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12:40 AM ET, September 29, 2022

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TMZ.com:
Marjorie Taylor Greene's Husband Files For Divorce  —  6:21 PM PT — MTG's estranged husband, Perry Greene, tells TMZ ... “Marjorie has been my best friend for the last 29 years and she has been an amazing mom!  Our family is our most important thing we have done.”  —  UPDATE
Discussion: Mediaite, RADAR and The Daily Wire
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AJ McDougall / The Daily Beast:
Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene's Husband of 27 Years Files for Divorce  —  ‘IRRETRIEVABLY BROKEN’  —  Perry Greene, the husband of Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA), filed for divorce on Tuesday, according to court documents obtained by The Daily Beast.  The petition stated …
Discussion: The Gateway Pundit and Raw Story
Julia Mueller / The Hill:
Marjorie Taylor Greene's husband files for divorce  —  Correction: Perry Greene filed for divorce in the Floyd County Superior Court.  —  Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene's (R-Ga.) husband filed for divorce Wednesday on the grounds that the marriage is “irretrievably broken,” according to court documents.
Associated Press:
Records contradict Majewski's account of military punishment  —  Republican J.R. Majewski has centered his campaign for a competitive Ohio congressional seat around his biography as an Air Force veteran.  But one of the big questions that has surfaced is why Majewski was told he could not reenlist …
Discussion: Insider and Raw Story
Charlie Savage / New York Times:
‘Giant Backfire’: Trump's Demand for Special Master Is Looking Like a Mistake  —  The former president failed to derail the criminal investigation into his hoarding of sensitive documents and is stuck paying for a costly process that threatens to undermine his public claims.
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Joe Klein / New York Times:
What's the Key to Understanding Donald J. Trump?  Start With Queens.  —  “Confidence Man,” Maggie Haberman's biography of the former president, argues that it's essential to grasp New York's steamy, histrionic folkways.  —  Buy Book ▾ … When you purchase an independently reviewed book through …
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Daniel W. Drezner / Drezner's World:
On the matter of Haberman-hating  —  A few thoughts on why Maggie Haberman triggers the reactions she does.  —  When I was curating the Toddler-in-Chief thread on Twitter and adapting it into The Toddler in Chief, I leaned pretty hard on Maggie Haberman's reporting for the New York Times.
TMZ.com:
Coolio Dead at 59  —  EXCLUSIVE  —  UPDATE  —  6:47 PM PT — Law enforcement sources tell TMZ no drugs or drug paraphernalia were found at the scene of Coolio's death.  An autopsy and toxicology test will be used to determine an official cause of death.  —  UPDATE
New York Times:
‘Putin Is a Fool’: Intercepted Calls Reveal Russian Army in Disarray  —  In phone calls to friends and relatives at home, Russian soldiers gave damning insider accounts of battlefield failures and civilian executions, excoriating their leaders just weeks into the campaign to take Kyiv.
The Philadelphia Inquirer:
As campaign struggles, Doug Mastriano plans ‘40 days of fasting and prayer’  —  It was billed as a blockbuster, but ended up a flop.  If Doug Mastriano's “big rally” last weekend were a movie, its Rotten Tomatoes score would be in the single digits.Only a few dozen supporters joined …
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Patricia McCabe / Supreme Court of the United States:
For Immediate Release  —  For Further Information Contact:  —  The Court will hear all scheduled oral arguments for the upcoming term in the Courtroom.  Seating for the oral argument sessions will be provided to the public, members of the Supreme Court bar, and press, and Courtroom bar admissions will resume.
Michael D. Shear / New York Times:
'Where's Jackie?'  Biden Asks if Deceased Lawmaker Is at White House Event  —  President Biden apparently forgot that Representative Jackie Walorski, Republican of Indiana, had died in August.  —  WASHINGTON — President Biden looked in the audience on Wednesday for Representative Jackie Walorski …
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Andrew Stiles / Washington Free Beacon:
SILVER ALERT: Biden's Bumbles Hit New Low
Justin Baragona / The Daily Beast:
Biden Appears to Ask If Dead Congresswoman Is in Attendance at White House Event
CBS News:
Bill Plante, legendary CBS News White House correspondent, has died at 84  —  William “Bill” Plante, one of the longest-serving White House broadcast journalists in history, died of respiratory failure on Wednesday, according to his family.  The award-winning CBS correspondent was 84 years old and lived in Washington, D.C.
Aaron Blake / Washington Post:
Tucker Carlson's shoddy case linking U.S. to alleged Nord Stream sabotage  —  Fox News host Tucker Carlson's long-running quest to blame the Biden administration for the war in Ukraine hasn't borne much fruit, despite his prominent perch on the most-watched cable news channel.  —  But it's not for lack of trying.
