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8:30 AM ET, November 17, 2022

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Charles Lane / Washington Post:
At long last, Trump gives his concession speech  —  It was rambling.  It was vain.  At times, it was weird.  What's with that tale he keeps telling about giving Chancellor Angela Merkel a “white flag” to symbolize German surrender to dependence on Russian energy?
Justin Hart / Wall Street Journal:
Covid Lockdowns Disqualify Trump in 2024  —  ‘Fifteen days to stop the spread’ turned into an eternity.  —  1x  —  March, 29, 2020, is a day that should live in infamy.  The national mitigation plan against Covid-19, “15 days to stop the spread,” was about to expire.
David Rothkopf / The Daily Beast:
GOP Authoritarianism Isn't Going Anywhere After the Midterms
Discussion: Raw Story
John Nichols / The Nation:
Donald Trump Knows How to Win the Republican Presidential Nomination
Washington Post:
Republicans narrowly win House, ending full Democratic control of Congress  —  The GOP takeover will end two years of one-party control on Capitol Hill  —  Republicans on Wednesday were projected to win back control of the U.S. House with a narrow majority, dealing a blow to President Biden …
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Shane Goldmacher / New York Times:
Republicans Gain Control of the House  —  With a victory in California, Republicans captured the 218 House seats required to take a narrow majority and frustrate President Biden's agenda.  In Los Angeles, Karen Bass became the first woman elected as mayor of the nation's second-largest city.
Yuval Levin / New York Times:
Democrats Lost the Midterms, Too  —  The surprising results of the midterm elections were understandably received by Democrats with an elated mix of relief and vindication.  A president's party normally does much worse in his first midterms, and polls suggested this time would be no different.
Discussion: New York Magazine, E&E and Euractiv
Politico:
Investigating the investigators: Dem strategists to launch counterpunch to House GOP  —  A group of top Democratic strategists are launching a multi-million-dollar hub to counter an expected investigative onslaught by the likely incoming House GOP majority — digging into President Joe Biden …
Discussion: Raw Story
CNN:
Inside the White House's months of prep-work for a GOP investigative onslaught  —  More than four months before voters handed Republicans control of the House of Representatives, top White House and Department of Homeland Security officials huddled in the Roosevelt Room to prepare for that very scenario.  
Scott Wong / NBC News:
House Republicans plan investigations and possible impeachments with new majority
Discussion: emptywheel and The Federalist
Politico:
POLITICO Playbook: All eyes on Pelosi
Discussion: CNN
Julia Wick / Los Angeles Times:
Karen Bass elected mayor, becoming first woman to lead L.A.  —  Rep. Karen Bass has defeated businessman Rick Caruso in the Los Angeles mayor's race, according to an Associated Press projection Wednesday, making her the first woman and second Black Angeleno elected to lead the city in its 241-year history.
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Shawn Hubler / New York Times:
Karen Bass Becomes First Woman Elected as Los Angeles Mayor  —  Ms. Bass, a longtime congresswoman and state lawmaker, defeated Rick Caruso, a billionaire developer, to lead a city where frustration levels are high.  —  Karen Bass, a veteran Democratic congresswoman, on Wednesday became …
Michael R. Blood / Associated Press:
LA elects US Rep Karen Bass mayor, first Black woman in post  —  U.S. Rep. Karen Bass defeated developer Rick Caruso Wednesday to become the next mayor of Los Angeles, as voters elevated the first Black woman to hold the post as City Hall contends with multiple scandals that have shaken trust in government …
Brian Murphy / Washington Post:
Michael Gerson, Post columnist and Bush speechwriter on 9/11, dies at 58  —  Mr. Gerson helped shape President George W. Bush's messaging after the 9/11 attacks and then moved to The Washington Post, where he wrote about politics and faith  —  Michael Gerson, a speechwriter for President George W. Bush …
Discussion: Publishers Weekly
Alex Seitz-Wald / NBC News:
Vegan canapes and fat donations: How Sam Bankman-Fried won Washington before he lost everything  —  The 30-year-old mega-donor was building a massive, multimillion-dollar Washington operation.  Then the gravy train crashed.  —  WASHINGTON — The week before his cryptocurrency empire spectacularly collapsed …
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Kelsey Piper / Vox:
Sam Bankman-Fried tries to explain himself
Isabel Reynolds / Bloomberg:
China's Xi Set for Japan Summit as He Mends Ties With US Allies  —  Chinese President Xi Jinping is set to hold his first in-person meeting with Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida on Thursday, the latest in a series of summits that appeared aimed at calming tensions with US allies.
Tyler Kingkade / NBC News:
Moms for Liberty-backed school board members fire superintendent, ban critical race theory  —  The Berkeley County, South Carolina, school board made several big moves in its first meeting after the election.  The board's former chair said it was a “political witch hunt.”
Discussion: Twitchy
Sune Engel Rasmussen / Wall Street Journal:
Iran Hands Out More Death Sentences to Protesters  —  Sentences amplify fears that the Iranian state will use executions to suppress the demonstrations  —  Hair Cuts and Blood Stains: Three Symbols of the Iran Protests  —  Created with sketchtool.  —  1x
Discussion: Iran Human Rights
Ivana Saric / Axios:
At least 32 trans people killed in the U.S. in 2022: report  —  At least 32 transgender and gender non-conforming people have been killed in the U.S. in 2022, according to a new annual report published Wednesday by the Human Rights Campaign Foundation.
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Mike Barnes / The Hollywood Reporter:
Robert Clary, Corporal LeBeau on 'Hogan's Heroes,' Dies at 96  —  The French actor and singer spent 31 months in a concentration camp but said he had no reservations about starring in a TV comedy about the Nazis.  —  Robert Clary, the French actor, singer and Holocaust survivor …
Discussion: The Wrap and New York Post
 
 
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The Philadelphia Inquirer:
Philly DA Larry Krasner impeached by Pa. House, advancing GOP effort to remove him from office
Leah Douglas / Reuters:
Lab-grown meat cleared for human consumption by U.S. regulator
Discussion: CBS News, Bloomberg, UPI, Gizmodo and TechCrunch
Al Weaver / The Hill:
Senate votes to advance same-sex marriage bill
 

 
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OpenAI:
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Bloomberg:
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Stephanie Palazzolo / The Information:
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