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Power shifts before breakfast

California clears death row while Meta, voter blocs, solar factories, and plastic lawsuits shift who pays and who decides.

Our summary

Gov. Gavin Newsom said he will commute every death sentence in California to life imprisonment. The move affects more than 500 prisoners after his Nov. 5 announcement.

Beyond the summary

  • France 24 identified Wassim Cornet as the correspondent reporting the item.
  • The item was issued on Nov. 6, 2026 at 11:05.
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France24 World

Our summary

Meta indefinitely delayed proposed commercial terms that would have let it scrape websites of Meta Business account users. The Nov. 20 effective date is off, and current terms remain in place.

Verbatim from the source

“We’re pausing the changes as we continue to engage with stakeholders and take our time to get this right,”

Beyond the summary

  • The pause also covers Product Catalog, Self-Serve Ad, and Ad Creative Generative AI Terms.
  • Meta removed the preview link and updated its Business Help Center.
  • Stakeholder talks continue, with no new date named.
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Nieman Lab

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Religiously unaffiliated voters outnumbered white evangelicals in the 2026 midterm electorate by 10 points. Nones were 27% of voters, while white evangelical or born-again Christians fell to 17%.

Beyond the summary

  • Their GOP House support stayed nearly flat at 82%.
  • Nones’ Democratic support rose to 78% from 70%.
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Axios

Our summary

U.S. factories can already make more finished solar panels than the country installed last year. Annual installations hit 47.9 gigawatts of direct-current capacity, but upstream parts still lag.

Beyond the summary

  • Module production could grow by about 83%, according to the report.
  • Clean Investment Monitor data tracks the onshoring push.
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Canary Media

Our summary

A Baltimore judge rejected public nuisance claims against PepsiCo, Coca-Cola, and others over plastic litter. Judge Audrey J.S. Carrión wrote that liability ends when buyers misuse lawful products.

Beyond the summary

  • Baltimore city and county sought cleanup money from the companies.
  • New York lost a similar case against PepsiCo and Frito-Lay.
  • The legal test is whether nuisance law can reach branded trash after sale.
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Grist

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Marketecture

Episode 198: Alex Cone from Google on Their New Data Set CrUX, Which Really Should be Called CUXr

Mixed — shifts registermedium candor

Alex Cohn said Chrome's CrUX ad metrics measure page-level ad load and could help reduce overwhelming ads, while Google's ads teams are only exploring use. The register is mixed: the Google segment is careful and institutional, the host commentary is more casual, and the supplied transcript has visible jumps. Watch whether DV360, other buying tools, or public studies turn these metrics into actual targeting, reporting, or pricing inputs.

Board status: Sponsor or conflict flagged. Host financial stake stated — Eric Franchi said Rembrandt is a portfolio company of his firm and confirmed he remained a shareholder of the combined company during the Whisper World discussion.

The Daily

Chuck Schumer on Governing With (Or Without) Trump

Mixed — shifts registermedium candor

Chuck Schumer said Democrats won by focusing on costs, corruption and chaos, recruiting state-fit candidates, and preparing to push their agenda with or without Trump. The register is mixed, with campaign discipline and concrete anecdotes, while the transcript has a major mid-interview break and ends mid-question. Watch whether cost bills, tariff limits and war funding votes draw named Republican support.

Board status: Stated affiliation. Chuck Schumer: He is described as the Senate Minority Leader poised to become Majority Leader, and he has an institutional stake in explaining Democratic wins, defending recruitment choices and setting expectations for governing.

KEY POINTS · SOURCES

Between the lines

One thing a podcast said that is worth a second look.

Marketecture: Episode 198: Alex Cone from Google on Their New Data Set CrUX, Which Really Should be Called CUXr

The main subtext is Google presenting CrUX ad-load metrics as ecosystem infrastructure, not as a Google ads product, while still encouraging ad tech products and buyers to adopt them. Cohn's language is careful: he says Google has no business around the metrics, says they are not a direct viewability solution, and says Google's own ads teams are exploring them rather than already using them. The practical test is adoption outside the interview: whether these metrics get baked into DSPs, SSPs, agency workflows, publisher packaging, or public outcome studies.

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