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8:20 AM ET, October 28, 2023

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TIME:
The Christian Nationalism of Speaker Mike Johnson … In his first day as the new Speaker of the United States House of Representatives, Mike Johnson (R-LA) wasted no time in using sweeping religious rhetoric to magnify this political moment.  While addressing his colleagues he shared how, “I don't believe there are any coincidences.
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Jennifer Bendery / HuffPost:
Mike Johnson's Wife Runs Counseling Service That Compares Being Gay To Bestiality, Incest  —  The newly elected Republican House speaker and his wife, Kelly, have long intertwined their political and business lives.  —  LOADING  —  The wife of newly elected House Speaker Mike Johnson …
Discussion: Raw Story, ABC News and Daily Kos
New York Times:
For Mike Johnson, Religion Is at the Forefront of Politics and Policy  —  The new House speaker has put his faith at the center of his political career, and aligned himself with a newer cohort of conservative Christianity that some describe as Christian nationalism.
Luke Broadwater / New York Times:
Nine Takeaways From Mike Johnson's First Interview as Speaker
Stephen King / New York Times:
Stephen King on Mass Shootings: We're Out of Things to Say  —  There is no solution to the gun problem, and little more to write, because Americans are addicted to firearms.  —  Representative Jared Golden, from Maine's Second Congressional District, has reversed course …
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Jonathan Weisman / New York Times:
After Shooting, Maine Senators in the Spotlight on Guns  —  The shooting in Lewiston that left 18 dead prompted the town's conservative Democratic representative to embrace an assault weapons ban, but Senators Susan Collins and Angus King are still resisting.
John Gruber / Daring Fireball:
The Aftermath of a Massacre Is Always the Time to Push for Gun Legislation  —  Axios: … Since no other civilized country on the planet has massacres like this, Johnson is implicitly arguing that the problem isn't the human heart, but the American heart.  —  Or, maybe the problem is the fact …
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Tara Suter / The Hill:
Speaker Johnson: US 'can't allow Vladimir Putin to prevail in Ukraine'
Josephine Harvey / HuffPost:
Joe Scarborough Delivers Blistering Takedown Of Mike Johnson's Gun Logic
Eli Okun / Politico:
Playbook PM: Will Dean Phillips stop Trump or help him?  —  THE TALENTED MR. SANTOS — Rep. GEORGE SANTOS (R-N.Y.) today pleaded not guilty to 10 new federal counts against him, maintaining his innocence in the face of prosecutors' superseding indictment.  His trial on charges of fraud …
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NBC News:
Full Phillips: ‘If this election was held today, President Biden would lose’
Discussion: CBS News
Tim Alberta / The Atlantic:
Dean Phillips Is Primarying Joe Biden
Washington Post:
U.S. urges Israel against Gaza ground invasion, pushes surgical campaign  —  U.S. officials say a full-scale ground invasion risks a wider Middle East war and jeopardizes the lives of hundreds of hostages  —  The Biden administration is urging Israel to rethink its plans for a major ground offensive …
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Reuters:
Israeli poll finds 49% support for holding off on Gaza invasion
Discussion: HotAir, The Messenger and The New Arab
New York Times:
Gaza's Tunnels Loom Large for Israel's Ground Forces  —  Hamas is believed to hide weapons, fighters and even command centers in miles of subterranean pathways and chambers.  —  Just after midnight on Tuesday, the Israel Defense Forces announced that they had struck a tunnel that allowed Hamas to “infiltrate Israel through the sea.”
NBC News:
Judge orders Ivanka Trump to testify in $250 million fraud case  —  Judge Arthur Engoron agreed with the AG's office that her testimony is necessary, even though she's no longer a defendant in the case.  —  The judge overseeing the $250 million civil trial against Donald Trump and his company ordered …
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New York Times:
Team Trump Revives Attack Ads Against DeSantis in Iowa  —  A super PAC supporting Trump is shifting its strategy again, with less than three months before the state's first-in-the-nation caucuses.  —  The super PAC supporting Donald J. Trump will begin airing an attack against Ron DeSantis in Iowa …
Discussion: Sun-Sentinel and The Daily Caller
CNN:
Gun Maine suspect used to kill 18 people was bought legally just days before psychiatric evaluation, sources say  —  The gun investigators believe Robert Card used to kill 18 people and wound more than a dozen others was purchased legally just days before he was hospitalized and ordered …
Lauren Irwin / The Hill:
Bill Barr knocks Trump for having verbal skills that ‘are limited’  —  Former U.S. Attorney General Bill Barr knocked former President Trump's verbal skills in Friday comments.  —  “His verbal skills are limited,” Barr said at an event at The University of Chicago's Institute of Politics.
Matthew Chapman / Raw Story:
Trump appointee faces 10-year prison recommendation for joining mob at Capitol  —  In a new filing released on Friday, federal prosecutors are seeking a 10-year prison sentence for Federico “Freddie” Guillermo Klein, a former State Department official in the Trump administration who joined the mob at the Capitol on January 6.
Megan Twohey / New York Times:
Kanye and Adidas: Money, Misconduct and the Price of Appeasement  —  The Adidas team was huddled with Kanye West, pitching ideas for the first shoe they would create together.  It was 2013, and the rapper and the sportswear brand had just agreed to become partners.
Jennifer Rubin / Washington Post:
Biden has succeeded all along.  The media can't ignore it.  —  This week, I'll look at evolving coverage of President Biden, pick the pol of the week and share something off the (political) beaten path.  —  What caught my eye  —  Until recently, the gulf between President Biden's performance …
Discussion: The Messenger and Advocate
Washington Post:
A year later, Musk's X is tilting right.  And sinking.  —  The billionaire bought Twitter to revive its business and make it less “woke.”  He has succeeded at only one of those goals.  —  One year after billionaire Elon Musk bought Twitter for $44 billion, aiming to rid it of a …
Hugo Lowell / The Guardian:
Some of Trump's closest allies have yet to be offered plea deals in Georgia case  —  Mark Meadows, Rudy Giuliani and John Eastman among those who may have to go to trial, people close to the matter say  —  Donald Trump's top co-defendants charged with conspiring to overturn the 2020 election results …
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Yvonne Wingett Sanchez / Washington Post:
Arizona prosecutors ask about 2020 pressure campaign by Trump allies
 
 
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