memeorandum: 'I'm not a windmill person': Trump takes the witness stand and doesn't break character (Erica Orden/Politico)

9:10 PM ET, November 6, 2023

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Erica Orden / Politico:

'I'm not a windmill person': Trump takes the witness stand and doesn't break character — In a series of outbursts while testifying, Trump assailed the judge who is overseeing his civil fraud case. — NEW YORK — Testimony by former President Donald Trump quickly descended into bitter sniping Monday …

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NBC News:

Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds says Trump can't win in 2024 as she endorses Ron DeSantis — Reynolds and DeSantis spoke about the state of the 2024 race and what led to the Iowa governor's endorsement in a joint interview with NBC News. — DES MOINES, Iowa — Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds touted Ron …

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Aaron Blake / Washington Post:

3 early takeaways from Trump's testimony — Donald Trump's many legal problems led to a historic scene Monday: a former president testifying under oath in his own civil fraud trial in New York. — New York Attorney General Letitia James (D) is suing Trump and others, including his two adult sons, seeking $250 million.

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Brett Bachman / The Daily Beast:

Trump Forgets What Years He Was President While on the Stand in NY Trial — WHOOPS! — Donald Trump forgot what years he served as president while on the stand in his New York fraud trial Monday. He claimed at one point that he did not pay attention to his company's financial statements …

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NBC News:

Jan. 6 riot was ‘culmination’ of Trump conspiracies to overturn 2020 election, special counsel says in new filing — The special counsel's office called Trump's motion a “meritless effort” to evade allegations that he was responsible for the attack on the Capitol.

Ruth Marcus / Washington Post:

Trump doesn't just want to win. He wants revenge. — It can happen here — again. Our nation survived the first time. I'm not at all confident about the second. — The news brings two stories, separately alarming, together bone-chilling. “Trump leads in 5 Critical States as Voters Blast Biden …

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Washington Post:

Live updates Donald Trump testifying in New York civil fraud trial — Former president Donald Trump took the stand Monday to testify in the civil trial accusing him and his company of committing rampant fraud. He quickly drew warnings from the trial judge for making political statements …

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Alan Feuer / New York Times:
Prosecutors Assail Trump's Bid to Have Federal Election Case Dismissed

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New York Times:
Trump Indictments Haven't Sunk His Campaign, but a Conviction Might

Matthew Chapman / Raw Story:
Trump kids' blame claims don't match with fraud case facts: reporter

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New York Times:
Cross-Tabs: October 2023 Times/Siena Poll of the 2024 Battlegrounds

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Jake Traylor / NBC News:
Sarah Huckabee Sanders is set to endorse Trump at his Florida rally this week

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The Daily Beast:
Ivanka Is Not Going to Save Trump in His New York Fraud Trial—and He's Not Going to Save Himself

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Erica Orden / Politico:
Trump under oath: Six things to watch for as the former president testifies

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Betsy Woodruff Swan / Politico:
She Tangled with Trump in a Deposition. Here's Her Strategy When He's Under Oath.

Discussion: Raw Story

Joyce Vance / Civil Discourse with Joyce Vance:
The Week Ahead — Look for this week to start off with a bang, as Donald Trump takes the witness stand in New York on Monday.

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Ed Morrissey / HotAir:

‘Wanna Kill All You Little Crackers’: Nashville Trans Shooter Manifesto Leaked? Update: Confirmed — Has the long-buried “manifesto” of the Nashville transgender mass murderer finally leaked? More than seven months after the massacre of six people inside The Covenant School …

Louder With Crowder:

We have obtained EXCLUSIVE access to the Nashville Covenant shooter's manifesto — BREAKING: Nashville Trans Manifesto Leaked “I Hope I Have A High Death Count”; Shooter Specifically Targeted Students With “White Privileges” And Was “Ready to Die” — Louder with Crowder …

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Nahal Toosi / Politico:

U.S. diplomats slam Israel policy in leaked memo — The document offers a window into internal fury at the State Department over President Joe Biden's Middle East policies. — State Department staffers offered a blistering critique of the Biden administration's handling of the Israel-Hamas war …

Discussion: Washington Examiner, The Daily Caller, Eschaton and Political Wire

Walter Russell Mead / Wall Street Journal:

Iran Might Have Miscalculated in Gaza — It had an interest in dividing Israel from Arab states. So far that hasn't happened. — Most news and commentary describes the war in Gaza as the latest brutal episode in the conflict between Israelis and Arabs.

Discussion: National Review

Judd Legum / Popular Information:

Moms for Liberty members call the cops on Florida librarians — Two members of Moms for Liberty, a right-wing activist group, have reported several Florida school librarians to law enforcement. They claimed they had evidence that librarians were distributing “pornography” …

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Advocacy News:

Marijuana use linked with increased risk of heart attack, heart failure — American Heart Association Scientific Sessions 2023, Abstract Poster MDP250 and Abstract Poster MDP249 — Research Highlights: — As more people across the U.S. use marijuana for medical and recreational reasons …

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Jillian Frankel / NBC News:

5 candidates qualify for the Miami GOP debate, with Doug Burgum missing out — Donald Trump is skipping another debate, but Chris Christie, Ron DeSantis, Nikki Haley, Vivek Ramaswamy and Tim Scott will be onstage Wednesday night. — Five candidates will be on the stage Wednesday night …

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Chauncey DeVega / Salon:

“Apocalypticism”: Polling expert reveals the root of “panic among conservative White Christians” — “That core belief explains so much of the extremism and the proclivity toward violence on the political right” — This year's American Values Survey, conducted by the Public Religion Research Institute …

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Beege Welborn / HotAir:

Barbarians IN the Gates: When Anne Frank Isn't ‘Diverse’ Enough for Germany — This was an interesting story coming out of Germany this weekend. Apparently a wee little town in the country - and it is small, according to everything I could find - wants to change the 53 year old name of its childcare center in the name of “diversity.”

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Max Lewis / Fox 59:

Indy police arrest ‘terrorist’ for purposely driving her car into what she thought was a Jewish school — INDIANAPOLIS — IMPD officers arrested a woman, who they labeled a “terrorist,” after she drove her car into a building that she thought was a Jewish school.

CBS News:

Netanyahu faces rising anger from within Israel after Hamas attack — Jerusalem — Angry protesters paid Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu a home visit over the weekend, chanting, “jail now!” They were echoing rising cries from across the country for the veteran Israeli leader to step down.

Discussion: UPI

Philip Bump / Washington Post:

A disgraced former Trump official wants to deport Palestinians — For just under two years, Ryan Zinke served as Donald Trump's secretary of the interior. In late 2018, though, he resigned under the weight of more than a dozen federal investigations into his actions.

Ashley Zilka / WTAE:

Protester escorted by police from event after confronting Senator Fetterman about Middle East — Sen. John Fetterman was confronted at a political event Sunday about his stance on the Middle East, and it was caught on camera. — Fetterman was among a group of politicians who came …

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