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8:35 PM ET, November 7, 2023

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Jack Shafer / Politico:
Trump's Recipe for a Shockingly Raw Power Grab  —  The former president and his allies are reportedly planning to lay siege to the rule of law.  —  Former President Donald Trump speaks at a rally on Apr. 23, 2022 in Delaware, Ohio.  Joe Maiorana/AP  —  You can't say Donald Trump didn't warn us.
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Adam Klasfeld / The Messenger:
Trump Stepped Down From Trust Within Days of Allen Weisselberg's Post-Indictment Resignation  —  The revelation was largely subsumed by the former president's rambunctious and pugilistic testimony, insulting the judge and New York attorney general  —  Donald J. Trump's ongoing civil fraud trial …
Dan Primack / Axios:
What Trump stands to lose in his New York civil fraud trial  —  Former President Donald Trump is at risk of losing the New York real estate empire that the rest of his career was built on.  —  The big picture: Forcibly dismantling Trump's company is so unusual that no one is quite certain how it would play out.
Charlie Sykes / The Bulwark:
The Art of the Bluster  —  It's election day in Ohio, Virginia, Mississippi, Pennsylvania, and Kentucky, which means that there is a restless herd of hot takes straining to be loosed on the world in about 12 hours.  Brace yourself.  —  In the meantime, we get to ponder the bizarre scene …
Stephen Collinson / CNN:
Trump's day in court paints a dark preview of the national ordeal ahead
Nick Robertson / The Hill:
Trump attorney says New York attorney general is ‘just not that bright’
Amy Cooper / Newsweek:
I Was Branded the ‘Central Park Karen’.  I Still Live in Hiding  —  “Slit your wrists,” strangers texted me.  —  “If anyone deserves prison rape, it's you,” people I had never met called me to say.  —  “The noble thing to do is to remove yourself from society...so please kill yourself.”
New York Times:
House Republicans Toil for a Spending Strategy With a Shutdown Close at Hand  —  Speaker Mike Johnson is facing many of the same challenges his predecessor did as he looks for a way to avoid a government shutdown that will be acceptable to his deeply divided conference.
Discussion: GovExec.com
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Paul O'Donnell / Religion News Service:
Mike Johnson embodies evangelicals' embattlement strategy.  It may be backfiring.  —  (RNS) — Since Rep. Mike Johnson was elected speaker of the House of Representatives, much has been written about his evangelical Christian faith and its influence on his right-wing political views.
Alexandra Hutzler / ABC News:
White House says Israel should not reoccupy Gaza, after Netanyahu remarks  —  He told ABC's David Muir Israel would oversee Gaza for “an indefinite period.”  —  Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks with ABC News World News Tonight anchor David Muir, Nov. 6, 2023.
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Alexandra Hutzler / ABC News:
Netanyahu to ABC's Muir: ‘No cease-fire’ without release of hostages
Barak Ravid / Axios:
Scoop: Biden tells Bibi 3-day fighting pause could help secure release of some hostages  —  President Biden urged Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in their call on Monday to agree to a three-day pause in the fighting to allow progress in releasing some of the hostages held by Hamas in Gaza, two U.S. and Israeli officials said.
Jim Tankersley / New York Times:
‘Morning in America’ Eludes Biden, Despite Economic Gains  —  Seeking re-election in 1984, Ronald Reagan presided over an economy similar in many ways to today's.  But he sold a message of progress and promise.  —  President Ronald Reagan rode a “Morning in America” message …
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Politico:
Biden's stumbles spark concerns about ad strategy and surrogate operation
New York Times:
Trump's Rivals Battle Each Other, and His Aura of Inevitability, as Next Debate Approaches
Anders Anglesey / Newsweek:
Republican Candidate Charged With Child Porn Offenses Hours Before Election  —  A Texas Republican city council candidate is facing felony child pornography charges after being arrested just hours before the elections.  —  Brad Benson, a candidate for Place #4 on the city council of Granbury …
Beege Welborn / HotAir:
US Army Brass: Send in the Clowns  —  Right about now, I am almost without words at the complete chaos the United States Army has devolved into.  Believe me, I'm going to find plenty of words, but it is just such a gob-smacking, indescribable, totally avoidable, epic cluster flock that I almost …
NBC News:
Who are the five candidates that qualified for the third GOP debate  —  Five candidates will take the stage in the next GOP presidential primary debate, excluding former President Donald Trump who is voluntarily not attending but leading all candidates in the polls.
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Matt Holt / The Messenger:
Internal GOP Arizona Senate Poll Finds Lake Ahead in Three Way Race, Gallego Beating Lake Head To Head (Exclusive)
Discussion: RedState and The Gateway Pundit
Erin Pellet / KXII-TV:
Sherman High School transgender student loses lead theater role over gender policy  —  SHERMAN, Texas (KXII) - A Sherman High School policy has taken a lead role away from a transgender theater student.  —  Senior, Max Hightower, has been a member of Bearcat Theater throughout high school.
Politico:
Axelrod on Biden: I didn't tell him to drop out  —  Still, the comments from the longtime Democratic operative is the latest element of friction between the Obama-Biden camps.  —  CHICAGO — Less than a day after he suggested that Joe Biden should consider dropping out of the 2024 race …
Politico:
House GOP moves to reduce Buttigieg's salary to $1  —  It has no shot at becoming law, but it's not the first time Republicans have tried to use obscure spending rules this way.
Discussion: Raw Story
Sahil Kapur / NBC News:
Senate confirms Biden's 150th judge  —  With the confirmation of two women on Tuesday, the president has secured 113 judges on district courts, 36 on appeals courts and one on the Supreme Court.  —  WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden has hit a new milestone as the Democratic-led Senate confirmed his 150th federal judge.
Alyce McFadden / New York Times:
When Will We Have Election Results?  —  It's not unreasonable to hope for results in a timely manner on Tuesday.  —  It is, of course, impossible to predict exactly when election results will be available.  —  But in these off-year elections, with most polls closing between 7 and 8 p.m. Eastern time …
 
 
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Catherine Rampell / Washington Post:
What's up with Speaker Johnson not reporting a bank account?
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Associated Press:
One of Virginia's key election battlegrounds involves a candidate who endured sex scandal
Kayla Guo / New York Times:
House Moves Closer to Censuring Tlaib, Citing ‘River to the Sea’ Slogan
Paul Krugman / New York Times:
Why Does the Right Hate America?
Discussion: Lawyers, Guns & Money
Guy Benson / Townhall:
Squad: It's Super ‘Dangerous’ to Criticize Us, You Guys
Discussion: RedState, Twitchy and CBS News
Haley Cohen / Jewish Insider:
Brandeis becomes first private university to ban Students for Justice in Palestine on campus
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Robert Barnes / Washington Post:
High court seems likely to allow gun bans for those under protective orders
Matthew Rodriguez / CBS News:
Jewish man, 69, dies after clash during dueling protests over Israel-Palestinian conflict in L.A. area
Nick Robertson / The Hill:
Democratic senator expresses worries about potential World War III
Discussion: The Messenger
Grace Yarrow / The Texas Tribune:
Ted Cruz says he expects to run for president again, criticizes Democrats for pro-Palestine rhetoric
Discussion: The Messenger