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7:45 PM ET, October 20, 2022

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Washington Post:
Documents detail plans to gut Twitter's workforce  —  Previously unreported details shed new light on Twitter's motivations for selling the company — and Elon Musk's plans to transform it  —  Twitter's workforce is likely to be hit with massive cuts in the coming months, no matter who owns the company …
Politico:
Loeffler's texts post-2020 election go public, raising new investigative questions  —  A log of text messages sent and received by former Sen. Kelly Loeffler during the weeks leading up to the Jan. 6 Capitol attack is raising questions about potentially unauthorized access to investigative material relevant …
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CNN:
Loeffler, Cipollone testify to grand jury in Georgia  —  Prosecutors in Georgia have secured grand jury testimony from two prominent witnesses - former US Sen. Kelly Loeffler and former White House Counsel Pat Cipollone - in their investigation into efforts to overturn the 2020 election results in that state …
Discussion: The Hill, Insider and Raw Story
Greg Bluestein / Atlanta Journal-Constitution:
Texts from Loeffler's phone shed light on activities ahead of Jan. 6 and 2021 runoff
The Times:
Liz Truss resigns as prime minister — follow latest … Liz Truss has announced she is resigning after 44 days in office, becoming the shortest-serving prime minister in British history.  —  She announced that she would stand down after losing the confidence of Tory MPs and cabinet ministers.
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New York Times:
U.K. Live Updates: Liz Truss Resigns as Prime Minister
Daniel Victor / New York Times:
The Lettuce Outlasts Liz Truss
Aaron Blake / Washington Post:
The growing warning signs for Democrats in 2022  —  For months, Democrats' polling gains, strong special-election performances and surprising leads in key Senate races have come with important caveats.  —  Those caveats?  The party that holds the presidency loses the vast majority of midterms …
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Benjamin Hart / New York Magazine:
‘A Category 2 or 3 Hurricane Headed Democrats’ Way'
Sky Palma / Raw Story:
Anti-'woke' school board candidate facing furious backlash for suggesting that all Nazis weren't bad  —  A candidate for an Indiana school board in under fire over a Facebook comment where he seemed to suggest that not all Nazis during World War II were bad, WTHR reports.
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Logan Gay / WALV-TV:
Parents stunned by Zionsville school board candidate's comment on Nazis
Discussion: HuffPost
John Daniel Davidson / The Federalist:
We Need To Stop Calling Ourselves Conservatives  —  The conservative project has failed, and conservatives need to forge a new political identity that reflects our revolutionary moment.  —  Given the state of America in 2022, conservatives should stop calling themselves conservatives.  —  Why?
Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
Kevin McCarthy's ugly new Ukraine threats should prod Democrats to act  —  We learned this week that a Republican-controlled House could very well move to oppose continued U.S. military aid to Ukraine.  In response, a few voices have arisen — including ones from inside the Biden administration …
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Alan Rappeport / New York Times:
Biden Promotes Infrastructure Law in Pennsylvania Swing With Fetterman
Politico:
Parler was jubilant about Kanye West buying it.  Then the problems started.  —  On the afternoon that Parler, a social media platform popular with conservatives, announced its acquisition by Ye, better known as Kanye West, the site emailed hundreds of VIP members to excitedly share the news.
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Michael Gerson / Washington Post:
‘Gaffes’ aside, I once assumed GOP goodwill on race.  I was wrong.  —  What does the return of unvarnished racism to the center of our political culture mean?  —  For decades, the Martinez model of scandal has been the (more or less) typical response to gaffe-revealed racism in both parties.
Discussion: Raw Story
Ann E. Marimow / Washington Post:
Lindsey Graham must testify in 2020 election investigation, court rules  —  Sen. Lindsey O. Graham (R-S.C.) must appear before a Georgia grand jury investigating possible attempts by former president Donald Trump and his allies to disrupt the state's 2020 presidential election, a federal appeals court said Thursday.
Ken Klippenstein / The Intercept:
Saudis Sought Oil Production Cut So Deep It Surprised Even Russia … The Saudi-led oil cartel OPEC+'s announcement earlier this month that it was cutting 2 million barrels of oil per day — a move that would drive up the price of oil just a month before midterm elections — rankled Democrats in Washington.
Discussion: Political Wire, Axios and The Hill
Daniel Arkin / NBC News:
Kevin Spacey found not liable in sex abuse suit brought by Anthony Rapp  —  Spacey flatly denied Rapp's allegations, saying under oath that “they are not true.”  His lawyers argued that Rapp “created a story” in large part because he was jealous of their client's success in the entertainment industry.
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Politico:
Trump taps firm to handle his Jan. 6 committee subpoena  —  Former President Donald Trump has hired a firm to engage with the Jan. 6 select committee on its forthcoming subpoena of him, POLITICO has learned.  —  The firm, The Dhillon Law Group, already represents multiple witnesses …
Alexander Sammon / Slate:
A Crypto Titan Hinted He'd Spend $1 Billion to Elect Democrats.  You'll Be Shocked—Shocked!  —What Happened Next.  —  Billionaire FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried said he'd spend lavishly to elect Democrats in the coming years.  But with midterms looming, his wallet is suddenly shut.
Discussion: Roll Call
David Freedlander / New York Magazine:
Cleta Mitchell Is Training Thousands of Trump Loyalists to Monitor the Polls on Election Day … I don't care what anybody says.  You can tell me I'm ‘the Big Lie.’ Blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah.  Cleta Mitchell had just gotten into her car from her home in central North Carolina for a long drive east.
John Kruzel / The Hill:
Barrett denies emergency bid to block Biden's student debt forgiveness plan  —  Justice Amy Coney Barrett on Thursday denied an emergency bid by a group of Wisconsin taxpayers to block the Biden administration's student loan forgiveness program.  —  Barrett, who handles emergency matters arising …
Josh Eidelson / Bloomberg:
Starbucks Corporate Workers Doubt Company Values in Internal Poll  —  Starbucks Corp. white-collar employees' faith in the coffee chain's ethics and social impact dropped to a historic low this year, according to an internal survey, with corporate staff voicing concern about the company's response …
Robert C. O'Brien / Deseret News:
Why I'm supporting Mike Lee  —  Everyone in Washington knows that Utah's senior senator is guided by the Constitution, no matter who the president is and what party is in charge  —  I first met Utah Sen. Mike Lee after I left the George W. Bush administration.  We were both practicing law at the time.
Jeanna Smialek / New York Times:
A Fed President Spoke at an Invite-Only, Off-the-Record Bank Client Event  —  James Bullard, who leads the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis, appeared at a Citigroup forum last week in Washington.  Reporters were not invited.  —  James Bullard, the president of the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis …
Amy B Wang / Washington Post:
Okla. governor mocks Democratic challenger for accurately noting state's crime rate  —  In a debate Wednesday night between Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt (R) and his Democratic challenger, Joy Hofmeister, the governor took issue with Hofmeister pointing out — accurately — the state's violent crime problem.
Associated Press:
Afghan couple accuse US Marine of abducting their baby  —  The young Afghan couple raced to the airport in Kabul, clutching their baby girl close amid the chaotic withdrawal of American troops last year.  —  The baby had been rescued two years earlier from the rubble of a U.S. Special Forces raid …
Discussion: The Daily Caller and New York Post
Dominique Mosbergen / Wall Street Journal:
Covid-19 Vaccines Should Be Among Regular Immunizations, CDC Advisers Say  —  Shots would be part of agency's lists of recommended measles, tetanus and other inoculations  —  Covid Vaccines Could Mirror the Flu Shot Process.  Here's What That Means  —  YOU MAY ALSO LIKE  —  Created with sketchtool.
Emily Jashinsky / The Federalist:
McCarthy In The Middle: How The Last ‘Young Gun’ Sought To Rebuild Conservative Trust As Pelosi Went Scorched Earth  —  Pelosi's band of Democrats burned down the House.  But Kevin McCarthy is standing in the rubble, and he's making plans to rebuild.  —  It's mid-September and Kevin McCarthy has baseball on the brain.
Discussion: Twitchy
 
