Top Items:
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 …
RELATED:
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.
Discussion:
Insider, Fox News, National Review, Mercury News, New York Post, RedState, Twitchy, The Gateway Pundit, American Greatness and The Guardian
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.
Discussion:
ABC News, CBS News, The Western Journal, 6abc, Axios, Los Angeles Times, The Moderate Voice, PoliticusUSA, Jezebel, The Daily Wire, Vox, The Gateway Pundit, El País, Breitbart and Mediaite
San Francisco Chronicle:
What we know about David DePape, man accused of attacking Paul Pelosi with a hammer — LIVE UPDATES: Suspect David DePape lived with group who believed 9/11 was ‘inside job’ — Law enforcement have identified David DePape, 42, as a suspect in the Friday morning home invasion violent attack on Paul Pelosi.
Discussion:
Associated Press, The Daily Beast, NBC News, Fox News, Kurt Nimmo on Geopolitics, Lucianne, Raw Story and Twitchy
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 …
Discussion:
NBC Bay Area, Insider, The Gateway Pundit, Mediaite, Vanity Fair, MSNBC, WHNT-TV, Raw Story, Florida Politics, The Daily Caller, Associated Press, ABC News, Washington Examiner, NBC News and The Guardian
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
Discussion:
HuffPost, Insider, Fox News, The Daily Caller, The Guardian, MSNBC, Rolling Stone, CBS News, Forbes, RedState, The Daily Signal, Associated Press, TMZ.com, Florida Phoenix, TASS, BizPac Review, NBC News and Ace of Spades HQ
San Francisco Chronicle:
Exclusive: Suspect in Paul Pelosi attack identified; reportedly asked ‘Where is Nancy?’
Exclusive: Suspect in Paul Pelosi attack identified; reportedly asked ‘Where is Nancy?’
NBC News:
What we know about David DePape, the suspect in the attack on Nancy Pelosi's husband
What we know about David DePape, the suspect in the attack on Nancy Pelosi's husband
Discussion:
Washington Examiner
New York Times:
Live Updates: Intruder Seeking Speaker Pelosi Attacked Her Husband With a Hammer
Live Updates: Intruder Seeking Speaker Pelosi Attacked Her Husband With a Hammer
Discussion:
The Hill, Media Matters for America, Wall Street Journal, The Atlantic, Las Vegas Review-Journal and Fox News
Amanda Holpuch / New York Times:
What We Know About the Attack on Nancy Pelosi's Husband
What We Know About the Attack on Nancy Pelosi's Husband
Discussion:
Raw Story, CNN, United States Capitol Police, The Hill, Mercury News, Raw Story, Sacramento Bee, NPR, CNBC, Reuters, Deadline, CBS News and Bloomberg
Politico:
Pelosi husband severely injured after brutal break-in attack
Pelosi husband severely injured after brutal break-in attack
Discussion:
Associated Press, Insider, The Hill, HuffPost, Just The News, CNN, Washington Times, Washington Examiner and The Daily Caller
Wall Street Journal:
Paul Pelosi, Husband of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, Attacked in San Francisco Home
Paul Pelosi, Husband of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, Attacked in San Francisco Home
Discussion:
NBC News, Insider, MSNBC, Inquirer News, New York Magazine, Fox News, Washington Post, Los Angeles Times, Breitbart, Raw Story, Associated Press, HotAir, The Daily Caller and Balloon Juice
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 …
Discussion:
CNN, The Intercept, VICE, Vox, The Wrap, Insider, Bloomberg, Al Jazeera, The Hill, The Independent, Ed Zitron's Where's Your Ed At, BuzzFeed News, The Daily Beast, Mother Jones, NPR, The Root, Media Trends and Insights, The Daily Dot, Occupy Democrats, Observations In Blackness, RedState, The Verge, Deadline, New York Post, Newsbusters, The Federalist, The Guardian and Palmer Report, more at Techmeme »
RELATED:
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 …
CNBC:
GM temporarily suspends advertising on Twitter following Elon Musk takeover — General Motors is suspending its advertising on Twitter following Elon Musk's takeover of the social media platform. — “We are engaging with Twitter to understand the direction of the platform under their new ownership,” GM said.
Politico:
'I think it's an earthquake': The political world reckons with a Musk-owned Twitter — America's political and media players woke up Friday to a new reality: One of the country's most outspoken, often divisive, business figures is now the moderator of its most obsessive political conversation.
