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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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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 — Ads on Musk-owned social media site risk causing ‘reputational damage’ to the EU, its executive says in internal note. — The European Commission has decided to stop advertising on social media platform X, owned by Elon Musk, over …
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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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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.
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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 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.
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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.
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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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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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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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 …
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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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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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.
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Bloomberg:
Ukraine Aid From US Won't Be Approved for a Month, Maybe Longer — Ukraine allies in US Congress begin uphill battle for help — Assistance caught in partisan fight over immigration — New US aid for Ukraine risks slipping to mid-December and maybe longer, casting doubt …
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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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David E. Sanger / New York Times:
For Biden, a Subtle Shift in the Power Balance With China's Xi Jinping — For the first time in years, a Chinese leader desperately needed a few things from the United States. — 阅读.体中文.閱讀.體中文.
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The Times of Israel:
Outgoing Human Rights Watch senior editor blasts group's ‘infected’ work on Israel — In email to staff upon departure, Danielle Haas claims 'years of institutional creep culminated in response to Oct. 7 that surrendered group's duty to stand for human rights of all'
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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