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4:20 PM ET, October 11, 2022

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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  —  When the world's richest man isn't tweeting, he's flying to Burning Man, trying to impress comedians and hopping on yachts.  —  When a snapshot of Elon Musk and Ghislaine Maxwell surfaced on social media in 2020, the Tesla …
Discussion: Gizmodo, Mother Jones and ABC News
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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, including a halt to arms sales and a new antitrust measure.
Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:
Republicans Plan Debt Crisis to Force Cuts to Medicare, Social Security … The November elections will likely give Republicans control of the House of Representatives as a platform from which to oppose the Democratic-controlled White House.  And one thing Republicans will do with this power …
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Nate Cohn / New York Times:   Why Republicans Could Prevail in the Popular Vote but Lose in the House
Anna Merlan / VICE:
Watch the Disturbing Kanye Interview Clips That Tucker Carlson Didn't Put on Air  —  Motherboard obtained footage of Ye making bigoted statements about Jewish people and bizarre claims about “fake children,” as well as describing visions of “kinetic energy” cities sent to him by God.  —  Anna Merlan
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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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: Raw Story and Crooks and Liars
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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New York Times:
She Went Out on a Limb for Trump. Now She's Under Justice Dept. Scrutiny.
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette:
Billboards touting Republicans supporting Josh Shapiro for governor going up around Pittsburgh area
Discussion: PoliticusUSA and Politico
Kevin Liptak / CNN:
Biden says Putin ‘totally miscalculated’ by invading Ukraine but is a ‘rational actor’  —  Watch Jake Tapper's exclusive interview with President Joe Biden on CNN Tonight with Jake Tapper at 9 p.m. ET Tuesday.  —  CNN —  President Joe Biden said in an exclusive CNN interview Tuesday …
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Igor Kossov / The Kyiv Independent:
What's behind Russia's unusually big missile attack on Ukraine?
Karen DeYoung / Washington Post:
Ukraine war at a turning point with rapid escalation of conflict
CNN:
Supreme Court declines to hear fetal personhood case  —  The Supreme Court declined on Tuesday to wade into the so-called fetal personhood debate, deciding not to take up a case out of Rhode Island over whether fetuses should have constitutional rights.  —  A Catholic group and two pregnant women wanted …
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Jonathan V. Last / The Triad:
Joe Biden Just Crushed China's Semiconductor Industry  —  Dark Brandon strikes again.  —  1. Chips  —  There was some big, important news on Friday and no one really noticed: The Biden administration hit China, hard, with a series of export controls that are going to hurt.
NBC News:
Fetterman says his stroke recovery ‘changes everything,’ but that he's fit to serve as senator  —  BRADDOCK, Pa. — John Fetterman, the Democratic nominee in a crucial Pennsylvania Senate race, still struggles to understand what he hears and to speak clearly following a stroke in May.
Tom Joyce / Washington Examiner:
The Biden administration acknowledges biological reality  —  To President Joe Biden's administration , men are men, and women are women — at least in one instance.  —  While Biden may be a part of the political party that thinks gender is limitless and people are whatever …
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.
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 …
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.
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 …
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.
Jen Fifield / Votebeat Arizona:
Hand-counting ballots would cause “downright chaos” in an Arizona county, experts say  —  Cochise County officials consider plan for manually tallying votes in November — a method that produces inaccurate results and takes much longer, research shows.  —  Cochise County officials …
Los Angeles Times:
Protests, anger, tears roil L.A. City Council meeting over leaked racist recordings  —  The City Council struggled to begin its meeting Tuesday as Angelenos flooded the chambers and screamed with anger two days after a surreptitious recording surfaced on which Councilmember Nury Martinez …
Sara Fischer / Axios:
Democrats' abortion ad blitz  —  Democrats are pouring millions into Facebook ads about reproductive rights leading up to this year's midterms, according to new data, while Republicans are focused on the economy and Donald Trump. … - The data measures ad spending from the three major Democratic committees …
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David Wasserman / Cook Political Report:
Newly Drawn OR-06 Moves from Lean Democrat to Toss Up
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Axios:
Scoop: Trump-aligned group declares “war on cartels”
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Chrissy Clark / The Daily Caller:
Montgomery County Schools Saw 582% Increase In Reported Gender Nonconforming Students Over Two Years, Data Shows
Discussion: Twitchy
Alex Gangitano / The Hill:
Biden touts planned $4.4B battery plant in Ohio
Noam Scheiber / New York Times:
Biden Proposal Could Lead to Employee Status for Gig Workers
Michael Anton / American Greatness:
The Dishonest and Dishonorable Disagreements of Former Friends
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John Nichols / The Nation:
The Rise of Mandela Barnes
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J.D. Vance DOMINATES in Ohio Senate Debate Against Radical Left-Wing Congressman Tim Ryan
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The NBC News-Ronna McDaniel saga highlights the perks and perils of partisan talk TV; a source says McDaniel is now seeking $600K+ for her two year deal

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