Oct. 2023 News
Editor’s Choice: Scroll below for our monthly blend of mainstream and October 2023 news and views
Note: Excerpts are from the authors’ words except for headlines and occasional “Editor’s notes” such as this.
Oct. 2
Top Stories
- Washington Post, How Congress managed to avert the shutdown — for now
- Washington Post, Here’s which senators voted for the stopgap bill
New York Times, Gaetz Says He Will Move to Oust McCarthy for Working With Democrats- Washington Post, Analysis: McCarthy, McConnell suffer setbacks over control of their caucuses, Paul Kane
More On Republican Threats To Shut U.S. Government
- Politico, Shutdown averted: Senate clears stopgap bill with hours to spare
- New York Times, Ukraine Downplays Uncertainty Over U.S. Support After Funding Bill Passes With No Aid
- Palmer Report, Analysis: Senate Democrats move to keep Ukraine funding intact after budget agreement, Bill Palmer
Trump Court Battles, Insurrection Plot Claims
Politico, Trump goes to trial in New York before a judge who just ruled he’s a fraud- Washington Post, Prosecutors cite Trump’s supposed gun purchase as possible crime
- New York Times, Prosecutors Reassert Need for Gag Order on Trump in Elections Case
Meidas Touch Network, Commentary: MISSING Trump Co-Conspirator GETS CAUGHT and His Life is OVER, Michael Popok
U.S. 2024 Presidential Race
New York Times, Opinion: One Reason the Trump Fever Won’t Break, David French- New York Times, Opinion: Trump’s G.O.P. Rivals Must Unite or Die. (They’ll Probably Still Die.), Ross Douthat
Washington Post, Analysis: How the right’s elevation of Robert F. Kennedy Jr. could now backfire, Aaron Blake- New York Times, Nikki Haley Won the Debate Stage. Now, She’s Trying to Win Over Iowa
Washington Post, Va. Gov. Glenn Youngkin to woo national GOP megadonors at retreat- New York Times, G.O.P. Megadonor Network to Hear Pitches From DeSantis and Haley Camps
Biden Impeachment, Hunter Biden Claims, Counterclaims
Washington Post, Analysis: On Fox News, GOP impeachment leaders spread false claims with impunity, Philip Bump- Emptywheel, Analysis: DOJ’s Theory of Trump’s Mob, Emptywheel (Marcy Wheeler)
- Emptywheel, Analysis: The Timeline of the Hunter Biden Investigation Doesn’t Support Attacks on Lesley Wolf, Emptywheel (Marcy Wheeler)
U.S. Courts, Crime, Guns, Civil Rights, Immigration
Ultra-right Republican dark money legal powerbroker Leonard Leo is shown above.
- Washington Post, For Supreme Court, ethics have become the elephant in the courtroom, Robert Barnes and Ann E. Marimow
- New York Times, Menendez Co-Defendant’s Curious Path From Bad Deals to a Meat Monopoly
Washington Post, As trial looms, Sam Bankman-Fried’s own words may pose his biggest risk
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