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New York Times:
Elon Musk, Under Financial Pressure, Pushes to Make Money From Twitter — The billionaire and his advisers have discussed adding paid direct messages, fees to watch videos and other features to the service. — Elon Musk, the new owner of Twitter, is throwing everything against the wall to make more money at the social media company.
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Faiz Siddiqui / Washington Post:
Elon Musk begins mass layoffs at Twitter — Employees said the layoffs came across teams, as Twitter broadly reduced its workforce. Musk originally pitched investors on cutting Twitter's staff up to 75 percent. — SAN FRANCISCO — Elon Musk is beginning mass layoffs at Twitter …
Wall Street Journal:
General Mills, Audi and Pfizer Join Growing List of Companies Pausing Twitter Ads — Advertisers are concerned about a flurry of executive departures at Twitter and new owner Elon Musk's plans for content moderation — Elon Musk Buys Twitter: A Timeline of the $44 Billion Battle
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Nathaniel Rakich / FiveThirtyEight:
Republicans Are Just A Normal Polling Error Away From A Landslide — Or Wiping Out — With just five days until Election Day, Republicans are in good shape in the FiveThirtyEight forecast. If each party were to win every race they are currently favored to win, Republicans would have 51 Senate seats …
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Stanley B. Greenberg / American Prospect:
How Democrats Mishandled Crime — The most effective issue for Republicans in this midterm is a result of Democratic elites failing to understand what their diverse base of working-class voters wants. — Culpeper County sheriff's deputies are seen at an early-vote rally for Yesli Vega …
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Toluse Olorunnipa / Washington Post:
Democrats fear midterm drubbing as party leaders rush to defend blue seats — Kamala Harris, Hillary Clinton and other prominent Democrats are scrambling to bolster candidates in places President Biden won comfortably in 2020 — Democrats across the country scrambled Thursday to bolster candidates …
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HotAir, Associated Press and Politico
Vivian Salama / Wall Street Journal:
Republican Opposition to Helping Ukraine Grows, WSJ Poll Finds
Republican Opposition to Helping Ukraine Grows, WSJ Poll Finds
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John Ganz / Unpopular Front:
Small-D Delusional — Why Can't We Just Say What's True? — Yesterday, centrist pundit …
Small-D Delusional — Why Can't We Just Say What's True? — Yesterday, centrist pundit …
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Lisa Mascaro / Associated Press:
Schumer insists Democrats have path to keep Senate majority
Schumer insists Democrats have path to keep Senate majority
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Victor Shi / Chicago Tribune:
Democrats should not give up on young voters
Democrats should not give up on young voters
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CNN:
Exclusive: DOJ mulling potential special counsel if Trump runs in 2024 — As Donald Trump inches closer to launching another presidential run after the midterm election, Justice Department officials have discussed whether a Trump candidacy would create the need for a special counsel to oversee …
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Zach Rounceville / Carolina Journal:
Shooting at NC-14 GOP candidate Pat Harrigan family home, none injured — Correction: Harrigan's campaign reached out and said the candidate does not own the home. His parents own and live in the home, but family members, including Pat Harrigan's children, were present at the time of the shooting.
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New York Times:
Trump Files a Suit Against N.Y.'s Attorney General, and Against Advice — The case, filed in Florida, seeks to stop Letitia James's lawsuit in New York and includes Mr. Trump's signature rhetoric. His legal advisers are split on the wisdom of filing it. — Members of Donald J. Trump's …
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Liz Calvario / TODAY.com:
Oprah Winfrey announces her support for Dr. Oz opponent, John Fetterman — Oprah Winfrey is making her voice heard. — Ahead of the midterm elections, Winfrey hosted “A Virtual Voting Conversation” on Nov. 3, where she and community leaders discussed the importance of voting during the critical election.
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Caleb Howe / Mediaite:
Michael Beschloss Says GOP Victory in Midterms Will Mean ‘Our Children Will Be Arrested and Conceivably Killed’ — MSNBC presidential historian Michael Beschloss on Wednesday night warned that if Republican candidates win their races next week, American democracy and the free press could end …
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Alayna Treene / Axios:
Scoop: House GOP to release 1,000-page road map for Biden FBI probe — Republicans on the House Judiciary Committee will release a 1,000-page document on Friday detailing allegations of politicization of the FBI and Justice Department under the Biden administration, Axios has learned.
