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‘Jan. 6 choir’ member sentenced to 7 years in Capitol attack — A man who joined a nightly performance of the national anthem inside the D.C. jail that has been promoted by former president Donald Trump and his allies was sentenced to seven years in prison for assaulting police and obstructing Congress on Jan. 6.
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Raw Story and Associated Press
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Jim Jordan, Who's Running For Speaker, Played A Key Role In Trump's 2020 Election Plot — “Jim Jordan knew more about what Donald Trump had planned for Jan. 6 than any other member of the House,” former Rep. Liz Cheney (R-Wyo.) said. — LOADING — WASHINGTON ― …
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The Western Journal, Rolling Stone, RedState and Washington Examiner
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Team Trump readies attacks on RFK Jr. as spoiler anxiety grows — The News — Members of Donald Trump's team are quietly preparing to go on offense against Robert F. Kennedy Jr. as internal campaign polling suggests his expected third party bid could draw more votes from Trump than President Joe Biden in a general election.
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The Hill, Lawyers, Guns & Money, Mediaite, Balloon Juice, Political Wire and The Daily Caller
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Scalise makes House speaker pitch after Trump endorses Jordan: I know how to ‘unify’
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RedState, Raw Story, Semafor, Washington Examiner, The Nation, CBS News, Washington Free Beacon, Daily Kos, Politico, New York Post, Washington Times and The Western Journal
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How a Texas Congressman ‘Totally F—d’ Trump's House Speaker Race Strategy (Exclusive)
How a Texas Congressman ‘Totally F—d’ Trump's House Speaker Race Strategy (Exclusive)
Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:
Running Spoiler Campaigns Does Not Protect ‘Democracy’
Running Spoiler Campaigns Does Not Protect ‘Democracy’
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Washington Examiner
Jonathan Karl / ABC News:
Inside Trump's earlier secret bid for House speaker as McCarthy nomination drama unfolded
Inside Trump's earlier secret bid for House speaker as McCarthy nomination drama unfolded
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PoliticusUSA, HuffPost, Raw Story, Roll Call, CBS News, PenguinRandomhouse.com and Political Wire
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Kevin McCarthy considers resigning from the House before the end of his term — The deposed former speaker has made clear he plans to stay at least through the speakership election before ending his House career, two people familiar with the matter tell POLITICO.
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Kevin McCarthy's election machine in limbo as GOP seeks new speaker — The deposed speaker spent 15 years building the political operation that won back control of the House in 2022 — California Rep. Kevin McCarthy spent 15 years building the political machine that won back control …
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The Daily Beast, Political Wire and ABC News
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Trump trial Day 5 highlights: Ex-Trump executive says Allen Weisselberg asked for help in committing tax fraud — Trump's New York civil fraud trial wraps up its first week … 25m ago / 9:41 PM UTC — Appeals court stays cancellation of Trump biz certificates — By Dareh Gregorian, Adam Reiss and Lisa Rubin
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New Republic, MSNBC, CNN, PoliticusUSA, Raw Story, New Jersey Online and Slate
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Trump loses bid to stay NY fraud trial, but gets delay of business certificate cancellations
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RedState, FactCheck.org, New York Daily News and HuffPost
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New York appeals court halts the process of breaking up Trump's businesses but rejects stopping the trial
New York appeals court halts the process of breaking up Trump's businesses but rejects stopping the trial
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UPI, New York Post and The Post Millennial
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Destroy Trump's old excuses instantly, then preemptively destroy his new ones @spocko@mastodon.online — Today's news on Trump's national security crimes: — Trump Leaked Nuclear Sub Secrets To Australian Businessman — Susie Madrak, Oct 6, 2023 Crooks and Liars
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Crooks and Liars
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“Tip of the iceberg”: Experts sound the alarm after Trump blabbed nuclear secrets at Mar-a-Lago
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CNN, BizPac Review, Letters from an American, The Times of Israel, The Gateway Pundit, HotAir and Raw Story
Tori Otten / New Republic:
Trump Loves Sharing National Security Secrets With Random Strangers
Trump Loves Sharing National Security Secrets With Random Strangers
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Republicans bash Hillary Clinton for floating ‘formal deprogramming’ of Trump supporters — Clinton referred to half of Trump's supporters as belonging in ‘basket of deplorables’ before losing to former president in 2016 — Republicans bashed former Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton …
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X rolls out new ad format that can't be reported, blocked — The new ads also don't disclose who the advertiser is or that they are even ads. — X, the Elon Musk-owned platform formerly known as Twitter, has begun serving its users with a weird new ad format and it's one of the company's least transparent products yet.
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The final 11 seconds of a fatal Tesla Autopilot crash — A reconstruction of the wreck shows how human error and emerging technology can collide with deadly results — The sun had yet to rise in Delray Beach, Fla., when Jeremy Banner flicked on Autopilot.
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Michael Benz, a rising voice for conservative criticism of online censorship, appears to have a secret history as an alt-right persona — Frame Game, the pseudonym of an alt-right internet personality, hid his face while pushing racist conspiracy theories. Inadvertent slips revealed details about his identity.
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Raw Story
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Former Soldier Indicted for Attempting to Pass National Defense Information to People's Republic of China — For Immediate Release — Defendant Arrested Upon Arrival in San Francisco on Flight from Hong Kong — A former U.S. Army Sergeant whose last duty post was Joint Base Lewis-McChord …
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Republicans aim to change internal Speaker nomination rules to avoid floor fight — House Republicans are eyeing changing internal party rules to temporarily raise the threshold needed to nominate a Speaker, with the intention of avoiding the sort of days-long, multi-ballot election that took place on the House floor in January.
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New York Post and Washington Examiner
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A bipartisan coalition is the way forward for the House — Hakeem Jeffries (N.Y.) is the Democratic leader of the House of Representatives. — In recent days, Democrats have tried to show our colleagues in the Republican majority a way out of the dysfunction and rancor they have allowed to engulf the House.
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The Guardian, WDBJ-TV, Letters from an American, The Messenger, CNN, Politico, Fox News, PoliticusUSA, HuffPost, The Hill and Scripting News
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Biden's two-headed policy nightmare — Welcome to POLITICO's West Wing Playbook, your guide to the people and power centers in the Biden administration. With help from producer Ben Johansen — If we could pinpoint two major sources of anxiety in the West Wing this week, they'd probably rank like this:
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Trump's Latest Gamble Is Outlandish—but It Just Might Work — And if it does, it would transform U.S. presidents from chief executives into kings. … Former President Donald Trump's legal team went big in their latest effort to derail the prosecution against him for conspiring to interfere …
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Slate, Law & Crime, New Republic, Raw Story, Washington Examiner, Reuters, The Federalist, Washington Post, The Post Millennial, The Guardian, The Messenger, UPI and Financial Times
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There's Surprisingly Little Evidence That EVs Will Require Fewer Workers — The research instead suggests the opposite is true. — When former President Donald Trump was campaigning in Michigan last week, he warned autoworkers that President Biden's electric vehicle policies would “put an end” to their “way of life.”
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Financial Times, The Messenger, CleanTechnica and The Hill