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6:40 PM ET, November 11, 2022

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Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:
The GOP Revolt Against Trump Is More Serious Than You Think … I've been telling people for most of the year that I consider Ron DeSantis to be the odds-on favorite — not a guarantee, not a prohibitive favorite, but the favorite — to win the Republican presidential nomination.
Discussion: HotAir, The Bulwark, New Republic and Puck
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Politico:
‘They completely f—ked up’: How the GOP lost its grip on the Senate majority  —  Rick Scott has no regrets about his Senate Republican campaign arm's hands-off approach to primaries this year — a move that anointed a motley crew of nominees, some of whom cost the GOP dearly.
Discussion: HotAir, NPR, CNN and Washington Times
Darragh Roche / Newsweek:
Democrats' Chances of a Senate Majority Just Got Brighter  —  Democrats' chances of retaining control of the Senate seemed brighter on Friday morning as key races in Arizona and Nevada appeared poised to deliver victories for President Joe Biden's party.  —  Fifty-one seats are needed to form …
Erick-Woods Erickson / Erick Erickson Show Notes:
Move On  —  People who thrive on attention should be ignored.  —  People who have never won the popular vote shouldn't lecture those who have, particularly those who grew their share of it the second time around.  —  People who are almost eighty should retire from public life.
Salena Zito / New York Post:
Trump voters are ‘done’ with ex-president: ‘He needs to disappear’  —  The chickens have come home to roost for Donald Trump in Pennsylvania.  After he stuck his nose in the state's Republican primary process last May against the guidance of his most loyal advisors, many of his once-devoted followers …
Robby Soave / Reason:
Blake Masters' Defeat Should End the GOP's Fealty to Trump and the Big Lie  —  Republican challenger Blake Masters, a darling of the new right who said “libertarianism doesn't work” and vowed to wield government power in all sorts of illiberal ways, will not be the next U.S. senator from Arizona.
Discussion: IJR and The Economist
Zachary Petrizzo / The Daily Beast:
Trump Is ‘Ready for War’ With 2024 Presidential Announcement
Sean Moran / Breitbart:
Exclusive: Elise Stefanik Endorses Trump Ahead of His Anticipated Run for President
Brian Klaas / The Garden of Forking Paths:
Will Republicans Defy Trump's Authoritarian Cult of Personality?
Discussion: Washington Examiner
Politico:
POLITICO Playbook PM: The new GOP leadership litmus tests
Steven Shepard / Politico:
The path to 218: Why Democrats aren't out of the race for the House yet
Fox News:
Trump mocks another potential GOP 2024 opponent, saying Virginia Gov. Youngkin's name ‘sounds Chinese’
David Weigel / Semafor:   Americana  —  with David Weigel  —  In this post-election edition, we look at key counties …
Eileen Sullivan / New York Times:
Top Border Official Says He Was Asked to Resign  —  The commissioner, Chris Magnus, has refused to step down amid criticism over his agency's lack of accountability.  —  WASHINGTON — The Customs and Border Protection commissioner said Friday that he had been asked to step down but was refusing to do so …
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Hamed Aleaziz / Los Angeles Times:
Top border official Magnus says he's been asked to resign but refuses
Jeff Burlew / Tallahassee Democrat:
Andrew Gillum legal team demands court hearing, citing Donald Trump rant on Ron DeSantis  —  Former President Donald Trump's post-election screed labeling Florida's governor “Ron DeSanctimonious” didn't go unnoticed by Andrew Gillum or his Miami lawyers.  —  Trump, in an statement Thursday timed …
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Ewan Palmer / Newsweek:
Donald Trump Says He ‘Sent in the FBI’ To Stop Ron DeSantis Losing Election  —  Donald Trump has claimed that he stopped Ron DeSantis from losing his 2018 gubernatorial election by sending in federal agents to prevent the race being rigged by voter fraud.  —  The latest unsubstantiated claims …
Geoffrey A. Fowler / Washington Post:
We got Twitter ‘verified’ in minutes posing as a comedian and a senator  —  Twitter has been selling blue check marks to any account for $8, including our test imposter accounts for Blaire Erskine and Sen. Ed Markey.  That makes it mostly worthless.  —  There are now two Blaire Erskines on Twitter.
Bloomberg:
Bankman-Fried's Assets Plummet From $16 Billion to Zero in Days  —  The entire $16 billion fortune of former FTX co-founder Sam Bankman-Fried has been wiped out, one of history's greatest-ever destructions of wealth.  —  The downfall of his crypto empire — which filed for bankruptcy …
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Burgess Everett / Politico:
Top Senate Republicans push forward amid calls to delay leadership elections  —  Senate GOP leaders are pushing forward with plans to hold leadership elections next week, even as a growing number of Republicans demand a delay after an underwhelming performance in the midterms.
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Deon J. Hampton / NBC News:
Rep. Boebert is locked in an unexpectedly close race.  Some constituents say they're tired of a ‘mini Trump.’  —  PUEBLO, Colo. — In the heart of Colorado's 3rd Congressional District, a rural region spanning much of the southwestern part of the state, some people who voted for Republican U.S …
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Conrad Swanson / Denver Post:
What if there's a recount in Lauren Boebert and Adam Frisch's House race?
New York Times:
Two Weeks of Chaos: Inside Elon Musk's Takeover of Twitter  —  Mr. Musk ordered immediate layoffs, fired executives by email, laid down product deadlines and has transformed the company.  —  SAN FRANCISCO — Elon Musk had a demand.  —  On Oct. 28, hours after completing his $44 billion buyout …
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Bloomberg:
Musk's Lawyer Calms Twitter Staff Fearing Jail Risk for FTC Lapses
Allison Gatlin / Investor's Business Daily:
Eli Lilly Dives After Fake Twitter Account Promises Free Insulin; Takes Novo Nordisk, Sanofi With It  —  Elon Musk's new pay-for-play verification system on Twitter shook pharmaceutical mainstay Eli Lilly (LLY) — leading LLY stock to skid Friday — after a fake account claimed “insulin is free now.”
The New York Times Company:
Jonathan Swan Joins The New York Times  —  The political reporter is joining the Politics team at The Times.  Read more in this note from Politics Editor David Halbfinger and Washington Bureau Chief Elisabeth Bumiller.  —  Our insightful, authoritative and addictive coverage of the election …
Ken Dilanian / NBC News:
Inside the Justice Department's decision on whether to charge Trump in Mar-a-Lago case  —  In February, a week before the National Archives warned the Justice Department that former President Donald Trump had kept Top Secret documents at his Florida compound, Asia Janay Lavarello was sentenced to three months in prison.
 
