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Top Twitter executives fired as Elon Musk takeover begins — Musk's $44 billion deal to acquire the social media company closed on Thursday night. — SAN FRANCISCO — Elon Musk took control of Twitter late Thursday as his $44 billion deal to takeover the company closed.
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Drew Harwell / Washington Post:
Racist tweets quickly surfaced after Musk closed Twitter deal — A wide range of anonymous Twitter accounts celebrated Musk's takeover and argued it meant the old rules against bigotry no longer applied — An emboldened cast of anonymous trolls spewed racist slurs and Nazi memes onto Twitter …
Nilay Patel / The Verge:
Welcome to hell, Elon — You break it, you buy it. — Twitter is a disaster clown car company that is successful despite itself, and there is no possible way to grow users and revenue without making a series of enormous compromises that will ultimately destroy your reputation …
Bloomberg:
Musk Takes Twitter Helm, Enacts Sweeping Change as Deal Closes — Elon Musk wasted no time taking complete control of Twitter Inc. The billionaire appointed himself chief executive officer, dismissed senior management and immediately began reshaping strategy at one of the world's …
CNBC:
Elon Musk now in charge of Twitter, CEO and CFO have left, sources say — CNBC's David Faber reported that Tesla CEO Elon Musk is now in charge of Twitter. — Twitter CEO Parag Agrawal and finance chief Ned Segal have left the company's San Francisco headquarters.
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Kate Conger / New York Times:
Musk Said to Begin Firing Twitter's Top Executives — Some of Twitter's top executives were fired on Thursday as Mr. Musk completes his takeover of the social media company. — SAN FRANCISCO — Elon Musk has started cleaning house at Twitter with the firings of at least four top executives on Thursday …
New York Times:
Elon Musk Completes $44 Billion Deal to Own Twitter — The world's richest man closed his blockbuster purchase of the social media service, thrusting Twitter into a new era. — Kate Conger reports on technology from San Francisco and Lauren Hirsch reports on mergers and acquisitions from New York.
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Wall Street Journal:
WSJ News Exclusive | Elon Musk Says Twitter Won't Be ‘Free-for-All Hellscape,’ Addressing Advertisers' Concerns
WSJ News Exclusive | Elon Musk Says Twitter Won't Be ‘Free-for-All Hellscape,’ Addressing Advertisers' Concerns
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Charlie Warzel / The Atlantic:
How Elon Musk Could Actually Kill Twitter
How Elon Musk Could Actually Kill Twitter
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Speaker Nancy Pelosi:
Pelosi Spokesperson Statement on Violent Assault on Paul Pelosi — Washington, D.C. — Drew Hammill, spokesman for Speaker Nancy Pelosi, issued this statement: — “Early this morning, an assailant broke into the Pelosi residence in San Francisco and violently assaulted Mr. Pelosi.
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CNN:
Paul Pelosi, husband of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, attacked with hammer at home — Speaker Pelosi's husband attacked in home invasion Schumer caught on hot mic giving Biden bad news — Tapper asks GOP lawmaker if enough Republicans will be ready to govern if they take House
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Kevin Freking / Associated Press:
Spokesman: Speaker Pelosi's husband assaulted in break-in — House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's husband, Paul, was “violently assaulted” by an assailant who broke into their San Francisco home early Friday, and he is now in the hospital and expected to make a full recovery, said her spokesman, Drew Hammill.
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Catherine Belton / Washington Post:
Russia's security service works to subvert Moldova's pro-Western government — A trove of sensitive materials obtained by Ukrainian intelligence and reviewed by The Washington Post illustrates how Moscow continues to try to manipulate countries in Eastern Europe
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The Economist:
Russia's elite begins to ponder a Putinless future — Once unthinkable, the president's removal can at least be contemplated — “What is next? Is there life after Putin? How does he go and who replaces him?” Such are the questions that weigh heavily these days on the minds of the Russian elite …
David Ignatius / Washington Post:
Putin demands we listen to him. The U.S. should take him up on it.
