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3:10 AM ET, November 12, 2023

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Politico:
Johnson announced his pitch to avoid a shutdown.  It's already hitting a wall.  —  It already seems unlikely the spending plan could pass the House, with the new speaker saying they would need Democrats to support it.  —  Speaker Mike Johnson is leaning into the demands of his right flank …
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NBC News:
House Republicans unveil their plan to avert a government shutdown next week  —  Congress has until Friday night to keep the government funded.  The House plans to vote on its short-term funding bill as early as Tuesday.  —  WASHINGTON — House Republicans on Saturday unveiled …
CNN:
House GOP pursuing two-step plan to avert government shutdown  —  House Republicans are pursuing a two-step plan for funding the government, three sources familiar with the matter told CNN, as Congress barrels toward another spending deadline Friday.  —  Newly elected House Speaker Mike Johnson announced …
Emily Brooks / The Hill:
Speaker Johnson moves on two-step stopgap to avoid shutdown
Daniel W. Drezner / Drezner's World:
The Authoritarianism Is The Point  —  Why is the Trump campaign so loudmouthed about its autocratic policy plans?  —  If elected next year, Donald Trump's plans for his second term are not a secret.  Indeed, for the past six months or so there has been story after story about what he intended to do come January 20, 2025.
Discussion: Raw Story
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Nick Robertson / The Hill:
Stephen Miller: Trump will implement ‘spectacular migration crackdown’  —  Former President Trump's immigration advisor Stephen Miller predicted that a second Trump term would include more strict policies against immigration, calling for a “spectacular migration crackdown.”
Discussion: Politico
New York Times:
Sweeping Raids, Giant Camps and Mass Deportations: Inside Trump's 2025 Immigration Plans  —  If he regains power, Donald Trump wants not only to revive some of the immigration policies criticized as draconian during his presidency, but expand and toughen them.
Scott Lemieux / Lawyers, Guns & Money:
The age pretext  —  I wanted to make a couple of follow-up points to Paul's excellent post below because bad faith arguments like Douthat's are going to become increasingly common, especially if some combination of Manchin and Romney decide to run a No Labels ratfucking campaign.
Tara Suter / The Hill:
UCLA faculty call on school to condemn protests, speech ‘crossing the line’  —  A group of over 300 faculty at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) signed a letter calling on the school to condemn protests “crossing the line from protected speech to unlawful incitement” amid the ongoing Israel-Hamas war.
Discussion: The Gateway Pundit
Emily Rizzo / NPR:
This school board made news for banning books.  Voters flipped it to majority Democrat  —  Meghan Budden's family was considering moving if their Pennsylvania school district didn't change course.  She normally isn't politically active, she said, but felt compelled to volunteer when a slate …
Ruby Cramer / Washington Post:
The librarian who couldn't take it anymore  —  She loved books.  And in a time of spreading book bans in public schools, that's why this Florida librarian had to quit.  —  Deep Reads features The Washington Post's best immersive reporting and narrative writing.
Discussion: Twitchy
Shia Kapos / Politico:
Voters are worried about Biden's age.  He knows it.  —  AGE IS JUST A NUMBER — When the clatter of someone tripping interrupted President Joe Biden's remarks at an Illinois event this week, he paused and asked, “You OK?  I want the press to know that wasn't me.”
Discussion: Breitbart
Ross Douthat / New York Times:
Should Joe Manchin Run for President?  —  In the emotional life of the liberal mediasphere, there was so little space between the release of the New York Times/Siena poll showing President Biden losing to Donald Trump handily across a range of swing states (doom! doom!) and the Democratic overperformance …
Faris Tanyos / CBS News:
U.S. military aircraft crashes in eastern Mediterranean during training operation, Pentagon says  —  A U.S. military aircraft crashed Friday night while taking part in a training operation in the eastern Mediterranean, the Pentagon said.  —  The aircraft “suffered a mishap and went down,” …
 
 
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Marisa Taylor / Reuters:
At SpaceX, worker injuries soar in Elon Musk's rush to Mars
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Richard Fausset / New York Times:
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Discussion: Washington Post
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