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2:30 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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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 …
Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
Why isn't Trumpism hurting the GOP?  Some Democrats see vexing answers.  —  Something extraordinary just happened: In the space of just this week, a president and an ex-president warned that the opposition poses an existential threat to our political way of life.
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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: Kenosha News, The Nation and Raw Story
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 …
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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Josh Eidelson / Bloomberg:
Lawyer Suing Twitter Over Layoffs Says Musk Now Trying to Comply  —  The lawyer who sued Twitter Inc. “pre-emptively” on the eve of mass layoffs by Elon Musk said she's “pleased” to learn at least some employees will continue being paid until Jan. 4.  —  Attorney Shannon Liss-Riordan …
New York Times:
Elon Musk Begins Layoffs at Twitter
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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Camille Mumford / Emerson Polling:
Arizona 2022: US Senate and Gubernatorial Elections in Dead Heat  —  Home Polls Arizona 2022: US Senate and Gubernatorial Elections in Dead Heat  —  The final Emerson College Polling survey of Arizona voters finds Republican Blake Masters with 48% support for US Senate, and incumbent Democrat Mark Kelly with 47%.
Discussion: Fox News, The Daily Caller and CNN
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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 …
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.
Discussion: Daily Kos
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Tom Boggioni / Raw Story:   ‘It was always a lie’: Dan Crenshaw rips into pro-Trump election deniers
Washington Post:
Ukraine live briefing: G-7 to offer infrastructure help to Ukraine; Putin tells Kherson residents to flee  —  MÜNSTER, Germany — Top diplomats from the world's major industrialized democracies agreed to a “coordination mechanism to help Ukraine repair, restore and defend its critical energy …
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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.”
ABC News:
Trump ally Tom Barrack found not guilty on foreign lobbying charges  —  Barrack was accused of acting as a foreign agent for the UAE.  —  Tom Barrack, a longtime ally of former President Donald Trump and his one-time inaugural committee chairman, was found not guilty on Friday …
New York Times:
F.B.I. Locates Suspect After Warning of Security Threat at New Jersey Synagogues  —  Officials said the man holds “radical extremist views.”  On Thursday, they had alerted congregations across the state to be on alert.  —  Hours after issuing a rare warning about a security threat at New Jersey synagogues …
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.
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 …
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 …
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
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
Ruth Marcus / Washington Post:
The tragedy of John Roberts  —  On the final day of oral arguments last term, the chief justice's voice cracked with emotion as he bade farewell to the retiring Justice Stephen G. Breyer.  It was a striking moment for the normally buttoned-up John G. Roberts Jr., and one that seemed to signify …
Discussion: Raw Story
Heather Hamilton / Washington Examiner:
Court rules beauty pageant has First Amendment right to exclude transgender women  —  The Miss United States Pageant is protected under its First Amendment rights and cannot be forced to include transgender contestants , judges ruled Wednesday.  —  The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled …
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.
Fox News:
House Majority Whip: US ‘on track to repeat’ Nazi Germany, downplays inflation ahead of midterms  —  House Majority Whip James Clyburn claims US will soon resemble Germany in the 1930s, pointing blame at far-right extremism  —  EXCLUSIVE — House Majority Whip James Clyburn, D-S.C. …
Discussion: RedState, IJR and Twitchy
 
 
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