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John McCormick / Wall Street Journal:
Ron DeSantis Holds Early Lead Over Donald Trump Among GOP Primary Voters, WSJ Poll Shows  —  The former president's standing among Republican voters has fallen after candidates he promoted lost in midterm elections  —  Republican primary voters have high interest in Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis …
Jennifer Agiesta / CNN:
CNN Poll: Americans have little appetite for Biden-Trump rematch in 2024
Joseph De Avila / Wall Street Journal:
Twitter Suspends Accounts Sharing Live Locations, Including the Tracker of Elon Musk's Private Jet  —  Mr. Musk says real-time posting of people's locations violates doxing policies; he previously said he wouldn't suspend the @ElonJet account  —  Elon Musk's Unconventional Management Style: Former Employees Share Stories
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Drew Harwell / Washington Post:
QAnon, adrift after Trump's defeat, finds new life in Elon Musk's Twitter  —  Among some QAnon devotees, Musk has become a figure of prophecy on par with Donald Trump  —  Twitter owner Elon Musk's boosting of far-right memes and grievances has injected new energy into the jumbled set …
Washington Post:
Twitter account that tracked Elon Musk's jet is suspended permanently  —  The move comes after Musk said he wouldn't act against the account to show his commitment to free speech.  The account's creator, once a fan of Musk's, now wonders whether it was all for show.
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Jennifer Calfas / Wall Street Journal:
SEC Charges Eight Influencers in $100 Million Securities Fraud
Reuters:
The supply chain that keeps tech flowing to Russia  —  In March this year, a new firm appeared in Turkey's corporate registry.  Azu International Ltd Sti described itself as a wholesale trader of IT products, and a week later began shipping U.S. computer parts to Russia.
NBC News:
Florida pastor and his son are arrested in alleged $8 million Covid scam  —  A Florida pastor and his son were arrested Wednesday on charges of fraudulently obtaining more than $8 million in federal Covid relief funds and attempting to use some of the money to buy a luxury home near Walt Disney World.
Discussion: Law & Crime, UPI and NBC New York
Talking Points Memo:
Texts Show How Members Of Congress Advanced ‘Antifa’ Conspiracy Theories In The Wake Of Jan. 6  —  Within two hours of protesters breaking the first barricades at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, right-wing politicians and media figures were already texting President Trump's Chief …
Dan Lamothe / Washington Post:
U.S. planning to give Ukraine smart-bomb kits  —  Joint Direct Attack Munition kits incorporate global positioning devices for precision and can be bolted onto a variety of weapons and aircraft  —  The Biden administration is planning to send Ukraine advanced electronic equipment …
TMZ.com:
‘Ellen’ DJ Stephen ‘tWitch’ Boss Dead at 40 by Suicide  —  9:49 AM PT — Ellen DeGeneres just paid tribute to her friend, Stephen “tWitch” Boss, writing, “I'm heartbroken. tWitch was pure love and light.  He was my family, and I loved him with all my heart.  I will miss him.
Brooke Leigh Howard / The Daily Beast:
Right-Wing Student Leader's Racist Post Sparks Firestorm at Mizzou  —  Classmates want the now-former president of the school's Turning Point USA chapter expelled over the post, which included the n-word.  —  University of Missouri students want a fellow classmate expelled after she shared …
Discussion: Raw Story
Bloomberg:
In 60 Seconds Before CPI Hit, Heavy Trading Drove Mystery Rally  —  Karine Jean-Pierre, the press secretary for President Joe Biden, quickly brushed off the question when it came in toward the end of her daily press conference Tuesday.  No, she said, there was no chance that anyone …
Discussion: New York Post and Frontpage Mag
Warren Rojas / Insider:
Former adversary John Boehner praises ‘incredibly effective’ outgoing Speaker Nancy Pelosi in tearful Capitol Hill tribute  — Former Speaker John Boehner had nothing but kind words for Nancy Pelosi on Wednesday.  — The Ohio Republican praised his one-time foil at her official portrait unveiling on Capitol Hill.
Financial Times:
Bahamian authorities were tipped off by top Bankman-Fried associate  —  FTX executive told securities regulator crypto exchange was likely funnelling cash to Alameda trading firm  —  One of Sam Bankman-Fried's close associates told Bahamian regulators in the days before FTX collapsed …
Discussion: CoinDesk
Washington Post:
House votes to remove bust of Dred Scott decision author from Capitol  —  The House on Wednesday passed a bill that would remove a bust at the U.S. Capitol of Roger B. Taney, the chief justice who authored the majority Supreme Court opinion protecting slavery in Dred Scott v. Sandford.
Discussion: NBC News, CBS News and Insider
Arthur Delaney / HuffPost:
Elizabeth Warren: The Federal Reserve Is Trying ‘To Get More People Fired’  —  Democrats are increasingly worried about the Federal Reserve tanking the economy.  —  WASHINGTON — The Federal Reserve is coming under increasing political pressure to stop raising interest rates as aggressively as it has done so this year.