Kathleen Foody / Associated Press:
Smith & Wesson sued over link to July 4 parade mass shooting  —  Survivors of the mass shooting at a suburban Chicago Independence Day parade and family members of those killed filed 11 lawsuits Wednesday against the manufacturer of the rifle used in the attack, accusing gun-maker Smith & Wesson …
Washington Post:
Biden administration to grant Puerto Rico shipping waiver after uproar  —  White House officials faced a backlash from the island's governor and members of Congress after a shipment of diesel was idled off the coast  —  The Biden administration is expected to approve a legal waiver as soon …
Discussion: Politico
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Nader Hashemi / DAWN:
The ‘Talibanization’ of Iran Has Sparked a Revolutionary Feminist Backlash  —  The story of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini, who was killed by Iran's morality police for improperly wearing her hijab, has gone global.  No one could have predicted when she left her home in Iran's northern Kurdistan province earlier …
Kate Briquelet / The Daily Beast:
Brett Favre's Charity for Needy Kids Gave $60K to Another Volleyball Gym  —  The NFL legend is in hot water for alleged misuse of welfare funds for a volleyball facility.  His nonprofit also directed $60K to daughter's high school for new volleyball digs.
Jess Bravin / Wall Street Journal:
Kagan v. Roberts: Justices Spar Over Supreme Court's Legitimacy  —  Liberal justice suggests recent decisions are sapping ‘reservoirs of public confidence’; Roberts and Alito say institution's status stands above its opinions  —  The Legal Reasoning Behind the Supreme Court Overturning Roe v. Wade
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Andrew Chung / Reuters:   After sharp right turn, U.S. Supreme Court conservatives step on the gas
John Nichols / The Nation:
Sanders, Raskin Want Congress to Get Serious About Averting a Coup in Brazil  —  Brazil's “Tropical Trump” says “only God will remove me” if he loses Sunday.  —  Polls from Brazil show that President Jair Bolsonaro, the Donald Trump-like authoritarian who has run the country disastrously since …
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Associated Press:
Russia poised to annex occupied Ukraine after sham vote  —  Russia positioned itself Wednesday to formally annex parts of Ukraine where occupied areas held a Kremlin-orchestrated “referendum” on living under Moscow's rule that the Ukrainian government and the West denounced as illegal and rigged.
Associated Press:
Record methane leak flows from damaged Baltic Sea pipelines  —  Methane leaking from the damaged Nord Stream pipelines is likely to be the biggest burst of the potent greenhouse gas on record, by far.  The Nord Stream pipeline leaks that were pumping huge volumes of methane into the Baltic Sea …
Jon Hilsenrath / Wall Street Journal:
What America Gave My Father—and What He Gave Back  —  Joseph Hilsenrath came to the U.S. as a child fleeing Nazi persecution and spent a lifetime contributing to his new country.  Many of today's immigrants can tell a similar story.  —  In a poignant moment in the new Ken Burns documentary …
Alayna Treene / Axios:
Scoop: GOP leaders prepare for 2023 debt limit “nightmare”  —  GOP leaders, congressional aides and business groups are preparing for a potential “nightmare scenario” next year if House Republicans take back the majority: a debt limit showdown reminiscent of the near-crisis in 2011.
Discussion: Political Wire
Deb Haaland / Washington Post:
How we expunged a racist, sexist slur from hundreds of public lands  —  Deb Haaland, the first Native American to serve as a Cabinet secretary, is the secretary of the Interior Department.  —  America's public lands belong to all of us, and we have a responsibility to ensure that these lands are accessible and welcoming to everyone.
Dana Blanton / Fox News:
Fox News Poll: Pennsylvania Senate race narrows  —  Growing concern over Fetterman's health, but Oz supporters remain unenthusiastic  —  John Fetterman polls ahead of Dr. Oz in Pennsylvania amid voters' crime concerns  —  Democrat John Fetterman tops Republican Mehmet Oz among Pennsylvania voters …
Ann McAdams / WECT-TV:
Sheriff: “I'm sick of these black bastards.... Every black that I know, you need to fire him...”  —  SBI investigating allegations of Obstruction of Justice at the Columbus County Sheriff's Office  —  COLUMBUS COUNTY, N.C. (WECT) - On one end of the phone was Columbus County Sheriff Jody Greene.
Discussion: Raw Story
New York Times:
6 Injured in Oakland School Shooting, Police Say  —  Two of the victims were hospitalized with life-threatening injuries, the authorities said.  The shooting occurred at a campus in the Bay Area that houses multiple schools.  —  OAKLAND, Calif. — Six people were shot at a campus in Oakland …
 
 
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