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Nicholas Carlson  November 14, 2022   Hello, Insiders. I recently asked our Republican readers to email me their thoughts on Donald Trump following the GOP’s lackluster midterm performance — and it’s safe to say our inbox was bursting with responses.    While a few of you came to Trump’s defense, most said they would rather see Ron DeSantis on the 2024 ticket.    “Time for Trump to step aside”, Jay A. wrote to me, suggesting that Trump should instead support whomever the Republican Party put forward: “Hopefully that is Ron DeSantis.”   Meanwhile, Ashley C. couldn’t have been clearer: “Do I need to say it again? Trump SHOULD step aside.”    You can read more of the responses here — and, of course, let me know your own thoughts by emailing insidertoday@insider.com.  If this was forwarded to you, sign up here.

The latest A shooting at the University of Virginia left three people dead, police said. Officers named a suspect, who they said was still on the run as of early Monday. Jeff Bezos pledged to give away the majority of his $124 billion fortune for the first time. Here’s where he plans to send it.  Tiffany Trump and Michael Boulos tied the knot on Saturday. Take a look at these behind-the-scenes photos.

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To land a job in tech, you need to pass this test — but pretty much everyone is cheating. Thanks to online “exam dumps”, fraudsters are able to comb through copies of exams for major tech systems to rack up professional credentials — and the companies issuing the certifications are powerless to stop them. Read how cheaters are landing jobs and pay rises. This sure looks like crypto's Lehman moment. Crypto exchange FTX’s spectacular implosion is drawing comparisons to the 2008 collapse of Lehman Brothers, during the peak of the subprime mortgage crisis. FTX’s bankruptcy will have ramifications for the opaque and seemingly fragile cryptocurrency market, regulatory experts say. Here’s how crypto is teetering on the edge. Everyone keeps getting inflation wrong — and you could be missing out on a higher salary as a result. American workers and their employers have continued to underestimate how much prices will rise in the future, meaning many people have miscalculated how much of a raise workers need to keep up. Here’s how it impacts your salary negotiations.  The week that changed Facebook forever. Meta employees are starting to lash out at CEO Mark Zuckerberg, after a mass layoff of 11,000 workers left those who remained confused and shell-shocked. Go inside the harrowing week at Meta.  Salesforce insiders say top salespeople were set up to fail. Last week, the cloud computing giant laid off an undisclosed number of employees, with reports saying hundreds of workers were impacted. Now, former employees say the company’s performance review system set up staff for failure ahead of the layoffs. Read the full story.