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The Atlantic opinionpolitics
Yes, It’s Fascism

Until recently, I thought it a term best avoided. But now, the resemblances are too many and too strong to deny.

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NRC opinionpoliticsculture
De verkiezingen in Arizona zijn een referendum over het rechts-christelijke Turning Point USA

Nieuwsbrief Amerika: Iets meer dan een jaar geleden werd de christelijk-rechtse activist Charlie Kirk vermoord op een universiteitscampus in Utah. Voor zijn organisatie Turning Point USA zijn de midte...

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NRC politicsworldculture
Israëlische exitpolls wijzen op moeizame weg naar coalitievorming: zonder Arabische partijen geen meerderheid

Israëlische verkiezingen: De eerste exitpolls van de Israëlische verkiezingen laten een nek-aan-nekrace zien tussen het oppositieblok en het Netanyahu-blok, maar Likud-partij lijkt de grootste te word...

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Washington Post politics
Why these Arab Americans who voted for Trump now back Abdul El-Sayed

Michigan’s Arab American voters helped deliver a GOP presidential victory. But in a competitive Senate race, many say the Democrat is the “America First” candidate.

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New York Times legalpolitics
Judge Questions Trump Administration’s Need to Target Noncitizen Voters (Gift Article)

In the legal tangle between the Justice Department and California, a federal judge on Tuesday deferred a ruling but said the government already had a remedy it could use after the election.

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New York Times legalpolitics
Brothers Seeking Pardons for Sex Trafficking Hire a Former Trump Lawyer (Gift Article)

Documents appear to show payments were made to the lawyer Alan M. Dershowitz to pursue “executive clemency and judicial reversal” for Tal, Oren and Alon Alexander.

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Medium politics
Turning Point’s Latest Grift Is Building Christian Nationalist MAGAT Mills on Texas Taxpayers’ Dime

A billion today, $4.8 billion by 2030, a pastor who wants women’s vote repealed, and a governor who already rolled out the red carpet…

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New York Times mediapoliticstechnology
A Historic Show of Strength for Israel’s Arab Minority (Gift Article)

Voters supporting two leading Arab parties turned out in record numbers to voice their opposition to the Netanyahu government in Tuesday’s election.

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The Times (UK) politics
John Swinney must seize a devolution deal with both hands

Scotland’s stuttering economy could be boosted if the first minister works with Andy Burnham to hand powers to the country’s cities and regions

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New York Times politics
Tennessee Race Is Rattled by a Republican’s Acknowledgment of a ‘Past Indiscretion’ (Gift Article)

State Senator Brent Taylor, the Republican nominee for a U.S. House seat, responded to a Nashville outlet’s report that he had sent “an unsolicited nude picture.”

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New York Times politics
Mamdani Seeks to Replace Head of Commission on Racial Equity (Gift Article)

Linda Tigani, chairwoman of the commission, has been critical of the Mamdani administration’s handling of a racial equity report. She responded to the mayor’s plan to remove her with fiery comments.

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Bloomberg politicsworld
Bolsonaro Arrives in Miami After Fleeing Brazil, O Globo Says

Brazilian senator Flávio Bolsonaro arrived in Miami on Tuesday after fleeing his country following a defeat in its presidential election, O Globo reported.

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New York Times politicsworld
White House Has Tight Grip Over F.B.I. in Pursuing Trump Targets, Agent Says

In court testimony, the agent outlined the willingness of Kash Patel, the F.B.I. director, to take orders from President Trump to investigate his perceived enemies.

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New York Times businesspolitics
California’s High Tides Set Records This Week. They’re Going to Get Higher. (Gift Article)

El Niño is expected to push this winter’s high tides even higher.

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The Atlantic politics
When ICE Comes for a MAGA Supporter

What happens to the right’s immigration views when the target for deportation is one of their own?

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Medium legalpolitics
Disorientated & Disappointed: Mass Effect Andromeda’s Intro Sequence

The beginning to the end of Mass Effect

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New York Times politicsworldsports
Exit Polls in Israel Show No Clear Winner (Gift Article)

Also, Trump is set to loosen methane rules. Here’s the latest at the end of Tuesday.

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New York Times culturepolitics
Lessons From a New Widow on the Life After (Gift Article)

As people think about living longer, a New York Times writer reflects on the recent death of her husband and what helps life go on.

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The Atlantic politics
The Army of God Comes Out of the Shadows

Tens of millions of American Christians are embracing a charismatic movement known as the New Apostolic Reformation, which seeks to destroy the secular state.

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New York Times politics
She’s Been Fighting for 20 Years. Has Angie Nixon’s Moment Come? (Gift Article)

The Democratic nominee for Senate faces strong headwinds in a decidedly Republican-leaning state. She has been a fighter, and an underdog, for years.

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New York Times politics
Renee Good’s Family Sues ICE Agent and Top Officials Over Minnesota Killing (Gift Article)

The fatal shooting of Ms. Good set off protests during the Trump administration’s immigration operation early this year in Minnesota.

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New York Times politicsworld
A New Trump Envoy Stirs Fears of U.S. Interference in Brazil’s Elections (Gift Article)

Darren Beattie, the U.S. policy adviser on Brazil, planned to visit former President Jair Bolsonaro in prison and meet his son, who is also seeking the presidency.

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New York Times politics
Scuffle at the United Nations Ends in an Apology to Turks (Gift Article)

Just how perilous standing in Turkey’s way can be became abundantly clear to a few somewhat hapless security guards during the annual General Assembly meeting of world leaders.

