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11:35 AM ET, October 31, 2022

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New York Times:
Senate Control Hinges on Neck-and-Neck Races, Times/Siena Poll Finds  —  The contests are close in Arizona, Georgia, Nevada and Pennsylvania.  Many voters want Republicans to flip the Senate, but prefer the Democrat in their state.  —  Control of the Senate rests on a knife's edge …
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Nate Cohn / New York Times:
Times/Siena Polls Show Democrats Slightly Ahead in Key Senate Races  —  Respondents said they preferred Republicans to control the Senate, but individual matchups showed a different story.  —  Eight days before the election, we have our final* midterm surveys: polls of the four states likeliest to determine control of the Senate.
Discussion: Raw Story and Political Wire
Politico:
POLITICO Playbook: The next big precedent SCOTUS is set to overturn  —  Presented by With help from Eli Okun and Garrett Ross  —  DRIVING THE DAY  —  ALMOST THERE — 8 days left until Election Day. ...  21,174,265 early votes cast as of 4:44 p.m. Sunday, per the United States Elections Project.
Discussion: New York Times
Rolling Stone:
Dr. Oz's Campaign Is Stocked With Jan. 6ers  —  The Republican has kept his distance from the “stolen election” lie while running for Senate, but records obtained by Rolling Stone reveal some of his staffers have embraced it wholeheartedly — and even attended the Jan. 6 rally to overturn the election
Discussion: The Hill and Raw Story
Ally Mutnick / Politico:
The Michigan race testing the limits of a GOP wave
Discussion: Reason
Shane Goldmacher / New York Times:
The Battle for Blue-Collar White Voters Raging in Biden's Birthplace
Discussion: CNN and The Daily Caller
Francis Wilkinson / Bloomberg.com:
In Pennsylvania, the Big Lie Is Spreading Its Roots
Discussion: HuffPost
Alex Heath / The Verge:
Twitter is planning to start charging $20 per month for verification … Now that he owns Twitter, Elon Musk has given employees their first ultimatum: Meet his deadline to introduce paid verification on Twitter or pack up and leave.  —  The directive is to change Twitter Blue …
Brett Samuels / The Hill:
Trump: Attack on Paul Pelosi a ‘terrible thing’  —  Former President Donald Trump in an interview Sunday called the attack on Speaker Nancy Pelosi's (D-Calif.) husband in their San Francisco home a “terrible thing” as he railed against crime in Democrat-led cities.
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CBS News:
Suspect in Paul Pelosi attack had list of targets, law enforcement sources say
Jay Caspian Kang / New Yorker:
The Futile Race to Label Paul Pelosi's Attacker
Discussion: MSNBC, DNyuz and The Gateway Pundit
Max Boot / Washington Post:
Don't blame ‘both sides.’ The right is driving political violence.
Isaac Stanley-Becker / Washington Post:
Elon Musk, right-wing figures push misinformation about Pelosi attack
Mike Allen / Axios:
First look: Mike Pence's new book reveals key moment before Jan. 6  —  In former Vice President Mike Pence's “So Help Me God” — out Nov. 15 — he describes a scene in November 2020, just after the election, when he and former President Trump met in the Oval Office to review legal challenges with the campaign's lawyers.
Jack Nicas / Reuters:
Lula's victory likely means big changes for Brazil, though his specific plans are vague.  —  Maria Magdalena Arréllaga for The New York Times  —  Maria Magdalena Arrellaga for The New York Times  —  Victor Venco Moriyama for the New York Times  —  Maria Magdalena Arrellaga for The New York Times
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CNN:
Brazil's Bolsonaro loses bid for second term in fiercely contested presidential vote
Matthew Kassel / Jewish Insider:
Laxalt campaign paid thousands to political operative linked to Twitter account that denigrated Jews, women  —  A Twitter account connected to former Laxalt staffer Michael Pecjak has compared abortion to the Holocaust and claimed that “Jews are not a religious sect and are a cult,” among other comments
Discussion: Axios
Lawrence Mower / Tampa Bay Times:
After voter fraud arrests, Florida issues new forms that could bolster future cases  —  “This is just going to make future prosecutions easier for the state,” an attorney said.  “I think it's horrifying.”  —  TALLAHASSEE — A week after Gov. Ron DeSantis announced the arrests of 20 people …
Discussion: Raw Story
Scott Pelley / CBS News:
Belief in the Ballot: Republicans in Arizona running on claims of election fraud  —  It's the vote that holds America together—belief that with a ballot voices are heard, disputes are addressed and there's always another chance.  Countries without this belief tend to be in bondage or at war.
Discussion: The Hill, HuffPost and Axios
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Shelby Talcott / Semafor:
Republican donors are being forced into an agonizing choice between Trump and DeSantis  —  Shelby is a Political Reporter for Semafor, joining us from the Daily Caller.  Morgan is a Political and National Security Reporter for Semafor, joining us from The Hill.
Discussion: Raw Story
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Luis Ferré-Sadurní / New York Times:
Clinton, Obama and DeSantis Lend Star Power to Tight N.Y. Races
Kurt Schlichter / Frontpage Mag:
Everyone is Laughing at the Ridiculous Pelosi Big Lie  —  Meet the underwear-clad MAGA assassin from a hippie commune in Berkeley.  —  How dare you reject the Official Approved Narrative parroted by the regime media about the weird Schiff that went down at Casa de Pelosi the other night.
Discussion: Washington Times and Mediaite
David Weigel / Semafor:
Happy Halloween, there's a candy-colored fentanyl scare on the campaign trail  —  MESA, Ariz. - It was the talk of Republican candidates over Halloween weekend: A rumor that their trick-or-treating kids might get candy-colored fentanyl from strangers.  —  “The cartels, they're dressing …
Discussion: NPR and Tampa Bay Times
David Folkenflik / NPR:
Right-wing “zombie” papers attack Illinois Democrats ahead of elections  —  Since late summer, many Illinois residents have been receiving newspapers that they haven't paid for or, in many cases, even heard of.  —  Each paper bears a clear-cut tagline: Real data, real news.
Rich Lowry / National Review:
January 6 Did Not Attack Paul Pelosi  —  But why let the facts get in the way of a good narrative?  —  nutjob viciously attacked the elderly husband of the speaker of the House.  —  That's godawful, and every person of good will should wish Paul Pelosi a rapid and full recovery and the very best to his family.
 
