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10:50 AM ET, November 1, 2022

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Shane Goldmacher / New York Times:
Libertarian Candidate Drops Out of Arizona Senate Race and Endorses Masters  —  “This is another major boost of momentum as we consolidate our support,” Blake Masters said.  —  The Libertarian candidate running for Senate in Arizona — who had threatened to play spoiler in the closely watched race …
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Joshua Jamerson / Wall Street Journal:
GOP Prospects Rise Amid Economic Pessimism, WSJ Poll Finds  —  Survey shows Republicans with an edge in voting enthusiasm; inflation overshadows abortion as a key issue  —  Voters are giving Republicans a late boost in support just ahead of the midterm elections, as pessimism about the economy …
The Phillips Academy Poll:
Arizona decides: Kelly and Masters locked in tight battle, Kari Lake dominates Hobbs  —  Arizona is heating up, and we're not just talking about temperature.  Arizona Democrats are trying to preserve their seat, currently held by Mark Kelly, while the GOP hopes to gain a majority in the Senate.
Camille Mumford / Emerson Polling:
Colorado 2022: Senate Race Tightens but Bennet Maintains Lead; Polis Holds 14-Point Lead Over Ganahl  —  Home Polls Colorado 2022: Senate Race Tightens but Bennet Maintains Lead; Polis Holds 14-Point Lead Over Ganahl  —  The latest Emerson College Polling/The Hill survey …
Perry Bacon Jr / Washington Post:   Elections aren't only about ‘the economy, stupid’ — and never were
Cassidy Johncox / WDIV-TV:   Poll: Where Michigan voters stand on Whitmer, Dixon 1 week before election
Bloomberg:
Twitter Limits Content-Enforcement Tools as US Election Looms  —  Twitter Inc., the social network being overhauled by new owner Elon Musk, has frozen some employee access to internal tools used for content moderation and other policy enforcement, curbing the staff's ability to clamp down on misinformation ahead of a major US election.
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Yair Rosenberg / The Atlantic:
Elon Musk Is No Aberration
Lawrence Hurley / NBC News:
Chief Justice Roberts temporarily blocks release of Trump's tax records to House Democrats  —  Chief Justice John Roberts on Tuesday temporarily blocked a congressional committee from accessing former President Donald Trump's tax records.  —  Trump, unlike other recent presidents …
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Robert Barnes / Washington Post:
Roberts temporarily delays release of Trump tax records  —  Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. temporarily halted the release of former president Donald Trump's tax records to a congressional committee, and called for more briefing in the case.  —  Without the Supreme Court's intervention …
TMZ.com:
Migos Rapper Takeoff Dead at 28, Shot in Houston  —  7:11 AM PT — In a new video you can hear Quavo on the phone, presumably with a 911 operator, and he's asking ... “What does she need to do?”  A woman on the scene had said she was a nurse and was offering to help Takeoff.
William Saletan / The Bulwark:
Even the Sane Republicans Are Embracing Election Deniers  —  Chris Sununu is just the latest to put party before country.  —  Chris Sununu, the governor of New Hampshire, is one of the saner people in today's Republican party.  He concedes that the 2020 election was free and fair.
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Brett Samuels / The Hill:
Biden to use Florida trip to warn of GOP threat to Social Security and Medicare
Lora Kolodny / CNBC:
Elon Musk has pulled more than 50 Tesla employees into his Twitter takeover  — Tesla CEO Elon Musk, now sole director and CEO of Twitter, is asking employees of the social network to redesign their subscription and verification systems within one week.  — Musk has authorized dozens …
Slate:
The Supreme Court Has No Reason to End Affirmative Action.  They're Doing It Anyway.  —  Oral arguments in a pair of much-anticipated cases about the future of affirmative action sprawled over almost six hours on Monday, yet the outcome was obvious within the first 30 minutes …
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Scientific American:
Why Scientists Must Stand for Affirmative Action and against Scientific Racism
Kylie Atwood / CNN:
Iran is preparing to send additional weapons including ballistic missiles to Russia to use in Ukraine, western officials say  —  Iran is preparing to send approximately 1,000 additional weapons, including surface-to-surface short range ballistic missiles and more attack drones …
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Doug Heye / Washington Post:
I helped run the ‘Fire Pelosi’ effort.  Our toxic politics goes too far.  —  Doug Heye is a former communications director of the Republican National Committee and founder of communications firm Douglas Media.  —  As communications director for the Republican National Committee in the 2010 election cycle …
Discussion: The Hill and Raw Story
Washington Post:
Mehmet Oz's medical research was rejected in 2003, resulting in 2-year ban  —  At issue were questions about the strength of the data used by Oz to reach an important medical conclusion, according to several of those who recalled the events  —  In May 2003, Mehmet Oz was the senior author …
Discussion: Raw Story
Patrick Kingsley / New York Times:
