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9:20 AM ET, November 17, 2023

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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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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
Philip Bump / Washington Post:
Elon Musk, TikTok and the social media ownership problem
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 …
Discussion: HotAir, Reuters, Axios, Raw Story and Mediaite
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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 …
The Messenger:
Donald Trump's 2024 Trial Schedule Drifts Into Chaos
Discussion: Raw Story and The Dispatch
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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Tom Nichols / The Atlantic:
Trump Crosses a Crucial Line  —  But Americans can still choose a better path.  —  The former president, after years of espousing authoritarian beliefs, has fully embraced the language of fascism.  But Americans—even those who have supported him—can still refuse to follow him deeper into darkness.
Discussion: Raw Story
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 federal election interference case against former President Donald Trump is coming into sharper focus, as prosecutors assert he is responsible for the violence at the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, and offer new clues about how they intend to prove it.
Lauren Irwin / The Hill:
Santos calls Ethics Committee report a ‘dirty biased act’ that ‘tramples over all of my rights’  —  Rep. George Santos (R-N.Y.) took to social media Thursday evening after the House Ethics Committee released a scathing report about his potential federal crimes, calling politics and the report “dirty.”
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Politico:
Santos ethics report finds ‘substantial evidence’ of criminal wrongdoing
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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Dan Mangan / CNBC:
Music mogul Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs sued for alleged rape, sex trafficking by singer Cassie
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 …
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.
Discussion: Bloomberg and New York Times
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 …
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.
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 …
Discussion: Raw Story and Political Wire
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.
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 …
Paula Reid / CNN:
Special counsel investigating Joe Biden's handling of classified material is not expected to bring charges  —  Special counsel Robert Hur is not expected to charge anyone in connection with the mishandling of classified documents at two locations connected to President Joe Biden, two sources close to the investigation told CNN.
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 …
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.
Discussion: The Reload
Los Angeles Times:
Cease-fire now.  The killing in Gaza must stop  —  It has become impossible to distinguish between Israel's decidedly non-surgical operation against Hamas militants in Gaza and the indiscriminate killing of Palestinian civilians.  When so-called humanitarian pauses in the bombardment …
Lunden Roberts / Daily Mail:
EXCLUSIVE: Lunden Roberts writes for DailyMail: What the mother of Hunter Biden's 5-year-old daughter REALLY thinks about their fling, his recovery from the depths of addiction and whether he can be a real dad to Navy Joan  — Lunden Roberts, the mother of Hunter's 5-year-old daughter explains …
Discussion: Breitbart, USA Today and New York Post
 
 
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Dahlia Lithwick / Slate:
Suppose They Threw a Cage Match Between Fascism and Democracy and Nobody Cared
Discussion: Digby's Hullabaloo
Hannah Ray Lambert / Fox News:
Groups fear faculty that defended Hamas could set California standards: ‘Institutionalization of antisemitism’
Discussion: CalMatters and RedState
Susanne Craig / New York Times:
How R.F.K. Jr.'s Causes Made Him Millions of Dollars
Rebecca Shabad / NBC News:
New Hampshire Democratic office is vandalized with antisemitic and white supremacist symbols
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Daniel Thomas / Financial Times:
Trade body data: copyrighted music revenue was $45.5B in 2023, above cinema box office spending of $33.2B in 2023 and $41.9B in 2019; record labels made $28.5B

Lucas Shaw / Bloomberg:
The music industry is entering a cycle of consolidation, driven by a slowdown at the major labels, the growing market for independents, and the rapacity of PE

Geneva Abdul / The Guardian:
Internal email: the UK's Reach plans to merge staff at The Daily Mirror and celebrity magazine OK! to cut costs, but the move won't result in cutting of roles

 
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