Putin demands we listen to him. The U.S. should take him up on it.
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New York Times:
The 2022 Race for the House, in Four Districts, and Four Polls — Swing-district polls by The New York Times and Siena College show how the midterm races are being shaped by larger, surprising forces, beyond the traditional red and blue divide. — President Biden is unpopular everywhere.
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Bill Barrow / Associated Press:
Barack Obama gets a midterm do-over to help boost Democrats
Barack Obama gets a midterm do-over to help boost Democrats
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Erik Wemple / Washington Post:
James Bennet was right — Controversy over an op-ed by Sen. Tom Cotton (R-Ark.) consumed the New York Times in June 2020 and claimed the job of then-editorial page editor James Bennet. Two-and-a-half years later, Bennet has shared some thoughts about the episode — and, in particular, the role of Times Publisher A.G. Sulzberger.
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Amy Gardner / Washington Post:
Election deniers hope a hand count in Nevada offers a roadmap for the future — The GOP nominee for secretary of state has pushed to jettison voting machines. One county is already experimenting with counting ballots manually. — PAHRUMP, Nev. — Jay Goldberg, a retired electrician …
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Bill Glauber / JSOnline:
‘Innuendos and baseless allegations’: Milwaukee claps back after Ron Johnson sows doubts about early voting in the city — As voters have already begun streaming to the polls, Republican U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson this week raised doubts about early in-person absentee voting in Milwaukee and suggested …
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Jessica Piper / Politico:
Young voters MIA as Dem base flocks to vote early
Young voters MIA as Dem base flocks to vote early
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William Saletan / The Bulwark:
What It Means to Be a Republican Today — Evan McMullin's lesson on what his former party now stands for—and what it can't stand. — The most interesting political race of 2022 isn't between a Democrat and a Republican. It's in Utah, where incumbent Republican Sen. Mike Lee faces independent challenger Evan McMullin.
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Benjy Sarlin / Semafor:
More Americans than ever think crime is up in their neighborhood — Benjy is Semafor's Washington Bureau Chief, joining us from NBC News. Sign up for the daily Principals newsletter to get our insider's guide to American power. — Dave is a Political Reporter for Semafor, joining us from the Washington Post.
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Phil Helsel / NBC News:
St. Louis school shooter bought gun from private seller after dealer sale was blocked, police say — The shooter who killed two people at a St. Louis high school this week bought the rifle used in the attack from a private seller after he was blocked from buying a gun at a licensed dealer, police said Thursday.
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Will Bunch / The Philadelphia Inquirer:
Why St. Louis hero teacher Jean Kuczka did what 376 Uvalde cops couldn't
Why St. Louis hero teacher Jean Kuczka did what 376 Uvalde cops couldn't
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Hans Nichols / Axios:
Scoop: John Kerry preparing to leave Biden administration — Special climate envoy John Kerry is actively considering leaving the Biden administration after next month's COP27 summit, soliciting advice from friends and colleagues on how to stay involved in climate efforts from the private sector …
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Julian E. Barnes / New York Times:
Many Military U.F.O. Reports Are Just Foreign Spying or Airborne Trash — Forget space aliens or hypersonic technology; classified assessments show that many episodes have ordinary explanations. — WASHINGTON — Government officials believe that surveillance operations by foreign powers …
Lena H. Sun / Washington Post:
So far, this flu season is more severe than it has been in 13 years — Influenza is hitting the United States unusually early and hard, already hospitalizing a record number of people at this point in the season in more than a decade and underscoring the potential for a perilous winter …
Steve Benen / MSNBC:
Why Alito's defense of the Supreme Court's integrity falls short — Samuel Alito keeps saying the high court's critics have crossed an important line. But if anyone's gone too far in an irresponsible direction, it's Alito. — When the U.S. Supreme Court handed down its ruling …
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