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As private equity, politics and prediction markets reshape sports, is the press box up to the task?

Sports journalism has sometimes been called the ‘toy department,’ since it was known for less serious reporting. But the sports page has an opportunity to take on a real watchdog role.

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Oct 1 • 8:45 AM EDT • Sports • theconversation.com
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As private equity, politics and prediction markets reshape sports, is the press box up to the task?

Sports journalism has sometimes been called the ‘toy department,’ since it was known for less serious reporting. But the sports page has an opportunity to take on a real watchdog role.

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Oct 1 • 8:45 AM EDT • Politics • theconversation.com
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One Small Step: Town Council candidate and art advisor talk religion, identity and how both shape their politics

Gabe Koerber and Shari Brownfield on how Catholicism and Judaism influence their political, community passions.

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Oct 1 • 8:00 AM EDT • Politics • 891khol.org
Dems: Blakeman Should Not Get Matching Funds - Long Island Life & Politics

By Hank Russell The New York State Democratic Committee has accused Nassau County Executive and GOP gubernatorial candidate Bruce Blakeman of illegally trying to obtain matching funds with money he raised outside the state of [...]

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Oct 1 • 7:11 AM EDT • Politics • lilifepolitics.com
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Andrew Cuomo Hammers Partisan Politics: 'When CLARITY Failed, Ambiguity Wins'

Former New York Governor Andrew Cuomo on Tuesday said the CLARITY Act’s collapse came down to pure politics, not any irreconcilable policy dispute. Politics, Not Policy, Killed the Bill Cuomo told Bloomberg Television said the bill had the best name...

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Oct 1 • 7:00 AM EDT • Politics • finance.yahoo.com
Democratic Michigan Senate hopeful Abdul El-Sayed explains how science influences his politics

Scientific American spoke to the Michigan Senate candidate about how his background in medicine has shaped his outlook

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Oct 1 • 7:00 AM EDT • Science • scientificamerican.com
Inside Larry Ellison's Wide Web of Power, Money and Politics, As Oracle's Data Centers Claim Force Majeure

The $200 billion software titan has suctioned himself to many hubs of influence—from data centers to TikTok to Hollywood studios to the Oval Office itself. Tom Dotan dives deep into Ellison’s kingdom, starting on the island enclave of Lanai.

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Oct 1 • 7:00 AM EDT • Politics • vanityfair.com
Democratic Michigan Senate hopeful Abdul El-Sayed explains how science influences his politics

Scientific American spoke to the Michigan Senate candidate about how his background in medicine has shaped his outlook

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Oct 1 • 7:00 AM EDT • Politics • scientificamerican.com
State deserves good lawyers — not ‘close enough’

The Colorado Supreme Court may soon allow those who fail our state’s bar exam to become attorneys anyway. Recently, a working group of 10 select attorneys endorsed a rule change to allow those who cannot pass the Colorado Bar Exam to still practice law as attorneys, as long as they do so in our state’s […]

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Oct 1 • 7:00 AM EDT • Politics • coloradopolitics.com
Brown: Trump’s $15 billion Iowa surprise roils Minnesota politics, but merits skepticism

"On Monday, President Donald Trump welcomed Iowa officials and the Minnesota iron mining company Mesabi Metallics to the Oval Office for an announcement. The news he revealed was stunning," columnist Aaron Brown writes.

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Oct 1 • 6:00 AM EDT • Politics • startribune.com
Patrick’s Politics: The Cornell rape case should enrage you

Seven men. Seven hours. Irreparable damage. Over the past week, the world has come to know the horrifying rape that took place at Cornell University. If what happened at a Chi Phi fraternity house …

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Oct 1 • 6:00 AM EDT • Politics • dailycampus.com
Picanha, prices and politics: What Brazil's favorite steak says about the election

Lula promised Brazilians four years ago they'd be able to afford picanha again. Now, as he seeks another term, the price of the country's favorite cut of beef is telling a different story.

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Oct 1 • 6:00 AM EDT • Politics • knpr.org
'Very friendly territory': The politics behind President Trump’s Oklahoma rally

With President Donald Trump stumping in our state this evening, StateImpact’s Logan Layden talked with OU political science professor Allyson Shortle about the politics of the visit.

