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Washington Post:
Attack on Nancy Pelosi's husband follows years of GOP demonizing her  —  A man with right-wing views who broke into the House speaker's home yelled “Where is Nancy?” before assaulting Paul Pelosi with a hammer, police say.  —  In 2010, Republicans launched a “Fire Pelosi” project …
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 …
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.
Tess Owen / VICE:
Man Accused of Attacking Nancy Pelosi's Husband Left Trail of Far-Right Hate  —  VICE News identified several blogs under the name of the suspect that espoused far-right conspiracy theories, racism, and sexism.  —  TO  —  KH  —  The man who allegedly broke into Nancy Pelosi's San Francisco home …
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 …
Los Angeles Times:
Attack on Nancy Pelosi's husband ‘was not a random act,’ San Francisco police say
New York Times:
Officers responded so rapidly to Paul Pelosi's 911 call that they witnessed the attack, officials say.
NBC News:
What we know about David DePape, the suspect in the attack on Nancy Pelosi's husband
Jessica McBride / Heavy.com:
David Depape, Paul Pelosi Suspect: 5 Fast Facts You Need to Know
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.
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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.
Mike Masnick / Techdirt:
Elon Musk's First Move Is To Fire The Person Most Responsible For Twitter's Strong Free Speech Stance
Blake Hounshell / New York Times:
It's 2024.  Trump Backers Won't Certify the Election.  What Next, Legally?  —  The question is most urgent in Arizona, where two of the former president's loyalists may well become governor and secretary of state.  —  It's a nightmare scenario for American democracy …
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Steven Nelson / New York Post:   Knives out in House GOP whip race over Electoral College abolition
Reid J. Epstein / New York Times:
Governor's Races Enter Final Sprint on a Scrambled, Surprising Map
Discussion: Washington Examiner
Dana Milbank / Washington Post:
American Jews start to think the unthinkable  —  On the holiest night of the Jewish year earlier this month, my rabbi looked up from his Kol Nidre sermon — a homily about protecting America's liberal democracy — and posed a question that wasn't in his prepared text: “How many people …
Evita Duffy / The Federalist:
John Fetterman's ‘Trump-Voting Republican’ Parents Are Card-Carrying Democrats  —  It appears Democrat Pennsylvania Lt. Gov. John Fetterman's “Trump-voting Republican” parents are not Trump-voting Republicans, but card-carrying Democrats.  In an apparent attempt to paint himself …
Discussion: New York Post
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Trip Gabriel / New York Times:   Oz Struggles to Woo Black Philadelphians in Senate Race
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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 …
Benjamin Lindsay / The Wrap:
Penguin Random House Staffers, Others Call for Canceling of Amy Coney Barrett Memoir … Hundreds of Penguin Random House staffers and other literary professionals are calling on the publishing company to cut ties with Supreme Court Justice Amy Coney Barrett and to cancel her upcoming book.
Sarah Mearhoff / VTDigger:
‘So blatantly illegal’: Liam Madden admits to funneling money through family to inflate campaign finance numbers  —  Liam Madden, the Republican nominee in the open race for Vermont's lone seat in the U.S. House, during a radio interview Thursday morning described in detail a self-funded scheme …
Carol Rosenberg / New York Times:
U.S. Releases Guantánamo's Oldest Prisoner  —  Saifullah Paracha, 75, was accused of being a Qaeda sympathizer and was held for two decades.  But he was never charged with a crime.  —  GUANTÁNAMO BAY, Cuba — The United States has released the U.S. military's oldest prisoner …
Discussion: Associated Press and Al Jazeera
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.
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Justice News:   Pennsylvania Man Pleads Guilty To Making Threats To Kill United States Congressman
Washington Post:
Republicans oppose Democrats' plan to fund Ukraine with seized Russian assets  —  A provision Democrats want in the must-pass National Defense Authorization Act would allow the Justice Department to transfer millions of dollars in yachts and other assets from Russian oligarchs
Wall Street Journal:
Iranian Drones in Ukraine Project Tehran's Power Beyond Mideast, Testing U.S., Europe  —  Wave of Russian attacks highlights how sanctions failed to stop Tehran from building a drone army that can arm proxies and friendly governments  —  Russia's expanding use of Iranian drones in Ukraine poses …
Philip Oltermann / The Guardian:
Mondrian painting has been hanging upside down for 75 years  —  Despite the discovery, the work, titled New York City I, will continue to be displayed the wrong way up to avoid damaging it  —  Mondrian painting wrong on the left and correct on the right  —  A painting by abstract Dutch …
Washington Post:
Key Proud Boys Jan. 6 co-conspirator pleads guilty, Tarrio lawyer says  —  A cooperator plea by John Charles Stewart related to the Jan. 6 seditious conspiracy case is disclosed as the U.S. turns up pressure on Proud Boys ahead of December trial  —  An accused key co-conspirator …
Discussion: Raw Story
CBS News:
Man convicted of 1983 murder cleared after spending nearly four decades in prison  —  A 69-year-old man who has spent nearly the last four decades in prison after being convicted of murder was freed on Friday, after new evidence exonerated him from the crime.
Discussion: KTLA and ABC7
 
 
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Government warns of “heightened threat” to 2022 elections, fueled by rise in domestic violent extremism
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