memeorandum: House Speaker Mike Johnson Spent Years Defending Christian Speech In Public Schools (Jennifer Bendery/HuffPost)

7:15 PM ET, November 24, 2023

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Heroic Immigrant Actually Stopped the Dublin Stabbing That Led to Far-Right Riot — Far right ‘hooligans’ whipped up outrage after reports the attacker in the shocking Dublin school stabbing was an immigrant. It turns out, the man who stopped him was Brazilian.

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Brad Dress / The Hill:
34 people arrested in Dublin as riots erupt over stabbing attack

Tom Sykes / The Daily Beast:
Right-Wing Riots Erupt in Dublin After Stabbing Attack

Ryan Faircloth / Star Tribune:

Rep. Dean Phillips, running for president, won't seek re-election to Congress — Returning to Congress after his primary challenge to President Biden would be “both unproductive and uncomfortable,” Phillips said. — Democratic Rep. Dean Phillips will not run for re-election to the U.S. House …

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Azi Paybarah / Washington Post:

Democratic presidential candidate Phillips announces he won't run for reelection in House — Rep. Dean Phillips (D-Minn.) — who launched a long-shot presidential primary bid against President Biden last month — announced Friday he wouldn't run for reelection to the House in 2024.

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U.S. Representative Dean Phillips:

Rep. Dean Phillips Announces He Won't Seek Re-Election to Congress — MINNETONKA, MN - Today, Rep. Dean Phillips (D, MN) announced he will not seek re-election to Congress in 2024. Phillips has represented Minnesota's Third Congressional District in the U.S. House of Representatives since 2019 and released the following statement:

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Timothy Nerozzi / Fox News:

No American hostages freed by Hamas on day one of cease-fire with Israel — US official says White House ‘doing all we can’ to secure Americans' release — Two dozen hostages were released by the terrorist group Hamas, but no American was released on the first day of the cease-fire with Israel.

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NBC News:
Israel-Hamas war live updates: 25 hostages released as cease-fire holds

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CBS News:
24 hostages released as temporary cease-fire in Israel-Hamas war takes effect

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Caroline Linton / CBS News:

Andrew Cuomo accused of sexual harassment in new lawsuit filed by former executive assistant Brittany Commisso — A former executive assistant to former New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo who had accused him of groping her has filed a lawsuit alleging sexual harassment.

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Associated Press:

Andrew Cuomo accused of sexual harassment by former aide in new legal filing — ALBANY, N.Y. — Former New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo is being sued by a former aide who says Cuomo sexually harassed her while he was still in office. — Cuomo's former executive assistant Brittany Commisso filed …

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X May Lose Up to $75 Million in Revenue as More Advertisers Pull Out — Internal documents show companies like Airbnb, Coca-Cola and Microsoft have halted ads, or are at risk of doing so, after Elon Musk's endorsement of an antisemitic conspiracy theory. — X, the social media company formerly known …

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Eva Surovell / The Messenger:

Trump Lawyers Say New York Filing Is ‘Irrelevant’ to DC Gag Order Hearing — The back-and-forth concerns a filing submitted by prosecutors on Thanksgiving — JWPlayer — Donald Trump's lawyers on Friday filed a response to prosecutors' Thursday filing, arguing that any threats …

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Roger Sollenberger / The Daily Beast:

The Secret Megadonor Behind the MAGA Movement's ‘Nerve Center’ — In the aftermath of Jan. 6, one conservative group has been buying up real estate around Capitol Hill and growing its influence. Much of that is thanks to this one secret donor. … In a few short years …

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Jennifer Bendery / HuffPost:

House Speaker Mike Johnson Spent Years Defending Christian Speech In Public Schools — “The ultimate goal of the enemy is silencing the Gospel,” the Republican said in 2004 after Jewish parents sued a school for pushing Christianity on their kids. — LOADING

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Aaron Zitner / Wall Street Journal:

Voters See American Dream Slipping Out of Reach, WSJ/NORC Poll Shows — Fewer believe that anyone who works hard can get ahead — The American dream—the proposition that anyone who works hard can get ahead, regardless of their background—has slipped out of reach in the minds of many Americans.

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Eileen Sullivan / New York Times:

Growing Numbers of Chinese Migrants Are Crossing the Southern Border — More than 24,000 Chinese citizens have been apprehended crossing into the United States from Mexico in the past year. That is more than in the preceding 10 years combined. — The surge of migrants entering …

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New York Times:

Could Haley Really Beat Trump? Big Donors Are Daring to Dream. — Powerful players in the business world have gravitated toward Nikki Haley, aware that she remains an underdog but beginning to believe she has a chance. — Late last month, Nikki Haley, the former U.S. ambassador to the United Nations …

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