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Douglas MacKinnon / The Hill:
Leading Democrats need to go to the White House to ask Biden and Harris to step aside  —  Playtime is over.  We have to put the toys away and have the adults in the room re-exert their authority.  —  It's one thing when the issues of the day are identity politics; “green” energy …
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Ronald Brownstein / CNN:
Mideast crisis will test whether Biden can make experience an asset
New York Times:   Can Biden Change How Voters See Him? The Israel War May Give Him a Chance.
Violet Ikonomova / Detroit Free Press:
Detroit synagogue president Samantha Woll found dead outside her home  —  A politically connected Detroit synagogue president was found stabbed dead this morning outside her home in the city's Lafayette Park neighborhood, east of downtown.  —  Samantha Woll, 40, led the Isaac Agree Downtown Detroit Synagogue …
CNN:
Back-to-back plea deals pose grave legal threat to Donald Trump  —  Two stalwart allies of former President Donald Trump flipped against him in the past 36 hours, a staggering turn of events that could now pose a grave threat to his ability to fend off criminal charges related to his efforts to overturn the 2020 presidential election.
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Zachary Petrizzo / The Daily Beast:
Trump's Bitter Standoff with Fox News Is Only Getting Worse
Discussion: Digby's Hullabaloo and Raw Story
Brandy Zadrozny / NBC News:
7 influential accounts are warping Israel-Hamas news on X, researchers find  —  The University of Washington's Center for an Informed Public said that the most popular posts about the crisis revealed how news on the platform is “faster, more disorienting, and potentially more shaped by Musk himself.”
Jacqueline Alemany / Washington Post:
Concerns about Jordan's election denialism flare during failed bid for speaker  —  As Rep. Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) waged his battle to become House speaker, some House Republicans were uncomfortable with the possibility of having an election denier occupying the most powerful legislative seat …
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Steven Shepard / Politico:
Democrats keep getting new warning signs about Black voter support  —  Black voters continue to be loyal to Democrats, but there are signs that support continues to erode.  —  Democrats are about to find out how worried they need to be about Black voter support.
Discussion: The Daily Caller
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Nick Robertson / The Hill:
Chesebro attorney argues client never believed Trump's ‘big lie’ of election fraud  —  Kenneth Chesebro, one of former President Trump's 18 co-defendants in the George election fraud case, didn't truly believe the 2020 election was stolen, according to his attorney.
Michael Biesecker / Associated Press:
AP visual analysis: Rocket from Gaza appeared to go astray, likely caused deadly hospital explosion  —  (AP animation: Marshall Ritzel, AP video: Angie Wang)  —  Shortly before 7 p.m. Tuesday, a volley of rockets lit up the darkened sky over Gaza.  Videos analyzed by The Associated Press show …
Discussion: Twitchy and Al Jazeera
Mathew Murphy / The Daily Beast:
Bill Maher Goes Off on Harvard Kids for ‘Siding With Terrorists’  —  “As an Ivy League graduate who knows the value of a liberal education I have one piece of advice for the youth of America—don't go to college,” Maher said Friday night.  —  After 34 Harvard student groups signed …
Jacob Magid / The Times of Israel:
Senior official: US, European countries pushing Israel to delay Gaza ground offensive  —  Western governments believe invasion may scuttle chances of further hostage releases; Biden publicly draws link between Hamas onslaught and efforts for Saudi-Israel normalization
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Giselle Ruhiyyih Ewing / Politico:
Biden says Hamas attacks aimed to halt Israel-Saudi Arabia agreement
U.S. Customs and Border Protection:
CBP Releases September 2023 Monthly Update  —  WASHINGTON — U.S. Customs and Border Protection released monthly operational statistics today for September 2023.  CBP continues to address increased migration flows as we enhance the security of our borders; disrupt the entry of dangerous people …
Wes Davis / The Verge:
Google owes executive $1 million after losing gender bias lawsuit … A jury found Google guilty of sexual discrimination and awarded female Google Cloud executive Ulku Rowe, who filed the complaint, $1.1 million.  Rowe's lawsuit alleged that the company gave higher pay to less-experienced male cohorts …
Roya Rateshtari / usmarshals.gov:
U.S. Marshals Searching for Fugitive Wanted for the Murder of a State Judge  —  Pedro Manuel Argote now the target of an interstate manhunt  —  For Immediate Release  —  District of Maryland  —  (410) 362-7550  —  Baltimore, MD - The U.S. Marshals Service is seeking the public's assistance …
Washington Post:
Haley threatens to overtake DeSantis as Trump alternative, sending sparks flying  —  Escalating frictions between the two candidates vying for a distant second behind Trump are playing out before voters on the campaign trail and behind closed doors with wealthy donors
Nick Fagge / Daily Mail:
EXCLUSIVE: Israeli morgue worker says horrors inflicted on Hamas's victims are ‘worse than the Holocaust’ including decapitated pregnant woman and her beheaded unborn child  — Shari says the atrocities committed by Hamas are ‘worse than the Holocaust’  — She and her team spend 12 hours a day cleaning mutilated corpses
 
 
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