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Eleanor Klibanoff / The Texas Tribune:
Texas House votes to issue arrest warrants for Democrats who left state to block congressional redistricting  —  The warrants apply only within state lines, making them largely symbolic as most of the legislators in question decamped to Illinois, New York and Massachusetts.
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Associated Press:
Texas governor threatens to remove Democrats who left the state over Trump-backed redistricting  —  Texas Democrats on Monday prevented their state's House of Representatives from moving forward, at least for now, with a redrawn congressional map sought by President Donald Trump to shore …
Bill Mahoney / Politico:
Hochul embraces gerrymandering in New York … The redistricting skirmish in New York is one front in a much larger battle nationwide.  Aside from Texas and New York, California, Ohio and Missouri are also considering similar changes to gain a political advantage ahead of next year's midterm elections …
Kyle Cheney / Politico:
Gov. Greg Abbott's options to force a redistricting vote are more limited than they appear … Here's a look at the central questions as Abbott's standoff with Texas House Democrats deepens into a monumental political and legal brawl.  —  Why did Texas Democrats leave the state?
Washington Post:
Texas House Republicans vote to issue civil arrest warrants for fleeing Democrats
David Dayen / American Prospect:
Opposition Party Decides to Oppose
Office of the Texas Governor:
Governor Abbott Statement On House Democratic Quorum Break
Joseph De Avila / Wall Street Journal:
New York Retaliates Against Texas Republicans' Mid-Decade Redistricting Plan
William Kristol / The Bulwark:
Killing Democracy—And Not Bothering to Hide It
Sam Skove / Politico:
Duffy to announce nuclear reactor on the moon … President Donald Trump named Duffy as interim administrator in July after abruptly withdrawing the nomination of billionaire Jared Isaacman amid a spat with the nominee's ally, Elon Musk.  —  Duffy also offered a directive to more quickly replace …
Discussion: Raw Story, Joe.My.God. and Newsweek
Kana Inagaki / Financial Times:
Tesla board awards $30bn of shares to Elon Musk  —  Billionaire chief executive threatened to leave electric-vehicle maker if he was not given more stock  —  Tesla's board has approved the award of 96mn shares worth about $30bn to Elon Musk as part of a new pay deal after the billionaire …
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Jack Ewing / New York Times:
Tesla Grants Musk $29 Billion in Stock to Keep 'Elon's Energies Focused'  —  The “interim” package announced on Monday was intended to help retain Elon Musk, whose previous pay plan was invalidated by a judge.  —  Tesla granted shares to Elon Musk worth nearly $30 billion, the company said on Monday …
Courtney Rozen / Reuters:
US links $1.9 billion in state disaster funds to Israel boycott stance  —  U.S. states and cities that boycott Israeli companies will be denied federal aid for natural disaster preparedness, the Trump administration has announced, tying routine federal funding to its political stance.
NPR:
Sen. Klobuchar says Congress must ‘reassert’ itself after weak jobs report  —  President Trump insists that tariffs are driving an economic boom, but the data tells a more complicated story.  Sen. Amy Klobuchar, D-Minn., denounced Trump's tariffs and firing of a senior Labor official, saying Congress must “get its power back.”
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Tony Romm / New York Times:
Trump to Appoint New Top Labor Official Within Days
Noah Berlatsky / Public Notice:
The looming Trumpcession  —  🗣️ Paid subscribers keep Public Notice free.
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Rebecca Beitsch / The Hill:
Noem: ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ to serve as model for detention centers nationwide
Discussion: NewsMax.com and CBS News
Chris Dolmetsch / Bloomberg:
Epstein Victims Express Disgust, Fear at Handling of Files  —  A pair of Jeffrey Epstein's victims blasted the Trump administration and the Justice Department for their attempts to unseal grand jury testimony in the criminal case against the late financier, saying government officials …
Discussion: Washington Examiner and Newsweek
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Casey Gannon / CNN:
Victim in Epstein case decries ‘political warfare’ in effort to release grand jury transcripts
Discussion: Raw Story
Matthew Lee / Associated Press:
State Department may require visa applicants to post bond of up to $15,000 to enter the US  —  The State Department is proposing requiring applicants for business and tourist visas to post a bond of up to $15,000 to enter the United States, a move that may make the process unaffordable for many.
