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6:10 PM ET, October 31, 2022

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Washington Post:
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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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.
Alex Heath / The Verge:
Twitter is planning to start charging $20 per month for verification
Politico:
POLITICO Playbook: The next big precedent SCOTUS is set to overturn
Discussion: WHTM-TV and American Errata
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
Discussion: The Hill and Political Wire
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 …
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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Brett Samuels / The Hill:
Trump: Attack on Paul Pelosi a ‘terrible thing’
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.
David M. Drucker / Washington Examiner:
GOP 2024 primary set to begin with conference featuring several contenders, but not Trump  —  The shadow campaign for the Republican presidential nomination is poised to break wide open, with about a dozen 2024 contenders scheduled to showcase themselves to leading donors and activists attending …
Discussion: Raw Story
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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.
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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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.
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.”
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.
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Rachel Frazin / The Hill:
Biden to suggest new tax on oil companies amid windfall profits
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.
Discussion: New York Post
Max Tani / Semafor:
ProPublica scrambles to check translation in COVID origin story  —  In the days after ProPublica published a searing expose based on a close reading of Communist Party memoranda in Mandarin, it called in at least two translators, according to three people familiar with the exchanges.
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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.
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 …
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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 …
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.
 
 
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Camille Mumford / Emerson Polling:
Utah 2022: Senator Mike Lee Holds 10-Point Lead Over Evan McMullin
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Bernard Condon / Associated Press:
Russia recruiting U.S.-trained Afghan commandos, vets say
Sam Jones / Financial Times:
Swiss veto of weapons re-exports to Ukraine angers Germany
Washington Post:
Why Bolsonaro's stunning loss should give humans a glimmer of hope
Reuters:
U.S. Supreme Court conservatives lean against race-conscious student admissions
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Greg Bluestein / Atlanta Journal-Constitution:
In final debate, Kemp won't say whether he'd sign new abortion limits
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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.
Xander Landen / Newsweek:
Marjorie Taylor Greene Saying Pelosi Deserves Death Resurfaces After Attack
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The Crime Wave That Republicans Defend
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The Michigan race testing the limits of a GOP wave
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