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Breakingviews: Elon Musk probably won't buy Twitter — Four years ago, Elon Musk vowed to set up a peanut brittle company to take on Warren Buffett's iconic U.S. confectioner See's Candies. Then he changed his mind. It wouldn't be surprising if Musk's $44 billion deal to buy social network Twitter went the same way.
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James D. Walsh / New York Magazine:
'You Can't Pin Him Down' — Kara Swisher knows Elon Musk and says judging him by tweets alone is a mistake. — Elon Musk, the richest human on earth, purchased Twitter for $44 billion this week, promising to refine the product while loosening its guidelines in the name of “free speech.”
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Insider, I Might Be Wrong and nationalinterest.org
Adam Serwer / The Atlantic:
Elon Musk Isn't Buying Twitter to Defend Free Speech — Conservatives on Twitter have greeted Elon Musk as a liberator. The mega-billionaire is in the process of purchasing the social-media platform and reorienting it toward what he calls “free speech.” The conservative columnist Ben …
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Jared Yates Sexton / Dispatches From A …:
When The Deal Goes Bad
When The Deal Goes Bad
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Jonathan's Newsletter and The Daily Caller
Scott Nover / Quartz:
Elon Musk already broke his agreement with Twitter
Elon Musk already broke his agreement with Twitter
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Katy O'Donnell / Politico:
Judge rejects Elon Musk's bid to end SEC tweet settlement
Judge rejects Elon Musk's bid to end SEC tweet settlement
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Engadget, RedState, Washington Examiner, The Verge, Occupy Democrats, TechCrunch, New York Post, Associated Press and Raw Story
Elizabeth Spiers / New York Times:
Making Twitter More of a Cesspool Makes No Business Sense
Making Twitter More of a Cesspool Makes No Business Sense
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Jose Pagliery / The Daily Beast:
Judge Says Real Estate Giant Broke Rules for Trump — Judge Arthur Engoron has already determined that one of the largest real estate firms in the world broke its own rules to help the Trump Organization. — A New York judge has determined that Cushman & Wakefield, one of the world's …
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Rolling Stone:
Tucker Carlson Pushed Trump to Endorse J.D. Vance With ‘Disgusting’ Sexual Innuendo — Exclusive: In a critical GOP Senate primary in Ohio, Trump's support was swayed in part by a Fox News host spreading rumors about another man's sex habits — In the days before Donald Trump endorsed J.D. Vance …
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Rozina Sabur / Sydney Morning Herald:
‘Enormous impact’: US intelligence prevented the fall of Kyiv — Normal text sizeLarger text sizeVery large text size — Washington: America helped foil Moscow's efforts to take Kyiv and repelled its advances elsewhere by sharing such detailed intelligence that Ukraine knew exactly …
The Economist:
How deep does the rot in the Russian army go? — The fiasco in Ukraine could be a reflection of either a bad strategy or a poor fighting force — THE JOB of organising NATO's biggest military exercise since the cold war kept Admiral James Foggo, then the commander of American naval forces …
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New York Times, PBS NewsHour, Aearnur's Newsletter and WTOP News
Erik Wemple / Washington Post:
Opinion CBS News commentator Mick Mulvaney has a new credibility problem — Now that CBS News is paying former acting White House chief of staff Mick Mulvaney to provide on-air commentary, here's a question its anchors could pose to him: Do you believe the things you write?
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Common Dreams
Colin J. Carlson / Nature:
Climate change increases cross-species viral transmission risk — orcid.org/0000-0001-6960-8434 1,2 na1, - Gregory F. Albery 1,3 na1, - Cory Merow 4, - Christopher H. Trisos — orcid.org/0000-0002-5854-1489 5, - Casey M. Zipfel — orcid.org/0000-0002-7903-6318 1, - Evan A. Eskew
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Simon Shuster / TIME:
Inside Zelensky's World — The nights are the hardest, when he lies there on his cot, the whine of the air-raid sirens in his ears and his phone still buzzing beside him. Its screen makes his face look like a ghost in the dark, his eyes scanning messages he didn't have a chance to read during the day.
Joe Flint / Wall Street Journal:
ESPN Anchor Sage Steele Sues Network, Alleging Violation of Free-Speech Rights — Lawsuit centers on Ms. Steele's comments about Covid-19, ex-President Obama in a podcast interview last year — ESPN anchor Sage Steele sued the network and its parent, Walt Disney Co. …
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Hunter Walker / Rolling Stone:
Exclusive: MAGA Candidate Evicted from Home After Wife Asks Court for Emergency Order of Protection — His current wife is now the third domestic partner to accuse him of abusive or threatening behavior — Teddy Daniels, a far-right Republican candidate for lieutenant governor of Pennsylvania …
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Pitt's Newsletter and Raw Story
Michelle Hackman / Wall Street Journal:
Biden Blocked From Winding Down Title 42 Border Policy Early — Federal judge issues a temporary restraining order blocking the administration from moving ahead with its plan to end pandemic-era border policy. — WASHINGTON—A federal judge in Louisiana has issued a temporary restraining order …
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BuzzFeed News, Washington Examiner and The American Spectator
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Frances Haugen / New York Times:
I Blew the Whistle on Facebook. Europe Just Showed Us the Next Step. — Elon Musk's deal to take Twitter private, which has spurred questions about power, censorship and safety for the future of the platform, happened just days after the European Union reached a landmark agreement to make social media less toxic for users.
