memeorandum: Closest of friends, Mark Meadows and Jim Jordan split over Kevin McCarthy (Paul Kane/Washington Post)

8:15 AM ET, January 8, 2023

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Rachael Bade / Politico:

POLITICO Playbook: Inside the 28 minutes that saved Kevin McCarthy — Presented by With help from Eli Okun and Garrett Ross — DRIVING THE DAY — For the first time all week, House Republicans were jubilant and KEVIN McCARTHY's smile finally seemed genuine.

Discussion: The Western Journal, New York Magazine and The Daily Beast

Paul Kane / Washington Post:

Closest of friends, Mark Meadows and Jim Jordan split over Kevin McCarthy — As members of Congress, Mark Meadows (R-N.C.) and Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) formed a brutally powerful duo on Capitol Hill last decade, developing a niche specialty in blowing things up.

Discussion: Raw Story

CNN:

How McCarthy survived the House chaos to win the speaker's gavel — Florida Rep. Matt Gaetz strode into House GOP Leader Kevin McCarthy's office on Monday night with a list of demands. Among them: The chairmanship of a key House Armed Services subcommittee. — McCarthy rejected the offer.

Fox News:

Rogers confronting Gaetz on House floor ‘completely out of line,’ Greene says: ‘Lost his temper’ — Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene says, 'I'm sure it'll be dealt with,' after Rep. Mike Rogers confronts Rep. Matt Gaetz — Mike Rogers lunges at Matt Gaetz during House speaker voting, other members intervene.

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Zachary Petrizzo / The Daily Beast:

Mike Lindell Turns on Marjorie Taylor Greene Over Speaker Vote — TRUMP FOR SPEAKER — MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell isn't pleased with Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) over her fervent support of Rep. Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) for House Speaker. Instead, he argued Friday night …

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Mark Z. Barabak / Los Angeles Times:

Kevin McCarthy ‘won’ the House speakership. Now the country will pay the price — For years, Kevin McCarthy wanted to be speaker of the House in the worst possible way, and that's precisely what he accomplished by winning the leadership post after 15 humiliating rounds of voting and days of give-away-the-store negotiations.

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Aaron Blake / Washington Post:
What we learned from the McCarthy imbroglio

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Washington Post:

Time is not on Ukraine's side — Condoleezza Rice was secretary of state from 2005 to 2009. Robert M. Gates was secretary of defense from 2006 to 2011. — When it comes to the war in Ukraine, about the only thing that's certain right now is that the fighting and destruction will continue.

Discussion: SSDG, The Hill and Reuters

CNN:

6-year-old in custody after shooting teacher in Virginia, police chief says — A 6-year-old boy was taken into police custody after he shot a teacher at Richneck Elementary School in Newport News, Virginia, Friday afternoon, Police Chief Steve Drew said in a news conference.

WTKR-TV:
6-year-old student in custody after shooting teacher at Richneck Elem. School: Police chief

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Robert Draper / New York Times:

For GOP, Speaker Debacle Has Roots in Newt Gingrich's Revolt — Mr. Gingrich began the zero-sum politics that mutated into the brand of the Tea Party and Trump M.A.G.A. Republicans and that presaged the raucous speaker battle in the House. — WASHINGTON — Newt Gingrich was disdainful.

Nick Arama / RedState:

There Are Many Questions About George Santos, but Latest Leftist Complaint Is Incredibly Dumb — There are a ton of valid questions that one might ask about Rep. George Santos (R-NY) who seems to be following in the grand tradition of Joe Biden and lying — a lot — about his background and a variety of aspects of his life.

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David L. Chandler / MIT News:

Riddle solved: Why was Roman concrete so durable? — An unexpected ancient manufacturing strategy may hold the key to designing concrete that lasts for millennia. … The ancient Romans were masters of engineering, constructing vast networks of roads, aqueducts, ports, and massive buildings …

Discussion: The Daily Caller, The Hill and Ars Technica

Tim Graham / Newsbusters:

CREEPY: OB-GYN Hypes Medication Abortion as ‘Extrarordinarily Safe’ — For Whom? — Text to Speech Font Size — On Wednesday's PBS NewsHour, viewers received a bucket of happy talk about medication abortions from Dr. Jennifer Villavicencio. Twice, she insisted the use of mifepristone was …

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NBC News on YouTube:

From battlefield to internet sleuthing: Exposing U.S. white supremacy — NBC News' Courtney Kube has the story of veteran Kristofer Goldsmith who is on a mission to expose far-right extremism despite some saying his tactics are co...

Discussion: NBC News

Chris Pandolfo / Fox News:

Conservatives pan Jefferies ‘rambling disaster of a speech,’ yet gets high praise from left — Jeffries went A-Z through how Democrats have better values than Republicans, drawing boos from the GOP side of the aisle — Hakeem Jeffries says Democrats will ‘never compromise our principles’

Discussion: RedState and Mother Jones