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2:25 PM ET, November 11, 2022

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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 …
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Steven Shepard / Politico:
The path to 218: Why Democrats aren't out of the race for the House yet  —  Republicans still have a wider path to the House majority than Democrats — but it's narrowed a lot over the past 24 hours.  —  As the vote count continues, particularly in mail-heavy Western states …
Krystal Ball / The Lever:
The REAL Reason For Dems' Rust Belt Revival  —  Michigan Representative Elissa Slotkin was supposed to be one of the House's most embattled incumbents.  A Democrat representing a district that Biden narrowly won, Republicans flooded her district with millions, making it the most expensive house race …
Nate Cohn / New York Times:
Why Some States Went in Different Directions in Midterms
Discussion: Split Ticket and Washington Post
Peggy Noonan / Wall Street Journal:
Maybe Republicans Will Finally Learn
Discussion: Bloomberg and Raw Story
David Weigel / Semafor:   Americana  —  with David Weigel  —  In this post-election edition, we look at key counties …
Sean Golonka / The Nevada Independent:
Nevada's three vulnerable House Democrats survive re-election challenges
Blake Hounshell / New York Times:
Democratic Hopes Rise on Senate Control as Two States Count Votes
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
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Hugo Lowell / The Guardian:
Rift in Trump's inner circle over 2024 presidential campaign announcement  —  With the ex-president facing heat for the GOP's midterm washout, there is conflict on if he should hold off next week's event  —  Donald Trump's top political staffers at Mar-a-Lago are pressing him to move forward …
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 …
Discussion: Reason, Mediaite, The Guardian and Reuters
Zachary Petrizzo / The Daily Beast:
Trump Is ‘Ready for War’ With 2024 Presidential Announcement  —  His advisers may be questioning his decision, but Trump seems dead set on announcing his candidacy Tuesday.  And prospective GOP candidates may want to tune in...  Despite a worse-than-expected Election Day, a Georgia runoff …
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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Casey Newton / Platformer:
Inside the Twitter meltdown  —  Elon is speaking.  VPs are resigning.  Is bankruptcy next?  —  and Zoë Schiffer  —  Everything went from bad to worse at Twitter on Thursday.  Today let's talk about a truly chaotic 24 hours at the company, and the mounting fears over what it means …
Bloomberg:
Musk Warns Twitter Bankruptcy Possible as Senior Executives Exit
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.
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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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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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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.
Discussion: Raw Story and Washington Post
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 …
Kate Bennett / CNN:
Tiffany Trump's wedding assembles a family divided over its patriarch's political future  —  Watch: Why Trump's possible 2024 election bid is causing division in the family Would Kari Lake accept a loss?  Reporter who tracked her campaign answers GOP governor who won in blue state has a message …
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.
CNN:
Kevin McCarthy faces rocky road to speakership as hardliners emboldened by GOP's election showing  —  Members of the pro-Trump House Freedom Caucus are withholding their support for House GOP leader Kevin McCarthy's speakership bid and have begun to lay out their list of demands …
Mary Ellen Klas / Miami Herald:
Florida legislative leaders say they will discuss further restrictions on abortions  —  Supercharged by a super-majority in the House and Senate, Florida legislative leaders broke their silence Wednesday and confirmed they are prepared to discuss further abortion restrictions in Florida in the next year.
 
 
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Burgess Everett / Politico:
GOP senators call for postponing leadership elections
Kyle Cheney / Politico:
Georgia pro-Trump ‘electors’ say they weren't clued in on Trump's Jan. 6 plans
Discussion: Raw Story 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
Lara Seligman / Politico:
U.S. bomber flight meant as a message to Iran amid threat to Saudi infrastructure
Discussion: Ynetnews and The Times of Israel
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Sabrina Schnur / Las Vegas Review-Journal:
Review-Journal Washington reporter Gary Martin dies
Discussion: Politico
Karen Heller / Washington Post:
Where does Dr. Oz — and his reputation — go from here?
Jan M. Olsen / Associated Press:
Iran-born brothers charged in Sweden with spying for Russia
New York Times:
Ukrainian Troops Enter Kherson as Russia Says Its Withdrawal There Is Complete
Simrin Singh / CBS News:
Rainn Wilson “changes” his name to raise awareness for climate change
Nicholas Fandos / New York Times:
Sean Patrick Maloney on His Loss, the Media and A.O.C.
Danielle Douglas-Gabriel / Washington Post:
Federal judge in Texas strikes down Biden's student loan forgiveness plan
 

 
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Cecilia D'Anastasio / Bloomberg:
Riot Games says it spent $250M on an unusual deal to finance two seasons of League of Legends show Arcane on Netflix; sources: there was no plan to recoup costs

Jon Phillips / PCWorld:
PCWorld executive editor Gordon Mah Ung, former Maximum PC editor-in-chief and renowned PC hardware journalist for 25+ years, died at 58 of pancreatic cancer
 
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