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Ryan Schmelz
@RyanSchmelzFOX
NEW: Rep. Jim Jordan tells
@alexrego_tweets
the meetings this weekend went "very good," and the support of Armed Services Committee Chairman Mike Rogers is "great news."
Jordan is still working to flip enough GOP holdouts to reach the 217 votes needed to become Speaker.
https://twitter.com/RyanSchmelzFOX/status/1713931249578922416
The Gateway Pundit
@gatewaypundit
VICTORY! Vocal McCarthy Supporter Rep. Mike Rogers Folds – Announces Support for Jim Jordan After Enormous Grassroots Pressure
Read more here: https://thegatewaypundit.com/2023/10/victory-vocal-mccarthy-supporter-rino-mike-rogers-folds/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=victory-vocal-mccarthy-supporter-rino-mike-rogers-folds
https://twitter.com/gatewaypundit/status/1713930954832597159
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Natalie Winters
@nataliegwinters
Mike Rogers is the defense industry’s highest-paid Congressman.
His Chief of Staff is also now a lobbyist for the Ukrainian government.
He’s merely a mouthpiece for his true paymasters who will do anything for more Ukraine aid.
https://twitter.com/nataliegwinters/status/1713891832965517319
DC_Draino
@DC_Draino
Jim Jordan “No” votes as of 11:46 AM EST:
Don Bacon (NE-02)
Vern Buchanan (FL-16)
Tom Cole (OK-04)
Mario Díaz-Balart (FL-26)
Carlos Gimenez (FL-28)
Drew Ferguson (GA-03)
Frank Lucas (OK-03)
John Rutherford (FL-05)
Mike Simpson (ID-02)
Rob Wittman (VA-01)
Steve Womack (AR-02)
11:46 AM · Oct 16, 2023
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https://twitter.com/DC_Draino/status/1713944623431798872
Microsoft-owned LinkedIn lays off nearly 700 — read the memo here
PUBLISHED MON, OCT 16 202311:35 AM
LinkedIn is cutting almost 700 employees as revenue growth has slowed over the past two years.
Most of the cuts are hitting the business social network’s core engineering group.
LinkedIn is now ramping up hiring in India, according the person familiar.
https://www.cnbc.com/2023/10/16/microsoft-owned-linkedin-lays-off-nearly-700-read-the-memo-here.html
Very interesting video circulating on Twitter
Julie Kelly update on Trump DC court case. From the AM courtroom session.
Julie Kelly 🇺🇸
@julie_kelly2
I’ve been in the courtroom where electronics are not permitted.
Today is an historical day in political jurisprudence. An activist radical Democratic judge with open hostility to Trump and his lawyers prepared to ban the speech of a presidential candidate during an election. It is unfathomable this is happening in America but it is.
Jack Smith’s team will likely get a wide ranging gag order preventing Trump and others from using “disparaging” language against potential witnesses in this case, which includes dozens of people.
Judge Chutkan and DOJ arguing that Trump’s speech could either influence the jury pool (LOL), intimidate witnesses, provoke violence, or all of the above.
Chutkan is a sneering, preening activist on the bench. She often threw out laugh lines at Trump’s expense to which the courtroom gallery responded as she wanted.
There was a whole debate as to the appropriateness of Trump saying “Crooked Joe Biden.”
Jack Smith wants to not just silence Trump, he wants penalties for violations of the gag order including fines or home detention.
If Chutkan approves most of DOJs gag order, it will apply to Trump, his lawyers, and his campaign associates.
This is mind blowing to see happen in real time. I’ve seen a lot of crazy things in this courthouse related to Trump and Jan 6, but this takes the cake.
More later.
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https://twitter.com/julie_kelly2/status/1713950999688228936
Officer Lew
@officer_Lew
BREAKING🚨: 2,000 U.S. troops will prepare for deployment to Israel. They will serve a “non-combat role,” and be “tasked with missions like advising and medical support, the officials said, and they are from across the U.S. armed services,” according to WSJ.
https://twitter.com/officer_Lew/status/1713950180150587846
Escobar response on Twitter.
Rep. Veronica Escobar
@RepEscobar
Jim Jordan's lack of legislative history and predisposition to burn everything down (i.e. 2013 shutdown, 2018-19 government shutdown, Boehner speakership) makes for a dangerous leader.
The only path forward is a bipartisan governing coalition.
12:21 PM · Oct 16, 2023
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https://twitter.com/RepEscobar/status/1713953251563806795
The New York Times
@nytimes
Breaking News: The U.S. agreed to a settlement that would allow migrant families separated at the border by the Trump administration to apply for asylum.
https://twitter.com/nytimes/status/1713959111413452867
Jordan letter
https://twitter.com/Jim_Jordan/status/1713957436728496298