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2:55 AM ET, January 4, 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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John F. Harris / Politico:
After Another Failed Vote, McCarthy's Speaker Bid Is Starting to Look Pathetic  —  Just two months ago, when Republicans underperformed historical trends in the midterm elections and a bunch of extremist candidates lost winnable races, the consensus view among many commentators …
Discussion: The Daily Beast, Mediaite and The Hill
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 …
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.
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 …
Tara Palmeri / Puck:
We Need to Talk About Kevin  —  News and notes on the local political tragedy under the dome.  —  Yes, it was supposed to be bad for Kevin McCarthy, but not this bad.  —  As anyone who has been reading my dispatches since September well knows, McCarthy's speakership only ever seemed fully …
Discussion: CNN, Breitbart, Fox News, Semafor and The Hill
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.
Carl Hulse / New York Times:
Speaker Fight Reveals a Divided and Disoriented House Majority  —  In failing to coalesce around Kevin McCarthy for speaker, Republicans showcased divisions that portend real difficulties in governing.  —  WASHINGTON — House Republicans on Tuesday began their new majority rule with a chaotic …
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.
Cheryl Teh / Insider:
Matt Gaetz is accusing Kevin McCarthy of squatting in the speaker's office before he's even got the job
Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
Kevin McCarthy's disastrous travails show Democrats must defang MAGA
Eric Garcia / The Independent:
AOC reveals why she was chatting with GOP opponent who fantasised about killing her in anime video
Lachlan Markay / Axios:   Cash can't buy McCarthy speakership
Politico:
3 strikes for McCarthy — but he's not out yet
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
Fox News:
House speaker battle: Profanities fly as Republican factions get heated over McCarthy speakership bid
Washington Post:
These Republicans voted against Kevin McCarthy for House speaker
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 …
Washington Post:
George Santos had an awkward first day at the office  —  The New York Republican, accused of fabricating details of his biography, got a taste of scrutiny that comes with his new job  —  On Tuesday, looking very much like a freshman at a prep school in hell, congressman-elect George Santos wore …
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Sarah Jones / PoliticusUSA:
Sean Hannity Warns that Republicans Are On Verge of Becoming a Total Clown Show  —  Sean Hannity had a brief moment in reality Tuesday night, in which he admitted that House Republicans are on the verge of becoming a total clown show.  —  “It is day one of the 188 Congress (sic*) …
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.
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 …
FOX 2:
Missouri executes convicted murderer Amber McLaughlin  —  BONNE TERRE, Mo. - The Missouri Department of Corrections carried out its execution of Amber McLaughlin early Tuesday evening.  She was the first openly transgender inmate to be killed by the state.  —  The execution was carried …
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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Jill Lawrence / The Bulwark:
Moderate Democrats Are the Future of the Party
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