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11:45 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.
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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Jim Jordan of Ohio will again run to be US House speaker now that his fellow Republican Steve Scalise has withdrawn from the contest, his office confirmed Friday.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
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
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
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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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 …
CNN:
Top DOJ prosecutor in DC refutes claim that he blocked Hunter Biden tax charges in his district  —  In recent closed-door testimony to Congress, the top-ranking Justice Department prosecutor in Washington, DC, refuted claims from two Internal Revenue Service whistleblowers …
Discussion: Raw Story
Michael Scherer / Washington Post:
Biden team launches organizing pilot project in Wisconsin and Arizona  —  The reelection effort is focused on recruiting large numbers of volunteers to use their own relationships to spread the Biden message directly  —  President Biden's reelection effort will launch a pilot test …
Discussion: Balloon Juice and Associated Press
 
 
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