9. Pennsylvania State Representative Reelected Despite Being Dead Democrat Anthony "Tony" DeLuca died Oct. 9 "after a brief battle with lymphoma, a disease he twice previously beat. He was 85," the Pennsylvania House Democratic Caucus wrote. DeLuca was Pennsylvania's longest-serving state rep, according to the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. "While we're incredibly saddened by the loss of Representative Tony DeLuca, we are proud to see the voters to continue to show their confidence in him and his commitment to Democratic values by re-electing him posthumously. A special election will follow soon," Pennsylvania House Democrats said in a tweet. Read at FoxNews.com
8. Here's How Much Campaign Cash Beto O'Rourke Has Burned Losing Races Up and Down the Ballot Former Rep. Beto O'Rourke, D-Texas, has burned roughly $175 million running unsuccessful campaigns for a series of different offices in just four years. In 2018, O'Rourke's campaign for Senate raised a whopping $80.3 million, according to Federal Election Commission data. The massive sum included a record-shattering $38.1 million quarterly haul raised between July 2018 and September 2018. O'Rourke raised another $18.6 million during his short-lived presidential campaign, which lasted a mere seven months. And during the 2022 gubernatorial campaign, O'Rourke set more records, pulling in more than $76 million in the year since he announced his intention to run for the seat, The Texas Tribune reported. The $27.6 million his campaign raised between February and June was the largest quarterly figure ever recorded in Texas. Read at FoxNews.com
The leaders, including NAACP president Derrick Johnson, Color of Change president Rashad Robinson and ex-ESPN personality Jemele Hill, have requested a meeting with MSNBC president Rashida Jones to address the situation, Semafor reported Monday. The ousted anchor’s defenders added the meeting was necessary to “discuss a path forward that is restorative to the reputation and dignity of Ms. Cross.” Read at NYPost.com
6. ‘SNL’ Staff Writers Boycott Over Dave Chappelle’s Hosting Gig There’s unrest at 30 Rock, Page Six hears, over the decision to sign up Dave Chappelle to host “Saturday Night Live” this weekend. We’re told that some staff writers are so furious that the comedy superstar — who has made transphobic and homophobic jokes — has been chosen to helm the iconic show that they’re sitting out the episode. Read at PageSix.com
5. China Is Attempting To Influence US Kids By Offering An ‘Opium Version’ Of TikTok, Expert Says The Chinese government offers its children a more limited, beneficial version of the popular app TikTok than the “opium version” offered to kids in the United States, an expert said in a recent report. Tristan Harris, co-founder of the Center for Humane Technology, told “60 Minutes” Saturday that, according to TikTok’s Chinese parent company, ByteDance, the version of TikTok given to Chinese consumers provides children with a vastly different experience. The Chinese equivalent of TikTok, Douyin, gives kids under 14 years old a 40-minute daily limit and serves them patriotic and educational content. Read at DailyCaller.com
4. Biden Calls for Federal Investigation of Elon Musk Over ‘Relationships with Other Countries’ “Do you think Elon Musk is a threat to US national security?” a Bloomberg News reporter asked Biden at his third solo White House press conference since taking office. “And should the US — and with the tools you have — investigate his joint acquisition of Twitter with foreign governments, which include the Saudis?” . “I think that Elon Musk’s cooperation and/or technical relationships with other countries is worthy of being looked at,” Biden answered. “Whether or not he is doing anything inappropriate, I’m not suggesting that. I’m suggesting that it’s worth being looked at. “How?” another journalist followed up. “There’s a lot of ways,” Biden said without elaborating. Read at NYPost.com
3. Washington Post Fact-Check Blasts Biden with ‘Bottomless Pinocchio’ Rating The Washington Post crowned President Biden Monday with its Trump-era “bottomless Pinocchio” rating after he told multiple untruths and committed several gaffes ahead of Tuesday’s midterm elections. It’s the first time the newspaper has “awarded” Biden the not-so-coveted rating, which it defines as a statement repeated at least 20 times that is so false that it has received either “three Pinocchios” or “four Pinocchios” on prior occasions. The statement in question is Biden’s oft-repeated claim that he has spent “more time with [Chinese President] Xi Jinping than any other head of state,” traveling “17,000 miles with him.” The statement has been proven false, with the White House in February 2021 telling the newspaper it was “a reference to the total travel back and forth — both internally in the US and China, and as well as internationally — for meetings they held together.”
The left-wing Canadian politician's appearance on the program, which has not yet been released, has been teased in a trailer for "Canada's Drag Race: Canada vs the World" and in a tweet that appears to feature a photo of Trudeau on the program. Read at TheBlaze.com
1. ‘Nothing’: Biden Replies To Reporter Asking What He’ll Do Differently In his first press conference since January, Biden announced his intention to work with Republicans in Congress following the 2022 midterm elections. He then took a question from Zeke Miller of The Associated Press. “You mentioned that Americans are frustrated. In fact, 75% of voters say the country is headed into the wrong direction despite the results of last night. What in the next two years do you intend to do differently to change people’s opinion of the direction of the country particularly as you contemplate a run for president in 2024?” Miller asked. “Nothing,” the president answered. He added that the American people are “just finding out what we’re doing.” Read at DailyCaller.com
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