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Ronald Brownstein / CNN:
Why fewer states than ever could pick the next president — The results of this month's election point toward a 2024 presidential contest that will likely be decided by a tiny sliver of voters in a rapidly shrinking list of swing states realistically within reach for either party.
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The Hill, Outside the Beltway, New York Post, PoliticusUSA and Conservative Guardian
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Semafor:
Donald Trump's third party threat looms over 2024 — Shelby is a Political Reporter for Semafor, joining us from the Daily Caller. Morgan is a Political and National Security Reporter for Semafor, joining us from The Hill. Sign up for the daily Principals newsletter to get our insider's guide to American power.
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Raw Story and Washington Post
Jennifer Rubin / Washington Post:
Beware, DeSantis is as much a threat to America as Trump — If you believe Florida's Republic Gov. Ron DeSantis would be a less dangerous presidential candidate than former president Donald Trump, take a moment to consider the recent ruling striking down DeSantis's “Stop WOKE Act.”
Julia Manchester / The Hill:
Voters name Trump as biggest loser of midterms — Voters and Republican operatives alike are labeling former President Trump the biggest loser of the midterms, raising questions about his strength heading into 2024. — In a Harvard CAPS/Harris poll released exclusively to The Hill on Monday …
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Washington Examiner
Camille Mumford / Emerson Polling:
National Poll: Biden's Approval Remains Underwater As Majority of GOP Voters Support Trump As Republican Nominee for 2024
National Poll: Biden's Approval Remains Underwater As Majority of GOP Voters Support Trump As Republican Nominee for 2024
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CNBC
Christopher Cadelago / Politico:
The White House girds for combat
The White House girds for combat
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Vanity Fair, HuffPost, Washington Times and CNN
Jared Malsin / Wall Street Journal:
Ukraine Launches Assault to Oust Russia From Key Black Sea Peninsula — Kinburn Spit, occupied by Russia for months, lies at maritime choke point and is coveted prize for Kyiv — Ukraine's military said it launched an operation to push Russian forces from a strategic peninsula …
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Paul Farhi / Washington Post:
Associated Press reporter fired over erroneous story on Russian attack — Journalist James LaPorta had provided information for story that inaccurately suggested Russia launched a missile strike on Poland — The Associated Press on Monday fired a national security reporter …
New York Times:
On the Dnipro River at Night, Ukrainian Fighters Ambush Russian Forces — Ukrainian units plying the Dnipro River venture behind enemy lines under the cover of darkness, carrying out reconnaissance and sabotage. — ON THE BANKS OF THE DNIPRO RIVER, Ukraine — Under cover of darkness …
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The Guardian and Washington Post
Eliot A. Cohen / The Atlantic:
Cut the Baloney Realism
Cut the Baloney Realism
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New York Times, Patrick J. Buchanan, Wall Street Journal, Raw Story and Public Sphere
Dave Philipps / New York Times:
Army Veteran Went Into ‘Combat Mode’ to Disarm the Club Q Gunman — Richard M. Fierro, who served for 15 years in the military, was at the nightclub in Colorado Springs with his family when the gunman opened fire. “I just knew I had to take him down,” he said.
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Eric Kleefeld / Media Matters for America:
Right-wing media continued attacking the LGBTQ community after the mass shooting in Colorado Springs
Right-wing media continued attacking the LGBTQ community after the mass shooting in Colorado Springs
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Newsbusters, Insider, The Daily Caller, Colorado Newsline, Media Matters for America and Washington Post
Michelle Goldberg / New York Times:
The Massacre at Club Q Was Only a Matter of Time
The Massacre at Club Q Was Only a Matter of Time
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Washington Post, Daily Kos, New York Daily News, Jason's Thoughts, New Republic and HuffPost
Brian Broome / Washington Post:
The Colorado massacre cannot be blamed on mental illness. It's rooted in hate.
The Colorado massacre cannot be blamed on mental illness. It's rooted in hate.
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Breitbart, New Republic, The Right Scoop, BuzzFeed News, The Hill and Rolling Stone
CNN:
Special counsel in Mar-a-Lago and January 6 investigations begins work with no sign probes will slow down — Newly appointed special counsel Jack Smith is getting to work with no signs yet that the two investigations he now oversees around Donald Trump will slow down - despite being stuck in the Netherlands due to a cycling injury.
