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8:00 AM ET, November 3, 2022

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New York Times:
Biden Seeks to Put Democracy Front and Center  —  Less than a week before Election Day, President Biden warned that the country's democratic traditions were on the line.  Voters face the question of whether their ballots “will preserve democracy or put us at risk,” he said.  —  Ruth Fremson/The New York Times
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Courtney Subramanian / Los Angeles Times:
Biden warns that ‘ultra MAGA’ Republicans will lead the U.S. down a ‘path to chaos’  —  President Biden issued a stark warning Wednesday about threats to American democracy, using a prime-time speech to urge voters to reject “ultra MAGA” Republicans who undermine faith in the voting process.
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 …
Camille Mumford / Emerson Polling:
Pennsylvania 2022: Oz and Fetterman in Two-Point Race; Half of Voters Say Senate Debate Worsened Their Opinion of Fetterman  —  Home Polls Pennsylvania 2022: Oz and Fetterman in Two-Point Race; Half of Voters Say Senate Debate Worsened Their Opinion of Fetterman
Discussion: Breitbart, Fox News, KLAS and The Hill
Washington Post:
Biden warns GOP could set nation on ‘path to chaos’ as democratic system faces strain
Camille Mumford / Emerson Polling:
North Carolina 2022: Budd Holds Five-Point Lead Over Beasley for US Senate
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 …
Tim Alberta / The Atlantic:
Why Democrats Are Losing Hispanic Voters  —  Have you ever met someone who's watching their life's work—their very legacy—fall apart in front of their eyes?  I'm talking to two of them right now.  —  Earl and Mary Rose Wilcox spent the morning juggling plates of chorizo and shouting orders in Spanish toward the kitchen behind them.
Discussion: The Daily Caller
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Jazmine Ulloa / New York Times:
Democrats Twist and Turn on Immigration as Republicans Attack in Waves
Gromer Jeffers Jr / Dallas Morning News:
Dems denounce controversial mailers sent to DFW-area voters by group led by Trump adviser  —  Mailers say that President Joe Biden discriminates against whites and Asians and pushes gender experiments on children.  —  A group led by a former adviser to Donald Trump is responsible …
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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,” …
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.
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: DNyuz, KTLA, Rolling Stone, Mediaite and Page Six
Vivian Salama / Wall Street Journal:
Republican Opposition to Helping Ukraine Grows, WSJ Poll Finds  —  Parties are split over whether to provide Kyiv more aid as it faces prolonged war with Russia  —  WASHINGTON—The majority of Americans support continuing aid to Ukraine in what will likely be a prolonged war with Russia …
Discussion: The Korea Herald
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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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: Raw Story
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 …
Paul Donovan / Financial Times:
Fed should make clear that rising profit margins are spurring inflation  —  Companies have taken advantage of circumstances to lift prices  —  The writer is chief economist at UBS Global Wealth Management  —  In the world's financial markets, US Federal Reserve chair Jay Powell …
Discussion: NDTV, The Sun, Vox and New Statesman
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Scott Horsley / NPR:
The Fed orders another jumbo interest rate hike. Many are wondering what's next
Rob Crilly / Daily Mail:
EXCLUSIVE 'Everyone knows McConnell won't own me': Arizona Senate candidate Blake Masters says he'll be to Senate Republicans what Kyrsten Sinema is to Democrats - and promises to block legislation until the border is secure  — GOP hopeful Blake Masters said party leaders underestimated his Senate run
Discussion: CNN
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.
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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 …
Wendell Husebø / Breitbart:
Republican Gen. Bolduc Physically Attacked by Individual Outside Wednesday's Debate  —  Republican Gen. Don Bolduc was physically attacked by an unknown individual before the Wednesday debate with Democrat Sen. Maggie Hassan (D-NH), Bolduc's campaign told Breitbart News.
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 …
 
 
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Scott Macfarlane / CBS News:
Man attempted car attack outside Pentagon and said “I hate America,” court documents say
Discussion: CNN and New York Post
New York Times:
Lawyers Who Advanced Trump's Election Challenges Return for Midterms
Mike Masnick / Techdirt:
Hey Elon: Let Me Help You Speed Run The Content Moderation Learning Curve
Discussion: Washington Post and Althouse
New York Times:
A Group Raised Money to Push Adams's Agenda. Much of It Went to One Man.
Chicago Sun-Times:
North Side man charged with sending GOP gov hopeful Darren Bailey voicemail death threat: ‘I know where his kids sleep’
Joey Cappelletti / Associated Press:
New poll workers raising concerns in Michigan, other states
Discussion: Raw Story, Associated Press and DNyuz
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
 Earlier Items: 
Ben Samuels / Haaretz:
U.S. Administration Fears Ben-Gvir Domino Effect, Considers a No-contact Policy
Discussion: Axios, The Forward and The Daily Beast
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
NBC News:
Stewart Rhodes wrote message to Trump after Jan. 6 calling on him to ‘save the Republic,’ arrest members of Congress
Steve Benen / MSNBC:
Trump insists the United States is ‘rigged, crooked and evil’
Discussion: The Guardian