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Eric Hananoki / Media Matters for America:
As Musk endorses antisemitic conspiracy theory, X has been placing ads for Apple, Bravo, IBM, Oracle, and Xfinity next to pro-Nazi content — CEO Linda Yaccarino previously claimed that brands are “protected from the risk of being next to” toxic posts — Update (11/16/23) …
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Ryan Mac / New York Times:
X Races to Contain Damage After Elon Musk Endorses Antisemitic Post — IBM, a major advertiser on X, has pulled its spending from the social media platform whose employees are grappling with what to tell its other advertisers, according to internal messages.
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Todd Spangler / Variety:
IBM Immediately Suspends Advertising From X/Twitter After Discovering Its Ads Appeared Next to Pro-Nazi Content … “IBM has zero tolerance for hate speech and discrimination and we have immediately suspended all advertising on X while we investigate this entirely unacceptable situation,” a company rep said in a statement to Variety.
Nicholas Vinocur / Politico:
No more ads on Elon's X, EU Commission tells staff
No more ads on Elon's X, EU Commission tells staff
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The Economist:
Donald Trump poses the biggest danger to the world in 2024 — What his victory in America's election would mean — Enjoy more audio and podcasts on iOS or Android. — A shadow looms over the world. In this week's edition we publish The World Ahead 2024, our 38th annual predictive guide …
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Politico:
Playbook: The case for triangulation on immigration — With help from Eli Okun, Garrett Ross and Bethany Irvine — DRIVING THE DAY — THE SPIRIT OF '68 — “Violent clash at DNC headquarters sparks concern over convention security,” by Shia Kapos: “A pro-Palestinian protest …
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Amy B Wang / Washington Post:
George Santos faces new motion to expel him from Congress — Rep. George Santos (R-N.Y.) is facing a new motion to expel him from Congress, one day after the House Ethics Committee released a scathing report that found “substantial evidence” Santos had knowingly violated ethics guidelines, House rules and criminal laws.
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Nick Visser / HuffPost:
Donald Trump Posts Tirade Against Judge, Court Clerk Hours After Gag Order Paused — The former president called a court staffer a “Trump Hating Clerk,” who is “politically biased and out of control.” — LOADING — Former President Donald Trump went on a tirade against the judge overseeing …
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William Vaillancourt / The Daily Beast:
CNN Airs New Tape of Trump Discussing Capitol Trip on Jan. 6 — WON'T BACK DOWN — In a taped interview for ABC News reporter Jonathan Karl's book, Tired of Winning, former President Donald Trump said that if he had been allowed to go to the Capitol during the Jan. 6 insurrection …
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Carrie Johnson / NPR:
The election interference case against Trump is taking shape
The election interference case against Trump is taking shape
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A.L. Lee / UPI:
Study: 58% of world's richest companies quietly lobby against climate policies — Pledges by the world's largest corporations to fight climate change frequently do not align with their lobbying efforts, with more than half of companies at risk of engaging in misleading practices known as …
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Associated Press:
New York authorities make largest-ever seizure of knock-off goods, worth more than $1B — Photographs released by prosecutors showed shelves stacked with counterfeit wallets and bags. — NEW YORK — Federal authorities in New York announced on Wednesday the largest-ever seizure of counterfeit goods …
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Camille Mumford / Emerson Polling:
Ohio 2024 Poll: Brown Tops Potential GOP Opponents in the U.S. Senate Race — Trump and Biden Comfortably Lead Republican and Democratic Primaries — A new Emerson College Polling/WJW-TV Fox 8 Cleveland survey of Ohio voters finds Democratic Senator Sherrod Brown leading potential Republican opponents …
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Reuters:
Argentina on a knife-edge as presidential election offers clashing visions of the future — Argentine voters are angry and afraid. Which is stronger will tip the balance of the South American country's presidential election on Sunday and may reshape its diplomatic ties, economic future, and the wider region's political fault lines.
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Axios:
Scoop: Biden's team weighs joining TikTok to court young voters … - Despite the security concerns several prominent Democrats who have signaled presidential ambitions have joined TikTok, in part to reach young voters who are crucial to the party's chances in the 2024 elections.
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Washington Post:
Failure at the fence: How Israel's vaunted ‘Iron Wall’ crumbled — In December 2021, Israel's military said a high-tech upgrade to the barrier that had long surrounded the Gaza Strip would protect nearby Israeli residents from the threat of violence from militants.
Washington Post:
How Osama bin Laden's ‘Letter to America’ reached millions online — Videos citing the document had been viewed far less than many TikTok posts. Then a journalist made a compilation and posted it to X, causing attention to the manifesto to explode. — On Monday, a TikTok user with 371 followers …
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Jordyn Hermani / MLive.com:
Secret source informed prosecutors in Michigan voting machine probe — With an MLive.com subscription, you can gift 10 Subscriber Exclusive articles per month to anyone, including non-subscribers. — Already a subscriber? … Disclaimer — Use of and/or registration on any portion …
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Politico:
Eric Adams attended nearly 80 events celebrating Turkey — The New York mayor called the country, now at the center of an FBI probe of his campaign, “a dynamic place to do business.” — NEW YORK — As Brooklyn borough president, Eric Adams attended nearly 80 events over eight years to celebrate Turkey …
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U.S. Department of Education:
List of Open Title VI Shared Ancestry Investigations — Protecting Students > Race, Color, or National Origin Discrimination > Issues >> — As a public service, the Office for Civil Rights (OCR) publishes this list of elementary-secondary and post-secondary institutions …
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Washington Post:
The hidden biases at play in the U.S. Senate — People of color get significantly less representation than White voters. And that's not the only way the Senate is skewed. — The United States Senate was never designed to represent all people equally. But over recent decades …
Reuters:
Florida sued over ban on pro-Palestinian student groups — “This attack on free speech is dangerous,” said Howard Simon, interim executive director of ACLU of Florida. — The American Civil Liberties Union challenged Florida's ban on pro-Palestinian university groups …
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CNN:
Exclusive: Department of Education opens seven school investigations over alleged incidents of antisemitism and Islamophobia — The Department of Education has launched investigations into seven schools after receiving complaints about alleged incidents of antisemitism and Islamophobia, an administration official tells CNN.
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Ben Sisario / New York Times:
Sean Combs Is Accused by Cassie of Rape and Years of Abuse in Lawsuit — In the suit, the singer says Mr. Combs, known as Puff Daddy or Diddy, subjected her to a pattern of control and abuse over about a decade. Mr. Combs “vehemently” denied the allegations.
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CNN:
CNN Exclusive: Special counsel using California grand jury in Hunter Biden probe, subpoenas his uncle James Biden — Special counsel prosecutors are using a Los Angeles grand jury to seek documents and possible testimony from multiple witnesses as part of the ongoing federal investigation …
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Eduardo Medina / New York Times:
Ohio Man Who Attacked Officers on Jan. 6 Gets Nearly 5 Years in Prison — Kenneth Joseph Owen Thomas has failed to express remorse for his actions that day and turned his notoriety as a rioter into a brand, prosecutors said. — An Ohio man who assaulted law enforcement officers during …
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Washington Post:
Don't just be horrified. Ban AR-15s, bump stocks and large magazines. — Even the best-written accounts cannot fully convey the carnage of mass shootings. The frequency and lethality of massacres on U.S. soil numb society to the moral outrage of slaughtered innocents.
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