
Discussion: TASS
Washington Post:
Obama heckled in Phoenix, slams toxic politics: 'Everybody's yelling'  —  Former president Barack Obama was on the campaign trail in Arizona when he was called out by a heckler in the crowd and swiftly spun it into a broader messaging opportunity about the country's increasingly toxic political landscape.
Miranda Devine / New York Post:
How the government hid the truth behind Hunter Biden's laptop  —  MORE FROM:  —  The more we find out about the collusion that has been going on among the Biden administration, the security agencies and Big Tech, the more alarming it is — and the more unrepentant they are.
Discussion: American Greatness and Instapundit
Joseph Wulfsohn / Fox News:
CNN's Jake Tapper moving back to old time slot following ratings struggle in primetime  —  New CNN boss Chris Licht reportedly wanted Tapper to be the ‘new face’ of the network  —  Jake Tapper goes anti-GOP in CNN primetime  —  Liberal CNN anchor Jake Tapper is being tapped out of primetime …
 
 
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Mary Margaret Olohan / The Daily Signal:
Tim Ryan, Who Twice Voted for Unlimited Abortion, Now States He Is Against Late-Term Abortions
Discussion: Washington Examiner and HotAir
MSNBC:
Biden issued one final warning on democracy amid political violence: WH
iaea.org:
IAEA Inspectors Complete In-Field Verification Activities at Three Ukraine locations, No Indications of Undeclared Nuclear Activities and Materials
Discussion: The Hill, NDTV and TASS
Jonathan M. Katz / The Racket:
Send in the Clowns  —  The lying about Tom Cotton's “Black Lives Matter” op-ed continues: Jonathan Chait enters the chat
Discussion: Popula
U.S. Department of Justice:
Justice Department Announces Takedown of Nationwide Catalytic Converter Theft Ring
Katherine Tully-McManus / Politico:
Nebraskans jockey for Sasse seat
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Andrew Kerr / Washington Free Beacon:
Meet the Democratic Congressional Candidate Who Mocks Women, Takes Pictures of Kids in Public, and Uses the N-Word
Wendell Husebø / Breitbart:
Republican Gen. Bolduc Physically Attacked by Individual Outside Wednesday's Debate
Gromer Jeffers Jr / Dallas Morning News:
Dems denounce controversial mailers sent to DFW-area voters by group led by Trump adviser
Nate Raymond / Reuters:
‘Judges gone wild’: Trump-appointed judge says too many write for Twitter
Discussion: Reason
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