Talkin' Politics 10/15/23 | Grovel For The Gavel?; Craven Politics and Gross Opportunism Around Isreal Attack; Did Twitter Hit The Iceberg?; US Response To Isreal Attacks & The Odd Politics Of The Moment

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Clown Car Cruising

The Speaker selection in the house 

Sean Called it baby

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/oct/12/jim-jordan-ohio-cnn-nancy-mace-democrats-scalise-speaker?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other

https://thehill.com/homenews/house/4257400-crenshaw-says-its-going-to-be-really-really-difficult-for-jordan-to-get-the-votes-to-be-speaker/

Ann Wagner - Missouri Rep gives Jim Jordan a “talk to the hand”

Politico: https://www.politico.com/news/2023/10/13/republicans-speaker-mccarthy-jim-jordan-00121370

Great background from Guardian: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/oct/13/no-house-speaker-what-it-means-republicans-divided

https://x.com/karmarvar/status/1712922989904154786?s=46&t=mukZUfs5M_R3E9tAHIu-GA

Yeah no

Hawley using Israel for political points 

https://newrepublic.com/post/176106/josh-hawley-help-israel-divert-funds-ukraine

AG Bailey of MO - talking point of the weekend 

Not an Expert of the week - new drop

Elon Musk

Twitter hit an iceberg with The proliferation of misinformation around Israel

https://www.wired.com/story/x-israel-hamas-war-disinformation/

From Platformer this week: “[Musk] blew up the old verification system, replacing a hand-picked group of journalists whose identities were confirmed by the company with a hodgepodge of culture warriors paying $8 a month to float to the top of replies. He began paying the culture warriors based on the views they got. He blocked and threatened reporters. He sued activists. He began charging eye-watering rates to access the platform’s API, driving away academic researchers. He stripped headlines off the previews of articles. He promoted the accounts of conspiracy theories and right-wing extremists.

This is a system designed to cause chaos in the information environment, and it is working by design.”

Big One: Biden’s response to attacks 

Big speech, strong language 

speech: https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/speeches-remarks/2023/10/10/remarks-by-president-biden-on-the-terrorist-attacks-in-israel-2/

Sent carrier group to the area

A little Teddy - walk softly and carry a big stick the size of the U.S. Navy

From Reuters: https://www.reuters.com/world/us/biden-push-israel-ukraine-aid-package-over-2-billion-this-week-2023-10-15

From that article, and H/T to Adam for (maybe?) being right about this: 

“How any bill moves through Congress without a House speaker is unclear. House minority leader Hakeem Jeffries suggested on Sunday that Democrats could work with Republicans to nominate a speaker.

"There are informal conversations that have been underway," about a bipartisan solution to the crisis, Jeffries told NBC's Meet the Press. "When we get back to Washington tomorrow, it's important to begin to formalize those discussions."”

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