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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.
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Bill Scher / Washington Monthly:
Why is Trump Trashing Netanyahu?  —  Not even an international crisis of epic proportion can prevent the former president from making everything about his ego.  —  On Wednesday, Donald Trump held a rally in West Palm Beach, Florida.  Considering Palm Beach County has one of the highest concentrations …
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 …
Marc Caputo / The Messenger:
Trump to Return to NYC Court for Civil Fraud Trial (Exclusive)
Discussion: The Hill, Raw Story and Political Wire
Associated Press:
Trump says Netanyahu ‘let us down’ before the 2020 airstrike that killed a top Iranian general
Edith Olmsted / New Republic:
How to Make Trump Go “Crazy,” According to George Conway
Discussion: Raw Story and Kentucky Lantern
Punchbowl News:
10/12/23 ☀️ Punchbowl News AM … But worse.  Maybe way worse. … Only the stakes this time are higher, the time frame is shorter, the opposition is larger and the House Republican Conference is angrier. … After winning the GOP speaker nomination on Wednesday — barely …
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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.
Discussion: Digby's Hullabaloo
Washington Post:
With support for Scalise in limbo, some Republicans look for alternatives  —  Some House Republicans have begun to privately conclude that Majority Leader Steve Scalise (R-La.) has little chance of being elected speaker of the House, throwing the fractured conference further into chaos …
Brett Samuels / The Hill:
Trump suggests Scalise's health a concern in his Speaker bid
Brady Knox / Washington Examiner:
Speaker vote: Scalise and House Republicans could be facing another floor fiasco
Politico:
Playbook: Why you shouldn't write Scalise off just yet
Discussion: Puck
Larry Neumeister / Associated Press:
A new indictment charges Sen. Menendez with being an unregistered agent of the Egyptian government  —  Federal prosecutors have rewritten their indictment against U.S. Sen. Bob Menendez of New Jersey and his wife to charge them with conspiring to have him act as an agent of Egypt and Egyptian officials.
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Erica Orden / Politico:
Menendez accused of acting as foreign agent for Egypt while helming Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Discussion: National Review
Washington Post:
U.S., Qatar agree to stop Iran from tapping $6 billion fund after Hamas attack  —  U.S. officials and the Qatari government have agreed to stop Iran from accessing a $6 billion account for humanitarian assistance in light of Hamas's attack on Israel, Deputy Treasury Secretary Wally Adeyemo told House Democrats …
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Gabe Bullard / Nieman Reports:
Six Months Ago NPR Left Twitter.  The Effects Have Been Negligible  —  A lot of people threaten to leave Twitter.  Not many of them have actually done it.  —  This was true even before Elon Musk's purchase of the platform a year ago.  But the parade of calamities since …
Reid J. Epstein / New York Times:
Wisconsin Republicans Retreat From Threats to Impeach Liberal Justice  —  Republicans had floated the idea of impeaching Janet Protasiewicz, newly seated on the Wisconsin Supreme Court, before she could undo the party's legislative gerrymander.  But on Thursday, they backed off.
Beege Welborn / HotAir:
Waahmbulance time: When your water pipes become rockets, it's Israel's fault there's no water  —  Since Hamas didn't seem to be getting any sympathy at the moment in the “Look what Israel's doing to our buildings!” quarter (I'm admittedly biased)...  ...they've apparently decided to switch tacks.
Discussion: PJ Media and Twitchy
Tommy Christopher / Mediaite:
Republican Sen. Tuberville Warns Against ‘Picking Sides in the Middle East’ in Jaw-Dropping Interview  —  Senator Tommy Tuberville (R-AL) is under fire for telling an interviewer that “when you start picking sides in the Middle East, it can get really messy very quick” amid the violence in Israel spurred by Hamas.
Reuters:
France bans pro-Palestinian protests, citing risk of ‘disturbances to public order’  —  French police used teargas and water cannon to break up a banned rally in support of the Palestinian people in Paris on Thursday after the interior minister said such gatherings were “likely to generate disturbances to public order”.
Greg Norman / Fox News:
US arranging evacuation flights from Israel starting Friday, Kirby says  —  John Kirby pressed on why U.S. isn't sending in military to help  —  White House National Security Council spokesman John Kirby announced Thursday that the U.S. will start arranging charter flights for Americans to leave Israel beginning Friday.
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 …
Michelle Goldberg / New York Times:
The Massacre in Israel and the Need for a Decent Left  —  On Tuesday evening, I was drinking on the porch of my friend and neighbor Misha Shulman, the Israel-born rabbi of a progressive New York synagogue called the New Shul.  All day, he'd been on the phone with congregants deeply distraught …
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: NC Newsline
Matthew Chapman / Raw Story:
Trump tells court he had no duty to ‘support’ the Constitution as president  —  Former President Donald Trump is arguing to a judge in Colorado that he was not required to “support” the Constitution as president, reported Brandi Buchman from Law & Crime.  —  The argument came as he seeks …
New York Times:
Israel-Hamas War  —  U.N. Warns of ‘Disaster’ in Gaza as Israel Strikes Back at Hamas  —  More than 300,000 people are homeless as Israeli airstrikes pound Gaza in retaliation for the Hamas attack.  Secretary of State Antony Blinken pledged steadfast support for Israel while calling for …
Eden Villalovas / Washington Examiner:
Newsom signs bill that fast-tracks housing projects on church lands to address crisis  —  Gov. Gavin Newsom (D-CA) signed into law a bill allowing housing projects on religious lands to be fast-tracked in an effort to address California's housing crisis.  —  The bill, part of the “Yes …
David Strom / HotAir:
Yale American Studies professor justifies Hamas attacks  —  Harvard, Yale, and all the “best” academic institutions have been fatally compromised for decades.  At some point, they went full anti-American, anti-Western, and radical revolutionary.  —  Every time you hear “decolonize,” …
Discussion: Power Line and Chicago Boyz
Washington Post:
Hamas took at least 64 captives into Gaza, visual evidence suggests  —  The presence of scores of captives in Gaza, a large majority of them civilians, increases the risks involved in a possible Israeli invasion  —  Palestinian fighters took at least 64 captives into the Gaza Strip during …
Discussion: WAVY.com and Political Wire
 
 
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Reuters:
Biden warns Iran over Gaza; Israel forms emergency war cabinet
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