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11:05 AM ET, November 21, 2022

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Associated Press:
GOP's lackluster fundraising spurs post-election infighting  —  Trailing badly in his Arizona Senate race as votes poured in, Republican Blake Masters went on Tucker Carlson's Fox News program and assigned blame to one person: Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell.  “You know what else is incompetent, Tucker?
Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
Trump White House bid has hardly any Senate GOP support  —  Only one Republican senator has announced publicly that he will support former-President Trump's 2024 reelection bid, a sign of the uphill battle Trump faces in his quest to win the Republican presidential nomination and a second term in the White House.
Discussion: Morning Shots
Rolling Stone:
Trump Is Pissed Republicans Keep Telling Him to Stay Away from Georgia  —  With a runoff election looming, the newly announced 2024 candidate doesn't want his rivals getting any attention while his party wards him away  —  AS REPUBLICANS POUR party resources into the Georgia Senate runoff …
Adam Cancryn / Politico:
Progressives, once skeptical of Biden, rally around his chief of staff  —  President Joe Biden is enjoying an extended period of peacetime with the progressive wing of his party.  But keeping it that way may depend on whether he can keep hold of his chief of staff.
Discussion: New York Post
William P. Barr / Common Sense:
Bill Barr: Trump Will Burn Down the GOP. Time for New Leadership.
Discussion: Mediaite
David Frum / The Atlantic:   Another Flop From GOP Productions
New York Times:
‘Bullets Were Flying’: Witnesses Tell of Chaos During Colorado Springs Attack  —  Here are the latest developments in the Colorado Springs nightclub shooting.  —  Investigators in Colorado were continuing to search on Monday for the possible motive of a gunman who the authorities said killed …
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Casey Parks / Washington Post:
Club Q shooting follows year of bomb threats, drag protests, anti-trans bills  —  Right-wing demonstrators have increasingly mobilized over the past year against the LGBTQ community, experts say  —  In the hours after the shooting, investigators did not say what led someone to open fire Saturday night …
NBC News:
Anti-LGBTQ sentiment in Colorado Springs had some in the community anticipating tragedy  —  Patrons hailed as heroes for stopping shooter in Colorado Springs  —  Parker Grey stopped going to Club Q about a year and half ago “because of the growing hatred for our community that started in” Colorado Springs, Colorado.
Jessica McBride / Heavy.com:
Anderson Lee Aldrich: 5 Fast Facts You Need to Know
Hiroko Tabuchi / New York Times:
Inside the Saudi Strategy to Keep the World Hooked on Oil  —  The kingdom is working to keep fossil fuels at the center of the world economy for decades to come by lobbying, funding research and using its diplomatic muscle to obstruct climate action.  —  Shimmering in the desert …
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Wall Street Journal:
Saudi Arabia Eyes OPEC+ Production Increase Ahead of Embargo, Price Cap on Russian Oil  —  Raising output would partially reverse the group's contested decision to cut supplies in October  —  Saudi Arabia and other OPEC oil producers are discussing an output increase, the group's delegates said …
Reuters:   Europe rushes to fill up on Russian diesel before ban begins
New York Times:
Manhattan Prosecutors Again Consider a Path Toward Charging Trump  —  The district attorney's office is investigating Donald J. Trump's role in a hush-money payment to a porn star, an approach that previously failed to bear fruit.  —  The Manhattan district attorney's office has moved …
Discussion: Raw Story
Cynthia Littleton / Variety:
DISNEY SHAKEUP: Bob Iger Back as CEO, Bob Chapek Out; Board Cites ‘Complex Industry Transformation’ for Shocking C-Suite Shuffle … The shakeup that caught the entertainment industry and Wall Street mostly by surprise was confirmed by Disney's board of directors late Sunday.
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Pablo Manríquez / New Republic:
Exclusive: Mrs. Fetterman Goes to Washington  —  The Second Lady of Pennsylvania arrived at Senate spousal orientation last week in a dress she thrifted for twelve dollars.  —  “I'm just obsessed with the tile,” said Gisele Barreto Fetterman, smiling at the encaustic guilloche flooring patterns …
Discussion: The Hill and Raw Story
12news.com:
Recently elected Arizona House Republican says she will not do her job unless the 2022 election is redone  —  Liz Harris, who was recently elected to represent District 13 in the East Valley, says that she will not vote in congress unless the election is redone.
Discussion: Raw Story
Politico:
Democrats confront bleak odds for immigration deal before 2023  —  Democrats eager to find a legislative solution before 2023 for young undocumented immigrants are getting a wake-up call: They need votes from Republicans who don't want to do it.  —  As the GOP prepares to take the House …
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Todd Bensman / CIS.org:
Legalizing Border Crossing for All: The Next Stage of Biden's Migration Crisis
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Washington Post:
European teams won't use LGBTQ armbands at World Cup after FIFA threats
Lauren Kaori Gurley / Washington Post:
Rail union rejects contract as strike threatens U.S. economy before holidays  —  Attendance and sick leave policies have lead to widespread anger and frustration among rank-and-file railroad workers on major freight lines.  —  One of the largest railroad unions voted to reject a contract brokered …
Washington Post:
Angry families say Russian conscripts thrown to front line unprepared  —  Irina Sokolova's husband, a Russian soldier mobilized to fight in Ukraine, called her from a forest there last month, sobbing, almost broken.  —  “They are lying on television,” he wept, referring to the state television propagandists …
Discussion: Politico and Metro.co.uk
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Daniel Michaels / Wall Street Journal:
Ukraine's Kherson Win Shifts Dynamics Across Whole Front With Russia
Discussion: Voice of America and TASS
 
 
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Walter Wuthmann / The Boston Globe:
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In the Mississippi Delta, a hospital anchors its community. Now it's in danger of closing.
Discussion: Mississippi Today
FOX 10 Phoenix:
Maricopa County Chairman moved to ‘undisclosed location’ for safety after midterm elections
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Trump Family's Newest Partners: Middle Eastern Governments
Discussion: Mediaite and Reuters
Jon Ralston / The Nevada Independent:
In Election '22, the Reid Machine showed it is very much alive
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McCarthy says he'll remove Ilhan Omar from committee assignment
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Alex Heath / The Verge:
Meta details Llama 3: 8B- and 70B-parameter models, a focus on reducing false refusals, and an upcoming model trained on 15T+ tokens that has 400B+ parameters

David Pierce / The Verge:
Google announces a new Platforms and Devices team overseeing Pixel, Android, Chrome, Photos, and more, to integrate AI across its products, led by Rick Osterloh

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