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Alex Heath / The Verge:
Twitter is planning to start charging $20 per month for verification … Now that he owns Twitter, Elon Musk has given employees their first ultimatum: Meet his deadline to introduce paid verification on Twitter or pack up and leave.  —  The directive is to change Twitter Blue …
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Siva Vaidhyanathan / The Guardian:
Like Trump, Elon Musk reveals a vapid mind super-charged by wealth and ego  —  Musk, despite his wealth, good fortune and global influence, is not a serious person - but he is toying with dangerous ideas  —  t took less than 48 hours for Elon Musk to reveal just how dangerous his new toy can be to this world.
Brett Samuels / The Hill:
Trump: Attack on Paul Pelosi a ‘terrible thing’
Politico:
POLITICO Playbook: The next big precedent SCOTUS is set to overturn
Discussion: American Errata and New York Times
CBS News:
Suspect in Paul Pelosi attack had list of targets, law enforcement sources say
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.
Nate Cohn / New York Times:
Times/Siena Polls Show Democrats Slightly Ahead in Key Senate Races  —  Respondents said they preferred Republicans to control the Senate, but individual matchups showed a different story.  —  Eight days before the election, we have our final* midterm surveys: polls of the four states likeliest to determine control of the Senate.
Discussion: Raw Story and Political Wire
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.
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 …
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.
Rolling Stone:
Dr. Oz's Campaign Is Stocked With Jan. 6ers  —  The Republican has kept his distance from the “stolen election” lie while running for Senate, but records obtained by Rolling Stone reveal some of his staffers have embraced it wholeheartedly — and even attended the Jan. 6 rally to overturn the election
Discussion: The Hill and Raw Story
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Ally Mutnick / Politico:
The Michigan race testing the limits of a GOP wave
Discussion: Reason
Burgess Everett / Politico:
Ambitious GOP senators dive into midterms while Trump weighs his 2024 plans
Discussion: Raw Story
Jack Nicas / Reuters:
Lula's victory likely means big changes for Brazil, though his specific plans are vague.  —  Maria Magdalena Arréllaga for The New York Times  —  Maria Magdalena Arrellaga for The New York Times  —  Victor Venco Moriyama for the New York Times  —  Maria Magdalena Arrellaga for The New York Times
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CNN:
Brazil's Bolsonaro loses bid for second term in fiercely contested presidential vote
Nora Mishanec / San Francisco Chronicle:
Ex-girlfriend of suspect in Paul Pelosi attack says he struggled with mental illness, drugs, believed he was ‘Jesus for a year’  —  The imprisoned longtime partner of David DePape, the suspect in the attack on U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's husband, Paul, said Sunday that mental illness …
Associated Press:
AP source: Biden to float windfall tax on energy producers  —  President Joe Biden on Monday will raise the possibility of imposing a ‘windfall tax’ on energy companies, as his administration aims to combat high gas prices just days before the midterm elections.
Tierney Sneed / CNN:
Trump asks Supreme Court to stop IRS from turning over his tax returns to the House  —  Former President Donald Trump has asked the Supreme Court to put on hold the release of his tax returns by the Internal Revenue Service to a Democratic-led House committee.
Matthew Kassel / Jewish Insider:
Laxalt campaign paid thousands to political operative linked to Twitter account that denigrated Jews, women  —  A Twitter account connected to former Laxalt staffer Michael Pecjak has compared abortion to the Holocaust and claimed that “Jews are not a religious sect and are a cult,” among other comments
Discussion: Axios
David Weigel / Semafor:
Happy Halloween, there's a candy-colored fentanyl scare on the campaign trail  —  MESA, Ariz. - It was the talk of Republican candidates over Halloween weekend: A rumor that their trick-or-treating kids might get candy-colored fentanyl from strangers.  —  “The cartels, they're dressing …
Greg Bluestein / Atlanta Journal-Constitution:
In final debate, Kemp won't say whether he'd sign new abortion limits  —  Gov. Brian Kemp wouldn't say at Sunday's Channel 2 Action News debate whether he would sign new abortion limits into law if he's elected to a second term, weeks after he said at a previous showdown that he “would not” …
NBC News:
Capitol Officer Harry Dunn testifies Oath Keepers weren't helping him on Jan. 6  —  “We have dozens of officers down, they're taking them out on stretchers.  Ya'll are f—ing us up,” Harry Dunn says he told rioters.  —  WASHINGTON — Capitol Police Officer Harry Dunn testified during …
Discussion: Politico, USA Today and Law & Crime
Kurt Schlichter / Frontpage Mag:
Everyone is Laughing at the Ridiculous Pelosi Big Lie  —  Meet the underwear-clad MAGA assassin from a hippie commune in Berkeley.  —  How dare you reject the Official Approved Narrative parroted by the regime media about the weird Schiff that went down at Casa de Pelosi the other night.
Discussion: The Liberty Loft, IJR and DNyuz
David Dayen / American Prospect:
The Crime Wave That Republicans Defend  —  Corporate theft and fraud is not only tolerated by the GOP, it's shielded.  Yet Democrats rarely use this to attack Republican messaging on crime.  —  CEOs of some of the nation's largest banks testify before the Senate Banking Committee during …
Discussion: Insider
Shelby Talcott / Semafor:
Republican donors are being forced into an agonizing choice between Trump and DeSantis  —  Shelby is a Political Reporter for Semafor, joining us from the Daily Caller.  Morgan is a Political and National Security Reporter for Semafor, joining us from The Hill.
Discussion: Raw Story and New York Times
 
 
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Doug Bock Clark / ProPublica:
A County Elections Director Stood Up to Locals Who Believe the Voting System Is Rigged. They Pushed Back Harder.
Dave Troy:
No, Elon and Jack are not “competitors.” They're collaborating.
Discussion: Washington Examiner
Lawrence H. Summers / Washington Post:
Curbing inflation comes first, but we can't stop there
Discussion: Reason, Vox, Slate, DNyuz and The Nation
L.V. / New York Times:
Topline Results from Oct. 2022 Times/Siena Polls in Arizona, Georgia, Nevada and Pennsylvania
Discussion: CNN, The Hill and WHTM-TV
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Ben Leonard / Politico:
FDA says providers offering medication abortion before pregnancy have gone rogue
Tom Schuba / FOX 32 Chicago:
Chicago police supervisor quits amid probe into racist, incendiary social media posts
Discussion: Raw Story
Lawrence Mower / Tampa Bay Times:
After voter fraud arrests, Florida issues new forms that could bolster future cases
Discussion: Raw Story
Alan M. Dershowitz / Wall Street Journal:
The Public Has a Right to Know Who Leaked the Dobbs Draft
Rich Lowry / National Review:
January 6 Did Not Attack Paul Pelosi
David Folkenflik / NPR:
Right-wing ‘zombie’ papers attack Illinois Democrats ahead of elections
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