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8:55 AM ET, October 12, 2022

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Washington Post:
New evidence to show Trump was warned of violence on Jan. 6  —  The Jan. 6 select committee's hearing this week is expected to corroborate parts of the more-startling accounts of that day  —  The probably final public hearing of the House committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021 …
Discussion: Raw Story and Vanity Fair
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Kevin Breuninger / CNBC:
Next Jan. 6 committee hearing will reveal ‘pretty surprising’ new material, Rep. Zoe Lofgren says  — The House Jan. 6 Capitol riot select committee's next public hearing will reveal new material about former President Donald Trump's plans as well as how much he knew, Rep. Zoe Lofgren said.
Discussion: USA Today, The Dispatch and CBS News
Julia Ainsley / NBC News:
Secret Service has given investigators over 1 million electronic communications sent by agents before and on Jan. 6, 2021  —  The Secret Service has handed congressional investigators more than 1 million electronic communications sent by agents in the lead-up to and during the Jan. 6, 2021 …
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
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Michelle Goldberg / New York Times:
Kanye Shows Where the Right's Troll Politics Lead
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Los Angeles Times:
Nury Martinez also makes crude comments about Jews and Armenians in leaked recording,  —  In the same leaked audio clips posted to Reddit in which former Los Angeles City Council President Nury Martinez made racist remarks about Black people and Oaxacans, she also made crude remarks about Jewish people and Armenians.
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Eli Stokols / Los Angeles Times:
Biden calls on Nury Martinez, other L.A. councilmembers to resign after audio leak
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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Washington Post:
House Republicans move aggressively in New England  —  Bonjour, Early Birds.  If you're reading this, this is your sign to watch “Interview with a Vampire” on AMC+.  Tips: earlytips@washpost.com.  Thanks for waking up with us.  —  Reading this online?  Sign up for The Early 202 to get scoops …
Greg Bluestein / Atlanta Journal-Constitution:
UGA poll: Warnock-Walker close; Kemp builds lead over Abrams  —  U.S. Sen. Raphael Warnock and Republican Herschel Walker remain in a neck-and-neck race for the state's wildly competitive Senate seat, according to a University of Georgia poll released Wednesday, while GOP Gov. Brian Kemp …
Discussion: The Hill and Bloomberg
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Susan Page / USA Today:
Can Democrats hold the Senate? In Nevada, it's all but a tie - USA TODAY/Suffolk Poll
Discussion: The Hill
NBC News:
John Fetterman discusses health, campaign in first sit-down interview since stroke  —  Pennsylvania Lt. Governor and Democratic Senate candidate John Fetterman sat down with NBC News' Dasha Burns in an exclusive interview using closed captioning.  Fetterman discussed his recovery after suffering …
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NBC News:
Fetterman says his stroke recovery ‘changes everything,’ but that he's fit to serve as senator
New York Times:
She Went Out on a Limb for Trump.  Now She's Under Justice Dept. Scrutiny.  —  Christina Bobb is a former Marine and a fervent believer that the 2020 election was stolen from Donald J. Trump.  She went to work for him and quickly found herself enmeshed in an obstruction investigation.
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CNN:
DOJ urges Supreme Court to stay out of Mar-a-Lago documents fight
Cindy Boren / Washington Post:
Brett Favre says he has ‘done nothing wrong’ in Mississippi welfare scandal  —  Brett Favre denied wrongdoing in the Mississippi welfare scandal, speaking out for the first time on the controversy in a statement to Fox News Digital, saying, “I have done nothing wrong and it is past time to set the record straight.”
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 …
Alex Seitz-Wald / NBC News:
Democrats are still struggling to make their campaigns look like their voters  —  WASHINGTON — Democrats pride themselves on the diversity of their voters, but the people who run their campaigns are still disproportionately white graduates of elite colleges, according to new data.
Wall Street Journal:
American Universities Continue to Falter in World Rankings as China Rises  —  Number of U.S. schools in top 100 list shrinks while University of Oxford keeps No. 1 spot  —  The U.S.'s pre-eminence among the world's top research universities continues to diminish, according to a new global ranking …
Discussion: Fortune, The Diplomat and Sputnik News
JONATHAN TURLEY:
President Biden Pushes Hunter's Addiction as CNN Omits Questions on Influence Peddling and Contradictions  —  This week I wrote a column on a notable shift by political and media figures on the Hunter Biden scandal toward a last line of defense: the addiction defense.
Discussion: Fox News and Daily Kos
Jake Tapper / The Atlantic:
How Bad Can a Lawyer Be?  —  On Tuesday, September 20, 2011, a young patient walked haltingly into a medical office in South Philadelphia to have his bullet wounds examined.  —  The patient was a 17-year-old named C. J. Rice, who lived in the neighborhood.  The doctor was a pediatrician named Theodore Tapper.
Discussion: The Philadelphia Inquirer and CNN
Rupa Subramanya / Common Sense:
Scheduled to Die: The Rise of Canada's Assisted Suicide Program  —  What do you do when you discover your son has made an appointment for his death?  —  On September 7, Margaret Marsilla called Joshua Tepper, the doctor who planned to kill her son.  —  Marsilla is 46, and she lives outside Toronto …
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 …
Manu Raju / CNN:
Exclusive: McConnell ignores Trump's attacks and says ‘I have the votes’ in quest to make history  —  It's become a throwaway line at former President Donald Trump's campaign rallies: GOP senators must boot Mitch McConnell from the leadership position he's held longer than any Republican in American history.
Katie Lobosco / CNN:
Judge to rule Wednesday whether Biden's student loan forgiveness can move forward  —  A US district judge could decide Wednesday whether to temporarily block President Joe Biden's student loan forgiveness program from taking effect.  —  Six Republican-led states filed a lawsuit …
Marshall Cohen / CNN:
FBI offered Christopher Steele $1 million to prove dossier claims, senior FBI analyst testifies  —  Shortly before the 2016 election, the FBI offered retired British spy Christopher Steele “up to $1 million” to prove the explosive allegations in his dossier about Donald Trump, a senior FBI analyst testified Tuesday.
CNN:
Biden says Supreme Court is ‘more an advocacy group’ than an ‘even handed’ court  —  President Joe Biden on Tuesday cast the Supreme Court as more of an “advocacy group these days” than an “even handed” court, as he continues his vocal opposition to the conservative-dominated bench.
Discussion: Washington Post and PBS NewsHour
Andy Campbell / HuffPost:
Penn State To Host Proud Boys Leader Gavin McInnes For ‘Comedy Show’  —  Protesting students say the event could be dangerous given the Proud Boys' history of violence at similar events.  —  Students at Pennsylvania State University are in an uproar after thousands of dollars in student fees …
More Perfect Union:
Three Billionaires Are Spending a Fortune to Re-elect Ron Johnson  —  The donors behind Wisconsin Truth PAC reaped millions from a tax break that Johnson helped usher into law.  —  Three billionaires who have benefited from tax cuts pushed through by Wisconsin Republican Sen. Ron Johnson …
Discussion: Journal Sentinel
U.S. Department of Justice:
Ohio Man Pleads Guilty to Attempting Hate Crime  —  Defendant Plotted to Conduct Mass Shooting of Women  —  A local, self-identified “incel” pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Ohio today to attempting to conduct a mass shooting of women.
New York Times:
Biden Administration Considering Humanitarian Parole Program for Venezuelans  —  The U.S. hopes such a program will discourage more Venezuelans from crossing the border illegally.  —  WASHINGTON — The Biden administration is considering a humanitarian parole program for some Venezuelans …
 
