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Why Are Pollsters Disagreeing About the 2022 Midterms?

 If one influential Republican-leaning pollster is right, Patty Murray and Josh Shapiro should be worried. Others scoff at the idea. By Ed Kilgore
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Hurricane Ian’s Death Toll Continues to Climb

 By Intelligencer Staff Rescue efforts are still underway in Florida, where inland flooding continues to hamper recovery efforts.
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The Surge That Could Save Democrats

 By Nia Prater Tom Bonier makes the case that women are registering to vote in a fury after Dobbs and have the potential to reshape the midterms.
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Kara Swisher grills TikTok COO Vanessa Pappas about the concerns China’s government has influence over the app and access to its user data.
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what we know
Hurricane Ian’s Death Toll Continues to Climb
By Intelligencer Staff
Rescue efforts are still underway in Florida, where inland flooding continues to hamper recovery efforts.

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Use of tear gas by police triggers horrific disaster at a soccer stadium in Indonesia

At least 125 people have died in a crush at an Indonesian football match that has become one of the world’s worst stadium disasters. Hundreds were also hurt in aftermath of home team Arema FC’s loss to bitter rivals at the overcrowded stadium late on Saturday in Malang, East Java. The crush took place after police tear-gassed fans who invaded the pitch.


As panic spread, thousands surged towards Kanjuruhan stadium’s exits, where many suffocated. Fifa, the world’s governing football body, states that no “crowd control gas” should be carried or used by stewards or police at matches. One eyewitness told the BBC that police had fired numerous tear gas rounds “continuously and fast” after the situation with fans became “tense”.

Indonesia: At least 125 dead in football stadium crush
—BBC
poll position
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Why Are Pollsters Disagreeing About the 2022 Midterms?
By Ed Kilgore
If one influential Republican-leaning pollster is right, Patty Murray and Josh Shapiro should be worried. Others scoff at the idea.
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The Surge That Could Save Democrats
By Nia Prater
Tom Bonier makes the case that women are registering to vote in a fury after Dobbs and have the potential to reshape the midterms.
2022 midterms
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Midterm Candidates’ Skeletons Are Coming Out of the Closet
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Putin Decries U.S. ‘Satanism’ in Bizarre Speech Annexing Parts of Ukraine
By Matt Stieb
His speech celebrating an illegal annexation in Ukraine turned into an anti-trans rant in which he blamed the West for blowing up Nord Stream.
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Elon’s Bad Week: Embarrassing Text Messages and Reports of Settlement Talks
By Kevin T. Dugan
After the worst stretch yet in his quest to not buy Twitter, the end may be near.
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Bonkers Revelations From Maggie Haberman’s Trump Book, Ranked
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politics
New Yorkers Could Get Paid to Report Illegal Parking
By Nia Prater
A proposed bill in City Council would allow people to report instances of illegal parking and receive a cut of the fine.
2022 midterms
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The Election Deniers Running to Control the 2024 Race
By Ed Kilgore
Secretary of state candidates who don’t accept Biden’s win are looking to take over the election machinery in several key battlegrounds this November.
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early and often
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After shock victories in 2018 and 2020, progressive challengers are having a harder time pulling off AOC-like upsets.
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just asking questions
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2022 midterms
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