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9:50 AM ET, October 3, 2022

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Nate Cohn / New York Times:
It's Time to Take Democrats' Chances in the House Seriously  —  No, they are not favored.  But the notion of retaining the chamber is not as far-fetched as it once was.  —  There were more than a few Democrats who were a little miffed about my Friday newsletter on gerrymandering …
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Politico:
POLITICO Playbook: Why the White House isn't sweating GOP probes  —  Presented by With help from Eli Okun and Garrett Ross  —  DRIVING THE DAY  —  THIS WEEK — Monday: Supreme Court opens its 2022-23 term.  President JOE BIDEN heads to Puerto Rico to survey hurricane damage ... Tuesday …
Discussion: The Hill and Washington Post
Politico:
Why Biden world isn't overly worried about House GOP investigations  —  Congressional Republicans are talking more openly about their desire to investigate every aspect of the Biden administration — and family — should they regain control of one or both houses of Congress.
Politico:
Weak rural turnout could hurt GOP in November  —  The Democratic Party's newest star has an unlikely group to thank for his upset victory: rural voters.  —  Rep. Pat Ryan prevailed in a close race over his Republican opponent in an August special election in upstate New York in part …
Abdul Hakim-Shabazz / IndyPolitics.Org:   New Poll Shows Close U.S. Senate Race
Sean Golonka / The Nevada Independent:
IndyFest Poll: Races for governor and U.S. Senate close, Republicans lead down ticket
Discussion: Political Wire and The Hill
New York Times:
The Story Behind DeSantis's Migrant Flights to Martha's Vineyard  —  Asylum seekers in Texas were recruited for the flights by a woman who appeared to be a former Army counterintelligence agent.  “We were tricked,” one migrant said.  —  SAN ANTONIO — In June, Gov. Ron DeSantis signed …
Wall Street Journal:
Trump's ‘Death Wish’ Rhetoric  —  His latest tirade against Mitch McConnell courts potential violence.  —  WSJ Opinion: Hits and Misses of the Week  —  YOU MAY ALSO LIKE  —  Created with sketchtool. … 1x  —  We live in a polarized political age when rabid partisans don't need provocation to resort to violence.
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Ken Meyer / Mediaite:
WATCH: Rick Scott Squirms When Pressed on Trump's Racist Attack Against Mitch McConnell's Wife
U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission:
Press Release SEC Charges Kim Kardashian for Unlawfully Touting Crypto Security  —  The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced charges against Kim Kardashian for touting on social media a crypto asset security offered and sold by EthereumMax without disclosing the payment she received for the promotion.
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CNBC:
Kim Kardashian pays over $1 million to settle SEC charges linked to a crypto promo on her Instagram  — Kim Kardashian agreed to pay more than $1 million to settle SEC charges for failing to disclose a payment she received for touting a crypto asset on Instagram.
Adam Dalva / New Yorker:
Letters to Jeb Bush  —  In a moment of personal and professional failure, I began writing to someone who I thought might be in a position to understand.  —  In the fall of 2015, I moved from Brooklyn to Vermont for a month to try to write something new.  I had spent four years working on a novel …
The Guardian:
Iranian students defy security forces as anti-regime protests continue  —  Human rights groups ‘extremely concerned’ about violent repression of demonstrations in Tehran  —  Iranian students have stepped up their protests in defiance of a crackdown by security forces who allegedly cornered …
Discussion: BBC and Bloomberg
TMZ.com:
Billy Eichner Seems to Blame Homophobia for ‘Bros’ Low Box Office  —  BILLY EICHNER SEEMS TO BLAME HOMOPHOBIA ... For ‘Bros’ Box Office Bomb  —  Billy Eichner's new romcom completely bombed at the box office — and he appears to be chalking it up to homophobia across the country.
Wall Street Journal:
Judge Laurence Silberman Shaped Second Amendment Jurisprudence  —  The influential jurist, who has died at age 86, sat for decades on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit  —  Laurence Silberman, an influential conservative during a long career as an appeals court judge …
Discussion: Reason and National Review
Jeremy Herb / CNN:
New book audio: Trump falsely claimed he gave Kim letters to Archives in 2021  —  Former President Donald Trump falsely claimed he had given the letters he exchanged with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un to the National Archives last year when he was interviewed by New York Times reporter Maggie Haberman …
Discussion: New York Times and Axios
Bloomberg:
Brazil Presidential Race Goes to Runoff as Lula Falls Short  —  Brazilian assets jumped after President Jair Bolsonaro secured his way to a runoff election against Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva as investors cheered on the incumbent's better-than-expected showing and bet his leftist challenger …
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Associated Press:
Bolsonaro, Lula appear headed for runoff in Brazil race
Megan Brenan / Gallup:
GOP Leads On Image, Handling Terrorism, Nation's Prosperity  —  WASHINGTON, D.C. — Americans' views of the two major U.S. political parties remain more negative than positive, but the Republican Party's favorability is now slightly better than the Democratic Party's.
Martin Pengelly / The Guardian:
Capitol attack officer Fanone hits out at ‘weasel’ McCarthy in startling interview  —  Michael Fanone makes candid and profane remarks about Republicans in Rolling Stone interview as he promotes memoir  —  In an extraordinarily candid and profane interview with Rolling Stone, Michael Fanone …
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Alex Morris / Rolling Stone:
Michael Fanone Is Not Your Fucking Hero
Discussion: Insider and The Wrap
Mike Allen / Axios:
Scoop: Trump lawyer Eric Herschmann to represent Brett Favre  —  Eric Herschmann, a top White House lawyer to President Trump, confirms to Axios he is now lead counsel to NFL legend Brett Favre, who is embroiled in a welfare-funds scandal in his home state of Mississippi.
Washington Post:
As TV doctor, Mehmet Oz provided platform for questionable products and views  —  Now a Republican candidate for the Senate in Pennsylvania, Oz has made his medical background and his popular TV show a centerpiece of his campaign  —  Mehmet Oz looked directly into the camera and introduced …
Josh Kraushaar / Axios:
Democrats' new Senate struggles  —  Democrats are facing fresh problems in two pivotal Senate battlegrounds in which their nominees are facing attacks for being too progressive. … In Pennsylvania, recent polling suggests Democrat John Fetterman's double-digit advantage over Republican Mehmet Oz has shrunk to a statistical tie.
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Will Bunch / The Philadelphia Inquirer:
Racist ‘Willie Horton’-style fearmongering on crime may win midterms for GOP
Discussion: Daily Kos, Common Sense and WITF
 
