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New Republic:
Trump's Angry Tirade Calling for “Death” to Dems Just Backfired Badly  —  On Thursday, President Trump called for the execution of a number of members of the opposition party.  This came after Democratic lawmakers released a powerful video informing military and intelligence officials …
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William Kristol / The Bulwark:
Brace Yourself for ... Full.  Blown.  Panic.  —  The craziest thing about Trump's slowly weakening grip over Republicans in Congress isn't that it's happening.  It's that some Republicans are even starting to say it's happening, right out loud.  “He'd be the outlier if it didn't happen …
The Independent:
Democrats fear political violence after Trump accuses Congress members of ‘seditious behavior, punishable by death’
Ryan Mancini / The Hill:
Crockett: Someone made ‘white supremacist threats’ at DC office
Lawrence Freedman / Comment is Freed:
The Witkoff-Dmitriev peace plan annotated  —  We now know a bit more about the process which led to the new peace plan and we now have a copy of its contents, to which I will turn soon.  —  Yesterday I noted that the plan, which was largely drafted by Steve Witkoff and Kirll Dmitriev …
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Nick Paton Walsh / CNN:
Trump is giving Russia almost everything it wants with his Ukraine peace plan  —  Trying the same thing over and over again, without success, is either the definition of insanity or Russian negotiation tactics, depending on your point of view.  —  The widely leaked draft …
Dave Lawler / Axios:
Zelensky says Trump plan forces Ukraine to choose between “dignity” and the U.S.
Washington Post:
U.S. pushing Ukraine to sign peace deal by Thanksgiving or lose support
Sheryl Gay Stolberg / New York Times:
Kennedy Says He Told C.D.C. to Change Website's Language on Autism and Vaccines  —  In an interview, Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. cited gaps in vaccine safety research.  His critics say he is ignoring a larger point: Vaccines save lives.  —  Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr …
Washington Post:
How billionaires took over American politics  —  The concentration of wealth among the richest Americans is unlike anything in history — and so is billionaires' influence in politics.  —  Just now  —  New York City billionaire John Catsimatidis has long been immersed in politics.
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Washington Post:
The top 20 billionaires influencing American politics  —  Campaign donations from the country's richest are soaring.  But only 12 percent of the public says billionaires have a positive impact on society.  —  In the past decade, billionaires have been more empowered than ever before to spend money to influence American elections.
Sam Levin / The Guardian:
The FBI spied on a Signal group chat of immigration activists, records reveal  —  Exclusive: Agency accessed private conversations of New York ‘courtwatch’ group that was observing public hearings  —  The FBI spied on a private Signal group chat of immigrants' rights activists who were organizing …
Nathaniel Weixel / The Hill:
GOP barrels toward ObamaCare cliff as prospects dim for subsidy extensions  —  Prospects look dim for Congress to agree to an extension of ObamaCare's enhanced subsidies, as Republicans run headlong toward a December cliff without a clear plan to break their fall.
Discussion: Punchbowl News, HotAir, IJR and Politico
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Nate Cohn / New York Times:
G.O.P. Redistricting Push May Backfire, Giving Democrats a Midterm Edge  —  A series of setbacks for Republicans leaves an unlikely opening for Democrats to narrowly win this year's redistricting wars.  —  When President Trump launched his summer campaign to redraw congressional districts …
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Adam Wren / Politico:
The red-state Republican sparking Trump's ire speaks
Discussion: Alternet.org
Reuters:
In reversal, DOJ says Comey indictment was reviewed by full grand jury  —  The prosecutor previously said only two members reviewed the final indictment.  —  Former FBI Director James Comey speaks to the media after giving a private deposition to the House Judiciary and House Government …
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Washington Post:
In reversal, Coast Guard again classifies swastikas, nooses as hate symbols  —  The new order came hours after The Post reported the service would instead classify such symbols as “potentially divisive” under guidelines set for release next month.  —  The U.S. Coast Guard issued a new …
Iran International:
Iran president says capital move now a necessity as water crisis deepens  —  Iran's capital must be moved because the country “no longer has a choice,” President Masoud Pezeshkian said on Thursday in remarks carried by state media, warning that severe ecological strain has made Tehran impossible to sustain.
CNN:
Trump officials prepare for potential cabinet shakeup after one-year mark  —  The White House is preparing for possible turnover in the Cabinet after President Donald Trump reaches the one-year mark of his term, potentially shaking up his otherwise stable team of secretaries, according to multiple people familiar with the discussions.
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Neal Rothschild / Axios:   Party of one: Trump chews up and spits out his inner circle
FOX 4 News Dallas-Fort Worth:
NTX men planned to murder men, enslave women on foreign island: Indictment  — Two North Texas men have been indicted for plotting to invade a Haitian island, kill its men, and enslave women and children.  — Gavin Weisenburg and Tanner Thomas face charges of conspiracy to murder abroad and producing child pornography.
Guy Chazan / Financial Times:
Lawrence Summers' extraordinary fall from grace  —  The reputation of one of America's leading economists is in tatters since the emergence of emails to Jeffrey Epstein  —  Sheryl Sandberg's encomium to her mentor, Lawrence Summers, could hardly have been more effusive.
