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8:10 PM ET, November 15, 2022

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Axios:
Scoop: Christie applauded after bashing Trump at GOP governor meeting  —  Former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie received huge applause at an annual meeting of Republican governors Tuesday morning after blaming former President Trump for GOP failures in the last three elections …
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Dennis Aftergut / The Bulwark:
The Real Reason Trump Runs  —  Pride and profit are bigger factors than policy—but there's an even bigger reason.  —  Former President Donald Trump is expected to announce tonight that he will be a candidate for the presidency again in 2024.  Two obvious questions come to mind: Why do it? and Why announce now?
Politico:
Republicans cringe as Trump 2024 approaches
Politico:
Biden world privately makes 2024 moves of their own
Posterity PAC:
Exclusive: 2024 Presidential Republican Primary Poll for Iowa, New Hampshire, and Nevada
Jonathan Swan / Axios:
Inside Trump's dicey 2024 campaign announcement
Politico:
It's still Trump's party and he'll run if he wants to ... run if he wants to, run if he wants to
John Leicester / Associated Press:
Russia unleashes darkness on Ukraine with power grid attack  —  Russia pounded Ukraine's energy facilities Tuesday with its biggest barrage of missiles yet, striking targets across the country and causing widespread blackouts, and a U.S. official said missiles crossed into NATO member Poland, where two people were killed.
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Colin Meyn / The Hill:
Poland calls NATO meeting after Russian-made missile kills two  —  Poland has called a meeting under NATO's Article 4, which allows members of the alliance to summon all members for a meeting when their security is at risk, after Russian missiles reportedly crossed into the country and killed two people miles from the Ukraine border.
Politico:
Western leaders on high alert after explosion in Poland kills 2
Tyler Olson / Fox News:
Rick Scott announces plan to unseat Mitch McConnell as the top Republican in the Senate  —  Sen. Rick Scott announced he is running against Mitch McConnell for Senate Republican leader  —  Democrats retain control of Senate after Nevada win  —  Sen. Rick Scott is running …
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Burgess Everett / Politico:
McConnell faces leadership challenge from Rick Scott as conservatives steam  —  Sen. Rick Scott announced a challenge to Mitch McConnell in a closed-door party lunch on Tuesday afternoon, the first such opposition for the Senate GOP leader in 15 years at the helm.
Michael R. Blood / Associated Press:
California wins leave GOP poised to seize US House control  —  Two threatened U.S. House Republicans in California triumphed over Democratic challengers Monday, helping move the GOP within a seat of seizing control of the chamber while a string of congressional races in the state remained in play.
Discussion: HotAir and Fox News
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Haris Alic / Fox News:
McCarthy wins GOP nomination for House speaker
New York Times:
Elon Musk Fires Twitter Employees Who Criticized Him  —  Mr. Musk, who is rapidly transforming the social media company, also has cut its contractor work force.  —  SAN FRANCISCO — Elon Musk continued cutting Twitter's work force in his third week of owning the social media company …
Donie O'Sullivan / CNN:
Facebook reminds fact-checkers Trump is off limits if he says he's running again for president  —  Facebook's fact-checkers will need to stop fact-checking former President Donald Trump if he announces that he is running for president, according to a company memo obtained by CNN.
Wall Street Journal:
Kari Lake's Loss Destroys ‘Stop the Steal’  —  Arizona candidates who took the Trump line on 2020 won fewer votes than a GOP state Treasurer.  —  By The Editorial Board  —  If anyone needs more evidence that “Stop the Steal” was a loser for the GOP this year, the party's Arizona wipeout is definitive.
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Wall Street Journal:
Kari Lake Holds Off on Conceding Arizona Governor Race  —  Kari Lake, the Republican who lost a tight race to be Arizona's governor, hasn't conceded the contest, more than 14 hours after the Associated Press and TV outlets said Democratic Secretary of State Katie Hobbs won.
New York Times:
New York City Reaches Deal to Build Soccer Stadium in Queens  —  The New York City Football Club will pay roughly $780 million to build the stadium in Willets Point in Queens as part of a project that will include housing and a hotel.  —  New York City officials have reached an agreement …
Discussion: New York Post
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The City:   Kicking and Screaming: Football Club Moving Across the Street From Mets
Washington Post:
Judge overturns Georgia's six-week abortion ban  —  A Fulton County judge has overturned Georgia's six-week abortion ban, ruling that two key parts of the law “were plainly unconstitutional when drafted, voted upon, and enacted” and writing that the law cannot be enforced.
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Jessica Valenti / Abortion, Every Day:   Abortion, Every Day (11.15.22)  —  Leaked audio: Anti-abortion group tells TN lawmakers when to go after IVF & contraception
Bryan Metzger / Insider:
Dianne Feinstein could be third in line to the presidency as Senate president pro tempore.  She appears unaware that she's already declined the job.  — Dianne Feinstein's office has said the 89-year-old doesn't want to be president pro tempore of the Senate.
Theodore Schleifer / Puck:
Inside the S.B.F. Blast Radius  —  The fate of Sam Bankman-Fried is being closely tracked at the highest levels of the Democratic Party, and by the dozens of allied political groups that are either racing to distance themselves from his surname or to find their next check.
Marjorie Hernandez / New York Post:
Gov. Gavin Newsom's wife breaks down describing Harvey Weinstein's ‘fish-like’ penis in court  —  MORE ON:  —  Jennifer Siebel Newsom — wife of California Gov. Gavin Newsom — sobbed as she described Harvey Weinstein's “distorted” and “fish-like” genitals during her bombshell testimony …
Emily Langer / Washington Post:
Virginia McLaurin, centenarian who danced with Obamas, dies  —  The longtime Washington resident, believed to be 113, became an internet celebrity after her exuberant encounter with the president and first lady at the White House in 2016  —  Virginia McLaurin, a daughter of Black sharecroppers who …
Wall Street Journal:
Gov. Kristi Noem Suggests Ronna McDaniel Shouldn't Remain as RNC Chair  —  ORLANDO, Fla. - South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem expressed significant skepticism Tuesday about Republican National Committee Chairwoman Ronna McDaniel remaining in her job following the party's poor performance in last week's midterm elections.
Discussion: Washington Times and The Hill
Ross Barkan / New York Magazine:
New York Does Not Have a Democratic Party  —  The long-running open secret among New York politicos is that there is no serious, functioning statewide Democratic organization.  This was as much true under Andrew Cuomo as it is under the newly elected governor, Kathy Hochul.
Discussion: The Nation and Ross Barkan
 
 
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Patrick Hauf / Fox News:
Joe Manchin gets a GOP challenger for his West Virginia Senate seat
Sean Coughlan / BBC:
Princess Anne and Prince Edward to become stand-ins for King
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