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Taylor Lorenz / Washington Post:
‘Opening the gates of hell’: Musk says he will revive banned accounts — The Twitter chief says he will reinstate accounts suspended for threats, harassment and misinformation beginning next week — Elon Musk plans to reinstate nearly all previously banned Twitter accounts …
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Associated Press:
Musk says granting ‘amnesty’ to suspended Twitter accounts — New Twitter owner Elon Musk said Thursday that he is granting “amnesty” for suspended accounts, which online safety experts predict will spur a rise in harassment, hate speech and misinformation.
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Julian Borger / The Guardian:
Iranian advisers killed aiding Russians in Crimea, says Kyiv — Top security official says Tehran military personnel in occupied areas will be ‘targeted’ — Ukraine's top security official has confirmed that Iranian military advisers have been killed in Crimea, and warned that any other Iranians …
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Financial Times:
Zelenskyy vows Ukraine will withstand Russian attacks on power networks — ‘We must return all lands,’ Ukrainian president tells the FT — Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Russia's new strategy to destroy Ukraine's infrastructure and plunge it into darkness would not weaken the country's resolve …
Wall Street Journal:
Ukraine Scrambles to Restore Power After Russian Missile Strikes
Ukraine Scrambles to Restore Power After Russian Missile Strikes
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Gaia Pianigiani / New York Times:
Pope Francis compares Russia's war against Ukraine to a devastating Stalin-era famine.
Pope Francis compares Russia's war against Ukraine to a devastating Stalin-era famine.
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Wall Street Journal:
Jeffrey Epstein Accusers Sue Deutsche Bank, JPMorgan — Lawsuits claim banks facilitated sex trafficking and ignored red flags — Women who accused Jeffrey Epstein of sexual abuse are suing Deutsche Bank AG DB 1.62%increase; green up pointing triangle and JPMorgan Chase JPM 1.07%increase …
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Jeremy W. Peters / New York Times:
Sarah Palin Loses as the Party She Helped Transform Moves Past Her — The former Alaska governor, once the standard-bearer of the G.O.P.'s dog-whistling, no-apologies culture, was no match for the same forces she rode to national prominence. — It is hard to overstate just how much of a jolt …
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Nathaniel Herz / Washington Post:
Lisa Murkowski and Mary Peltola win Alaska races, defeating Trump-backed opponents
Lisa Murkowski and Mary Peltola win Alaska races, defeating Trump-backed opponents
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Steven Shepard / Politico:
Murkowski, Peltola win in Alaska
Murkowski, Peltola win in Alaska
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Alex Seitz-Wald / NBC News:
There is a growing shadow campaign to defend Joe Biden from House Republicans — WASHINGTON — As Republicans prepare to use their new House majority to probe the Biden administration and the business dealings of the president's son Hunter, Democrats are assembling a constellation of groups to respond.
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Tyler Pager / Washington Post:
White House likely to honor some GOP probes but not those on Hunter
White House likely to honor some GOP probes but not those on Hunter
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Molly Crane-Newman / New York Daily News:
E. Jean Carroll sues Donald Trump for alleged 1990s rape under New York Adult Survivors Act — The writer E. Jean Carroll sued Donald Trump for allegedly raping her in the 1990s just after midnight Thursday as a New York law took effect opening a window for sex assault victims to sue their alleged assailants.
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James Bickerton / Newsweek:
Herschel Walker Committed ‘Election Fraud’ With Texas Residence: Analysts — Herschel Walker has been accused of committing “election fraud” following reports he received a primary residence tax exemption for his home in Dallas, Texas, whilst running for the Senate in Georgia.
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Amelia Gentleman / The Guardian:
‘An explosion’: what is behind the rise in girls questioning their gender identity? — As the NHS reviews gender referrals, parents, clinicians and young people reveal the social, medical and emotional challenges they face — Earlier this year, a team of NHS researchers was asked …
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Nikiya Natale / The Nation:
We're Thankful for Our Abortions — Many people who have abortions celebrate their experience. Here's why my colleagues and I at We Testify are thankful. — This time of year is... complicated. For many people, this season calls for reflection and gratitude.
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John Nichols / The Nation:
FDR Served Up a Critique of Capitalism With His Thanksgiving Proclamations — The 32nd president regularly decried “greed and selfishness and striving for undue riches.” — Franklin Delano Roosevelt wasn't a socialist. But, like Abraham Lincoln before him, the 32nd president enjoyed …
Brad Dress / The Hill:
Russia's parliament passes law banning ‘gay’ and ‘pedophilia’ propaganda — Russia's lower house of parliament on Thursday passed a new law banning all forms of “gay propaganda,” as well as the “propaganda of pedophilia and sex change” among adults. — The bill passed unanimously …
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Ben Samuels / Haaretz:
Trump Hosts Holocaust Revisionist Nick Fuentes and Kanye West at Mar-a-Lago — Fuentes and West are the latest figures with known histories of extremism and explicit antisemitic remarks to meet with Trump since he announced his 2024 presidential candidacy earlier this month
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E. Jean Carroll / Ask E. Jean:
Thank You to the Greatest Civil Rights Attorneys in the Nation! — Carroll v Trump — Dearest friends, tonight, a few minutes after midnight, we filed the rape suit against the former president. — The new suit may ruin the former president's Thanksgiving, but it will be nourishing …