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8:40 AM ET, November 16, 2022

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Domenico Montanaro / NPR:
Donald Trump, who tried to overturn Biden's legitimate election, launches 2024 bid  —  Donald Trump, who tried to overthrow the results of the 2020 presidential election and inspired a deadly riot at the Capitol in a desperate attempt to keep himself in power, announced he is running again for president in 2024
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National Review:
No.  —  To paraphrase Voltaire after he attended an orgy, once was an experiment, twice would be perverse.  —  A bruised Donald Trump announced a new presidential bid on Tuesday night, an invitation to double down on the outrages and failures of the last several years that Republicans should reject without hesitation or doubt.
Discussion: Mediaite and New York Post
NBC News:
Trump, whose lies about the 2020 election inspired an insurrection, announces third White House bid  —  PALM BEACH, Fla. — Donald Trump, the only president impeached twice, launched a campaign to reclaim the Oval Office on Tuesday, two years after voters ousted him and a week after they rejected …
George T. Conway III / Washington Post:
Trump is out for vengeance — and to protect himself from prosecution  —  He was always going to run.  Absent incarceration or interment, and perhaps only the latter, he inevitably would seek the presidency again.  His narcissism, his megalomania, his delicate yet illimitable ego, would have it no other way.
Discussion: HuffPost
Axios:
Scoop: Stephen Schwarzman comes out against Trump in major defection  —  Stephen Schwarzman — chairman, CEO and co-founder of private-equity giant Blackstone — says in a statement to Axios that he's defecting from former President Trump for the 2024 presidential race.
Discussion: New York Times and The Guardian
Charles Sykes / MSNBC:
Trump's secret 2024 weapon? He's ready to burn it all down
Discussion: The Gateway Pundit
Chris Cillizza / CNN:
Democrats are openly rooting for another Trump presidential bid
Discussion: Just The News, Raw Story and Newsday
Timothy L. O'Brien / Bloomberg:
Trump Reminds Republicans He's Not Going Away
Matthew Yglesias / Slow Boring:
I would like to know Ron DeSantis' opinions on major policy issues
Discussion: Washington Post
Philip Wallach / Washington Post:
We can now quantify Trump's sabotage of the GOP's House dreams
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NBC News:
Poland blast most likely wasn't deliberate attack, NATO Secretary General says  —  Tuesday's explosion in Poland was most likely not the result of a deliberate attack and there is no indication that Russia is preparing offensive military operations against NATO, the alliance's Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said.
Associated Press:
Biden: ‘Unlikely’ missile that hit Poland fired from Russia  —  President Joe Biden said Wednesday it was “unlikely” that a missile that killed two in NATO-ally Poland was fired from Russia, but he pledged support for Poland's investigation into what it had called a “Russian-made” missile.
Colin Meyn / The Hill:
Poland calls NATO meeting after Russian-made missile kills two
Politico:
Western leaders on high alert after explosion in Poland kills 2
Associated Press:
Poland: Russian-made missile fell on our country, killing 2
New York Times:
Elon Musk Fires Twitter Employees Who Criticized Him  —  Mr. Musk, who is rapidly transforming the social media company, also has cut its contractor work force.  —  SAN FRANCISCO — Elon Musk continued cutting Twitter's work force in his third week of owning the social media company …
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Washington Post:
Musk issues ultimatum to staff: Commit to ‘hardcore’ Twitter or take severance  —  It comes as Musk's first major feature, Twitter Blue Verified, was halted while the company probes issues that arose from its launch  —  SAN FRANCISCO — Elon Musk issued an ultimatum to Twitter employees Wednesday morning …
Washington Post:
Republican infighting roils Congress as midterms fallout continues  —  Leaders in both chambers faced open revolt from some members as they make their selections  —  Republicans in both chambers of Congress mounted challenges to their leaders on Tuesday as disappointment over their lackluster performance …
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Alex Isenstadt / Politico:
Senators float audit of Rick Scott's NRSC  —  The GOP's post-election finger-pointing intensified Tuesday, with two senators calling for an audit of the National Republican Senatorial Committee.  —  During a tense, three-hour-long meeting of the Senate GOP Conference, Sens. Marsha Blackburn …
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Tyler Olson / Fox News:
Rick Scott announces plan to unseat Mitch McConnell as the top Republican in the Senate
Mary Margaret Olohan / The Daily Signal:
Ron Johnson, Mike Braun Back Rick Scott to Unseat Mitch McConnell
Discussion: Breitbart
Burgess Everett / Politico:
McConnell faces leadership challenge from Rick Scott as conservatives steam
Jessica Valenti / Abortion, Every Day:
Abortion, Every Day (11.15.22)  —  Leaked audio: Anti-abortion group tells TN lawmakers when to go after IVF & contraception  —  Appears in this episode  —  Daily audio updates & commentary on abortion in the United States. … In the states...  Let's start with good news …
Discussion: ProPublica and Axios
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Selena Simmons-Duffin / NPR:
Her miscarriage left her bleeding profusely. An Ohio ER sent her home to wait
Discussion: Watch Night News and Jezebel
Brooke Singman / Fox News:
Ivanka Trump says she loves her father but does ‘not plan to be involved in politics’  —  Ivanka Trump does ‘not plan’ to continue being involved in politics despite her father's announced 2024 presidential run  —  Trump facing calls to delay ‘big announcement’ at Mar-a-Lago
Wall Street Journal:
Kari Lake's Loss Destroys ‘Stop the Steal’  —  Arizona candidates who took the Trump line on 2020 won fewer votes than a GOP state Treasurer.  —  By The Editorial Board  —  If anyone needs more evidence that “Stop the Steal” was a loser for the GOP this year, the party's Arizona wipeout is definitive.
Washington Post:
D.C. Council passes new criminal code, despite some objections  —  The bill will now go to Mayor Muriel E. Bowser, who has said she is concerned about some aspects of it  —  The D.C. Council unanimously approved a major overhaul of the city's criminal code Tuesday, despite objections …
Discussion: NBC4 Washington
Victoria Bekiempis / Rolling Stone:
Trump's Money Man Just Linked Him to Tax Fraud Scheme  —  A major untaxed perk was “authorized by Donald Trump,” his former CFO Allen Weisselberg testifies  —  FORMER TRUMP ORGANIZATION chief financial officer Allen Weisselberg testified Tuesday that Donald Trump personally green-lighted untaxed benefits …
Donie O'Sullivan / CNN:
Facebook fact-checkers will stop checking Trump after presidential bid announcement  —  Facebook's fact-checkers will need to stop fact-checking former President Donald Trump following the announcement that he is running for president, according to a company memo obtained by CNN.
 
