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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.
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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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HuffPost, The Hill, Raw Story and FIRST DRAFT
Washington Post:
Jordan won't seek third speaker vote, allowing House to empower interim speaker — Rep. Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) will not seek an additional speaker vote Thursday, and he will back a plan to give Rep. Patrick T. McHenry (R-N.C.), the temporary speaker, additional powers, according to multiple people …
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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.
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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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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The Hill, Washington Examiner, RedState, Raw Story, The Guardian, Talking Points Memo, Politico, GovExec.com, Florida Phoenix, Missouri Independent, Axios, PoliticusUSA and NBC News
Jane Coaston / New York Times:
Why House Republicans Can't Function, According to a House Republican
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The Hill, Roll Call, The Federalist, Wall Street Journal, HuffPost, New Republic, Washington Times, Los Angeles Times and The Guardian
Jonathan Martin / Politico:
Why the GOP Can't Unite — It's two parties under the same roof, and the only solution is a coalition …
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Outside the Beltway and The Hill
Politico:
Senate fills the void as House GOP burns from within
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Associated Press, New York Post, The Hill, The Daily Caller, One America News Network, USA Today, Raw Story and Washington Examiner
Politico:
Dems consider McHenry
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Axios, The Hill, Washington Post, CNN and Political Wire
Marshall Cohen / CNN:
Trump attorney Sidney Powell pleads guilty in Georgia election subversion case — Former Donald Trump attorney Sidney Powell has pleaded guilty in the Georgia election subversion case, one day before her trial was set to start. — Fulton County prosecutors are recommending a sentence of six years probation.
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Atlanta Journal-Constitution:
BREAKING: Sidney Powell reaches plea deal in Trump case — Attorney Sidney Powell has reached a plea deal with prosecutors in the Fulton County election probe. — Powell was charged with racketeering and other counts for her role in a Coffee County election system data breach.
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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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Washington Examiner, The Hill, One America News Network, Mediaite and Bloomberg
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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The Hill, Radio Free Europe/Radio …, USA Today, Committee to Protect … and New York Post, more at Mediagazer »
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Politico:
Multiple members are detailing death threats and other intimidation they've faced for opposing Jim Jordan's speakership bid. — Jordan said the threats “are terrible and that should never happen.”
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Washington Examiner, CBS News and The Mahablog
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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The Verge, Raw Story, Boing Boing and Political Wire
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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Washington Examiner
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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Why Evolution Is True, New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Associated Press, TimesNow, The Sun, CNN, The Hill, IJR, Reuters and CBS News
Stephen Kruiser / PJ Media:
The Morning Briefing: Biden's ‘Hamas Helper’ Trip to Israel Was an Embarrassing Disaster — Top O' the Briefing — Happy Thursday, dear Kruiser Morning Briefing friends. Ydwyylla ignored the doubters and feverishly worked on making her dream of an all-xylophone production of “Guys and Dolls” come true.
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Rolling Stone:
America's Biggest Charities Bankrolled RFK Jr.'s Anti-Vax Outfit — Children's Health Defense and other groups promoting vaccine misinformation discreetly raked in money from anonymous donors through some of the largest charities in the country … In April 2020, as the first wave …
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Associated Press
Lara Seligman / Politico:
‘Major expansion’: China now has more than 500 nukes, Pentagon says — DOD also estimates China will likely double that to more than 1,000 nuclear warheads by 2030. — China has blown past previous projections for the size of its nuclear arsenal and is now producing even more weapons …
Marlene Lenthang / NBC News:
Marine in custody in suspected homicide of another at Camp Lejeune base in North Carolina — A marine was killed in a “homicide” on Wednesday in an barracks room at Camp Lejeune, the U.S. Marines said in a statement. — A Marine has been apprehended in connection with the death of another marine …
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The Hill, The Daily Caller, KSDK-TV, Washington Examiner and The Messenger
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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