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9:45 PM ET, October 2, 2023

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Jake Tapper / CNN:
Exclusive: John Kelly goes on the record to confirm several disturbing stories about Trump  —  John Kelly, the longest-serving White House chief of staff for Donald Trump, offered his harshest criticism yet of the former president in an exclusive statement to CNN.
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Matthew Chapman / Raw Story:
John Bolton: It's ‘entirely possible’ Trump wants his supporters to kill Mark Milley  —  Former National Security Adviser John Bolton warned CNN's Jake Tapper on Monday that former President Donald Trump may actually want one of his followers to take matters into their own hands and mete …
Discussion: The Messenger and Political Wire
Michael Sainato / The Guardian:
Trump says he would prefer to die by electrocution in bizarre campaign rant  —  Former president and frontrunner for the 2024 Republican nomination delivered the odd remarks during a speech in Iowa  —  Faced with a litany of criminal charges, Donald Trump on Sunday told a campaign rally …
Dominick Mastrangelo / The Hill:
New York Post pans Trump's ‘birdbrain’ attack on Haley  —  The editorial board of the New York Post dissed former President Trump after he attacked Nikki Haley, his former Ambassador to the United Nations and one of the candidates who is challenging him for the Republican nomination for president.
Brett Samuels / The Hill:
Trump fundraises off fraud trial: ‘Nothing can break me’  —  Former President Trump on Monday was quick to fundraise off of his fraud trial in New York after proceedings wrapped for the day.  —  Trump's campaign blasted out a fundraising email with a subject line of “I just left the courthouse” …
Associated Press:
Trump says New York fraud case is a ‘scam’: Latest updates
Erica Orden / Politico:
As Trump goes on trial for business fraud, he treats courthouse like campaign stop
Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:
Anti-Trump Republicans Won't Save Democracy. Can Anybody?
Discussion: Raw Story and New York Times
Associated Press:
Rep. Matt Gaetz files resolution to oust Kevin McCarthy as speaker of the House  —  Republican Rep. Matt Gaetz filed a resolution late Monday to oust Kevin McCarthy as speaker, setting up a likely showdown vote in the House in the days ahead.  The far-right Republican from Florida …
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The Hill:
Gaetz moves to oust Speaker McCarthy  —  Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.) on Monday moved to force a vote on ousting Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.), following through with his pledge to do so after the Speaker put a “clean” continuing resolution (CR) to fund the government on the House floor.
Washington Post:
Matt Gaetz files motion to oust Kevin McCarthy as House speaker  —  Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.) introduced a resolution Monday evening to remove Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) from his seat, triggering an expected intraparty clash and setting up a showdown for the House to decide whether to depose McCarthy likely within 48 hours.
EMILYs List:
EMILYs List Statements on Laphonza Butler's Appointment to the U.S. Senate  —  FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE  —  WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, in response to the news that Gov. Gavin Newsom will name EMILYs List President Laphonza Butler to the U.S. Senate from California, EMILYs List released the following statements:
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Insider:
California's newly-appointed senator may not live in California at all
Francesca Chambers / USA Today:
Meet Laphonza Butler, the Emily's List president and Kamala Harris ally entering the senate
Ben Collins / NBC News:
What was Elon Musk's strategy for Twitter?  —  A year after the world's richest man acquired the social media platform, a game plan published by a fired Trump White House staffer provides a clue.  —  On the day that public records revealed that Elon Musk had become Twitter's biggest shareholder …
Discussion: The Daily Beast and The Forward
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Julia Davis / The Daily Beast:
Putin's Pals Brag: Elon Musk ‘Really Is Our Agent!’
Discussion: Agence France-Presse and Politico
Julian E. Barnes / New York Times:
Putin's Next Target: U.S. Support for Ukraine, Officials Say
Discussion: ABC News and CNN
Lawrence Hurley / NBC News:
Clarence Thomas recuses himself as Supreme Court rejects ex-Trump lawyer John Eastman's appeal  —  Thomas, who is under fire over claims of ethical lapses, was criticized for not recusing himself from a separate Jan. 6-related case because his wife, Virginia “Ginni” Thomas …
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Philip Bump / Washington Post:
Three in 10 Republicans don't think the Biden impeachment probe will be fair  —  Leaders of the House Republican conference would like Americans to be under the impression that the party's investigation into the possible impeachment of President Biden is a sober act, one undertaken solely …
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Bob Inglis / New York Times:
My Fellow Republicans: It's Time to Grow Up  —  Extremists in my party have threatened to try and remove Speaker Kevin McCarthy for relying on the votes of Democrats to keep the government open.  Some of them appear to be authoritarian separatists who reject pluralism …
Discussion: Raw Story and Digby's Hullabaloo
Michael Lewis / Washington Post:
Play it again, Sam  —  Inside Bankman-Fried's last year in the crypto game  —  Most of the people who went to work for Sam Bankman-Fried ended up in jobs for which they were not obviously qualified, and Natalie Tien was no exception.  She'd been raised in Taiwan by middle-class parents whose …
Olafimihan Oshin / The Hill:
Spartz says she'll consider resigning from Congress  —  Rep. Victoria Spartz (R-Ind.) announced that she'll consider resigning from her position if Congress does not create a debt commission by the end of this year.  —  “I've done many very difficult things being one woman standing many times …
A.R. Hoffman / New York Sun:
Error in New York's Civil Fraud Case Against Trump Is Flagged by Industry Insiders, Who Say Valuation of Mar-a-Lago Cited by Judge Is Based on a Misunderstanding of Basic Real Estate Practice  —  Apparent mistake by Judge Engoron surfaces in his use of a Palm Beach County appraisal of Mar-a-Lago that …
 
 
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Natalie Allison / Politico:
Tim Scott's team to donors: Ignore the polls — and bank on South Carolina
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David D. Kirkpatrick / New Yorker:
Alliance Defending Freedom's Crusade Against Trans Rights
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Riley Mellen / New York Times:
Russia May Be Planning to Test a Nuclear-Powered Missile
Discussion: The Hill
Sarah Fortinsky / The Hill:
Matt Gaetz's father seeking return to Florida Senate
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