Plus: Twitter pileup | Thursday, November 10, 2022
| | | | | | | Presented By Amazon | | | | Axios PM | | By Mike Allen · Nov 10, 2022 | | Good afternoon: Today's PM — edited by Justin Green — is 505 words, a 2-minute read. | | | | | | 1 big thing: McCarthy's tricky road | | House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy makes calls to Republican House members from his Capitol office yesterday. Photo: Jabin Botsford/The Washington Post via Getty Images House conservatives are creating potential roadblocks to the speakership for House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy, Axios' Andrew Solender reports. - Why it matters: If Republicans manage to eke out a majority, it will likely be a narrow one — meaning just a handful of Republican members could block McCarthy from winning the gavel.
Rep. Chip Roy (R-Texas) told Axios "no one currently has 218" votes to become speaker. - Rep. Bob Good (R-Va.), who is openly opposing McCarthy, told Axios he's "confirmed with many people that ... there will be a challenge" to McCarthy at next week's GOP leadership elections.
- Former Trump official Russ Vought said: "I think he's in deep trouble ... I think him prevailing on the floor of the House is going to be very difficult."
As McCarthy left the Capitol last night, he was asked if he has the votes for speaker. He confidently replied: "Yes." (CNN) The bottom line: The speaker's election requires a majority of the House — and it's a public vote. |     | | | | | | 2. Twitter pileup |  Data: Memo. (Readership data analysis is from a representative sample of 83 news organizations.) Chart: Madison Dong/Axios Visuals The road ahead doesn't get easier for Elon Musk: Three key Twitter execs resigned today, leaving leadership vacuums in information security, privacy and compliance. - The Verge reported that a Twitter lawyer sent a message to colleagues warning that Musk could put the company in further violation of a 2011 FTC consent decree around data privacy — for which Twitter has already paid multiple fines.
- The FTC told The Washington Post in a statement: "We are tracking recent developments at Twitter with deep concern. No CEO or company is above the law, and companies must follow our consent decrees."
| | | | | | | | A message from Amazon | | Ready to give up, Frank found a new career at Amazon | | |  | | | | Out of work and worried he'd lose everything, Frank applied for a job at Amazon — and got a career. The story: Frank started as a shift assistant and, five years later, has advanced to a senior operations manager at Amazon Air Hub. Now, he mentors colleagues to grow their careers. Read Frank's story. | | | | | | 3. Catch up quick | | Via Twitter - FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried apologized in a series of tweets, adding that he will wind down his crypto hedge fund Alameda Trading and continue to seek bailout funding for FTX. Go deeper.
- D.C.'s attorney general plans to sue Dan Snyder and the NFL for allegedly deceiving D.C. residents about the league's investigation into sexual harassment and misconduct. Go deeper.
- Juul Labs has secured enough new financing to avoid bankruptcy, but warned of an upcoming "reorganization" including layoffs. Go deeper.
- The Taliban is now prohibiting women from using parks and gyms in Afghanistan. Go deeper.
| | | | | | | | 4. New Hall of Fame toys | | Photo: The Strong Museum via AP Same toys, new titles: The top, Masters of the Universe and Lite-Brite are the newest inductees to the Toy Hall of Fame — housed at The Strong museum in Rochester, AP reports. - Other finalists included bingo, Breyer Horses, Catan, Nerf, the piñata, Phase 10, Pound Puppies, Rack-O and Spirograph.
Zoom out: The hall recognizes toys that have inspired creativity and endured over time. - The top dates back to ancient Mesopotamia.
Hasbro's Lite-Brite, introduced in 1966, encourages kids to create glowing pictures by pushing colorful pegs into an illuminated black background. - Masters of the Universe grew in popularity in the 1980s with the cartoon series "He-Man and the Masters of the Universe."
Last year's inductees: American Girl Dolls, Risk and ... sand. | | | | | | | | A message from Amazon | | "I had zero programming experience before this" | | |  | | | | Amazon offers hourly employees like Ama technical training programs so entry-level jobs can turn into long-term, better-paying careers. The impact: More than 90% of Amazon Technical Academy graduates move into software development engineer roles and earn an average of 93% more. Watch more. | | | | Thanks to Elizabeth Black for copy editing today's PM. |  | | Are you a fan of this email format? It's called Smart Brevity®. Over 300 orgs use it — in a tool called Axios HQ — to drive productivity with clearer workplace communications. | | | | | | Axios thanks our partners for supporting our newsletters. If you're interested in advertising, learn more here.
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