memeorandum: Israel-Hamas war live updates: Gaza gripped by humanitarian crisis as Israel readies ground attack (NBC News)

6:00 PM ET, October 15, 2023

Top Items:

CNN:

Senior House Republican says GOP members ready to block Jordan — A number of House Republicans are in talks to block Rep. Jim Jordan's path to the speakership as the Ohio Republican tries to force a floor vote on Tuesday, according to multiple GOP sources.

Discussion: Fox News, Raw Story, The Mahablog, Mediaite, Politico, Political Wire and Washington Examiner

Kelly Garrity / Politico:

Jim Jordan's pressure campaign the ‘dumbest thing you can do,’ one House Republican says — Nobody likes a bully, Rep. Dan Crenshaw said. — Rep. Dan Crenshaw (R-Texas) has some advice for Rep. Jim Jordan as he and his allies attempt to pressure his way to the speakership: — Chill.

Discussion: The Hill, CNN, Washington Examiner and Raw Story

Karoun Demirjian / New York Times:

Jordan Activates Right-Wing Pressure Campaign in Push to Win Speakership — Allies of the Ohio Republican, who must persuade scores of his colleagues to support his bid for speaker, are threatening right-wing retribution to any G.O.P. lawmakers who dare oppose him.

Discussion: Washington Examiner, The Messenger, Raw Story, Vanity Fair, The Guardian, Talking Points Memo, Breitbart, Washington Times and Politico

Miranda Nazzaro / The Hill:

Turner: If GOP can't elect Speaker then ‘deal will have to be done’ with Democrats — Rep. Mike Turner (R-Ohio) said Sunday if House Republicans cannot elect a Speaker soon then a “deal will have to be done” with Democrats in order to get the chamber running again, as it nears two weeks since …

Discussion: Financial Times, CBS News, USA Today and Political Wire

U.S. Embassy in Israel:

Security Alert #10 — Home الصفحة الرئيسية / News & Events / Security Alert #10 — Event: The U.S. government is assisting U.S. nationals and their immediate family members with a valid travel document …

Discussion: One America News Network, The Forward, NBC News, The Messenger and Washington Examiner

NBC News:

Israel-Hamas war live updates: Gaza gripped by humanitarian crisis as Israel readies ground attack — Gaza is experiencing a dire humanitarian crisis with clean water, food, fuel and medical supplies running out as hundreds of thousands of people flee to the border crossing with Egypt.

Discussion: RedState, Jacobin and NBC 7 San Diego

Niha Masih / Washington Post:

Israel-Gaza war live updates — Gaza residents flee south as Israel prepares for ‘next stages of war’ — Hundreds of thousands of people in northern Gaza are fleeing in buses, cars and on foot, crowding onto narrow roads leading south after Israel's evacuation warning.

Discussion: Associated Press, New York Times, Financial Times, Los Angeles Times, Outside the Beltway, The Economist, The Messenger, Reuters, NBC Connecticut, Florida Politics, The Hill and Bloomberg

Thomas L. Friedman / New York Times:
Why Israel Is Acting This Way — With the Middle East on the cusp of a full-blown ground war …

Discussion: Axios and Althouse

Politico:

Boebert spent campaign cash at Beetlejuice boyfriend's bar — The Colorado congresswoman dropped a few hundred bucks at Hooch, a place that hosts drag shows. — Well before Rep. Lauren Boebert and her date got thrown out of a local theater showing of Beetlejuice for being disruptive and frisky …

Discussion: Raw Story, New York Post and Rolling Stone

Bracey Harris / NBC News:

Driving 100 miles in labor; giving birth in the ER: Fears rise as 3 maternity units prepare to close in Alabama — The state has one of the country's highest maternal mortality rates. Now, three hospitals plan to stop delivering babies, putting some pregnant women at even higher risk.

Tom Boggioni / Raw Story:

GOPer cut off by CNN host for anti-immigrant rant when asked about Gaza refugees — During an appearance on CNN on Sunday morning, host Victor Blackwell was forced to shut down a House Republican who took advantage of a question about what to do with Palestinian refugees to attack President Joe Biden over immigration in the U.S.

The Messenger:

House Republicans' Chaos Is Making Biden's Split-Screen Strategy a Lot Easier — Biden wants to run on his ability to govern. House Republicans' inability to do just that plays into the Democrat's 2024 strategy … Joe Biden's reelection strategy relies on painting Republicans as chaotic, disorganized, and unserious.

Discussion: Los Angeles Times, No More Mister Nice Blog, Fox News and Washington Examiner

Politico:

How hackers piled onto the Israeli-Hamas conflict — Lower-level cyberattacks are becoming a major feature of the war between Israel and Hamas, and the attacks could ramp up in intensity. — Hackers sympathetic to Hamas are working to make the Israel-Gaza conflict the next front of cyberwarfare.

Jan Cienski / Politico:

Opposition wins Polish election, according to exit poll — If vote counting confirms the result, it would mark a dramatic change of direction after a very hard-fought election campaign. — WARSAW — Poland's opposition parties look like they've won a solid victory in the country's general election …

Discussion: Associated Press, Bloomberg, Breitbart, UPI, Al Jazeera, Financial Times, Reuters and Vox

NBC News:

Supplemental funding request for aid to Israel and Ukraine could come this week — Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer said during a trip to Tel Aviv this weekend that the upper chamber would move first and not wait for the House. — Top lawmakers are preparing for a supplemental funding request …

Discussion: The Hill, The Messenger, Associated Press, New York Daily News, New York Times and NewsNation

Josh Rudolph / The Hill: Time to be the arsenal of democracy — The quotes that got the most attention …

Holly Otterbein / Politico:

Biden, DNC raise $71 million in third quarter — It's a large, though not record-breaking, amount that has allowed Biden to launch an earlier TV and digital advertising campaign than past presidents' reelection efforts. — President Joe Biden, the Democratic National Committee …