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5:50 PM ET, October 26, 2022

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CNN:
‘It was tough’: Fetterman supporters voice concern that debate performance will sway undecided voters  —  Democrat John Fetterman's debate performance has intensified the focus on his recovery from a stroke, leading some supporters to worry that his current post-stroke limitations could affect …
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NBC News:
Fetterman's debate performance has Democrats on edge in crucial Pennsylvania Senate race
Axios:
Fetterman's painful debate
John Podhoretz / New York Post:
John Fetterman debate was painful and shameful — he is physically incapable of being a Senator
Shane Goldmacher / New York Times:
Fetterman, Showing Stroke Effects, Battles Oz in Hostile Senate Debate
Politico:
POLITICO Playbook: How much will John Fetterman's rocky night matter?
Aaron Blake / Washington Post:
How the handling of Fetterman's stroke compares with Mark Kirk's in 2016
Discussion: The Hill
Roger Sollenberger / The Daily Beast:
New Woman Alleges Herschel Walker Urged Her to Have Abortion  —  High-profile attorney Gloria Allred hosted a press conference Wednesday with an anonymous woman who says she had an abortion at Herschel Walker's urging.  —  A second woman has come forward to say Herschel Walker urged …
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Axios:
A second woman says Herschel Walker was involved in her abortion … - “I was devastated because I felt that I had been pressured into having an abortion.”  — The woman said she was motivated to come forward because she had seen Walker deny another woman's allegations that he paid for her to have an abortion.
Anjali Huynh / Atlanta Journal-Constitution:
On the Georgia Trail: Walker campaigns as new accuser comes forward
Discussion: Washington Examiner and Raw Story
Barton Gellman / The Atlantic:
The Impeachment of Joe Biden  —  Sometime next year, after an interval of performative investigations, Republicans in the House are going to impeach Joe Biden.  This may not be their present plan, but they will work themselves up to it by degrees.  The pressure from the MAGA base will build.
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CNN:
Inside the House GOP effort to keep weapons flowing to Ukraine  —  After House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy suggested last week that Republicans might pull back funding for Ukraine next year if they take the majority, the GOP leader has worked behind the scenes to reassure national security leaders …
Semafor:
Senator Robert Menendez is under investigation again  —  Kadia is a Political Reporter for Semafor, joining us from BuzzFeed News.  Sign up for the daily Principals newsletter to get our insider's guide to American power.  —  Senator Robert Menendez, D-N.J. faces a new federal investigation …
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Matt Friedman / Politico:
Menendez facing another federal investigation
Discussion: Forbes and New Jersey Globe
Eric Cortellessa / TIME:
How Kari Lake Went From Local Anchor to New Face of the MAGA Right  —  Donald Trump read the names off a teleprompter.  It was July 2021, and the former President was speaking at a conservative advocacy group's confab in Phoenix, where candidates vying for the GOP nomination for Arizona governor hoped to grab his attention.
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FOX 10 Phoenix:
2022 Arizona Election Poll: Lake leads governor's race, Senate race tightens  —  PHOENIX - A new FOX 10 InsiderAdvantage poll shows the race for Governor - widening a bit.  But the race for U.S. Senate is turning into a dead heat.  —  Governor's race  —  With less than 2 weeks …
Reuters:
EXCLUSIVE Tesla faces U.S. criminal probe over self-driving claims-sources  —  Tesla Inc (TSLA.O) is under criminal investigation in the United States over claims that the company's electric vehicles can drive themselves, three people familiar with the matter said.
Mike Calia / CNBC:
Ye escorted out of Skechers office in Los Angeles after he showed up unannounced  — Ye, who is also known as Kanye West, was escorted out of the Los Angeles office of shoe maker Skechers, the company said.  — The incident comes after Adidas terminated its relationship with the fallen rapper …
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Tierney Sneed / CNN:
Mark Meadows ordered by court to testify in Georgia 2020 election meddling probe
Tamar Hallerman / Atlanta Journal-Constitution:
SC judge: Mark Meadows must testify before Fulton grand jury
Discussion: Politico, RedState and CNBC
Articles and Investigations:
That Cardboard Box in Your Home Is Fueling Election Denial  —  A previously unreported boom in profits for the shipping supply giant Uline has provided the funds for a deeply conservative Midwestern family to bankroll anti-democracy causes around the country.  —  Co-published with Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Discussion: ArkansasTimes and The Root
Marist Poll:
The 2022 Election in North Carolina  —  Marist North Carolina Poll  —  Budd Edges Beasley Among Definite Voters in North Carolina Senate Race  —  In the race for U.S. Senate in North Carolina, Democrat Cheri Beasley and Republican Ted Budd are tied among registered voters in the state.
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Politico:
Trump team receives subpoena from Jan. 6 committee  —  Attorneys for Donald Trump have accepted service of a subpoena issued by the Jan. 6 select committee demanding documents and testimony from the former president by next month.  —  A person familiar with the matter confirmed that attorneys …
Tom Dreisbach / NPR:
Here's what changed in Dinesh D'Souza's ‘2,000 Mules’ book after it was recalled  —  After an abrupt recall and a two-month delay - along with the threat of possible legal action - the election denial book 2,000 Mules has reached bookstores, though with a few significant changes.
Discussion: Raw Story and Washington Times
Julio Rosas / Townhall:
Mayra Flores Prevented From Joining the Congressional Hispanic Caucus  —  Townhall has exclusively learned Rep. Mayra Flores (R-TX) was prevented from joining the Congressional Hispanic Caucus (CHC), the leading caucus for Latino members of Congress, because she is a Republican and membership is only reserved for Democrats.
Jon Campbell / Gothamist:
Lee Zeldin's ad shows a man's final moments.  His family wants it removed. … Go to comments  —  We rely on your support to make local news available to all  —  Make your contribution now and help Gothamist thrive in 2022.  —  Gothamist is funded by sponsors and member donations
Kara Berg / Detroit News:
3 men convicted of providing aid to terrorists in Whitmer kidnapping plot  —  Jackson — Three men have been found guilty by a Jackson County jury of materially aiding a terrorist and being a member of a gang as part of a plot to kidnap Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer.
David H. Freedman / Newsweek:
Sweet Revenge: What Trump Would Do in a Second Term  —  The events of recent months have quashed any remaining notion that Donald Trump might abandon his quest for political power after being turned out of office by voters two years ago.  He is still holding his trademark rallies …
Natalie Weber / Tampa Bay Times:
Attorney who fought Florida helmet laws died in motorcycle crash while not wearing one  —  Ron Smith, 66, and his girlfriend, 62-year-old Brenda Jeanan Volpe, were on their way to a funeral with a group of riders from the American Legion.  —  In the late 1990s, when Florida bikers …
U.S. Department of Justice:
Attorney General Garland Announces Revised Justice Department News Media Policy  —  Attorney General Merrick B. Garland today announced significant revisions to the Justice Department's regulations regarding obtaining information from, or records of, members of the news media.
 
