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Mark Murray / NBC News:
Trump maintains commanding lead in Iowa poll  —  Nikki Haley is tied with Ron DeSantis for second place in the NBC/Des Moines Register/Mediacom survey as Trump's backers remain the most committed.  —  Former President Donald Trump now leads his nearest Republican rivals by nearly 30 points in Iowa …
Brianne Pfannenstiel / Des Moines Register:
Donald Trump builds on big lead as Nikki Haley pulls even with Ron DeSantis in Iowa Poll  —  A Des Moines Register/NBC News/Mediacom Iowa Poll shows 43% of likely Republican caucusgoers pick Trump as their first choice for president, with DeSantis and Haley tied for second at 16%
Mike Murphy / The Bulwark:
You Are Helping Trump  —  THE PRE-PRIMARY YEAR is winding down and clarity is coming to the Republican presidential race.  While it is true that New Hampshire's and Iowa's primary voters only start to focus in the ten weeks before their January contests, it is also true that the holiday season must …
Discussion: Raw Story
Maggie Astor / New York Times:
Colorado Trial Will Consider Whether the 14th Amendment Disqualifies Trump  —  While some prominent constitutional experts argue that a clause in the amendment applies to former President Donald J. Trump after Jan. 6, that view is far from universal among legal scholars.
Ryan J. Reilly / NBC News:   DOJ seeks 10 years for Trump appointee who assaulted officers on Jan. 6
Hannah Knowles / Washington Post:
Spurned by moderates and MAGA: How DeSantis's coalition has deflated
Discussion: Mediaite and The Messenger
Ella Lee / The Hill:
Rep. Eric Swalwell to testify in Trump 14th Amendment disqualification trial
Sarah Fortinsky / The Hill:
Trump flubs Iowa city for South Dakota city in campaign misstep
New York Times:
Trump's Children Are Set to Take the Stand at His Fraud Trial This Week
Discussion: Mother Jones
Katherine Faulders / ABC News:
Judge reinstates Trump gag order in Jan. 6 case
The Daily Beast:
Trump Forgets Which City He Is in During Iowa Campaign Speech
Darren Samuelsohn / The Messenger:
Trump's Gag Order Reinstated in D.C.
Josephine Harvey / HuffPost:
‘Chilling’: Dem Lawmaker Says She Had Election-Denying Exchange With Mike Johnson  —  Rep. Madeleine Dean said Johnson managed to become House speaker because “very few people knew him or knew what he stands for.”  —  LOADING  —  Rep. Madeleine Dean (D-Pa.) described new House Speaker Mike Johnson …
Noah Berlatsky / Public Notice:
The Christofascism of Mike Johnson  —  The new House speaker is an opposition researcher's goldmine. … It took Mike Johnson just a couple days last week to rise from a relatively obscure Louisiana congressman to House speaker.  Suffice it to say his background and policy positions …
Discussion: New York Times and Fox News
Burgess Everett / Politico:
McConnell goes all out as Ukraine fight fractures GOP  —  His intense lobbying effort puts the Senate GOP leader at odds with his new House counterpart, Speaker Mike Johnson.  —  Mitch McConnell is abandoning his typically cautious style when it comes to aiding Ukraine …
Sarah Fortinsky / The Hill:
Kevin McCarthy gets MAGA primary challenger  —  Former Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) is getting a primary challenger in his reelection race for his House seat representing the state's 20th congressional district.  —  David Giglio, who previously lost a congressional bid for the state's 13th district …
Judd Legum / Popular Information:
Speaker Mike Johnson's corporate backers  —  Last Wednesday, Republicans selected Congressman Mike Johnson (R-LA) as the next Speaker of the House.  Johnson is the most radical member ever selected as Speaker, championing a host of far-right causes.  Some experts describe Johnson's views …
Laura Vozzella / Washington Post:
Youngkin ‘purge’ removed nearly 3,400 legal Virginia voters from rolls  —  RICHMOND — Gov. Glenn Youngkin's elections team has admitted in the run-up to pivotal General Assembly elections that it removed nearly 3,400 qualified voters from the state's rolls, far higher than the administration's previous estimate of 270.
Discussion: Political Wire and PolitiFact
University Statements:
Antisemitic threats to our community  —  Dear members of the Cornell community,  —  Earlier today, a series of horrendous, antisemitic messages threatening violence to our Jewish community and specifically naming 104 West — the home of the Center for Jewish Living — was posted on a website unaffiliated with Cornell.
Brent D. Griffiths / Insider:
Kelly Johnson, who is married to House Speaker Mike Johnson, practices an ancient form of Christian counseling that classifies people into ‘choleric’, ‘phlegmatic,’ and other personality types purportedly ordained by God  — Kelly Johnson, the wife of House Speaker Mike Johnson, was a Christian therapist.
Discussion: PinkNews
Washington Examiner:
The kids are not all right  —  Images from college campuses nationwide in the wake of Hamas's massacre of Israeli civilians are disturbing.  Marchers chanting, “From the river to the sea, Palestine will be free.”  The slogan “Divest from Zionist genocide now” illuminated on a college library.
CBS News:
Hundreds storm airport in Russia in antisemitic riot over arrival of plane from Israel  —  Hundreds of people stormed into the main airport in Russia's Dagestan region and onto the landing field Sunday, chanting antisemitic slogans and seeking passengers arriving on a flight from Tel Aviv …
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Jerusalem Post:
Russians storm airport in attempt to attack passengers of Israeli flight
Washington Post:
Mike Johnson's first big test  —  Good morning, Early Birds.  How many Barbies did you see at Halloween parties over the weekend?  We're okay with it.  Tips: earlytips@washpost.com.  Was this forwarded to you?  Sign up here.  Thanks for waking up with us.
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Ron Dicker / HuffPost:
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Hillel Italie / Associated Press:
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Allysia Finley / Wall Street Journal:
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New York AG Considered Investigating Giuliani Over Ukraine
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Fox News:
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The White House:
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