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4:45 PM ET, October 20, 2023

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Washington Post:
Live updates Jim Jordan fails to become House speaker on third ballot  —  Rep. Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) failed Friday on a third ballot to be elected House speaker after backing off a plan to empower a temporary speaker.  Jordan, a conservative firebrand and ally of former president Donald Trump …
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Jonathan Nicholson / HuffPost:
Jim Jordan Says He's Not Giving Up On Speaker Bid Ahead Of Another Vote  —  As the prospect of a series of weekend votes in the House looms, the Judiciary Committee chairman is sticking with his 2020 election denialism.  —  LOADING  —  Rep. Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) is not done yet.
Discussion: New Republic and Reuters
CNN:
Listen: Terrifying voicemail left for GOP lawmaker's wife over Jim Jordan vote
Luke Broadwater / New York Times:
House Speaker Election: Jordan Loses Secret Ballot to Remain G.O.P. Nominee for Speaker
Politico:
House GOP drowning as crisis reaches breaking point
CNN:
Kenneth Chesebro: Pro-Trump lawyer pleads guilty in Georgia election subversion case, implicates Trump in fake elector conspiracy  —  Kenneth Chesebro, an attorney who helped orchestrate the Trump campaign's 2020 fake electors plot, pleaded guilty Friday in the Georgia election subversion case …
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Rolling Stone:
Team Trump Never Dreamed Sidney Powell Would Flip on Them  —  She was the ultimate MAGA conspiracy theorist.  Then she got charged with being part of a criminal conspiracy, and her tune started to change  —  Sidney Powell was the wildest of MAGA diehards — someone who swore long past …
Washington Post:
Trump co-defendant Kenneth Chesebro pleads guilty in Georgia election case  —  Chesebro became the second former Trump lawyer to plead guilty in as many days, following Sidney Powell on Thursday.  —  ATLANTA — Kenneth Chesebro, a former lawyer for Donald Trump's campaign …
Tamar Hallerman / Atlanta Journal-Constitution:
Jury selection begins in Fulton Trump case amid talk of plea deal  —  Hundreds of would-be jurors gathered at the Fulton County courthouse Friday and began filling out questionnaires, the first step in the criminal trial of a Donald Trump ally accused to conspiring with the former president to overthrow the 2020 election.
Katherine Doyle / NBC News:
Trump co-defendant Kenneth Chesebro rejected plea offer from Georgia prosecutors
Michael R. Sisak / Associated Press:
Judge fines Donald Trump $5,000 after post maligning court staffer is found on campaign website  —  Former President Donald Trump was fined $5,000 on Friday after a disparaging social media post about a key court staffer in his New York civil fraud case was allowed to linger on his campaign website after the judge ordered it deleted.
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Jose Pagliery / The Daily Beast:
Judge Threatens ‘Imprisoning’ Trump for ‘Blatantly’ Violating Gag Order  —  Trump's New York AG case isn't supposed to be a criminal case, but it may result in Trump getting thrown in jail anyway.  —  The judge overseeing Donald Trump's bank fraud trial threatened to throw the former president in jail …
Bonchie / RedState:
NEW: James Comer Finds Direct Payment to Joe Biden From His Family's Influence-Peddling Operation  —  The House Oversight Committee, which is currently investigating the Biden family's influence-peddling scheme, has uncovered a direct payment made to President Joe Biden.
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Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:
It Turns Out Joe Biden Is Actually In Charge of the Biden Administration
Discussion: RedState and The Daily Caller
Victoria Taft / PJ Media:
President Biden Gaslights Americans in Oval Office Address on Ukraine, Israel  —  Why did President Joe Biden travel to Israel to meet with Prime Minister Bibi Netanyahu?  So he could deliver an Oval Office address on Thursday night to beg Americans and a leaderless House of Representatives for more money for Ukraine.
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Axios:
Behind the Curtain: Rattled U.S. government fears wars could spread … Never before have we talked to so many top government officials who, in private, are so worried about so many overseas conflicts at once. … But to sound a siren of clinical, clear-eyed realism: U.S. officials …
Discussion: RedState
The White House:
Remarks by President Biden on the United States' Response to Hamas's Terrorist Attacks Against Israel and Russia's Ongoing Brutal War Against Ukraine
