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1:00 PM ET, November 4, 2022

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Jonathan Swan / Axios:
Scoop: Trump team eyes Nov. 14 announcement  —  Former President Trump's inner circle is discussing announcing the launch of a 2024 presidential campaign on Nov. 14 — with the official announcement possibly followed by a multi-day series of political events, according to three sources familiar with the sensitive discussions.
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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 …
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New York Times:
Elon Musk, Under Financial Pressure, Pushes to Make Money From Twitter
New York Times:
Elon Musk Begins Layoffs at Twitter
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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Kevin Breuninger / CNBC:
Oprah Winfrey backs John Fetterman over Dr. Mehmet Oz in Pennsylvania Senate race
Marist Poll:
The 2022 Elections in Arizona  —  Marist Arizona Poll  —  Kelly with Slight Edge …
Jessica Taylor / Cook Political Report:
In Final Push For Senate Control, Republican Momentum Grows  —  Republicans enter the final days of the midterms with the political winds at their backs and the slight momentum in the battle for Senate control.  While a handful of races remain incredibly tight, and polls show they could go either way …
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Reid J. Epstein / New York Times:
Wisconsin Republicans Stand on the Verge of Total, Veto-Proof Power  —  In a 50-50 battleground state, Republicans are close to capturing supermajorities in the State Legislature that would render the Democratic governor irrelevant even if he wins re-election.
Discussion: Raw Story and The Nation
Nadgey Louis-Charles / House Committee …:
Republicans Release 1,000 Page Report on FBI & DOJ Politicization  —  Today, House Judiciary Republicans released a new report, “FBI Whistleblowers: What Their Disclosures Indicate About the Politicization of the FBI And Justice Department,” detailing a rampant culture of unaccountability, manipulation, and abuse at the highest level.
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Lee Moran / HuffPost:
GOP Rep. Dan Crenshaw: Election Deniers Admit It's A Lie Behind Closed Doors  —  “It's a huge manipulation,” lamented the Texas Republican.  —  Rep. Dan Crenshaw (R-Texas) revealed what election deniers actually say behind closed doors amid a slew of reality-defying candidates running as Republicans in the 2022 midterms next week.
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Tom Boggioni / Raw Story:
‘It was always a lie’: Dan Crenshaw rips into pro-Trump election deniers  —  During his “Hold These Truths” podcast, Rep. Dan Crenshaw (R-TX) told electoral reform advocate Nick Troiano that “behind closed doors” pro-Donald Trump lawmakers admit they know accusations of a stolen 2020 presidential election …
Punchbowl News:
11/4/22 ☀️ Punchbowl News AM … BIDEN WON THIS SEAT BY 11 POINTS IN 2020.  CLF HAS SPENT $6.2 MILLION IN THIS SAN DIEGO-AREA SEAT. … THEY'VE SPENT $3.3 MILLION HERE. … THAT'S A TOTAL OF $5.4 MILLION IN THIS MEMBER-ON-MEMBER CONTEST. … CLF HAS SHELLED OUT $6.1 MILLION HERE.
Discussion: HotAir
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Mike Allen / Axios:
Stunning poll: 44% of voters see “secret cabal”  —  Joel Benenson, the renowned pollster for President Obama's 2008 and 2012 campaigns, gave a first look at the results of a question he'd never asked before: “We wanted to test QAnon's language that the world is controlled by a secret cabal.”
Brian Steinberg / Variety:
MSNBC Cuts Ties Unexpectedly With Weekend Host Tiffany Cross … Tiffany Cross, the MSNBC weekend host who was known for running the freewheeling Saturday commentary program “Cross Connection,” is leaving the NBCUniversal-owned cable-news outlet.  —  Her production staff was informed …
Kira Lerner / The States:
Conspiracy theorists urge voting as late as possible on Election Day to ‘stop the steal’  —  A close ally of Republican Pennsylvania gubernatorial candidate Doug Mastriano has a plan that she claims will help win him the election and prevent voter fraud: She wants voters to cast their ballots …
Alex Hammer / Daily Mail:
Midterms horror as Republican candidate's daughters, three and five, are almost KILLED after gunman opens fire at North Carolina home - where Democrat rival filmed campaign ad - with bullet landing close to where they slept  — The congressional candidate's daughters, aged 3 and 5 …
Jonathan Martin / Politico:
How a secret meeting put Hakeem Jeffries on track to replace Pelosi  —  The race to succeed Speaker Nancy Pelosi as the leader of House Democrats may have been clinched at a meeting in the Capitol on Sept. 1.  —  That's when House Majority Whip Jim Clyburn of South Carolina and Rep. Hakeem Jeffries …
New York Times:
Why investors mostly liked what they saw in the jobs data.  —  U.S. Job Growth Remains Strong … Employers added 261,000 jobs in October, a sign that the economy is resilient.  —  Monthly change in jobs  —  +261,000  —  +600,000 jobs  —  +400,000  —  +200,000  —  Oct.  —  Jan.
Knvul Sheikh / New York Times:
New Covid Variants Are Circulating.  Here's What to Know.  —  The “nightmare variant” is not as bad as it sounds.  —  As it gets colder and more people move their activities indoors, the recent decline in Covid-19 cases across the United States has started to level off.
Discussion: Fortune
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.
Deon J. Hampton / NBC News:
Mom of 5 died after ketamine injection by a paramedic, family alleges in wrongful death suit  —  DENVER — The family of a woman who died four years ago shortly after a paramedic injected her with the powerful sedative ketamine have filed a wrongful death lawsuit against the health care worker and the ambulance company.
Discussion: The Root
New York Times:
China warns against using nuclear weapons in Ukraine, and Germany urges Beijing to do more to end the war. … Moscow is pouring new conscripts to the front line to try to halt Ukrainian advances.  —  KYIV, Ukraine — The Russian Army is staging intense but so far ineffective attacks …
Burgess Everett / Politico:
Hawley aims to reshape Senate GOP with Vance and Masters  —  Josh Hawley doesn't just want to flip the Senate by electing fellow Republicans Blake Masters and J.D. Vance.  He wants to bend the entire GOP conference with a bloc of like-minded senators.  —  The Missouri senator …
 
 
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Fatima Hussein / Associated Press:
US sanctions Haitian politicians on drug trafficking claims
Discussion: CNN
Richard Sandomir / New York Times:
Hannah Pick-Goslar, a Presence in Anne Frank's Diary, Dies at 93
Matt Dixon / Politico:
‘De facto frontrunner’: DeSantis' $200 million haul positions him for 2024 run
JSOnline:
Gov. Tony Evers set a record for vetoing nearly 150 bills. If Tim Michels wins next week, he could start by passing those vetoes.
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Washington Post:
How a pro-Trump youth group remade the Arizona GOP, testing democracy
Discussion: Raw Story and HuffPost
Douglas Murray / New York Post:
Seriously, can anyone name a well-run Democratic city?
Meduza.io:
Two Russian soldiers suspected of raping a pregnant woman near Kyiv
ESPN:
Nets suspend Kyrie Irving at least five games without pay
David Ovalle / Miami Herald:
Miami Trump supporter convicted of shooting at men after argument over Biden flag on Jet Ski
Discussion: Raw Story
New York Times:
Trump Files a Suit Against N.Y.'s Attorney General, and Against Advice