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5:15 PM ET, October 16, 2022

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Washington Post:
Russia is grabbing men off the street to fight in Ukraine  —  Police and military officers swooped down on a Moscow business center this week unannounced.  They were looking for men to fight in Ukraine — and they seized nearly every one they saw.  Some musicians, rehearsing.  A courier there to deliver a parcel.
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Washington Post:
Iran plans to send missiles, drones to Russia for Ukraine war, officials say  —  Increased flow of weapons from Iran could help offset steep Russian weapons losses, rebuild supply of precision-guided munitions  —  Iran is strengthening its commitment to supply arms for Russia's assault on Ukraine …
Liz Sly / Washington Post:
Russia's escalation won't turn tide of the war, experts say
Discussion: TASS
Plain Dealer:
Tim Ryan for U.S. Senate  —  This election season's battle for control of the U.S. Senate that has been raging across the 35 states where Senate seats are up for grabs portends significant, long-range consequences for how this country is governed, as each party tries to break the current 50-50 partisan deadlock.
Discussion: The Hill and PoliticusUSA
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Jim Tankersley / New York Times:
Democrats Spent $2 Trillion to Save the Economy.  They Don't Want to Talk About It.  —  Polls show voters liked direct payments from President Biden's 2021 economic rescue bill.  But they have become fodder for Republican inflation attacks.  —  In the midst of a critical runoff campaign …
CBS News:
GOP keeps lead for House control, Democrats' momentum stalls amid economy worries — CBS News Battleground Tracker poll  —  For two months the Democrats chipped away at the Republicans' lead in the battle for House control, helped by motivated abortion-rights voters and what turned …
Discussion: Los Angeles Times and The Hill
Wall Street Journal:   Money Pours Into Senate Races as Midterm Campaign Enters Home Stretch
Zach Schonfeld / The Hill:
Dana Bash, Kari Lake clash over 2020 election fraud claims  —  Arizona Republican gubernatorial nominee Kari Lake sparred with CNN's Dana Bash over unfounded claims of mass election fraud in 2020 during an interview on Sunday.  —  “You called the 2020 election corrupt, stolen, rotten and rigged …
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Ruby Cramer / Washington Post:
On Kari Lake's campaign for Arizona governor, the mic is always hot  —  The former Phoenix TV news anchor has emerged as a Republican phenom by amplifying Donald Trump's lie that the 2020 election was stolen and embracing the hard-right politics of abortion and immigration
The Philadelphia Inquirer:
John Fetterman is the best choice to represent Pennsylvania's priorities in the U.S. Senate |  Endorsement  —  By many measures, the first two years of the Biden administration have been fruitful for Pennsylvania.The president's plan to slash prescription-drug costs for older Americans …
Discussion: The Hill and New Jersey Online
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Elaine Godfrey / The Atlantic:   Do Voters Care About John Fetterman's Stroke?
Rosalind S. Helderman / Washington Post:
Trump attacks American Jews, posting they must ‘get their act together’ on Israel  —  Former president Donald Trump attacked American Jews in a post on his Truth Social platform on Sunday, saying Jews in the United States must “get their act together” and show more appreciation for the state of Israel “before it is too late.”
Zach Everson / Forbes:
A Trump Political Committee Bought $131,000 Worth Of Books.  Four Days Later, Jared Kushner's Hit The Best-Seller List  —  One of Donald Trump's political committees spent $158,000 on books just weeks after the release of Jared Kushner's memoir.  —  “Breaking History: A White House Memoir” hit book shelves on Aug. 23.
Discussion: Political Wire
Charlotte Higgins / The Guardian:
Russian troops kill Ukrainian musician for refusing role in Kherson concert  —  International condemnation swift after conductor Yuriy Kerpatenko shot dead in his home  —  Charlotte Higgins and Artem Mazhulin in Kyiv  —  Russian soldiers have shot dead a Ukrainian musician in his home …
Discussion: Al Jazeera, Vanity Fair and Reuters
Ray Stern / Arizona Republic:
Arizona Attorney General's Office asks FBI, IRS to investigate group behind ‘2000 Mules’  —  Republican candidates for top statewide offices in Arizona have said they believe what they saw in the election-conspiracy movie “2000 Mules.”  —  Now, the state Attorney General's Office is asking …
Zeynep Tufekci / New York Times:
We Should Try to Prevent Another Alex Jones  —  Alex Jones achieved the epitome of despicability and now has been ordered to pay for it.  His lies — that parents of children killed at Sandy Hook Elementary School in 2012 had been actors taking part in a government plot to manufacture a pretext for stricter gun control — were blatant.
Discussion: Insight
Sonner Kehrt / The War Horse:
Veterans and Reservists Make up More Than 28% of Candidates Who Question 2020 Election Results  —  More than a quarter of the candidates on the ballot in November who have publicly denied or raised questions or doubts about the legitimacy of the 2020 election have served or are serving in the military …
 
 
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Frank Figliuzzi / MSNBC:
Intelligence failures before Jan. 6 warrant even more investigation
Discussion: HuffPost
Wall Street Journal:
Economists Now Expect a Recession, Job Losses by Next Year
Bill Allison / Bloomberg:
Trump Spent 91 Cents to Raise Each Dollar as Troubles Mounted
Discussion: Washington Examiner and Raw Story
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The Connecticut Examiner:
'It's the Economy Stupid,' New Poll Shows Tightening Races for Governor and Senate
Discussion: The Hill and Breitbart
Hyla Winters / Elko Daily Free Press:
Election denier running to take charge of Nevada elections
Discussion: Reno Gazette-Journal
Dánica Coto / Associated Press:
US, Canada send armored vehicles to bolster Haiti's police
Discussion: Al Jazeera, Reuters and TASS
 

 
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