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9:45 AM ET, November 13, 2023

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Kyle Cheney / Politico:
New book details Trump lawyers' secret meeting with Jack Smith ahead of DC indictment  —  ABC's Jonathan Karl offers an account of a fateful July 27 meeting in his forthcoming book.  —  Jack Smith's public image, shaped by his near invisibility since taking over the federal criminal cases …
Discussion: The Messenger, Raw Story and CNN
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Mike Allen / Axios:
Scoop: Trump hung up on Kim Kardashian, new Jonathan Karl book says  —  Former President Trump hung up on Kim Kardashian when she called for help with a clemency case — because he assumed she voted for President Biden, ABC News' Jonathan Karl writes in “Tired of Winning,” out Tuesday.
Discussion: The Hill and Political Wire
Jim Messina / Politico:
I Was Obama's 2012 Campaign Manager.  There's No Need to Panic Over Biden.  —  Don't sweat the doom and gloom polling.  We've been here before.  —  As you walk into my office, the first thing you see is a framed magazine cover.  It's not from the days of triumph — like in November 2012 …
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Jonathan Martin / Politico:
Here's How Biden Can Turn It Around  —  Top Democrats agree that the president needs more aggressiveness, more help from his friends and a few more friends.  Liz Cheney, Rahm Emanuel and Mitt Romney can help.  —  Just under one year before the presidential election, Democrats should be concerned …
NBC News:
Tim Scott drops out of the 2024 presidential race  —  The South Carolina senator has been stagnating in the polls for months despite spending big on early TV ads.  —  Sen. Tim Scott of South Carolina announced Sunday night that he is dropping out of the 2024 presidential campaign.
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Fox News:
Sen. Tim Scott announces decision to suspend his 2024 presidential campaign
Steve Peoples / Associated Press:
Nikki Haley will launch a $10M ad campaign to try to overtake Ron DeSantis in the GOP primary
Lisa Needham / Public Notice:
Stephen Miller's “America First Legal” is more dangerous than you think  —  Miller is a clown.  But his organization is racking up wins advancing a deeply reactionary agenda. … You probably know Stephen Miller as an election denier, a perennial Fox News guest, and, most famously …
Marianne LeVine / Washington Post:
Trump calls political enemies ‘vermin,’ echoing dictators Hitler, Mussolini  —  On Veterans Day, the former president vowed to “root out” his liberal opponents, drawing backlash from historians who say his rhetoric is reminiscent of authoritarians  —  Former president Donald Trump denigrated …
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Michael Balsamo / Associated Press:
Secret Service agents protecting Biden's granddaughter open fire when 3 people try to break into SUV  —  Secret Service agents protecting President Joe Biden's granddaughter opened fire after three people tried to break into an unmarked Secret Service vehicle in the nation's capital, a law enforcement official told The Associated Press.
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Luke Barr / ABC News:   Secret Service opens fire on people attempting to break into car outside Naomi Biden's home: Sources
Judd Legum / Popular Information:
How Moms for Liberty and a notorious English teacher exploited a high school student  —  On October 25, as Popular Information previously reported, two members of Moms for Liberty went to the Santa Rosa County Sheriff's Office in Florida and accused public school librarians of felonies …
Axios:
Behind the Curtain: Trump allies pre-screen loyalists for unprecedented power grab … - His top obsession will be the Justice Department, the FBI and the intelligence community — all of which he thinks conspired to investigate him, thwart him, screw him.
Discussion: Raw Story and jobsanger
Politico:
Sinema left the Democratic party.  Democratic donors left her too.  —  A POLITICO analysis of campaign finance data reveals a tough road ahead if the Arizona independent runs for reelection.  —  Democratic donors have fled Sen. Kyrsten Sinema since she left the party …
Jose Pagliery / The Daily Beast:
Trump's New York Trial Promises to Get Even Worse  —  Donald Trump's bank fraud trial is half-over.  But the epic showdown is now merely a prelude to an inevitable fight in New York's higher courts.  —  Halfway through Donald Trump's bank fraud trial in New York, the former president …
Discussion: Raw Story and Washington Times
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NBC News:
‘QAnon Shaman’ who stormed the Capitol on Jan. 6 files paperwork to run for Congress  —  Jacob Chansley, who served about 27 months in prison for his role in the Capitol attack, filed to run for the seat left vacant by Rep. Debbie Lesko, R-Ariz.  —  Jacob Chansley, the Arizona man known as the …
Discussion: Associated Press and BizPac Review
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NBC News:
Israel-Hamas war live updates: Al Shifa hospital in Gaza no longer functioning, WHO says … Just now  —  Erin McLaughlin  —  TEL AVIV — The situation at Al-Shifa hospital in Gaza is “extremely difficult and dangerous,” the head of neurosurgery at the hospital told NBC News this morning.
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Washington Post:
Hamas envisioned deeper attacks, aiming to provoke an Israeli war
Hans Nichols / Axios:
Scoop: Internal State Dept. memo blasts Biden, U.S. policy on Israel-Hamas war  —  An internal State Department dissent memo accuses President Biden of “spreading misinformation” on the Israel-Hamas war and alleges that Israel is committing “war crimes” in Gaza, according to a copy of the memo obtained by Axios.
Discussion: The Messenger and The Guardian
 
 
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Jewish families leaving synagogue ‘targeted’ by pro-Palestinian demonstrators
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Associated Press:
More than 180,000 people across France march against soaring antisemitism amid the Israel-Hamas war
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