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Bloomberg, The Status Kuo, KEYT-TV and Washington Examiner
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Washington Post:
From Europe, Trump special counsel takes over Mar-a-Lago, Jan. 6 probes — Prosecutor Jack Smith must assemble a team, find office space and catch up on the long-running cases involving Donald Trump — Newly appointed special counsel Jack Smith continues to work remotely from Europe …
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New York Times, Bloomberg and New York Magazine
Steve Inskeep / NPR:
Mike Pence, pondering a presidential run, condemns Trump's rhetoric on Jan. 6 — Former Vice President Mike Pence's new memoir recounts his life up to the moment when he refused to overturn the 2020 election defeat of then-President Donald Trump. — So Help Me God is the kind …
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Amanda Carpenter / The Bulwark:
Mike Pence's Day-By-Day Account of Trump's Pressure Campaign Against Him
Mike Pence's Day-By-Day Account of Trump's Pressure Campaign Against Him
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NPR, Washington Post, RedState, The Triad and Washington Examiner
Chloe Malle / Vogue:
Exclusive: Naomi Biden On Her White House Wedding — On the Tuesday evening before her wedding, under the watchful eye of a Secret Service agent, Naomi Biden, 28, and her soon-to-be husband, Peter Neal, 25, came downstairs from their living quarters on the third floor of the White House residence to practice their first dance.
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Page Six, Twitchy, Slate, CBS News and New York Daily News
Greg Bluestein / Atlanta Journal-Constitution:
A Georgia Senate runoff poll points to challenges for Walker, Warnock — A new poll focusing on the Dec. 6 runoff between U.S. Sen. Raphael Warnock and Republican Herschel Walker shows a close race with challenges for both rivals as they rush to rebuild their coalitions.
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National Review, Washington Examiner and USA Today
CBS News:
Copy of what's believed to be Hunter Biden's laptop data turned over by repair shop to FBI showed no tampering, analysis says — Data from a laptop that the lawyer for a Delaware computer repair shop owner says was left by Hunter Biden in 2019 - and which the shop owner later provided …
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Steven Nelson / New York Post:
CBS ‘confirms’ Hunter Biden laptop is real 769 days after Post broke story
CBS ‘confirms’ Hunter Biden laptop is real 769 days after Post broke story
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Dylan Matthews / Vox:
How one man quietly stitched the American safety net over four decades — Robert Greenstein isn't a household name. But his career lobbying for the poor has changed the lives of millions of Americans. — When it comes to poverty in America, we have to hold two contradictory thoughts in our heads at the same time.
New York Times:
Iran Arrests 2 Actresses for Participating in Protests — World Cup soccer players, movie personalities and other prominent Iranians have shown support for the protests that have engulfed the country. — At the World Cup in Qatar, Iran's soccer players on Monday declined to sing their country's national anthem.
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NBC News:
Ian was one of the most lethal hurricanes in decades. Many of the deaths were preventable. — Hurricane Ian killed at least 148 people in Florida, most of them in coastal communities where the danger of storm surge is well documented but not widely understood.
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Northwest Florida Daily News
Joseph Bernstein / New York Times:
From Twitter to Mastodon: What Happens When Journalists Flock Platforms — Journa.host promises to be a new “reliable home for journalists.” What happens when they move in? — It's one thing to hope for a better community online, and another, very different one, to build it.
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Jose Pagliery / The Daily Beast:
Court Docs Rip Into DOJ for ‘Fiddling Away’ on Matt Gaetz Case — More than two years after the DOJ opened an investigation into the congressman, there are no charges against him. The lawyer for an alleged co-conspirator can't believe that. — The Florida lawyer who gave the feds …
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Law & Crime and Raw Story
Jay Reeves / Associated Press:
Alabama pausing executions after 3rd failed lethal injection — Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey sought a pause in executions and ordered a “top-to-bottom” review of the state's capital punishment system Monday after an unprecedented third failed lethal injection. Ivey's office issued a statement saying …
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Washington Post, Law Dork, with Chris Geidner, Reason, WBRC-TV, Just The News, The Daily Caller, New York Times, Slate and CNN
AJ McDougall / The Daily Beast:
Todd and Julie Chrisley Get a Combined 19-Year Sentence for Fraud Scheme — GUESS CHRISLEY DOESN'T KNOW BEST — Todd Chrisley once said that while he could fix ignorance, stupid is forever. Guess it takes one to know one. The reality star of USA Network's Chrisley Knows Best was sentenced …
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WSB-TV, Fox News, CBS News, The Daily Caller, Page Six, New York Daily News, Rolling Stone, IJR, Raw Story, Deadline, Variety and Just The News
Punchbowl News:
11/22/22 ☀️ Punchbowl News AM … AND NOW MCHENRY WILL BE IN A CRITICAL SPOT AS THE U.S. ECONOMY GRAPPLES WITH RAPID TECHNOLOGICAL CHANGE AND GLOBAL INSTABILITY. — MCHENRY HAS SERVED ON THE PANEL SINCE COMING TO CONGRESS IN 2005. SINCE 2018, HE'S BEEN THE TOP REPUBLICAN …