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Oct 1 • 6:00 AM EDT • Politics • kgou.org
Picanha, prices and politics: What Brazil's favorite steak says about the election

Lula promised Brazilians four years ago they'd be able to afford picanha again. Now, as he seeks another term, the price of the country's favorite cut of beef is telling a different story.

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Oct 1 • 6:00 AM EDT • Politics • npr.org
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Americans are tired of CEOs lecturing them on politics

Also: All the news and watercooler chat from Fortune.

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Oct 1 • 5:36 AM EDT • Politics • fortune.com
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State agencies reach agreements with ICE + Democrats worry about election security

Subscribe to Under the Dome for a daily dose of North Carolina politics news.

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Oct 1 • 5:00 AM EDT • Politics • newsobserver.com
The government’s new chatbot won’t talk politics, but it will fact-check Trump

The AI “concierge” promises to help users with passports, Medicare and more. We tested what it can actually do.

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Oct 1 • 5:00 AM EDT • Politics • washingtonpost.com
‘Politics can be brutal’: Sarah Hanson-Young speaks out about divisions within Greens

Greens sources say the relationship between new leader David Shoebridge and runner-up Mehreen Faruqi is seriously strained

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Oct 1 • 4:33 AM EDT • Politics • theguardian.com
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Personnel note: Florida Airports Council names Brayden Harrell legislative affairs director

'Brayden has built an impressive amount of experience across Florida’s legislative and political process early in his career.'

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Oct 1 • 4:30 AM EDT • Politics • floridapolitics.com
How old battles over land, power and identity continue to shape the West’s politics

Anxieties about the future often become refracted as questions of community identity: Who are we? What do we stand for?

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Oct 1 • 4:00 AM EDT • Politics • hcn.org
Coloradans’ revolution against the two-party system

Our major Colorado news outlets have been desultory, even derelict, about reporting on a revolution in our electorate. The result is voters don’t get the information they need to consider the full range of substantive candidates. Here are the numbers. As of September, unaffiliated voters make up 51.8% of Colorado’s registered voters. Voters 18 to […]

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Oct 1 • 2:45 AM EDT • Politics • coloradopolitics.com
Hasan Piker’s politics risks setting Arab and Muslim Americans back

The self-described socialist is aggravating the Arab-American struggle for political relevance

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Oct 1 • 12:00 AM EDT • Politics • thenationalnews.com
Politics, Religion Experts Argue in Favor of Creativity Amid AI Employment Anxieties

Panelists looked to Catholic social teachings on how to find dignity and purpose in work amid the rise of AI in the workplace

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Sep 30 • 11:14 PM EDT • Politics • thehoya.com
Senate confirms Keith Sonderling as Labor Secretary

Another Florida man has been confirmed to Donald Trump's Cabinet.

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Sep 30 • 11:11 PM EDT • Politics • floridapolitics.com
University launches new Philosophy, Politics and Economics concentration

With 18 course requirements, the new concentration is set to be Brown’s most intensive A.B. concentration.

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Sep 30 • 10:21 PM EDT • Politics • browndailyherald.com
How Trump’s AI-Generated Memes Impact Political Authority and Masculinity

A new article by sociologists Tristan Bridges (University of California-Santa Barbara) and James W. Messerschmidt (University of Southern Maine) examines how AI–generated memes circulated on social media by President Donald Trump represent a significant transformation in the visual politics of masculinity

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Sep 30 • 9:30 PM EDT • Politics • newswise.com
Trump’s Mobile rally could be about more than Alabama politics, political columnist says

MOBILE, Ala. (WKRG) — President Donald Trump is coming to Mobile on Friday for a rally expected to draw thousands of supporters. One political columnist says the president’s visit is less abo…

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Sep 30 • 8:38 PM EDT • Politics • wkrg.com
There's a debate over debates in Mass. politics this election season

In 2026, debates are becoming a point of contention. Republican challengers are chastising Democratic incumbents for not debating enough, or at all.

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Sep 30 • 7:36 PM EDT • Politics • nbcboston.com
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Evans rips Dems for blocking data center bill foes say ‘has no teeth’

Rep. Gabe Evans blasted Senate Democrats after they blocked his Ratepayer Protection Act, setting off a dispute with Sens. Michael Bennet and John Hickenlooper over data centers and electricity costs.

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Sep 30 • 7:12 PM EDT • Politics • coloradopolitics.com
How Data Center Backlash is Reshaping Politics

We’ll talk about the backlash and how that could influence who gets elected in November.

