Ohio man shot dead on Saturday by neighbor who thought he was a Democrat.
https://www.journal-news.com/crime/court-docs-man-charged-in-okeana-homicide-admitted-to-shooting-neighbor/R4FEIMGN6BEBVPN2DBWI4XCGR4/
Russia Reactivates Its Trolls and Bots Ahead of Tuesdayโs Midterms
Researchers have identified a series of Russian information operations to influence American elections and, perhaps, erode support for Ukraine.
#Russia
https://www.nytimes.com/2022/11/06/technology/russia-misinformation-midterms.html
Musk's lenders prepare to hold $12.7 bln Twitter debt on books until early 2023 - FT
#Twitter
https://www.reuters.com/business/finance/musks-lenders-prepare-hold-127-bln-twitter-debt-books-until-early-2023-ft-2022-11-01/
Functioning democracy or strong economy? A stark difference between Republican and Democratic likely voters.
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/poll-republicans-lead-house-2022-10-30/
Bidenโs Agenda Hangs in the Balance if Republicans Take Congress
Loss of one or both houses of Congress would put the President on the defensive for the next two years.
https://www.nytimes.com/2022/10/29/us/politics/bidens-agenda-hangs-in-the-balance-if-republicans-take-congress.html
Russiaโs security service works to subvert Moldovaโs pro-Western government
Even as the Russian invasion of Ukraine is failing, Russia continues to subvert Ukraine's pro-western neighbor, Moldova. #Moldova
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2022/10/28/russia-fsb-moldova-manipulation/
Begun the Twitter firings have
https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2022/10/27/twitter-elon-musk/
Op-Ed: Justice Thomasโ refusal to recuse himself is thumbing his nose at the law
- Laurence Tribe and Dennis Aftergut
https://www.latimes.com/opinion/story/2022-10-26/clarence-thomas-lindsey-graham-subpoena-recuse
3 men convicted of supporting plot to kidnap Gov. Whitmer.
https://apnews.com/article/michigan-gretchen-whitmer-jackson-adam-fox-kidnap-plot-trial-0a5a930cf86e74f8a1365040b783de0d
Holocaust museum flooded with antisemitic messages after Kanye West rejects offer of private tour.
#antisemitism #kanye
This sort of thing is becoming predictable.
https://www.cbsnews.com/losangeles/news/holocaust-museum-of-la-flooded-with-antisemitic-messages-after-offering-kanye-west-a-private-tour/
"โGaffesโ aside, I once assumed GOP goodwill on race. I was wrong."
Former George W. Bush top aide Michael Gerson on the MAGA movement pumping "toxic bigotry" into society.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2022/10/20/gop-maga-trump-racism-white-grievance-strategy/
I'm a bit skeptical, but researchers at McMaster University, in Canada, are linking autoimmune diseases to the bubonic plagues of the middle ages.
https://studyfinds.org/autoimmune-disease-black-death/
#COVID making a comeback in New York.
https://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/coronavirus/covid-rates-back-above-20-in-parts-of-manhattan-as-virus-rebounds/3913772/
U.S. Sees Opportunity for Ukraine to Capitalize on Russian Weakness
Ukraine is expected to keep making gains, but the war isn't likely to end soon.
#Ukraine #Putin
https://www.nytimes.com/2022/10/20/us/politics/us-ukraine-war.html
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