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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
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Jessica McBride / Heavy.com:
David Depape, Paul Pelosi Suspect: 5 Fast Facts You Need to Know — David Depape was identified as the suspect accused of attacking Paul Pelosi, the husband of Nancy Pelosi, with a hammer in the couple's home, leaving him with serious blunt-force trauma. — Police have confirmed the suspect's name.
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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.
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.
Washington Post:
Assailant shouted ‘Where is Nancy?’ in break-in at speaker's home, attack on Paul Pelosi — The husband of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) was attacked during an early-morning break-in at the couple's San Francisco home by an assailant who was searching for the speaker and shouted …
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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 …
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Insider:
Nancy Pelosi's husband severely beaten with a hammer during an early-morning break-in
Nancy Pelosi's husband severely beaten with a hammer during an early-morning break-in
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Kelly Hooper / Politico:
‘Where is Nancy?’: Pelosi home invader was searching for speaker
‘Where is Nancy?’: Pelosi home invader was searching for speaker
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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 …
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NBC News:
Twitter's first full day under Elon Musk is here, and the mood has already shifted — What will change after Elon Musk takes over control of Twitter? — Elon Musk set the tone for his first full day as head of Twitter with a response to @catturd2. — The account, a well-followed …
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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.
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Brooke Singman / Fox Business:
Trump to stay on his Truth Social amid Elon Musk Twitter takeover
Trump to stay on his Truth Social amid Elon Musk Twitter takeover
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Bloomberg:
Musk Takes Twitter Helm, Enacts Sweeping Change as Deal Closes
Musk Takes Twitter Helm, Enacts Sweeping Change as Deal Closes
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CNBC:
Elon Musk now in charge of Twitter, CEO and CFO have left, sources say
Elon Musk now in charge of Twitter, CEO and CFO have left, sources say
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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 …
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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.
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Austin Ahlman / American Prospect:
Republicans' Secret Swing-Seat Weapon? Dozens of Rich Nominees.
Republicans' Secret Swing-Seat Weapon? Dozens of Rich Nominees.
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New York Times
Erick-Woods Erickson / Erick Erickson Show Notes:
Forget the Polls. Here Are the Signs of the Red Wave.
Forget the Polls. Here Are the Signs of the Red Wave.
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Annie Karni / New York Times:
With Majority in Sight, Republicans Hush Talk of Impeaching Biden
With Majority in Sight, Republicans Hush Talk of Impeaching Biden
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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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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 …
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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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Washington Post:
Inside the secretive effort by Trump allies to access voting machines — How rural Coffee County, Ga., became an early target in the multistate search for purported evidence of fraud after the 2020 election — A week after the 2020 election, as Donald Trump raged over what he claimed was rampant fraud …
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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 …
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 …
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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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CNN:
Alleged Paul Pelosi attacker posted multiple conspiracy theories — The man who allegedly attacked House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's husband early Friday posted memes and conspiracy theories on Facebook about Covid vaccines, the 2020 election and the January 6, 2021 attack on the Capitol …
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New York Post:
Ron DeSantis scheduled to stump for Lee Zeldin as early voting kicks off — Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis is heading to Long Island Saturday to stump for Lee Zeldin, the first of several big names showing up across New York to join gubernatorial candidates in the final days leading up to election day on Nov. 8, The Post has learned.
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C. Ryan Barber / Insider:
Guilty: A former Capitol police officer was convicted on a charge he obstructed the January 6 investigation — A jury found former Capitol police officer Michael Riley guilty Friday of obstructing the investigation into the January 6, 2021, attack. — The jury could not reach …