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Florida GOP Power Couple's 'Third' Files a Police Report - The Friday AM Quickie 12/1/23

By Corey Pein —

Does anyone actually believe that MSNBC's decision to cancel Medhi Hasan's show was, as an anonymous network source claims, "unrelated to his commentary about Israel and Gaza"? It's like Phil Donahue all over again. Jacob returns Monday, then I'm covering the rest of next week. - Corey

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THE BIG NEWS

Republican Bullsh*t Roundup: More Witch Hunts!

  • 'This Is Bullying,' George Santos Cries Ahead of Expulsion Vote, Expected Today "I am oddly calm. I am done losing sleep, I am done stressing. I have just made peace with God in the best way possible and said that whatever comes my way, I will accept it. I am 35, I have a lot of life left to live," the fabulist, formerly fabulous, and federally indicted New York Republican Rep. told reporters yesterday. via the New York Times and the Associated Press.
  • Florida Police Investigating State GOP Chair Christian Ziegler Over Alleged Rape in October The victim claims to have been "involved in a three-year consensual three-way sexual relationship" with Ziegler and his wife Bridget, a co-founder of the fascist Moms of Liberty group and a member of the Sarasota County School Board. via the Florida Trident and Politico.
  • Republican Governors Push Anticommunism, Christian Nationalist Propaganda in K-12 Civics Classes Fifth graders in South Dakota will be expected to recite the Gettysburg Address from memory, a "popular practice in classical Christian schools," but one which teachers, parents and the American Historical Association say "could reduce the focus on critical thinking." via the New York Times.
  • House Freedom Caucus Leaders Back Down on Some Demands for Spending Cuts "Rep. Scott Perry, R-Pa., the group's chairman, said he now supports the $1.59 trillion overall spending level negotiated between President Joe Biden and former Speaker Kevin McCarthy, backing off the $1.471 trillion level that [the right-wing extremists] had been demanding." via NBC News.
  • Trump Targets New York Judge's 'Trump Hating Wife' and Son After Appeals Court Reinstates Gag Order Despite the state appeals court decision, there is no gag order prohibiting Trump from speaking about New York Supreme Court Justice Arthur Engoron and his family; the order pertains to court staff. via the Washington Post and the Guardian.
  • Co-Defendant in Georgia Racketeering Case Who Flipped on Trump May Testify in Other States About 2020 Coup Plot Kenneth Chesebro is expected to testify to a grand jury in Nevada next week and later to investigators in a similar probe in Arizona; his lawyer says Chesebro "will travel anywhere in the United States to tell the truth about what happened leading up to the events of Jan. 6, 2021." via the Post .
  • New Republican Convention Rules Conspicuously Ignore Problems Related to Trump's Possible Criminal Convictions Republican National Committee officials are struggling in multiple areas with their own growing irrelevancy as the party coalesces around a wannabe dictator. via the AP.
  • As Koch Network Takes Over Nikki Haley's Campaign, Ron DeSantis' Switches Super PACs The unprecedented reliance of both presidential campaigns on outside groups may violate campaign finance laws. via the AP.

Biden's EPA Wants to Replace All Lead Water Pipes

Finally! Millions of Americans drink water from old lead pipes that can contribute to heart disease in adults and cause irreversible cognitive damage to children. After decades of neglect by both Republican and Democratic governments, President Joe Biden promised to replace all 9 million or so lead pipes across the country. Now, with a new proposed rule from the Environmental Protection Agency, he's following through. Environmental groups and children's advocates are hailing the decision, announced yesterday by EPA Administrator Michael Regan, but some muncipial water utilities caution that the $45 billion plan amounts to an "unfunded mandate." That may be, but consider: who pays the costs of lead exposure? "This is like a pediatrician's dream come true," Michigan State University professor Mona Hanna-Attisha, whose research helped expose the Flint water crisis, tells the Washington Post.

Israeli Military Had Hamas Attack Plans a Year Ago and Ignored Specific, Urgent Warnings

The New York Times reports:

The approximately 40-page document, which the Israeli authorities code-named 'Jericho Wall,' outlined, point by point, exactly the kind of devastating invasion that led to the deaths of about 1,200 people. ...
Then, in July, just three months before the attacks, a veteran analyst with Unit 8200, Israel's signals intelligence agency, warned that Hamas had conducted an intense, daylong training exercise that appeared similar to what was outlined in the blueprint.
But a colonel in the Gaza division brushed off her concerns, according to encrypted emails viewed by The Times.

Oops. Meanwhile, Secretary of State Antony Blinken claims Israel has agreed to put "a premium on protecting civilians" when it resumes its Gaza invasion, as the United Nation warns the next stage of the war could push 1 million hungry Palestinian refugees into Egypt, and settler violence in the West Bank continues to increase.

QUICKEST QUICKIES

  • Republicans Storm Out as Senate Judiciary Democrats Vote to Subpoena Megadonor and Think-Tanker Who Helped Corrupt Supreme Court Billionaire Harlan Crow says he'll comply, but Federalist Society honcho Leonard Leo says he "will not cooperate." via the Washington Post and HuffPost.
  • In 'Absurd, Extrajudicial, Illegal' Closed Hearing, Russian Supreme Court Bans the 'International LGBT Public Movement' Activists are advising "LGBTQ+ Russians to flee the country, and call[ing] on international rights organizations to help people from those groups find refuge outside Russia." via the Washington Post and the Guardian.
  • Experts Predict India's Attempted Murder of U.S. Citizens Won't Affect Diplomatic Relationship "In most cases, if Washington accuses a foreign government of staging an assassination on its soil, U.S. relations with that government would plunge into deep crisis," says the Wilson Centre's Michael Kugelman. "But the relationship with India is a special case." via the Associated Press and the New York Times.
  • Myanmar Resistance Make Big Gains in Coordinated Attacks on Junta with 'Tacit' Support from China "Caught by surprise by the [late October] attack dubbed Operation 1027, the military has lost more than 180 outposts and strongpoints, including four major bases and four economically important border crossings with China." via the AP.

SOME NUMBER

$5.2 trillion

That's how much money the world's 1,000-plus billionaires will pass on to their children over the next 20 years, the Guardian reports. According to the latest annual report on billionaires by UBS bank, this year marks the first time on record that "the next generation of billionaires accumulated more wealth through inheritance than entrepreneurship."

ON THE SHOW TODAY

12/1: It's Casual Friday! Sam and Emma speak with Ryan Grim, DC Bureau Chief at The Intercept, to round up the week in news and discuss his new book The Squad: AOC and the Hope of a Political Revolution. Then, they're joined by Matthew Film Guy!

DON'T MISS MR CLIPS

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Emma speaks with American Federation of Teachers president Randi Weingarten.

PARTING WORDS

"I thought things would get worse [for me when Nancy Pelosi stepped down as House Speaker in January]. I thought a lot of my misery was due to leadership more broadly having a thing against me. But [since then] my life has completely transformed. It's crazy. And it's that that made me realize it was kind of just [Pelosi's personal grudge] the whole time. Now, senior members talk to me, [committee] chairs are nice to me, people want to work together. I'm shocked. I couldn't even get floor time before."

-- New York Democratic Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, speaking to journalist Ryan Grim for his upcoming book, "The Squad: AOC and the Hope of a Political Revolution," excerpted by HuffPost.

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