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10:55 PM ET, October 24, 2022

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Yasmeen Abutaleb / Washington Post:
Liberals urge Biden to rethink Ukraine strategy  —  Democratic lawmakers' letter calls for direct U.S. talks with Russia  —  A group of 30 House liberals is urging President Biden to dramatically shift his strategy on the Ukraine war and pursue direct negotiations with Russia …
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Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
Why Putin hopes for a GOP victory, as explained by a top Russia expert  —  “The notion that now Kevin McCarthy is going to make himself the leader of the pro-Putin wing of my party is just a stunning thing,” Rep. Liz Cheney (R-Wyo.) told NBC News on Sunday.  This was a provocative way of reminding …
Carl Hulse / New York Times:
Pelosi's Last Dance? Speaker Sprints Across U.S. as Republicans Close In.
Discussion: Fox News
WPLG-TV:
Man accused of attacking Rubio canvasser, but police account differs from senator's  —  Despite senator's tweet, ‘no indication’ of political motive, Hialeah police say  —  HIALEAH, Fla. - Police arrested a 22-year-old man accused of attacking a canvasser handing out political flyers on Sunday evening in Hialeah.
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Miami New Times:
Rubio Supporter, Alleged Former White Supremacist Brutally Beaten in Hialeah
Miami Herald:
Man wearing Rubio shirt and DeSantis hat ‘brutally attacked’ in Hialeah, senator says
New York Times:
Prosecutors Pressure Trump Aides to Testify in Documents Case  —  The Justice Department's effort to win the witnesses' cooperation shows how the investigation stemming from the classified materials found at Mar-a-Lago is entering a new phase.  —  Federal prosecutors investigating former …
John A. Farrell / New York Times:
Alito Assured Ted Kennedy in 2005 of Respect for Roe v. Wade, Diary Says  —  In the senator's recollection, the Supreme Court justice who wrote the opinion overturning the abortion ruling tried to show Mr. Kennedy that he was not a threat to Roe.  —  Senator Edward M. Kennedy looked skeptically at the federal judge.
Cory Shaffer / Plain Dealer:
Jacob Wohl, Jack Burkman plead guilty to felony for 2020 election robocalls targeting Cleveland voters  —  CLEVELAND, Ohio — Two right-wing conspiracy theorists who placed thousands of robocalls with false information to largely minority and Democratic voters in Cleveland in the months …
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Bloomberg:
Biden Says Democrats Can Still Stave Off House, Senate Losses
Discussion: Rolling Stone, Politico and ABC News
New York Times:
Their America Is Vanishing. Like Trump, They Insist They Were Cheated.
Discussion: Outside the Beltway
Ryan J. Reilly / NBC News:
Ex-Capitol Police officer charged with obstruction tells jury he is ‘embarrassed’ over Facebook chat with Jan. 6 rioter  —  WASHINGTON — A former police officer charged with obstruction for telling a Jan. 6 rioter to remove a Facebook post about being in the U.S. Capitol testified Monday that he was …
Discussion: CNN and Raw Story
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Kyle Cheney / Politico:
Son of Confederate flag-wielding rioter sentenced to 24 months for Jan. 6 breach
TMZ.com:
Leslie Jordan Dead at 67  —  EXCLUSIVE  — 186.7K … UPDATE  —  1:50 PM PT — A rep for Leslie Jordan posted on Jordan's IG, saying “the love and light that Leslie shared will never go out and we invite you to share your memories and comfort each other during this time.
CNN:
Clarence Thomas freezes order for Lindsey Graham to testify before Georgia grand jury investigating 2020 election  —  Justice Clarence Thomas on Monday agreed to temporarily freeze a lower court order requiring the testimony of Republican Sen. Lindsey Graham in front of an Atlanta-area special grand jury …
St. Louis Post-Dispatch:
Health teacher killed in south St. Louis school shooting ‘loved her students’  —  ST. LOUIS — The woman shot to death at Central Visual and Performing Arts High School on Monday has been identified as Jean Kuczka, a physical education teacher at the south St. Louis school.
