memeorandum: ‘QAnon Shaman’ who stormed the Capitol on Jan. 6 files paperwork to run for Congress (NBC News)

10:50 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, UPI, Talking Points Memo, Law & Crime, Raw Story, CNN and Crooks and Liars

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

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

ABC News:
Trump was privately enthralled by baseless theory he could be reinstated as president: New book

Discussion: The Messenger, FOX8 WGHP, HuffPost, Newsbusters, Rolling Stone, Mediaite and Political Wire

Jill Colvin / Associated Press:
Trump's plans if he returns to the White House include deportation raids, tariffs and mass firings

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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 — Naomi Biden, 29, is the president's granddaughter. — Naomi Biden, the granddaughter of President Joe Biden, and her husband Peter Neal arrive for a State Dinner in honor …

Discussion: Mediaite

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 …

Discussion: Washington Examiner, The Atlantic and The Messenger

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 …

Discussion: Stack Data Strategy, RedState, Fox News, Washington Post and Power Line

Jennifer Rubin / Washington Post:
A wasteland: Political coverage ignores the threat to democracy

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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.

Fox News:
Sen. Tim Scott announces decision to suspend his 2024 presidential campaign

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Steve Peoples / Associated Press:
Nikki Haley will launch a $10M ad campaign to try to overtake Ron DeSantis in the GOP primary

Discussion: The Hill, New York Times, Washington Examiner and Political Wire

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 …

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, The Daily Caller and BizPac Review

Rebecca Falconer / Axios:
Jan. 6 rioter dubbed “QAnon Shaman” plans to run for U.S. Congress

Discussion: Raw Story, The Post Millennial, Twitchy, New York Post, KTLA, Washington Examiner, Insider, The Messenger and Mock Paper Scissors

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 …

Discussion: NBC News and Washington Examiner

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 …

Discussion: The Bulwark, The Hill, Raw Story, Outside the Beltway, The Moderate Voice, Mediaite, HuffPost, The Messenger and Althouse

Olafimihan Oshin / The Hill:
Raskin says second Trump term would ‘look a lot like Vladimir Putin in Russia’

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Michael Tomasky / New Republic:
It's Official: With “Vermin,” Trump Is Now Using Straight-up Nazi Talk

Discussion: HuffPost, Raw Story, Digby's Hullabaloo, The Messenger, The Hill and Forbes

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 …

James Landale / BBC:

Ex-PM David Cameron appointed foreign secretary in shock return to government — Summary — Ex-PM David Cameron is made foreign secretary in a shock move as Rishi Sunak reshuffles his cabinet — It is a remarkable return to government for the former Conservative prime minister, in office between 2010 and 2016

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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.