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12:00 PM ET, November 7, 2022

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Wall Street Journal:
GOP Gaining Support Among Black and Latino Voters, WSJ Poll Finds  —  Republicans appear to be in a better position with both groups heading into the midterms than they were in 2020 or 2018.  —  A Seismic Shift: Why Latino Voters Could Decide Key Races in 2022  —  YOU MAY ALSO LIKE
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Ronald Brownstein / The Atlantic:
How a GOP Congress Could Roll Back Freedoms Nationwide  —  If Republicans win control of one or both congressional chambers this week, they will likely begin a project that could reshape the nation's political and legal landscape: imposing on blue states the rollback of civil rights and liberties …
NBC News:
The GOP needs a counterradicalization strategy
Discussion: Fox News and Raw Story
Associated Press:
'Putin's chef' admits to interfering in U.S. elections  —  Yevgeny Prigozhin, an entrepreneur known as “Putin's chef” because of his catering contracts with the Kremlin, on Monday admitted he had interfered in U.S. elections and said he would continue to do so — for the first time confirming …
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Reuters:
Russia's Prigozhin admits interfering in U.S. elections  —  Russian businessman Yevgeny Prigozhin said on Monday he had interfered in U.S. elections and would continue doing so in future, the first such admission from a figure who has been formally implicated by Washington in efforts to influence American politics.
Discussion: NBC News, Raw Story and Mediaite
Margot Cleveland / The Federalist:
Democracy Isn't At Risk, Democrats Are  —  A red wave will not be an end to our representative democracy.  It will just be an end to the Democrat representatives.  —  Last week confirmed the “democracy at risk” theme will serve as Democrats' closing argument heading into Tuesday's midterm elections.
Discussion: Washington Post and Twitchy
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Mike Allen / Axios:
Scoop: Top Dems warn party is seen as extreme … - “Despite a roster of GOP candidates who are extreme by any standard, voters see Democrats as just as extreme, as well as far less concerned about the issues that most worry them.” … In a brutal bill of particulars, the Third Way memo …
Victor Davis Hanson / American Greatness:   The Pathetic Democratic Pantheon
Dov Fischer / The American Spectator:   Who Is the Real Threat to Democracy?
Allysia Finley / Wall Street Journal:
Democrats Develop Elon Musk Derangement Syndrome
Washington Post:
Democrats look to centrists in final hours while GOP amps up its base
Discussion: The Hill and NBC News
Steven Shepard / Politico:
POLITICO's final Election Forecast: Senate up for grabs, GOP on brink of House majority  —  Republicans have a grip on the House majority.  But the Senate is firmly up for grabs.  —  That's the topline of the final updates before Tuesday's vote to POLITICO's Election Forecast …
Discussion: The Hill, Politico, Reason and New Republic
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Neil Vigdor / New York Times:
Biden tries to shore up support for Hochul in the homestretch.  —  Jamie Kelter Davis for The New York Times  —  Here's what's happening on the campaign trail.  —  The final Sunday of the midterm elections won't bring much respite for candidates and their legions of supporters …
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Haisten Willis / Washington Examiner:
Biden promises ‘no more drilling’ two days before crucial midterm elections
Peter Baker / New York Times:
After a Life of Struggle, Biden Faces One More Inflection Point
Eric Geller / Politico:
6 election security threats to watch for on Election Day  —  The midterms face a bevy of digital threats, from stolen Twitter accounts to hacked election websites, that could spark chaos, confusion and unrest that last long after the polls close.  —  The 2020 presidential election was rife …
Isaac Arnsdorf / Washington Post:
Trump speeches use dozens of lies, exaggerations to draw contrast with Biden  —  The former president's rally script centers on juxtaposing conditions two years ago with now, relying on misrepresentations of both  —  Even in a midterm marked by misinformation, conspiracy theories and false …
Discussion: Raw Story, The Hill and New York Times
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Rolling Stone:
Trump Is Calling Republicans to Ask ‘How Many’ Times They'll Impeach Biden
The Daily Beast:
Pollsters Have 'No F*cking Idea What's Going to Happen' This Election  —  Pollsters and election handicappers are very worried they could be wrong in decisive ways for the 2022 midterms.  —  If the pollsters and handicappers end up being spectacularly wrong on Election Night …
New York Times:
Trump-DeSantis Rift Grows, With Dueling Rallies in Florida  —  The Republican Party's top two stars are campaigning, separately, in the midterms' last days.  —  SUN CITY CENTER, Fla. — Former President Donald J. Trump hasn't endorsed Gov. Ron DeSantis this year because, as he has explained, his fellow Floridian never asked.
CNN:
Kevin McCarthy outlines GOP House majority agenda  —  House GOP leader Kevin McCarthy is vowing to secure the border, cut back on government spending and launch rigorous investigations into the Biden administration if Republicans win the House on Tuesday, reflecting a mix of priorities …
Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
Expected Trump indictment looms over midterm election  —  The expected indictment of Donald Trump is looming over the midterm elections as both parties are preparing for a major battle after Election Day if Attorney General Merrick Garland moves forward with an unprecedented prosecution of a former president.
Discussion: WGN-TV, KTLA and Outside the Beltway
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Katie Benner / New York Times:
Trump May Pose a Test No Special Counsel Can Pass
Discussion: Raw Story
Amanda Carpenter / The Bulwark:
Conspiracists Beware: Post-Election Lies Could Land You in Legal Hot Water  —  Lessons of the defamation lawsuits that followed the 2020 election.  —  (Photo by: Joe Sohm/Visions of America/Universal Images Group via Getty Images)  —  As Elon Musk seeks to dismantle Twitter's verification standards …
Discussion: Raw Story
United States Courts:
New Database Eases Release of Judges' Finance Reports  —  A new free public database of federal judges' financial disclosure reports (FDRs), including periodic transaction reports (PTRs), was launched today by the Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts.  —  Once users register in the new database …
 
 
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Washington Post:
CISA is taking a hands-off approach to election lies on Twitter
Helena Horton / The Guardian:
Cop27: Macron vows war in Ukraine will not cause France to backtrack on climate targets - live
Discussion: UPI, The Daily Caller and Politico
Associated Press:
Jackson, in dissent, issues first Supreme Court opinion
Discussion: HuffPost, CNN and CBS News
CBS News:
Industry ethicist: Social media companies amplifying Americans' anger for profit
Discussion: The Post Millennial
Charlotte Klein / Vanity Fair:
“My Job in This Role Is to Not Guess”: Jen Psaki's TV Career Is Getting Off the Ground
Discussion: Washington Examiner
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Divisive Academic Freedom Conference Proceeds
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