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Carl P. Leubsdorf: Midterm elections could threaten US support for Ukraine

The main reason Russian President Vladimir Putin’s ill-considered and brutal invasion of Ukraine has so far proved unsuccessful has been the unexpected determination and courage of the Ukrainian people in fighting to keep their independence.

Tribune News Service

Michael Hiltzik: Overt racism and antisemitism have become part of our political discourse. How did that happen?

The fact that the Republican Party has a vacuum for its policy platform isn't necessarily a problem for the U.S., even if the GOP does manage to take control of one or both chambers of Congress.

Los Angeles Times

Senate elections portend future of judiciary

WASHINGTON — Republicans are vowing to pressure President Joe Biden to nominate moderate judicial candidates if the GOP wins back control of the U.S. Senate in midterm elections.

Tribune News Service

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Trump may have committed ‘multiple criminal offenses’ around Jan. 6, 2021, Cheney says

Former President Donald Trump’s conduct surrounding the Jan. 6, 2021, siege of the U.S. Capitol may have been criminal, Rep. Liz Cheney, a Republican vice-chair of the House committee probing the events, said Sunday.

Tribune News Service

Former allies, Patty Murray and Tiffany Smiley face off for US Senate

SEATTLE — Sen. Patty Murray was locked in her office in the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6 when she said she decided to run for a sixth term. If she wins she would be among the longest serving senators in U.S. history.

Tribune News Service

Republicans always choose radicalization to energize their electoral base

Conservatives have long harnessed the extremist, far-right energies of their base to animate the party

The Guardian - US

Louisville’s mayoral race gets attention from national groups as Election Day approaches

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NOT REAL NEWS: A look at what didn't happen this week

Social media users shared a range of false claims this week

The Independent UK

Editorial: As Election Day nears, Jan. 6 committee hearing serves as a reminder that democracy is on the ballot

The House select committee’s ninth and likely final hearing involving the Jan. 6, 2021, insurrection at the U.S. Capitol cemented the case that former President Donald Trump and his supporters plotted a coup.

The Philadelphia Inquirer

Rand Paul seeks third term stoking controversy, railing against authority

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Doyle McManus: National Democrats are ignoring Ohio’s Senate race. Are they blowing an opportunity?

WASHINGTON — Three weeks before election day, the race for control of the U.S. Senate sits on a razor’s edge.

Los Angeles Times

Unchecked review: how Trump dodged two impeachments … and the January 6 committee?

Rachael Bade and Karoun Demirjian’s account of how the Democrats failed to oust Trump is timely – and worrying

The Guardian - US

Obama says he's open to Supreme Court reform but warns against "political games"

"Winning back that trust is going to take some time," he said Friday.

Axios

Watch: New footage shows Nancy Pelosi during Jan 6 riots

The January 6 Select Committee has released previously unseen footage of congressional leaders phoning officials for help during the assault. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer can be seen talking to governors in neighboring Virginia and Maryland. Later the footage shows Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell…

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The Independent UK

Biden calls Supreme Court ‘more of an advocacy group’

The president says the Court is no longer ‘evenhanded’

Tribune News Service

Carl P. Leubsdorf: Possible challenge to Cornyn, from the right

Some people outside Texas may have been less surprised by the recent report that the state’s respected senior senator, John Cornyn, may be facing a 2026 Republican primary challenge than by the fact that the threat is coming from Rep. Ronny Jackson.

Axios

Billionaire Peter Thiel offers to double down on Arizona Senate race to boost Blake Masters

The assumption in GOP political circles was that Thiel and McConnell had abandoned Masters.

WEKU

Key Senate races tighten with a flood of GOP ad spending

The field of the top 10 races most likely to flip finds Republicans making serious runs at five Democratic-controlled seats and Democrats contending in the other five.

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McClatchy Washington Bureau

‘Posturing and messaging’: What a McConnell Senate majority could look like in 2023

WASHINGTON — Mitch McConnell has purposefully steered clear of previewing what policies a Republican-led Senate would prioritize if his party recaptures the chamber in a month.

The Guardian - US

Republicans throw support behind Herschel Walker after abortion denial

The Georgia senate candidate has garnered support from Donald Trump to Lindsey Graham

Salon

Trump targets his enemies: Mitch first

Like a cornered animal, Trump is ready to lash out — and he longs to make his violent fantasies come true

Salon

McConnell "never needed free lunch"

Why have an expanded Child Tax Credit and universal free school meals both been stymied by Republicans in Congress?

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Editorial: Trump's latest violent, racist rhetoric cues the usual crickets from the GOP

Donald Trump’s recent post suggesting that Sen. Mitch McConnell harbors a “death wish” for compromising with Democrats was such clearly unacceptable rhetoric that even solidly conservative voices like The Wall Street Journal Editorial Board felt compelled to condemn it. But, as usual, most officials within the putatively mainstream GOP aren’t…

Tribune News Service

Editorial: Look who’s inviting violence: The former president and his allies pretend Democrats are stoking unrest

Sigmund Freud may have artfully defined psychological projection as when an individual attributes his unacceptable urges to another, but it is Donald Trump’s minions who’ve proven to be masters of the practice in the real world.

The Independent UK

GOP optimistic about Senate chances despite Walker turmoil

A dramatic family fight has clouded the GOP’s hopes in Georgia’s high-stakes Senate contest

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