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Wall Street Journal:
Trump Aide, Granted Immunity, Set to Testify at Grand Jury Probing Mar-a-Lago Documents  —  Kash Patel, who has said Trump declassified documents as president, previously declined to testify, citing right against self-incrimination  —  WASHINGTON—Kash Patel, a close associate …
Julia Terruso / The Philadelphia Inquirer:
What effect did the Oz-Fetterman debate have on the Senate race?  Here's what three new polls show  —  For all the attention last week's debate between John Fetterman and Mehmet Oz received, the race appears virtually unchanged — and extremely close — in its aftermath.Separate polls …
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Kyle Brown / KSTP-TV:
KSTP/SurveyUSA poll: DFL leads governor, secretary of state races; GOP leads AG, auditor campaigns
Camille Mumford / Emerson Polling:
North Carolina 2022: Budd Holds Five-Point Lead Over Beasley for US Senate
Associated Press:
Biden to speak on ‘protecting our democracy’ as midterms enter final stretch  —  Biden will make the remarks near the U.S. Capitol.  —  President Joe Biden speaks about Social Security, Medicare, and prescription drug costs, Nov. 1, 2022, in Hallandale Beach, Fla.
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Peter Baker / New York Times:
Live Midterm Updates: Biden Calls Election Denial ‘the Path to Chaos’
Gabriel Sherman / Vanity Fair:
GOP Insiders Are Starting to Doubt Ron DeSantis Would Actually Take On Trump  —  The Florida governor is expected to cruise to reelection next week—yet might hold back on a 2024 bid.  One source tells Vanity Fair that DeSantis has led donors “to believe he will not run if Trump does,” …
Nate Raymond / Reuters:
‘Judges gone wild’: Trump-appointed judge says too many write for Twitter  —  A federal appeals court judge on Wednesday argued his judicial peers too often succumb to a “judges gone wild” mentality of writing “show off” opinions that may trend on Twitter but risk alienating the public instead of being persuasive.
Discussion: Reason
Ben Goggin / NBC News:
Ye paid a settlement to former employee who alleged he praised Hitler and Nazis during meetings, documents show  —  LOS ANGELES — Ye, the artist previously known as Kanye West, paid a settlement to a former employee who alleged that the rapper and designer had used antisemitic language in the workplace …
Discussion: KTLA, DNyuz, Page Six, Mediaite and Rolling Stone
Mike Masnick / Techdirt:
Hey Elon: Let Me Help You Speed Run The Content Moderation Learning Curve  —  from the speed-running-for-fun-and-for- profit dept  —  It's kind of a rite of passage for any new social media network.  They show up, insist that they're the “platform for free speech” without quite understanding …
Bloomberg:
Musk Plans to Eliminate Half of Twitter Jobs to Cut Costs  —  Elon Musk plans to eliminate about 3,700 jobs at Twitter Inc., or half of the social media company's workforce, in a bid to drive down costs following his $44 billion acquisition, according to people with knowledge of the matter.
Brad Dress / The Hill:
CBS to pay $30 million for ‘reprehensible’ sexual harassment cover-up: New York AG  —  New York Attorney General Letitia James (D) on Wednesday secured a $30.5 million payment from CBS after she accused the media company of attempting cover up incidents of sexual harassment from former CBS President and CEO Leslie Moonves.
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Corbin Bolies / The Daily Beast:
Jake Tapper's Ratings-Deficient CNN Primetime Show to End After Midterms  —  The network had said he would host the show through the midterms, but there was speculation he could have held the slot permanently.  —  CNN will end Jake Tapper's primetime show after the midterm elections …
Axios:
Scoop: McCarthy privately floats replacing Chamber leadership  —  House GOP Leader Kevin McCarthy is telling U.S. Chamber of Commerce board members and state leaders the organization must undertake a complete leadership change and replace current president and CEO Suzanne Clark, Axios has learned.
Discussion: Bloomberg and Raw Story
Politico:
Trump lawyers saw Justice Thomas as ‘only chance’ to stop 2020 election certification  —  Donald Trump's attorneys saw a direct appeal to Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas as their best hope of derailing Joe Biden's win in the 2020 presidential election, according to emails newly disclosed to congressional investigators.
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Mike Masnick / Techdirt:
Bullshit Reporting: The Intercept's Story About Government Policing Disinfo Is Absolute Garbage  —  Do not believe everything you read.  Even if it comes from more “respectable” publications.  The Intercept had a big story this week that is making the rounds, suggesting that “leaked” …
Bloomberg:
Powell Sees Higher Peak for Rates, Path to Slow Tempo of Hikes  —  Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell opened a new phase in his campaign to regain control of inflation, saying US interest rates will go higher than earlier projected, but the path may soon involve smaller hikes.
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Scott Horsley / NPR:
The Fed orders another jumbo interest rate hike. Many are wondering what's next
Don Van Natta Jr / ESPN:
Sources: U.S. attorney's office investigating Commanders over alleged financial improprieties  —  The U.S. attorney's office in the Eastern District of Virginia has opened a criminal investigation into allegations that the Washington Commanders engaged in financial improprieties …
Josh Barro / Very Serious:
The Problem With ‘Pro-Democracy’ Rhetoric  —  You can't extol the importance of democracy while also pursuing no-choice politics.  —  Dear readers,  —  I have a rant.  —  Six days before the midterm elections, Joe Biden will give yet another speech about “democracy.”  I don't care for this.
United States Capitol Police:
The USCP Address Concerns Following Friday's Targeted Attack  —  The Command Center has access to roughly 1,800 cameras, which provide us the capability to collect evidence from any camera's location at any time, while also allowing Command Center personnel to monitor select video feeds.
NBC News:
Stewart Rhodes wrote message to Trump after Jan. 6 calling on him to ‘save the Republic,’ arrest members of Congress  —  WASHINGTON — Oath Keepers founder Stewart Rhodes wrote a message intended for former President Donald Trump in the days after the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol …
Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
Why the right keeps telling awful lies about the Pelosi attack  —  The “big lie” is morphing into something even more virulent and ugly.  Call it the “big flex.”  —  In 2020, Donald Trump's lies about voter fraud provided a fake pretext to overturn his presidential election loss.
Dan Milmo / The Guardian:
TikTok tells European users its staff in China get access to their data  —  Privacy policy update confirms data of continent's users available to range of TikTok bases including in Brazil, Israel and US  —  TikTok is spelling out to its European users that their data can be accessed …
Discussion: Breitbart and Ground News
Dan Whitcomb / Reuters:
U.S. Capitol Police to conduct internal review over missed camera images of Pelosi attack  —  The U.S. Capitol Police said on Wednesday it would conduct an internal review after its officers failed to notice surveillance camera images of an intruder breaking into the San Francisco home of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi.
Scott Macfarlane / CBS News:
Man attempted car attack outside Pentagon and said “I hate America,” court documents say  —  An Ethiopian man living in Virginia who allegedly yelled “F*** America” and told officers “I hate America” is accused of attempting to attack federal police officers outside the Pentagon last week, according to federal court documents.
Discussion: CNN and New York Post
New York Times:
A Group Raised Money to Push Adams's Agenda.  Much of It Went to One Man.  —  A political action committee has given more money to its founder and his charter school than to candidates aligned with Mayor Eric Adams.  —  Last fall, with Eric Adams's election as mayor of New York City all but assured …
Chicago Sun-Times:
North Side man charged with sending GOP gov hopeful Darren Bailey voicemail death threat: ‘I know where his kids sleep’  —  Illinois State Police say Scott Lennox left Republican gubernatorial candidate Darren Bailey a voicemail threatening to “mutilate and kill” him.
 
