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Trump accuses Democrats of ‘seditious behavior, punishable by death,’ for urging military to ignore illegal orders — Trump called for the Democratic lawmakers to be “arrested and placed on trial” in social media posts. — President Donald Trump on Thursday accused several Democratic lawmakers of …
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Politico:
The House is scrambling to avoid a censure death spiral … “The only thing we can apparently do is condemn each other,” said Rep. Mark Pocan (D-Wis.), slamming the legislative agenda. “I've not seen the House hit this low of a point since I've been here.”
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Mark Satter / Roll Call:
Democratic hawks defiant after Trump accuses them of ‘seditious’ act — A small group of defense-minded Democrats, buoyed by broad support from their party, doubled down on their call for troops and intelligence personnel to disobey unlawful orders after President Donald Trump suggested …
Gregory Svirnovskiy / Politico:
Trump calls for Democratic lawmakers to face trial for ‘seditious behavior’
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Washington Post:
U.S. Coast Guard will no longer classify swastikas, nooses as hate symbols — The military service, which falls under the Department of Homeland Security, has drafted a new policy that classifies such items “potentially divisive.” — The U.S. Coast Guard will no longer classify the swastika …
Jason Koebler / 404 Media:
Elon Musk Could ‘Drink Piss Better Than Any Human in History,’ Grok Says — Elon Musk is a better role model than Jesus, better at conquering Europe than Hitler, the greatest blowjob giver of all time, should have been selected before Peyton Manning in the 1998 NFL draft …
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Elon Musk's Grok chatbot ranks him as world history's greatest human — Users on X shared examples of the “truth-seeking” AI chatbot praising its owner as “strikingly handsome,” a “genius” and fitter than LeBron James. — Just now — Elon Musk has touted Grok, the AI chatbot built …
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CNN:
Justice Department is investigating handling of Adam Schiff mortgage fraud probe led by Ed Martin and Bill Pulte — The Justice Department is investigating possible issues with the mortgage fraud investigation into California Democratic Sen. Adam Schiff that is run by two Trump administration …
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DOJ, FBI probing top Trump administration officials over investigations of president's adversaries: Sources
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Ken Dilanian / MS NOW:
Grand jury investigating potential misconduct in probes of Trump critics
Grand jury investigating potential misconduct in probes of Trump critics
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Associated Press:
U.S. and Russia draw up peace plan for Ukraine that includes big concessions from Kyiv — The U.S. and Russia have drawn up a plan aimed at ending the war in Ukraine that calls for major concessions from Kyiv, according to a person familiar with the matter, including granting some demands …
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Axios:
Trump's full 28-point Ukraine-Russia peace plan … And despite the plan including proposals Ukraine has repeatedly rejected up to now, President Volodymyr Zelensky is not ruling it out. — A senior White House official acknowledged the plan is “not easy” for Ukraine but said the U.S. believes …
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Sophie Gardner / Politico:
Cassidy after CDC vaccine website change: ‘Life is lived forward’ — Republican members of Congress pushed back on Thursday — albeit lightly — on the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's controversial update to its webpage on vaccines and autism. On Wednesday, the CDC changed its website …
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Vaccine Safety:
Autism and Vaccines — KEY POINTS … Vaccines do not cause Autism*
Autism and Vaccines — KEY POINTS … Vaccines do not cause Autism*
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Susan B. Glasser / New Yorker:
Dick Cheney's Long, Strange Goodbye — On seeing Rachel Maddow at the former Vice-President's funeral, while Donald Trump threatened Democrats on social media with death by hanging. — On Thursday morning, not long after entering Washington National Cathedral for the funeral of Dick Cheney, I ran into Rachel Maddow.
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Karen Tumulty / Washington Post:
What the Cheney funeral says about current U.S. and GOP politics — Those sitting in the pews summoned images of a bygone era when raw partisanship was not what defined leadership. — What was not said at former vice president Dick Cheney's funeral on Thursday was as clear as anything that was.
