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2:45 PM ET, October 28, 2022

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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:
First on CNN: Assailant tried to tie up Paul Pelosi in home attack, sources say  —  ‘Where is Nancy?’:  Assailant shouted before attacking Pelosi's husband, source says  —  Speaker Pelosi's husband attacked in home invasion Schumer caught on hot mic giving Biden bad news
San Francisco Chronicle:
Exclusive: Suspect in Paul Pelosi attack identified; reportedly asked ‘Where is Nancy?’  —  Use Next and Previous buttons to navigate  —  Paul Pelosi, husband of Speaker Nancy Pelosi, was “violently assaulted” in their San Francisco home early Friday morning, spokesperson Drew Hammill said.
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.
Wall Street Journal:
Paul Pelosi, Husband of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, Attacked in San Francisco Home  —  Alleged assailant, who was looking for Mrs. Pelosi, is in custody, officials say  —  Paul Pelosi, the husband of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, was assaulted by an intruder in their home on Friday morning …
Insider:
Nancy Pelosi's husband was severely beaten with a hammer during an early-morning break-in, according to authorities and reports
Discussion: HuffPost
Kelly Hooper / Politico:
‘Where is Nancy?’: Pelosi home invader was searching for speaker
Fox News:
Nancy Pelosi's husband Paul Pelosi attacked by suspect David Depape, who shouted ‘where is Nancy?’: source
Nia Prater / New York Magazine:
Nancy Pelosi's Husband Assaulted During Break-in
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 …
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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 …
Washington Post:
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.
Bloomberg:
Musk Takes Twitter Helm, Enacts Sweeping Change as Deal Closes
CNBC:
Elon Musk now in charge of Twitter, CEO and CFO have left, sources say
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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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 …
Discussion: New York Times
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David Ignatius / Washington Post:
Putin demands we listen to him. The U.S. should take him up on it.
Discussion: Metro.co.uk and Common Dreams
Washington Post:
Nearly half of Americans say they want a ‘Christian nation’  —  Welcome to The Daily 202!  Tell your friends to sign up here.  On this day in 1962, the Cuban missile crisis ended, with Soviet leader Nikita Khruschev ordering the removal of the USSR's missile bases in Cuba …
Megan Brenan / Gallup:
Record-High 56% in U.S. Perceive Local Crime Has Increased  —  WASHINGTON, D.C. — Americans are more likely now than at any time over the past five decades to say there is more crime in their local area than there was a year ago.  The 56% of U.S. adults who report an increase in crime …
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Benjy Sarlin / Semafor:   More Americans than ever think crime is up in their neighborhood
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
Annie Karni / New York Times:
With Majority in Sight, Republicans Hush Talk of Impeaching Biden  —  Party leaders have begun to equivocate about whether they would seek to impeach President Biden if they won a House majority, but pressure is building from those who have vowed to do so.  —  WASHINGTON — Since …
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Washington Post:
Top national-security prosecutor joins Trump Mar-a-Lago investigation  —  National security law experts say prosecutors have amassed evidence that meets some key criteria for charging the former president  —  One of the Justice Department's most experienced national security prosecutors …
Nate Silver / FiveThirtyEight:
Where Our Model Thinks The Polls Might Be Biased  —  With less than two weeks until Election Day, Republicans now have a 48 percent chance of taking the Senate, according to FiveThirtyEight's Deluxe forecast, their highest figure since late July and putting the battle for Senate control officially in toss-up territory.
Discussion: The Daily Caller and The Triad
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.
Jimmy Quinn / National Review:
Exclusive: House Democratic Aide Fired after Ties to Chinese Embassy Revealed  —  Representative Don Beyer, who has been hawkish on China, moved swiftly to remove the employee after being notified of the activity by security officials.  —  A House Democratic staffer was fired after her outreach …
Chuck Ross / Washington Free Beacon:
Fetterman Fades in Post-Debate Poll  —  Republican Mehmet Oz has pulled ahead of John Fetterman in the first Pennsylvania Senate poll released after this week's highly anticipated debate.  —  According to a survey of 1,000 likely voters from Wick Insights, 47.6 percent of respondents …
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 …
Matt Laslo / Raw Story:
GOP Whip Steve Scalise predicts US will follow Italy's new far-right lead  —  WASHINGTON, DC — Italy's new far-right leader, Giorgia Meloni, has an ally in House Minority Whip Steve Scalise.  —  This week, in her first address to Parliament, Meloni downplayed the anti-LGBTQ …
 
 
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The Hollywood Reporter:
Disney expects to spend $24B on content in 2025, up from $23.4B in 2024, due to sports programming expenses rising after NFL rate increases and NBA contracts

Matthew Keys / The Desk:
Disney said Disney+ Q4 ARPU in the US and Canada, down 1% QoQ to $7.70, was affected partly by new wholesale arrangements with some distributors

Jess Weatherbed / The Verge:
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