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1:45 PM ET, October 24, 2022

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New York Times:
Their America Is Vanishing.  Like Trump, They Insist They Were Cheated.  —  The white majority is fading, the economy is changing and there's a pervasive sense of loss in districts where Republicans fought the outcome of the 2020 election.  —  When Representative Troy Nehls of Texas voted …
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Nicholas Lemann / New Yorker:   The Democrats' Midterm Challenge
Victor Davis Hanson / American Greatness:
Will ‘Democracy Die in Darkness’ After November?
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 …
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Ben Chapman / Wall Street Journal:
Math Scores Dropped in Every State During Pandemic, Report Card Shows  —  The largest Education Department analysis of test scores since the Covid-19 pandemic began reveals sweeping declines  —  The nation's schools recorded the largest drop in math scores ever this year …
Ariel Edwards-Levy / CNN:
CNN Polls show Democrats are ahead in races for governor in Michigan and Pennsylvania, with no clear leader in Wisconsin  —  The Wisconsin race for governor has no clear leader, while Democratic gubernatorial candidates hold the edge in Michigan and Pennsylvania, according to new CNN polls conducted by SSRS in the three key states.
Discussion: The Daily Beast and PoliticusUSA
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Camille Mumford / Emerson Polling:
Texas 2022: Abbott Holds Ten-Point Lead for Governor; Majority of Voters Support Migrant Busing
Discussion: Washington Times and The Hill
Taylor Popielarz / Spectrum News 1 Ohio:
Ohio Senate race tied in new Spectrum News/Siena College Poll
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 …
Dan Mangan / CNBC:
Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas temporarily blocks Sen. Graham's subpoena from Georgia grand jury  — Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas temporarily blocked a subpoena issued by a Georgia grand jury seeking testimony from South Carolina Republican Sen. Lindsey Graham.
Wall Street Journal:
U.S.-Saudi Relations Buckle, Driven by Animosity Between Biden and Mohammed bin Salman  —  Lack of personal trust accelerates a yearslong split driven by geopolitical and economic forces  —  RIYADH, Saudi Arabia—An unwritten pact binding the U.S. and Saudi Arabia has survived 15 presidents …
Discussion: Raw Story
Kevin Rector / Los Angeles Times:
More antisemitic hate seen in L.A. after Kanye West's hateful rants  —  Kanye West's weeks-long spate of antisemitic comments drew a well-known hate group to Los Angeles this weekend for a demonstration of support on a 405 Freeway overpass, raising alarms from local officials and residents …
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Matthew A. Winkler / Bloomberg:
California Poised to Overtake Germany as World's No. 4 Economy  —  Gavin Newsom is as familiar as anyone with the media narrative of earthquakes, persistent wildfires, droughts, homelessness and companies fleeing California to Texas for a tax- and regulation-free lifestyle.  This is nothing new.
Discussion: Twitchy
James Bickerton / Newsweek:
Ted Cruz Hid in Supply Closet During Jan. 6, New Book Reveals  —  Senator Ted Cruz has revealed he was in a “a supply closet with stacked chairs” during part of the January 6 storming of Congress.  —  On that day in 2021 hundreds of Donald Trump supporters broke into the Capitol Building …
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 …
Suzanne Downing / Must Read Alaska:
Triangle: Palin joins Murkowski in Peltola love fest  —  The Murkowski-Palin-Peltola political love triangle is a curiosity in the “Only in Alaska” category: Sen. Lisa Murkowski, a Republican, endorsed hardline Democrat Congresswoman Mary Peltola during Alaska Federation of Natives convention …
NBC News:
Florida's Hispanic voters back DeSantis over Crist, support Martha's Vineyard migrant flights  —  Florida's Hispanic voters back Gov. Ron DeSantis over Democrat Charlie Crist, and they even support the Republican's decision to fly migrants to Martha's Vineyard, according to a new Telemundo/LX News poll.
Bob Woodward / Washington Post:
The Trump Tapes: 20 interviews that show why he is an unparalleled danger … In more than 50 years of reporting, I have never disclosed the raw interviews or full transcripts of my work.  But after listening again to the 20 interviews I conducted with President Donald Trump during his last year …
New York Times:
Brazil's Polls Were Wrong.  Now the Right Wants to Criminalize Them.  —  President Jair Bolsonaro and conservative lawmakers in Brazil are trying to make it illegal to publish polls that later do not match the election results.  —  BRASÍLIA — In the first round of Brazil's closely watched elections …
The Daily Beast:
Florida Puts Raging MAGA Moms on Book-Banning Council  —  Florida's Education Department has quietly selected right-wingers for a book-banning council that'll re-train public school librarians. … In the name of “curriculum transparency,” Florida's Republican-controlled state government …
Discussion: Jezebel and Raw Story
Politico:
Biden admin set to warn about threats to nation's election infrastructure  —  Top Biden national security officials are tracking multiple threats to the nation's election security infrastructure ahead of the midterms and are set to issue warnings, including in an internal intelligence bulletin this week …
Discussion: Axios
Trudy Busch Valentine / Springfield News-Leader:
Missouri's extreme abortion ban is un-American  —  As a nurse, I have helped care for people during the most difficult moments of their lives, including women who had just lost pregnancies.  But no matter whose bedside I was at, I knew that every patient deserved the same fundamental thing …
GOV.UK:
Russian war in Ukraine: P3 statement  —  The Foreign Ministers of the UK, USA and France have issued a statement rejecting Russia's transparently false allegations about Ukraine.  —  We, the Foreign Ministers of France, the United Kingdom, and the United States, reiterate our steadfast support …
 
 
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Maham Javaid / Washington Post:
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Jasmine Mithani / The 19th:
States passing abortion bans reflect what only a small minority of their constituents actually want
Discussion: LifeNews.com and Political Wire
Steve Hendrix / Washington Post:
Netanyahu poised for possible return to power, dividing Israel again
Discussion: Raw Story
Miranda Devine / New York Post:
Lawsuit reveals vast censorship scheme by Big Tech and the federal government
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Human Rights Watch:
Turkey: Hundreds of Refugees Deported to Syria
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Charles M. Blow / New York Times:
Kari Ann Lake's Hijacking of Martin Luther King
Discussion: Washington Examiner and Politico
Ben Smith / Semafor:
Top Fox lawyer's “big screw up” could reveal Lachlan Murdoch's secrets
Max Zahn / ABC News:
Potential mass layoffs at Twitter could cripple content moderation, some experts say
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