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12:00 PM ET, October 17, 2023

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Politico:
Playbook: Jim Jordan's day of reckoning  —  Presented by With help from Eli Okun and Garrett Ross  —  DRIVING THE DAY  —  STILL TAKING APPLICATIONS — “How House Speaker Became Washington's Most Miserable Job,” by Ian Ward: “'You basically have a tied House with no operational majority,' said [political scientist MATTHEW] GREEN.
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Washington Post:
House likely to vote today on Jim Jordan for speaker  —  The House is expected to vote Tuesday afternoon on whether to make Rep. Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) its next speaker.  Jordan, a conservative firebrand who is allied with former president Donald Trump, was chosen by fellow Republicans on Friday …
Punchbowl News:
10/17/23 ☀️ Punchbowl News AM  —  Jim Jordan has problems.  —  The Ohio Republican plans to head to the floor today for a speaker election with more than a dozen GOP lawmakers saying they'll vote against him or are undecided about his candidacy.
Jamelle Bouie / New York Times:
The Apotheosis of Jim Jordan Is a Sight to Behold  —  No problem in the American system at this moment is as acute and disruptive as the one posed by the Republican Party.  —  Yes, of course, there are any number of structural problems facing American politics.
Discussion: Yahoo News and Washington Post
Ian Ward / Politico:
‘Everything Is Just Stuck.’ No Matter What Happens to Jim Jordan, the Next Speaker Is In For a World of Trouble.  —  An expert on House speakers explains how changes in campaign finance, media, and the type of people who get elected created the current debacle.
Washington Post:
Jim Jordan's day of reckoning  —  Good morning, Early Birds.  We appreciate that Rep. Derek Kilmer (D-Wash.) has apologized for making puns on Twitter (sorry, X) but fear he might not be entirely sincere.  Tips: earlytips@washpost.com.  Was this forwarded to you?  Sign up here.  Thanks for waking up with us.
Zachary Leeman / The Messenger:
Rep Jasmine Crockett Says Dems are ‘the Adults’ Amid GOP Speaker Battle: ‘They Always Expect Us To Fix Their Mess’  —  The Texas lawmaker claimed there's a ‘double standard’ for the two major parties as Jim Jordan attempts to replace Kevin McCarthy … Rep. Jasmine Crockett, D-Texas …
Discussion: Roll Call and IJR
Sahil Kapur / NBC News:
Democrats craft strategy to make GOP pay at the ballot box if Jim Jordan is elected speaker  —  A memo first shared with NBC News advises Democrats about how to cast Republicans as beholden to Donald Trump and “extremism” should Jordan become speaker.  —  WASHINGTON — Democrats …
Discussion: Washington Examiner and The Hill
Luke Broadwater / New York Times:
Jordan Inches Closer to Speakership, but Republican Holdouts Remain  —  The Ohio Republican won over several mainstream members of his party who had initially withheld their support, but was still short of the votes needed to win the gavel.  —  Representative Jim Jordan of Ohio picked …
Discussion: Fox News
Andre Tartar / Bloomberg:   Jim Jordan Is Out of Step With a GOP Party He Wants to Lead
Matt Lewis / The Daily Beast:
Jim Jordan Could Bully His Way to Being Speaker of the House
Andrew Solender / Axios:
Jim Jordan skeptics begin lining up behind his House speaker bid
Sahil Kapur / NBC News:
Vulnerable Republicans face a moment of reckoning with Jim Jordan speaker vote
Discussion: Axios and Political Wire
CNN:
President Joe Biden will visit Israel in high-stakes trip  —  US President Joe Biden will visit Israel on Wednesday, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken announced in the early hours of Tuesday from Tel Aviv.  —  Biden had been deliberating whether to make a wartime visit to Israel …
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ABC News:
President Biden to visit Israel on Wednesday: Sec. Blinken
New York Times:
Biden Faces Risks in Wartime Visit to Israel
Aliza Chasan / CBS News:
21 species removed from endangered list due to extinction, U.S. wildlife officials say  —  Nearly two dozen species are being taken off the endangered species list because they are extinct, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service said Monday.  —  Most of the species were listed under …
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Zack Budryk / The Hill:
Federal government declares 21 species extinct
Discussion: Washington Post
Phil Stewart / Reuters:
Exclusive: Senior US general flies into Israel as its war with Hamas deepens  —  The top U.S. general overseeing American forces in the Middle East made an unannounced trip to Israel on Tuesday, saying he hoped to ensure its military has what it needs as it fights a deepening war against Palestinian militant group Hamas.
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Judd Legum / Popular Information:
America's zombie “crime wave”  —  Judd Legum, Tesnim Zekeria, and Rebecca Crosby  —  The outset of the pandemic in 2020 coincided with a surge in violent crime in the United States, with murder rates rising particularly dramatically.  According to a lot of people with large megaphones, this crime wave continues today.
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Alix Martichoux / The Hill:
Is crime going up in America? Some types are, new FBI data shows
Politico:
'There's just no excitement': Retail politics takes a nosedive in a Trump-dominated campaign  —  Operatives and activists can't recall a recent cycle with so little grassroots campaigning.  The numbers back them up.  —  If the Republican presidential primary this year is putting you half to sleep, you're not alone.
Politico:
Ukraine uses secretly shipped U.S. missiles to launch surprise strike  —  The delivery and use on the battlefield marks a major ramp up of the administration's defense of Ukraine.  —  The Ukrainian military on Tuesday used U.S.-supplied longer-range missiles to strike nine Russian helicopters …
Politico:
Judge imposes gag order on Donald Trump in D.C. trial  —  Judge Tanya Chutkan said Trump's “presidential candidacy does not give him carte blanche to vilify ... public servants who are simply doing their job.”  —  A federal judge has barred Donald Trump from attacking witnesses …
Politico:
'We can't wait for the House'  —  Chuck Schumer is instructing three top Democratic committee leaders to hammer out a deal with Republicans on an aid package for Israel that could pass in the coming weeks.  The leading Democratic negotiators: Appropriations Chair Patty Murray …
 
 
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