memeorandum: All The Ways Republicans Tried To Game The Ohio Abortion Vote (Kate Riga/Talking Points Memo)

11:25 PM ET, November 4, 2023

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Obama Urges Americans to Take in ‘Whole Truth’ of Israel-Gaza War — The former president said everyone was “complicit to some degree” in the current bloodshed and acknowledged the points of view on both sides of the conflict. — Barack Obama offered a complex analysis of the conflict between Israel …

Discussion: Breitbart, The Messenger, The Hill and KTVZ-TV

Olivia Alafriz / Politico:

Scott: ‘Obama is dead wrong’ on Israel-Hamas conflict — “From Obama to Biden, Democrats have a problem: supporting Israel always has an asterisk,” the South Carolina senator and presidential contender said in a statement. — Tim Scott on Saturday slammed Barack Obama as “dead wrong” …

Discussion: Washington Examiner and The Hill

Shruti Rajkumar / HuffPost:

Asa Hutchinson Booed After Predicting ‘Significant Likelihood’ Of Trump Conviction — “There is a significant likelihood that Donald Trump will be found guilty by a jury on a felony offense,” said the former Arkansas governor and 2024 hopeful. — LOADING

Discussion: Washington Examiner, Raw Story, Fox News, The Hill and The Messenger

Lauren Irwin / The Hill:

Barring Trump from office could bring closure for Jan. 6 riots, former officer says — Former U.S. Capitol Police Sergeant Aquilino Gonell said he thinks former President Trump being barred from office could bring closure for the Jan. 6 riots. — “What is closure for me?

Discussion: Mediaite, Raw Story, Daily Kos, Politico, Washington Post, Washington Examiner, Plain Dealer, NBC News, HuffPost, Washington Times and ABC News

Marc Caputo / The Messenger:

Boos Rain Down on Chris Christie During Florida GOP Speech — JWPlayer — Another Republican event. Another round of boos for Chris Christie. — The boos rained down on the former New Jersey governor Saturday almost as soon as he took the stage at the Republican Party …

Discussion: The Hill, Politico, Fox News, CBS News, Mediaite, ABC News, CNN, RedState, Florida's Voice, The Daily Caller, The Gateway Pundit, Florida Phoenix, Florida Politics, KTVZ-TV, Press Herald and Breitbart

Washington Post:

William Lewis named publisher and CEO of The Washington Post — The veteran media executive, previously the publisher of the Wall Street Journal, was tapped by Washington Post owner Jeff Bezos to replace Fred Ryan, who stepped down in August. — William Lewis, a reporter-turned-executive …

Discussion: New York Times, The Hill, The Daily Beast and Politico, more at Mediagazer »

Jon Levine / New York Post:

Kamala Harris' stepdaughter Ella Emhoff is promoting an $8M Gaza fundraising campaign: ‘Abhorrent’ — The stepdaughter of Vice President Harris is publicly raising money for Gaza, The Post has learned. — Ella Emhoff, 24 — whose father, First Gentleman Doug Emhoff, is Jewish …

Discussion: RedState, The Post Millennial, Exposing the role …, Breitbart, HotAir, The Gateway Pundit, The Daily Caller, The Messenger, Twitchy and Yahoo News

Kate Riga / Talking Points Memo:

All The Ways Republicans Tried To Game The Ohio Abortion Vote — The future of abortion access in Ohio will be decided on Tuesday, when voters thumbs up or down a ballot proposal to enshrine abortion rights in the state constitution. — The abortion rights supporters have money …

Discussion: The Messenger, WKBN-TV and The Guardian

Faris Tanyos / CBS News:

Hit-and-run which injured Stanford Arab-Muslim student investigated as possible hate crime — California authorities are investigating a hit-and-run Friday afternoon which injured an Arab-Muslim student on the campus of Stanford University as a possible hate crime.

Discussion: USA Today, The Stanford Daily, UPI, The San Francisco Standard, KTVZ-TV, CAIR, Mercury News, The Messenger and KRON4

Peter Eliopoulos / WCVB:

Injury in Massachusetts field hockey game renews debate about co-ed sports — DIGHTON, Mass. — A student-athlete suffered a significant injury during a field hockey game played Thursday between two Massachusetts high schools, and the incident is renewing a debate about co-ed sports.

Discussion: The Messenger, Breitbart, BizPac Review, The Post Millennial, IJR, Le·gal In·sur·rec·tion, Louder With Crowder, The Daily Caller, New York Post, The Sun Chronicle and Boston Herald

Washington Post:

How Speaker Mike Johnson's plans for a Christian law school unraveled — Johnson vouched for the school — and agreed to serve as its dean — without seeing a key feasibility study, he would ultimately admit — In February 2012, Mike Johnson sent an aide on an urgent mission at the college …

Discussion: Insider, The Messenger, Digby's Hullabaloo, Raw Story and Lawyers, Guns & Money

Axios:

Scoop: Biden's 2024 team roiled by Israel-Hamas war … - Those divisions are chiefly between older pro-Israel Democrats and younger progressives who are more sympathetic to the plight of Palestinians. — Their differences have been exposed by the war in Gaza that began Oct. 7 …

Discussion: New York Post, RedState, The Daily Caller, Washington Post, Political Wire and HuffPost

Katie Robertson / New York Times:

New York Times Writer Resigns After Signing Letter Protesting the Israel-Gaza War — The writer, Jazmine Hughes, who has won awards for her work, had signed another letter of protest this year. — Jazmine Hughes, an award-winning New York Times Magazine staff writer …

Discussion: HotAir, New York Post, The Daily Caller, Washington Post, Mediaite, Washington Free Beacon, The Hill, Fox News, The Forward, Althouse and The Messenger, more at Mediagazer »

Marc Caputo / The Messenger:

Trump Scores More Florida Lawmaker Endorsements, Including DeSantis Defectors (Exclusive) — The endorsements of Trump come as the presidential candidates travel to Florida for a GOP summit — JWPlayer — Seven more Republican Florida legislators are endorsing Donald Trump's presidential campaign …