 
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Bryan Schott / Salt Lake Tribune:
Fox News offered to host a U.S. Senate debate in Utah. Evan McMullin said yes. Mike Lee said no.
Discussion: The Daily Caller
David Mark / Washington Examiner:
Ex-House GOP leader JC Watts slams RNC for party's downplaying of Jan. 6
Thomas Beaumont / Associated Press:
Trump to rally in Iowa ahead of Nov. 8 as he teases 2024
Discussion: Fox News, The Hill and Just The News
Alex Seitz-Wald / NBC News:
Pa. Republicans move to impeach Philadelphia's progressive prosecutor
Zoe Tillman / Bloomberg:
Giuliani's Election ‘Experts’ Get Cold Reception in Washington Ethics Case
Discussion: Law & Crime and Raw Story
Maddie Bender / The Daily Beast:
Conservative Policies Linked to Higher Death Rates for Americans, Study Finds
Discussion: USA Today
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Parents Differ Sharply by Party Over What Their K-12 Children Should Learn in School
Politico:
Bloomberg pumps $10 million more into House campaigns as red wave looms
Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:
Why Are Florida Republicans Paying a White Supremacist Goon?
McSweeney's:
If I Emailed My Parents Like Democrats Email Me
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Max Tani / @maxwelltani:
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Jack Dunn / Variety:
Trump appoints Mark Burnett, the British TV executive who created and produced the reality show The Apprentice, as a special envoy to the UK

Liz Pelly / Harper's:
How Spotify used its Perfect Fit Content program to rig its system against musicians, filling popular playlists with “ghost artists” to cut its royalty payouts

 
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