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Ken Paxton Partied in Dubai With Fugitives Ahead of High-Stakes Texas Senate Race — Trump backed the scandal-plagued Paxton in one of the riskiest bets of the midterms — As President Trump weighed endorsing Ken Paxton over incumbent Texas Sen. John Cornyn this spring …
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Politico:
High on hopium — With help from Eli Okun, Ali Bianco and Irie Sentner — Good Tuesday morning. We're exactly three weeks out from Election Day, and early voting begins today in Georgia and Idaho. Get in touch. — In today's Playbook ... — Abdul El-Sayed and Chris Pappas show off Democrats' doubtless demeanor.
Anne Applebaum / The Atlantic:
Trump's Message to Ukraine Is Now Crystal Clear — The president's actions over the past 72 hours look like an effort to force Kyiv to surrender. — In the past 72 hours, Donald Trump has dropped all pretense, torched a couple decades of American policy, and undermined 18 months of his own diplomacy.
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Trump's October Surprise
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David Rothkopf / The Daily Beast:
How Trump Just Exposed Himself as America's True Enemy Within
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Alex Nguyen / Mother Jones:
Pete Hegseth's Firing Squad Livestream Is Finding Fans in the Defense Industry — Co-founders of Palantir and defense tech firm Anduril are defending “public and brutal” executions. — “I have been outspoken on wanting public executions for over a decade.”
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Noah Berlatsky / Public Notice:
The fascist spectacle of streamed executions
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Mariana Alfaro / Washington Post:
Mike Johnson says execution video could be ‘recruiting tool’ for terrorists
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Politico:
GOP readies for an underwhelming lame duck — IN TODAY'S EDITION: — Johnson scrambles leadership outlook — Emmer endorses Trump's raid on Omar — Dems gear up for trade oversight — Republicans' dreams of a productive lame-duck session are dimming.
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Bayliss Wagner / New York Times:
Republicans Promoted a False Rumor That James Talarico Was in Ohio — The Democratic nominee for Senate in Texas spent nine days off the trail with what he and his campaign said was a bad case of the flu. His opponents fueled rumors, including one that spread widely before it was debunked.
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Nikki McCann Ramirez / Rolling Stone:
The Right's Desperate Conspiracy Theory About James Talarico Goes Up In Flames
Laura Chung / New York Times:
Trump Says He Is ‘Looking at’ Firing Kimberly Guilfoyle — President Trump made the remark in response to a question about the U.S. ambassador to Greece, who faces accusations that she asked a G.O.P. donor to pay off her credit card. — President Trump said on Monday that he was “looking at” …
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GOP ad buyer mixes up Portlands, spends money meant to help Maine Sen. Susan Collins in Oregon — An outside group mistakenly spent nearly $25,000 to boost Collins in Portland, Oregon, rather than Portland, Maine. The buyer admitted to the error and refunded the PAC.
TMZ.com:
Selma Blair Arrested, Attacks Flight Crew In Mid-Air — SELMA BLAIR ARRESTED AFTER ALLEGEDLY BITING FLIGHT ATTENDANT … 11:25 AM PT — TMZ has also obtained audio from an eyewitness of when Blair was exiting the plane at JFK Airport ... and you can hear her screaming bloody murder as an alarm rings.
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Politico:
Archbishop of the US military says Catholic soldiers should not serve on firing squad — Archbishop Timothy Broglio, who oversees the Catholic Church's pastoral services to Catholics in the U.S. military, is condemning the proposed livestream of the firing squad execution of Nidal Hasan.
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Chadwick Moore / New York Post:
‘Compelling evidence’ of criminal activity drove feds to raid Rep. Ilhan Omar's home: sources — A raid on controversial Democrat Rep. Ilhan Omar's Washington, DC, home signifies law enforcement has already amassed compelling evidence of criminal activity and are nearing the end of a long investigation, a source told The Post.
