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Bradley S. Klein / Public Notice:
MAGA Republicans are normalizing violent threats — Public Notice just celebrated its second birthday. Click the button to take advantage of our special anniversary offer. — Click to redeem 2nd anniversary offer — It scarcely drew the attention of the media last month …
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Representative Mariannette Miller-Meeks:
Miller-Meeks Statement on Speaker Vote and Death Threats — WASHINGTON, D.C. - Yesterday, I voted to support Jim Jordan's candidacy for Speaker of the House. I voted for Jim Jordan for the greater good of the House Republican party, based on our Conference meeting and the test Speaker ballot that was cast earlier this week.
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Washington Post:
Jim Jordan won't be the next speaker — Good morning, Early Birds. We'd like to applaud Rep. Chip Roy (R-Tex.) for incorporating a reference to the Whigs — the extinct 19th-century political party — into his tweets about the speakership fight. Rep. Mike Collins (R-Ga.) is still funnier, though.
Punchbowl News:
10/19/23 ☀️ Punchbowl News AM — It seems as if reality is finally beginning to creep into Rep. Jim Jordan's (R-Ohio) orbit. … On Tuesday, 20 GOP lawmakers voted against Jordan. A day later, he lost 22 Republican votes. — Put simply, the votes aren't moving toward Jordan, they're moving away from him.
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Jonathan Martin / Politico:
Why the GOP Can't Unite — It's two parties under the same roof, and the only solution is a coalition — between themselves or with Democrats. — “No one in our conference wants to see any type of coalition government with Democrats,” Jim Jordan (center) told reporters after the first vote Tuesday.
Politico:
Why the McHenry bubble might pop — Presented by With help from Eli Okun and Garrett Ross — DRIVING THE DAY — OVERNIGHT — “Russia Detains a U.S. Journalist,” by NYT's Ivan Nechepurenko: “ALSU KURMASHEVA, who holds dual U.S.-Russian citizenship and works in Prague …
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Jane Coaston / New York Times:
Why House Republicans Can't Function, According to a House Republican
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Politico:
Senate fills the void as House GOP burns from within
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Washington Post:
Live updates Jordan failing to secure votes needed for speaker on second ballot
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Newt Gingrich / Gingrich 360:
Speaker McHenry — If the House Republicans cannot resolve the speakership in the next few days …
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Bloomberg:
Trump Is Winning Over Swing-State Voters Wary of Biden's Economic Plan — Voters in seven states trust Trump more on economy, poll shows — Suburban women swing-state voters are a bright spot for Biden — Donald Trump is leading President Joe Biden in several key swing states …
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Press / Morning Consult Pro:
Morning Consult | Bloomberg News: How Biden vs. Trump Perform on Swing-State Ballots … This survey, which identifies key issues in the 2024 election and measures how much voters trust Biden vs. Trump on these issues and how Biden vs. Trump perform on a ballot in swing states …
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Yuliya Talmazan / NBC News:
American journalist detained and charged in Russia — Alsu Kurmasheva's detention follows the arrest of Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich, who is still awaiting trial on espionage charges. — A U.S. journalist has been detained in Russia, her employer said, the second such case since the w ar in Ukraine started.
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Guy Faulconbridge / Reuters:
Russia detains Radio Free Europe journalist with dual U.S. and Russian citizenship
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Colin Moynihan / New York Times:
Man Who Spread Misinformation on Trump's Behalf Sentenced to 7 Months — The man, Douglass Mackey, spread internet memes meant to fool people into not voting for Hillary Clinton in 2016. — A digital-age dirty-trickster who used Twitter posts that looked like Hillary Clinton ads …
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Akbar Shahid Ahmed / HuffPost:
'I Couldn't Shift Anything': Senior State Department Official Resigns Over Biden's Gaza Policy — Josh Paul, who spent a decade in State's bureau overseeing arms sales, exclusively spoke with HuffPost after quitting over the U.S. approach to the Israel-Palestine conflict.
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Jillian Smith / WTTG-TV:
Hundreds arrested after Pro-Palestinian demonstrators flood Cannon Rotunda, Capitol complex — WASHINGTON - A pro-Palestinian protest is underway on Capitol Hill as demonstrators are occupying the Cannon Rotunda and large crowds are growing around the Capitol complex.
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Mattathias Schwartz / Insider:
Exclusive: Tech billionaire Peter Thiel was an FBI informant — Peter Thiel has worn many hats over the years: Silicon Valley founder, Trump megadonor, cryptocurrency booster, democracy skeptic. — But there is yet another facet to Thiel, one that has remained secret until now: FBI informant.
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Megan Brenan / Gallup:
Media Confidence in U.S. Matches 2016 Record Low — WASHINGTON, D.C. — The 32% of Americans who say they trust the mass media “a great deal” or “a fair amount” to report the news in a full, fair and accurate way ties Gallup's lowest historical reading, previously recorded in 2016.
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Andrew Kerr / Washington Free Beacon:
Inside Black Lives Matter's Long History With Hamas-Friendly Activists — Black Lives Matter chapters across the country made waves last week when they excused and explained away Hamas's attack on Israel. — A coalition of 26 local chapters called the attacks a “desperate act of self-defense.”
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Jeffrey Toobin / New York Times:
Donald Trump Is Going to Get Someone Killed — Donald Trump's life has been a master class in the evasion of consequences. Six of his businesses have declared bankruptcy but he is still acclaimed as a business visionary; he's been married three times but is still beloved by evangelicals …
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Matt Viser / Washington Post:
Biden, in Israel, hits notes of loyalty, emotion — and caution — In an extraordinary moment, an 80-year-old president flies into a war zone — In an emotional speech carried live across Israel and around the world, President Biden sought to embody America's ties to the Jewish state …
NPR:
Here's the available evidence of what happened at Al Ahli Arab Hospital in Gaza — Video and photographic evidence, along with eyewitness accounts, are providing some clues about Tuesday's massive explosion at Gaza's Al Ahli Arab Hospital, which Palestinian officials say killed hundreds.
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Antoaneta Roussi / Politico:
Survivors of kibbutz attack turn their ire on Netanyahu — A massive security failure and antagonism toward Arabs means many Israelis think Netanyahu has to answer for Hamas' attack. — Tomer Eliaz, a 17-year-old boy in the kibbutz of Nahal Oz, was forced to go door-to-door by Hamas …
Adam Rawnsley / Rolling Stone:
Trump Told Mitt Romney's Son He Would ‘Drop’ Melania: Book — An excerpt from Romney: A Reckoning details some of the Utah senator's first encounters with the former president — IN A NEW biography of Sen. Mitt Romney, Romney: A Reckoning by McKay Coppins, the Atlantic staff writer claims …
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