Drew Harwell / Washington Post:
Elon Musk's X removes the New York Times' verification badge  —  The unexplained decision removes the only symbol distinguishing the news organization from impostors and comes amid a flood of false information related to the Israel-Gaza war, some of which Musk has personally endorsed.
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A.L. Lee / UPI:
U.S. watchdog: Verified X accounts are main source of misinformation about Israel-Hamas war
Discussion: Variety, The Verge and NPR
Reuters:
US intelligence report alleging Russia election interference shared with 100 countries  —  The United States on Friday released a U.S. intelligence assessment sent to more than 100 countries that found Moscow is using spies, social media and Russian state-run media to erode public faith …
Discussion: CBS News
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Courtney McBride / Bloomberg:
Russia Works to Undermine Voter Confidence Worldwide, US Says
Dietrich Knauth / Reuters:
Alex Jones must pay $1.1 billion of Sandy Hook damages despite bankruptcy - court  —  Conspiracy theorist Alex Jones cannot use his personal bankruptcy to escape paying at least $1.1 billion in defamation damages stemming from his repeated lies about the 2012 Sandy Hook elementary school massacre, a U.S. bankruptcy judge ruled Thursday.
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Elizabeth Williamson / New York Times:
Judge Won't Let Alex Jones Use Bankruptcy to Avoid Sandy Hook Damages
Discussion: Forbes
Brandi Buchman / Law & Crime:
Jack Smith uses Brett Kavanaugh law review article and Trump's own impeachment arguments to slap down Jan. 6 ‘presidential immunity’ claims  —  In a double serving of what could arguably be described as doses of one's own medicine, special counsel Jack Smith plucked apart Donald Trump's latest efforts …
Ron Dicker / HuffPost:
Sarah Huckabee Sanders Bans ‘Woke’ Words In Culture War Cluelessness  —  The Arkansas governor, who once served as Trump's press secretary, was criticized by the ACLU and LGBTQ+ advocates for the move.  —  LOADING  —  Arkansas Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders (R) on Thursday signed an executive order banning …
New York Times:
Jon Stewart's Show on Apple Is Ending  —  Mr. Stewart and Apple are parting ways because of creative differences over “The Problem,” people with knowledge of the decision said.  —  Jon Stewart's show on Apple's streaming service is abruptly coming to an end, according to several people …
The White House:
FACT SHEET: White House Calls on Congress to Advance Critical National Security Priorities  —  Today, the President is requesting supplemental funding from Congress that advances our national security and supports our allies and partners.  Since the horrific terrorist attack by Hamas …
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Politico:
White House to Congress: We want $106 billion for the wars and the border
Marlene Lenthang / NBC News:
Maryland circuit court judge killed in driveway of home, police say  —  Washington County Circuit Court Judge Andrew Wilkinson, 52, was found with apparent gunshot wounds and died at a hospital, authorities said.  —  A Maryland judge was found apparently shot in the driveway of his home Thursday evening and later died, officials say.
 
 
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Lawrence Hurley / NBC News:
Supreme Court blocks restrictions on Biden administration efforts to remove contentious social media posts
Discussion: Bloomberg
Ellen Mitchell / The Hill:
14 Russian helicopters likely destroyed by US-provided ATACMS missiles in Ukraine: UK intel
Discussion: HotAir and nationalinterest.org
Zack Budryk / The Hill:
Congressional Democrats ask for review of environmental threat from ‘zombie’ coal mines
Alex Seitz-Wald / NBC News:
Muslim members of Congress face spikes in death threats
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New York Times:
On Israel, Progressive Jews Feel Abandoned by Their Left-Wing Allies
Discussion: The Daily Caller
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Israeli official slams Greta Thunberg after she backs Palestinians in Gaza
Emily Zanotti / Washington Examiner:
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Daniel Greenfield / Frontpage Mag:
Pentagon CFO's Chief of Staff Has Family Ties to Islamic Terrorism
Discussion: acecomments.mu.nu
Kelly Weill / The Daily Beast:
White Supremacist Nick Fuentes is Causing Chaos Inside Texas Youth GOP
Discussion: Politico and Raw Story
 

 
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Robbie Whelan / Wall Street Journal:
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