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Mara Hoplamazian / The Washington Sun:
Trump Says He Had ‘Nothing to Do With’ the Raid on Ilhan Omar's Home
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Adam Gramegna / Military.com:
Air Force Major Who Called for Trump's Impeachment is in Solitary Confinement 24 Hours a Day: Attorney — Maj. Jason Watson has been jailed since August after publicly opining on the president and his administration, drawing a big legal battle. — Add us on
Kate Shaw / New York Times:
Democrats Need a Plan for Supreme Court Reform. Here's a Start. — The Supreme Court justices took the bench last week to hear oral arguments, but the start of this term feels different from previous ones. For one thing, with the sharp increase in activity on the shadow docket …
Andrew Kaczynski / CNN:
New White House press secretary has a history of conspiracy-laced social media posts — Donald Trump Fighting disinformation Social media Epstein files — President Donald Trump's incoming White House press secretary, Katie Zacharia, repeatedly made baseless accusations of pedophilia …
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Lisa Kashinsky / Politico:
Mary Peltola raises $17M in Q3 in Alaska's Senate race — Former Rep. Mary Peltola raked in $17 million over the last three months, her campaign shared first with POLITICO, a sizable haul for the Democratic challenger in one of the biggest Senate battlegrounds.
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Newsweek
Meredith Lee Hill / Politico:
House Dems launch ads in four more Trump districts — House Democrats' campaign arm is expanding its target list just three weeks ahead of Election Day, going on the air for the first time in four more districts with coordinated ad buys with the candidates.
Siobhan Hughes / Wall Street Journal:
Republicans Spend Big to Defend Nebraska Senate Seat — In latest sign of GOP's Midwest angst, Senate Leadership Fund plans to pour $8 million into race to help Sen. Pete Ricketts — WASHINGTON—The big-donor group aligned with Senate Republicans disclosed that it plans to spend heavily …
Jessica Hill / Associated Press:
AI data centers are coming for federal land. They are roiling the Nevada governor's race — Janelle Sorenson loves the clear night skies in Boulder City, less than an hour's drive from the bright lights of the Las Vegas Strip. It's a small, quiet town, and she thinks …
Tess Owen / Wired:
The Biggest Pro-AI Super PAC Network Has Poured Millions Into Nevada Shell Companies — Backed by Silicon Valley titans, Leading the Future has raised huge sums to promote pro-AI candidates on both side of the aisle. — The Spanish Springs shopping center in Sparks, Nevada, hosts many businesses …
Mike Zapler / Axios:
Dems' red-state showings raise prospect of a bigger 2028 map — Move over Wisconsin and Arizona. … Sure, this could be a blip — or a reminder that it's a 50-50 moody nation, even in a bunch of red states. — The conditions that helped Barack Obama carry conservative states like Indiana …
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Aaron Zitner / Wall Street Journal:
Medicare for All Is the Big Policy Fight Splitting Democrats — Plus, Ken Paxton partied in Dubai with two fugitives from U.S. justice, and federal agents searched Democratic Rep. Ilhan Omar's home — Good morning. I'm Aaron Zitner, a reporter and editor in our Washington Bureau …
Eli Hager / ProPublica:
Scammers Are Stealing Millions From Food Stamp Recipients. Congress Could Fix It — but Won't. — Reporting Highlights — Lamborghinis and Food Stamps? Trump officials claim many SNAP recipients are scammers, even as statistics show they're far more likely to be victims.
Justin Papp / CNBC:
Trump census plan to cut noncitizens from 2030 count spurs critics toward legal fight … Congressional Democrats and civil rights groups are concerned about a proposed Trump administration change to the U.S. census that would exclude noncitizens without permanent resident status …
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City Journal
Josh Dawsey / Wall Street Journal:
I Went Home to South Carolina to Ask Young Voters About Trump and the Economy — Watch as a WSJ reporter visits his college town—where the University of South Carolina is booming, but students are worried about their futures — This is an episode of Rooted In, where our reporters …
Christian Paz / Vox:
To save democracy, you might want to go to church — The solution to some of American democracy's biggest problems might be something old and controversial: More religion. … To the average observer concerned with the future of American democracy, it might be easy to conclude that religion …
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