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9:05 PM ET, November 13, 2023

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Dan Froomkin / Press Watch:
Did ‘vermin’ mark a turning point in Trump coverage?  —  Saturday night was a low point in the elite media's coverage of Donald Trump.  —  The New York Times put a light-hearted headline on a news article about Trump's Veterans Day address in New Hampshire, in which he vowed to “root out” …
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Charlie Sykes / The Bulwark:
It's Not the Gaffes.  It's the Plans.  —  Pay attention to what Trump is going to do.  —  Because it's Monday, let's start with the bottom story of the day: Tim Scott Suspends Campaign, as His Sunny Message Failed to Resonate - The New York Time s  —  Who knew that sunny optimism …
Discussion: The Messenger and Raw Story
Aaron Blake / Washington Post:
How Trump's rhetoric compares to Hitler's  —  Donald Trump has long toyed with the language of famous autocrats, authoritarians and fascists.  Think: “enemy of the people,” “retribution” and the frequent, years-long allusions to political violence.  —  But even by his standards …
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.
Azi Paybarah / Washington Post:   Trump calling opponents ‘vermin’ draws rebukes from White House, some in GOP
Mike Allen / Axios:
Scoop: Trump hung up on Kim Kardashian, new Jonathan Karl book says
Kyle Cheney / Politico:
New book details Trump lawyers' secret meeting with Jack Smith ahead of DC indictment
ABC News:
‘The boss is not going to leave’: Proffer videos show ex-Trump lawyers telling Georgia prosecutors about efforts to overturn 2020 election  —  ABC News obtained video from interviews held with Jenna Ellis and Sidney Powell.  —  Jenna Ellis reads a statement after Ellis pleading guilty …
Roger Sollenberger / The Daily Beast:
Mike Johnson's Shady Finances Are Already Coming Back to Bite Him  —  Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) is facing a new ethics complaint over a litany of alleged violations with his financial disclosures. … When newly minted Republican Speaker of the House Mike Johnson was asked on Fox News …
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Roger Sollenberger / The Daily Beast:
Who Paid for Mike Johnson to Attend This Conservative Conference?
Mark Sherman / Associated Press:
The Supreme Court says it is adopting a code of ethics for the first time  —  The Supreme Court is adopting its first code of ethics, in the face of sustained criticism over undisclosed trips and gifts from wealthy benefactors to some justices.  The policy was issued by the court Monday.
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Lawrence Hurley / NBC News:
Supreme Court adopts code of conduct amid ethics scrutiny
New York Times:
Maryanne Trump Barry, Donald Trump's Older Sister, Dies at 86  —  A retired federal judge in New Jersey, she supported her brother but, as secret audio recordings revealed in 2019, she could also be scathingly critical of him.  —  Maryanne Trump Barry, a former federal judge who was an older sister …
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Nate Silver / Silver Bulletin:
If Biden can't run a normal campaign, he should step aside  —  Democrats are taking a huge risk either way.  But they shouldn't try to get away with a Rose Garden campaign.  —  It's inherently kind of crazy that American presidential campaigns take more than a year to run, but they do.
Discussion: Politico and Newsbusters
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Jonathan Martin / Politico:
Here's How Biden Can Turn It Around
Meg Kinnard / Associated Press:
South Carolina Sen. Tim Scott abruptly ends 2024 presidential bid, shocking even his campaign staff  —  Republican presidential candidate Tim Scott abruptly announced late Sunday that he was dropping out of the 2024 race, a development that surprised his donors and stunned his campaign staff …
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Natalie Allison / Politico:   'I've seen better run city council campaigns': Tim Scott's allies fume after exit
Ian Millhiser / Vox:
Democrats get surprisingly good news from America's Trumpiest court  —  The Fifth Circuit decided to obey the law, for a change.  —  Last Friday, a federal appeals court nudged Louisiana toward redrawing its congressional maps to include a second Black-majority district.
Mike Lillis / The Hill:
Jeffries suggests Democrats could support GOP stopgap funding bill  —  House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) suggested Monday that Democrats may support the Republicans' short-term funding bill to prevent a government shutdown — a sharp change of tone that could pave the way for easy passage …
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Mychael Schnell / The Hill:
Democrat Dean Phillips says he'll vote for Speaker Johnson's CR proposal
The Hill:
House shelves Greene's resolution to impeach Mayorkas  —  The House shelved a resolution to impeach Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas on Monday, punting on Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene's (R-Ga.) effort to boot the Biden administration official from his post for his handling of the situation at the U.S.-Mexico border.
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.
Lisa Friedman / Reuters:
Israel-Hamas War  —  Gaza Hospitals ‘Must Be Protected,’ Biden Says … Biden calls for ‘less intrusive action’ around Gaza's battered hospitals as Israeli forces close in.  —  The Gaza Strip's hospitals “must be protected,” President Biden said on Monday as Israeli troops battled …
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Sarah Fortinsky / The Hill:
Sen. Coons badgered about Gaza strikes and cease-fire on Amtrak ride  —  Sen. Chris Coons (D-Del.) was badgered on an Amtrak ride Monday about his position on calling for a cease-fire in Gaza by a passenger who claimed to be a journalist and who repeatedly ignored the senator's requests to leave him alone.
Associated Press:
First nonbinary Mexican magistrate found dead at home  —  Jesús Ociel Baena made history last year after becoming the first openly nonbinary person to assume a judicial position in the country.  —  MEXICO CITY — The first openly nonbinary person to assume a judicial position in Mexico …
Discussion: Reuters
Nikki Schwab / Daily Mail:
EXCLUSIVE - First photos reveal the COCAINE found in the White House: Images of the baggy in cubby hole that sparked White House investigation - and the culprit has still not been found  — DailyMail.com uncovered photos through a Freedom of Information Act request
 
 
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The Daily Beast:
CPAC Board Member Wrote Brutal Letter Trashing Matt Schlapp
Discussion: Raw Story
Sarah Fortinsky / The Hill:
GOP Rep. Burgess won't seek reelection, leaving third Dallas-area seat open
Discussion: Roll Call
Miranda Nazzaro / The Hill:
Democrats flipped this Pennsylvania county for first time in 100 years
Discussion: Dauphin County, PA and PennLive
David Smith / The Guardian:
'I'm more worried today than I was on January 6': top conservative's warning to America
 Earlier Items: 
NBC News:
Vivek Ramaswamy calls the most coveted endorsement in New Hampshire a ‘kiss of death’
NPR:
We were interviewing a Palestinian farmer. Then the drone and soldiers appeared
Discussion: Hartford Courant
Eric Hananoki / Media Matters for America:
Pro-Hitler and Holocaust denier account: X has paid me $3,000 in ad revenue sharing
Discussion: TechCrunch and The Times of Israel
James Landale / BBC:
Ex-PM David Cameron appointed foreign secretary in shock return to government
Lisa Needham / Public Notice:
Stephen Miller's “America First Legal” is more dangerous than you think