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7:25 PM ET, September 27, 2022

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Kaitlan Collins / CNN:
Newest addition to Trump's legal team sidelined in Mar-a-Lago search case  —  The newest addition to former President Donald Trump's legal team, Chris Kise, has been sidelined from the Mar-a-Lago documents investigation less than a month after he was brought on to represent Trump in the matter …
Ryan J. Reilly / NBC News:
Trump fan who assaulted Officer Fanone on Jan. 6 sentenced to more than 7 years in prison  —  WASHINGTON — A Donald Trump fan who brought his teenage son along as he assaulted then-D.C. police officer Mike Fanone and another officer at the Capitol on Jan. 6 was sentenced to more than seven years …
Discussion: CNN and Mediaite
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Kyle Cheney / Politico:
‘Afraid of losing their power’: Judge decries GOP leaders who back Trump election claims  —  A federal judge delivered a blistering rebuke of Republican Party leaders Tuesday for what she said was a cynical attempt to stoke false claims of election fraud of the kind that fueled the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol.
NBC News:
From DeSantis to McCarthy to Trump, a week that defined the GOP-Democrat divide in 2022  —  I left the Republican Party because I was worried it had fundamentally lost its way.  Looking back, I have never been more convinced I was right.  —  I don't think I've recently experienced a span …
Discussion: Townhall and The Post Millennial
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Matt Dixon / Politico:
DeSantis faces the true test of any Florida governor
Tommy Christopher / Mediaite:
Ex-Staffer Says DeSantis TORCHES Trump in Private: ‘Moron Who Has No Business Running For President’
Amy B Wang / Washington Post:
McConnell, Schumer back bill to prevent efforts to subvert presidential election results  —  Senate Majority Leader Charles E. Schumer (D-N.Y.) and Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) have endorsed a bipartisan electoral count reform bill in the Senate, all but cementing its passage …
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Rachel Frazin / The Hill:
Manchin permitting reform cut from spending bill  —  A stopgap government funding bill will not include permitting reform that Sen. Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.) had pushed for, Senate Majority Leader Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.) announced Tuesday.  —  Manchin moments earlier had released a statement asking …
Dara Lind / New York Times:
Ron DeSantis Is Making an Asylum Crisis of His Own  —  When nearly 50 migrants were lured onto a pair of planes in San Antonio and dumped on Martha's Vineyard this month, a sequence of events arranged by Gov. Ron DeSantis of Florida, it was an escalation of what his fellow Republican governor …
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Paula Aceves / New York Magazine:   ‘It Was All a Hoax’  —  This 27-year-old Venezuelan man was one of 50 migrants taken …
Reuters:
Gas leaks from Russian pipelines to Europe raise sabotage fears  —  Europe was investigating leaks in two Russian gas pipelines that churned up the Baltic Sea on Tuesday and raised concerns from Copenhagen to Moscow about sabotage on infrastructure at the heart of an energy standoff.
Christopher Cann / Tallahassee Democrat:
Gadsden County commissioner appointed by Gov. DeSantis resigns after KKK costume photo emerges  —  Jeffery Moore, a Havana resident and former Department of Revenue employee, abruptly resigned from the post in Florida's only predominantly Black county after the photo began circulating.
Discussion: Politico
Danielle Douglas-Gabriel / Washington Post:
Lawsuit aims to stop Biden's student loan forgiveness plan  —  A public interest lawyer in Indiana is suing to block President Biden's plan to cancel some student debt, arguing that the policy will force him to pay state taxes on the forgiven amount.  —  The lawsuit, filed in U.S. District Court …
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Pacific Legal Foundation:
Lawsuit filed to stop Biden administration's unlawful student loan cancellation
Marty Schladen / Cincinnati.com:
Affidavits: 2 more pregnant minors who were raped were denied Ohio abortions  —  At least two more minors made pregnant by sexual assault were forced to leave Ohio to avoid having their rapists' babies, according to sworn affidavits filed by abortion providers.
Janan Ganesh / Financial Times:
Truss learns the hard way that Britain isn't America  —  Reaganism is a good idea, but Reaganism without the dollar isn't  —  Into Brideshead Revisited, near the middle, Evelyn Waugh crowbars a scene on a cruise ship for the express purpose of mocking Americans.  There is a character named “Senator Stuyvesant-Oglander”.
Allan Smith / NBC News:
In 2019, Doug Mastriano said women who violated proposed abortion ban should be charged with murder  —  In 2019, state Sen. Doug Mastriano sponsored legislation barring abortions at around six weeks.  Asked if women who broke that law should be charged with murder, he said, “Yes.”
Washington Post:
Glenn Youngkin hosts donor retreat amid presidential speculation  —  The ‘Red Vest Retreat’ comes as major Republican donors search for alternatives to former president Donald Trump and Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis in 2024  —  Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin, who has been raising his national profile ahead …
Discussion: Raw Story
Fox News:
Nadler feuded with Schiff, Pelosi over ‘unconstitutional’ impeachment of Donald Trump  —  Nadler's concern arose after he found out Judiciary Committee would not have ability to cross-examine impeachment witnesses  —  The Democratic rush to impeach Trump  —  FIRST ON FOX: A new book reveals …
Ruth Ben-Ghiat / MSNBC:
Giorgia Meloni's win will make her a new Republican favorite  —  “Of course I do not want women to be slaves, but if I proposed to give our women the vote, I would be laughed at,” Italian dictator Benito Mussolini told the German journalist Emil Ludwig in 1932.  “She must not count in political life.”
Washington Post:
Jan. 6 committee postpones planned hearing as Hurricane Ian advances  —  The House select committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol is postponing its highly anticipated hearing because of Hurricane Ian, which is expected to barrel into the western coast of Florida on Wednesday …
Darrell Owens / The Discourse Lounge:
Santa Cruz is A Housing Nightmare  —  My adventure in trying to find a basic necessity like housing in this ridiculous suburbia called Santa Cruz, California.  —  Santa Cruz, California has the worst housing crisis in the state of California.  It skims Silicon Valley prices yet has incomes far lower than Silicon Valley.
Discussion: Los Angeles Times
Riham Alkousaa / Reuters:
CIA warned Berlin about possible attacks on gas pipelines in summer - Spiegel  —  The U.S. Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) had weeks ago warned Germany about possible attacks on gas pipelines in the Baltic Sea, German magazine Spiegel said on Tuesday, after gas leaks in Russia pipelines to Germany were reported.
Julia Ainsley / NBC News:
Secret Service took the cellphones of 24 agents involved in Jan. 6 response and gave them to investigators  —  Senior leadership at the Secret Service confiscated the cellphones of 24 agents involved in the agency's response to the Jan. 6, 2021, riot at the Capitol and handed them over to the Department …
Rick Maese / Washington Post:
Brett Favre is the face of a scandal, but Mississippi's issues go deeper  —  In 2017, a Mississippi nonprofit called Operation Shoestring received a federal grant worth more than $200,000.  But when the organization sought to renew the funding a year later, the money was no longer available.
Cady Lang / TIME:
Hailey Bieber's ‘Brownie Glazed Lips’ Look Is Yet Another Example of Cultural Appropriation in Beauty  —  Hailey Bieber faced criticism over the weekend after a TikTok video she made about “brownie glazed lips” was called out for appropriating a makeup technique favored by Latinas and Black and brown women since the '90s.
Discussion: Newsbusters, IJR, Twitchy and The Root
Richard Rubin / Wall Street Journal:
IRS Failed to Send Child Tax Credit Payments to Millions of Households  —  Audit found tax agency didn't send payments to 4.1 million eligible households but was still 98% accurate in delivering the pandemic aid  —  WASHINGTON—The Internal Revenue Service sent $1.1 billion …
Sarah Posner / Talking Points Memo:
The Key Ingredients Of Christian Nationalism  —  Christian nationalism isn't new.  But its core components are dominating Republican politics.  —  Christian nationalism has been all over the news lately, but it is neither a new term nor a new phenomenon in American politics.
Zach Everson / Forbes:
Rep. Lauren Boebert's Campaign May Be Violating Election Law In Trying To Sell Her Book  —  The campaign for Rep. Lauren Boebert (R-Colo.) has placed advertisements directing supporters to buy her new memoir from retailers, an arrangement that may violate campaign-finance laws.
Discussion: Raw Story
Fox News:
Pro-life activist Mark Houck pleads not guilty to federal charges after FBI arrest  —  Mark Houck pleaded not guilty in Pennsylvania federal court over alleged altercation outside abortion clinic  —  Fox News Flash top headlines for September 27  —  Catholic pro-life activist Mark Houck pleaded …
Cathy Young / The Bulwark:
The Dictator and the Diva  —  Meet Alla Pugacheva, the Russian pop mega-star who is challenging Putin.  —  Of all the different reasons given for Vladimir Putin's decision last week to order “partial mobilization” of Russian reservists, the most unusual one has been offered …
Sam Biddle / The Intercept:
No, Elon Musk's Starlink Probably Won't Fix Iranian Internet Censorship … Elon Musk is once again suggesting his business interests can solve a high-profile crisis: This time, the SpaceX CEO says Starlink satellite internet can alleviate Iran's digital crackdown against ongoing anti-government protests.
 
