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6:35 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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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 …
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.
Betsy Woodruff Swan / Politico:
She Tangled with Trump in a Deposition. Here's Her Strategy When He's Under Oath.
Discussion: Raw Story
Politico:
Playbook: Trump testimony kicks off a jam-packed week
Discussion: New York Magazine
New York Times:
Cross-Tabs: October 2023 Times/Siena Poll of the 2024 Battlegrounds  —  Donald Trump leads Joe Biden in five of six key battlegrounds polled by The New York Times and Siena College.
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New York Times:
Trump Indictments Haven't Sunk His Campaign, but a Conviction Might  —  Polls by The New York Times and Siena College show his strength in key swing states, in part because of concerns about President Biden's age.  But a conviction could be the difference in 2024.
Axios:
Behind the Curtain: Biden's race problem
Michael D. Shear / New York Times:
Democrats Express Deep Anxiety as Polls Show Biden Trailing Trump
Alex Seitz-Wald / NBC News:
Poll shows Biden support slumping among Michigan Muslims
Discussion: The Daily Caller
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 …
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” …
Discussion: The Daily Beast and Raw Story
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 …
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.”
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
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.
Ally Mutnick / Politico:
Senate GOP campaign arm whacks Meijer for entering Michigan Senate race  —  Meijer “isn't viable” in the primary, the NRSC warned in a forceful statement.  —  Former Michigan Rep. Peter Meijer's announcement that he would make a run for the state's Senate seat was met with a less …
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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
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 …
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.
Sakshi Venkatraman / NBC News:
Rupi Kaur rejects Biden administration's Diwali invite over its response to Gaza  —  The Canadian poet said that she will not attend an event this week hosted by Vice President Kamala Harris, and that the South Asian community should speak up.  —  Canadian poet Rupi Kaur says she's rejecting …
Discussion: HuffPost
Devin Hughes / The Hill:
More proof that more guns will not save us  —  Last month in Lewiston, Maine — a state known for its gun culture, where 45 percent of households own at least one gun — a shooter entered multiple locations and killed 18 people and injured dozens of others.  If you listen to the common narrative …
Reuters:
Peru foreign minister resigns amid criticism of president's U.S. trip  —  Peru's foreign minister resigned on Monday after less than a year, according to a letter seen by Reuters, amid criticism of President Dina Boluarte's trip last week to the United States.
Discussion: Bloomberg
 
 
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Robert Schmad / The Daily Caller:
Here's How The Liberal Money Machine Is Fueling Pro-Hamas Activism
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United States Department of State:
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Mona Zhang / Politico:
Ohio voters weigh weed legalization
Discussion: KSDK-TV and Plain Dealer
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Erum Salam / The Guardian:
Trump administration considered ideological ‘screenings’ of noncitizens
Discussion: Raw Story
Ken Stone / Times of San Diego:
Will Lightning Strike Twice? Lawyer Wants DA Summer Stephan Kicked Off Pacific Beach Riot Case
Aaron Rupar / Public Notice:
How Republicans are using congressional maps to entrench their power
Discussion: The Hill
Mark Leibovich / The Atlantic:
Donald Trump's Gift to Adam Schiff
The White House:
FACT SHEET: President Biden Advances Vision for World Class Passenger Rail by Delivering Billions in New Funding
 

 
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Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch:
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Financial Times:
Sources: Palantir and Anduril are in talks with OpenAI, SpaceX, and more to form a consortium to bid for US defense contracts and plan to announce it in January
 
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