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View Online  TIPSHEET PRESENTED BY PWC Why Biden is keeping his distance from Georgia's Senate runoff BY BRETT SAMUELS AND ALEX GANGITANO © Greg Nash With just two days to go, President Biden is staying away from the Georgia runoff, where Democrats are hoping Sen. Raphael Warnock can defeat Republican Herschel Walker and secure a crucial 51st Senate seat for the party. Read the full story here Trump calls for 'termination' of election rules in Constitution to overturn 2020 election BY JARED GANS Former President Trump called for the termination of the Constitution's rules regarding elections to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election following the release of more detailed information about Twitter's role in suppressing a story about Hunter Biden.  Read the full story here Rick Scott thanks Musk for 'standing up against' antisemitism by booting Ye from Twitter BY JULIA SHAPERO Sen. Rick Scott (R-Fla.) thanked Twitter CEO Elon Musk on Friday for "standing up against" antisemitism with his decision to suspend Ye, the artist formerly known as Kanye West, from the social media platform. Read the full story here Content from our sponsor: PwC Here's where Trump's GOP rivals stand on potential 2024 bids BY JARED GANS Former President Trump kicked off the 2024 presidential election campaign season when he became the first major candidate to announce a White House bid just a week after the midterm elections. Read the full story here Musk's 'free speech' Twitter vision put to test by Ye BY REBECCA KLAR Elon Musk's vision for a Twitter that allows any and all content was put to the test Thursday by rapper Ye's tweet featuring a swastika.  Read the full story here Advocates warily eye legal challenge to abortion pills BY NATHANIEL WEIXEL Reproductive rights advocates are on edge over a lawsuit to revoke the decades-old Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approval of mifepristone, which, if successful, would end legal access to abortion pills nationwide. Read the full story here Taking on the elite becomes go-to brand for DeSantis BY AMIE PARNES Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) loves to despise "the elite."     In speeches, remarks at news conferences and even in an op-ed he penned in The Wall Street Journal last year, his message has been the same: "Don't trust the elites."  Read the full story here Immigrant rights groups sue DeSantis over migrant flights BY JULIA SHAPERO Three Florida-based immigrant rights groups sued Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) on Thursday over the migrant flights that his administration organized to Martha's Vineyard, Mass., in September. Read the full story here Content from our sponsor: PwC 44 states experiencing high levels of respiratory illness BY JARED GANS Respiratory illness is on the rise across the United States, with 44 states now experiencing high levels amid a worsening flu season. Read the full story here Censorship by surrogate: Why Musk's document dump could be a game changer BY JONATHAN TURLEY OPINION | "Handled." That one word, responding to a 2020 demand to censor a list of Twitter users, speaks volumes about the thousands of documents released by Twitter's new owner, Elon Musk, on Friday night. As many of us have long suspected, there were back channels between Twitter and the Biden 2020 presidential campaign and the Democratic National Committee (DNC) to ban critics or remove negative stories. Those seeking to discuss the scandal were simply "handled," and nothing else had to be said. Read the full story here What happened to the investigation into the Dobbs draft leak? BY JAMES D. ZIRIN OPINION | Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito called the leak of his draft abortion opinion in Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization to Politico last May "a grave betrayal of trust by somebody," which endangered the justices' lives. Justice Elena Kagan called the leak "terrible" and "horrible." Justice Clarence Thomas called the leak "tremendously bad" and "an infidelity." Chief Justice John Roberts called the breach "absolutely appalling" and a "betrayal" by "one bad apple." Read the full story here The Associated Press: US intel chief thinking 'optimistically' for Ukraine forces BY JAMEY KEATEN AND NOMAAN MERCHANT KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — The head of U.S. intelligence says fighting in Russia's war in Ukraine is running at a "reduced tempo" and suggests Ukrainian forces could have brighter prospects in coming months. Read the full story here The Wall Street Journal: OPEC+ Gathers to Decide Output, With Russia Oil-Price Cap Looming BY BENOIT FAUCON AND SUMMER SAID OPEC is set to meet with Russia and other fossil-fuel producers Sunday to decide on oil-output levels amid a swarm of issues weighing on the crude market, from Covid-19 restrictions in China to a looming price cap on Moscow's petroleum. Read the full story here The New York Times: The Chinese Dream, Denied BY VIVIAN WANG The eruption was a forceful illustration of how thoroughly the world's toughest pandemic restrictions have upended life in China. Xi Jinping, the country's strongman leader, is expanding the Chinese Communist Party's grip over its people beyond what even Mao Zedong attained.  Read the full story here The Washington Post: From chicken wings to used cars, inflation begins to ease its grip BY DAVID J. LYNCH The price of gasoline is dropping like a rock. Chicken wings are suddenly a bargain. And retailers drowning in excess inventory are looking to make a deal. Read the full story here Enjoy this Tipsheet? Consider sharing it with a friend or sign up here for your own copy. The Hill's Evening Report Introducing Evening Report, the perfect complement to Morning Report and 12:30 Report to catch you up on news throughout the week. Click here to sign up. 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