Lachlan Markay / Axios:
Scoop: Former U.S. ambassador accused of illegal foreign lobbying — Richard Olson, a former U.S. ambassador to Pakistan and the United Arab Emirates, has been criminally charged for his alleged role in an undisclosed lobbying campaign for the Qatari government, records show.
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New York Times, Mother Jones, The Daily Caller and NOQ Report
Jack Detsch / Foreign Policy:
Drones Have Come of Age in Russia-Ukraine War — “A child can operate these drones,” one expert said. — Ukraine's eastern Donbas region is flat, open, and streaked with cloudy skies, terrain that Western officials believe has already limited Russia from carrying out the withering air …
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Politico:
Why did Kamala take the Pfizer pill? — Welcome to POLITICO's West Wing Playbook, your guide to the people and power centers in the Biden administration. With help from Allie Bice. — For the last several weeks, Americans across the country have struggled to access the new Covid-19 antiviral pill, Pfizer's Paxlovid.
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New York Post and The Daily Caller
Olivia Beavers / Politico:
Scalise and Gaetz meet privately after tension over leaked audio — Reps. Steve Scalise and Matt Gaetz met Wednesday to discuss leaked audio of the House minority whip suggesting the Florida firebrand may have acted illegally after the Capitol riot. And Scalise isn't quite offering a full-throated apology.
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Bloomberg:
Senators to Convene Bipartisan Immigration Meeting After Impasse — A bipartisan group of senators will meet Thursday to discuss options for passing immigration legislation this year. — “The idea is to get as many bipartisan bills we can find that have goals that will add up to 60,” …
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The Hill
Cameron Joseph / VICE:
Trump's Spokeswoman Calls For Arrests Over 2020 Election at QAnon Rally — “They're gonna start arresting political opponents. They're gonna start throwing political dissidents in jail,” Liz Harrington warned the crowd. — CJ — Former President Trump's chief spokeswoman spoke …
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Alex Griffing / Mediaite:
Marjorie Taylor Greene Rips Catholic Church For Helping Migrants: 'Satan's Controlling the Church' — Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) tore into the Catholic Church in a recent interview with right-wing activist Michael Voris of Church Militant. In the wild interview …
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Ellie Kaufman / CNN:
First on CNN: US left behind $7 billion of military equipment in Afghanistan after 2021 withdrawal, Pentagon report says — Washington (CNN)Approximately $7 billion of military equipment the US transferred to the Afghan government over the course of 16 years was left behind in Afghanistan …
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The Daily Caller, HotAir and Forbes
Steve Benen / MSNBC:
Republican senator calls for ethics probe into Madison Cawthorn — A red-state Republican senator calling for an investigation into a GOP colleague from his home state just doesn't happen often. — By any fair measure, Rep. Madison Cawthorn appears to be in a difficult political position.
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David Rothkopf / The Daily Beast:
Putin Must Be Stopped Once and for All — The U.S. and allies are now seeking a sweeping strategic defeat for Russia. … Defending Ukraine is not enough. Defeating Russia on the battlefield is not enough. We must ensure—using every means available at our disposal …
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H I Sutton / USNI News:
Trained Russian Navy Dolphins are Protecting Black Sea Naval Base, Satellite Photos Show — Russia has deployed trained dolphins during its invasion of Ukraine to protect a Black Sea naval base, USNI News has learned. — The Russian Navy has placed two dolphin pens at the entrance to Sevastopol harbor …
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The Daily Wire:
The Disgraced Teacher Who Took The Name Of An Egyptian God And Radicalized A School District — The school called his conduct with one student “reprehensible.” The teacher says the student is a “Karen.” — A teacher and avowed communist who named himself after an Egyptian god successfully pushed …
Mary Ellen Klas / Miami Herald:
Citing cost pressures on homeowners, DeSantis vetoes bill to end solar incentives — Citing “steep increases in the prices of gas and groceries,” Gov. Ron DeSantis vetoed a bill Wednesday that would have allowed Florida electric utilities to impose steep fees on businesses and homeowners who install solar panels.
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Florida Politics
Graham Vyse / The Signal:
Bad Hand — As unimaginable as it might have been a year ago, Joe Biden is starting to resemble Donald Trump in public-opinion polling. The current U.S. president's approval rating is only slightly higher than his predecessor's was at the same point in his tenure, in late April 2018.
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Catie Edmondson / New York Times:
House Passes Bill Urging Biden to Sell Seized Russian Yachts to Aid Ukraine — WASHINGTON — The House on Wednesday overwhelmingly passed a mostly symbolic bill urging President Biden to sell the frozen luxury assets of Russian oligarchs hit with sanctions and use the funds to provide additional military …
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