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| | | The Long Count | Senate Finalization May Take ‘Weeks’ but Red House Likely Senate races in Arizona and Nevada are too close to call, while Georgia will hold a runoff on Dec. 6. Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell has not popped the Champagne yet, warning nothing is certain: “I don’t deal in feelings,” he said Wednesday night. House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy is more confident, reportedly already lobbying for the House leadership. Still, Republicans have been left wondering how the predicted sweep of Congressional seats left them with only a narrow majority. One strategist blamed former President Donald Trump: “He just kind of injected himself in these states for his own politics.” (Sources: WaPo, The Hill) |
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| | | | | Death Toll | Kherson May Be Turning, But the Cost of Invasion Is High Some Russian forces are leaving the strategic city of Kherson, Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu said Wednesday. But Ukraine isn’t celebrating just yet. The Russians “are moving out but not as much as would be taking place if it was a full pullout or regrouping,” said Oleksiy Arestovych, an advisor to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy. The retreat comes as U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff chair Gen. Mark Milley in New York estimated that both sides have lost 100,000 soldiers each and around 40,000 Ukrainian civilians have been killed since the invasion began. It’s the highest estimation yet made by a Western official. (Sources: Reuters, BBC) |
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| | | Homeward Bound | Space Shrinks Again for Afghan Women Under Taliban Women are no longer allowed to enter fun fairs and parks in Kabul, decreed a new Taliban directive. Gender segregation rules introduced months ago have not been followed, a Ministry for the Prevention of Vice and Promotion of Virtue spokesman said, adding that women had been seen mixing with men and appearing without hijabs. “There are no schools, no work ... we should at least have a place to have fun,” one woman said, as she watched her children play in the park from a nearby restaurant, unable to join them. Entertainment operators worry the directive may kill the industry. (Source: France24) |
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| | | Storm Patrol | Florida Braces for Hurricane Nicole Landfall A November hurricane is a rare occurrence for Florida, but authorities are not taking any chances. Communities across the state have been ordered to evacuate — including Donald Trump from Mar-a-Lago — with winds of up to 75 mph and heavy rain expected early Thursday. Gov. Ron DeSantis anticipates widespread power outages and has declared a state of emergency in 34 counties. He warns the storm will “affect huge parts of the state” before moving on to Georgia and the Carolinas. The Bahamas is reeling after Nicole moved across the archipelago, leaving downed trees and power lines in its wake. (Sources: AP, Tampa Bay Times) |
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| | | Briefly | Here are some things you should know about today: Egged. U.K. police arrested a British student in York after he threw several eggs at King Charles and Queen Consort Camilla on an official visit. “This country was built on the blood of slaves,” the student yelled. (Source: BBC) Free. A report released by Brazil’s Defense Ministry has shot down allegations from President Jair Bolsonaro supporters that President-elect Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva meddled in the election. (Source: The Guardian) No show. Following months of speculation, Russian President Vladimir Putin decided he won’t be attending next week’s G20 meeting in Bali, Indonesia. He will be represented by Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov at the gathering. (Source: Al Jazeera) |
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| | | Resurgence | A Cholera Outbreak Is Killing Haitians and Stressing Healthcare At least 136 Haitians have died in the outbreak, the government said in a statement. Most of the infected perished in hospitals and purpose-built treatment centers, but 47 died at home. Médecins Sans Frontières expects the outbreak to worsen: “We have been receiving 250 people a day lately” at the NGO’s treatment centers. Port-au-Prince reported just eight cholera deaths last month, but cases are surging in regional areas with poor access to clean water, a situation worsened by political and crime crises. Cholera had been all but eradicated in Haiti before the start of this year. (Source: CNN) |
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| | | Probed | What Are Elon Musk’s Ties to Other Countries? That’s the question President Joe Biden has raised on the heels of the Tesla owner’s $44 billion buyout of Twitter. “Whether he is doing anything inappropriate, I’m not suggesting that,” Biden stressed. Democratic Senators Ron Wyden and Chris Murphy last week demanded a “thorough vetting” of the Twitter purchase — particularly of Saudi Arabia, which is, thanks to Prince Al Waleed bin Talal and his investment firm, the second-largest backer of Musk’s Twitter. Saudi Arabia has a long history of jailing dissidents and was recently found to have planted a spy within Twitter HQ to unveil anonymous critics of the government. (Source: The Guardian) |
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| | | Dollars and Rents | For $60,000 a Month this Basquiat Landmark Could Be Home Jean-Michel Basquiat lived and worked in the space from 1983 until his death in 1988. Basquiat moved into the 57 Great Jones Street property in the Bowery shortly after meeting owner Andy Warhol, who purchased the entire building in 1970. It’s a bona fide piece of New York’s art history, but its roots go back further. Five Points Gang boss Paolo Antonio Vaccarelli — better known as Paul Kelly — bought the building in 1904 to house the Brighton Athletic Club, where the gangster ran racketeering and Tammany Hall interference for decades. After Kelly’s death, from natural causes, it became a metalworks business. (Source: ArtNews) |
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| | | | | The New School | Gen Z Americans Have Changed Politics Already “We made history for Floridians, for Gen Z, and for everyone who believes we deserve a better future,” Maxwell Frost told supporters in Florida’s liberal 10th district Tuesday night. At 25, he’s the first Generation Z member elected to Congress, and his win shows where politics may be heading. Frost became politically engaged following the 2012 Sandy Hook tragedy, saying he “did not want to be shot at school.” Across the country, Gen Zers turned out for Democrat candidates. One poll had 63% of 18- to 29-year-olds supporting progressives, with policies like student loan forgiveness and abortion access driving the charge. (Sources: BBC, Insider) |
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| | | Locked Up | Biden Turns Attention to Griner as She’s Moved to Penal Colony With the midterms behind the White House, President Biden hopes Russia will be more open to negotiating the release of jailed basketball superstar Brittney Griner. Griner was moved from a Moscow jail to an undisclosed penal colony Tuesday to begin her nine-year sentence, according to her lawyers. Biden hopes Putin is “willing to talk more seriously about a prisoner exchange,” aimed at repatriating Griner and fellow incarcerated American national, Paul Whelan. Griner’s agent Lindsay Kagawa Colas said she remains in “close contact” with the White House and thanked the public for its ongoing support. (Sources: AP, ESPN) |
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