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Drew Harwell / Washington Post:
Co-founder of Trump's media company details Truth Social's bitter infighting — Will Wilkerson, one of Trump Media & Technology Group's first employees, alleges the company violated securities laws and that Trump pressured executives to hand over their shares to his wife.
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Alex Binley / BBC:
Evin prison fire: Gun shots and sirens heard at notorious detention centre — A fire has broken out at Iran's notorious Evin prison, with footage posted online showing flames and smoke billowing from the area. — Gun shots and alarms have been reported as coming from the jail, the primary site for detaining political prisoners.
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Samya Kullab / Associated Press:
Blaze, shots heard from prison in Iran capital amid protests — A huge fire blazed Saturday at a notorious prison where political prisoners and anti-government activists are kept in the Iranian capital. Online videos and local media reported gunshots, as nationwide protests entered a fifth week.
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Articles and Investigations:
Rent Going Up? One Company's Algorithm Could Be Why. — ProPublica is a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power. Sign up to receive our biggest stories as soon as they're published. — On a summer day last year, a group of real estate tech executives gathered at a conference hall …
Des Moines Register:
Iowa Poll: Chuck Grassley narrowly leads Mike Franken in US Senate race — Stephen Gruber-Miller Brianne PfannenstielDes Moines Register — Republican U.S. Sen. Chuck Grassley's lead over Democrat Mike Franken has narrowed to 3 percentage points with less than a month until Election Day …
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Political Wire
Greg Bluestein / Atlanta Journal-Constitution:
Herschel Walker's debate performance scores points for his campaign — An AJC analysis of the U.S. Senate debate between the GOP nominee and incumbent Raphael Warnock — SAVANNAH - As the sole debate between U.S. Sen. Raphael Warnock and Republican Herschel Walker wound down …
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Eileen Grench / The Daily Beast:
Herschel Walker Flashes Seemingly Bogus Police Badge at Debate, Gets Trolled Online
Herschel Walker Flashes Seemingly Bogus Police Badge at Debate, Gets Trolled Online
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Ann M. Simmons / Wall Street Journal:
Shooting at Russian Military Training Ground Leaves 11 Dead, 15 Injured — The shooting near the border with Ukraine comes as tensions run high in Russia over an order to mobilize more troops for the war — Russia Launches More Ukraine Strikes Following Bombardment — Created with sketchtool.
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Washington Post:
U.S. backs sending international forces to Haiti, draft proposal says — A draft U.N. resolution, citing instability and violence in Haiti, suggests the Biden administration may be willing to participate in a multinational mission that has a military component
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The Guardian:
Senior Tories hold talks to discuss ousting Liz Truss to ‘rescue’ party — As new chancellor Jeremy Hunt rips up prime minister's economic plans, Conservatives plot route to replace her — Toby Helm, Political Editor, and Michael Savage — Senior Conservatives will this week hold talks on a …
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Mark Landler / New York Times:
For Truss and the Tories, a ‘Fairy Tale’ Unravels
For Truss and the Tories, a ‘Fairy Tale’ Unravels
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Axios:
Dems fear Kari Lake could be Arizona's governor—and a major MAGA star — Democratic Party strategists are watching Arizona's Kari Lake with growing alarm. … And with the talent she's already displayed even as a political novice, they see her potential to soar to a vice presidential spot or a post-Trump presidential candidacy.
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Washington Examiner and Political Wire
Raphael Satter / Reuters:
Former WSJ reporter says law firm used Indian hackers to sabotage his career — A former Wall Street Journal reporter is accusing a major U.S. law firm of having used mercenary hackers to oust him from his job and ruin his reputation. — In a lawsuit filed late Friday, Jay Solomon …
Bloomberg:
Secret Service Minimized Threats Before Jan. 6, Documents Show — A Secret Service unit responsible for identifying threats repeatedly downplayed advance warnings of potential violence on Jan. 6, 2021, newly released documents show, a lapse that is now part of the House investigation into the attack on the US Capitol.
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Washington Examiner, Raw Story, Outside the Beltway, The Atlantic, The Daily Beast and New York Times
New York Times:
Peter Thiel, Major U.S. Political Donor, Is Said to Pursue Maltese Citizenship — Obtaining citizenship in Malta would provide another passport for Mr. Thiel, who is one of the largest individual donors for the U.S. midterm elections. — VALLETTA, Malta — At the end of a narrow road …
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Misinformation …, The Guardian, Forbes, Raw Story, MindWar and Unf*cking the Republic …
Wall Street Journal:
Company Documents Show Meta's Flagship Metaverse Falling Short — Most visitors to Horizon Worlds generally don't return after first month; ‘an empty world is a sad world’ — Nearly a year after Mark Zuckerberg rebranded Facebook META -2.71%▼ as Meta Platforms Inc. META -2.71%▼ …
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Fortune, The Verge, Mashable, The Register and Engadget, more at Techmeme »
The Bulwark:
The Munich Model for Trump's National Security Extortion — The president does not own America's national secrets. — In the annals of successful political extortions, few rival the one that took place in Munich more than 80 years ago. — On September 29, 1938, two days before a deadline …
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Digby's Hullabaloo, Raw Story and Adventus
Liz Goodwin / Washington Post:
Racist GOP appeals heat up in final weeks before midterms — The toxic remarks appear to be receiving less pushback from Republicans than in past years — Sen. Tommy Tuberville (R-Ala.) suggested at a rally in Nevada this month that Black people are criminals.
James Gordon / Daily Mail:
Creepy Joe strikes again! Biden sneaks up behind girl, grabs her shoulders and tells her 'no serious guys until you're 30' - as the uncomfortable teen tries to laugh it off — President Joe Biden was speaking at a community college in California on Friday when he was seen grabbing a girl by the shoulder as he gave dating advice
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