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Politico:
‘Same clown car with a different driver’: House GOP goes off the rails — Mike Johnson may have avoided a shutdown, but the House GOP is still emotionally raw from its 22-day speakership fight. — The House GOP has descended, as one member put it, into “schoolyard bully bullshit.”
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Axios:
House GOP starts Thanksgiving recess early after hardliners revolt on spending bill — House Republicans are leaving D.C. early for Thanksgiving recess after a group of conservatives brought down a procedural vote on an appropriations bill. … - Nineteen conservative hardliners bucked party lines …
Philip Bump / Washington Post:
The unusual inability of the House GOP to win votes — You are probably aware that the Republican majority in the House is having a tough year. — It took them more than a dozen votes to elect a speaker in January, eventually settling on Rep. Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) after he agreed to let any member trigger a vote on his ouster.
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Marist Poll:
GOP at Fault If Government Shuts Down, Say Nearly Half of Americans
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CNN:
House passes stopgap bill to avert government shutdown
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Zandar / Zandar Versus The Stupid:
Last Post, Please Read — Good morning. This is Zandar's Dad. I am sorry to tell you that he passed away over the weekend, peacefully in his sleep. Fortunately, his computer was on and open to this page but I don't know if I will be able to post again. This blog was Jon's passion.
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ABC News:
Ethics Committee will not recommend punishment for embattled Rep. George Santos — The New York Republican has pleaded not guilty to charges and defended himself. — Rep. George Santos walks back to his office after debate on the House floor on a resolution to expel him from Congress …
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Mabinty Quarshie / Washington Examiner:
Nikki Haley suffers setback from conservatives after vowing to verify social media users — Republican presidential candidate Nikki Haley's recent comments on requiring social media users to verify their identity online have sparked conservative backlash to a campaign that has steadily gained momentum in the GOP primary race.
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Jose Pagliery / The Daily Beast:
Donald's Desperate Demand: Trump Files for Mistrial in New York Bank Fraud Case — Trump's lawyers made a 30-page court filing on Wednesday seeking a mistrial, a move they've telegraphed for a while but still marks a new low in the case. … Seeing no way out of his bank fraud trial …
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Rebecca Shabad / NBC News:
Sen. Joe Manchin says he ‘absolutely’ would consider a presidential run — In an interview with NBC's Kristen Welker, the West Virginia Democrat said he first has to explore whether there's an appetite among voters for a moderate candidate like him. — WASHINGTON — Sen. Joe Manchin …
Joanne Carducci / The Daily Beast:
Republicans Are the Party of Asinine Toxic Masculinity — A GOP senator challenging a union boss to a fight and an alleged kidney punch in the hallway by a deposed leader—just a normal day for conservatives in the Capitol. … “You're a United States Senator, sit down!!”
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Fox News:
Rashida Tlaib member of secret Facebook group where Hamas terrorists glorified — ‘Squad’ member has been part of controversial group for 6 years — EXCLUSIVE: Rep. Rashida Tlaib is part of a secret social media group in which its members have glamorized Hamas in its war battle with Israel …
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Betsy Woodruff Swan / Politico:
Nevada attorney general is investigating false electors who aided Trump in 2020 — The attorney general of Nevada is quietly investigating Republican activists and operatives who falsely pledged the state's six electoral votes to Donald Trump in 2020, despite Joe Biden's victory in the state.
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David Strom / HotAir:
Yet Another Pedophile Leftist Arrested — Yes, they really do want to diddle the kiddies. — It's hard to conclude anything else, given how insistent the Left is about sexualizing kids and the recurring stories about various people in the upper echelons of society who wind up in sex scandals having …
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New York Post, Blaze Media, The Gateway Pundit, Fox News, Breitbart, acecomments.mu.nu and The Post Millennial
Jack Birle / Washington Examiner:
Biden judicial nominee fails to explain law terms when asked by Sen. John Kennedy — Sen. John Kennedy (R-LA) stumped one of President Joe Biden's judicial nominees while going through a speed round of questions about legal terms during a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on Wednesday.