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Sep 30 • 5:57 PM EDT • Politics • kqed.org
Trump Plays Defense in Midterm Tour Across Republican Strongholds

Some deep-red areas are in need of a jolt.

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Sep 30 • 5:54 PM EDT • Politics • nytimes.com
Sami Abu Shehadeh's disqualification bid could redefine Arab politics in Israel

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Sep 30 • 5:42 PM EDT • Politics • haaretz.com
A California showdown with national implications: From the Politics Desk

Plus, Trump has a new name for AI — but not regulations.

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Sep 30 • 5:32 PM EDT • Politics • nbcnews.com
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Britain Politics Labour

Britain's Prime Minister Andy Burnham delivers his Leader's Speech during the Labour Party Conference in Liverpool, England, Tuesday, Sept. 29, 2026. (AP Photo/Jon Super)

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Sep 30 • 5:25 PM EDT • Politics • columbiamissourian.com
Troy Jackson's Gaza misstep shows him struggling with a big step up to national politics

Jackson is working through one of the most divisive issues on the left while running against strongly pro-Israel Republican Sen. Susan Collins.

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Sep 30 • 5:24 PM EDT • Politics • bangordailynews.com
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Michigan Democratic U.S. Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed, with Progressive Twitch streamer Hasan Piker standing behind him, during an election event at the Congregation coffee shop on Aug. 3 in Detroit.

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Sep 30 • 4:53 PM EDT • Politics • yakimaherald.com
Get Real With SOMD Politics: John O’Connor Discusses Taxes, Growth And Recent Scrutiny

John O’Connor discusses St. Mary’s County taxes, growth, education funding, public safety and recent scrutiny as he campaigns for District 3.

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Sep 30 • 4:30 PM EDT • Politics • thebaynet.com
Why Bernie Sanders is California Democrats’ campaign closer

Sen. Bernie Sanders represents a tiny state on the opposite coast, but continues to be one of the most powerful messengers in California politics.

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Sep 30 • 4:07 PM EDT • Politics • sfchronicle.com
Hall Pass: Your Ticket to Understanding School Board Politics, Edition #225

Welcome to Hall Pass, a newsletter written to keep you plugged into the conversations driving school board governance, the politics surrounding it, and education policy. In today’s edition, you’ll find: On the issues: The debate over AI in the classroom In this section, we curate reporting, analysis, and commentary on the issues school board members deliberate […]

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Sep 30 • 4:00 PM EDT • Politics • news.ballotpedia.org
Student voters say they feel disconnected from politics, candidates, political campaigns

On Tuesday, Nov. 3, the 2026 election will fill more than 577 positions, ranging from the U.S. Senate – Ohio to county officers like Summit County Common Pleas Court Judge. Students at the University of Dayton are split on whether they plan to vote, with some citing it as their civic duty and others feeling...

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Sep 30 • 3:48 PM EDT • Politics • flyernews.com
Bruno Kramm, German Goth Musician Who Moonlighted in Politics, Dies at 58

When he wasn’t playing with the groundbreaking dark-wave band Das Ich, he was a prominent figure in his country’s fight for online free speech and digital privacy rights.

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Sep 30 • 3:43 PM EDT • Politics • nytimes.com
Civility in politics is in short supply. Former Georgia leaders say it still matters

Civility in politics can feel lost right now. But for some former Georgia elected officials, disagreeing while still finding common ground remains essential to governing and to maintaining public trust […]

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Sep 30 • 3:43 PM EDT • Politics • wabe.org
Two years after the storm, Hurricane Helene shapes NC survivors' politics and beliefs

A concert in Yancey County gave Hurricane Helene survivors an opportunity to share their experiences with the storm.

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Sep 30 • 3:29 PM EDT • Politics • wfae.org
Two years after the storm, Hurricane Helene shapes NC survivors' politics and beliefs

A concert in Yancey County gave Hurricane Helene survivors an opportunity to share their experiences with the storm.

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Sep 30 • 3:29 PM EDT • Politics • whqr.org
The Indiana secretary of state oversees elections. Should they eschew partisan politics?

Indiana's secretary of state is the state's top election official. One candidate for the office is asking: should they engage in supporting a political party themselves?

