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8:40 AM ET, October 24, 2022

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Caitlin Emma / Politico:
House GOP's 2023 forecast: Fiscal warfare  —  As the GOP prepares to take back the House, its right flank is raring to gut spending, upend the federal safety net and make Trump-era tax cuts permanent — ambitions that threaten to give leadership a two-year headache.
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Kate Davidson / Politico:   The dark cloud hovering over Biden's government finances
New York Times:
Their America Is Vanishing. Like Trump, They Insist They Were Cheated.
Jonathan Swan / Axios:
Scoop: Tucker Carlson lashes out at GOP campaign chief in irate private call  —  An irate Tucker Carlson phoned Rep. Tom Emmer (R-Minn.), chairman of the House Republican campaign committee, with an ultimatum on Friday:  — Either reveal which staff member took a swipe at Carlson's son …
Discussion: Politico
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Financial Times:
Boris Johnson pulls out of Conservative leadership contest
Matt Barnum / Chalkbeat:
Nation's report card: Massive drop in math scores, slide in reading linked to COVID disruption  —  Two and a half years after the pandemic arrived, it's clearer than ever that COVID's disruption had punishing consequences for millions of students.  —  Students in fourth and eighth grade saw …
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New York Times:
Math Scores Fell in Nearly Every State, and Reading Dipped on National Exam  —  The results, from what is known as the nation's report card, offer the most definitive picture yet of the pandemic's devastating impact on students.  —  U.S. students in most states and across almost …
Margot Patrick / Wall Street Journal:
Three New Yorkers Ordered Cocaine From the Same Delivery Service.  All Died From Fentanyl.  —  Cocaine, long popular among New York professionals, is now often tainted with fentanyl, catching users unprepared and driving drug fatalities  —  NEW YORK—Ross Mtangi, a trading executive …
Kevin Rector / Los Angeles Times:
More antisemitic hate seen in L.A. after Kanye West's remarks  —  Fears that antisemitic remarks by Kanye West would spur additional bigotry came to fruition in Los Angeles on Saturday when a well-known hate group held a demonstration in support of the rapper on a 405 Freeway overpass.
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Ros Krasny / Bloomberg:
Ukraine Latest: Russia Presses Warning of ‘Dirty Bomb’ by Kyiv
Brad Raffensperger / Georgia Secretary of State:
Georgia Voters Shatter Second Presidential Turnout Record on Saturday  —  (Atlanta) - Georgia voters continued to hit record breaking turnout on the first mandatory Saturday of Early Voting.  As of Sunday morning, approximately 740K Georgia voters have cast their ballot during in-person Early Voting …
Discussion: Now Habersham
Guillermo Altares / El País:
Andrew Wylie, ‘The Jackal’ of books: ‘Amazon is like ISIS; it takes no prisoners’  —  The world's leading literary agent speaks about Salman Rushdie, Stephen King, Donald Trump and the e-commerce giant  —  Among the literary giants included under the letter B on Andrew Wylie's endless client list …
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NBC News:
Full Cheney: ‘If Donald Trump is the nominee of the Republican Party, the party will shatter’  —  Rep. Liz Cheney (R-Wyo.) discusses the January 6th select committee's subpoena of former President Donald Trump, her political future and the future of the Republican Party in an exclusive interview.
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Max Zahn / ABC News:
Potential mass layoffs at Twitter could cripple content moderation, some experts say  —  Prospective owner Elon Musk reportedly wants to cut 75% of its workforce.  —  In this Feb. 10, 2022, file photo, Elon Musk speaks at an event in south Texas.  —  The Washington Post via Getty Images, FILE
Discussion: Washington Post
New York Times:
Trump Organization's Tax Fraud Trial to Begin on Monday  —  The Trump Organization's trial on tax fraud and other charges begins Monday in Manhattan, raising questions about the future of the former president's family business.  —  At the dawn of Donald J. Trump's presidency …
Abha Bhattarai / Washington Post:
U.S. economy likely grew a lot last quarter.  Most people didn't notice.  —  Upcoming GDP report is expected to show an economic rebound just before the midterms, though families and businesses continue to struggle with inflation  —  The U.S. economy is expected to have grown robustly …
Marist Poll:
The 2022 Elections in Ohio  —  Marist Ohio Poll  —  Vance & Ryan Competitive in Ohio Senate Race... DeWine Outpaces Whaley in Governor's Contest  —  Only one point separates Republican J.D. Vance and Democrat Tim Ryan in the race for U.S. Senate in Ohio among registered voters.
