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11:25 AM ET, October 13, 2023

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Politico:
Fear and loathing grips the House GOP  —  While Republicans appear to be turning next to Jim Jordan, some are already airing open doubts that he can pull off what the majority leader couldn't.  —  The House GOP has entered an angrier and more bewildered phase in its leadership crisis.
Discussion: Raw Story, The Messenger, Vox and USA Today
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Amanda Marcotte / Salon:
House GOP in total chaos: So much for fascist order and discipline!  —  Aren't far-right movements supposed to make the trains run on time?  GOP can't elect a speaker from its own tribe  —  Nearly eight decades after the end of World War II, the thing we ought to understand most clearly …
Discussion: Axios
Erik Wasson / Bloomberg:
Jim Jordan Revives Bid for US House Speaker After Scalise Withdraws  —  Representative Jim Jordan of Ohio will again run to be US House speaker now that his fellow Republican Steve Scalise has withdrawn from the contest, his office confirmed Friday.  —  Jordan, the chairman …
Washington Post:
Live updates House speakership stalled as Scalise withdraws from race  —  Rep. Steve Scalise (R-La.) announced at a Republican conference meeting Thursday night that he is pulling out of the race to become speaker.  The announcement came after a day full of lengthy meetings with fellow Republicans …
Politico:
Playbook: The House GOP sinks deeper into chaos  —  Presented by With help from Eli Okun and Garrett Ross  —  DRIVING THE DAY  —  OVERNIGHT — AP: “Israel's military told some 1 million Palestinians living in Gaza on Friday to evacuate the north, according to the United Nations …
Carl Hulse / New York Times:
With the World in Crisis, House Republicans Bicker Among Themselves
Discussion: PoliticusUSA
Steven T. Dennis / Bloomberg:
Top House Republican Wants Help From Democrats to Pick a Speaker
The Hill:
Steve Scalise drops out of Speaker's race
CNN:
Steve Scalise drops out of speaker's race as House GOP faces leadership crisis
Associated Press:
Israel orders unprecedented evacuation of 1 million in Gaza as possible ground offensive looms  —  Gaza's energy crisis risk hospitals turning into morgues  —  Israel Defense Forces release footage of assault on Gaza-adjacent outpost  —  Israel's military told some 1 million Palestinians …
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Associated Press:
Hamas practiced in plain sight, posting video of mock attack weeks before border breach  —  Less than a month before Hamas fighters blew through Israel's high-tech “Iron Wall” and launched an attack that would leave more than 1,200 Israelis dead, they practiced in a very public dress rehearsal.
Associated Press:
Israel-Hamas war: Strikes devastate Gaza as Israel prepares for possible ground assault
New York Times:
Israel-Hamas War  —  U.N. Warns of ‘Disaster’ in Gaza as Israel Strikes Back at Hamas
Washington Post:
How 91 felony charges boosted Trump's standing in the GOP  —  Interviews in multiple states show that Trump's constant message of victimhood has seeped in with voters  —  David Alexander, an engineer who attended the Iowa Faith and Freedom dinner last month, called the absent Donald Trump …
Discussion: The Messenger and Raw Story
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Washington Post:
Fraudster freed from prison by Trump faces prosecution under Biden
Discussion: Raw Story and Kim Kardashian
Associated Press:
Trump says Netanyahu ‘let us down’ before the 2020 airstrike that killed a top Iranian general
Mark Sherman / Associated Press:
Supreme Court Justices Avoid Falling Chunk Of Marble In Courtyard  —  Democratic institutions in D.C. are literally crumbling, apparently.  —  LOADING  —  The Supreme Court avoided a catastrophic accident last year when a piece of marble at least 2 feet long crashed to the ground …
Discussion: The Hill and USA Today
Barbara McQuade / MSNBC:
Jack Smith tells Trump to put up or shut up  —  Smith's demand that Trump and his lawyers clarify his strategy is important because an affirmative defense would trigger two significant consequences  —  Jack Smith is asking former President Donald Trump to put his money where his mouth is.
Discussion: Raw Story and HuffPost
Politico:
‘America wants me’: How GOP Rep. Wagner recalls a private Scalise-Jordan conversation  —  The Ohio Republican's spokesperson disputes the Missourian's recollection.  But her frustration illustrates that Jordan has a speakership race problem.
Andrew Miller / Fox News:
Gov. DeSantis signs executive order authorizing rescue of Floridians stranded in Israel: ‘Help is on the way’  —  Hundreds of U.S. families are believed to be stranded in Israel  —  Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis signed an executive order on Thursday authorizing planes from his state …
Heather Cox Richardson / Letters from an American:
October 12, 2023  —  We are in a bizarre moment.  —  If the U.S. government were operating within its normal parameters, my first story tonight would be about new federal charges that Senator Bob Menendez (D-NJ) was acting as an agent of Egypt while chairing the Senate Foreign Relations Committee.
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Zachary Faria / Washington Examiner:
Don't overlook Biden's empowering of antisemites  —  It is undeniably true that President Joe Biden emboldened terrorists to attack Israel with his support for funding for Gaza and Iran, but it is also the case that Biden has emboldened and legitimized antisemites who support those terrorists and their actions.
Discussion: The Daily Beast
 
 
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CNN:
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California Rep. Katie Porter Hauls in $3.4M in Third Fundraising Quarter
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CNN:
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Van Orden defends outburst at Biden officials over Israel, denies cursing
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