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Sep 30 • 2:33 PM EDT • Politics • indystar.com
Mike Rowe on America’s great tradesperson shortage: ‘I don’t care what your politics are. Math doesn’t care, either’

At Ford Pro Accelerate, Rowe sparred with Education Secretary Linda McMahon and Defense's Mike Duffy about the divide between college and the trades.

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Sep 30 • 2:16 PM EDT • Politics • fortune.com
Trump administration misspells United States twice while promoting AI

The Trump administration misspelled the United States twice in images of the White House artificial intelligence memo it published following President Donald Trump‘s accord on Tuesday with the country’s biggest names in AI. On Tuesday evening and Wednesday morning, both Trump and the White House posted the “Joint Commitment on Frontier Responsibilities,” which came from […]

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Sep 30 • 2:04 PM EDT • Politics • coloradopolitics.com
Reintroducing ‘By The Horns,’ a Column for the Local Government Nerd in You

INDY’s Justin Laidlaw is here to help readers get a grip on politics and civic life in Durham.

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Sep 30 • 2:03 PM EDT • Politics • indyweek.com
Las Vegas resort bosses dodge presidential politics when asked about falling visitor numbers

The CEOs of Caesars Entertainment, MGM Resorts International and Wynn Resorts did not mention President Donald Trump or his tariffs Tuesday at the Global Gaming Expo at the Venetian Expo as they discussed the causes of declining visitation to Las Vegas …

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Sep 30 • 1:30 PM EDT • Politics • lasvegassun.com
RAYE, Sombr, Troye Sivan, Conan Gray & More Musicians Named to 2026 TIME100 Next

The annual list spotlights 100 emerging leaders making their mark across entertainment, sports, business, science, politics & other fields.

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Sep 30 • 1:15 PM EDT • Entertainment • yahoo.com
How Democrats learned to stop worrying about gender politics

As they prepared for Republicans to drop another billion dollars of ads on their heads this summer, Democrats passed around fresh advice on gender politics.

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Sep 30 • 1:02 PM EDT • Politics • yahoo.com
3rd-party US Senate candidate Bob Chew boosts Colorado ads by $1.5M

3rd party candidate Bob Chew boosts Senate spending in Colorado by $1.5 million

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Sep 30 • 12:58 PM EDT • Politics • coloradopolitics.com
Byron Donalds says media strategy reflects fading relevance of TV, newspapers

'The press is just not very good at their job.'

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Sep 30 • 12:45 PM EDT • Politics • floridapolitics.com
Leave your politics behind: Greenland is a historic US victory

The United States, Denmark, and Greenland signed a permanent agreement granting the U.S. broad military access to Greenland to bolster North Atlantic security and counter influence from Russia and …

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Sep 30 • 12:30 PM EDT • Politics • thehill.com
Bugsy Steel on the Politics of Directing

The Airfoil Media director on embracing new filmmaking technologies, celebrities on set, and what fuels his creative drive, as part of LBB’s The Directors series

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Sep 30 • 12:25 PM EDT • Politics • lbbonline.com
Female Gazan PLC candidate to 'Post': I want a say in the decisions shaping my life

In an interview with the Post, Hiyam Taha explained why she is seeking to enter politics and how she hopes to improve the future of the Palestinian people.

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Sep 30 • 11:58 AM EDT • Politics • jpost.com
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Book review: The shadow politics of US-Africa relations

Can Africa build a mutually beneficial relationship with the US that reshapes decades of transactional security relationships?

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Sep 30 • 10:58 AM EDT • Politics • african.business
Harger: Gov. Bob Ferguson is a two-time state chess champion. Washington politics is his board now

Governor Bob Ferguson is smart. You don't make the move from the King County Council to the attorney general's office to the governor's mansion without being smart, savvy, and strategic.

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Sep 30 • 10:26 AM EDT • Politics • mynorthwest.com
I On Politics

ADDABBO CONCERT RE-SCHED­ULED: Senator Joseph P. Addabbo Jr.’s Big Band Swing Concert, co-sponsored by Flor Cawley/State Farm, originally scheduled for Fri­day, September 25, was postponed due to fore­casted rain and will now take place on Friday, October 2, 2026, at the Forest Park Bandshell. GREEK AMERICAN HOMEOWNERS ASSN MTG: The next General Meeting of

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Sep 30 • 10:13 AM EDT • Politics • qgazette.com
Small Signals, Big Effects: Why Symbolic Policies Matter for Climate Politics -

In the APSA Public Scholarship Program, graduate students in political science produce summaries of new research in the American Political Science Review. This piece, written by Ximena Caló, covers the new article by Theodore Tallent, [...]

