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Musk's inner circle worked through weekend to cement Twitter layoff plans — The first round of layoffs, led by his lawyer Alex Spiro, will target 25 percent of the workforce — SAN FRANCISCO — Members of billionaire Elon Musk's inner circle huddled with Twitter's remaining senior executives throughout …
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Rebecca Kern / Politico:
Musk's Twitter: ‘This is exactly what many of us were worried about’ — A day after Elon Musk seemed to confirm critics' worst fears about his ownership of Twitter by tweeting out right-wing misinformation from his personal account, political leaders and operatives wrestled with a loaded question …
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Joshua Green / Washington Post:
Democrats Hate Him, But Elon Musk Might Be Their Savior — Elon Musk took control of Twitter on Friday, adding to the growing misery of Democrats heading into the midterm elections, not least because he's made clear he'll probably allow Donald Trump back onto the platform.
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Adam Wren / Politico:
Prominent conservatives share online disinformation about Paul Pelosi assault — Even as Republican leaders condemn the brutal assault on Speaker Nancy Pelosi's husband, other GOP figures are broadcasting a much different message on social media — at turns downplaying, mocking and trading in disinformation about the attack.
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Lisa Mascaro / Associated Press:
DA dismisses conspiracies in Pelosi attack, charges expected
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Michael Tomasky / New Republic:
Paul Pelosi Almost Died, and Most Republicans Don't Have a Big Problem With That
Matt Gertz / Media Matters for America:
The right-wing ecosystem that created the Paul Pelosi conspiracy theory
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Siva Vaidhyanathan / The Guardian:
Like Trump, Elon Musk reveals a vapid mind super-charged by wealth and ego
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U.S. Department of Justice:
Man Charged with Assault and Attempted Kidnapping Following Breaking and Entering of Pelosi Residence — A California man was charged today with assault and attempted kidnapping in violation of federal law in connection with the break-in at the residence of Nancy and Paul Pelosi in San Francisco on Friday.
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Suspect in Attack on Pelosi Home Charged With Assault and Attempted Kidnapping
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J.D. Capelouto / Semafor:
Paul Pelosi attacker wanted to break Nancy Pelosi's kneecaps to send message to Democrats: DOJ
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The Intercept:
Leaked Documents Outline DHS's Plans to Police Disinformation — The Department of Homeland Security is quietly broadening its efforts to curb speech it considers dangerous, an investigation by The Intercept has found. Years of internal DHS memos, emails, and documents …
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New York Times:
Senate Control Hinges on Neck-and-Neck Races, Times/Siena Poll Finds — The contests are close in Arizona, Georgia, Nevada and Pennsylvania. Many voters want Republicans to flip the Senate, but prefer the Democrat in their state. — Control of the Senate rests on a knife's edge …
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Greg Bluestein / Atlanta Journal-Constitution:
Final AJC midterm poll: Kemp leads Abrams, deadlocked Senate race — Gov. Brian Kemp maintains a solid lead over Democrat Stacey Abrams in the latest Atlanta Journal-Constitution poll, while the race between U.S. Sen. Raphael Warnock and Republican Herschel Walker remains a neck-and-neck contest that could be headed toward a runoff.
Tabitha Mueller / The Nevada Independent:
Poll: Sisolak, Cortez Masto narrowly lead GOP opponents in days ahead of election
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NBC News:
Biden lost temper with Zelenskyy in June phone call when Ukrainian leader asked for more aid — It's become routine since Russia invaded Ukraine: President Joe Biden and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy speak by phone whenever the U.S. announces a new package of military assistance for Kyiv.
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Andrew Griffin / The Independent:
Elon Musk dissolves Twitter's board and makes himself ‘sole director’ — Board had previously been made up of nine directors, including ousted chief executive Parag Agrawal — Twitter To Start Charging $20 a Month for Verification … Elon Musk has dissolved Twitter's board and made himself the “sole director” of the company.
