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1:30 PM ET, November 26, 2022

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Jonathan Martin / Politico:
Newsom Told the White House He Won't Challenge Biden  —  SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Gov. Gavin Newsom has won three elections in five years in America's largest state, is apoplectic about his party's messaging defects and follows Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis and the right-wing media ecosystem with a zeal …
New York Times:
Trump's Latest Dinner Guest: Nick Fuentes, White Supremacist  —  The former president's table for four at Mar-a-Lago on Tuesday also included Kanye West, whose antisemitic statements have made him an entertainment-industry outcast.  —  Former President Donald J. Trump on Tuesday night …
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Daily Mail:
Trump was ‘very taken’ with Holocaust denier Nick Fuentes' and they fawned over each other during Mar-a-Lago dinner with Kanye West …
Marc Caputo / NBC News:
‘F—ing nightmare’: Trump team does damage control after he dines with Ye and white supremacist Nick Fuentes
Meridith McGraw / Politico:
Donald Trump dined with white nationalist, Holocaust denier Nick Fuentes
Eric Levitz / New York Magazine:
One Worrying Sign for Democrats in the Midterm Results  —  This month's midterm results gave Democrats plenty of reasons for optimism about their prospects for keeping the White House in 2024.  —  Despite presiding over 8 percent inflation, the party managed to muster one of the best midterm performances …
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David Smith / The Guardian:
Trump's act is ‘old and tired’, says his own former national security adviser  —  John Bolton is latest ex-White House official to condemn former boss and says Republicans are ready for a ‘fresh face’  —  John Bolton, former national security adviser to Donald Trump, has described …
Discussion: Raw Story
Ana Swanson / New York Times:
A Rising Star in the Biden Administration Faces a $100 Billion Test  —  Gina Raimondo, the commerce secretary, has made a career of tackling increasingly larger challenges.  Could the next one be too big?  —  WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — Gina Raimondo, the commerce secretary …
Discussion: The Hub
Washington Post:
Western sanctions catch up with Russia's wartime economy  —  When Russian President Vladimir Putin launched last month a new council for coordinating supplies for the Russian army, he seemed to recognize the scale of the economic problems facing the country, and his sense of urgency was palpable.
Discussion: Daily Kos
NBC News:
Kevin McCarthy could face a floor fight for speaker.  That hasn't happened in a century.  —  The last time a vote for speaker went to multiple ballots on the House floor was in 1923.  The longest was 133 ballots over two months.  —  Republican leader Kevin McCarthy is struggling to secure …
Tokyosand / Political⚡Charge:
The Week's Best Cartoons 11/26  —  As a heavy Twitter user for the past 6+ years, forgive me for all the cartoons about Twitter.  It has been an important place to share news and opinions, and it's hard to watch it overrun with trolls, especially its CEO.  But there was other political news, which you'll find covered below.
Discussion: CBS News and New Jersey Online
Mike McIntire / New York Times:
At Protests, Guns Are Doing the Talking  —  Armed Americans, often pushing a right-wing agenda, are increasingly using open-carry laws to intimidate opponents and shut down debate.  —  Across the country, openly carrying a gun in public is no longer just an exercise in self-defense …
Discussion: Breitbart, Newsbusters and Gothamist
Hope Smith / Daily Mail:
‘Is Washington still our ally?’:  EU accuses US of PROFITEERING from Ukraine war through sales of guns and gas and threatens trade war - as top diplomats moan Biden's green subsidies mean European businesses are relocating to US  — European Union officials are accusing the United States …
Discussion: Carrie's Gazebo and Politico
Victor Nava / New York Post:
Ex-Surgeon General Jerome Adams says he couldn't find job after leaving Trump White House  —  Former Surgeon General Jerome Adams said that he struggled to find a job after his four-year stint as America's top doctor under former President Donald Trump.  —  “People still are afraid …
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Albany Times Union:
GOP voter turnout at presidential levels, outpaces Democrats in N.Y. governor's race  —  But Zeldin needed substantially more support from unaffiliated voters to defeat Hochul, and didn't find it  —  ALBANY — A last-minute push by top national Democrats to turn out the vote in New York City …
Discussion: Washington Examiner
Joseph Tunney / CBC News:
Shopify won't cut ties with controversial Libs of TikTok  —  Social media accounts accused of promoting ‘dangerous’ anti-LGBTQ content to followers  —  The Ottawa-based e-commerce company Shopify Inc. says it won't withdraw its services from the online store of multiple anti-LGBTQ social media accounts despite some public outcry.
Halisia Hubbard / NPR:
Twitter has lost 50 of its top 100 advertisers since Elon Musk took over, report says  —  Half of Twitter's top 100 advertisers appear to no longer be advertising on the website.  A report from Media Matters for America states that these 50 advertisers have spent almost $2 billion …
Politico:
Bipartisan band of brothers: The West Point grads coming to Congress  —  When John James and Pat Ryan reconnected on the sidelines of an Army football game in 2019, they were two old West Point classmates with night-and-day political identities in a similar predicament: Both had just lost congressional bids.
 
 
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