10/12/2023 05:12 CDT/Online version

SCALISE BESTS JORDAN AMONG GOP MEMBERS — SPEAKERSHIP VOTE HEADS TO FLOOR; BLM DELETES OFFENSIVE TWEET

TODAY’S TOP TEN

SCALISE NOMINATION HEADS TO FLOOR

MAJORITY LEADER SCALISE DEFEATS JORDAN in battle for GOP nomination for House Speaker. Just the News.

PRESSURE MOUNTS ON BIDEN ADMINISTRATION to put brakes on $6 billion payment to Iran. Free Beacon.

BLM CHICAGO DELETES TWEET CELEBRATING Hamas massacre, then doubles down. ZeroHedge.

LARGE CHURCH GROUP THAT WAS IN ISRAEL when war broke out arrives safely back in the United States. The Western Journal.

CENSORSHIP KINGPIN GOOGLE BLOCKS PUBLICATION of student groups that support Hamas. The Federalist.

GRASSLEY, LANKFORD DEMAND FBI “immediately” ditch “extremely biased” Southern Poverty Law Center as an investigative source. The Federalist.

GOP SENATOR REFERS EX-CIA DIRECTOR to U.S. Capitol Police over online threat. ZeroHedge.

POLLING SHOWS THAT DONALD TRUMP has large support from Democrats. Washington Examiner.

RHODE ISLAND TOWN DEFIES WOKE MOB, erects Christopher Columbus statue. The Daily Signal.

CHRISTIANITY TODAY, PRESUMED TO SPEAK for Evangelical Christians, is actually run by Democrats. Daily Wire.

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COMMENTARY WORTH READING

• General Coup. Chase Spears.
• Offshore wind is an economic and environmental catastrophe. Edward Ring.
• Media to blame for Biden’s incompetence. Shane Harris.

VIDEO WORTH WATCHING

• Looters with axes and hammers loot Philadelphia stores. Fox 29 Philadelphia.
• Kari Lake explains why she is running for U.S. Senate in Arizona. Rumble.
• Riley Gaines responds to censorship on the Penn State University campus. College Fix.

OFFBEAT BEAT

• 22 countries that no longer exist. Lovemoney.

TWEETS OF NOTE

• (@carsonkrow) The cost of every single grocery item I buy has increased by at least 50%, so have utilities and gas— so I’m putting inflation at at least 50% Tweet.
• (@MattWalshBlog) It's not surprising but still insane that Lindsey Graham casually suggested bombing Iran's oil refineries. There are people in our government who have been begging for a world war and they will do everything in their power to turn this situation into one. Tweet.

MOST CLICKED ITEM YESTERDAY

• AT LEAST 40 BABIES, SOME BEHEADED, found by Israeli soldier in the wake of Hamas attacks. Fox News.

BONGINO REPORT TOP HEADLINE AT TIME OF EMAIL

• Republicans Nominate Steve Scalise for Next House Speaker BONGINO REPORT.