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10:40 AM ET, November 7, 2022

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Wall Street Journal:
GOP Gaining Support Among Black and Latino Voters, WSJ Poll Finds  —  Republicans appear to be in a better position with both groups heading into the midterms than they were in 2020 or 2018.  —  A Seismic Shift: Why Latino Voters Could Decide Key Races in 2022  —  YOU MAY ALSO LIKE
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Ronald Brownstein / The Atlantic:
How a GOP Congress Could Roll Back Freedoms Nationwide  —  If Republicans win control of one or both congressional chambers this week, they will likely begin a project that could reshape the nation's political and legal landscape: imposing on blue states the rollback of civil rights and liberties …
NBC News:
The GOP needs a counterradicalization strategy
Discussion: Fox News, Raw Story and The Guardian
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Peter Baker / New York Times:
After a Life of Struggle, Biden Faces One More Inflection Point
Haisten Willis / Washington Examiner:
Biden promises ‘no more drilling’ two days before crucial midterm elections
Brad Dress / The Hill:
Almost half want ‘great deal’ of change in how Biden has been leading US: survey
Politico:
Biden won on infrastructure. Democrats are struggling to get voters to care.
Discussion: Outside the Beltway
Steven Shepard / Politico:
POLITICO's final Election Forecast: Senate up for grabs, GOP on brink of House majority  —  Republicans have a grip on the House majority.  But the Senate is firmly up for grabs.  —  That's the topline of the final updates before Tuesday's vote to POLITICO's Election Forecast …
Discussion: Politico, Reason and New Republic
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Mike Allen / Axios:
Scoop: Top Dems warn party is seen as extreme … - “Despite a roster of GOP candidates who are extreme by any standard, voters see Democrats as just as extreme, as well as far less concerned about the issues that most worry them.” … In a brutal bill of particulars, the Third Way memo …
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Victor Davis Hanson / American Greatness:
The Pathetic Democratic Pantheon  —  Joe Biden, Hillary Clinton, Barack Obama, and Nancy Pelosi are of no use to the Left in the midterms because it is their radical ideology that was finally enacted and wrecked the country.  —  Over the last few months the four icons of the Democratic Party …
Washington Post:
Democrats look to centrists in final hours while GOP amps up its base
Discussion: The Hill and NBC News
Allysia Finley / Wall Street Journal:
Democrats Develop Elon Musk Derangement Syndrome
Discussion: Bloomberg, Cafe Hayek and DemCast
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Reuters:
Russia's Prigozhin admits interfering in U.S. elections  —  Russian businessman Yevgeny Prigozhin said on Monday he had interfered in U.S. elections and would continue doing so in future, the first such admission from a figure who has been formally implicated by Washington in efforts to influence American politics.
New York Times:
Trump-DeSantis Rift Grows, With Dueling Rallies in Florida  —  The Republican Party's top two stars are campaigning, separately, in the midterms' last days.  —  SUN CITY CENTER, Fla. — Former President Donald J. Trump hasn't endorsed Gov. Ron DeSantis this year because, as he has explained, his fellow Floridian never asked.
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Anders Hagstrom / Fox News:
Some conservatives turn on Trump for attacking Ron DeSantis ahead of midterms: ‘What an idiot’
Eric Geller / Politico:
6 election security threats to watch for on Election Day  —  The midterms face a bevy of digital threats, from stolen Twitter accounts to hacked election websites, that could spark chaos, confusion and unrest that last long after the polls close.  —  The 2020 presidential election was rife …
Bloomberg:
Twitter Now Asks Some Fired Workers to Please Come Back  —  Twitter Inc., after laying off roughly half the company on Friday following Elon Musk's $44 billion acquisition, is now reaching out to dozens of employees who lost their jobs and asking them to return.
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New York Times:
Twitter Said to Delay Changes to Check Mark Badges Until After Midterm Election
Isaac Arnsdorf / Washington Post:
Trump speeches use dozens of lies, exaggerations to draw contrast with Biden  —  The former president's rally script centers on juxtaposing conditions two years ago with now, relying on misrepresentations of both  —  Even in a midterm marked by misinformation, conspiracy theories and false …
Discussion: The Hill and New York Times
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Rolling Stone:
Trump Is Calling Republicans to Ask ‘How Many’ Times They'll Impeach Biden
Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
Expected Trump indictment looms over midterm election  —  The expected indictment of Donald Trump is looming over the midterm elections as both parties are preparing for a major battle after Election Day if Attorney General Merrick Garland moves forward with an unprecedented prosecution of a former president.
Discussion: Outside the Beltway and KTLA
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Katie Benner / New York Times:
Trump May Pose a Test No Special Counsel Can Pass
Discussion: Raw Story
Wall Street Journal:
Senior White House Official Involved in Undisclosed Talks With Top Putin Aides  —  Jake Sullivan has had confidential discussions with Russian counterparts amid concerns over escalation and nuclear threats  —  WASHINGTON—President Biden's top national-security adviser has engaged …
CNN:
Kevin McCarthy outlines GOP House majority agenda  —  House GOP leader Kevin McCarthy is vowing to secure the border, cut back on government spending and launch rigorous investigations into the Biden administration if Republicans win the House on Tuesday, reflecting a mix of priorities …
Dov Fischer / The American Spectator:
Who Is the Real Threat to Democracy?  —  Spelling out what you've long known.  —  A view of Washington in March of this year (Duane Lempke/Wikimedia Commons)  —  We hear the lament from the Left continually, even more so as election season dawns, and endlessly as election day approaches …
Charlotte Klein / Vanity Fair:
“My Job in This Role Is to Not Guess”: Jen Psaki's TV Career Is Getting Off the Ground  —  The ex-White House press secretary will be breaking down the midterms Tuesday night in the MSNBC studio and has been sounding out Mika, Rachel, and Ari as she prepares to launch her own Peacock show.
Discussion: Washington Examiner
Robert P. Baird / Columbia Journalism Review:
‘The Left Edge of the Possible’  —  How The American Prospect became the magazine of the moment  —  At the end of the eighties, the left wing of the Democratic Party was in bad shape.  Democrats had lost five of the six previous presidential elections.  Four of those, including the three most recent …
 
 
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CBS News:
Industry ethicist: Social media companies amplifying Americans' anger for profit
The Daily Beast:
Pollsters Have 'No F*cking Idea What's Going to Happen' This Election
Colleen Flaherty / Inside Higher Ed:
Divisive Academic Freedom Conference Proceeds
Discussion: Common Sense
Karol Markowicz / New York Post:
This Election Day, make every Democrat who harmed our kids' education pay
Peter Wade / Rolling Stone:
Trump ‘Apologizes’ to Matt Gaetz on Behalf of America. America Rolls Its Eyes
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Carl Campanile / New York Post:
Ex-Gov. Pataki says Zeldin on cusp of upset like his own 1994 victory
Wall Street Journal:
Facebook Parent Meta Is Preparing to Notify Employees of Large-Scale Layoffs This Week
Annie Linskey / Washington Post:
Ron Johnson pushes racial divisions in his closing message to Wis. GOP voters
Discussion: Progress Pond
CNN:
Kari Lake's campaign headquarters receives ‘suspicious’ mail containing white powder
 

 
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Trump appoints Mark Burnett, the British TV executive who created and produced the reality show The Apprentice, as a special envoy to the UK

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