Discussion:
New York Post, Wall Street Journal, Breitbart, Washington Examiner, GETTR, Reuters, Gizmodo, Slate, Wired, CBS News, Mediaite, IJR, Washington Post, New York Times, 6abc, The Hollywood Reporter, The Hill, The Verge, Rolling Stone, Albuquerque Journal, The Western Journal and Insider, more at Techmeme »
Mike Masnick / Techdirt:
Elon Musk's First Move Is To Fire The Person Most Responsible For Twitter's Strong Free Speech Stance
Elon Musk's First Move Is To Fire The Person Most Responsible For Twitter's Strong Free Speech Stance
Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
The hidden danger lurking behind Elon Musk's Twitter takeover
The hidden danger lurking behind Elon Musk's Twitter takeover
Discussion:
Wired, Breitbart, Media Matters for America, The Daily Wire, Techdirt, The Federalist, CoinDesk, New Republic and Mediaite, more at Mediagazer »
Bloomberg:
Musk Takes Twitter Helm, Enacts Sweeping Change as Deal Closes
Musk Takes Twitter Helm, Enacts Sweeping Change as Deal Closes
Discussion:
Platformer, Axios, Insider, Wall Street Journal, The Gateway Pundit, The Daily Beast, The Western Journal, The National Interest, The Guardian, Fortune, The A.V. Club, New York Times, New York Post, The Information, Gizmodo, Today's Take, TheBlaze, Variety, The Daily Signal, Washington Examiner, The Daily Sceptic, Breitbart, The Daily Dot, TASS, The Daily Caller, TechCrunch and BizPac Review, more at Techmeme »
New York Post:
Pranksters posing as laid-off Twitter employees trick media outlets: ‘Rahul Ligma’ — A pair of pranksters posing as laid-off Twitter employees tricked multiple media outlets Friday as the public anxiously awaited news on whether Elon Musk had begun axing staffers.
Discussion:
TMZ.com, Louder With Crowder and The Daily Caller
RELATED:
Alex Heath / The Verge:
People are pretending to be laid-off Twitter employees carrying boxes outside of HQ … In videos circulating on Twitter Friday morning, two men carrying boxes are seen standing near the entrance to Twitter's San Francisco building, claiming to have been laid off by Elon Musk, who officially took over the company Thursday evening.
Discussion:
Deadline, CNBC, New York Post and The Daily Wire, more at Mediagazer »
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 …
Discussion:
Telegraph, Breitbart, The Daily Beast, CNN, HuffPost, NPR, Bloomberg and Mediaite, more at Techmeme »
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 …
Discussion:
PoliticusUSA, Raw Story and Just Security
RELATED:
Erick-Woods Erickson / Erick Erickson Show Notes:
Forget the Polls. Here Are the Signs of the Red Wave. — The evidence that a wave is growing transcends the polling. Take a moment and listen below. But let me explain it to you in writing as well. — Assume the polls are wrong. In fact, the polling bottom line numbers probably are.
Discussion:
Washington Examiner
RELATED:
Nate Silver / FiveThirtyEight:
Where Our Model Thinks The Polls Might Be Biased
Where Our Model Thinks The Polls Might Be Biased
Discussion:
Washington Examiner, RedState, Washington Post, The Triad and The Daily Caller
New York Times:
Distressed Democrats Look to Obama to Boost Turnout
Distressed Democrats Look to Obama to Boost Turnout
Discussion:
HotAir, Associated Press, CBS News, ABC News, Al Jazeera and CNN
Washington Post:
Nearly half of Americans say they want a ‘Christian nation’
Nearly half of Americans say they want a ‘Christian nation’
Discussion:
New York Times and Religion News Service
Austin Ahlman / American Prospect:
Republicans' Secret Swing-Seat Weapon? Dozens of Rich Nominees.
Republicans' Secret Swing-Seat Weapon? Dozens of Rich Nominees.
Discussion:
CNN and New York Times
CNN:
Man pleads guilty to threatening to kill Rep. Eric Swalwell and staffers — A Pennsylvania man previously arrested for impersonating Donald Trump's family members in fraud scheme pleaded guilty on Friday to threatening to kill a member of Congress and his staff.
Discussion:
Washington Examiner and Raw Story
RELATED:
Jon Blistein / Rolling Stone:
Kyrie Irving Boosts Antisemitic Movie Peddling ‘Jewish Slave Ships’ — The video is based on a venomously antisemitic book which asserts that “many famous high-ranking Jews” have “admitted” to “worship[ing] Satan or Lucifer.” — HOURS BEFORE ANOTHER Brooklyn Nets loss on Thursday, noted …
Discussion:
Tangle and Jewish Telegraphic Agency
Ruth Ben-Ghiat / MSNBC:
The attack on Paul Pelosi was shocking — and yet also predictable — “We fight like hell,” then-President Donald Trump told supporters Jan. 6, 2021. “And if you don't fight like hell, you're not going to have a country anymore.” — Recent warnings of political violence during …
Discussion:
Los Angeles Times, Steady, CNN, RedState and Roll Call
Articles and Investigations:
COVID-19 Origins: Investigating a “Complex and Grave Situation” Inside a Wuhan Lab — The Wuhan lab at the center of suspicions about the pandemic's onset was far more troubled than known, documents unearthed by a Senate team reveal. Tracing the evidence, Vanity Fair and ProPublica give …
Discussion:
HotAir, National Review and TheBlaze
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.
Discussion:
Raw Story, Overtime and PoliticusUSA
RELATED: