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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 …
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Bloomberg:
Twitter, Musk Talks Warm Up as Buyout Closing Deadline Nears  —  Advisers to Twitter Inc. and Elon Musk are hard at work trying to get the $44 billion deal closed by the end of the month, according to people familiar with the matter.  —  Both sides' bankers and lawyers are preparing paperwork …
Bloomberg:
US Weighs Security Reviews for Musk Deals, Including Twitter Buy
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Kyle Cheney / Politico:
Prosecutors detail Oath Keepers' mounting frustration with Trump as Jan. 6 approached
Politico:
Loeffler's texts post-2020 election go public, raising new investigative questions
Reuters:
Day after U.S. drone accusations, Iran advises citizens not to visit Ukraine  —  Iran advised its citizens on Friday not to travel to Ukraine and urged Iranians already there to leave, semi-official news agencies reported, a day after the United States accused Iran of helping Russia operate drones against Ukraine.
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Institute for the Study of War:
Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, October 20
Discussion: CNBC, Bloomberg and osw.waw.pl
Logan Gay / WALV-TV:
Parents stunned by Zionsville school board candidate's comment on Nazis  —  Dr. Matt Keefer commented on a Facebook post that, “All Nazis weren't ‘bad’ as you specify.  They did horrible things.  They were in a group frenzy.”  —  ZIONSVILLE, Ind. — Hilary Heffernan is paying close attention to the school board race in Zionsville.
Discussion: HuffPost
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Sky Palma / Raw Story:   Anti-'woke' school board candidate facing furious backlash for suggesting that all Nazis weren't bad
Emily Baker-White / Forbes:
TikTok Parent ByteDance Planned To Use TikTok To Monitor The Physical Location Of Specific American Citizens  —  The project, assigned to a Beijing-led team, would have involved accessing location data from some U.S. users' devices without their knowledge or consent.
David Rothkopf / The Daily Beast:
Putin's Last Hope to Win in Ukraine Is a GOP Victory in November  —  Just when Russia on the ropes, Republican leaders are already signaling they'll cut aid to Ukraine if they win control of Congress. … Vladimir Putin is fighting a two-front war.  Sure, he's losing badly in Eastern Ukraine …
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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 …
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Harrison Smith / Washington Post:
Daniel Smith, one of the last children of enslaved Americans, dies at 90  —  He grew up hearing stories from his father, who was born into bondage during the Civil War.  Decades later, he marched in Washington and Selma with fellow civil rights activists.  —  Growing up in the 1930s …
Justin Baragona / The Daily Beast:
Newsmax Bans Lara Logan After She Goes Full QAnon, Spews Blood Libel on Network  —  “Newsmax condemns in the strongest terms the reprehensible statements made by Lara Logan,” the network said in a statement.  “We have no plans to interview her again.”  —  Nearly a year after she was kicked …
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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KFTC-TV:
InsiderAdvantage/FOX 29 poll: Fetterman, Oz neck and neck as Shapiro's lead over Mastriano narrows  —  PHILADELPHIA - As Election Day nears, a new InsiderAdvantage/FOX 29 poll shows Republican nominee Dr. Mehmet Oz has gained ground on Democratic nominee John Fetterman in Pennsylvania's U.S. Senate race.
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.
Euan Ward / New York Times:
Liz Truss is eligible for a taxpayer-funded allowance of $129,000 a year for life.  —  The departing British leader would be the sixth prime minister to receive the reimbursement for her expenses after leaving office.  —  Liz Truss is eligible for a taxpayer-funded allowance capped at 115,000 pounds …
Vanessa Romo / NPR:
A high school student's mural angers parents over what they say are hidden messages  —  School district officials and a high school student in Michigan have drawn the ire of parents who allege that a painted mural contains LGBTQ propaganda, a depiction of Satan and a message of witchcraft.
Ginia Bellafante / New York Times:
In His Podcast, Andrew Cuomo Seeks Absolution Without Apology  —  The former governor, who resigned after accusations of sexual harassment, ushers in his new podcast in the month that marks five years after the #MeToo movement began.  —  Ginia Bellafante writes the Big City column …
Discussion: MyNorthwest.com
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.
Esther Webber / Politico:
UK Labour MP resigns over sexual misconduct  —  LONDON — A Labour MP has resigned from parliament after a claim of sexual misconduct against him was upheld.  —  Christian Matheson, the MP for Chester since 2015, attempted to kiss a former employee and invited her on a “sexually motivated” …
Discussion: Bloomberg, Metro.co.uk and Guido Fawkes
Michael Luciano / Mediaite:
‘Bless His Heart’: Jeb Bush Responds to Trump's False Allegation About His Father's Handling of Government Documents  —  Former Florida Governor Jeb Bush (R) shrugged off former President Donald Trump's suggestion that his father George H.W. Bush mishandled government documents upon leaving office.
Henry Olsen / Washington Post:
Liz Truss's resignation is a warning for Republicans  —  The resignation of British Prime Minister Liz Truss on Thursday morning puts an end to a month of economic and political turmoil.  Republicans should take note of her mistakes if they want to avoid a similar debacle after the midterms and in 2024.
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.
Laura Wagner / Defector:
Semafor Is The Problem  —  All around the world, and especially in the United States, widening economic inequality, deep sociological divides, pathetic political systems, rapacious capitalism, and failing public institutions have stripped concepts like the common good, democracy, and progress of any broadly shared meaning.
Jim Small / Arizona Mirror:
The ‘most important person’ on Kari Lake's campaign mocked Native Americans in racist tweet  —  Kari Lake at a campaign event in Scottsdale on Oct. 19, 2022.  Photo by Jerod MacDonald-Evoy |  Arizona Mirror  —  Kari Lake's campaign manager likened all Native Americans to bloodthirsty savages …
Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
Rick Scott: Senate Republicans have path to 55-seat majority  —  GREENSBORO, N.C. — National Republican Senatorial Committee Chairman Rick Scott (Fla.) says Republicans will likely control 52 Senate seats next year and have a pathway to a 55-seat majority, given how recent polls show GOP candidates picking up momentum.
 
