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10:40 AM ET, October 12, 2023

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Todd Spangler / Detroit Free Press:
Rep. Rashida Tlaib, facing censure motion, calls Hamas actions ‘war crimes’  —  U.S. Rep. Rashida Tlaib, D-Detroit, said Wednesday evening her critics are purposefully distorting her position to make it seem she is sympathetic to Hamas and its attacks on Israel, which she called “war crimes.”
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Zack Beauchamp / Vox:
How to think morally about the Israel-Hamas war
Discussion: WV MetroNews
Kayla Gallagher / The Messenger:
Blinken Says Number of Americans Killed in Israel Has Risen to 25
New York Times:
Israel-Hamas War: Israel's New Unity Government Pledges to ‘Crush’ Hamas
Washington Post:
Israel-Hamas war live updates
David Weigel / Semafor:
Cenk Uygur running for president as Democrat  —  The News  —  Progressive pundit Cenk Uygur will challenge President Biden for the Democratic nomination, offering himself as an alternative to an incumbent who “is definitely going to lose” if he makes it to the general election.
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Politico:
Playbook: Why you shouldn't write Scalise off just yet  —  Presented by With help from Eli Okun and Garrett Ross  —  DRIVING THE DAY  —  MAYBE NEXT TIME — “$1.73 billion Powerball jackpot goes to lucky lottery player in California,” AP  —  AMERICA'S VICTIMS — “More than 20 Americans were killed in Israel.
Discussion: Puck
Politico:
Steve Scalise's celebration on pause  —  The House GOP's hoped-for moment of unity never materialized on Wednesday.  Now it's another long slog ahead.  —  After Steve Scalise clinched House Republicans' nod for speaker on Wednesday, he did not deliver a victory speech.
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Nate Cohn / New York Times:
The New Republican Establishment  —  An alternative Trumpist governing elite gets closer to ruling the party.  —  In the final account, the rise and fall of Kevin McCarthy might read like the familiar tale of a Republican congressional leader toppled by a small but uncompromising right-wing faction.
Bryan Metzger / Insider:
Marjorie Taylor Greene won't support her party's choice for House speaker because he has cancer
Raw Story:
‘We have 8 people who are insane’: Republican inside speaker vote bashes colleagues
Discussion: NBC News
Lee Moran / HuffPost:
Donald Trump Criticizes Israel PM Benjamin Netanyahu, Calls Hezbollah ‘Very Smart’  —  The former president admitted he could have been dishing classified information at a campaign event with a claim about the Israeli leader.  —  LOADING  —  Former President Donald Trump …
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Brett Samuels / The Hill:
Biden aides slam Trump for calling Hezbollah ‘very smart’  —  Aides to President Biden and his campaign blasted former President Trump on Thursday for remarks a night earlier in which Trump described Hezbollah as “very smart” amid unfolding violence in Israel.
Edith Olmsted / New Republic:
How to Make Trump Go “Crazy,” According to George Conway
Discussion: Raw Story and Kentucky Lantern
Lisa Needham / Public Notice:
North Carolina's cautionary tale for purple states  —  Republicans have made themselves so powerful, it doesn't matter if Dems win elections. … North Carolina Republicans are having a very good year, and now that they've locked down both the legislature and the judiciary …
Discussion: Truthout
Bloomberg:
Saudi, Iranian Leaders Hold Rare Call to Discuss Israel-Hamas War  —  Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince and de facto ruler Mohammed bin Salman discussed the war between Israel and Hamas in a call with Iran's president, the first such conversation between the two leaders who normalized relations earlier this year.
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NBC News:
U.S. intelligence indicates Iranian leaders were surprised by Hamas attack
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Calder McHugh / Politico:
It's Not Me, It's You: Cornel West's Messy Breakup  —  The presidential candidate's last-minute decision to ghost the Green Party is just the latest rift within the perennially squabbling American left.  —  Cornel West thinks the Greens can't take him where he wants to go.
Discussion: Althouse
Jose Pagliery / The Daily Beast:
Trump Lawyers Want Us to Believe Key Witness Knows Nothing  —  During his bank fraud trial in New York, Donald Trump's lawyers said ex-controller Jeff McConney wasn't an expert on real estate values—except that was his job for Trump.  —  For years, a high-ranking accountant at the Trump Organization …
Discussion: Raw Story
Alana Goodman / Washington Free Beacon:
Ramaswamy Says GOP ‘Selective Moral Outrage’ on Israel Driven By Money, Lobbying Groups  —  Vivek Ramaswamy criticized Republicans for their “selective moral outrage” at the mass terrorist attacks in Israel, and argued that politicians calling for a stronger military response against Hamas and Iran are driven by donor money.
Discussion: BizPac Review, Mediaite and Power Line
Eric Hananoki / Media Matters for America:
Trump Doral event with Eric Trump will feature a Hitler-promoting antisemite who killed someone  —  This is at least the fourth Hitler-promoting antisemite who's toured with Eric Trump  —  Trump National Doral Miami is scheduled to host a ReAwaken America tour event featuring Eric Trump …
Zachary Leeman / The Messenger:
Kushner Says Schumer Told Mother's Friends He Was ‘Going to Jail’  —  Trump's son-in-law and former adviser said he spent millions in legal fees while facing accusations of campaign ties to Russia … Jared Kushner, the son-in-law of former President Donald Trump, says he had to calm …
Discussion: The Guardian and The Hill
Judy Kurtz / The Hill:
Fetterman: America ‘not sending their best and brightest’ to Congress  —  Sen. John Fetterman said Wednesday that America “is not sending their best and brightest” to represent them in Congress.  —  “Sometimes you literally just can't believe like, these people are making the decisions that are determining the government here.
AJ McDougall / The Daily Beast:
Carlee Russell Found Guilty of Staging Her Own Kidnapping  —  A judge recommended the 26-year-old serve one year in jail and pay nearly $18,000 in restitution.  —  The 26-year-old nursing student whose bogus abduction plot made national headlines earlier this year was found guilty …
Tesnim Zekeria / Popular Information:
Texas Republicans are fighting about whether it's OK to associate with white supremacists  —  Last week, Jonathan Stickland — president of the far-right Defend Texas Liberty PAC and a former state representative — met with notorious white supremacist Nick Fuentes and other right-wing extremists.
Discussion: KXAN-TV and The Texas Tribune
 
 
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Xiao Zibang / Bloomberg:
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Bart Jansen / USA Today:
Judge in Trump documents case weighs whether defense lawyers are too close to witnesses
Discussion: The Messenger and The Guardian
Mike Brest / Washington Examiner:
Biden administration announces new aid for Ukraine
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The Texas Tribune:
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Discussion: The Hill
Politico:
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