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Matthew Champion / VICE:
Elon Musk Spoke to Putin Before Tweeting Ukraine Peace Plan: Report  —  The world's richest man spoke directly with Vladimir Putin, Eurasia Group's Ian Bremmer wrote.  —  MC  —  Elon Musk spoke directly with Russian President Vladimir Putin before tweeting a proposal to end the war …
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Joseph Bernstein / New York Times:
Elon Musk Has the World's Strangest Social Calendar
Discussion: Mother Jones and ABC News
Politico:
POLITICO Playbook: New revelations about Kevin McCarthy and Jan. 6  —  Presented by With help from Eli Okun and Garrett Ross  —  DRIVING THE DAY  —  DON'T MISS — Jonathan Lemire on the sensitivities around JOE BIDEN becoming the first presidential octogenarian on Nov. 20: “Biden's about to turn 80.
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Marianna Sotomayor / Washington Post:
New book details how McCarthy came to support Trump after Jan. 6  —  The Republican House leader berated a member of his conference, leading her to cry, in a previously unreported meeting as he wrestled with fallout from Jan. 6, 2021  —  In the weeks after the Senate voted to acquit Donald Trump …
Paul Schwartzman / Washington Post:
What does Madison Cawthorn do now?  —  The defeated congressman's next chapter may offer insight into how redemption works, or doesn't, for a scandal-plagued Republican who still loves Trump  —  Madison Cawthorn left his Capitol Hill office on a recent afternoon like a man with a purpose …
Discussion: Crooks and Liars
Marist Poll:
Bennet Leads O'Dea in Colorado Senate Race... Polis with Double-Digit Lead Over Ganahl in Governor's Contest  —  In the race for U.S. Senate in Colorado, Democratic incumbent Michael Bennet has a 7-point advantage over his Republican challenger Joe O'Dea among registered voters statewide.
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Camille Mumford / Emerson Polling:
Georgia 2022: Sen. Warnock Leads Walker by Two; Gov. Kemp Leads Abrams by Five
Discussion: The Hill
Wall Street Journal:
Saudi Arabia Defied U.S. Warnings Ahead of OPEC+ Production Cut  —  Riyadh dismissed American officials who said the output reduction would be perceived as siding with Russia, in a new blow to relations  —  RIYADH, Saudi Arabia—Days before a major oil-production cut by OPEC and its Russia-led allies …
Discussion: Al Jazeera
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Peter Baker / New York Times:
Biden to ‘Re-Evaluate’ Relationship With Saudi Arabia After Oil Production Cut  —  Angered by the kingdom's decision to team up with Russia to slash petroleum output, the president signaled openness to retaliatory measures proposed in Congress, including a halt to arms sales and a new antitrust measure.
Stephanie Kirchgaessner / The Guardian:
Democratic senator threatens to freeze weapons sales to Saudi Arabia over support of Russia
Washington Post:
How Trump's legal expenses consumed GOP donor money  —  As some Republican candidates face a fundraising shortfall, the former president, the RNC and key state parties have all spent significant sums on legal fights  —  Donald Trump's political operation has spent more money since he left office …
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David M. Drucker / Washington Examiner:
Heritage Action super PAC drops $1.5 million on Masters in Arizona Senate race
Discussion: Breitbart, The Federalist and RedState
Zach Montellaro / Politico:   Republicans are chasing key governorships. There's one big thing missing.
Igor Kossov / The Kyiv Independent:
What's behind Russia's unusually big missile attack on Ukraine?  —  Russia lashed out on Oct. 10, striking many Ukrainian cities with 84 missiles and 24 exploding drones.  —  The places they hit were all civilian — multiple power plants but also a children's playground in the center of Kyiv.
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Karen DeYoung / Washington Post:
Ukraine war at a turning point with rapid escalation of conflict
New York Times:
Biden's Folksiness Can Veer Into Folklore, or Falsehoods  —  President Biden has been unable to break himself of the habit of embellishing narratives to weave a political identity.  —  WASHINGTON — Standing in front of Floridians who had lost everything during Hurricane Ian …
Noam Scheiber / New York Times:
Biden Proposal Could Lead to Employee Status for Gig Workers  —  A proposed rule, long awaited by labor activists, would make it harder for companies to classify workers as independent contractors.
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The White House:
G7 Statement on Ukraine, 11 October 2022  —  1. We, the leaders of the Group of Seven (G7), convened today with Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy.  Our meeting took place against the backdrop of the most recent missile attacks against civilian infrastructure and cities across Ukraine, leading to the death of innocent civilians.
Franklin Foer / The Atlantic:
The Inevitable Indictment of Donald Trump  —  As an appellate judge, Merrick Garland was known for constructing narrow decisions that achieved consensus without creating extraneous controversy.  As a government attorney, he was known for his zealous adherence to the letter of the law.
Discussion: Alternet.org, HuffPost and Raw Story
Reuters:
Supreme Court rebuffs fetal personhood appeal  —  The S upreme Court on Tuesday declined to decide whether fetuses are entitled to constitutional rights in light of its June ruling overturning the 1973 Roe v. Wade decision that had legalized abortion nationwide, steering clear for now of another front in America's culture wars.