Discussion: The Japan News
Ben Smith / Semafor:
Top Fox lawyer's “big screw up” could reveal Lachlan Murdoch's secrets  —  Ben is the co-founder and Editor-in-Chief of Semafor, coming over from the New York Times.  Max is Semafor's media reporter, and joined us from Politico.  Sign up for their media newsletter, out every Sunday night!
Steve Hendrix / Washington Post:
Netanyahu poised for possible return to power, dividing Israel again  —  JERUSALEM — The unusual Israeli government that was formed last June had one job: to pry Benjamin “Bibi” Netanyahu from the prime minister's office.  —  Netanyahu was clinging to power after four inconclusive elections …
Hayley Dixon / Telegraph:
Most children who think they're transgender are just going through a ‘phase’, says NHS  —  Doctors told not to encourage young people to change their names and pronouns  —  Most children who believe that they are transgender are just going through a “phase”, the NHS has said …
Discussion: National Review
Miranda Devine / New York Post:
Lawsuit reveals vast censorship scheme by Big Tech and the federal government  —  MORE FROM:  —  A little noticed federal lawsuit, Missouri v. Biden, is uncovering astonishing evidence of an entrenched censorship scheme cooked up between the federal government and Big Tech that would make Communist China proud.
Discussion: RedState and Newsbusters
CBS News:
Dominion Voting Systems CEO speaks out against conspiracy theories  —  Despite a rash of unsubstantiated claims lobbed against his company, the CEO of Dominion Voting Systems, John Poulos, has remained largely silent.  That changed Sunday night on 60 Minutes when Poulos sat down with Anderson Cooper …
Charles M. Blow / New York Times:
Kari Ann Lake's Hijacking of Martin Luther King  —  Meet Kari Lake.  She is the election-denying, antisemite-endorsing former television news anchor who is the Republican candidate for governor of Arizona.  —  She is Donald Trump in lipstick.  But she delivers her divisiveness in the calm …
Discussion: Washington Examiner and Politico
 
 
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Maria Sacchetti / Washington Post:
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Human Rights Watch:
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Discussion: Associated Press and EUobserver
Chris Isidore / CNN:
Biden can't do much to bring down gas prices. But a recession can
Discussion: Chicks On The Right
Monica Alba / NBC News:
Biden to get updated Covid booster shot Tuesday
Discussion: Ray's Newsletter, CNN and The Hill
Washington Post:
Hyperpartisan ‘local news’ sites are dangerous to democracy
Apoorva Mandavilli / New York Times:
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Sean Golonka / The Nevada Independent:
How rural Nevada became the next battleground for the ‘Big Lie’
Pamela Paul / New York Times:
Let's Say Gay  —  Last month, the new president of the advocacy group Human Rights Campaign …
Natasha Korecki / NBC News:
In Nevada, national Republicans exude optimism over Senate takeover: ‘People are fed up’
David M. Drucker / Washington Examiner:
DeSantis endorses O'Dea in Colorado Senate race, bucking Trump
Discussion: Ace of Spades HQ
Aamer Madhani / Associated Press:
Biden: ‘Legitimate’ for voters to weigh age as he nears 80
Meduza.io:
Fighter jet crashes into two-story home in Irkutsk
Sam Jones / The Guardian:
Climate activists throw mashed potatoes at Monet work in Germany
New York Times:
Turns Out Sometimes the Government Can Get Things Right
Discussion: Insider and New York Magazine