 
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Steven Nelson / New York Post:
Biden calls Florida mayors — but not DeSantis — as Hurricane Ian nears shore
NIH News Release:
Study confirms link between COVID-19 vaccination and temporary increase in menstrual cycle length
Perry Bacon Jr / Washington Post:
Polls are useful. They just can't predict elections in swing states.
Discussion: USA Today and The Daily Beast
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Joselyn King / newsandsentinel.com/:
Justice considering U.S. Senate run
Discussion: CNN and Political Wire
Josh Gerstein / Politico:
Federal appeals court punts on writer's suit against Trump over rape denial
Kyle Whitmire / al.com:
Alabama GOP chair's family believed voter ID was mark of the beast, brother said in deposition
Discussion: Washington Examiner and Raw Story
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Removing Coordinated Inauthentic Behavior From China and Russia
Daniel W. Drezner / Drezner's World:
The Newsweek of think tanks  —  The impressive intellectual devolution of the Heritage Foundation.
Damon Young / Washington Post:
Woke is now a dog whistle for Black. What's next?
Discussion: Twitchy
Eleanor Klibanoff / The Texas Tribune:
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton fled his home to avoid being served with subpoena, court record says
 

 
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Michael Sisak / Associated Press:
A US appeals court overturns Harvey Weinstein's 2020 conviction, finding the trial judge let women testify about allegations that were not part of the case

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