Wednesday, November 9, 2022

Reading archive 2022-11-09

Opinion  In Arizona, a MAGA victory party takes a sour turn - "House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) is 'losing the gavel but finding the hammer,' Rep. Andy Biggs (R-Ariz.) told the crowd, joking about the attack on Pelosi’s husband that left him with a fractured skull — just as GOP gubernatorial nominee Kari Lake did a week earlier. The crowd laughed.

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"After a campaign against supposed Democratic “elites,” Republican elites celebrated in style. A procession of luxury cars — BMW, Lexus, Mercedes, Tesla, even a Rolls-Royce — dotted the valet line in the conference resort’s manicured driveway, lined with palm trees. VIPs who paid $500 a head were whisked off to a private reception, and higher rollers who shelled out $1,000 for the “private experience package” to another."

Opinion  The expected red wave looks more like a puddle

Trump absorbs GOP losses, while DeSantis glows with landslide victory: Early returns suggested setbacks for the former president’s endorsed candidates, and several potential 2024 rivals appeared emboldened - "'Well, I think if they win, I should get all the credit,' [Trump] said in an interview posted Tuesday with the network NewsNation. 'If they lose, I should not be blamed at all.'"

This enigmatic billionaire took down a crypto rock star: Led by Changpeng Zhao, Binance will absorb Sam Bankman-Fried’s company, capping a colorful human drama

Eating fiber alters the microbiome. It may boost cancer treatment, too.: The composition of the gut microbiome appears to influence whether a cancer treatment called immunotherapy is successful

Musk to meet with Twitter advertisers after ‘name & shame’ warning: The billionaire owner had threatened a “thermonuclear name & shame” campaign against advertisers that abandon the platform. He still needs their money. - "The day before he closed the deal Musk tweeted a statement committing to keeping the site from becoming a 'free for all hellscape.' But soon after, he himself boosted a conspiracy theory about the attack on House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s husband, shaking advertisers’ faith that he would maintain rules against misinformation and hate speech."

Law on placement of Native American children divides Supreme Court: Justices seemed inclined to reconsider parts of law that prioritizes foster or adoptive parents based on tribal status

Opinion  How D.C. voters altered the city’s political landscape

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