 
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Arsalan Shahla / Bloomberg:
Night of Deadly Iran Protests Sparks Crackdown and More Arrests
Politico:
White House's hopes for a lame-duck debt ceiling deal are fading fast
Discussion: Roll Call
Javier Espinoza / Financial Times:
Elon Musk's Twitter on ‘collision course’ with EU regulators
Discussion: TechCrunch and The Root
Daniel Nichanian / Bolts:
Nine Midterm Stories You Should Not Miss on Criminal Justice and Voting Rights
Discussion: Brookings
Yair Rosenberg / The Atlantic:
Chappelle Was Right  —  As I watched Dave Chappelle's much-discussed Saturday Night Live …
Discussion: The Daily Beast and Variety
Miami Herald:
DeSantis aides celebrated success luring migrants onto flights. Then the law stepped in
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Starbucks Denied There's Mold in the Ice Machine at Posh Manhattan Reserve Roastery. Food Safety Inspectors Found It.
Wall Street Journal:
Gov. Kristi Noem Suggests Ronna McDaniel Shouldn't Remain as RNC Chair
Discussion: Washington Times
New York Times:
New York City Reaches Deal to Build Soccer Stadium in Queens
Discussion: Newsday and New York Daily News
Washington Post:
Federal judge strikes down Trump-era border policy known as Title 42
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John Koblin / New York Times:
NBC names Craig Melvin as Hoda Kotb's successor on Today, teaming up with Savannah Guthrie, starting January 13; Melvin has been Today's news anchor since 2018

Katie Kilkenny / The Hollywood Reporter:
On Fox News, LA Times owner Patrick Soon-Shiong discussed his new approach to publish “views from both sides”, and said the paper had conflated news and opinion

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