 
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Zachary Petrizzo / The Daily Beast:
Washington State GOP Pays a White Nationalist, Pro-Nazi Blogger
Discussion: Raw Story
Scott Wong / NBC News:
New book details tense call between Trump and moderate Republicans ahead of first impeachment
Discussion: Raw Story
Maegan Vazquez / CNN:
Biden acknowledges a ‘slight recession’ is possible, even if he doesn't think it'll happen
Claire Goforth / The Daily Dot:
EXCLUSIVE: Inside the right-wing press factory that pumped Florida's 'Don't Say Gay' bill
CNN:
Made in America is back, leaving US factories scrambling to find workers
Discussion: PoliticusUSA
 Earlier Items: 
Kelly Weill / The Daily Beast:
That Fake Newspaper in Your Mailbox Was Paid For by Peter Thiel
Discussion: Vanity Fair, Alternet.org and Daily Kos
U.S. Department of Justice:
Brooklyn Center Man Pleads Guilty to Insurance Fraud After Staging a Politically Motivated Arson Attack
Discussion: Gizmodo and HuffPost
Manisha Sinha / CNN:
Why I hope 2022 will be another 1866  —  Editor's Note: Manisha Sinha is the Draper Chair …
Discussion: USA Today
The White House:
Statement by President Joe Biden on Breakthrough Diplomacy in the Middle East
Paul Schwartzman / Washington Post:
What does Madison Cawthorn do now?
 

 
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New York Times:
Sources: Sony Pictures and Apollo Global formally express interest in acquiring Paramount for ~$26B; Paramount's negotiating period with Skydance ends May 3

Todd Spangler / Variety:
Apple Q2: revenue from Services, which includes Apple TV+ and Apple Music, rose 14% YoY to $23.9B, vs. $23.27B estimated, an all-time record

Andrew Marchand / The Athletic:
Sources: MLB is in advanced talks to make Roku the new home for Sunday morning baseball this season, in what would be Roku's first major live rights deal

 
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