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Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
Why isn't Trumpism hurting the GOP? Some Democrats see vexing answers. — Something extraordinary just happened: In the space of just this week, a president and an ex-president warned that the opposition poses an existential threat to our political way of life.
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Reid J. Epstein / New York Times:
Wisconsin Republicans Stand on the Verge of Total, Veto-Proof Power — In a 50-50 battleground state, Republicans are close to capturing supermajorities in the State Legislature that would render the Democratic governor irrelevant even if he wins re-election.
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Slate, Kenosha News, The Nation and Raw Story
Jessica Taylor / Cook Political Report:
In Final Push For Senate Control, Republican Momentum Grows — Republicans enter the final days of the midterms with the political winds at their backs and the slight momentum in the battle for Senate control. While a handful of races remain incredibly tight, and polls show they could go either way …
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NPR, Forbes, The Hill and FiveThirtyEight
Ryan Lizza / Politico:
Democrats' ‘optimistic apostle’ offers hope for the midterms
Democrats' ‘optimistic apostle’ offers hope for the midterms
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HotAir
Josh Eidelson / Bloomberg:
Lawyer Suing Twitter Over Layoffs Says Musk Now Trying to Comply — The lawyer who sued Twitter Inc. “pre-emptively” on the eve of mass layoffs by Elon Musk said she's “pleased” to learn at least some employees will continue being paid until Jan. 4. — Attorney Shannon Liss-Riordan …
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Jason Koebler / VICE:
Twitter Recommends Ye as Top Follow on ‘The Jews’ as Company Does Mass Layoffs
Twitter Recommends Ye as Top Follow on ‘The Jews’ as Company Does Mass Layoffs
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New York Times:
Elon Musk Begins Layoffs at Twitter
Elon Musk Begins Layoffs at Twitter
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Faiz Siddiqui / Washington Post:
Elon Musk begins mass layoffs at Twitter
Elon Musk begins mass layoffs at Twitter
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Jonathan Swan / Axios:
Scoop: Trump team eyes Nov. 14 announcement — Former President Trump's inner circle is discussing announcing the launch of a 2024 presidential campaign on Nov. 14 — with the official announcement possibly followed by a multi-day series of political events, according to three sources familiar with the sensitive discussions.
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CNN:
Trump aides eye third week of November for 2024 announcement
Trump aides eye third week of November for 2024 announcement
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Kimberly Ross / Washington Examiner:
Republicans can do better than Trump as the party's 2024 presidential nominee
Republicans can do better than Trump as the party's 2024 presidential nominee
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Brian Steinberg / Variety:
MSNBC Cuts Ties Unexpectedly With Weekend Host Tiffany Cross … Tiffany Cross, the MSNBC weekend host who was known for running the freewheeling Saturday commentary program “Cross Connection,” is leaving the NBCUniversal-owned cable-news outlet. — Her production staff was informed …
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Camille Mumford / Emerson Polling:
Ohio 2022: Vance Extends Lead Over Ryan for US Senate — Home Polls Ohio 2022: Vance Extends Lead Over Ryan for US Senate — The final Emerson College Polling survey of the Ohio Midterm Elections finds 51% of voters support Republican JD Vance for US Senate, while 43% support Democrat Tim Ryan.
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Camille Mumford / Emerson Polling:
Arizona 2022: US Senate and Gubernatorial Elections in Dead Heat
Arizona 2022: US Senate and Gubernatorial Elections in Dead Heat
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Fox News, PolitiFact, The Hill, Marist Poll and The Daily Caller
Andrea Cavallier / Daily Mail:
NBC News mysteriously PULLS its exclusive report on how Nancy Pelosi's husband Paul, 82, calmly opened door to cops in his underpants - and then walked TOWARDS ‘hammer intruder’ who bludgeoned him — The NBC News report cited sources close to the investigation and was published on Friday morning, but was pulled down by the afternoon
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Fox News, National Review, Breitbart, The Free Press and Instapundit
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Tom Boggioni / Raw Story:
‘It was always a lie’: Dan Crenshaw rips into pro-Trump election deniers — During his “Hold These Truths” podcast, Rep. Dan Crenshaw (R-TX) told electoral reform advocate Nick Troiano that “behind closed doors” pro-Donald Trump lawmakers admit they know accusations of a stolen 2020 presidential election …
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Lee Moran / HuffPost:
GOP Rep. Dan Crenshaw: Election Deniers Admit It's A Lie Behind Closed Doors
GOP Rep. Dan Crenshaw: Election Deniers Admit It's A Lie Behind Closed Doors
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Amudalat Ajasa / Washington Post:
A total lunar eclipse will turn the moon blood red on Election Day — The total eclipse will last for nearly 90 minutes from coast to coast across the U.S. — Hours before citizens across the country cast their votes in a contentious midterm election, a sinister red moon will loom in the sky.
