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5:25 PM ET, October 24, 2023

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New York Times:
Jenna Ellis, Former Trump Lawyer, Pleads Guilty in Georgia Election Case  —  Three lawyers indicted with Donald Trump for trying to overturn the 2020 election results will now cooperate with prosecutors in the racketeering case.  —  Jenna Ellis, a pro-Trump lawyer who amplified former …
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Marshall Cohen / CNN:
Former Trump campaign lawyer Jenna Ellis pleads guilty in Georgia case  —  Former Trump campaign lawyer Jenna Ellis pleaded guilty Tuesday in the Georgia election subversion case and will cooperate with Fulton County prosecutors - the third guilty plea in the past week.
ABC News:
Ex-Chief of Staff Mark Meadows granted immunity, tells special counsel he warned Trump about 2020 claims: Sources  —  Meadows said Trump was “dishonest” on election night, according to sources.  —  Former President Donald Trump's final chief of staff in the White House, Mark Meadows …
Philip Bump / Washington Post:
The layers of falsehoods that led to Jenna Ellis's plea deal  —  The fundamental failure of Donald Trump's effort to subvert the results of the 2020 presidential election was that it was predicated on complete nonsense.  Trump and his attorneys — particularly Rudy Giuliani and Jenna Ellis …
Chris Geidner / Law Dork:
Trump's lawyers argue DC fed'l charges unconstitutional, should be tossed
Christopher Roach / American Greatness:
Gag Order Against Trump Is the Real Threat to Democracy
Discussion: Politico and HuffPost
The Messenger:
Fourth Trump Co-Defendant Pleads Guilty: Jenna Ellis Takes Deal with Prosecutors in Georgia
NBC News:
Republicans nominate Tom Emmer for House speaker: Live updates  — House Republicans nominated Tom Emmer of Minnesota to be their candidate for speaker.  — The GOP gathered behind closed doors this morning to vote by secret ballot and choose among seven contenders.
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Washington Post:
Live updates House Republicans pick Tom Emmer as third speaker nominee  —  Rep. Tom Emmer (R-Minn.), the House majority whip, was elected as the GOP speaker nominee on a fifth ballot in an internal race that drew nine Republican candidates.  However, he does not yet have enough support to be elected on the House floor.
Mychael Schnell / The Hill:
Tom Emmer drops out of Speaker's race  —  House Majority Whip Tom Emmer (R-Minn.) dropped out of the Speaker's race Tuesday, just hours after the conference nominated the Minnesota Republican for the top job, according to a source familiar.  —  Emmer withdrew his name from the running …
The Hill:
Tom Emmer wins Speaker nomination in GOP's third try for the gavel
Siena College Research Institute:
Biden - with Worst Ever Favorability & Job Approval Ratings - Leads Trump 46-37%; Only Leads By 7 Points if RFK & West Are on Ballot; 52% of Dems Want Party to Nominate Someone other than Biden in '24  — Recent Influx of Migrants is Serious Problem: 84% (57% Very Serious); …
David Kurtz / Talking Points Memo:
Powell, Chesebro, And Now Ellis  —  TPM Reader EK steps back and surveys the damage done by the trio of Trump lawyers pleading guilty:  —  My gosh.  These are three big names.  All three have now admitted to fraudulent claims of election theft.  —  These are obviously major developments in the legal case against Trump.
Third Way:
The No Labels Party's Radical New Plan to Force a Contingent Election  —  The No Labels Party Will Re-Elect Trump  —  Since they launched their third-party presidential effort last year, the No Labels Party has repeated a central refrain: “our bipartisan ticket, led either by a Democrat or a Republican …
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Kelly Garrity / Politico:
White House press secretary says she misheard question on antisemitism during briefing  —  “As I have footstomped many times from the podium and on the air, antisemitism is an abomination that this President has fought against his entire life; and I feel strongly about that work,” Jean-Pierre told POLITICO in a statement.
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Sha Hua / Wall Street Journal:
U.S. State Senator Arrested in Hong Kong After Carrying Gun Onto Flight  —  Jeff Wilson, who was released on bail, says he didn't realize it was in his bag and that baggage screeners in the U.S. hadn't detected it  —  A Washington state senator was on a flight from San Francisco to Hong Kong …
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Ed Morrissey / HotAir:
KJP on Anti-Semitism: Let's Talk About How Islamophobic Americans Are!
Judd Legum / Popular Information:
Woman charged with homicide of Mika Westwolf  —  In the early morning of March 31, 2023, Mika Westwolf, a 22-year-old Indigenous woman, was walking on the shoulder of U.S. Highway 93, which passes through the Flathead reservation in Montana.  Westwolf was struck by a Cadillac Escalade and declared dead at the scene.
Randy Fine / Washington Times:
Donald Trump has never let us down  —  Actions speak louder than words  —  FRONT PAGE PODCAST … LATEST CARTOON  —  How confident are you that Republicans can agree on a new House Speaker?  —  Question of the Day  —  Very, they'll pull together  —  Fairly, it has to happen
Rebecca Traister / New York Magazine:
Melissa DeRosa's Revenge Campaign  —  With an eviscerating new book, Andrew Cuomo's former lieutenant is settling scores and prepping a comeback.  —  Three central questions about power are how to get it, how to wield it, and what to do when you lose it.  —  The story of Melissa DeRosa …
WWBT-TV:
Republican Party of Virginia mails out thousands of explicit fliers about Susanna Gibson scandal  —  RICHMOND, Va. (WWBT) - Election Day in Virginia is two weeks away and Virginia's Republican Party is now taking further steps to warn voters of the online sex scandal surrounding 57th District House Candidate Susanna Gibson.
Chelsea Cirruzzo / Politico:
‘On track’: Three percent of Americans have gotten the new Covid shot, but the CDC director remains confident  —  By contrast, nearly 39 percent have had their flu shot.  —  The Biden administration's campaign to convince Americans to get an annual Covid shot is off to a very slow start.
Ben Birnbaum / Politico:
‘Netanyahu Got All the Warnings,’ Says Former Head of Israeli Military Intelligence  —  Former chief of Israeli military intelligence Amos Yadlin on where the war goes from here.  —  Israeli men pray during a rally calling for the return of more than 200 people captured by Hamas militants.
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Stewart S. R. Jamieson / Nature:
An ancient river landscape preserved beneath the East Antarctic Ice Sheet  —  orcid.org/0000-0002-9036-2317 1 na1, - Neil Ross  —  orcid.org/0000-0002-8338-4905 2 na1, - Guy J. G. Paxman 1, - Fiona J. Clubb  —  orcid.org/0000-0003-1135-1765 1, - Duncan A. Young 3, - Shuai Yan 3,4, - Jamin Greenbaum
Discussion: Reuters, CBS News and Raw Story
 
 
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Abortions increased nationally in the year after Dobbs ruling, but plummeted in states with bans
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Luke Broadwater / New York Times:
House Speaker Election
Insider:
Kyrsten Sinema said she doesn't care if she loses reelection because she ‘saved the Senate by myself’ and can go serve ‘on any board I want to,’ book says
Kayla Gallagher / The Messenger:
Christie Blasts GOP for Speaker Chaos: ‘Embarrassment to the Party’
Discussion: The Hill and Political Wire
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