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This Week on Raw Signal: Executions, Scandals, and the Road to the Midterms
Your 5-minute news snapshot for the week of October 4th.
This week: Tennessee's Christa Pike was set to be executed — she never made it to the chamber, and she's now unconscious on a ventilator, according to her lawyers. Cornell University is facing an independent investigation after a former student's lawsuit alleges she was gang-raped by seven fraternity members, and Governor Hochul says the school can't police itself. In the UK, the murder of former minister Ann Widdecombe just turned into a terrorism investigation with possible ties to Nigel Farage's party. Russia's hitting Kyiv's bridges to grind the city to a halt rather than level it. And September's jobs report came in ice cold — just 29,000 jobs added — handing both parties a number to fight over heading into the midterms.
🗳️ Raw Signal: Road to the Midterms — this week: the redistricting fight that could hand Republicans 10 extra House seats, and the Senate races that'll decide who controls Congress.
Plus: we've been nominated for a Signal Award for Best Driveway Moment. Vote for Raw Signal (formerly "We Vote Too," hosted by Leise Winny) at signalaward.com — voting closes October 15th.
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