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Sep 30 • 10:00 AM EDT • Science • politicalsciencenow.com
Small Signals, Big Effects: Why Symbolic Policies Matter for Climate Politics -

In the APSA Public Scholarship Program, graduate students in political science produce summaries of new research in the American Political Science Review. This piece, written by Ximena Caló, covers the new article by Theodore Tallent, [...]

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Sep 30 • 10:00 AM EDT • Politics • politicalsciencenow.com
AI Politics To Cut Greenhouse Gas
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Sep 30 • 9:36 AM EDT • Politics • yahoo.com
American Cancer Society adds Guardant Health's Shield blood test to colorectal cancer screening guideline

'By making colorectal cancer screening more accessible with a blood-based option in conjunction with other established methodologies, we can get people screened.'

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Sep 30 • 9:14 AM EDT • Health • floridapolitics.com
FSU's political registered student organizations: Where they stand

Living in the heart of the Florida capital, students at FSU have engaged in politics through organizations across the political spectrum.

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Sep 30 • 9:01 AM EDT • Politics • fsunews.com
Bosnia elections overshadowed by exodus and geopolitics as ethnic politics eclipse real problems

Bosnia goes to the polls on October 4 to elect several parliaments and presidents. While voters worry about the economy and emigration, the campaign is focused on ethnicity, exposing the country's political paralysis.

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Sep 30 • 8:45 AM EDT • Politics • dw.com
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This Week In Politics: United Nations General Assembly

In a week packed with diplomacy, the United Nations General Assembly High-Level Week began on Tuesday, Sept. 22, at the U.N. headquarters in New York City. In the annual diplomatic forum, all 193 member states are invited to address the General Assembly through the General Debate, while a range of meetings bring world leaders together...

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Sep 30 • 8:00 AM EDT • Politics • villanovan.com
Who decides what time it is? The politics behind contested clocks

Despite contentious local debates about time zones and seasonal shifts, University of Queensland research shows there is no official global time zone system.

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Sep 30 • 7:40 AM EDT • Politics • phys.org
Hillsborough school board weighs new rules on partisan politics on campus

The debate began after Robert F. Kennedy Jr. visited a Hillsborough school in August.

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Sep 30 • 6:30 AM EDT • Politics • tampabay.com
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Veteran white politician threatens ANC's grip on Johannesburg

Helen Zille, a 75-year-old white politician nicknamed "gogo", meaning grandmother, is running for mayor of Johannesburg in a high-stakes November race that analysts say could reshape South Africa's politics. Nina Liu has more.

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Sep 30 • 6:26 AM EDT • Politics • reuters.com
Debt service and the Pentagon. Private equity and the politics of the US housing market. The return of black lung disease & the Franco-Prussian War in color.

