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10:45 PM ET, January 3, 2023

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Tim Miller / The Bulwark:
Never Trumpers Understood Kevin McCarthy's Conference Better Than He Did  —  Who could possibly have predicted that the leopards would eat My Kevin's face, too?  —  For years Kevin McCarthy, a blow-dried, donor-class Republican, has tried to maintain a hold on his increasingly bedraggled …
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Ryan Grim / The Intercept:
What Matt Gaetz and AOC Talked About During Kevin McCarthy's Speaker Vote … Opponents of Rep. Kevin McCarthy's bid for the House speakership are digging in after a tense discussion on the House floor between Rep. Matt Gaetz, R-Fla., and Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y.
Politico:
Biden world both humored and terrified by McCarthy meltdown  —  Staff throughout the West Wing wouldn't cop to watching live coverage of Rep. Kevin McCarthy failing to get enough votes to become speaker of the House.  But, to a person, they were more than aware of the fiasco that was unfolding …
Politico:
3 strikes for McCarthy — but he's not out yet  —  The House abruptly adjourned Tuesday after Kevin McCarthy's speakership bid failed in a third straight vote amid mounting chaos on the floor.  —  Confronting an incredibly narrow majority, McCarthy has been unable to dislodge dug-in opposition …
NBC News:
Kevin McCarthy's bid for House speaker: Live updates  —  For the first time in more than a century, the House was unable to elect a speaker after three ballots.  The chamber adjourned until Wednesday at noon. … Rep.-elect Robert Garcia, D-Calif., whose swearing in to Congress …
David A. Graham / The Atlantic:
Kevin McCarthy's Loyalty to Trump Got Him Nothing  —  High-level politics is fundamentally about dealmaking.  You can't succeed as anything more than a back-bencher if you aren't willing to make a deal with almost anyone on almost anything.  In Faust, a deal with the devil is fatal; on Capitol Hill, it's how you survive.
Eric Garcia / The Independent:
AOC reveals why she was chatting with GOP opponent who fantasised about killing her in anime video  —  The progressive Democrat and Representative Paul Gosar were seen talking on the House floor amid the chaotic speaker's vote  —  AOC appears to talk cordially with congressman who posted anime video of her assassination
Bloomberg:
Santos Sits Alone as Resignation Calls Mount Over His Lies  —  George Santos cut a lonely figure on his first formal day in Washington as a newly elected Republican congressman from New York.  —  Trailed by reporters Tuesday on the way to his office, Santos answered only one question: that he would support Kevin McCarthy for speaker.
Discussion: Associated Press, PIX11, NPR and Bob Gaydos
Paul Kane / Washington Post:
Kevin McCarthy wasn't ‘the one’ 7 years ago.  He wasn't on Tuesday, either.  —  Support for the House GOP leader has always been a mile wide and only a few inches deep inside the Republican conference  —  Kevin McCarthy stared into the abyss and realized defeat was at hand.
Discussion: Washington Examiner and Raw Story
Erin Doherty / Axios:
What happens if there's no House speaker  —  The longest House speaker election in history spanned two months and took 133 ballots — providing a warning sign for the 118th Congress. … - Members of the 118th Congress can't be sworn in, the House can't set rules to govern itself …
Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
Kevin McCarthy's disastrous travails show Democrats must defang MAGA
Catie Edmondson / New York Times:
Here's What McCarthy's Detractors Are Demanding
Adam Shaw / Fox News:
Byron Donalds sets House floor abuzz by switching vote from McCarthy to Jordan
Philip Elliott / TIME:
Why Kevin McCarthy Is So Bad at This
Ronald Brownstein / CNN:
The right has already won the House speakership election
Washington Post:
These Republicans voted against Kevin McCarthy for House speaker
Fox News:
House speaker battle: Profanities fly as Republican factions get heated over McCarthy speakership bid
Washington Post:
Kevin McCarthy will learn his fate today
Representative George Santos:
Taking the Oath of Office  —  Swearing in as Member of the 118th Congress  —  U.S. Representative George Santos was sworn in as a Member of the United States House of Representatives by the Speaker of the House on January 3rd, 2023.  —  The Honorable George Santos was elected to serve …
Kyle Clark / KUSA-TV:
Colorado conservative activist warns of shift ‘from ballots to bullets’  —  When reached by phone on Tuesday, Wyatt declined to say who specifically would be targeted by the political violence.  —  COLORADO, USA — A far-right conservative leader known for his gun shop's reality TV show is warning that …
Robert Chappell / Madison365:
Madison Indigenous arts leader, activist revealed as white  —  Early in 2020, an Indigenous artist urged the owners of a new music venue in town to change its name.  —  It was called The Winnebago, after the street on which it stands.  Many Indigenous people and allies let the owners …
Discussion: HotAir
Pam Belluck / New York Times:
Abortion Pills Can Now Be Offered at Retail Pharmacies, F.D.A. Says  —  Mifepristone, the first of two drugs in medication abortions, previously had to be dispensed only by clinics, doctors or a few mail-order pharmacies.  Now, if local drugstores or chains like CVS agree to certain rules, they can provide it.
Department of Justice:
Two charged with attacks on four Pierce County power substations  —  Attacks over the Christmas holiday caused $3 million in damage and cut power to thousands  —  Tacoma - Two Puyallup, Washington, men will appear in U.S. District Court in Tacoma today charged with conspiracy …
Los Angeles Times:
Biden renominates Garcetti to be U.S. ambassador to India  —  President Biden renominated former Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti to be U.S. ambassador to India on Tuesday after Garcetti's confirmation failed to advance through the U.S. Senate last year.  —  The White House also resubmitted nominations …
Discussion: Breitbart
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Mark Paoletta / National Review:
On Mark Stern's Smear of Clarence Thomas  —  Lefty legal commentator Mark Joseph Stern can't stop attacking Justice Thomas, this time perpetuating a smear about a photo Justice Thomas took with Herschel Walker.  —  The J6 Committee released the transcript of Ginni Thomas's interview last week …
Jacob Knutson / Axios:
House GOP ditches metal detectors 3 days before Capitol riot anniversary  —  The incoming Republican majority in the House of Representatives removed metal detectors outside of the chamber floor on Tuesday, just three days before the second anniversary of the deadly Jan. 6 riot.
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Julia Shapero / The Hill:
Metal detectors removed from outside the House chamber
Discussion: Raw Story and The Gateway Pundit
Reid Wilson / Pluribus News:
Upset in Ohio as Dems join GOP to pick new House Speaker  —  State Rep. Jason Stephens (R) pulled off the upset with the help of House Democrats.  —  A coalition of Republicans joined with Democrats to pick a new speaker of the state House on Tuesday, bucking a majority of Republicans who voted last month for a different candidate.
Discussion: Plain Dealer and Associated Press
 
 
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Chris Sommerfeldt / New York Daily News:
George Santos funneled $25K to Lee Zeldin's campaign for governor — and then reimbursed himself
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Tom Perkins / The Guardian:
Trump seems to have a large war chest - but is he struggling to raise money?
Discussion: Raw Story
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