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The Daily Beast:
‘The Diciest Thing’ Steve Scalise and Jim Jordan Are Battling Over
Discussion: Raw Story and ZeroHedge News
Rebecca Davis O'Brien / New York Times:
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to Run for President as Independent, Leaving Democratic Primary  —  The political scion told supporters he would end his campaign as a Democratic candidate and run as an independent, potentially upsetting the dynamics of the 2024 election.
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Michael Scherer / Washington Post:
Republicans turn on Robert F. Kennedy Jr. as he launches independent bid  —  Donald Trump's campaign joins the Republican National Committee in attacking his nascent bid, as Democrats outside his immediate family largely stay silent  —  Attorney Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s pivot Monday …
Christina Wilkie / CNBC:
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to run for president as an independent, end Democratic primary campaign
Alessandro Marazzi Sassoon / The Messenger:
One of Trump's Georgia Co-Defendants Suggests She'll Be His Next White House Press Secretary  —  Trevian Kutti, a former publicist for Ye, posted: “I look forward to redeeming Black women in politics by becoming Press Secretary to the 47th President of the United States @realDonaldTrump”
Discussion: Raw Story
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Rolling Stone:
Team Trump Is Using ‘Fyre Festival Strategies’ in N.Y. Fraud Case
Discussion: Raw Story
Mitch McConnell / Wall Street Journal:
Four Steps for the U.S. to Help Israel  —  Make munitions transfers, offer intelligence support, and impose costs on state sponsors of terrorism.  —  As hundreds of Iranian-backed terrorists stormed into Israel on Saturday to butcher children and elders, kidnap Israeli civilians …
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Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
McConnell calls for allies to impose new severe sanctions against Iran
Discussion: NBC News, Politico and Washington Times
Anne Applebaum / The Atlantic:
There Are No Rules  —  States and quasi-states are using extreme, uninhibited violence against civilian populations.  —  The “rules-based world order” is a system of norms and values that describe how the world ought to work, not how it actually works.  This aspirational order is rooted …
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David Leonhardt / New York Times:
The Global Context of the Hamas-Israel War
Rachael Bade / Politico:
‘Rudderless and leaderless’: House GOP lurches forward after Israel attacks  —  Lawmakers appear to have three options to move legislation without a permanent speaker, but they're all problematic.  —  Hamas' deadly attack on Israel has prompted a wave of speculation about whether the House …
Discussion: Raw Story, NBC News, Daily Kos and Fox News
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Andrew Solender / Axios:
Scoop: House committee heads prepare bipartisan pro-Israel measure
Discussion: Breitbart and The Hill
Politico:
Playbook: Mideast in crisis, House in paralysis
Washington Free Beacon:
Nine Americans Killed by Hamas in Israel, US Confirms  —  The United States on Monday said nine Americans were killed in Israel and other U.S. citizens were missing, following Saturday's unprecedented Hamas attack that killed 700 Israelis.  —  “At this time, we can confirm the deaths of nine U.S. citizens …
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Politico:
U.S. and Israeli officials remain uncertain of Iranian involvement in Hamas attack
Barak Ravid / Axios:
Scoop: Netanyahu tells Biden “we have to go” into Gaza … “We have to go in,” the Israeli leader said, according to three Israeli and U.S. sources briefed on the call. … - “We have to go in. … - The White House and the Israeli Prime Minister's Office declined to comment.
Politico:
Army to Congress: Do your job so we can help Israel and Ukraine  —  Urgent requests for weapons will run up against the House speaker drama and the looming shutdown.  —  The U.S. Army wants to help supply both its Ukrainian and Israeli allies with as many bombs and other equipment as they need in their separate wars.
David Gilbert / Wired:
The Israel-Hamas War Is Drowning X in Disinformation  —  People who have turned to X for breaking news about the Israel-Hamas conflict are being hit with old videos, fake photos, and video game footage at a level researchers have never seen.  —  In the wake of Hamas' deadly attacks on Israel this weekend …
Discussion: Variety
Greg Bluestein / Atlanta Journal-Constitution:
Top Senate Republicans seek to reprimand Willis over Trump charges  —  Georgia Senate leaders ask new state panel to launch investigation into Fulton's top prosecutor  —  Georgia Senate Republicans filed a formal complaint to punish Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis after she sought charges …
Discussion: The Messenger
Associated Press:
Israel steps up Gaza strikes and battles Hamas fighters as deaths near 1,200  —  Protests erupt after Israel strikes Gaza  —  Five Gazan children from same family found dead after Israeli airstrike  —  Israel increased airstrikes on the Gaza Strip and sealed it off from food, fuel …
Yasmine Salam / NBC News:
What is the Gaza Strip?  Who controls it?  Here's what to know  —  The Hamas attack that has killed hundreds was launched from one of the most densely populated and impoverished strips of land in the world.  —  What is the Gaza Strip?  —  The Gaza Strip refers to a narrow strip …
Alejandro Serrano / Raw Story:
Ken Paxton to file criminal complaints against Texas House impeachment managers  —  Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton said Monday he plans to file criminal complaints against the group of state representatives who led the impeachment against him for releasing his personal information.
Grace Ashford / New York Times:
A Fake Loan Could Mean Real Trouble for George Santos  —  Representative George Santos was seemingly implicated in a fraudulent loan scheme that his treasurer admitted in her guilty plea.  —  Of all of the revelations to emerge from the federal prosecution of Representative George Santos's treasurer …
Discussion: Raw Story
 
 
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NBC News:
White House pushes Senate to confirm a U.S. ambassador to Israel
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Ben Blanchet / HuffPost:
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Burgum revives gift card giveaway to attract new donors
Politico:
The inside story of how Newsom picked Butler for Senate
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Rachel Schilke / Washington Examiner:
Ritchie Torres slams Harvard student organizations for blaming Israel for violence after Hamas attacks
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CNN:
11 US citizens dead in Israel conflict, Biden says
New York Times:
Nikki Haley Raises $11 Million, Battling With DeSantis to Take on Trump
Conrad Hoyt / Washington Examiner:
White House blasted for throwing barbecue as war rages in Israel
Sheryll Cashin / Politico:
The Roots of Today's Authoritarianism Come From a 19th Century Supreme Court Ruling
Discussion: Digby's Hullabaloo
Dan Hannan / Washington Examiner:
Putinite Republicans are disgracing America
Discussion: Raw Story
Ian Urbina / New Yorker:
You Eat  —  China has invested heavily in an armada of far-flung fishing vessels, in part to extend its global influence.
 

 
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Variety:
AMC Networks acquires full control of BBC America, after BBC Studios sold its remaining 50.1% interest in the channel to AMC Networks for $42M in cash

Jim Milliot / Publishers Weekly:
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Jonathan Stempel / Reuters:
CNN must face Project Veritas' defamation lawsuit after a federal appeals court finds that Project Veritas plausibly alleged that CNN acted with actual malice

 
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