 
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Tal Fortgang / Wall Street Journal:
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Greg Owen / LGBTQ Nation:
New York judge rules in favor of polyamorous relationships
Thomas Curwen / Los Angeles Times:
An L.A. journalist's death by suicide still confounds years later. “Can we ever understand that?”
Andrew Solender / Axios:
Scoop: House GOP expands map with new $14 million ad blitz
Discussion: HuffPost
Luke Rosiak / The Daily Wire:
Trans Student Walkout Group Admits Most Just Wanted To Skip School, Boasts About Tricking Media
William Carwile / Bend Bulletin:
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 Earlier Items: 
Jon Gabriel / Arizona Republic:
A lot of folks are running the White House. Joe Biden just isn't one of them
Joshua Zitser / Insider:
Marjorie Taylor Greene deceptively tells Trump rally that Democrat ‘killings’ of Republicans have already started
David French / The Dispatch:
When Culture Wars Go Way Too Far
Rolling Stone:
Aretha Franklin Was Tracked By the FBI for 40 Years. Here's What's In Her File
Josh Gerstein / Politico:
A shaken Supreme Court returns to chambers
Bud Foster / KOLD-TV:
Teen girl denied medication refill under AZ's new abortion law
Discussion: Jezebel and Eschaton
 

 
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Alex Sherman / CNBC:
Sources: Paramount Global's board is preparing to fire CEO Bob Bakish as soon as Monday, after he lost the trust of controlling shareholder Shari Redstone

Jeff Jarvis / BuzzMachine:
The New York Times is broken, shown by its entitled, petulant reaction to Politico's report on its tense relationship with Biden

Reggie Ugwu / New York Times:
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