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9:15 PM ET, October 17, 2023

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Rebecca Shabad / NBC News:
Who is Jim Jordan?  —  The Ohio Republican, who is vying to be speaker, has served in the House since 2007.  —  WASHINGTON — Rep. Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, is the only candidate in the race for House speaker, but he's still struggling to win over enough support from rank-and-file Republicans to get elected in a formal floor vote.
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Joe Perticone / The Bulwark:
Jim Jordan's Speaker Bid Hanging by a Thread  —  Good afternoon and welcome to Press Pass.  Today's edition is free, so sign up below if you haven't already and please share this newsletter with someone who you think might benefit from a regular dose of informative pain.
Charlie Sykes / The Bulwark:
Normie GOP, R.I.P.  —  “Moderates always cave.  A tale as old as time.”  —GOP member of Congress  —  Happy Tuesday.  —  Let's start today with three stories:  — Eight years ago, former Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal called then-candidate Donald Trump an “egomaniacal madman”; an …
Discussion: Political Wire
Brian Beutler / Off Message:
Jim Jordan Won't Make A Scandal Of Himself  —  Democrats can make him one, but brace yourself for the Jim Jordan beat sweeteners  —  After Steve Saclise turned out not to be the hero they wanted, House Republicans will decide whether Joker Jim Jordan is the hero they need …
Politico:
Jordan's speakership bid is on life support.  Detractors blame his allies' hardball tactics.  —  “The one thing that will never work with me — if you try to pressure me, if you try to threaten me, then I shut off,” GOP Rep. Mario Díaz-Balart said.  —  Jim Jordan's allies attempted …
Eva Surovell / The Messenger:
Trump Predicts Jordan Speakership Bid Will Be Successful: 'He's A Fantastic Young Man'
Discussion: Political Wire
Mychael Schnell / The Hill:
Jordan fails to win Speakership on first ballot
Politico:
Playbook: Jim Jordan's day of reckoning
Washington Post:
House likely to vote today on Jim Jordan for speaker
Ian Ward / Politico:
‘Everything Is Just Stuck.’ No Matter What Happens to Jim Jordan, the Next Speaker Is In For a World of Trouble.
Discussion: TIME
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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Derrick Bryson Taylor / New York Times:
Man, Wrongfully Imprisoned for 16 Years, Is Fatally Shot During Traffic Stop  —  Leonard Allan Cure, who was exonerated in 2020 after being convicted of armed robbery, was shot and killed by a sheriff's deputy in Georgia after being pulled over for speeding.
NBC News:
Former GOP gubernatorial candidate Ryan Kelley sentenced to prison on Jan. 6 charges  —  The former candidate for Michigan governor was arrested during the Republican primary last year.  —  WASHINGTON — A former Republican candidate for Michigan governor was sentenced Tuesday to 60 days …
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AJ McDougall / The Daily Beast:
Failed GOP Michigan Gubernatorial Candidate Jailed on Jan. 6 Charges
Discussion: Raw Story
Lauren Irwin / The Hill:
North Carolina governor sues Republicans over election rules change  —  North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper (D) sued Republicans over a state Senate bill that changed election rules in the state.  —  Cooper's lawsuit, filed against President Pro Tempore Phillip Berger, Speaker of the House Timothy Moore …
Discussion: governor.nc.gov
Ben Wilson / Washington Free Beacon:
WATCH: Cornell Professor Says Hamas Atrocities Were ‘Exhilarating’  —  A Cornell University professor told a crowd of students that the Hamas terror attacks against Israeli citizens were “exhilarating” and “energizing.”  —  “It was exhilarating,” Russell Rickford, a history professor at Cornell …
Jerusalem Post:
IDF confirms Islamic Jihad failed rocket destroyed Gaza hospital  —  Rockets fired by factions in the Gaza Strip often fall short, with Palestinians killed in a number of past such incidents.  —  The IDF confirmed late Tuesday night that Islamic Jihad's failed rocket had destroyed a Gaza hospital …
Jeet Heer / The Nation:
The Right's Latest Target: Unmarried Women  —  Archconservatives find single women threatening, and they're trying to browbeat them into submission.  —  Pocket  —  This article appears in the October 30/November 6, 2023 issue, with the headline “Scolds and the Single Girl.”
Jeff Nelson / People:
Britney Spears Reveals She Had an Abortion Because Justin Timberlake 'Didn't Want to Be a Father' (Exclusive)  —  Britney Spears is sharing a painful experience she's kept private for 20 years.  —  In her upcoming memoir The Woman in Me, the pop icon, 41, reveals that when she dated Justin Timberlake …
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 …
Heather Cox Richardson / Letters from an American:
This morning, the Justice Department announced that the United States has reached a settlement with the plaintiffs in the case of Ms. L. v. U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, a class action lawsuit filed in 2018 over the Trump administration's policy of separating parents and children at the southwest border to deter migrants.
Katelyn Polantz / CNN:
Trump's statements pose ‘grave threats’ to court proceedings, Judge Chutkan says in written gag order  —  US District Judge Tanya Chutkan has put into writing her limited gag order that bars Donald Trump from making public statements about witnesses who might testify against him in the federal …
Dan Williams / Reuters:
Whatever unfolds in Gaza war, judgment day looms for Netanyahu  —  One Israeli cabinet minister was barred from a hospital visitors' entrance.  Another's bodyguards were drenched with coffee thrown by a bereaved man.  A third had “traitor” and “imbecile” shouted at her as she came to comfort families evacuated during the horror.
 
 
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