Early Turnout Appears to Be Highest in 23 Years … Here's what's at stake as Israelis cast their ballots.  —  As Israelis vote on Tuesday in their fifth parliamentary election in less than four years, former Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is hoping to return to power, but polls are predicting another deadlock.
New York Times:
Republicans Continue to Spread Baseless Claims About Pelosi Attack  —  Some of the conspiracy theories have already seeped into the Republican mainstream.  —  Donald Trump Jr., the former president's son, continues to post jokes about it.  —  Dinesh D'Souza, the creator of a discredited film …
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Andrew Lapin / Jewish Telegraphic Agency:
An evangelical GOP House candidate in Texas wrote a novel about Anne Frank finding Jesus  —  (JTA) — The Republican nominee for Congress in Texas' 7th district is a self-proclaimed history buff, but his take on Anne Frank is not one that most historians would endorse.
Megan Brenan / Gallup:
Americans' Thought, Enthusiasm About Midterms Down From 2018  —  WASHINGTON, D.C. — The 49% of Americans who say they have given “quite a lot” of thought to this year's congressional elections is essentially unchanged from the previous reading in June.  In addition, 2% volunteer …
Discussion: The Hill
Judd Legum / Popular Information:
DeSantis' voter fraud arrests unravel  —  In August, Florida Governor Ron DeSantis (R) held a “campaign-style event” and announced that 20 people had been arrested “for breaking Florida's elections laws.”  In a press release, DeSantis' office set aside the presumption of innocence, branding the group “election criminals.”
Discussion: Raw Story and Tampa Bay Times
Tressie McMillan Cottom / New York Times:
Trevor Noah, Samantha Bee, and the Future of Liberal Late Night T.V.  —  Trevor Noah recently surprised fans (and, according to some accounts, also Comedy Central management) when he announced plans to leave “The Daily Show.”  His departure is one of many notable personnel changes in late-night television …
Emily Oster / The Atlantic:
Let's Declare a Pandemic Amnesty  —  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.  We had a family hand signal, which the person in the front would use if someone was approaching on the trail and we needed to put on our masks.
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.
Washington Post:
MAGA porn, hate for Trump: China-based accounts stoke division  —  A fake China-based account called MAGA ‘Hot Babe’ was among nearly 2,000 that sought to influence America's midterms and were removed by Twitter  —  Twitter has disrupted three China-based operations that were covertly trying …
Jessica Huseman / Votebeat Texas:
Two leaders of True the Vote jailed by federal judge for contempt of court  —  Catherine Engelbrecht and Gregg Phillips were escorted away after refusing to disclose the name of a mystery man who supposedly helped them investigate election software company Konnech.
Dan Merica / CNN:
Fetterman on debate: ‘I thought it was important that I show up’  —  Pennsylvania Democratic Senate hopeful John Fetterman anticipated that his debate against Republican Mehmet Oz “wasn't going to be easy” following a stroke earlier this year but “thought it was important that I show up,” …
Greg B. Smith / All:
Judge Who Put Harvey Weinstein Away Denied Reappointment by Mayor Adams' Advisory Panel  —  During the trial, Judge James Burke enraged a Weinstein defense attorney, who also happens to be a close friend of Frank Carone, Adams' chief of staff.  —  The veteran Manhattan judge …
Paige Williams / New Yorker:
The Right-Wing Mothers Fuelling the School-Board Wars  —  Moms for Liberty claims that teachers are indoctrinating students with dangerous ideologies.  But is the group's aim protecting kids—or scaring parents? … In August, 2020, Williamson County Schools, which serves …
 
 
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Angelo Amante / Reuters:
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Roger Sollenberger / The Daily Beast:
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Akela Lacy / The Intercept:
AIPAC's First Attack Ad in Midterms Hits Would-Be Squad Member Summer Lee
John Gramlich / Pew Research Center:
Violent crime is a key midterm voting issue, but what does the data say?
Discussion: CNN and New York Times
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette:
Candidate for Fayette Pa. House seat assaulted amid warnings about election-related threats and violence
Discussion: Raw Story and The Daily Caller
New York Times:
After Defeat, Bolsonaro is Silent, and Brazil Braces for Turmoil
Discussion: Washington Post, DNyuz and Vox
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
 

 
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Mandy Dalugdug / Music Business Worldwide:
UMG, ABKCO, and Concord sue Believe, a music distributor in 50+ countries, and its subsidiary TuneCore for $500M+, accusing Believe of copyright infringement

Reuters:
French judicial source: investigators searched Netflix's offices in France and the Netherlands as part of a preliminary investigation into tax fraud laundering

Alexandra Steigrad / New York Post:
iHeart says it is laying off employees; a source says the layoffs affect less than 5% of a workforce of more than 10,000 employees

 
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