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CNN:
House January 6 committee interviewing Secret Service agents in Trump's motorcade on day of attack — The House January 6 select committee is getting a window into former President Donald Trump's motorcade on the day of the US Capitol attack, interviewing on Friday the Secret Service agent …
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NBC News, Daily Kos, Raw Story, PoliticusUSA and Mediaite
ABC News:
Trump ally Tom Barrack found not guilty on foreign lobbying charges — Barrack was accused of acting as a foreign agent for the UAE. — Tom Barrack, a longtime ally of former President Donald Trump and his one-time inaugural committee chairman, was found not guilty on Friday …
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Rebecca Davis O'Brien / New York Times:
Former Trump Adviser Acquitted on Charges of Acting as Emirati Agent
Former Trump Adviser Acquitted on Charges of Acting as Emirati Agent
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Washington Post, The Daily Beast, CBS News, The Hill and Courthouse News Service
Nadgey Louis-Charles / House Committee …:
Republicans Release 1,000 Page Report on FBI & DOJ Politicization — Today, House Judiciary Republicans released a new report, “FBI Whistleblowers: What Their Disclosures Indicate About the Politicization of the FBI And Justice Department,” detailing a rampant culture of unaccountability, manipulation, and abuse at the highest level.
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Philip Bump / Washington Post:
The big-stack-of-paper strategy comes to House Judiciary Republicans
The big-stack-of-paper strategy comes to House Judiciary Republicans
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Talking Points Memo, Sputnik News and The Daily Caller
New York Times:
F.B.I. Locates Suspect After Warning of Security Threat at New Jersey Synagogues — Officials said the man holds “radical extremist views.” On Thursday, they had alerted congregations across the state to be on alert. — Hours after issuing a rare warning about a security threat at New Jersey synagogues …
Dan Diamond / Washington Post:
Clock runs out on efforts to make daylight saving time permanent — Early this Sunday morning, Americans will engage in the annual autumnal ritual of “falling back” — setting their clocks back one hour to conform with standard time. — If some lawmakers had their way …
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Mike Allen / Axios:
Stunning poll: 44% of voters see “secret cabal” — Joel Benenson, the renowned pollster for President Obama's 2008 and 2012 campaigns, gave a first look at the results of a question he'd never asked before: “We wanted to test QAnon's language that the world is controlled by a secret cabal.”
Zachary Halaschak / Washington Examiner:
How Biden's record on jobs so far compares to Bush, Obama, and Trump — Friday's employment report is the final one before President Joe Biden faces his first midterm elections. Here is how his job record stacks up with that of recent presidents. — The economy added 261,000 jobs in October …
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Benjamin Oreskes / Los Angeles Times:
Rick Caruso closes in on Karen Bass as L.A. mayor's race tightens, poll finds — The race for mayor of Los Angeles was tightening rapidly as it entered its final week, with Rick Caruso cutting deeply into Rep. Karen Bass' lead, putting him within striking distance in the contest to run the nation's second-largest city.
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Washington Post:
Ukraine live briefing: G-7 to offer infrastructure help to Ukraine; Putin tells Kherson residents to flee — MÜNSTER, Germany — Top diplomats from the world's major industrialized democracies agreed to a “coordination mechanism to help Ukraine repair, restore and defend its critical energy …
Washington Post:
Investigators search for pricey gifts to Trump from foreign leaders — Golf clubs, diamond earrings and a soccer ball from Putin are among the gifts that House Oversight has asked the National Archives to find. — Congressional investigators are looking for dozens of pricey mementos gifted …
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Fox News:
House Majority Whip: US ‘on track to repeat’ Nazi Germany, downplays inflation ahead of midterms — House Majority Whip James Clyburn claims US will soon resemble Germany in the 1930s, pointing blame at far-right extremism — EXCLUSIVE — House Majority Whip James Clyburn, D-S.C. …
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New York Post, The Daily Caller and RedState
Kira Lerner / The States:
Conspiracy theorists urge voting as late as possible on Election Day to ‘stop the steal’ — A close ally of Republican Pennsylvania gubernatorial candidate Doug Mastriano has a plan that she claims will help win him the election and prevent voter fraud: She wants voters to cast their ballots …
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Spotlight PA, Des Moines Register, Bridge Michigan, Insider, The Texas Tribune, Mississippi Politics and News and UPI
Azeen Ghorayshi / New York Times:
Florida Restricts Doctors From Providing Gender Treatments to Minors — The state's medical board, whose members are appointed by the governor, has barred doctors from prescribing gender care to new adolescent patients. — Azeen Ghorayshi, who reports on science and gender …
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Washington Examiner, Forbes and The Post Millennial
Jonathan Martin / Politico:
How a secret meeting put Hakeem Jeffries on track to replace Pelosi — The race to succeed Speaker Nancy Pelosi as the leader of House Democrats may have been clinched at a meeting in the Capitol on Sept. 1. — That's when House Majority Whip Jim Clyburn of South Carolina and Rep. Hakeem Jeffries …
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