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Don't Take Plummeting Crime Rates for Granted
Carrie Lukas, Washington Times
Talarico Isn't Vegan. Why Is the GOP So Fixated?
Ashlie Stevens, Salon
The Senate Is Breaking Closer
Dan McLaughlin, National Review
The Militants' Victory at the UAW
Harold Meyerson, American Prospect
Berenson v. Gottlieb Reaches Its Moment of Truth
Alex Berenson, Substack
John Cleese Learns the Hard Way
Casey Chalk, The Federalist
Is This What Pagan Nationalism Looks Like?
William Galston, Wall Street Journal
The ICC Is a Sham
Douglas Murray, The Free Press
Why Russia Believes It Can Crush Ukraine This Winter
Roland Oliphant, The Telegraph
Tech Doomers Shouldn't Get All the Attention
Zachary Karabell, Washington Post
CA Campaign Cash, Legal Bills and Unanswered Questions
Susan Crabtree, RCP
Iowa (YouGov): Sen: Turek (D) 47, Hinson (R) 46 | Gov: Sand (D) 50, Lahn (R) 44

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RCP Morning Edition

GOP Has Seen This Midterm Before - 20 Years Ago
Merrill Matthews, USA Today
3 Weeks Out, GOP Plays Defense
Bevan, Cannon, Kraushaar & Walworth, RCP on SiriusXM
Talarico Has Democrats Dreaming Big in Texas
Zeleny & Svitek, CNN
Minnesota Fed Up w/Fraud, May Derail Dems' Midterm Dreams
Isaac Schorr, NYPost
Why Trump's Midterm Rally Blitz Probably Won't Work
Bill Scher, Washington Monthly
Dems' Not-So-Secret Midterm Campaigns for White House
Susan Page, USA Today
5 Years Later, the Truth About Garland's School Board Memo
Erika Sanzi, The Hill
Raid on Omar's House Is Dangerous Political Theater
Moira Donegan, The Guardian
Livestreaming Nidal Hasan’s Execution Is a Bad Idea
Jason Riley, WSJ
Trump’s New Press Secretary Is Unbearable
Poppy Coburn, The Telegraph
From the Ruins of Gaza, Palestinians Carry On
Mohammed Mhawish, MS Now
Why the Young Right’s Sympathy for Israel Is Dwindling
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Greta Thunberg Is the Personification of Empty Activism
Joanna Williams, Telegraph
MAGA’s Talarico Conspiracy Theory Has No 'Off' Switch
Jeremiah Johnson, Substack
A Mental-Health Requirement for Lawmakers?
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Shane Gillis and Why the Left Still Can't Take a Joke
Sasha Stone, Substack
Latest Polls: TX (Marist): Talarico 47, Paxton 45 | ME (Suffolk): Jackson +2

Editorials

Kimberly Guilfoyle's Exit
National Review
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Burnham’s Brexit Reset: An Overdue Show of Ambition
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Political Landscape

CA Campaign Cash, Legal Bills and Unanswered Questions

When a member of Congress opens a legal defense fund, it usually makes national news. Reporters dig into the donors, and ethics experts ask whether federal rules allow the lawmaker to spend donor money to fight specific types of legal battles. Investigations into state legislators is hit or miss when it comes to media scrutiny. Read More

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Trump Administration

Trump: We Told Zelensky Not To Hit Russian Oil, "What Does He Do? He Hits The Diesel Fuel"

President Trump said Saturday that he no longer has any faith in Ukraine's President Zelensky, urging the country to "get a new leader." "We told him, do whatever you want, but don't hit the diesel fuel because there's a big problem, a big shortage," Trump said. "So what does he do? He goes and hits refineries." "I said to him, do what you want, don't hit refineries. There's plenty of targets. Don't hit refineries. Read More

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Analysis & Commentary

Waters: McRaven Misfires on Public Execution

Admiral Bill McRaven, a retired Navy SEAL and former commander of U.S. special operations, has spoken out against the planned public execution of Nidal Hasan, the gunman who killed 13 service members in the 2009 Fort Hood mass shooting. Yet by focusing on the spectacle of the execution, McRaven avoids the fundamental moral issue. Read More

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