Thank you for opening your Chartbook email. RALPH BALSON. 1890—1964. Oil and enamel, signed. Source: Gavekal This going to hurt - the two 7s in the US: diesel and mortgage rates Source: Gavekal In the US housing market, costs are soaring and the role of corporate, private equity-backed buyers is high on the mid-term election agenda. HEY READERS, THANK YOU for opening the Chartbook email. I hope it brightens your day. I enjoy putting out the newsletter, but tbh, what keeps this flow going is the generosity of those readers who clicked the subscription button. If you are persuaded to click, please consider the annual subscription of $60. It is both better value for you and a much better deal for me, as it involves only one credit card charge. Why feed the payments companies if we don’t have to. Subscribe It is striking how, since 2020, big banks have dropped out of the political spotlight in the US. For contributing subscribers only. Subscribe Rates of the lung disease pneumoconiosis among working US coal miners have risen to levels not seen in nearly 40 years Source: Bloomberg Chinese Clean Technology Exports For contributing subscribers only. Subscribe Ralph Balson (1939) Portrait of Grace Crowley Cole, G. O. & Haseman, S. M., (2023) “‘The Substance of Paint’: Class and Materiality in the Work of Ralph Balson”, Open Library of Humanities 9(2). Ralph Balson (1890–1964) was an English plumber and house painter who emigrated to Australia in 1913 and subsequently became a key member of Sydney’s artistic avant-garde. He is credited with having the first solo exhibition of purely abstract painting in Australia in 1941. Despite his role in developing Australian non-objective painting, Balson remained principally a house painter, working on his art practice at weekends. In 1955 he retired on a state pension and became a full-time artist. Balson’s artistic education and methods were critically shaped by his working-class background. He did not travel abroad until 1960 and was an avid auto-didact. His materials, palette, techniques and compositional strategies were likewise informed by his trade. Balson’s profession as a painter-decorator made him conspicuous within the predominantly middle-class Sydney art scene, though his painting partner Grace Crowley considered it an advantage in their pursuit of constructive painting. This paper explores the impact of Balson’s trade on his trajectory towards pure abstraction. While his art was at odds with the predominantly figurative mode of class-conscious art in Australian Modernism, we argue that it is embedded in the experience of class through its creative adaptation of labour into aesthetics. Source: OLH Svetlana Alexievich, The Art of Oral History No. 1 Paris Review Issue 257, Fall 2026 Interviewed by Elena Kostyuchenko INTERVIEWER How were you able to go to Chernobyl? Did you need special papers? ALEXIEVICH It was a time of chaos. They let me right into the zone. … More than anything, there was confusion. Adamovich [Ales Adamovich, the Soviet Belarusian writer], I remember, persuaded Gorbachev to send in the scientists, who showed up without even bringing their shaving kits. They were told that there had been an explosion at a nuclear power plant, but for some reason they thought that they’d be there for only a day or two. The first time I went was several months later, and people kept telling me about things they didn’t understand—how the fishermen couldn’t find worms, because they’d burrowed deep into the earth, how the milk wouldn’t curdle at the cheese factories. The honeybees wouldn’t come out of their hives. The evacuations started, I think, in the first month. The old women hid, they wouldn’t leave. I mentioned radiation to one of them and she said, “I’ve seen that radiation, all right! It’s yellow with green in it. I saw puddles of it in my garden, and I told the other women, and we ran and looked, and she had it in her garden, and the other one, too!” God, it was wild, the way the mind made sense of it. There was a story going around about Gorbachev telling the scientists to show him the radiation. “We can’t, it’s invisible.” “But I want to see it!” I also ran into the soldiers who’d been flown in on helicopters from Afghanistan. I asked them, “What are you doing here with your machine guns?” They said, “We’re collecting the radiation, that’s what.” So you had some of them running around with their guns, others out in the village washing off firewood or burying soil in the soil. These were the kinds of things that exploded our worldview. They made you realize that culture was just a chest filled with old manuscripts. There were no books in there that could help me. Our philosophers turned out to be useless when faced with the unprecedented. Derrida, Baudrillard—philosophy fell silent. What was happening? How would we live with it? That’s when I decided it simply needed to be witnessed. Which is what I did. INTERVIEWER I wanted to ask about how you talk to people. … ALEXIEVICH Yes, we sit and we talk—about what interests me and about life in general. About love, about everything in the world. That way, what comes out is three-dimensional. If you cut straight to the part you need, which is what journalists do, it won’t be interesting, and it won’t be the truth, either. Not the whole truth. INTERVIEWER Do people always open up when you ask questions, or can questions get in the way? ALEXIEVICH You have to ask questions, of course. Your job is to scour away the banality and return people to their true selves, to make them face what they rarely tap into. With every new person, you have to find a new way to do it. When you ask an interesting question or you share what happened to you, you help people really think about what they’re saying and not just repeat whatever they’ve picked up from the newspaper. But not everybody is capable of it, not everyone wants to put themselves through that. Either the chemistry starts to kick in or it doesn’t. A person might be wonderful, but you can tell that the conversation just isn’t going to happen. You can try to push it, but it will be a product of your own intellect, rather than of that mysterious connection. Life doesn’t come from the mind. Some people I can call two years after our last conversation, and they’ll say, “Oh, Svetochka! I think of you all the time,” and we’ll start talking again. With others, that won’t happen. That doesn’t mean they’re not extraordinary people, just that you can’t connect with them. They might have some insight, but you don’t have the right antenna to pick up their signal. Source: The Paris Review Colorized Franco-Prussian war … the ruins of Strasbourg with a French photographer and his mobile dark room. Ralph Balson (1961) Matter Painting If you’ve scrolled this far, you know you want to click: Subscribe

