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5:30 AM ET, October 31, 2023

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Jennifer Bendery / HuffPost:
Mike Johnson's Wife Takes Down Website That Compared Being Gay To Bestiality, Incest  —  HuffPost first reported on Kelly Johnson's counseling service that likens LGBTQ+ people to people who have sex with animals and family members.  —  LOADING  —  House Speaker Mike Johnson's wife took …
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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 …
Discussion: RedState and The Mahablog
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, USA Today and Fox News
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Tasha Carvell / Fargo | KFGO:
Former state senator Ray Holmberg indicted, arrested on federal child porn charges
Discussion: Raw Story
Dan Alexander / Forbes:
Ivanka Trump Helped Her Dad Lie About His Net Worth  —  When Ivanka Trump takes the stand in her father's fraud case, she should have plenty to talk about.  —  Ivanka Trump is expected to testify on Friday in a $250 million fraud case that the New York attorney general is waging against her father and his associates.
Discussion: Raw Story, The Messenger and Daily Kos
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Adam Klasfeld / The Messenger:
Judge Postpones Ivanka Trump's Testimony For a Few Days in Civil Fraud Trial
The White House:
Executive Order on the Safe, Secure, and Trustworthy Development and Use of Artificial Intelligence  —  By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, it is hereby ordered as follows:  —  Section 1.  Purpose.
Kelby Vera / HuffPost:
Ron DeSantis Turns Down Chance To Squash Lifted Shoe Speculation  —  People have been trolling the Florida governor and GOP presidential candidate by claiming his signature cowboy boots have hidden heels.  —  LOADING  —  It looks like Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis can't sidestep ridiculous rumors about his height much longer.
Jennifer Rubin / Washington Post:
Democrats' all-purpose message for 2024: Defeat MAGA chaos  —  President Biden has diligently and accurately identified four-times-indicted former president Donald Trump as a threat to democracy.  Trump, Biden has noted, headed a plot to overturn the results of an election, repeatedly stoked violence …
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Sarah Fortinsky / The Hill:
Kevin McCarthy gets MAGA primary challenger
The Hill:
White House shoots down GOP funding bills  —  The Big Story  —  Biden fires veto warning to House GOP on funding  —  The White House is threatening to veto House Republican funding bills as the party moves quickly to pass partisan spending plans.
Discussion: House Committee …
Adam Gabbatt / The Guardian:
‘This war is prophetically significant’: why US evangelical Christians support Israel  —  One strand of evangelical theology holds that the return of Jews to the region starts the clock ticking on a seven-year armageddon, after which Jesus Christ will return
Zoë Richards / NBC News:
Las Vegas man charged after making antisemitic threats to Nevada senator  —  John Anthony Miller was arrested Thursday and appeared in federal court a day later in connection with the one count of threatening a federal official, the Justice Department said.  —  A Nevada man has been charged …
M.L. Nestel / Raw Story:
‘Medical emergency’ leads to another short-handed military post due to Tuberville protest  —  The nation's top Marine has been hospitalized due to a “medical emergency,” officials say, leaving a three-star ranked leader to take charge thanks to a stalled confirmation process led by Sen. Tommy Tubervile over the Corps' abortion policy.
Aleksandar Vasovic / Reuters:
Montenegro votes in new government with Milojko Spajic prime minister  —  After weeks of negotiations, Montenegro's parliament on Tuesday appointed a new government, a coalition of pro-European and pro-Serb parties expected to lead the small Balkan country in its bid to join the European Union.
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.
Nigel Jaquiss / Willamette Week:
Earl Blumenauer Will Not Run for Reelection  —  After 50 years in elected office and 14 terms representing Oregon's 3rd Congressional District, he is retiring.  —  Expand  —  U.S. Rep. Earl Blumenauer, whose 3rd Congressional District runs from Portland east to Hood River …
The Daily Beast:
Alabama Pol Jailed for FaceTiming Witness in His Bribery Case  —  SORRY, WRONG NUMBER  —  An 82-year-old state lawmaker from Alabama was sent to jail on Monday for FaceTiming a witness—the founder of a gospel music non-profit he allegedly tried to bribe to lie to the FBI about a kickback scheme.
Discussion: Raw Story, al.com and The Messenger
Michael Stratford / Politico:
White House details draft plans for next student debt relief plan  —  The draft regulatory plans outline what are essentially four separate student debt relief programs for different categories of borrowers.  —  President Joe Biden is considering canceling student debt for borrowers whose balances …
Discussion: NBC Boston, ED News, USA Today, Insider and WCSH
Reuters:
Far-right German politician arrested after ‘Sieg Heil’ salutes heard  —  Banned totalitarian symbols found at fraternity of Daniel Halemba, 22, who takes up seat in Bavarian legislature on Thursday  —  A legislator with the far-right Alternative für Deutschland (AfD) …
Discussion: Associated Press
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.
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Ryan J. Reilly / NBC News:
DOJ seeks 10 years for Trump appointee who assaulted officers on Jan. 6
Discussion: WUSA and Political Wire
Ella Lee / The Hill:
Rep. Eric Swalwell to testify in Trump 14th Amendment disqualification trial
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
Sarah K. Burris / Raw Story:
‘Be looking over your shoulder’: MAGA man arrested for threats against Fani Willis  —  A 59-year-old supporter of Donald Trump has been arrested for threats against Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis and Fulton County Sheriff Pat Labat, Atlanta Journal-Constitution reporter Tamar Hallerman posted on social media Monday.
Jonathan Mong / The Cornell Daily Sun:
Posts Online Threaten Jewish Students and Center for Jewish Living  —  Editor's note: This article contains mentions of religious and ethnic-based violence.  —  Threats were posted to Cornell's Greekrank forums on Saturday, Oct. 28 and Sunday, Oct. 29, including one that threatened a shooting at 104West! …
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Antisemitic threats to our community
 
 
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ED News:
U.S. Department of Education Announces Withholding of Payment to Student Loan Servicer as Part of Accountability Measures for Harmed Borrowers
Detroit Free Press:
GM, UAW reach tentative deal after weeks of contract negotiations
NBC News:
House Israel aid bill includes $14.3 billion by slashing IRS funds
Caleb Taylor / 1819 News:
Barry Moore to challenge Jerry Carl for District 1 seat: 'I am a true conservative, and the system doesn't like a true conservative'
Discussion: al.com, Roll Call and Daily Kos
 Earlier Items: 
Madison Fernandez / Politico:
How next week's big race in Pennsylvania will affect the 2024 elections
Isaac Schorr / Mediaite:
Vivek Ramaswamy's Unfavorable Rating Surges in Iowa as Voters Get to Know Him
Reuters:
Israel at war: IDF operates in Gaza, frees captive soldier
Wall Street Journal:
Why Trump's Drastic Plan to Slash the Government Could Succeed
Discussion: Raw Story
Roger Sollenberger / The Daily Beast:
Lawyer for Former George Santos Treasurer Says He Was Also Duped
Discussion: Raw Story
Sarah Fortinsky / The Hill:
Trump flubs Iowa city for South Dakota city in campaign misstep