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4:05 PM ET, November 14, 2023

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Jamelle Bouie / New York Times:
Trump Wants Us to Know He Will Stop at Nothing in 2025  —  Over the last few weeks, we've gotten a pretty good idea of what Donald Trump would do if given a second chance in the White House.  And it is neither exaggeration nor hyperbole to say that it looks an awful lot like a set …
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Kevin Breuninger / CNBC:
House Speaker Mike Johnson endorses Trump, defends ‘stolen election’ claims  — House Speaker Mike Johnson endorsed former President Donald Trump for the 2024 Republican presidential nomination for what appeared to be the first time.  — “I'm all in for President Trump,” Johnson, R-La., said on CNBC's “Squawk Box.”
New York Times:
Johnson Said in 2015 Trump Was Unfit and Could Be ‘Dangerous’ as President  —  Speaker Mike Johnson, then a Republican state lawmaker, posted on social media that Donald J. Trump lacked the character and morality to be president and could be vindictive.  —  Years before he played a lead role …
Washington Post:
Ex-Trump allies detail efforts to overturn election in Georgia plea videos  —  A former attorney for Donald Trump has told Georgia prosecutors that a top presidential aide said to her in December 2020 that “the boss” did not plan to leave the White House “under any circumstances,” …
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Karen Townsend / HotAir:
8 Republicans Voted With All House Democrats to Block Mayorkas Impeachment  —  Democrats get by in the House with a little help from their Republican friends.  They blocked Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene's move to force a straight up or down vote on the impeachment of DHS Secretary Mayorkas Monday night.
New York Times:
More Than 400 U.S. Officials Sign Letter Protesting Biden's Israel Policy  —  The signers, representing some 40 government agencies, reflect growing internal dissent over the administration's support of Israel's military campaign in Gaza.  —  More than 400 political appointees …
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Anders Hagstrom / Fox News:
Biden officials rebel against president on Israel-Hamas war, sign dissent letter  —  Hundreds of anonymous Biden administration officials are demanding a cease-fire in Gaza  —  Four hundred government officials from 40 departments and agencies within President Biden's administration signed …
Juliegrace Brufke / Axios:
Matt Gaetz calls for House Ethics investigation into Kevin McCarthy  —  Conservative Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.) announced Tuesday he is filing an ethics complaint against former Speaker Kevin McCarthy following the California Republican's altercation with Rep. Tim Burchett (R-Tenn.).
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ABC News:
GOP lawmaker claims Kevin McCarthy elbowed him after meeting, sparking altercation
Marc Rod / Jewish Insider:
House members left in stunned disbelief, horror by video of Hamas' attack on Israel  —  Lawmakers exited a screening of video from the Hamas attack largely in silence, several of them openly crying  —  House lawmakers were stunned into shock and disbelief by a screening on Capitol Hill of footage of Hamas' attack on Israel on Oct. 7.
Jeff Cox / CNBC:
Inflation was flat in October from the prior month, core CPI hits two-year low  — The consumer price index was flat in October from the previous month but increased 3.2% from a year ago.  Both were below Wall Street estimates, sparking a major rally on Wall Street.
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Juliegrace Brufke / Axios:
Mike Johnson's shutdown plan gets a hall pass from furious Freedom Caucus  —  Members of the conservative House Freedom Caucus took an official position against the two-tiered stopgap funding bill aimed at averting a government shutdown just hours before it is set to come to the floor for a vote on Tuesday.
Rebecca Picciotto / CNBC:
Trump's Truth Social has lost $73 million since its launch, faces potential shutdown  — Trump Media and Technology Group, Truth Social's parent company, lost $50 million in the fiscal year ending Dec. 2022 and $23 million in the first half of 2023.  — The losses come as TMTG tries …
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Olafimihan Oshin / The Hill:
Trump's Truth Social has lost $73 million in less than 2 years, new filing says
Jessica Costescu / Washington Free Beacon:
He's a Communist Trust Fund Baby Who Inherited Millions.  Now, He's Using Daddy's Money To Harass Jews.  —  Earlier this year, avowed communist James “Fergie” Chambers secured “multiple hundreds of millions of dollars” from his family, which controls the Cox Enterprises empire.
Erin Reed / Erin In The Morning:
Trans Boy Returns To Lead Role In ‘Oklahoma!’  After Outcry At Sherman School Board Meeting  —  Please support my independent reporting and advocacy on transgender legislation by subscribing.  You help me keep this going and keep people informed.  —  In a crowded school board meeting …
Discussion: The 19th
Adam Cancryn / Politico:
The alarming news progressive groups delivered to the White House  —  Top White House aides reviewed private polling showing Biden's economic message falling flat and suggesting paths toward a turnaround.  —  Earlier this fall, President Joe Biden's top aides met a pair of progressives …
ABC News:
DeSantis says Romney ‘never fought for us.’ An unearthed yearbook photo shows he once campaigned for him  —  The Florida governor on Tuesday called Romney part of the “surrender caucus.”  —  A photo from Ron DeSantis' 2005 Harvard Law School yearbook shows DeSantis, left, campaigning for Mitt Romney.
Discussion: Twitchy and Florida Politics
Kayla Gallagher / The Messenger:
Trump Denies Report He Threatened to Leave GOP: ‘That’ Bulls-t'  —  ABC News' Jonathan Karl's book, ‘Betrayal,’ first revealed the reported conversation between RNC Chairwoman Ronna McDaniel and Trump  —  Former President Donald Trump says that a 2021 report that he threatened to leave …
Shawn Cohen / Daily Mail:
‘I do my best not to revisit this’: Emotional Paul Pelosi tells court of the moment he was attacked by a hammer-wielding David DePape in his own home in front of cops - having stalled him by calling 911  — DePape said he was looking for Nancy Pelosi, the then-Speaker of the House, and attacked Paul with a hammer, fracturing his skull
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New York Times:
Paul Pelosi Describes the Night He Was Attacked at Home
Associated Press:
Nearly two dozen toddlers sickened by lead linked to applesauce pouches, CDC says  —  Children ages 1 to 3 were affected, and at least one child showed a blood lead level eight times higher than the level that raises concern, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said.
Politico:
Schumer and White House greenlight Johnson's stopgap funding bill  —  He called the two-tiered deadline “goofy,” but said Senate Democrats would still back it to avoid a shutdown deadline Friday.
Discussion: The Guardian and Daily Kos
 
 
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