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Alex Gangitano / The Hill:
Obama says 'we'd have a very different Supreme Court' if Dems had kept the Senate in 2014 — Former President Obama on Saturday said that the makeup of the Supreme Court would be very different if Democrats had held onto the Senate in the 2014 midterms, laying out the importance of this midterm cycle …
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Washington Post, Political Wire and Cook Political Report
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Politico:
Manchin-Biden coal clash highlights Democratic divisions at a perilous moment
Manchin-Biden coal clash highlights Democratic divisions at a perilous moment
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Alex Gangitano / The Hill:
Biden on people calling him a socialist: ‘Give me a break, what idiots’
Biden on people calling him a socialist: ‘Give me a break, what idiots’
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Washington Post:
U.S. privately asks Ukraine to show it's open to negotiate with Russia — The encouragement is aimed not at pushing Ukraine to the negotiating table, but ensuring it maintains a moral high ground in the eyes of its international backers — The Biden administration is privately encouraging Ukraine's leaders …
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Washington Post:
Post-ABC poll: House vote nearly split, GOP has edge on economy and turnout — Republicans need to win a net of five seats to take control of the House. Democrats face overwhelming odds to prevent that from happening. — Republicans hold significant advantages on the bread-and-butter issues …
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Benjamin Wallace-Wells / New Yorker:
Why Republican Insiders Think the G.O.P. Is Poised for a Blowout
Why Republican Insiders Think the G.O.P. Is Poised for a Blowout
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HotAir and No More Mister Nice Blog
Des Moines Register:
Iowa Poll: Chuck Grassley widens lead over Mike Franken in US Senate race — Brianne Pfannenstiel Stephen Gruber-MillerDes Moines Register — Republican Sen. Chuck Grassley has gained a double-digit lead over Democrat Mike Franken in the closing days of Iowa's U.S. Senate race, a new Des Moines Register/Mediacom Iowa Poll shows.
Paul Farhi / Washington Post:
NBC retracts erroneous Paul Pelosi story that fueled conspiracy theories — People at the network said the ‘Today’ show report was based on ‘unreliable’ information from a source who was unnamed in the story. — NBC News reporter Miguel Almaguer had what seemed like a scoop on Friday …
TMZ.com:
Aaron Carter Dead at 34 — EXCLUSIVE — 205K … UPDATE — 4:53 PM PT — Aaron's fiancé, Melanie Martin, tells TMZ ... “My fiancé Aaron Carter has passed away. I love Aaron with all my heart and it's going to be a journey to raise a son without a father.
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New York Times:
How Republicans Fed a Misinformation Loop About the Pelosi Attack — Suggested Mr. Pelosi knew his attacker. Suggested the attack involved male prostitution. Repeated a false report that the attacker was in his underwear. Suggested Mr. Pelosi knew his attacker. Suggested the attack involved male prostitution. Repeated a false report
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Hannah Sampson / Washington Post:
Ron DeSantis, who denounced Disney, actually got married there — The Florida governor passed a law in April to revoke Disney's special taxing status — Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) has been on the offense against the Walt Disney Co. for months, criticizing the entertainment giant …
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Twitchy and Occupy Democrats
Frances Robles / New York Times:
Pranks, Parties and Politics: Ron DeSantis's Year as a Schoolteacher — At a private school 20 years ago, the future Florida governor was a popular history teacher and coach. But some students were taken aback by his comments on the Civil War and abortion. — Reporting from Rome, Ga.
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Jazmine Ulloa / New York Times:
In Arizona, Kari Lake Worked in Local TV News. Now, She Calls Reporters ‘Monsters.’ — Former friends and colleagues of Ms. Lake, the Republican nominee for governor, say they remember her far differently from the candidate they see today. — One longtime former co-worker …
Charles / PollsAndVotes:
Pre-election polling trends — Here is my look at the pre-election polling, as of Nov. 5, 2022. — The raw polling data is from FiveThirtyEight.com, who generously allow download of their polling database. The trends are my estimates and not those of FiveThirtyEight or anyone else.
Meagan Flynn / Washington Post:
Liz Cheney endorses Democrat Abigail Spanberger in high-stakes Va. race — Rep. Liz Cheney (R-Wyo.), the GOP's most vocal critic against Trumpian politics' threats to democracy, has endorsed Rep. Abigail Spanberger (D-Va.) over Spanberger's Republican challenger in one of Virginia's …
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Maureen Dowd / New York Times:
The Marjorie Taylor Greene-ing of America — WASHINGTON — Are we ready for our new Republican overlords? — Are we ready for an empowered Marjorie Taylor Greene? — Are we ready for a pumped-up, pistol-packing Lauren Boebert? — “How many AR-15s do you think Jesus would have had?”
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Axios, Sputnik News and The Hill
Austin Dahmer / The National Interest:
Strategic Scarcity: Allocating Arms and Attention in Washington … “Strategy,” wrote business guru Richard Rumelt, “involves focus and, therefore, choice. And choice means setting aside some goals in favor of others.” While the Indo-Pacific is rhetorically the United States' primary theater …
Hayley Dixon / Telegraph:
Trans criminals can use ‘loophole’ to hide previous convictions when applying for jobs — Report by Keep Prisons Single Sex warns the system could be ‘abused’ by those wanting to gain access to children and vulnerable young people — Criminals who claim they are transgender are able to use a …
Rachel Metz / CNN:
With Twitter in chaos, Mastodon is on fire — Will Twitter advertiser dollars affect Musk's promise to Trump? — Inside Musk's Twitter, Musk echoes Donald Trump, and an antitrust earthquake — The dangers of TikTok as a news source, MrBeast's billions, and mortgage rates top 7%
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The White House:
Statement by Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre — President Biden knows that the men and women of coal country built this nation: they powered its steel mills and factories, kept its homes and schools and offices warm. They made this the most productive and powerful nation on Earth.
Adam Sabes / Fox News:
Rep. Maloney recalls ‘eating Chef Boyardee’ as kid during inflation talk, says it's ‘what families have to do’ — Maloney was discussing inflation during an interview when he made the comments — Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee chairman Rep. Sean Patrick Maloney, D-N.Y. …
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Miami Herald:
Assailant encouraged GOP canvasser to ‘do your job’ — raising questions about Rubio's account — The man accused of a politically motivated attack on a Republican Party canvasser in Hialeah last month actually encouraged the canvasser to keep handing out fliers just moments before the fight started …
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Raw Story
Jon Levine / New York Post:
Insiders say Eric Adams wouldn't be upset with Zeldin win — An Election Day loss for Gov. Hochul might be a win for Mayor Adams. — Adams is actively campaigning for Hochul and not openly supporting her GOP rival Rep. Lee Zeldin, but multiple insiders told The Post that the mayor sees …
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Dell Cameron / Gizmodo:
Homeland Security Admits It Tried to Manufacture Fake Terrorists for Trump — A new Homeland Security report details orders to connect protesters arrested in Portland to one another in service of the Trump's imaginary antifa plot. — Alerts — The Department of Homeland Security launched …
Brenda Gazzar / The Wrap:
David Letterman Netflix Show Cut Out Kanye ‘Ye’ West Comments on ‘Nazis’ and Rihanna Payback (Exclusive) — Audience members at the live taping said it was “shocking” the comments were removed — Netflix and David Letterman's production company edited out comments by Kanye “Ye” …
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