 
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Mary Ellen Klas / Miami Herald:
Before DeSantis could say he kicked migrants out of Florida, he had to pay to fly them in
Discussion: Raw Story
Joe Dana / 12news.com:
Alleged burglar of Hobbs campaign violated immigration status, wanted by ICE
Discussion: The Daily Wire
Joey Cappelletti / Associated Press:
New poll workers raising concerns in Michigan, other states
Discussion: NBC New York, DNyuz and NewsNation
Sam Mellins / New York Focus:
Has Anyone Told the Brooklyn Democratic Party There's an Election Next Week?
Jake Offenhartz / Gothamist:
500 drones to swarm NYC's skyline Thursday in new advertising ploy
Ben Samuels / Haaretz:
U.S. Administration Fears Ben-Gvir Domino Effect, Considers a No-contact Policy
Discussion: The Forward and The Daily Beast
 Earlier Items: 
Mark Moore / New York Post:
White House shamed into deleting Social Security boast after Twitter fact-check
MSNBC:
Chris Hayes: The myth of crime as a big-city, blue-state problem
CREW:
CREW sues over missing Jan. 6 texts
Discussion: Raw Story and Law & Crime
Steve Benen / MSNBC:
Trump insists the United States is ‘rigged, crooked and evil’
Jennifer Rubin / Washington Post:
Musk can trash his sandbox. The rest of us don't have to play there.
Mike Ozanian / Forbes:
Dan Snyder Hires Bank Of America To Sell Washington Commanders
 

 
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Jessica Toonkel / Wall Street Journal:
A deep dive into Paramount's sale to Skydance; sources: Skydance may integrate Pluto into Paramount+, and CBS head George Cheeks is expected to be head of TV

Todd Spangler / Variety:
Netflix will host NFL Christmas games, including Beyonce's Halftime show, for only three hours after streaming them live; replays will be available on NFL+

New York Times:
In a first, Telegram is set to be profitable in 2024, with $1B+ in revenue, up from ~$350M in 2023, and 12M subscribers; source: 50%+ of its revenue is from ads
 
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