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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 …
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Bloomberg:
US Weighs Security Reviews for Musk Deals, Including Twitter Buy — Biden administration officials are discussing whether the US should subject some of Elon Musk's ventures to national security reviews, including the deal for Twitter Inc. and SpaceX's Starlink satellite network, according to people familiar with the matter.
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Insider and One America News Network, more at Techmeme »
Jerusalem Post:
10 Iranians killed in Ukrainian strikes - report — The report comes as American and Ukrainian officials warn that Iranians are training Russians to use Iranian drones in Crimea. — 10 Iranians who were training Russian soldiers were killed in Ukrainian strikes in the Russia-Ukraine war in the past week …
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Informed Comment, Japan Times, CBS News and Al Jazeera
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Reuters:
Day after U.S. drone accusations, Iran advises citizens not to visit Ukraine
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CNN:
Exclusive: Trump adviser Kash Patel has appeared before grand jury in Mar-a-Lago document probe — Kash Patel, a top adviser to former President Donald Trump who has been deeply involved in disputes over classified records Trump kept from his presidency, appeared recently …
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Insider, HuffPost, Raw Story, PoliticusUSA, Political Wire, Occupy Democrats and Mediaite
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Nick Corasaniti / New York Times:
Democratic Secretary of State Candidates Struggle Against Election Deniers — Democrats are outspending Republicans 57-to-1 on television ads for their secretary of state candidates. It still may not be enough. — LAS VEGAS — Ted Pappageorge, the head of Culinary Union Local 226 …
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CNN:
Officials in Texas' most populous county ask DOJ to send federal monitors in response to state plans to send observers for general election
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New York Times, Bloomberg, Off the Kuff and NBC News
Yvonne Wingett Sanchez / Washington Post:
Alleged voter intimidation at Arizona drop box puts officials on watch
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Joshua Blank / The Texas Politics Project:
With Texans focused on the border and the economy, Abbott leads O'Rourke 54%-43% among likely voters in new University of Texas/Texas Politics Project Poll — With in-person early voting set to begin in Texas on October 24, the latest University of Texas/Texas Politics Project poll finds …
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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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Jacob Gershman / Wall Street Journal:
Student-Loan Forgiveness Program Clears Hurdle as Judge Rejects GOP Bid to Block It
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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 …
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Josh Rogin / Washington Post:
Putin's war crimes victims are joining forces — and they want him behind bars — Russian President Vladimir Putin's forces have committed countless war crimes over the past decade in Syria. Now, he is putting the very same people, weapons and tactics implicated in those atrocities to fresh use in Ukraine.
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ChinaTalk, WNYT-TV, Informed Comment, Jewish Telegraphic Agency and Jacobin
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David Rothkopf / The Daily Beast:
Putin's Last Hope to Win in Ukraine Is a GOP Victory in November
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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.
Eugene Robinson / Washington Post:
Liz Truss's fall is a warning to populists everywhere — “I am a fighter and not a quitter!” British Prime Minister Liz Truss thundered Wednesday in the House of Commons. “I am resigning,” she said Thursday, in a less bombastic tone of voice. Let's hope conservatives here and around …
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The Guardian, Press Gazette, CNBC, The Economist, Althouse, The Hill, Washington Examiner, Daily Kos and American Greatness
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.
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Fox 59, Talking Points Memo, Raw Story and HuffPost
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 …
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Mediaite, CNN, The Daily Dot and Political Wire, more at Mediagazer »
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.
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HuffPost, Mediaite and The Gateway Pundit
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.
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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 …
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BBC, The Guardian, Insider, Metro.co.uk, Chicks On The Right and New York Post
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 …
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.
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.
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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.
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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.
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Bloomberg, Christine's Newsletter and Political Wire
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.
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” …
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Bloomberg, Metro.co.uk and Guido Fawkes
NBC News:
The decider: Jill Biden's unparalleled influence and impact on the president — WASHINGTON — Whenever his aides are pressed about President Joe Biden's political future, they'll often point to one person as the true decider: his wife of 45 years, Jill Biden. — She is, after all, her husband's foremost defender.
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