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12:15 PM ET, September 21, 2022

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Washington Post:
Putin's partial military mobilization condemned by U.S., Europe … Russian President Vladimir Putin's announcement of a “partial mobilization” of troops was condemned by United States and European officials as a dangerous escalation as the invasion in Ukraine falters.
Discussion: Bloomberg and Slow Boring
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New York Times:
Ukraine Live Updates: Putin Calls Up More Troops as His War Effort Falters  —  In a rare address to the nation, the Russian president railed against the West for providing Ukraine with weapons and made a veiled threat of using nuclear weapons.  Russia's defense minister put the number of new call-ups at 300,000.
Wall Street Journal:
Putin Orders Draft of Reservists for War in Ukraine, Threatens Nuclear Response  —  Russian president made the announcement amid faltering Russian offensive, Ukrainian advances in northeast  —  MOSCOW—In a major escalation of the war in Ukraine, Russian President Vladimir Putin raised …
AIRLIVE:
BREAKING Russian airlines ordered to stop selling tickets to Russian men aged 18 to 65  —  Flights abroad sell out following Putin's partial mobilization.  —  Russian airlines have stopped selling tickets to Russian men aged 18 to 65 unless they can provide evidence of approval to travel from the Ministry of Defense.
NBC News:
Putin mobilizes more troops for Ukraine war, threatens nuclear retaliation and backs annexation of Russian-occupied land  —  Watch: Putin announces partial mobilization of Russian military  —  Russian President Vladimir Putin announced the partial mobilization of his country's military Wednesday …
Karl Ritter / Associated Press:
Putin sets partial military call-up, won't ‘bluff’ on nukes
Aaron Katersky / ABC News:
New York AG Letitia James files $250M lawsuit against Trump for defrauding lenders, others  —  The suit accuses Trump and his firm of “persistent and repeated business fraud.”  —  For 20 years, Donald Trump and his family enriched themselves through “numerous acts of fraud and misrepresentations …
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Summer Concepcion / NBC News:
New York AG sues Trump, his children and their company on charges of large-scale business fraud  —  New York Attorney General Letitia James announced a sweeping lawsuit Wednesday against former President Donald Trump, his three eldest children and the Trump Organization in connection …
Kara Scannell / CNN:
New York attorney general files civil fraud lawsuit against Trump, some of his children and his business  —  New York Attorney General Letitia James filed a civil fraud lawsuit Wednesday against former President Donald Trump, according to court records.  —  The case docket indicates …
Discussion: Just The News
Washington Post:
‘Unchecked’ book excerpt: Inside McConnell's decision not to convict Trump  —  “Let's just ignore him,” the GOP Senate leader said at one point, underscoring his hands-off approach on whether to stand up to pro-Trump lawmakers after the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol
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Politico:
POLITICO Playbook: Inside McConnell's fateful impeachment decision
Discussion: The Hill
David R. Lurie / The Daily Beast:
The Performative Sadism of Ron DeSantis  —  The Florida governor and MAGA heir is betting his political future on hurting vulnerable people to own the libs. … The GOP—under Donald Trump and perhaps soon under his would-be successor, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis—is rapidly becoming …
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NBC News:
‘Punked:’ DeSantis keeps White House, Delaware and media guessing on migrant flight plans
Juliette Kayyem / The Atlantic:
Trump Endorsed QAnon Because He's Stuck  —  For a man who believes in nothing, has no coherent ideology or value system except his own continuing relevance, obsesses over conspiracies, and subsists on grievance and anger, Donald Trump took a long time to fully embrace QAnon.
Discussion: Raw Story, Insider and Rolling Stone
Washington Post:
GOP attorneys general back Trump in court fight over Mar-a-Lago documents  —  Texas's Ken Paxton and 10 other GOP state attorneys general came to the defense of former president Donald Trump on Tuesday in his legal fight over documents the FBI seized last month, filing an amicus brief …
Discussion: Washington Examiner
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Fredreka Schouten / CNN:
Trump's legal payments soar in wake of Mar-a-Lago search, campaign finance filings show
Discussion: Raw Story
Meridith McGraw / Politico:
Mar-a-Lago probe gives Trump plenty of headaches ... and political benefits, too
Discussion: The Hill
Susan Page / USA Today:
Trump vs. DeSantis in 2024?  USA TODAY/Suffolk poll shows Florida Republicans prefer their governor  —  In a hypothetical 2024 presidential primary in the Sunshine State, DeSantis leads Trump 48%-40%.  That's a reversal from a poll of Florida in January, when Trump led DeSantis 47%-40%.