 
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Sheryl Gay Stolberg / New York Times:
Walker Says His Mental Illness Is Healed. Experts Say It's Not So Simple.
Discussion: Defector
The Daily Beast:
Inside Trumpworld's Dark Obsession With the GOP Whip Race
Discussion: Raw Story
Josh Barro / Very Serious:
What the US Can Learn from the Fall of Liz Truss
Adam Andrzejewski / OpenTheBooks Substack:
HISTORIC RELEASE: Dr. Anthony Fauci's Official Work Calendar (November 2019 - March 2020)
New York Times:
‘It Was Horror’: Ukrainians Share Grim Tales of Russian Occupation
Wall Street Journal:
Bring On the Durham Report
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Josh Eidelson / Bloomberg:
Starbucks Corporate Workers Doubt Company Values in Internal Poll
Emily Jashinsky / The Federalist:
McCarthy In The Middle: How The Last ‘Young Gun’ Sought To Rebuild Conservative Trust As Pelosi Went Scorched Earth
Discussion: Twitchy
Lauren Leone / WHEC.com:
EXCLUSIVE POLL: Race for NY governor tightens as midterm election approaches
Discussion: Breitbart and WNYT-TV
Robert C. O'Brien / Deseret News:
Why I'm supporting Mike Lee
Michael Gerson / Washington Post:
‘Gaffes’ aside, I once assumed GOP goodwill on race. I was wrong.
Discussion: Raw Story
Alexander Sammon / Slate:
A Crypto Titan Hinted He'd Spend $1 Billion to Elect Democrats. You'll Be Shocked—Shocked!—What Happened Next.
Discussion: Roll Call
Yvonne Wingett Sanchez / Washington Post:
Alleged voter intimidation at Arizona drop box puts officials on watch
 

 
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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:
A federal court allows a claim by The Intercept that DMCA prevents OpenAI from stripping a story's title or byline but throws out its claims against Microsoft

 
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