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After refusing a plea deal earlier in the week, and feeling the pressure of yesterday's news that Sydney Powell took a plea deal, Kenneth Chesebro has taken agreed to testify.

Live Updates

• CBS: House speaker vote live updates
• NBC: House speaker vote live updates

To see who the hold-outs are and how they're voting, refer to the election of the speaker Wikipedia article. If your elected representative does not appear in the list of hold-outs, they voted for their party's nominee.

[^1]: Zeldin, whose term as a House member had ended with the close of the 117th and previous Congress, was no longer an incumbent representative. [^2]: Former Speaker Boehner, whose term as a House member had ended with his resignation during the 114th Congress, was no longer an incumbent representative. [^3]: Miller, whose term as a House member had ended with the close of the 114th Congress, was no longer an incumbent representative. [^4]: Bilirakis missed the first vote due to the funeral of his mother-in-law. [^5]: Gonzalez missed the third ballot due to a death in his family. [^6]: Van Orden missed the third ballot as he embarked on what he described as a "fact-finding mission" in Israel.

The keen of you will have noticed that, unlike Monday and Tuesday, I didn't make a discussion post today about the Speaker's race. It was my full intention to do so, however, news broke this morning that the GOP nominee, Jim Jordan, scrapped his plans for a vote this afternoon.

A deal empowering Speaker pro tempore Patrick McHenry was speculated to be a potential "out" for the 18 GOP congresspersons who represent Biden-won districts, however after a 3-hour closed-door meeting today, the GOP was still undecided.

Tonight, Jim Jordan has announced plans for a third ballot, which he believes will take place 10:00 AM (EST) on Friday.

She is pleading guilty to six misdemeanor charges, according to the agreement read in court Thursday. She will get 12 months of probation for each count, as well as a $6,000 fine.

Today's US House session is scheduled to begin at 11 a.m. Eastern.

Select Reporting

• AP: GOP’s Jim Jordan fails again to win vote to become House speaker and colleagues seek other options
• Axios: House could make McHenry a temporary speaker

Live Updates

• CBS: House speaker vote live updates
• NBC: House speaker vote live updates
• AP: Live updates: Jim Jordan comes up short in second round of voting

Where to Watch

• C-SPAN: House Session: House Session | The House will hold a second round of voting in the House Speaker election to replace former House Speaker Kevin McCarthy, who was removed from the position on October 3rd.
• PBS NewsHour via YouTube: WATCH LIVE: House convenes again to vote for speaker as Rep. Jim Jordan seeks to unify GOP support

To see who the hold-outs are and how they're voting, refer to the election of the speaker Wikipedia article. If your elected representative does not appear in the list of hold-outs, they voted for their party's nominee.

[^1]: Zeldin, whose term as a House member had ended with the close of the 117th and previous Congress, was no longer an incumbent representative. [^2]: Former Speaker Boehner, whose term as a House member had ended with his resignation during the 114th Congress, was no longer an incumbent representative. [^3]: Miller, whose term as a House member had ended with the close of the 114th Congress, was no longer an incumbent representative. [^4]: Bilirakis missed the first vote due to the funeral of his mother-in-law.

We expect this afternoon the full House to have another vote (or votes) to choose the Speaker, without whom the House can conduct no business. Some Republican Representatives are indicating that they will not back Jordan for Speaker despite his nomination within the caucus; whether there are enough to block him from the Speakership - and what happens after that - remains to be seen. Besides his own, Jordan requires 217 Republican votes to reach the Speakership. We expect the House Democratic Caucus to remain consolidated behind House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries.

Live Updates

• CBS: House speaker vote live updates
• NBC: House speaker vote live updates
• USA Today: House set to vote on new speaker today as Jim Jordan tries to sway holdouts: Live updates
• CNN: The latest on the House speaker race

Where to Watch

• C-SPAN: House Session: The House is expected to hold a Speaker election to replace former House Speaker Kevin McCarthy who was removed from the position on October 3.
• PBS NewsHour via YouTube: Watch Live: House convenes to elect new speaker with front-runner Jordan still rallying GOP support
• US House of Representatives: House Live

To see who the hold-outs are and how they're voting, refer to the election of the speaker Wikipedia article. If your elected representative does not appear in the list of hold-outs, they voted for their party's nominee.

[^1]: Zeldin, whose term as a House member had ended with the close of the 117th and previous Congress, was no longer an incumbent representative. [^2]: Bilirakis missed the vote due to the funeral of his mother-in-law.

Note: official party nominees in bold.

Are there any protests/stunts planned in the Indy area related to the recent escalation in Israel/Palestine?

Looking for demands along the lines of immediate ceasefire, restoration of services, protection of civilian BY ALL PARTIES, leveraging US aid to make it happen.

Today we discovered that three Georgia Senators also had charges recommended against them.

• Sen. Lindsey Graham: RICO
• Sen. David Perdue: False statements and writings, RICO
• Sen. Kelly Loeffler: RICO

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Amid the Hollywood strike, Disney is looking to hire a senior executive to “lead crisis communications response efforts,” as well as other senior communications experts to “retain” and “motivate” employees, according to company job postings reviewed by The Intercept.

One posting offers up to $337,920 for a vice president of public affairs to lead a “communications team to assist senior executives in preparing for media events” and “interviews.” The posting follows a disastrous July 13 interview by CNBC of Disney chief executive Bob Iger, in which he called the actors and writers strikes “very disturbing,” their demands “not realistic,” and coming at “the worst time in the world.”

The interview was widely panned as a catastrophe, with the Hollywood Reporter calling it “infamous” in an article titled “Unpacking Bob Iger’s Terrible, Horrible, No Good PR Week.” The same week, one day prior to the interview, Disney announced that his contract was being extended to 2026, raising his target annual compensation to $31 million. The eye-popping sum drew cynical comparisons to the statistic that only 14 percent of actors represented by the SAG-AFTRA guild earn the minimum $26,470 necessary to qualify for health insurance, per the union’s chief economist.

“We’re unrealistic when he’s making $78,000 a day,” SAG-AFTRA President Fran Drescher said of Iger during an interview with Sen. Bernie Sanders. Drescher went on to chide his CNBC interview, remarking: “He stuck his foot in it so bad that you notice they’re not letting any of the other CEOs open their mouths.”

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We remember 2018, you fuck.

https://apnews.com/article/877ee1015f1c43f1965f63538b035d3f

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Georgia court website briefly published, removed document about potential Trump charges this morning. Court clerks doubt the document, but the timing and charges seem to support it, as well as statements made by the DA.

Judge Chutkan ruled that Trump can't have any electronic devices while reviewing discovery documents in the DOJ's January 6 case against him.

Citing the right to a speedy trial, Smith has proposed an "aggressive" timeline which would cause this case to be the first trial of many involving the former President.

• September 25: Rule 12 and other dispositive motions
• October 16: Oppositions to Rule 12 and other dispositive motions
• October 25: Replies in Support of Rule 12 and other dispositive motions
• TBD: Motions hearing
• November 13: Motions in Limine
• November 27: Oppositions to Motions in Limine
• Decemer 4: Replies in Support of Motions in Limine
• December 8: Final Pretrial Conference
• December 11: Jury Selection
• January 2: Trial

Note: All dates given assume 2023, aside from the trial date.

Edit: You can read the full filing here if you would like.

The House Jan. 6 committee’s investigation did not uncover the memo, whose existence first came to light in last week’s indictment.