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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:
Twitter Tumbles After US Weighs Security Reviews for Musk Deals — 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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Camille Mumford / Emerson Polling:
National Poll: Biden Approval Drops As Republicans Congressional Control Chances Improve — Home Polls National Poll: Biden Approval Drops As Republicans Congressional Control Chances Improve — 63% Say They Cut Back on Food or Groceries This Month — The October Emerson College Polling …
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William Saletan / The Bulwark:
Here's How the Election Deniers Are Performing in the Polls—and Why
Here's How the Election Deniers Are Performing in the Polls—and Why
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Nick Corasaniti / New York Times:
Democratic Secretary of State Candidates Struggle Against Election Deniers
Democratic Secretary of State Candidates Struggle Against Election Deniers
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The Guardian
Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
Rick Scott: Senate Republicans have path to 55-seat majority
Rick Scott: Senate Republicans have path to 55-seat majority
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Nate Silver / FiveThirtyEight:
Why I'm Telling My Friends That The Senate Is A Toss-Up
Why I'm Telling My Friends That The Senate Is A Toss-Up
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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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Ryan J. Reilly / NBC News:
Steve Bannon sentencing live updates: Former Trump aide's contempt of Congress case … 29m ago / 1:42 PM UTC — DOJ argues for $200,000 fine: Bannon is ‘not above the law’ — Steve Bannon should pay a fine of $200,000 because of his “contempt for the criminal justice system …
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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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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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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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Barbara Hoberock / Tulsa World:
Hofmeister, Stitt face each other in gubernatorial debate — OKLAHOMA CITY — State Superintendent Joy Hofmeister criticized Gov. Kevin Stitt on Wednesday evening for his handling of abortion, crime and medical marijuana. — During a debate between the two, Stitt touted his record …
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Susan B. Glasser / New Yorker:
Joe Biden's Walk-and-Chew-Gum Campaign — The President says the midterms are “the most consequential” elections in recent history, but he's not acting like he means it. … For most of President Joe Biden's tenure, Fox News's Peter Doocy has played the role of pressroom scourge.
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Fatima Hussein / Associated Press:
Yellen boosting Biden's agenda in Virginia as midterms near
Yellen boosting Biden's agenda in Virginia as midterms near
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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
Student-Loan Forgiveness Program Clears Hurdle as Judge Rejects GOP Bid to Block It
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Joelle Diderich / WWD:
EXCLUSIVE: Balenciaga Severs Ties With Ye — The French fashion house, which collaborated with the rapper on a line sold at Gap, is walking away from the relationship after he repeatedly used hate speech. … “Balenciaga has no longer any relationship nor any plans for future projects related …
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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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Josh Rogin / Washington Post:
Putin's war crimes victims are joining forces — and they want him behind bars
Putin's war crimes victims are joining forces — and they want him behind bars
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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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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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Miles Cohen / ABC News:
Voter fraud charge dismissed in Florida after arrest — The accused was facing up to five years in prison and $5,000 in fines and fees. — A Florida man had his election fraud charges dismissed on Friday, making him the first of 20 people who Gov. Ron DeSantis announced had been charged with voter fraud in August, to beat his case.
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Washington Examiner:
The complete and total failure of the Jan. 6 committee — If you want to see just how out of touch with reality the Democratic Party has gotten itself over the Jan. 6 riot, look no further than former FBI agent Peter Strzok. The adulterous and unethical FBI agent told MSNBC this week …
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.
Paul Berger / Wall Street Journal:
Southern California's Notorious Container Ship Backup Ends — Slump in imports, cargo diversions to other ports help shrink queue of dozens of vessels — The backup of container ships off Southern California's coast that was at the heart of U.S. supply chain congestion during the Covid-19 pandemic has effectively disappeared.
Dave Itzkoff / New York Times:
James Corden Would Rather Not Talk About That Omelet — In an interview to promote his coming series, “Mammals,” the actor and late-night host dismissed a flap stemming from an Instagram post accusing him of boorish restaurant behavior. “I think it's so silly,” he said.
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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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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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