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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 …
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Biden warns GOP could set nation on ‘path to chaos’ as democratic system faces strain — The president delivered his warning in the shadow of the U.S. Capitol and just days after Paul Pelosi, husband of the speaker, was attacked — Signs of strain in the nation's democratic system mounted Wednesday …
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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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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.
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Politico:
Biden's last dash democracy pitch
Biden's last dash democracy pitch
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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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Susan Page / USA Today:
Exclusive: Rocky debate erodes Fetterman's lead over Oz in pivotal Pennsylvania Senate race
Exclusive: Rocky debate erodes Fetterman's lead over Oz in pivotal Pennsylvania Senate race
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Camille Mumford / Emerson Polling:
North Carolina 2022: Budd Holds Five-Point Lead Over Beasley for US Senate
North Carolina 2022: Budd Holds Five-Point Lead Over Beasley for US Senate
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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,” …
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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.
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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 …
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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 …
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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.
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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 …
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Financial Times:
L'Oréal suspends advertising spending on Twitter — Some brands are ‘quiet quitting’ messaging platform after $44bn Elon Musk takeover — L'Oréal is suspending advertising spending on Twitter, as leading brands and marketing groups grow nervous that inappropriate content …
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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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Steve Benen / MSNBC:
Trump insists the United States is ‘rigged, crooked and evil’ — A former American president described the United States as “evil.” This generated almost no attention whatsoever. Why is that? — As Donald Trump's legal troubles mount, the former president turned to his social media platform …
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Ken Meyer / Mediaite:
George Will Begs Democrats Not to Run Biden-Harris 2024 and Risk America to Trump in Scorching Op-Ed — Right-leaning columnist George Will implored Democrats not to put President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris up for re-election in 2024, lest they risk Donald Trump becoming president again.
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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” …
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Scott Horsley / NPR:
The Fed orders another jumbo interest rate hike. Many are wondering what's next — The Federal Reserve ordered another big boost in interest rates on Wednesday, and warned that rates will have to go even higher to bring stubbornly high inflation under control.
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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 …
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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.