According to NBC News’ Andrew Blankstein: Police say on the record that Paul Pelosi and his suspected attacker did not know each other prior to the attack. It was a break-in.

This directly contradicts conspiracy theories pushed by (and since deleted by) Twitter owner Elon Musk.

So many people celebrate #earlyvoting in so many ways. For Sandra in Milwaukee, it’s this dance — ft. Shaquille Brewster

Tonight at 11:50 ET, remember where you were….

3 days after Musk purchased Twitter, he posted a tweet on baseless allegations about the attack on Paul Pelosi. It raised questions about how, or if, Mr. Musk will act to combat misinformation and hate speech on the social media site. nytimes.com/2022/10/30/bus…

Coming up at 2pm ET on MSNBC:
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Maura Barrett
Clint Watts
Ben Kamisar
Shaquille Brewster
Vaughn Hillyard
Gary Grumbach
Thomas Maresca
Jon Ralston
Glenn Kirschner

‘THINGS ARE NOT GREAT’: Democrats ramp up spending in blue districts as GOP sees red wave forming

Republicans are making gains in districts where voters favored President Joe Biden by big margins in 2020

A collab w/Ben Kamisar

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EMILY's List's Women Vote! now at over $7.2 million spent in #WASen as total IEs reach $15.6 million

Pro-Murray/anti-Smiley: $8.06M
pro-Smiley/anti-Murray: $7.55M

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The assailant who attacked Paul Pelosi was in search for the Speaker of the House.  

Before the assault occurred, the intruder confronted Mr. Pelosi in their home shouting “where is Nancy, where is Nancy?”

NBC News: The person who attacked Paul Pelosi allegedly confronted him shouting 'where is Nancy, where is Nancy?' prior to attacking Paul Pelosi, a person briefed on the incident tells Haley Talbot

The suspect attacked Paul Pelosi with a hammer, two people briefed on the incident say. nbcnews.com/politics/congr…

Excited to announce Amanda Terkel is joining NBC News Digital as Senior Politics Editor overseeing campaign and breaking politics journalism. She's done excellent work defining HuffPost's distinct coverage, and Liz Johnstone and I are thrilled about what's next for her here.

Honored to be a part of this special Title IX issue of The Daily Northwestern alongside so many incredible Northwestern women working in sports! Thank you for chatting with me Kate Walter

New --> Liz Cheney's new PAC is going on the airwaves *today* in Arizona, targeting the GOP candidacies of Kari Lake & Mark Finchem.

This is the PAC's first media buy, helping boost the AZ Dem candidates for GOV & SOS: nbcnews.com/meet-the-press…

From Pelosi’s office: “Early this morning, an assailant broke into the Pelosi residence in San Francisco and violently assaulted Mr. Pelosi .. Mr. Pelosi … is expected to make a full recovery.  The Speaker was not in San Francisco at the time.”

speaker.gov/newsroom/102822

Wow, the partisan gap here is … something. Especially considering Democrats are more likely to live in urban areas where there tends to be more crime.

Trump's Save America committee sent $20M to MAGA, Inc., the new SuperPAC that's spent close to $12M running ads in competitive US Senate races. It made $650K in other contributions, spent $1.9M on operating expenditures (another $1.1M on legal), and had $69.7 million remaining.

HBD to the goat

We have a few NYT/Siena polls in a handful of interesting House races for you this evening:
KS-3: D+14, 55-41
NV-1: Even, 47-47
NM-2: D+1, 48-47
PA-8: D+6, 50-44
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