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Fox News, The Gateway Pundit and The Daily Caller
Alexander Sammon / Slate:
The Squad Is About to Fight for Its Political Life — One of the biggest, bitterest, and most expensive political battles of the 2024 election cycle has emerged: The American Israel Public Affairs Committee, one of the most powerful, best-funded influence operations in Washington …
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The Messenger, New Republic, Political Wire and Jacobin
Ryan J. Reilly / NBC News:
‘Anti-establishment’ activist sought to incite Trump supporters on Jan. 6, DOJ argues — John Earle Sullivan, a self-proclaimed activist and journalist, only filmed the riot as a “ploy” to rile up the mob, federal prosecutors argued at his trial. — WASHINGTON — A man who previously held himself …
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Raw Story, WUSA and Blaze Media
Sareen Habeshian / Axios:
Trump whistleblower running for key House seat … - He is the first Democrat set to launch a bid for Spanberger's seat following her announcement that she's entering the 2025 Virginia governor's race. — Semafor first reported on his intention to run for the seat.
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Washington Post and Semafor
Nicole Asbury / Washington Post:
Montgomery teacher denies Hamas raid, accuses Israel of organ theft — An educator at Tilden Middle School ‘may be on leave’ after screenshots showed a Facebook post of hers containing misinformation about Israel — A Montgomery County teacher “may be on leave” after screenshots …
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Raw Story
Kaelan Deese / Washington Examiner:
Georgia prosecutors ask judge to jail Trump RICO co-defendant for witness intimidation — Fulton County prosecutors asked a judge Wednesday to jail Harrison Floyd, a co-defendant in Donald Trump's 2020 election subversion case in Georgia, over alleged attempts to intimidate witnesses, according to a court filing.
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Reuters:
US public support for Israel drops; majority backs a ceasefire, Reuters/Ipsos shows — U.S. public support for Israel's war against Hamas militants in Gaza is eroding and most Americans think Israel should call a ceasefire to a conflict that has ballooned into a humanitarian crisis, according to a new Reuters/Ipsos poll.
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Politico:
Leonard Leo's firm got nearly $500K from conservative nonprofit, tax filing shows — Leo is among the most prominent figures of the conservative legal movement. — Americans for Public Trust, a nonprofit conservative government watchdog group, transferred more than a quarter of its expenses …
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Accountable US and Fox News
Bill Mahoney / Politico:
New York's top court hears Democratic attempt to draw new congressional maps — There were few signs that any of the six judges who heard the case last year were poised to side with different parties this time. — BUFFALO, N.Y. — New York's top court heard oral arguments Wednesday in a case …
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Ally Mutnick / Politico:
Kari Lake ‘drove a stake’ through the heart of McCain Republicans. Now she wants a meeting. — The Senate candidate is making appeals to some of the very people she attacked in 2022. — Kari Lake is finally ready to move on from the 2022 election — or at least she wants her rivals to.
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Raw Story, Fox News and Arizona Republic
Teri Christoph / RedState:
Hundreds of Jewish Marchers Left Stranded by ‘Malicious’ Bus Drivers — Three hundred Jewish marchers never made it to Tuesday's “March for Israel” in Washington, D.C., in what is being described as the “deliberate and malicious” actions of some bus drivers.
Maria / Crooked Timber:
Silicon Valley's worldview is not just an ideology; it's a personality disorder. — Silicon Valley's ideology is this: Libertarianism for me. Feudalism for thee. — In more detail: — • Surveillance, manipulation and coercion; at first, just for profit, later by necessity, and ultimately for the hell of it
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Lawyers, Guns & Money
Ross Douthat / New York Times:
Where Does Religion Come From? — Ayaan Hirsi Ali, the ex-Muslim critic of Islamic fundamentalism and longtime champion of Enlightenment liberalism, has announced that she now calls herself a Christian — a conversion that she attributes to a twofold realization.
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