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8:50 AM ET, November 5, 2023

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Lisa Lerer / New York Times:
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 …
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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” …
Washington Post:
Trump and allies plot revenge, Justice Department control in a second term  —  Advisers have also discussed deploying the military to quell potential unrest on Inauguration Day.  Critics have called the ideas under consideration dangerous and unconstitutional.
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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?
Marc Caputo / The Messenger:
Boos Rain Down on Chris Christie During Florida GOP Speech
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 …
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 and WKBN-TV
Joyce Vance / Civil Discourse with Joyce Vance:
Judge Cannon's Response  —  Thursday night, prosecutors alerted federal Judge Aileen Cannon in Southern Florida that after Trump's lawyers asked her to delay his trial there because it was too close in time to his trial in the District of Columbia, they turned around and asked the Judge in D.C. to delay the trial there as well.
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.
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 …
Chen Lin / Reuters:
Singapore deputy PM Wong to lead ruling party before general election - PM  —  Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong said on Sunday that Deputy Prime Minister Lawrence Wong will take over from him as leader of the ruling People's Action Party before the next general election due by November 2025.
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 …
Jason Linkins / New Republic:
Poor Josh Hawley Can't Help Himself … Josh Hawley is at it again.  Over a brief career in Washington, the elfin senator from Missouri—when he's not egging on and then fleeing from insurrectionists—has attempted one pseudo-populist or culture-war gimmick after another to propel …
Discussion: OpenSecrets.org
 
 
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