Ethan Shanfeld / Variety:
Bill Maher Says ‘Woke Baggage’ Is Democrats' Biggest Problem: ‘Stop Talking About Pregnant Men’ … Bill Maher has shared his opinions on today's top issues for nearly two decades on HBO's “Real Time.”  Now, with his new podcast “Club Random,” the comedian turned political commentator tells Variety …
Discussion: The Hill
David Wasserman / Cook Political Report:
House Rating Changes: Schweikert Moves to Toss Up, Cuellar to Lean Democrat  —  As both parties begin to blitz the competitive battleground with ads, Republicans continue to be the party playing more offense, linking Democratic incumbents to “wasteful spending” and more IRS funding in the just-passed reconciliation bill.
Marist Poll:
The 2022 Elections in Ohio  —  Marist Ohio Poll  —  Vance & Ryan in Dead Heat in Ohio Senate Race, DeWine with 18-Point Lead in Governor's Race  —  In the U.S. Senate contest to fill retiring Senator Rob Portman's seat, Democrat Tim Ryan and Republican J.D. Vance are in a statistical dead heat …
Discussion: The Hill and Punchbowl News
New York Times:
Inside the Completely Legal G.O.P. Plot to Destroy American Democracy  —  Mr. Harris is a video journalist.  Ms. Cottle is a member of the editorial board.  —  For the past two years, Americans have been overwhelmed by a deluge of headlines suggesting democracy in the United States is under threat: Voter suppression.
Discussion: Digby's Hullabaloo
Ashley Gold / Axios:
Meta: We're not-so-big tech now  —  As Meta shapes its antitrust defense, it has begun pointing out its plummeting stock price as a sign that competition is alive and well in its market. … It has lost ground to its surging rival TikTok, and its revenue has been curtailed by Apple's iOS privacy changes.
The Guardian:
Revealed: the ‘shocking’ levels of toxic lead in Chicago tap water  —  Tests performed for thousands of Chicago residents found lead, a neurotoxin, in amounts far exceeding the federal standards  —  Erin McCormick, Aliya Uteuova and Taylor Moore with photographs by Jamie Kelter Davis
David Wasserman / NBC News:
The six types of races that will decide control of the House in 2022  —  Analysis: The Cook Political Report with Amy Walter rates 31 House races as toss-ups.  Control of the chamber will come down to a very narrow cross-section of the country.  —  Republicans need to pick up at least five seats …
Matt Henson / InForum:
Police: Driver admitted to intentionally killing teen at North Dakota street dance after political dispute  —  Court papers say 41-year-old Shannon Brandt confessed to a 911 dispatcher and police that he killed 18-year-old Cayler Ellingson due to a political dispute.
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George F. Will / Washington Post:
While Oz campaigns about campaigning, Fetterman sells a synthetic authenticity  —  SPRINGFIELD, Pa. — Election rallies in this “season of discontent” — when was there a contentment season? — feature an amiable dystopianism.  On a recent afternoon, some cheerful but fretful residents …
Shannon Pettypiece / NBC News:
Biden aims to rally world leaders behind Ukraine in U.N. remarks  —  WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden will use his remarks at the United Nations General Assembly Wednesday to rally the world in support of Ukraine as part of a broader call for countries to protect the established international order.
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Andrew Solender / Axios:
Liz Cheney's role in electoral count bill fuels GOP distrust  —  The House is set to vote Wednesday on a bill to reform how Congress certifies presidential elections, but the involvement of the Jan. 6 committee — and in particular Vice Chair Liz Cheney (R-Wyo.) — has drawn GOP opposition.
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