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12:00 PM ET, November 16, 2022

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Hugo Gurdon / Washington Examiner:
Trump 3.0 is a changed man — he's now a loser  —  Democrats got their wish.  Republicans, for the second time in a week, failed to get theirs.  Former President Donald Trump has announced he'll seek the GOP presidential nomination in 2024.  —  This means that for the next two years …
Discussion: The Hill, IJR and Al Jazeera
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Nate Cohn / New York Times:
Trump's Drag on Republicans Quantified: A Five-Point Penalty  —  An analysis based on House districts shows a pattern in the results of his preferred primary candidates.  —  Donald J. Trump's announcement on Tuesday that he would run for president in 2024 came at an especially awkward time for Republicans.
Matthew Yglesias / Slow Boring:   I would like to know Ron DeSantis' opinions on major policy issues
Maggie Haberman / New York Times:   Pence on Trump's 2024 Run: 'I Think We'll Have Better Choices'
Domenico Montanaro / NPR:
Donald Trump, who tried to overturn Biden's legitimate election, launches 2024 bid
Axios:
Trump's low-energy reset
Wall Street Journal:
NATO Says Missile That Hit Poland Was Likely Ukraine Air Defense  —  Alliance meeting assesses fatal explosion that occurred amid Russian barrage across Ukraine  —  BRUSSELS—Top NATO officials said a missile that crashed in Poland and killed two people was likely a Russian-made weapon fired …
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Politico:
Western leaders on high alert after explosion in Poland kills 2
Associated Press:
Poland: Russian-made missile fell on our country, killing 2
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 …
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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 …
Javier Espinoza / Financial Times:
Elon Musk's Twitter on ‘collision course’ with EU regulators
Discussion: TechCrunch
Jon Gabriel / CNN:
Kari Lake told Arizona's McCain Republicans to ‘get the hell out.’ They did  —  Editor's Note: Jon Gabriel is Editor-in-Chief of Ricochet.com and an opinion contributor to the Arizona Republic.  Follow him on Twitter at @ExJon.  The views expressed here are his own.  Read more opinion at CNN.
Discussion: National Review and Raw Story
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Wall Street Journal:
Kari Lake's Loss Destroys ‘Stop the Steal’
Elaine Godfrey / The Atlantic:   ‘Stop the Steal’ Isn't Conceding
Hailey Fuchs / Politico:
Two anonymous $425 million donations gives dark money conservative group a massive haul  —  DonorsTrust took in more than $1 billion in 2021, according to its tax filing.  It came from three donations.  The identities of those donors remains a secret.  —  Federalist Society Executive Vice …
Sudhin Thanawala / Associated Press:
Judge overturns Georgia's ban on abortion around 6 weeks  —  A judge overturned Georgia's ban on abortion starting around six weeks into a pregnancy, ruling Tuesday that it violated the U.S. Constitution and U.S. Supreme Court precedent when it was enacted three years ago and was therefore void.
Discussion: New York Times
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Atlanta Journal-Constitution:
The Jolt: Abortion ruling puts spotlight on Kemp and GOP lawmakers
Discussion: ProPublica
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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Semafor:
Good morning Washington! Good morning Palm Beach!
Discussion: Washington Post
CNN:
Fact check: 20 false and misleading claims Trump made in his announcement speech
Discussion: Semafor
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 …
David Harsanyi / The Federalist:
‘National Conservatism’ Is A Dead End  —  A rant.  —  Since a civil war is about to break out and destroy the modern Republican Party — fingers crossed — let me tell you what grinds my gears.  —  Young NatCons, many of whom I know and like, seem to be under the impression …
John Ganz / Unpopular Front:
An Attempt at Intellectual Fraud, Pt. 2  —  Phil Magness Can't Stop Lying  —  There is apparently no low to which Phil Magness will not stoop to defend his shoddy thesis that Marx was a “relatively obscure” figure in European intellectual life prior to the Russian Revolution.
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
Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
John Fetterman made big gains in Trump country.  New data reveals how.  —  For years, John Fetterman has wagered that steadily showing up in areas hostile to Democrats would ultimately pay off.  After getting elected as Pennsylvania's lieutenant governor in 2018, Fetterman conducted a listening tour of the state's 67 counties.
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 …
NBC News:
UVa knew of gun conviction against student before triple murder but never started discipline process  —  CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. — The University of Virginia admitted Tuesday it knew triple-murder suspect Christopher Darnell Jones Jr. had been convicted of a weapons charge weeks …
Discussion: CNN, WGN-TV, New York Post and UPI
Ian Talley / Wall Street Journal:
Ukrainian Analysis Identifies Western Supply Chain Behind Iran's Drones  —  Russia's use of Tehran-provided unmanned aircraft built with foreign parts demonstrates limits of international sanctions  —  New intelligence collected from downed Iranian drones in Ukraine shows that a majority …
 
 
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Sydney Bauer / The Daily Beast:
Trans Americans Face ‘Epidemic of Violence,’ Human Rights Campaign Says
Discussion: The Hill and KTAR.com
Jack Lobel / USA Today:
Gen Z voted and it was a W for democracy. We can no longer be a political afterthought.
CNN:
Artemis I mission takes flight in historic leap forward for NASA's moon program
Taylor Popielarz / Spectrum News 1 Ohio:
Ohio Sen. Sherrod Brown will seek fourth term in 2024
Discussion: The Hill
Selena Simmons-Duffin / NPR:
Her miscarriage left her bleeding profusely. An Ohio ER sent her home to wait
Discussion: Watch Night News and Jezebel
Bloomberg:
Iran Sentences More Protesters to Death Amid Mounting Unrest
Discussion: PolitiFact and Al Jazeera
Politico:
White House's hopes for a lame-duck debt ceiling deal are fading fast
Discussion: Brookings
 Earlier Items: 
Daniel Nichanian / Bolts:
Nine Midterm Stories You Should Not Miss on Criminal Justice and Voting Rights
Discussion: Washington Post
Yair Rosenberg / The Atlantic:
Chappelle Was Right  —  As I watched Dave Chappelle's much-discussed Saturday Night Live …
Discussion: Variety and The Daily Beast
Miami Herald:
DeSantis aides celebrated success luring migrants onto flights. Then the law stepped in
New York Times:
New York City Reaches Deal to Build Soccer Stadium in Queens
Discussion: Newsday
Theodore Schleifer / Puck:
Inside the S.B.F. Blast Radius