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Bayard Rustin review: fine portrait of a giant of protest and politics

Michael G Long edits essays from 23 authors on the great civil rights advocate, newly in the spotlight thanks to the Obamas

The Guardian - US

Marilyn Katz, a behind-the-scenes force in Chicago politics for decades, dead at 78

She marched with MLK and helped elect Mayor Harold Washington, and her views were forged as an activist with Students for a Democratic Society during the 1968 Democratic National Convention in Chicago.

Chicago Sun-Times

New House speaker Mike Johnson praised ‘18th-century values’ in speech

Louisiana congressman told audience at 2013 anti-abortion event Americans should live by 250-year-old religious and moral values

The Guardian - US

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'I see no happy ending' − a former national security leader on the Gaza hostage situation

Hamas took more than 200 people hostage during its deadly rampage in Israeli border towns on Oct. 7, 2023. Among the hostages are children and the elderly. While four of them have been released, the fate of the rest is unknown, as Qatar serves as an intermediary in working to…

The Conversation

Dramatic 911 call captures moments after Obama’s personal chef drowned

911 call reveals how Secret Service agents tried to Tafari Campbell in the water off Obama’s Martha’s Vineyard estate

The Independent UK

Senate Foreign Relations approves Lew to be Israel envoy - Roll Call

Senate Foreign Relations Committee backs Jacob J. Lew to be ambassador to Israel at a crucial time for Middle East policy.

Roll Call

Joe Biden's Plan for 31 Subsidized 'Tech Hubs' Is an Old, Tired Idea That's Doomed To Fail

Presidential administrations from both parties keep trying to make "place-based" economic development work.

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Report: LeBron James in Talks to Create Netflix NBA Series Similar to NFL’s ‘Quarterback’

Add this new venture to James’s off-court portfolio.

Sports Illustrated

Michelle Obama to narrate audio edition of 'Where the Wild Things Are'

A new digital audio edition of Maurice Sendak’s “Where the Wild Things Are” will have a very well known narrator: former first lady Michelle Obama

The Independent UK

Obama warns Israel’s actions in Gaza could ‘worsen a growing humanitarian crisis’

The former president said he ‘fully supported’ Joe Biden’s call for support of America’s ‘long-standing ally’ Israel

The Independent UK

Afternoon Edition: Who are the Oath Keepers?

Plus: A child mourned in Englewood, a twist in an $11M unclaimed estate saga and more.

Chicago Sun-Times

Who is Pete Sessions and why is he running for House Speaker?

Sessions is the longest-serving representative running to become U.S. House Speaker. He previously led the House Republican campaign arm through a record-breaking victory, but he still faces a steep battle to secure the gavel.

The Texas Tribune

Who are the Oath Keepers?

The anti-government group is best known for plotting the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol, but its notoriety extends years earlier.

Chicago Sun-Times

Australia decides against canceling Chinese company's lease of strategically important port

The Australian government has decided against canceling a Chinese company’s 99-year lease on strategically important Darwin Port despite U.S. concerns that foreign control could be used to spy on its military

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Who is Jim Jordan, Trump’s ousted choice for Speaker of the House?

Eric Garcia chronicles the career of the Ohio Republican, once called a ‘legislative terrorist’ who helped Trump try to overturn the 2020 election, and who failed to replace Kevin McCarthy

The Guardian - UK

Joe Biden’s warning to Israel is a nod to US failures in the ‘war on terror’

The US response to 9/11 was dogged by a threat posed by an ill-defined enemy, which led to human rights abuses associated with Guantánamo

The Independent UK

Who is Beau Biden? Everything to know about Hunter’s brother

President Joe Biden’s eldest son died in 2015

Fortune

Biden's historic stand with UAW members shows how far labor activism has come in America. True equal pay should be next on his agenda

Apart from the direct $180 billion boost to public finances, closing the gender pay gap could channel an additional $512.6 billion into the U.S. economy.

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School board deep dives continued—to Pennsylvania we go!

Welcome to the Thursday, October 19, 2023, Brew.

Reason

Fugees Rapper Pras Michel Claims His Defense Lawyer Ineffectively Used AI Program That Led to Botching Closing Argument

"Kenner used an experimental AI program to write his closing argument, which made frivolous arguments, conflated the schemes, and failed to highlight key weaknesses in the Government's case."

The Guardian - UK

Joe Biden’s peace mission to Israel exposed the limits of US global influence

The stakes couldn’t be higher. A wider war in the Middle East could embolden Russia in Ukraine and encourage China over Taiwan, says Guardian columnist Martin Kettle

The Independent UK

Jim Jordan is a conservative hellraiser in the House. Now he’s Trump’s top choice for speaker

Eric Garcia chronicles how the Ohio Republican, once called a ‘legislative terrorist’ who helped Trump try to overturn the 2020 election, is now trying to replace Kevin McCarthy

WEKU

White House nominee to lead the FAA glides through a Senate committee vote

The Senate Commerce Committee voted to advance the nomination of Michael Whitaker to head the FAA, at a time when aviation experts say the U.S. air travel system shows mounting signs of stress.

The Independent UK

Who is Jack Lew? Biden’s Israel ambassador nominee prepares for confirmation hearing

In September, President Joe Biden nominated longtime Washington bureaucrat Jack Lew to serve as the US ambassador to Israel

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Tracker: Article III federal judicial nominations by president by days in office since 2001

Through October 16, 2023, there were 890 authorized federal judicial posts and 69 vacancies. Sixty-eight of those vacancies were for Article III judgeships. This report is limited to Article III courts, where appointees are confirmed to lifetime judgeships.

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