Discussion: Insider, Fortune, Reuters and Bloomberg
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Rachel Siegel / Washington Post:
Fed raises rates by half a percentage point in last 2022 hike
Washington Post:
The surprising reasons parts of Earth are warming more slowly  —  It has become common to focus on the fastest-warming places, regions where human-charged climate change is raising temperatures at an alarming speed.  In the Arctic, where sea ice is rapidly disappearing …
Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:
Republicans Don't Have a ‘Candidate-Quality Problem,’ They Have a Crazy-People Problem … The most consistent theme articulated by the Republican Establishment in response to the midterm elections is a determination to solve what Mitch McConnell euphemistically called its “candidate-quality problem.”
Washington Post:
Texas attorney general's office sought state data on transgender Texans  —  HOUSTON — Employees at the Texas Department of Public Safety in June received a sweeping request from Republican Attorney General Ken Paxton's office: to compile a list of individuals who had changed their gender …
getrevue.co:
a native internet protocol for social media  —  By subscribing, you agree with Revue's Terms of Service and Privacy Policy and understand that jack's will receive your email address.  —  jack's  —  There's a lot of conversation around the #TwitterFiles.  Here's my take, and thoughts on how to fix the issues identified.
Puck:
Thiel's Red Scare  —  Despite concern that a demoralized and “blackpilled” Peter Thiel might retreat from G.O.P. fundraising after his midterm setback in Arizona, the conservative billionaire has a few thoughts for the Republican Party.  On Tuesday evening, Thiel delivered a searing indictment …
Discussion: Political Wire and Mother Jones
Vanessa Friedman / New York Times:
Michelle Obama's Fashion Declaration of Independence  —  The former first lady dressed with a new sense of freedom on her book tour.  —  When is a book tour not just a book tour?  When it is a platform for the refashioning, literally, of a major public figure — when it is a way for someone whose image …
Discussion: W and Althouse
Kaelan Deese / Washington Examiner:
Texas Veterans Affairs sued by nurse over compelled abortion services  —  The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs rule that requires its facilities to offer abortion counseling and procedures is being challenged in court by health professionals who said it violates their religious liberties.
Discussion: The Hill, Military Times, CNN and Fox News
Steve Miller / RealClearInvestigations:
With Passenger Mask Mandate Gone, Flight Turbulence Stats Improve Markedly  —  Flight cabin disruptions over masks, like the one shown, are much less likely now.  With a Biden administration mandate overturned, incidents are down 74%.  —  The friendly skies too often resembled “season's beatings” …
Discussion: The Daily Caller and In The Know
Anne Applebaum / The Atlantic:
China's War Against Taiwan Has Already Started  —  In 2018, a typhoon stranded thousands of people at Kansai International Airport, near Osaka, Japan.  Among them were some tourists from Taiwan.  Normally, this story might not have had much political meaning.
Discussion: The Hill
ProPublica:
Conservative Activist Poured Millions Into Groups Seeking to Influence Supreme Court on Elections and Discrimination  —  Newly obtained records show how Leonard Leo, an architect of the right-wing takeover of the courts, has been funding groups pushing to change elections and anti-discrimination laws.
Bryan Pietsch / Washington Post:
Oregon governor commutes sentences for state's 17 death row inmates  —  Oregon Gov. Kate Brown (D) on Tuesday commuted the sentences of all 17 people on the state's death row, changing their punishment from execution to life in prison without the possibility of parole.
Joseph Simonson / Washington Free Beacon:
Buttigieg Vacationed in Europe as Rail Unions Were on Verge of Strike  —  As rail contract negotiations entered a period of crisis in September, Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg phoned in from over 3,500 miles away during a vacation in Porto, Portugal, a posh tourist destination best known …
Sarah Whites-Koditschek / al.com:
Alabama inmate ‘literally baked to death’ in overheated prison cell, says lawsuit  —  Thomas Lee Rutledge, 44, died alone in an Alabama prison cell two years ago, sitting with his face pressed to his window, trying to breathe in cold air, as the heat piped into the mental health unit rose to an extreme level …
Discussion: The Root and Raw Story
Michelle Nichols / Reuters:
Iran ousted from U.N. women's commission after U.S. campaign  —  Iran was ousted from a United Nations women's body on Wednesday for policies contrary to the rights of women and girls, a move proposed by the United States after Tehran's brutal crackdown on protests sparked by the death of a young woman in custody.
 
 
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Shelby ending career as Alabama's longest-serving senator
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Trump on ‘Fast Track’ to Prosecution as DOJ Gets Documents Needed to Indict
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Georgia secretary of state Brad Raffensperger calls for an end to runoff elections
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