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New York Times:
Short on Cash, D.N.C. Took Out $15 Million Loan in October — The move, unusual for a year without a midterm or presidential election, is the latest sign of financial distress for the Democratic Party. — The Democratic National Committee took out a $15 million loan last month to replenish …
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Ben Kamisar / NBC News:
DNC takes out a $15 million loan as cash reserves run low
DNC takes out a $15 million loan as cash reserves run low
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Maya King / New York Times:
Nydia Velázquez, a New York Trailblazer in Congress, to Retire Next Year — Ms. Velázquez, 72, a 16-term congresswoman, said it was time for a new generation of Democrats to step forward. — Representative Nydia M. Velázquez, a Democratic trailblazer …
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Michelle L. Price / Associated Press:
Vance says Americans need patience on prices but says ‘We hear you’ on affordability concerns — While President Donald Trump has struggled to settle on a way to address Americans' concerns about high costs, Vice President JD Vance on Thursday offered a more direct and empathetic message …
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Irie Sentner / Politico:
Vance tries to thread the affordability needle
Vance tries to thread the affordability needle
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U.S. Department of the Interior:
Interior Launches Expansive 11th National Offshore Leasing Program to Advance U.S. Energy Dominance — SECRETARY SIGNS ORDER TO UNLEASH AMERICAN OFFSHORE ENERGY — WASHINGTON — The Department of the Interior today announced a Secretary's Order titled “Unleashing American Offshore Energy …
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James Bikales / Politico:
Trump administration proposes opening waters off California and Florida to oil drilling
Trump administration proposes opening waters off California and Florida to oil drilling
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Hugo Lowell / The Guardian:
Larry Ellison discussed axing CNN hosts with White House in takeover bid talks — Senior officials indicated favorability toward Paramount Skydance to acquire Warner Bros Discovery — Senior White House officials have discussed internally their preference for Paramount Skydance …
Hafiz Rashid / New Republic:
ICE Suddenly Loses Key Evidence One Day After Being Sued — ICE is claiming the computer ate its records the day after it was sued for abuse. — 404 Media reports that after ICE's Bridgeview Detention Center outside Chicago was sued October 30 for allegedly abusing detainees …
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Joe Walsh / CBS News:
Judge rules Trump's National Guard deployment to D.C. is illegal — A federal judge ruled Thursday that President Trump's months-long deployment of thousands of National Guard forces to the streets of Washington, D.C., violates federal law. — U.S. District Judge Jia Cobb sided …
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Robert King / Politico:
Rick Scott releases Obamacare subsidy alternative — Sen. Rick Scott (R-Fla.) has issued his alternative to enhanced Obamacare subsidies. His “More Affordable Care Act,” released Thursday, enables Obamacare customers to use a “Trump Health Freedom Account” that resembles a health savings account.
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Matthew Goldstein / New York Times:
Wyden Presses for Investigation Into JPMorgan Chase and Epstein — Senator Ron Wyden, an Oregon Democrat, wants to examine how the nation's largest bank handled the reporting of more than $1 billion in suspicious transactions. — The top Democrat on the Senate Finance Committee issued …
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Julie Roginsky / Salty Politics with Julie Roginsky:
Breaking: Putin Plays His Ultimate Hand — Trump and the Kremlin team up to reorder the world — We do not know precisely what Russian despot Vladimir Putin has on Donald Trump — though recent revelations that Jeffrey Epstein claimed to have routinely provided a former Russian ambassador with dirt on Trump may offer a hint.
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Isabela Dias / Mother Jones:
Meet the Veteran Who Chases ICE on a Scooter — Recently, Clifford “Buzz” Grambo decided to upgrade his electric scooter. The old one he had purchased online reached only 16 mph and wasn't cutting it anymore. He needed to go faster to keep up with the US Immigration and Customs Enforcement cars he chases around Baltimore.
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Associated Press:
Border Patrol is monitoring US drivers and detaining those with ‘suspicious’ travel patterns — The U.S. Border Patrol is monitoring millions of American drivers nationwide in a secretive program to identify and detain people whose travel patterns it deems suspicious, The Associated Press has found.
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Reuters:
White House was unaware US ambassador to Israel met with convicted spy — The White House was unaware of a meeting between U.S. Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee and Jonathan Pollard, the former U.S. Navy analyst who spent three decades in prison for spying for Israel, spokeswoman Karoline Leavitt said on Thursday.
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City Journal:
“The Largest Funder of Al-Shabaab Is the Minnesota Taxpayer” — How some of the state's welfare funds ended up in the hands of a terror group — Minnesota is drowning in fraud. Billions in taxpayer dollars have been stolen during the administration of Governor Tim Walz alone.
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Reese Gorman / NOTUS:
Cory Mills Was Caught With Sex Workers Before Mission to Afghanistan in 2021, Sources Say — The group Mills had traveled with to Afghanistan parted ways with the then-congressional candidate in Tbilisi, Georgia, after they found out about the sex workers. It appears Mills went to Afghanistan on his own.
Will Sommer / The Bulwark:
Meet the Ambitious, Duplicitous, Semi-Fictitious MAGA Upstart Driving Trump World Nuts — REP. BYRON DONALDS (R-Fla.) should be cruising into the Florida governor's mansion, primarily because he possesses the most important currency in GOP politics: Donald Trump's endorsement.
The Harvard Crimson:
Summers Visited Epstein's Island During 2005 Honeymoon — In the winter of 2005, just after their wedding at Elmwood — the Harvard president's official residence — Lawrence H. Summers and his wife, Elisa F. New, traded Cambridge's cold for a warmer escape.
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Sylvan Lane / The Hill:
US added 119K jobs in September after August decline, delayed report shows — The U.S. added 119,000 jobs in September as the unemployment rate rose to 4.4 percent, according to data the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) released Thursday, more than six weeks after it was initially set to be published.
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