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2:00 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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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.
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 …
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.
Politico:
Democrats prepare to chain GOP to ‘far-right’ Jordan in 2024  —  If the hardline Trump ally becomes speaker, “it's not like putting a fox in the henhouse,” one prominent Dem said.  “It's like blowing up the henhouse.”  —  As House Republicans gear up for yet another chaotic fight to choose a leader …
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.
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.
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 …
Zachary Leeman / The Messenger:
Rep Jasmine Crockett Says Dems are ‘the Adults’ Amid GOP Speaker Battle: ‘They Always Expect Us To Fix Their Mess’
Discussion: Roll Call and IJR
Andre Tartar / Bloomberg:   Jim Jordan Is Out of Step With a GOP Party He Wants to Lead
Juliegrace Brufke / Axios:
Scoop: GOP lawmakers say Jordan gave assurances on Israel-Ukraine aid
The Hill:
Jordan builds Speakership momentum as opposition falls
Aaron Blake / Washington Post:
Jim Jordan's remarkably thin legislative track record
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 …
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Associated Press:
Israel-Hamas war: Israel bombs Gaza where civilians sought refuge  —  The Gaza Health Ministry said an Israeli airstrike Tuesday hit a Gaza City hospital packed with wounded and other Palestinians seeking shelter, killing hundreds.  If confirmed, the attack would be by far the deadliest Israeli airstrike in five wars fought since 2008.
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Caitlin Owens / Axios:
America's highest gun death rates are in the South  —  The cities with the highest firearm homicide rates are clustered in the South, generally in red states with less restrictive gun laws, according to an analysis by the left-leaning Center for American Progress Action Fund provided exclusively to Axios.
Discussion: Fox News and Twitchy
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:
'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 …
Roger Parloff / Default:
Why a Conflicts Hearing For Trump Co-Defendant Waltine Nauta Imploded  —  The government sprung a new Garcia argument on Judge Cannon.  She wasn't pleased.  —  Meet The Authors … Last Thursday afternoon, U.S. District Judge Aileen Cannon of the Southern District of Florida had scheduled …
Discussion: Raw Story and CounterPunch
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.
Eric Schmitt / New York Times:
Pentagon Orders 2,000 More U.S. Troops to Be Ready to Deploy to the Middle East  —  If deployed, they would likely not serve in combat roles but would provide advice and medical support to Israeli forces, the official added.  —  Defense Secretary Lloyd J. Austin III has ordered about 2,000 …
Discussion: Al-Monitor, TASS and Political Wire
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Nancy A. Youssef / Wall Street Journal:
U.S. Picks Troops to Prepare for Potential Deployment to Middle East
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
 
 
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