 
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Elizabeth Elkind / Daily Mail:
EXCLUSIVE: Republican Adam Laxalt is ‘preparing to ask for a RECOUNT’ …
Discussion: The Hill, Political Wire and NewsNation
Michael Callahan / CNN:
US strike in Somalia kills 17 al-Shabaab fighters, US Africa Command says
Discussion: The Daily Caller
Matt Shuham / HuffPost:
New Video Shows Capitol Rioter Throwing Fire Extinguisher At Cops, Getting Hit With Police Munition
Discussion: Raw Story
Stephanie Armour / Wall Street Journal:
Covid-19 Public-Health Emergency Status to Stay in Place
Discussion: Political Wire
David Ignatius / Washington Post:
Russia is in retreat in every major international forum
Discussion: New York Times, KTAR.com and Noahpinion
Grant Stringer / Oregonian:
Republican Lori Chavez-DeRemer wins Oregon's 5th District seat in Congress, flipping longtime Democratic seat red
Char Adams / NBC News:
Tupac Shakur's stepfather to be freed from prison after more than 35 years
 Earlier Items: 
Kyle Cheney / Politico:
Georgia pro-Trump ‘electors’ say they weren't clued in on Trump's Jan. 6 plans
Discussion: Raw Story, Daily Kos and HuffPost
Abe Asher / The Independent:
Nearly three-quarters of Jewish voters think Trump and Maga are a ‘threat to Jews in America’, survey finds
CNN:
Kevin McCarthy faces rocky road to speakership as hardliners emboldened by GOP's election showing
Mary Ellen Klas / Miami Herald:
Florida legislative leaders say they will discuss further restrictions on abortions
Discussion: Politico and Abortion, Every Day
 

 
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Sheldon Reback / CoinDesk:
US and Japanese law enforcement say North Korean hackers were responsible for stealing 4,502.9 bitcoin, worth $308M, from Japanese exchange DMM in May 2024

Annie Palmer / CNBC:
Donald Trump announces Scott Kupor, a managing partner at a16z, will serve as director of OPM, and Michael Kratsios will serve as the White House OSTP director

Bill Toulas / BleepingComputer:
The US FTC orders Marriott and Starwood to implement a robust customer data security scheme after Starwood's 2014 to 2018 breaches and Marriott's 2018 breach
 
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