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6:40 AM ET, October 3, 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
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” …
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 …
Kaitlan Collins / CNN:
Trump's decision to show up in New York for start of his civil trial was as personal as it was political  —  For former President Donald Trump, showing up in New York for the start of his civil trial Monday was more than a political stop to boost his 2024 campaign.  It was also deeply personal.
Olafimihan Oshin / The Hill:
John Kelly confirms Trump's ‘suckers’ remark about war dead  —  Former White House chief of staff John Kelly confirmed several remarks his former boss, former President Trump, reportedly made during his time in the administration, including one where Trump referred to dead U.S. service members as “suckers.”
Discussion: HuffPost
Jake Traylor / NBC News:
Trump ramps up violent rhetoric  —  NBC News' analysis of all of the former president's public remarks shows that his recent statements and social media posts have taken a dark and aggressive turn.  —  Former President Donald Trump is lashing out at political and legal foes in increasingly violent terms …
Lawrence Hurley / NBC News:
Clarence Thomas recuses himself as Supreme Court rejects ex-Trump lawyer John Eastman's appeal
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.
New York Times:
Democrats Weigh Whether to Rescue McCarthy From G.O.P. Ouster Bid  —  Party officials said that without promises to address their policy priorities, the speaker should not count on Democratic votes to save him.  —  The hard-right threat to oust Speaker Kevin McCarthy from his post …
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.
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 …
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New York Times:
Nobel Prize Awarded to Covid Vaccine Pioneers  —  The physiology or medicine prize for Katalin Karikó and Drew Weissman recognized work that led to the development of vaccines that were administered to billions around the world.  —  Katalin Karikó and Drew Weissman …
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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Francesca Chambers / USA Today:
Meet Laphonza Butler, the Emily's List president and Kamala Harris ally entering the senate
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
Reuters:
'They're just meat': Russia deploys punishment battalions in echo of Stalin  —  Drunk recruits.  Insubordinate soldiers.  Convicts.  —  They're among hundreds of military and civilian offenders who've been pressed into Russian penal units known as “Storm-Z” squads and sent to the frontlines …
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 …
Washington Post:
Amid liberal revolt, pope signals openness to blessings for gay couples  —  COLOGNE, Germany — In the shadow of Cologne's Gothic cathedral, the St. Stephan's Youth Choir struck up a chorus of “All You Need Is Love” as couples — men with men, women with women, and women with men …
Washington Post:
Pentagon official charged with participating in dog fighting ring  —  Frederick D. Moorefield Jr., a deputy chief information officer, is accused of training fighting dogs for more than 20 years  —  A senior member of the Department of Defense communications staff has been arrested and charged …
Julia Davis / The Daily Beast:
Putin's Pals Brag: Elon Musk ‘Really Is Our Agent!’  —  Kremlin propagandists are rejoicing after Congress omitted aid to Ukraine from its most recent government funding bill.  —  Russian experts have long predicted that it's only a matter of time before U.S. aid to Ukraine is jeopardized by war fatigue and domestic issues.
Miranda Nazzaro / The Hill:
Rep. Cuellar unharmed in armed carjacking in DC  —  Rep. Henry Cuellar (D-Texas) was carjacked in Washington, D.C. on Monday night, according to a staffer from his office.  —  Cuellar was parking his car outside of his apartment in Navy Yard, D.C. when three armed individuals approached …
Politico:
Bowman camp slams ‘Nazi’ Republicans after fire alarm flap  —  Republicans have vowed to punish the progressive in the wake of the incident, with one member already introducing a motion to expel him from Congress.
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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Bloomberg:
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Natalie Allison / Politico:
Tim Scott's team to donors: Ignore the polls — and bank on South Carolina
Discussion: Political Wire
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
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Associated Press:
North Dakota State Senator And His Family Killed In Utah Plane Crash
Olafimihan Oshin / The Hill:
Spartz says she'll consider resigning from Congress
David G. Savage / Los Angeles Times:
An unexpected check on Supreme Court's sharp move right: Justice Kavanaugh
Discussion: HotAir, Raw Story and New Republic
Michael Lewis / Washington Post:
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