 
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Ben Leonard / Politico:
FDA says providers offering medication abortion before pregnancy have gone rogue
The Intercept:
Leaked Documents Outline DHS's Plans to Police Disinformation
Tom Schuba / FOX 32 Chicago:
Chicago police supervisor quits amid probe into racist, incendiary social media posts
Discussion: Raw Story
Alan M. Dershowitz / Wall Street Journal:
The Public Has a Right to Know Who Leaked the Dobbs Draft
Albuquerque Journal:
Journal Poll: Democrat has edge in race for US House seat
Discussion: Split Ticket
Burgess Everett / Politico:
Ambitious GOP senators dive into midterms while Trump weighs his 2024 plans
Discussion: Raw Story
John Tierney / City Journal:
On Second Thought, Just Throw Plastic Away
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Asher Notheis / Washington Examiner:
AOC says US is facing ‘environment of fascism’ ahead of midterm elections
Washington Post:
Historically diverse Supreme Court hears disproportionately from White lawyers
Associated Press:
White House invites dozens of nations for ransomware summit
Discussion: CNN and Bloomberg, more at Techmeme »
Ben Smith / Semafor:
A former employee's complaint prompts Republican calls to investigate The China Project, an American news company
Sam Baker / Axios:
Affirmative action is at death's door at the Supreme Court
Dan Friedman / Mother Jones:
Russians Used a US Firm to Funnel Funds to GOP in 2018. Dems Say the FEC Let Them Get Away With It.
Katelyn Polantz / CNN:
January 6 committee obtains eight emails showing possible planning of post-election crime
Discussion: Los Angeles Times and Raw Story
 

 
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Madhumita Murgia / Financial Times:
The Financial Times signs a deal with OpenAI to train AI models on the publisher's archived content and to let ChatGPT reply with short summaries of FT articles

Jessica Toonkel / Wall Street Journal:
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Ben Smith / Semafor:
Sources: Nicholas Carlson, who has been the global editor-in-chief of Business Insider since 2017, is expected to leave the publication later this summer

 
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