Kelly Weill / The Daily Beast:
Feds Hit Parler With Search Warrants for Enrique Tarrio and Other Proud Boys, New Court Filings Reveal — A new evidence list in the Proud Boys' seditious conspiracy case suggests a sweeping federal investigation into the far-right group. — A new evidence list in the Proud Boys January 6 trial shows …
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Charles Rabin / Miami Herald:
3 ex-Proud Boys hired as Miami-Dade poll workers. Insurrection indictment costs 1 the job
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Ben Mathis-Lilley / Slate:
I Watched J.D. Vance Try to Charm Voters in Ohio. I Finally Get Why He's So Angry. — I watched the Hillbilly Elegy author campaign in Ohio. It has not gone according to plan. — A t — a pancake breakfast in the southwest Ohio city of Loveland in late September, I waited through 90 minutes of speeches for J.D. Vance.
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Danny Hakim / New York Times:
Company Backed by J.D. Vance Gives Platform for Russian Propaganda
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Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
GOP bracing for Trump indictment soon after Election Day — Republican aides and strategists privately expect Attorney General Merrick Garland to pursue an indictment of former President Trump within 60 to 90 days after Election Day, predicting the window for prosecuting Trump will close once …
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David M. Drucker / Washington Examiner:
GOP 2024 primary set to begin with conference featuring several contenders, but not Trump
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Emily Oster / The Atlantic:
Let's Declare a Pandemic Amnesty — We need to forgive one another for what we did and said when we were in the dark about COVID. — In April 2020, with nothing else to do, my family took an enormous number of hikes. We all wore cloth masks that I had made myself.
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New York Times:
Judge Blocks a Merger of Penguin Random House and Simon & Schuster — The government's case blocked the merger of two of the United States' largest publishers and reflected a more aggressive approach to curbing consolidation. It was closely watched by the publishing industry.
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Camille Mumford / Emerson Polling:
New Mexico 2022: Lujan Grisham and Ronchetti in Dead Heat for Gubernatorial Election — Home Polls New Mexico 2022: Lujan Grisham and Ronchetti in Dead Heat for Gubernatorial Election — The latest Emerson College Polling/The Hill survey of New Mexico voters finds Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham …
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Camille Mumford / Emerson Polling:
Utah 2022: Senator Mike Lee Holds 10-Point Lead Over Evan McMullin
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Ally Mutnick / Politico:
Democrats rush aid to deep-blue seat in Upstate New York — House Democrats' top super PAC is making a last-minute buy to aid Rep. Joe Morelle, a New York Democrat in a deep-blue seat — the latest sign that the battle for the House is lurching toward the GOP.
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Sam Metz / Associated Press:
Democrats and tech leaders spend big on independent in Utah
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Lloyd Lee / Insider:
Ohio GOP congressman's niece was among the 154 people killed in a crush of people in South Korea on Halloween weekend — At least 154 people were killed after a crowd surge on Saturday in the Itaewon neighborhood of Seoul. — Most of the victims were in their 20s and 30s, The Associated Press reported.
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Axios:
Scoop: Musk team working to reboot Vine this year — Elon Musk has instructed Twitter engineers to work on a Vine reboot that could be ready by year end, multiple sources tell Axios. … - Twitter reportedly tried to sell Vine shortly after. … - One source says “it needs a lot of work.”
Jennifer Rubin / Washington Post:
Republicans have made violence part of their brand — Political violence is not an unintended consequence of the MAGA movement. Much like Nike's swoosh, it is at the center of the movement's brand. — Remember this when considering the intruder who, hyped up on the conspiracy theories Republicans bandy …
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Mike Allen / Axios:
First look: Mike Pence's new book reveals key moment before Jan. 6 — In former Vice President Mike Pence's “So Help Me God” — out Nov. 15 — he describes a scene in November 2020, just after the election, when he and former President Trump met in the Oval Office to review legal challenges with the campaign's lawyers.
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Zach Schonfeld / The Hill:
Clinton wants Trump to pay her legal fees after tossed conspiracy lawsuit — Former Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton is asking a federal court to order former President Trump to pay her legal fees over a suit he filed alleging she and others engaged in a conspiracy to undermine …
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