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Sep 30 • 6:25 AM EDT • Politics • adamtooze.substack.com
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Ken Paxton’s Christian identity politics obscure a history of scandal

The Texas Senate candidate rose to power as a culture warrior. His record is a marriage of hypocrisy and cynicism

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Sep 30 • 6:00 AM EDT • Politics • theguardian.com
Beau Bayh follows family tradition in law and politics

See Beau Bayh in Indianapolis

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Sep 30 • 5:03 AM EDT • Politics • indystar.com
Sarah Sanders’ cynical playground-bully politics

Having covered Tom Cotton's nomination Tuesday, we turn today to his salty competition for political cynic of the year. It's Gov. Sarah Sanders, trained by Donald Trump himself.

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Sep 30 • 4:36 AM EDT • Politics • arkansasonline.com
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Personnel note: Eric Cantor named next PhRMA President and CEO

He will take the helm on Nov. 9.

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Sep 30 • 4:30 AM EDT • Politics • floridapolitics.com
Veteran white politician nicknamed 'grandmother' shakes up Johannesburg mayor race

A 75-year-old white politician nicknamed "gogo", meaning grandmother, is running for mayor of Johannesburg in a high-stakes November race that analysts say could reshape South Africa's politics.

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Sep 30 • 4:01 AM EDT • Politics • reuters.com
Colorado’s water economy demands urgent structural overhaul

In late spring of this year, residents of Colorado’s agricultural hub in the Grand Valley witnessed an unsettling sight that should serve as a permanent wake-up call for the entire American West: a nearly dry Colorado River roughly 200 miles below its headwaters in Rocky Mountain National Park. Levels were so low that the river […]

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Sep 30 • 3:00 AM EDT • Politics • coloradopolitics.com
Amendment 83 protects your right to hunt, fish

I will never forget March 25, 2020 — COVID-19 was raging, and Gov. Jared Polis asked President Donald Trump to declare a major disaster, while issuing a stay-at-home order for Colorado residents. Only essential businesses could remain open, including grocery stores, but who wanted to go out in public and risk exposure? Fortunately, I had […]

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Sep 30 • 2:45 AM EDT • Politics • coloradopolitics.com
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Politics Chat, September 29, 2026

A newsletter about the history behind today's politics.

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Sep 30 • 12:18 AM EDT • Politics • heathercoxrichardson.substack.com
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Sep 29 • 11:07 PM EDT • Politics • cnn.com
Midwestern Democrats Eye Rare Gubernatorial Feat in 2026

A group of six states in the region could elect Democratic governors in the same cycle for the first time in history.

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Sep 29 • 10:51 PM EDT • Politics • smartpolitics.lib.umn.edu
OpEd: Representative Thompson chooses you over politics

Politics has no shortage of disagreement. That isn't necessarily a bad thing.

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Sep 29 • 10:15 PM EDT • Politics • cachevalleydaily.com
Britain Politics Labour

Britain's Prime Minister Andy Burnham delivers his Leader's Speech during the Labour Party Conference in Liverpool, England, Tuesday, Sept. 29, 2026. (AP Photo/Jon Super)

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Sep 29 • 9:40 PM EDT • Politics • telegraphherald.com
How the 'Money Out of Politics' ballot initiative would work if passed

The senate and gubernatorial races are getting most of the attention, but there's a ballot initiative voters will decide on in November. Eric Lupher with the Citizens Research Council of Michigan discusses how the initiative aiming to get money out of politics would work if passed. Plus, AI Expert John Patterson discusses the technology's role in the 2026 vote.

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Sep 29 • 9:07 PM EDT • Politics • fox2detroit.com
Michigan research council predicts legal challenges if money-out-of-politics campaign succeeds

The initiative would restrict political contributions by big utilities and state government contractors. But the U.S. Supreme Court has held that campaign contributions by corporations are protected speech.

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Sep 29 • 7:30 PM EDT • Politics • michiganpublic.org
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Absentee ballots arrive as Michigan voters weigh Proposal 2 on money in politics
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Sep 29 • 6:06 PM EDT • Politics • upnorthlive.com
Explaining the 'Money out of Politics' proposal
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Sep 29 • 5:40 PM EDT • Politics • wzzm13.com
Surly Gates: Corte Madera’s Tale of Wealth, a Walking Path and Politics

A wealthy Corte Madera private trust claimed Alta Way, a wooded trail, as their own, but neighbors say it belongs to the community.

