CNN:
Pelosi says interim speaker McHenry has ordered her to vacate her office in the Capitol building

"Sadly, because I am in California to mourn the loss of and pay tribute to my dear friend Dianne Feinstein, I am unable to retrieve my belongings at this time,” Pelosi said in a statement...

Now that the new Republican Leadership has settled this important matter, let’s hope they get to work on what’s truly important for the American people.”
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 CNN:
John Kelly goes on the record to confirm several disturbing stories about Trump

"A person who is not truthful regarding his position... on working men and women..."

"A person that has no idea what America stands for and has no idea what America is all about."

"A person who admires autocrats and murderous dictators. A person that has nothing but contempt for our democratic institutions, our Constitution, and the rule of law..."
https://edition.cnn.com/2023/10/02/politics/john-kelly-donald-trump-us-service-members-veterans/index.html

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 CNN:
Pelosi reacts to Gaetz's plan to oust McCarthy

Pelosi:
"It's such a fraud when they [say] the basis of this is about spending."

"These are people who gave a tax cut to the richest people in America, to the cost of $2 trillion to our national debt when 'what's his name' was president of the United States."

"They're on the prowl for Medicare, Medicaid... Social Security... This is not about the budget, it's about a values debate"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NKqQ8h58NzA

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 Daily Beast:
House GOP Members Look to Expel Gaetz as He Schemes to Oust McCarthy: Report

A cohort of House Republicans are reportedly penning a motion to expel Rep. Matt Gaetz... as he ramps up his efforts to boot... Kevin McCarthy...from GOP leadership.

...lawmakers will turn against Gaetz if an ongoing Ethics Committee probe doesn’t clear him... of wrongdoing.

“No one can stand him at this point,” the source told Fox News...
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 CNN:
More than 100 dolphins dead in Amazon as water hits 102 degrees Fahrenheit

The dead dolphins were all found in Lake Tefé over the past seven days, according to the Mamirauá Institute, a research facility funded by the Brazilian Ministry of Science. 

Researchers and activists are trying to rescue surviving dolphins by transferring them from lagoons and ponds in the outskirts to the main body of the river where the water is cooler...
https://edition.cnn.com/2023/10/01/americas/amazon-river-dolphins-dead-temperatures-drought-intl-hnk/index.html

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 CNN:
Pro-Russian politician wins Slovakia’s parliamentary election

The party of Slovakia’s former Prime Minister Robert Fico, an openly pro-Russian politician, has won the country’s parliamentary election, although it will need a coalition partner to govern. 
https://edition.cnn.com/2023/10/01/world/slovakia-election-pro-russia-robert-fico-win-intl-hnk/index.html

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 CNN:
Failure to approve new Ukraine aid will have serious consequences for the war, Biden administration warns

After the stopgap measure without Ukraine aid passed the House on Saturday afternoon, a White House official called on House Speaker Kevin McCarthy to quickly bring new Ukraine funding up for a vote in the House.
https://edition.cnn.com/politics/live-news/government-shutdown-deadline-09-30-23/h_ebbee2382604960ece1fb1a37f51fd5f

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 Raw Story:
Trump must be covered as 'a cheat and a rapist': Ex-White House reporter unloads on press

In a column for Salon, journalist Brian Karem argues that members of the press have been "moral cowards" by not properly covering Trump, who Karem says is "a fraud, a cheat and a rapist, facing 91 felony counts."
https://www.rawstory.com/david-cay-johnston-trump-is-a-criminal-level-tax-cheat/

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 Raw Story:
'A colossal mistake to showcase this sociopath': NBC facing backlash after 'shameful' Trump interview airs

"Unchallenged by Welker. Every word out of his mouth is a lie"

media critic Dan Froomkin ... "This is, actually, worse than the CNN town hall in terms of normalizing a maniac."

Shameful," Trump critic and attorney Victor Shi wrote... "What we just saw is honestly an insult to viewers... Embarrassing."
https://www.rawstory.com/trump-kristen-welker/

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 Raw Story:
'What was in that vape?' Bush ethics czar asks if Lauren Boebert lied on gun forms 

Rep. Lauren Boebert could have had cannabis in her vape when she was kicked out of a Beetlejuice musical, which might make her guilty of the same law Hunter Biden is being charged with, Richard Painter, the former ethics czar for George W. Bush, said Saturday.

"So, what did [Boebert] say on the forms she signed to buy her guns? 
https://www.rawstory.com/boebert-biden-vape/

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 The Daily Beast:
‘Putin’s Attack Dog’ Kadyrov Reportedly in Critical Condition

The ardent Kremlin loyalist reportedly fell into a coma before his condition drastically “worsened,” according to Ukrainian intelligence. 

“There is information that the war criminal Kadyrov is in a serious condition and the diseases that were there have worsened and caused such a serious condition.”
https://www.thedailybeast.com/ramzan-kadyrov-chechen-leader-and-putin-ally-is-reportedly-in-critical-condition?ref=home?ref=home

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 Raw Story:
Intimidation and harassment of election workers could land violators in prison under new Michigan legislation

Under legislation introduced in the state House, intimidating, threatening, or harassing an election worker could be prosecuted as a criminal offense, up to a felony.
https://www.rawstory.com/election-workers/

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 MSNBC:
'It'll be the end of the Republican Party': Raskin on why some Dems want House GOP to impeach Biden

Jamie Raskin:
“Donald Trump is the one insisting upon the impeachment so he can establish some kind of false moral equivalency between his utterly corrupt reign, which now has led to 91 criminal charges, versus Joe Biden's unblemished record.”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ooObNOzPMFc

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 CNN:
Mar-a-Lago IT worker struck cooperation agreement with special counsel, his former lawyer says

Mar-a-Lago IT worker Yuscil Taveras has struck a cooperation agreement with the special counsel’s office in the federal case over former President Donald Trump’s handling of classified documents, Taveras’ former defense attorney said in a new court filing. 

The filing marks the first public acknowledgment... 
https://edition.cnn.com/2023/09/06/politics/mar-a-lago-it-worker/index.html

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