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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.
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.
Matt Lewis / The Daily Beast:
The House Speaker Race Is a Mess—and So Is the GOP
Discussion: Politico, Raw Story and Political Wire
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.
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Josh Rudolph / The Hill:   Time to be the arsenal of democracy  —  The quotes that got the most attention …
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: New York Post and Rolling Stone
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 …
Sara Cline / Associated Press:
Republican Jeff Landry Wins The Louisiana Governor's Race, Reclaims Office For GOP  —  Attorney General Jeff Landry has won Louisiana governor's seat, fending off a crowded field of candidates.  —  LOADING  —  Attorney General Jeff Landry, a Republican backed by former President Donald Trump …
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.
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 …
NBC News:
Mounting debt threatens Mike Pence's campaign  —  Pence's 2024 effort has $1.2 million on hand but has built up $620,000 in debt, a major warning sign for a presidential campaign.  —  Former Vice President Mike Pence's 2024 campaign faces a potentially existential cash squeeze, with debt already piling up.
Barak Ravid / Axios:
Scoop: Iran warns Israel through UN against ground offensive in Gaza … - Iran's message, sent to Israel through the UN, comes as the Biden administration has been trying to deter Iran and Lebanon-backed Hezbollah, supported by Iran, from joining the war.
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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: Althouse
New York Times:
Israeli Invasion Plans Target Gaza City and Hamas Leadership  —  The goal, according to three senior officers, is to wipe out the top political and military hierarchy of Hamas, the Palestinian group that controls Gaza.  —  The Israeli military is preparing to invade the Gaza Strip …
Jon Levine / New York Post:
Progressives call for US to take in some of the expected 1 million Gaza refugees  —  Experts predict a million refugees might flee the Gaza Strip amid the war between Israel and Hamas, and socialists and far-left lawmakers said America should welcome them.  —  “Fifty percent of the population in Gaza are children.
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Steff Danielle Thomas / The Hill:
DeSantis argues against US accepting Gaza refugees, citing antisemitism
 
 
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