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Sep 29 • 5:26 PM EDT • Politics • pacificsun.com
Another majority that could be in Democrats’ reach: From the Politics Desk

Plus, AI takes center stage in Washington.

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Sep 29 • 5:00 PM EDT • Politics • nbcnews.com
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Husted's data center bill collides with campaign season politics

Senate Republicans are making a last-minute push on affordability—holding a vote on legislation to rein in costs associated with data centers—that could be a win for Sen. Jon Husted, R-Ohio, ahead of November’s elections.

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Sep 29 • 5:00 PM EDT • Politics • spectrumnews1.com
Husted's data center bill collides with campaign season politics

Senate Republicans are making a last-minute push on affordability—holding a vote on legislation to rein in costs associated with data centers—that could be a win for Sen. Jon Husted, R-Ohio, ahead of November’s elections.

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Sep 29 • 5:00 PM EDT • Politics • spectrumnews1.com
Coming to America – pandas and international politics at a zoo

Zoo Atlanta’s new pandas are part of China’s panda diplomacy. Northeastern political scientists explain what Beijing gains from the loan.

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Sep 29 • 3:58 PM EDT • Politics • news.northeastern.edu
Maureen Dowd, Karl Rove to Discuss Politics at Free Geneva Forum

Maureen Dowd and Karl Rove discuss politics at Geneva's free Stern Family Forum. Bill Whitaker moderates Friday at 7 p.m.

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Sep 29 • 1:49 PM EDT • Politics • fingerlakesdailynews.com
Newsom vetoes insurance-claim bills: Is it ‘petty’ politics?

California governor rejects legislation sponsored by LA fire victims, who had spoken out against his wildfire-liability effort.

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Sep 29 • 1:29 PM EDT • Politics • laist.com
Vance takes battleground role as Trump opens midterm push

Vice President JD Vance is heading into competitive races this week as President Donald Trump begins his fall campaign push in Oklahoma and Alabama, two reliably Republican states without marquee contests expected to determine control of Congress. The split screen comes as Vance has emerged as one of the administration’s most prominent campaign surrogates and […]

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Sep 29 • 1:09 PM EDT • Politics • coloradopolitics.com
Opinion | Trump’s Deliberate Blurring of Foreign and Domestic Politics

In the final week of September 2026, the American political landscape appeared more complicated than the headlines suggested. Much of the attention focused on President Donald Trump’s September 22 …

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Sep 29 • 1:08 PM EDT • Politics • dailynewsegypt.com
Mike Lee blocks effort to prevent Trump from tearing down memorials

Sen. Mike Lee (R-UT) on Monday night blocked a bipartisan effort to prevent the Trump administration from demolishing the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts without congressional approval. Sen. Jeff Merkley (D-OR) attempted to pass the Protecting Presidential Memorials Act, a bill he co-led with Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-AK), by unanimous consent. The […]

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Sep 29 • 1:03 PM EDT • Politics • coloradopolitics.com
RI Approves Health Insurance Rate Increases of 3% to 18%

GoLocalProv.com is the “go to” local Web experience that breaks the biggest local stories – sports, news, business, weather, news, politics, arts,…

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Sep 29 • 12:44 PM EDT • Health • golocalprov.com
Heartland Whole Health Launches 'Blueprint for Rural Healthcare Transformation'

Bentonville's Heartland Whole Health Institute has launched Heartland Whole Health Connect, which it calls a pioneering initiative designed

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Sep 29 • 12:20 PM EDT • Health • armoneyandpolitics.com
Independent documentary 'People vs. Politics' to open ninth annual WYO Film Festival

SHERIDAN — The WYO Film Festival will present a feature-length independent documentary "People vs. Politics" as its opening night film Thursday, Oct. 1, at 7 p.m. at the WYO Theater.

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Sep 29 • 11:30 AM EDT • Politics • thesheridanpress.com
Darren Soto showcases bipartisan support in 6-figure ad buy

A conservative supporter makes a case for the Democratic incumbent — and delivers barbs at Dan Green.

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Sep 29 • 11:12 AM EDT • Politics • floridapolitics.com