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7:25 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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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.
Brett Samuels / The Hill:
Trump: Attack on Paul Pelosi a ‘terrible thing’
Matt Gertz / Media Matters for America:
The right-wing ecosystem that created the Paul Pelosi conspiracy theory
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 …
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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CNN:
Paul Pelosi suspect charged with attempting to kidnap House speaker
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.
Washington Post:
Supreme Court seems open to ending affirmative action in college admissions  —  Conservative Supreme Court justices on Monday seemed open to ending decades of precedent allowing race-conscious admission decisions at colleges and universities, repeatedly expressing doubt that the institutions …
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Reuters:
U.S. Supreme Court conservatives lean against race-conscious student admissions
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
Discussion: Raw Story
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.
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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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.”
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.
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
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.
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.
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 …
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 …
NBC News:
Oath Keeper who stormed the Capitol says he thought Jan. 6 was a ‘Bastille-type’ attack  —  WASHINGTON — A member of the Oath Keepers convicted in connection with Jan. 6 wanted to be a part of the attack on the Capitol because he thought it was similar to the 1789 storming of the Bastille …
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Nate Hochman / National Review:
Henry Cuellar's Strange Donation from the Family of a Zetas Cartel Conduit
Ally Mutnick / Politico:
Democrats rush aid to deep-blue seat in Upstate New York
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Utah 2022: Senator Mike Lee Holds 10-Point Lead Over Evan McMullin
Bernard Condon / Associated Press:
Russia recruiting U.S.-trained Afghan commandos, vets say
Discussion: The Daily Caller
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
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ProPublica scrambles to check translation in COVID origin story
Alex Burness / Bolts:
‘The Arpaio of the East’ Faces His First Opponent in 12 Years. Is Anyone Watching?
Tierney Sneed / CNN:
Trump asks Supreme Court to stop IRS from turning over his tax returns to the House
Doug Bock Clark / ProPublica:
A County Elections Director Stood Up to Locals Who Believe the Voting System Is Rigged. They Pushed Back Harder.
Associated Press:
AP source: Biden to float windfall tax on energy producers
David Dayen / American Prospect:
The Crime Wave That Republicans Defend
Discussion: Insider
 

 
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