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10:50 AM ET, October 9, 2023

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Noah Berlatsky / Public Notice:
Republicans respond to attack on Israel by demonstrating their unfitness  —  From Tim Scott to Trump, they couldn't resist smearing Biden with shameless lies. … During a Fox News hit Saturday, RNC Chair Ronna McDaniel reacted to Hamas's attack on Israel by calling it a “great opportunity” for Republican candidates.
Joseph Menn / Washington Post:
As false war information spreads on X, Musk promotes unvetted accounts  —  Information researchers said that the new outbreak of violence between Israel and Hamas is an early test of how the revamped X conveys accurate data during a major crisis.  —  As false information …
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Mariana Alfaro / Washington Post:
House Republicans need to pick a new speaker.  Here's how that works.  —  House Republicans plan to gather Monday night in a closed-door, phones-off, members-only meeting to discuss where the conference goes next after their speaker, Rep. Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.), was ousted in a historic vote last Tuesday.
Discussion: Daily Kos and The Hill
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The Daily Beast:
‘The Diciest Thing’ Steve Scalise and Jim Jordan Are Battling Over  —  Both men know getting into detail on spending strategy could be fatal for their House speakership bids.  —  For years, a rotating cast of House GOP leaders have shared a fatal flaw: an inclination to only address their most immediate problems.
Discussion: NBC News and Raw Story
Dan Hannan / Washington Examiner:
Putinite Republicans are disgracing America  —  Former House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) was a victim of Russian propaganda.  Not directly, of course.  The Kremlin has more immediate things to worry about than who is the speaker of the House of Representatives.
Discussion: Raw Story
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Wall Street Journal:
Iran Helped Plot Attack on Israel Over Several Weeks  —  The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps gave the final go-ahead last Monday in Beirut  —  DUBAI—Iranian security officials helped plan Hamas's Saturday surprise attack on Israel and gave the green light for the assault at a meeting …
Liel Leibovitz / Tablet Magazine:
Eyewitness Account of the Rave Massacre  —  Scenes of young women raped next to the dead bodies of their friends  —  I've spent the last 12 hours speaking to Israelis who were at the Supernova music festival.  Their testimonies, as you would imagine, are very emotional.
Discussion: The Messenger and The Daily Caller
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
Washington Post:
Haley is rising in New Hampshire.  But toppling Trump is a tall order.  —  The shifting terrain among the non-Trump candidates in the Granite State has drawn renewed attention to a unique and crucial 2024 GOP battleground  —  BEDFORD, N.H. — Diane Weir isn't an obvious vote for Nikki Haley.
Washington Post:
Vietnam tried to hack U.S. officials, CNN with posts on X, probe finds  —  The attempts appear to have been unsuccessful, but came as the U.S. and Vietnam were negotiating an agreement that President Biden signed last month in Hanoi  —  Vietnamese government agents tried to plant spyware …
Discussion: The Messenger
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.  This maritime expansion has come at grave human cost.  —  DANIEL ARITONANG GRADUATED from high school in May, 2018, hoping to find a job.
Robert Downen / The Texas Tribune:
Influential Texas activist Jonathan Stickland hosted white supremacist Nick Fuentes at Fort Worth office  —  The Texas Tribune also observed Texas GOP chair Matt Rinaldi outside the building, but he denied meeting Fuentes and denounced him.  —  FORT WORTH — Jonathan Stickland …
Discussion: Raw Story
Shia Kapos / Politico:
Dem-leaning States Project group pours $4.5 million into Virginia legislative races  —  Dem donors ignored state legislature races for a long time.  Dobbs brought new attention.  —  Daniel Squadron, left, and Adam Pritzker photographed in Manhattan, New York, on Thursday, October 6, 2023.
Discussion: The Messenger
New York Times:
‘Everyone Was Surprised’: Palestinians in Gaza React to Conflict  —  01:34-01:38 What forced us to flee was the intensity of the bombing, 01:38-01:39 which was unlike anything in the past.  01:39 The bombing did not spare any tree or home or person; it targeted all.
Sarah K. Burris / Raw Story:
There's not a chief of naval operations to help Israel due to Tommy Tuberville's protest: Retired Commander  —  The U.S. reported that a carrier strike group is being sent closer to Israel in solidarity with the country.  They'll be supplying munitions beginning Sunday, said President Joe Biden's Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin.
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Kelly Garrity / Politico:
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Alex Isenstadt / Politico:
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Ben Goggin / NBC News:
Verified accounts spread fake news release about a Biden $8 billion aid package to Israel
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