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Politico:   State Department to charge some travelers $10,000 bond to get visas
Washington Post:
Netanyahu government votes to dismiss attorney general  —  Israel's cabinet voted to dismiss Israel's attorney general, a key Netanyahu critic, as the U.S. grows increasingly impatient with the war in Gaza.  —  TEL AVIV — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's far-right government …
Steve Benen / MSNBC:
The 3 biggest problems with the new and unwarranted investigation into Jack Smith  —  For years, Team Trump treated the Hatch Act like a joke.  To target former special counsel Jack Smith, it's apparently changed its mind.  —  It's a serious enough problem when Donald Trump publicly endorses investigations …
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Sarah Fortinsky / The Hill:
Ex-federal prosecutor: Jack Smith charges ‘last thing’ Trump would want
Discussion: HuffPost and Democracy Docket
Alexandra Steigrad / New York Post:
Start the presses!  New York Post will expand to LA with launch of The California Post  —  The New York Post is going Hollywood.  —  The nation's most popular tabloid will launch The California Post early next year — delivering its brand of fearless, common-sense journalism and legendary headlines …
Associated Press:
How US adults are using ‘buy now, pay later’ services, according to a new AP-NORC poll  —  The vast majority of U.S. adults are at least somewhat stressed about the cost of groceries, a new poll finds, as prices continue to rise and concerns about the impact of President Donald Trump's tariffs remain widespread.
Dominick Mastrangelo / The Hill:
Nunes defamation lawsuit over Rachel Maddow comment dismissed  —  A federal judge has dismissed a lawsuit brought by former Rep. Devin Nunes (R-Calif) against MSNBC personality Rachel Maddow nearly five years ago.  —  U.S. District Judge Kevin Castel ruled this week that Nunes failed …
Elizabeth Warren / Rolling Stone:
Elizabeth Warren on Why Billionaires Are Doing All They Can to Stop Zohran Mamdani  —  The Massachusetts Democrat explains why Wall Street is spending big to boost Eric Adams and Andrew Cuomo  —  Zohran Mamdani pulled off an inspiring 12-point victory to become the Democratic nominee for mayor of New York.
Praveena Somasundaram / Washington Post:
Trump moves to bar nearly all abortions at Veterans Affairs hospitals  —  The proposed rule would repeal a Biden-era VA policy that allowed for abortions in some cases, including rape and incest.  —  Pregnant veterans would no longer be allowed to receive abortions at Department …
Nikki McCann Ramirez / Rolling Stone:
Trump Praises ‘HOTTEST’ Sydney Sweeney Ad, Bashes Taylor Swift  —  The debacle over the Euphoria star's great “jeans” — and her politics — has made it all the way to the president … “Sydney Sweeney, a registered Republican, has the ‘HOTTEST’ ad out there.
Ben Austen / New York Times:
Community Colleges Have Been Hit by Trump's War on Elite Universities  —  Measures intended to punish elite universities are inflicting collateral damage on the nation's two-year colleges, which educate 40 percent of all undergraduates.  —  A welding class at Delta College, a community college near Saginaw, Mich.
Fox News:
DOJ launching grand jury investigation into Russiagate conspiracy allegations  —  Pam Bondi acts on Tulsi Gabbard's criminal referral claiming intelligence community suppression  —  EXCLUSIVE: Attorney General Pam Bondi directed her staff Monday to act on the criminal referral from Director …
Ewan Palmer / The Daily Beast:
New Hegseth Leak Reveals Secret Plan for Years of Troops on U.S. Streets  —  OH BROTHER  —  Phil Hegseth wrote the document laying out how the Pentagon and DHS could help Donald Trump's immigration plans “for years.”  —  The Department of Homeland Security is looking to boost its deployment …
Axios:
Scoop: Brown interviewing campaign managers for Ohio Senate race  —  Former Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio) is interviewing campaign managers for a 2026 comeback bid, a clear indication that he's preparing to jump into the race to defeat Sen. Jon Husted (R-Ohio), according to three people familiar with the matter.
New York Times:
This Attack on a Federal Judge Is Preposterous  —  Last week, in a post on social media, Attorney General Pam Bondi announced that the Justice Department filed a misconduct complaint against James Boasberg, the chief judge of the Federal District Court in Washington, claiming he made …
Discussion: Slate and Raw Story
 
 
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Scoop: Inside Democrats' growing push for Palestinian statehood
Liam Stack / New York Times:
Many Jewish Voters Back Mamdani. And Many Agree With Him on Gaza.
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All major Las Vegas Strip casinos are now unionized in historic labor victory
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