Discussion: Wall Street Journal and DNYUZ
Associated Press:
Trump, Harris and big money transform Tennessee special election into marquee contest  —  For weeks, a Tennessee special election was flying under the radar in a heavily Republican congressional district.  But now funding from President Donald Trump's allies and an appearance …
Discussion: NBC News and IJR
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New York Times:
A Fraudster Pardoned by Trump Gets 37 Years for Running Ponzi Scheme  —  A New Jersey man convicted of defrauding investors of roughly a quarter-billion dollars is among a growing number of people granted clemency only to to be charged with new crimes.  —  A New Jersey fraudster who was pardoned …
Adam Edelman / NBC News:
Democratic Rep. Eric Swalwell enters crowded California governor's race  —  Swalwell, a fervent Trump critic, is the latest in a long list of Democrats who have launched bids to succeed Gov. Gavin Newsom.  —  Rep. Eric Swalwell announced Thursday that he will run for California governor …
Lauren Gardner / Politico:
The White House has asked for the resignation of a top aide to FDA chief  —  Commissioner Marty Makary is pushing back on the demand, sources told POLITICO, in the latest development to roil the agency … Jain-Nagpal, whose promotion to deputy chief of staff Makary had previously sought …
Mark Hertling / The Bulwark:
What Americans Should Understand About the Military Disobeying Illegal Orders  —  WHEN SIX MEMBERS OF CONGRESS released a short video on Tuesday emphatically reminding military personnel 1 that they must not obey illegal orders, the message ricocheted through the political world and the media like a rifle shot.
Meredith Lee Hill / Politico:
House votes to denounce ‘horrors’ of socialism ahead of Mamdani-Trump meeting  —  The House voted 285-98 to approve a resolution condemning the “horrors of socialism” Friday morning, just hours before President Donald Trump is set to meet with New York's incoming democratic socialist mayor Zohran Mamdani.
Politico:
In culture war backlash, Democrats sweep school boards … In Pennsylvania, Democrats flipped at least two dozen school board seats, per an ongoing tally from progressive recruitment group Pipeline Fund.  The under-the-radar trend was enabled by voters' increasing weariness with the culture wars …
Politico:
NATO's Hill allies are kicking into gear  —  With help from Phelim Kine, Eric Bazail-Eimil and Daniel Lippman  —  NATO's defenders on Capitol Hill aren't planning to let the Trump administration diminish U.S. support for the transatlantic alliance without a fight — even as the Pentagon moves …
Hailey Fuchs / Politico:
Jordan seeks info from banks in probe of Jack Smith  —  House Judiciary Chair Jim Jordan is asking major banks to hand over communications and materials related to former special counsel Jack Smith's far-reaching investigations into President Donald Trump.  Bank of America, JPMorgan Chase …
Hailey Fuchs / Politico:
Ghislaine Maxwell will plead Fifth in House Epstein probe, Comer says  —  Ghislaine Maxwell, the convicted co-conspirator of the late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, will refuse to answer questions in the House Oversight Committee's probe into Epstein and the Justice Department's handling of the case, Oversight Chair James Comer said.
Thomas Adamson / Associated Press:
France will investigate Musk's Grok chatbot after Holocaust denial claims  —  France's government is taking action against billionaire Elon Musk 's artificial intelligence chatbot Grok after it generated French-language posts that questioned the use of gas chambers at Auschwitz, officials said.
Wall Street Journal:
Middle Class Is Buckling Under Almost Five Years of Persistent Inflation  —  Workers growing tired of economy in which everything seems to get more expensive  —  America's middle class is weary.  —  After nearly five years of high prices, many middle-class earners thought life would be more affordable by now.
Camille Mumford / Emerson Polling:
Nevada 2026 Poll: Dead Heat for Governor, U.S. Senators Rosen and Cortez Masto Underwater  —  Home Polls Nevada 2026 Poll: Dead Heat for Governor, U.S. Senators Rosen and Cortez Masto Underwater  —  Majority of Nevada Voters Disapprove of Trump's Handling of Economy & Immigration
Discussion: Newsweek and Florida Politics
 
 
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Josh Koehn / The San Francisco Standard:
San Francisco congressional candidate calls out-of-state house his primary home
Discussion: Raw Story
Keri Blakinger / ProPublica:
“We're Broken”: As Federal Prisons Run Low on Food and Toilet Paper, Corrections Officers Are Leaving in Droves for ICE
Discussion: CalMatters
Brian Beutler / Off Message:
MAGA Disarray And The Accumulated Debt Of Corruption
Discussion: New York Times
Politico:
A Vance ally rises at the Pentagon — with Trump's blessing
Discussion: Raw Story
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Victor Nava / New York Post:
Dr. Jeffrey Epstein - the Long Island neurosurgeon Jasmine Crockett confused with notorious pedophile - floats epic revenge he could exact on the congresswoman
Bill Scher / Washington Monthly:
Trump's Policy Failures Are Even Worse Than We Realize
Adam Downer / The Daily Beast:
Pentagon Pete's War Goons Accidentally Invade Mexico
Discussion: Daily Mail
New York Times:
Trump's All-but-Forgotten Border Wall Reaches an Angry Laredo, Texas
Mithil Aggarwal / NBC News:
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