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Louisiana voters will decide on eight constitutional amendments in 2023 – four on Oct. 14, four on Nov. 18

In Oct. and Nov. 2023, voters in Louisiana will decide on eight constitutional amendments. The state Legislature referred four of the amendments to the ballot on Oct. 14, and the other four of the amendments to the ballot for Nov. 18.

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Casualties of the GOP's civil war

How can funding for Ukraine survive the fight to replace Kevin McCarthy as Speaker of the House?

Salon

Hillary Clinton says Trump followers need ‘deprogamming from his cult’

Hillary Clinton went on to admit that she thinks Mr Trump will ‘likely’ be the Republican 2024 presidential nominee, but predicts a victory for President Joe Biden

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Often in error but still seductive: Why we can't quit election polls

Their record is uneven. They misfired in one way or another in the past three presidential elections. And yet the prevalence of election polls is undiminished. Thirteen months before the 2024 election, polls are many – and inescapable.

The Conversation

Joe Biden approves controversial new Texas border wall section

US president accused of hypocrisy after vowing on entering the White House ‘no more American taxpayer dollars be diverted to construct a border wall’

Evening Standard

Donald Trump backs hard-right loyalist Jim Jordan for House speaker

Ohio congressman is one of two leading candidates alongside Steve Scalise in race to fill role after Kevin McCarthy’s ousting

The Guardian - US

MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell’s lawyers quit Dominion case en masse

MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell owes millions of dollars in unpaid legal fees

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Georgia's governor continues rollback of state gas and diesel taxes for another month

Georgia's state taxes on gasoline and diesel will be suspended for another month

The Independent UK

Why do eight radicals hold power over the entire US House of Representatives?

There are hundreds of Congresspeople representing millions of Americans – yet undemocratic rules give people like Matt Gaetz outsized sway

The Guardian - US

The McCarthy debacle barely scrapes the surface of how dysfunctional Congress is

Gerontocracy, corruption, laziness – we need to ask more of US legislators, starting with making their job feel like work

The Guardian - US

"The Donald Trump show is over"

Sorry, Donald: Trump wanted to look tough, but instead New York Attorney General Tish James ran him out of town

Salon

State ballot measure certifications move past 10-year average

Welcome to the Friday, October 6, Brew.

Ballotpedia

One nation on two divergent paths

Joe Biden and Donald Trump offer two very different lessons about America

Salon

Trump uses classified docs to push delay

Will Judge Aileen Cannon let Trump upend the trial schedule she already set?

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Who will replace ousted Kevin McCarthy as the new House speaker?

The House has been left in turmoil after Kevin McCarthy was ousted as speaker on Tuesday. As Republicans scramble to find his successor, here’s a look at some of the possible contenders. Rachel Sharp reports

The Independent UK

Eric Trump claims Donald will need a ‘bigger gavel’ if he becomes speaker

‘I would make sure he got a bigger gavel than the small little one that they have,’ said Eric Trump

The Independent UK

Republicans just made history with McCarthy’s ouster. Who is it actually going to hurt?

Kevin McCarthy’s ouster is only the beginning of a painful process in the House of Representatives, Eric Garcia reports

The Independent UK

Could Trump become the next speaker of the House?

Donald Trump has revelled in the calls for him to become the next speaker of the House

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Stricter state laws are chipping away at sex education in K-12 schools

Many states are shifting their approach to sex education in K-12 schools with stricter regulations on when and what students learn about their bodies

Evening Standard

Donald Trump claims he is immune from prosecution in 2020 election case

Mr Trump’s lawyers claim actions taken to try and stay in office fell within his duties as president

The Independent UK

Trump ‘temporarily’ drops $500m case against his former lawyer Michael Cohen

Cohen celebrates decision and calls suit ‘nothing more than a retaliatory intimidation tactic’

France 24

Trump reportedly shared US nuclear submarines secrets with Australian businessman

Former president Donald Trump shared classified information about US nuclear submarines with an Australian businessman shortly after he left office, in a meeting at his Florida private members club Mar-a-Lago, US media said Thursday.

The Texas Tribune

Texas will have an $18.6 billion surplus and avoid a recession, comptroller projects

The updated comptroller’s report raises the amount of revenue available to the state over the 2024-25 cycle to $194.6 billion.

Al Jazeera

‘Dysfunctional’: Speaker debacle plunges US politics into uncertainty

As Republicans deliberate to choose a new leader to succeed McCarthy, experts say next speaker will not have it easy.

The Independent UK

Trump says he’d step in as speaker: ‘I’d do it for the party’

Right-wing Republicans led their caucus into chaos and now want Donald Trump to join the fray

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