 
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Henry Olsen / Washington Post:
Liz Truss's resignation is a warning for Republicans
Lauren Leone / WHEC.com:
EXCLUSIVE POLL: Race for NY governor tightens as midterm election approaches
Discussion: WNYT-TV
Sarah Ewall-Wice / CBS News:
Rep. Jim Banks: Debt limit would be “major leverage point” for House GOP majority
Miranda Devine / New York Post:
It's been two years since 51 intelligence agents interfered with an election — they still won't apologize
Discussion: Power Line
Lara Seligman / Politico:
Pentagon will pay for service members to travel for abortions
Yvonne Wingett Sanchez / Washington Post:
Alleged voter intimidation at Arizona drop box puts officials on watch
 Earlier Items: 
Mike Allen / Axios:
1 big thing: Ditching 9-to-5
Discussion: Fortune and Breitbart
Associated Press:
Dr. Oz made reputation as a surgeon, a fortune as a salesman
Stephen A. Crockett Jr / HuffPost:
This Rapper Is More Politically Dangerous Than Kanye West
Sam Levine / The Guardian:
Republicans aim to pass national 'don't say gay' law
Discussion: Political Wire
John F. Harris / Politico:
Sorry, Ron DeSantis, You Are No Donald Trump
Washington Post:
U.S. has viewed wreckage of kamikaze drones Russia used in Ukraine
 

 
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Peter White / Deadline:
Fox and Hulu extend their content partnership, including in-season streaming rights for Fox's programming; sources: the deal is worth $1.5B over four years

Peter Kafka / Business Insider:
A Q&A with Chris Balfe, CEO of Red Seat Ventures, which has helped Tucker Carlson and Megyn Kelly set up their podcast and streaming businesses and sell ads

Shawn Musgrave / The Intercept:
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