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2:20 PM ET, November 17, 2023

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Akayla Gardner / Bloomberg:
White House Condemns Elon Musk's ‘Abhorrent’ Endorsement of Antisemitism  — European Commission and IBM halt X ads, citing hate speech  — Antisemitic incidents have spiked amid Israel-Hamas war
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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.
Sapna Maheshwari / New York Times:
Jewish Celebrities and Influencers Confront TikTok Executives in Private Call
Todd Spangler / Variety:
IBM Immediately Suspends Advertising From X/Twitter After Discovering Its Ads Appeared Next to Pro-Nazi Content
Washington Post:
How Osama bin Laden's ‘Letter to America’ reached millions online
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
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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James D. Zirin / Washington Monthly:
Has Trump Gone Even Crazier?  —  Litigation under the Fourteenth Amendment is pending in 21 states to disqualify Donald Trump from the ballot on the ground that he “engaged in an insurrection” in and around January 6, 2021.  He's prevailed preliminarily in two states thus far.
Discussion: Raw Story and Los Angeles Times
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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CNN:
House Ethics chairman introduces resolution to expel George Santos from Congress
Kevin Breuninger / CNBC:
GOP House Ethics chair files new bid to expel George Santos after scathing report alleges theft
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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New York Times:
Biden Faces Economic Challenges As Cost of Living Despair Floods TikTok  —  Economic despair dominates social media as young people fret about the cost of living.  It offers a snapshot of the challenges facing Democrats ahead of the 2024 election.  —  Look at economic data …
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Alex Thompson / Axios:
Scoop: Christie tells donors he still can beat Trump … - The former New Jersey governor's appeal in the Granite State has made it difficult for any other non-Trump candidates to get within striking distance of Trump in the state — namely former South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley, who has been rising in polls lately.
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Melissa Nann Burke / The Detroit News:
2 Michigan lawmakers trapped as police clash with pro-Palestinian protesters in D.C.  —  Washington ― Michigan Democratic U.S. Reps. Debbie Dingell and Hillary Scholten were briefly trapped with other lawmakers inside a Democratic National Committee building on Capitol Hill …
Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
Senate Republicans get ready to roll Tuberville on military holds  —  Republican senators are laying the groundwork to vote before Christmas on a Democratic-drafted resolution to circumvent the blockade that Alabama Sen. Tommy Tuberville (R) has placed in front of more than 400 military nominees.
Jake Lahut / The Daily Beast:
‘No Labels’ Tax Forms Reveal Execs Cashing In on 2024 Hype  —  According to tax documents obtained by The Daily Beast, the centrist group plotting a 2024 challenge is raising lots of dough, padding its leaders' paychecks. … No Labels, No Worries  —  As the centrist group No Labels gears …
Discussion: Sludge, Washington Post and Raw Story
Emily Birnbaum / Bloomberg:
Trump Adviser Stephen Miller's Legal Group Rakes in $44 Million  —  A conservative legal group led by longtime Donald Trump adviser Stephen Miller reported a nearly 600% jump in its revenue, raising $44 million in 2022 compared with $6 million in 2021, according to a new tax filing.
Hugo Lowell / The Guardian:
Trump classified documents trial running about four months behind schedule  —  Judge Aileen Cannon put off setting deadline for Trump to submit notice about what classified information he intends to use at trial  —  Donald Trump's trial on charges that he retained classified documents …
Reuters:
U.S. officials insist Hamas was operating under Al-Shifa hospital, despite a lack of public documentation.  —  Israeli Army Takes Journalists on Controlled Visit to Gaza Hospital … The Israeli Army escorts Times journalists to Al-Shifa, a focus of its invasion.
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 …
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 …
Peter Stone / The Guardian:
As the NRA fades, a more zealous US pro-gun group rises as a lobbying power  —  Gun Owners of America, formed in belief NRA was ‘too liberal’, spent $3.3m lobbying against gun control and boasts 2m members  —  A zealous gun rights group, even more uncompromising than the once formidable …
Luke Rosiak / The Daily Wire:
The FBI Halted Probe Of Pedophile To Focus On January 6.  Now He's Accused Of Abusing A 10-Year-Old Boy.  —  On January 6, 2021, the FBI explicitly chose to abandon a sting on a child pornographer in Virginia who was messaging with an undercover agent about having sex with a nine-year-old boy …
Discussion: HotAir and acecomments.mu.nu
 
 
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Jacob Kornbluh / The Forward:
In her forthcoming book, Marjorie Taylor Greene says she donates to help reconstruct the biblical Temple
Discussion: Raw Story and Joe.My.God.
Politico:
Blacklisted spyware firm looks for inroads amid war in Gaza
Discussion: National Review
Ana CeballosTimes / Tampa Bay Times:
DeSantis' State Guard contracts with combat-training company
Discussion: PoliticusUSA, Joe.My.God. and Raw Story
The Times of Israel:
Outgoing Human Rights Watch senior editor blasts group's ‘infected’ work on Israel
Discussion: HotAir and RedState
Bloomberg:
Ukraine Aid From US Won't Be Approved for a Month, Maybe Longer
Discussion: Wall Street Journal and WJXB
A.L. Lee / UPI:
Study: 58% of world's richest companies quietly lobby against climate policies
Discussion: InfluenceMap, The Hill and Sludge
Washington Post:
Failure at the fence: How Israel's vaunted ‘Iron Wall’ crumbled
 Earlier Items: 
Reuters:
Florida sued over ban on pro-Palestinian student groups
David E. Sanger / New York Times:
For Biden, a Subtle Shift in the Power Balance With China's Xi Jinping
Jordyn Hermani / MLive.com:
Secret source informed prosecutors in Michigan voting machine probe
Discussion: Raw Story and Political Wire
Nick Visser / HuffPost:
Donald Trump Posts Tirade Against Judge, Court Clerk Hours After Gag Order Paused
Tom Nichols / The Atlantic:
Trump Crosses a Crucial Line
Discussion: Raw Story
Washington Post:
Don't just be horrified. Ban AR-15s, bump stocks and large magazines.
Discussion: The Reload
 

 
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Janko Roettgers / The Verge:
Redbox's owner, Chicken Soup for the Soul Entertainment, files for bankruptcy protection; Chicken Soup took on $325M in debt when it acquired Redbox in 2022

Jeff Jarvis / BuzzMachine:
The two California bills to help fund local journalism would penalize Google and Meta for news' decline and benefit hedge funds that are destroying newspapers

Katie Kilkenny / The Hollywood Reporter:
Some Hollywood writers and actors are struggling to meet salary or work requirements to keep their union's health insurance plans, following the 2023 strikes

 
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