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12:50 PM 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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Andrew Solender / Axios:
Bipartisan talk grows as GOP fails to find a speaker  —  Lawmakers in both parties are expressing growing openness, both in public and in private, to a bipartisan deal to elect a House speaker as Republicans are continually thwarted in their efforts to do it alone.
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
Politico:
House GOP rejects — again — bid to avoid messy speaker fight on the floor  —  Rep. Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) is now the only declared candidate for the GOP's nod, but he remains short of the support needed to win.
Discussion: Political Wire and Daily Kos
Washington Post:
Live updates House speakership stalled as Scalise withdraws from race
Carl Hulse / New York Times:
With the World in Crisis, House Republicans Bicker Among Themselves
Steven T. Dennis / Bloomberg:
Top House Republican Wants Help From Democrats to Pick a Speaker
CNN:
Steve Scalise drops out of speaker's race as House GOP faces leadership crisis
The Hill:
Steve Scalise drops out of Speaker's race
Dennis Aftergut / The Bulwark:
Will Narcissist Trump's Bizarre Praise for Hezbollah Hurt Him?  —  DONALD TRUMP HAS DEMONSTRATED YET AGAIN that he is a man without a single ounce of human decency.  At an event in West Palm Beach on Wednesday night, just four days after Hamas's brutal attack on Israeli civilians, Trump did the unthinkable.
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Washington Post:
Fraudster freed from prison by Trump faces prosecution under Biden  —  Philip Esformes received clemency from Trump in the final weeks of his presidency after well-connected supporters pushed for his release.  —  Philip Esformes beat the system.  Or so it seemed.
Discussion: Raw Story and Kim Kardashian
Wall Street Journal:
Donald Trump's Israeli War Insight  —  He attacks Netanyahu in a crisis because of old personal grudges.  —  The front-runner for the GOP presidential nomination for some reason used the words “smart” and “Hezbollah” in the same sentence on Wednesday night.
Washington Post:
How 91 felony charges boosted Trump's standing in the GOP
Discussion: The Messenger and Raw Story
Eric Albeen / Fox News:
Former President Trump on Israel, Speaker's race, Nikki Haley & RFK, Jr.
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
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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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
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
Brandy Zadrozny / NBC News:
How the conspiracy-fueled Epoch Times went mainstream and made millions  —  The conservative news outlet has amassed a fortune, growing its revenue by 685% in two years, according to tax documents.  —  In the runup to the 2020 election, a small news organization saw an opportunity.
Discussion: Joe.My.God., PoliticusUSA and Raw Story
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
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 …
 
 
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Matt Holt / The Messenger:
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CNN:
One officer who arrested Elijah McClain convicted of criminally negligent homicide; second officer acquitted
US Department of Justice:
IRS Contractor Pleads Guilty to Disclosing Tax Return Information to News Organizations