Mid-Day Update： October 15th, 2023
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Summary
A second U.S. aircraft carrier strike force is taking up station in the eastern Mediterranean, the Dwight D. Eisenhower Strike Force, joining up with a Gerald Ford strike force. Meanwhile, the UK foreign minister is joining the United Nation in calling for Israel to be constrained in its retaliation against Hamas. And it's beginning to look like the third most powerful position in the US government, Speaker of the House, will be filled this week.
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This is the Great America Show Midday News Update for Sunday, October 15th.
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A second U.S. aircraft carrier strike force is taking up station in the eastern Mediterranean,
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the Dwight D. Eisenhower, joining up with a Gerald Ford strike force.
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The two aircraft carrier strike forces carry immense firepower,
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firepower that couldn't be matched by the entire navies and air forces of most developed nations.
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As Iran threatens to intervene in the Israel-Hamas war, which it almost surely sponsored,
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Iran faces simultaneous devastation by the two U.S. strike forces
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if it were to make the mistake of intervening in any way against Israel.
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Concurrently, the U.K. foreign minister, joining with the United Nations in calling for Israel
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to be constrained in its retaliation against Hamas.
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Were the Hamas terrorists constrained when they attacked Israel and murdered civilians,
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Even as we all know that Hamas uses civilians as shields,
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we know Hamas is almost indistinguishable from civilians, in fact.
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New York police arrested an estimated 100 pro-Palestinian protesters outside
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Democrat Majority Leader Senator Chuck Schumer's home in Park Slope, Brooklyn.
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Interestingly, there were no arrests of the protesters outside the homes of conservative Supreme Court
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justices or conservative lawmakers in the protests in the Summer of Love in 2020.
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Where is the equity that the Marxists like to talk about so much?
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The Marxist Dems do different deals for different folks, don't they?
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And these loving Americans were calling for Schumer and Biden to cut off aid to Israel
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And get ready for the name of the group protesting.
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And it's beginning to look like the third most powerful position in the U.S. government,
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Speaker of the House, will be filled this week, perhaps as early as Tuesday.
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Ohio Congressman Jim Jordan, chair of the House Judiciary Committee,
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And the way it's shaping up now, his rivals are throwing their support to him.
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Even former Speaker Kevin McCarthy is now supporting Jim Jordan.
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So it looks like Jim Jordan will be Speaker of the House as early as Tuesday.
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I'm Lou Dobbs with this Great America News Update.
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