Jonathan Allen / NBC News:
A Michigan judge tried to block an abortion rights measure. His ex-wife says he helped her get an abortion in college. — PLYMOUTH, Mich. — When Brian Zahra learned that he had impregnated his 20-year-old girlfriend in May 1983, he grabbed the yellow pages, found an abortion clinic …
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Max Tani / Semafor:
CNBC is cancelling Shepard Smith's show — CNBC is cancelling Shep Smith's show amid a broad network restructuring that president KC Sullivan said will force the business news channel to “make some difficult decisions.” — “The News set out on a bold mission of providing non-partisan …
FOX6 News Milwaukee:
Milwaukee election official fired; fraudulently requested military ballots — Wisconsin election issue; Milwaukee mayor addresses — MILWAUKEE - Milwaukee Mayor Cavalier Johnson announced Thursday, Nov. 3 that Milwaukee's Election Commission deputy director Kimberly Zapata has been fired.
Marc A. Thiessen / Washington Post:
McConnell's PACs put money where Trump's mouth is — If Republicans take back the Senate next Tuesday, thank Mitch McConnell. — Through his super PAC, the Senate Leadership Fund (SLF), and other affiliated groups, the Republican leader has led an extraordinary, quarter-of-a-billion-dollar effort …
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Steven T. Dennis / Bloomberg:
Manchin Wants Deal on Debt, Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid — West Virginia Senator Joe Manchin said Thursday that Congress needs to deal with the nation's “crippling debt” by making changes to shore up Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid and other programs he said are “going bankrupt.”
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CNN:
Paul Pelosi released from hospital — Paul Pelosi has been released from a San Francisco hospital after recovering from surgery to repair a skull fracture and injuries to his hand and arm, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi announced Thursday. — “Paul is grateful to the 911 operator …
Alec Karam / The Daily Beast:
Joe Rogan Admits He Lied About Schools Using Litter Boxes — NO SH*T — Joe Rogan has admitted he lied about a school letting “furry” children use litter boxes, walking back his claims from a month ago that have since been amplified by Republican Senate Don Bolduc.
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Politico:
Judge shoots down Mike Lindell's bid to reclaim seized phone, access warrant affidavit — A federal judge on Thursday sharply rejected an effort by Mike Lindell, the MyPillow CEO, to reclaim a cellphone seized by the FBI in September. — U.S. District Court Judge Eric Tostrud ruled …
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CNN:
North Korea's suspected ICBM test fails, South Korean government source says — See the moment an air raid siren interrupts a live TV broadcast in South Korea — Video shows crowd doing what appears to be Nazi salute to Brazilian anthem — Cleaning up one of the world's most polluted waterways
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New York Times:
North Korea Fires 6 More Missiles Toward Japan, Including an ICBM
North Korea Fires 6 More Missiles Toward Japan, Including an ICBM
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Julia Shapero / The Hill:
FBI warns of a ‘broad threat’ to New Jersey synagogues — The FBI warned of a “broad threat” to New Jersey synagogues on Thursday, urging people to “stay alert.” — “The FBI has received credible information of a broad threat to synagogues in NJ,” the FBI's Newark, N.J., field office said on Twitter.
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Michael Luciano / Mediaite:
Marjorie Taylor Greene Pledges, ‘Under Republicans, Not Another Penny Will Go to Ukraine’ — Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) ripped Democrats at a rally in Sioux City, Iowa on Thursday and promised that Republicans will not provide money to Ukraine if her party retakes Congress.
Batya Ungar-sargon / Daily Mail:
For years, the Left has willfully ignored the kind of horrific crime the Pelosis suffered and let criminals run rampant. Now they're finally waking up... shame about the forgotten victims! — In the wake of the sickening, violent attack on Paul Pelosi, husband of Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi …
KCCI-TV:
Trump says he will ‘very, very, very probably’ run again in 2024 — Hide Transcript Show Transcript — On Thursday, during a rally in Sioux City, former President Donald Trump discussed the probability of running for president again. — Trump was in Iowa rallying for Republican candidates on next week's midterm ballot.
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Brennan Center for Justice:
Secret War … SUMMARY: Security cooperation programs have led U.S. forces into unauthorized hostilities alongside foreign partners. Congress must curb this dangerous and undemocratic practice. — Donate Amount Donate Type — Donate — Home - Our Work - Research & Reports - Secret War
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Michael Fanone / CNN:
American indifference will be the death blow for democracy — Editor's Note: Michael Fanone, a former Washington, DC police officer who was injured during the January 6 riot at the US Capitol, is the author of a memoir, “Hold the Line: The Insurrection and One Cop's Battle for America's Soul.”
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Ryan J. Reilly / NBC News:
Jan. 6 rioter invokes Epstein after getting a five-month sentence for smashing in a Capitol window — WASHINGTON — A Jan. 6 rioter who smashed in a window at the U.S. Capitol invoked Jeffrey Epstein moments after he was sentenced to five months in federal prison Thursday.
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