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New York Times politicslegal
Alaska Asks Court to Halt Trump’s Effort to Block Votes in Senate Race (Gift Article)

The administration had filed a lawsuit seeking to prevent certification of the election if the Republican incumbent narrowly loses.

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New York Times politicsworld
What to Expect Now That Polls Are Closed in Israel (Gift Article)

Polls have closed across the country. Exits polls may offer clues about the direction of the voting but not necessarily a clear winner.

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New York Times legalpolitics
Video: New Video Analysis Reveals Flawed and Fatal Decisions in Shooting of Pretti

A frame-by-frame assessment of actions by Alex Pretti and the two officers who fired 10 times shows how lethal force came to be used against a man who didn’t pose a threat.

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The Atlantic politicsopinionlegal
The Illusion of ‘Radical Transparency’

What Elizabeth Holmes has in common with Donald Trump

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New York Times politicstechnology
The Socialist Who Ran for the White House (Gift Article)

In “American Socialist,” Shawn Gude tracks the rise and fall of the movement led by the left-wing presidential candidate Eugene V. Debs.

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New York Times politicsculturelegal
Book Review: ‘The Brightness,’ by Chad Harbach (Gift Article)

Chad Harbach’s “The Brightness” explores the fraught politics of college life and the precarious years that come after it.

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The Atlantic legalpolitics
Which Is It: A Question for AI, or What Odysseus Asked Upon His Return?

A quiz inspired by one bewildering anecdote

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New York Times politics
How Accurate Are Midterm Polls? Errors Vary From State to State. (Gift Article)

Recent presidential election polls have overestimated Democrats, but midterm polls are far less consistent state by state. The differences could matter quite a bit.

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Bloomberg businesspolitics
EPA Readies Bid to Ease Methane Controls for Oil, Gas Companies

The US Environmental Protection Agency said Wednesday it is readying a proposal to loosen federal rules designed to cut methane releases from oil and gas operations.

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The Atlantic politics
The Limits of Trump’s Midterm Trickery

A big night for the Democrats could stymie any efforts to interfere with the election.

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New York Times politicsworldlegal
The Spy War: How the C.I.A. Secretly Helps Ukraine Fight Putin (Gift Article)

For more than a decade, the United States has nurtured a secret intelligence partnership with Ukraine that is now critical for both countries in countering Russia.

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New York Times legalpoliticsworld
Flávio Bolsonaro Flees Brazil for the. U.S. After Election Defeat (Gift Article)

Mr. Bolsonaro was trying to get to the United States after the Brazilian police asked him to hand over his passports because of his links to an investigation.

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New York Times politicslegal
They Protested ICE. Now They’ve Been Convicted of Terrorism.
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New York Times politics
As Election Nears, Reports of an Increase in ICE Arrests Across California (Gift Article)

Reports of an uptick in operations, alongside a push to root out alleged noncitizen voting, have unnerved immigrant communities ahead of next week’s election.

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New York Times politicsworld
European Leaders Split Over Phone Call to Putin (Gift Article)

The diplomatic outreach was part of an effort to push talks to end the war in Ukraine, though it was not welcome by all European leaders.

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New York Times politicsworld
Opinion | Here’s How to Defeat Trumpism (Gift Article)

The free world should take an honest look at how Hungary’s opposition party defeated a far-right giant.

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NRC worldpolitics
Opinie | Israel’s neglected threat from within

Educational decay, driven by demographic change, endangers the nation’s future, writes Dan Ben-David.

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The Times (UK) politics
SNP must answer mortgage question if it’s serious about independence

John Swinney and his party can’t be credible on leaving the United Kingdom until they are clear about what currency Scots would pay their mortgages in

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The Times (UK) legalpoliticsculture
The 1806 dockland murder that shocked and thrilled London

A fatal shooting, the cesspit that revealed the truth, and blackmail from beyond the grave: Thomas Morris relives an extraordinary crime in Blood on the Thames

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The Times (UK) legalpolitics
Flavio Bolsonaro ‘on plane to US after fleeing Brazil’

The losing presidential election candidate was asked to hand his passports over to the Supreme Court but refused, according to a report

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New York Times politicssportsworld
JOHNSON'S RATING ON VIETNAM DROPS; Gallup Poll Finds Decline to 35 % in Public Approval (Gift Article)

Gallup Poll repts, in wake of recent enemy offensive, pub approval of Johnson leadership slips from 39% to 35%; other figures in current and other recent surveys listed

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New York Times culturepolitics
Why Peter Thiel Is Decamping to the End of the World (Gift Article)

The billionaire’s new roots in Argentina are said to be partly motivated by concerns about the future of the United States and shared beliefs with Argentina’s right-wing leader.

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New York Times politicslegal
Justice Dept. Steps Up Moves on Comey and Others as Midterm Elections Near (Gift Article)

In some cases, court paperwork bears unmistakable signs of urgency — typos, unorthodox tactics and the signatures of the department’s senior political leadership.

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New York Times legalpolitics
Egyptian Court Orders News Site Closed as Critics Warn of a Crackdown (Gift Article)

Mada Masr, one of Egypt’s few independent media outlets, said a judge ordered it closed for operating without a license and detained its editor in chief.

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Medium politics
On Democrats Who Cave in Response to Anti-Trans Attack Ads

and more importantly: a response to all the cis people responding to the way that trans people are responding to said Democrats’ responses

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Medium technologypoliticslegal
Meta is a cancer on democracy

Meta’s interference in Brazil’s presidential election is just the latest example of the danger Mark Zuckerberg poses to democracy…

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New York Times politics
Election Dispatches:: Trump Rallies in Texas for 3rd Time This Month as G.O.P. Anxieties Mount
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