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Craig Trudell / Bloomberg : Report: before tweeting a pro-Russia Ukraine peace plan, Elon Musk said he had Kremlin consultations; he also told the US of a Putin call but publicly denied it   —  - Magazine reports on October conversation with top official  — The SpaceX CEO later denied speaking with Russian president

Jessica Lucas / The Verge : Some clinicians think unrealistic depictions of dissociative identity disorder on TikTok are influencing young people to self-diagnose or imitate the disorder   —  TikTok's dissociative identity disorder community thinks doctors don't know what's going on.  Some doctors feel the same about them.

Wall Street Journal : A look at the potential impact of EU's DSA and DMA on Big Tech, as some say the impact may be as profound as Great Depression-era laws that reined in US banks   —  Google, Meta Platforms and others are set to face regulations that resemble the detail and sweep of those imposed on banks

Republican presidential candidate Gov. Ron DeSantis sparked backlash Saturday for a comment about Trump's loyal base that critics say makes him sound like "Crooked Hillary" Clinton. DeSantis sat down for a recent interview, making the case that the movement behind former President Donald Trump is rooted in personality and "totally detached from principle." "A movement can’t be about the personality of one individual," he said. "The movement has got to be about what are you trying to achieve on behalf of the American people, and that’s got to be based in principle." FOX NEWS POWER RANKINGS: THE OUTSIDERS OF THE 2024 GOP PRESIDENTIAL RACE "Because if you’re not rooted in principle, if all we are is listless vessels that are just supposed to follow, you know, whatever happens to come down the pike on Truth Social every morning, that’s not going to be a durable movement," he continued during an interview with the Florida Standard,...

Republican presidential candidate Mike Pence said he’s still hopeful that former President Donald Trump will appear at the GOP’s first 2024 presidential debate this week.  "My hope is when we get to that debate stage, and I'm still kind of hoping maybe [Trump will] come, is that we could really have a debate about the challenges facing the American people," Trump's former vice president said Sunday morning. Pence said a couple of times during his interview on ABC's "This Week" that he hopes the former president joins the debate stage, arguing that he and other candidates are ready to "square off, answer the tough questions." CHRISTIE SPECULATES TRUMP COULD MAKE LAST-MINUTE PLEDGE TO PREVENT BAN FROM FIRST DEBATE "I served alongside the president for a long time, and one thing I realized about him is: It's not over till it's over. I'm actually still hoping he shows up," Pence said again of hoping Trump makes an appeara...

Bloomberg : A look at online trading scams, which have cost European consumers billions, being perpetrated by fraudsters working from call centers, dubbed “boiler rooms”   —  - ‘Boiler room’ operations scam consumers out of huge sums  — Europe's largest economy has become a key target in Europe

With a deadline fast approaching, multiple Republican White House contenders are desperately trying to make the stage for Wednesday’s first GOP presidential nomination debate .  Mayor Francis Suarez of Miami, one of those candidates still aiming to qualify for the Fox News-hosted showdown in Milwaukee, emphasized that "for someone like me, it’s critical" to make the debate stage. Eight candidates have reached the polling and donor thresholds mandated by the Republican National Committee to qualify for the initial Aug. 23 encounter.  They are former President Donald Trump, former Vice President Mike Pence, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, Sen. Tim Scott of South Carolina, former Ambassador and former South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley, former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie, North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum and biotech entrepreneur and bestselling author Vivek Ramaswamy. CHECK OUT INITIAL FOX NEWS POWER RANKINGS IN 2024 GOP PRESIDENTIAL NOMINATION RACE Trump has yet to confirm wh...