Andrew Prokop / Vox:
Curtis Yarvin wants American democracy toppled.  He has some prominent Republican fans.  —  The New Right blogger has been cited by Blake Masters and J.D. Vance.  What exactly is he advocating?  —  In September 2021, J.D. Vance, a GOP candidate for Senate in Ohio, appeared on a conservative podcast …
Simon van Zuylen-Wood / Curbed:
Plywood Gourmet  —  How thousands of restaurants speedily, messily, and probably permanently took over the street.  —  Long after the shutdown of indoor dining and the advent of socially distanced picnicking; after takeout cocktails and “Cuomo sandwiches”; after to-go-box trash ziggurats …
David Wasserman / Cook Political Report:
NY-17 Rating Change: DCCC Chair Maloney Moves From Lean Democrat to Toss Up  —  When Republicans' top Super PAC started spending against Democratic Rep. Sean Patrick Maloney (NY-17) in mid-September, many assumed it was a gambit to troll or distract the DCCC chair.
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David Wildstein / New Jersey Globe:   DCCC appears to be bailing on Malinowski
Tim Miller / The Bulwark:
Democrats Need to Know What Time It Is  —  A lesson and a warning from the Katie Hobbs Experience.  —  The stakes in Arizona's governor race could not be higher.  —  The Republican nominee, Kari Lake, is the most zealous election denier this side of the South Florida Sigmaringen.
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: Fox News
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Camille Mumford / Emerson Polling:
Bolduc Gains on Hassan in US Senate Election  —  Home Polls Bolduc Gains on Hassan in US Senate Election  —  Gov. Sununu Maintains Double Digit Lead  —  Since September, Bolduc has gained five points and Hassan has lost three  —  The latest Emerson College Polling/WHDH 7 News survey …
Sonya Hamasaki / CNN:
Los Angeles officials condemn demonstrators seen in photos showing support of Kanye West's antisemitic remarks  —  Los Angeles officials are condemning the display of banners from a freeway overpass this weekend by a group of demonstrators seen in bystander photos showing support …
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Los Angeles Times:
Hollywood talent agency CAA cuts ties with Kanye West after antisemitic tirade
Zoe Tillman / Bloomberg:
Trump Drops Some Early Privilege Claims in Seized Records Fight  —  Former President Donald Trump dropped his initial claim that some of the documents seized from his Mar-a-Lago home couldn't be used in a government criminal probe because they were protected by attorney-client and legal-work-product privilege.
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 …
Christo Grozev / bellingcat:
The Remote Control Killers Behind Russia's Cruise Missile Strikes on Ukraine  —  Russia pummelled Ukraine's largest cities with missiles killing at least 20 people and wounding more than 100, according to Ukraine's national emergency service.  Russia has boasted about the surgical precision …
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 …
New York Times:
Hasidic School to Pay $8 Million After Admitting to Widespread Fraud  —  The Central United Talmudical Academy, which operates the largest all-boys yeshiva in New York State, acknowledged illegally diverting money from federal food aid and other programs.  —  For years, the largest private …
CREW:
Congressional investigation needed into Clarence and Ginni Thomas  —  Congress should investigate Ginni Thomas for her involvement in the January 6th attack on the Capitol and attempts to overthrow the 2020 election and Justice Clarence Thomas for his failure to recuse from related cases …
Discussion: Raw Story
 
 
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Michael Goldberg / Associated Press:
Abortion ruling means more and riskier births in Mississippi
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Jewish Telegraphic Agency:
AIPAC, GOP leaders silent on Trump's warning to US Jews to ‘get their act together’ on Israel
Debra Heine / American Greatness:
Republican Don Bolduc in Dead Heat With Democrat Maggie Hassan in New Hampshire U.S. Senate Race
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Brittany Gibson / Politico:
Abrams' campaign chair collected millions in legal fees from voting rights organization