Amanda Carpenter / The Bulwark:
The Herschel Walker Abortion Exceptions Policy  —  For today's GOP, abortion is acceptable when it is for the convenience of the father, politics, and personal interest.  —  GOP Georgia Senate nominee Herschel Walker makes a solemn promise to his audience as part of his stump speech …
Wall Street Journal:
Government Officials Invest in Companies Their Agencies Oversee  —  Hidden records show thousands of senior executive branch employees owned stocks in companies whose fates were directly affected by their employers' actions, a Wall Street Journal investigation found
Judd Legum / Popular Information:
How will Tommy Tuberville's corporate backers respond to his racist diatribe?  —  On Saturday, Senator Tommy Tuberville (R-AL) appeared at a rally in Minden, Nevada, to support the Republican nominee for Senate, Adam Laxit.  During his speech at the event, which also featured Donald Trump …
Parisa Hafezi / Reuters:
Iranian journalist who broke news on Mahsa Amini pays heavy price  —  Niloofar Hamedi, an Iranian journalist specialising in women's rights, got away with hard-hitting stories for years - until the day she took a photo of Mahsa Amini's parents hugging each other in a Tehran hospital where their daughter was lying in a coma.
Julia Ainsley / NBC News:
Secret Service agents were denied when they tried to learn what Jan. 6 info was seized from their personal cellphones  —  WASHINGTON — Secret Service agents asked the agency for a record of all of the communications seized from their personal cellphones as part of investigations into the events of Jan. 6 …
Discussion: The Hill, Mediaite and Raw Story
Nicholas Fandos / New York Times:
In Fight for Congress, a Surprising Battleground Emerges: New York  —  After a haywire redistricting process, New York has more congressional battlegrounds than nearly any other state.  Even the Democratic campaign chairman is locked in a dead heat.  —  POUGHKEEPSIE, N.Y. …
Discussion: The Hill, Nevada Current, Al Jazeera and Vox
Nate Cohn / New York Times:
Why Republicans Could Prevail in the Popular Vote but Lose in the House  —  In a potential reversal of recent structural trends, there's a small chance of something we haven't seen since 1952.  —  Over the last few decades, we've gotten accustomed to the idea that Democrats could easily win …
Victoria Prodeline / Monmouth University …:
Public Says Pandemic Not Over, But Impact on Daily Life May Be  —  Just one-third likely to get new bivalent booster  —  West Long Branch, NJ - In a television appearance last month, President Joe Biden said, “The pandemic is over.”  Only 1 in 5 Americans would make that kind of blanket declaration …
Discussion: The Hill and Political Wire
Joshua Kaplan / Articles and Investigations:
How Ron DeSantis Blew Up Black-Held Congressional Districts and May Have Broken Florida Law  —  A User's Guide to Democracy  —  Congress Works For You.  Here's How to Be a Better Boss.  —  Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis was incensed.  Late last year, the state's Republican legislature …
Paula Bolyard / pjmedia.com:
J.D. Vance DOMINATES in Ohio Senate Debate Against Radical Left-Wing Congressman Tim Ryan  —  I wasn't sure what to expect in the debate between Democrat Rep. Tim Ryan and political newcomer J.D. Vance in the campaign for the open Senate seat in Ohio.  Ryan, who has been in Congress for nearly 20 years …
Andrew Kerr / Washington Free Beacon:
‘They Treat Me Like a Piece of S—’: Raphael Warnock's Church Pays for His Home.  It's Also Trying To Evict the Poor From Theirs.  —  ATLANTA—"Unemployment benefits have expired, rent is due today, and many Georgia families are at risk of eviction in the middle of a pandemic," Sen. Raphael Warnock …
Michael Anton / American Greatness:
The Dishonest and Dishonorable Disagreements of Former Friends  —  It is astonishing to be accused of anti-Americanism by longtime denigrators of America, and even more astonishing to be accused of divisiveness by people who casually throw around the term “Nazi.”  —  Most of us, at some point or another, fall out with friends.
Discussion: Ace of Spades HQ
Brad Dress / The Hill:
Gabbard says she can't stay in 'today's Democratic Party'  —  Former Hawaii congresswoman and 2020 presidential candidate Tulsi Gabbard on Tuesday said she's leaving the Democratic Party because it is “under the complete control of an elitist cabal of warmongers who are driven by cowardly wokeness.”
 
 
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Alex Gangitano / The Hill:
Biden touts planned $4.4B battery plant in Ohio
Ariel Zilber / New York Post:
Jamie Dimon blasts Biden on energy: ‘America should have been pumping more oil and gas’
Discussion: CNBC and The Daily Caller
John Nichols / The Nation:
The Rise of Mandela Barnes
Sara Fischer / Axios:
Democrats' abortion ad blitz
Discussion: RedState, NPR and Digby's Hullabaloo
Eli Yokley / Morning Consult:
Whitmer's Approval Ticks Up in Michigan Ahead of Midterms as Most Governors Continue to Earn Positive Reviews
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Washington Examiner:
California's green bureaucracy gets the verbal smackdown it deserves
Discussion: CalMatters, KTLA and RedState
Rachel M. Cohen / Vox:
The new abortion rights spokesmen: Dudes, dads, and plumbers
Discussion: Newsbusters
Abby Livingston / The Texas Tribune:
Essay: The education and disillusionment of a young Texas reporter in D.C.
Kate Davidson / Politico:
The Fed's Powell is risking a recession to crush inflation. A lot of Democrats are ok with that.
Dennis Romboy / KSL-TV:
Evan McMullin, Sen. Mike Lee locked in nasty battle for Senate. What does latest poll show?
Discussion: The Hill and Political Wire
Katie Glueck / New York Times:
Mastriano's Attacks on Jewish School Set Off Outcry Over Antisemitic Signaling
 

 
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