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11:00 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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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 …
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.
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 …
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.
Discussion: The Messenger
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 …
Washington Post:
Trump's belief that 2020 election was stolen is not a defense, DOJ says  —  Trump claimed he can't be charged with intending to deceive; Special Counsel said his crimes were steeped in lies  —  Special counsel prosecutors said Monday they plan to show at trial that Donald Trump lied repeatedly …
Washington Post:
Live updates Donald Trump testifying in New York civil fraud trial
New York Times:
Trump Indictments Haven't Sunk His Campaign, but a Conviction Might
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 …
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Louder With Crowder:
We have obtained EXCLUSIVE access to the Nashville Covenant shooter's manifesto
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 …
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Axios:
Behind the Curtain: Biden's race problem
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
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 …
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 …
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” …
Kyle Morris / Fox News:
‘Secret reports’ reveal how government worked to ‘censor Americans’ prior to 2020 election, Jim Jordan says  —  ‘The federal government, disinformation ‘experts’ at universities, Big Tech, and others worked ... to monitor & censor Americans’ speech,' said Judiciary Committee Chair Jim Jordan
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.”
Matthew Chapman / Raw Story:
Trump kids' blame claims don't match with fraud case facts: reporter  —  Former President Donald Trump's children's claims that Trump Organization accountants are to blame for fraudulently inflated estimates of the company's value don't comport with the known facts of the case, a New York Times investigative reporter argued Monday.
Discussion: Forbes, Semafor and Fox News
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.
Chris Geidner / Law Dork:
Three GOP AGs seek to join medication abortion lawsuit, raising SCOTUS questions  —  The attorneys general of Missouri, Kansas, and Idaho are seeking to intervene in the lawsuit challenging the federal government's approval of and rules regarding one of the two drugs used in medication abortion …
Discussion: Washington Examiner
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 …
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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Robert Schmad / The Daily Caller:
Here's How The Liberal Money Machine Is Fueling Pro-Hamas Activism
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Sakshi Venkatraman / NBC News:
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Reuters:
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Discussion: Bloomberg
Devin Hughes / The Hill:
More proof that more guns will not save us
New York Times:
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Mona Zhang / Politico:
Ohio voters weigh weed legalization
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CBS News:
Netanyahu faces rising anger from within Israel after Hamas attack
Discussion: UPI
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Erum Salam / The Guardian:
Trump administration considered ideological ‘screenings’ of noncitizens
Discussion: Raw Story
Ally Mutnick / Politico:
Senate GOP campaign arm whacks Meijer for entering Michigan Senate race
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
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