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Hamas Official Ghazi Hamad: We Will Repeat The October 7 Attack, Time And Again, Until Israel Is Annihilated; We Are Victims - Everything We Do Is Justified  —  Ghazi Hamad of the Hamas political bureau said in an October 24, 2023 show on LBC TV (Lebanon) that Hamas is prepared to repeat the October 7 …
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Farnaz Fassihi / New York Times:
After Years of Vowing to Destroy Israel, Iran Faces a Dilemma  —  With Israel bent on crushing Iran's ally Hamas, Tehran must decide whether it and the proxy militias it arms and trains will live up to its fiery rhetoric.  —  For more than four decades, Iran's rulers have pledged to destroy Israel.
Charles Hilu / Washington Free Beacon:
WATCH: Hamas Official Says Terrorist Group Will Repeat Oct. 7 Attack ‘Again and Again’
Jay Solomon / Semafor:
Some Hamas killers were high on amphetamine, officials say
Discussion: Political Wire
Roger Sollenberger / The Daily Beast:
Does New Speaker of the House Mike Johnson Have a Bank Account?  —  Speaker Mike Johnson has never listed a bank account on his financial disclosure.  In fact, on his newest disclosure he doesn't list a single asset at all. … Newly elected Speaker of the House Mike Johnson (R-LA) does not have a bank account.
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Tori Otten / New Republic:
What Is Happening With Mike Johnson's Money?
Discussion: Raw Story
Jennifer Bendery / HuffPost:
A Virginia GOP State Rep. Built Her Political Career On A Story That Doesn't Add Up  —  Tara Durant claims an “angry mob” of Black Lives Matter protesters “assaulted” her car in 2020.  Newly obtained police reports suggest something different.  —  LOADING
Politico:
Netanyahu may not last, Biden and aides increasingly believe  —  The Israeli prime minister's political obituary has been written before.  But U.S. officials are already gauging potential successors.  —  Joe Biden and top aides have discussed the likelihood that Benjamin Netanyahu's political days …
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Carl Hulse / New York Times:
G.O.P.'s Buck Won't Seek Re-Election, Citing His Party's Election Denialism  —  Representative Ken Buck, one of eight Republicans who moved to oust Kevin McCarthy as speaker, said his split with his party was too wide to remain in the House.  Others are likely to follow.
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Jeffrey Goldberg / The Atlantic:
Adam Kinzinger: Kevin McCarthy Is the Man to Blame
Discussion: PBS NewsHour and The Hill
Connor O'Brien / Politico:
GOP senator to confront Tuberville on military blockade  —  The move by Sen. Dan Sullivan marks the most significant challenge to the Alabama senator by Republicans yet.  —  Alaska Republican Dan Sullivan will lead a push to confirm a slate of military nominees Wednesday evening …
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Lara Seligman / Politico:
‘This is outrageous’: Pentagon officials furious over Tuberville holds after top Marine hospitalized
Washington Post:
Trump's Florida case timeline may need to be pushed back, Cannon says  —  FORT PIERCE, Fla. — The federal judge overseeing Donald Trump's indictment for allegedly mishandling national security secrets suggested at a hearing Wednesday that she might push back the planned trial timeline …
David Firestone / New York Times:
As the World Smolders, the New Speaker Trolls Biden  —  It didn't take long for the new House speaker, Mike Johnson, to demonstrate to the world that he will not be a serious partner for American allies or for those who still believe that governing is not a petty little game.
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Washington Post:
GOP plan to fund Israel aid with IRS cuts would cost $90 billion, tax chief says
Quinnipiac University Poll:
2024 Presidential Race Stays Static In The Face Of Major Events, Quinnipiac University National Poll Finds; RFK Jr. Receives 22% As Independent Candidate In 3-Way Race  —  mail_outline  —  Following a month marked by a war breaking out between Israel and Hamas, global tensions ratcheting up …
Congresswoman Kay Granger:
Statement by House Appropriations Chairwoman Kay Granger  —  WASHINGTON - Today, House Appropriations Chairwoman Kay Granger released the following statement.  —  “Today I am announcing that I will not seek re-election to the United States House of Representatives in 2024.
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New York Times:
Trump's Allies Want a New Style of Lawyer if He Returns to Power  —  Politically appointed lawyers sometimes frustrated Donald J. Trump's ambitions.  His allies are planning to install more aggressive legal gatekeepers if he regains the White House.  —  Close allies of Donald J. Trump …
Aaron Blake / Washington Post:
A judge could toss Trump in jail.  The question is whether one dares.  —  He transparently challenges gag orders as allies, as well as some critics, are girding for what that might portend  —  Donald Trump in a 2016 debate infamously warned Hillary Clinton that, if he were president, “you'd be in jail.”
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Politico:
Speaker Johnson tells Senate GOP he backs Ukraine aid, funding path through Jan. 15  —  “He indicated he's supportive, but the way it's put together in a supplemental needs a lot of work,” said Sen. John Hoeven (R-N.D.) of Ukraine aid.
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Politico:
GOP senators told that Peter Meijer will launch a Michigan Senate bid
American Ornithological Society:
American Ornithological Society Will Change the English Names of Bird Species Named After People  —  Scientists Will Establish a New Multidisciplinary Naming Entity and Seek Public Input, Beginning with 70-80 Bird Species in the U.S. and Canada … FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE  —  Contact: media@americanornithology.org
Amanda Marcotte / Salon:
“A kind of Stepford wife”: It's more than a prayer keeping Mike Johnson's wife suddenly out of view  —  The new speaker's Christian right radicalism really comes into view when looking at his marriage  —  When Rep. Mike Johnson, R-La., was elected Speaker of the House …
Discussion: Raw Story
Lexi Lonas / The Hill:
Largest Christian university in US fined record amount  —  The largest Christian university in the U.S. is facing a record-setting fine from the Department of Education for allegedly deceiving thousands of students about the cost of its doctoral programs.  —  The department announced …
Maggie Astor / New York Times:
Trump 14th Amendment Disqualification Trial Can Continue, Judge Rules  —  Former President Donald J. Trump's team had argued that his words and actions leading up to the attack on the Capitol were protected by the First Amendment, and asked that the Colorado case be thrown out.
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Josh Gerstein / Politico:
Trump fights loom large for a Supreme Court that has tried to ignore him
 
 
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Jeremy Tanner / The Hill:
IRS announces changes to 2024 retirement contribution limits
CNN:
Foreign nationals, injured Palestinians allowed to flee Gaza for first time since Israel-Hamas war began
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Who is Patrick Dai, Cornell student accused of threatening Jewish peers?
Politico:
Federal prosecutor raises alarm about Chinese election interference
Discussion: New York Post and Breitbart
Politico:
Pushing to expel Santos
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The autoworkers' big win exposes the absurdity of Trump's populism
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Associated Press:
Another wave of Israeli strikes hit Gaza refugee camp as crossing opens for foreigners and wounded
Will Saletan / The Bulwark:
Republicans Are Rationalizing Cruelty Toward Gaza
Discussion: New York Times
Thomas Zimmer / Democracy Americana:
“Faith and Family” vs Democracy
Thomas B. Edsall / New York Times:
Christian Nationalism ‘Is No Longer Operating Beneath the Surface’
 

 
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