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4:05 PM ET, October 30, 2023

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New York Times:
How Trump's Verbal Slips Could Weaken His Attacks on Biden's Age  —  Donald Trump, 77, has relentlessly attacked President Biden, 80, as too old for office.  But the former president himself has had a series of gaffes that go beyond his usual freewheeling style.
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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.
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 …
Politico:
Playbook: Johnson makes money moves  —  Presented by With help from Eli Okun and Garrett Ross  —  DRIVING THE DAY  —  NEW JMART — “Joe Biden's Big New Hampshire Blunder,” by Jonathan Martin: “President JOE BIDEN was hoping to preempt a nuisance primary challenge that could embarrass him before the general election.
Wall Street Journal:
Why Trump's Drastic Plan to Slash the Government Could Succeed
Discussion: Raw Story
Mike Murphy / The Bulwark:
You Are Helping Trump  —  THE PRE-PRIMARY YEAR is winding down and clarity is coming to the Republican presidential race.
Discussion: Raw Story
Jack Dura / Associated Press:
Ex-North Dakota Lawmaker Accused Of Flying To Prague To Rape Minor  —  Ex-Republican state Sen. Ray Holmberg is facing federal charges for intent to rape a minor and receiving images depicting child sexual abuse.  —  A former longtime North Dakota lawmaker is charged with traveling to Prague …
Discussion: InForum
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Tasha Carvell / Fargo | KFGO:
Former state senator Ray Holmberg indicted, arrested on federal child porn charges  —  GRAND FORKS, N.D. (KFGO) - Ray Holmberg, who was North Dakota's - and one of the country's - longest-serving state senators until he resigned last spring, has been indicted on federal charges of travel …
Discussion: Raw Story
Isaac Schorr / Mediaite:
Vivek Ramaswamy's Unfavorable Rating Surges in Iowa as Voters Get to Know Him  —  A new poll from NBC News and the Des Moines Register, long considered the gold standard in the Hawkeye State, shows that the more voters get to know Vivek Ramaswamy, the less inclined they are to like him.
Discussion: The Messenger
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Brianne Pfannenstiel / Des Moines Register:
Donald Trump builds on big lead as Nikki Haley pulls even with Ron DeSantis in Iowa Poll
Hannah Knowles / Washington Post:
Spurned by moderates and MAGA: How DeSantis's coalition has deflated
Discussion: Mediaite and The Messenger
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 …
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Ella Lee / The Hill:
Rep. Eric Swalwell to testify in Trump 14th Amendment disqualification trial  —  Rep. Eric Swalwell (D-Calif.) is expected to testify in a Colorado trial aiming to determine whether former President Trump is eligible to be on the state's 2024 ballot under the 14th Amendment's “insurrectionist ban.”
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New York Times:
Trump's Children Are Set to Take the Stand at His Fraud Trial This Week
Discussion: Mother Jones
Jesse Bedayn / Associated Press:
Outraised and embattled, Lauren Boebert heads back to Colorado with a revamped campaign strategy  —  Retreating from the turmoil in Washington, D.C., Rep. Lauren Boebert arrived in bucolic southwest Colorado to turmoil of a different sort — the lingering impact of an embarrassing moment …
Discussion: Insider, The Messenger and Raw Story
Adam Klasfeld / The Messenger:
Judge Postpones Ivanka Trump's Testimony For a Few Days in Civil Fraud Trial  —  The former president's daughter is now scheduled to take the witness stand on Wednesday, Nov. 8 — instead of this coming Friday  —  JWPlayer  —  Ivanka Trump's testimony in her family's civil fraud trial …
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 …
Roger Sollenberger / The Daily Beast:
Lawyer for Former George Santos Treasurer Says He Was Also Duped  —  A lawyer representing one of George Santos' former treasurers says he was also lied to—and the false information he provided to the media wasn't his fault.  —  When George Santos' congressional campaign came under federal investigation …
Discussion: Raw Story
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 a form of Christian counseling that classifies people into ‘choleric’, ‘phlegmatic,’ and other ancient personality types purportedly ordained by God  — Kelly Johnson, the wife of House Speaker Mike Johnson, was a Christian therapist.
Discussion: PinkNews
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 …
CNN:
Antisemitic mob storms through Russian airport as flight from Tel Aviv lands  —  An angry crowd in Russia's mostly Muslim region of Dagestan stormed an airport where a flight from Israel arrived on Sunday, forcing authorities to close the facility and divert flights.
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CBS News:
Hundreds storm airport in Russia in antisemitic riot over arrival of plane from Israel
Reuters:
Israel at war: IDF operates in Gaza, frees captive soldier  —  1,400 Israelis murdered since October 7, including 315 soldiers  • Four out of 239 known hostages released by Hamas, one rescued  —  Mossad chief Barnea flies to Qatar to secure hostage release
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
 
 
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Ryan J. Reilly / NBC News:
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Discussion: HuffPost
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Discussion: The Hill, Washington Examiner and IJR
Washington Examiner:
The kids are not all right  —  Images from college campuses nationwide in the wake …
Laura Vozzella / Washington Post:
Youngkin ‘purge’ removed nearly 3,400 legal Virginia voters from rolls
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