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Jonathan Swan / Axios:
Khashoggi intrigue: A text from the Saudi ambassador, then silence — On Monday afternoon, I received an unsolicited note on the encrypted messaging service, WhatsApp, from the Saudi ambassador to the United States, Prince Khalid bin Salman. He is the younger brother of Saudi Crown Prince …
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Sam Meredith / CNBC:
Treasury Secretary Mnuchin ‘planning on going’ to Saudi event despite journalist's disappearance — Several media companies and top executives have announced they are pulling out of the Future Investment Initiative (FII) in Riyadh on Oct. 23-25. — It comes after allegations …
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Michael Isikoff / Yahoo:
Khashoggi friend says journalist angered Saudi government with column during its ‘charm campaign’ — WASHINGTON — In October 2017, Saudi journalist — Jamal Khashoggi crossed a line that made him a marked man and led, most likely, to his brutal death, according to one of his close friends.
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Sports Illustrated, CNN, TheBlaze, Washington Post, Common Dreams, Defense One and Media Matters for America
Jeanne Whalen / Washington Post:
Western walkout of Saudi ‘Davos in the Desert’ conference over Jamal Khashoggi undermines kingdom's modernization plans
Western walkout of Saudi ‘Davos in the Desert’ conference over Jamal Khashoggi undermines kingdom's modernization plans
Scott Nover / The Atlantic:
Jamal Khashoggi's Friends in Washington Are in Shock
Jamal Khashoggi's Friends in Washington Are in Shock
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Washington Post
Matthew Yglesias / Vox:
America deserves to know how much money Trump is getting from the Saudi government
America deserves to know how much money Trump is getting from the Saudi government
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One America News Network, Middle East Eye, Axios, Vanity Fair and Politico
NBC News:
Kavanaugh isn't popular with Middle America
Kavanaugh isn't popular with Middle America
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Washington Post, The Atlantic, HuffPost, Daily Kos, The Week and Political Wire
Aaron David Miller / The Atlantic:
The U.S.-Saudi Relationship Is Out of Control
The U.S.-Saudi Relationship Is Out of Control
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New York Times, ThinkProgress and Washington Post
Zachary Basu / Axios:
Companies back away from Saudi business over missing journalist
Companies back away from Saudi business over missing journalist
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New York Times
CNN:
Kyrsten Sinema's anti-war activist past under scrutiny as she runs for Senate — (CNN)Democratic Rep. Kyrsten Sinema's past ties to far-left groups are resurfacing as she campaigns to win Arizona's Senate race against her Republican opponent, Rep. Martha McSally.
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Haley Britzky / Axios:
Beto O'Rourke breaks fundraising record, raises $38 million in 3 months — Sen. Ted Cruz's Democratic challenger Beto O'Rourke has raised more $38 million in the third quarter, all from individual contributions, he announced on Friday morning. — You just raised a record-breaking $38.1 million in three months.
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New York Times:
Ted Cruz Leads Beto O'Rourke in Times Poll — With strong support from men and older voters, Senator Ted Cruz of Texas held a solid lead over Representative Beto O'Rourke, his Democratic challenger, in a poll completed Thursday night by The New York Times Upshot and Siena College.
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Ed Pilkington / The Guardian:
Beto O'Rourke registers voter after reading about him in the Guardian
Beto O'Rourke registers voter after reading about him in the Guardian
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Off the Kuff and Politico
Lachlan Markay / The Daily Beast:
Avenatti and ‘Skeezy’ Others Try to Make Their Own Money Off Beto O'Rourke
Avenatti and ‘Skeezy’ Others Try to Make Their Own Money Off Beto O'Rourke
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Political Wire
Todd J. Gillman / Dallas Morning News:
Beto O'Rourke raised $38.1 million in last three months, smashing all records in bid to oust Ted Cruz
Beto O'Rourke raised $38.1 million in last three months, smashing all records in bid to oust Ted Cruz
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Washington Post:
More Americans disapprove of Kavanaugh's confirmation than support it, new poll shows — More Americans disapprove of Brett M. Kavanaugh's confirmation to the Supreme Court than approve, and a narrow majority says congressional investigation of the new justice should not end with his elevation to the court …
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Gary Langer / ABC News:
Women lead support for further investigation of Kavanaugh (POLL) — Led by discontent among women, Americans by a 51-41 percent margin disapprove of Brett Kavanaugh's confirmation to the Supreme Court — and a majority favors further investigation by Congress that could lead to efforts to remove him from office.
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Mother Jones
National Review:
A Party of Stalkers — J — ames Hodgkinson seems to have slipped down the memory hole. — Hodgkinson was the left-wing activist who accused Donald Trump and Mike Pence of treason and — “fueled by rage against Republican legislators,” as the Virginia attorney general put it …
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RedState, Hot Air, Daily Wire, Daily Caller News Foundation and Mediaite
Susan B. Glasser / New Yorker:
I Listened to All Six Trump Rallies in October. You Should, Too — It's not a reality show. It's real. — From the start of the Trump Presidency, many Beltway wise men, and more than a few of Donald Trump's own advisers, said, Don't pay attention to the tweets; forget the overheated language …
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Daily Kos, The Rush Limbaugh Show, Raw Story and Althouse
Washington Post:
Trump administration weighs new family separation effort at border — The White House is actively considering plans that could again separate parents and children at the U.S.-Mexico border, hoping to reverse soaring numbers of families attempting to cross illegally into the United States …
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Arizona Mirror, Political Wire, Splinter and America's Voice
John L. Micek / PennLive:
Scott Wagner to Gov. Tom Wolf: 'I'm going to stomp all over your face with golf spikes' — In a bizarre turn, Republican governor candidate Scott Wagner threatened to “stomp all over” Gov. Tom Wolf's “face with golf spikes” as his temper boiled over about attack commercials posted by the Democratic incumbent campaign.
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Grace Segers / CBS News:
GOP Pennsylvania gubernatorial candidate says he'll “stomp” on opponent's face with golf spikes — Scott Wagner, the Republican candidate for governor in Pennsylvania, threatened his opponent, incumbent Gov. Tom Wolf, a Democrat, in a Facebook Live video criticizing the negative ads against him.
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Guy Rosen / Facebook:
An Update on the Security Issue — We have been working around the clock to investigate the security issue we discovered and fixed two weeks ago so we can help people understand what information the attackers may have accessed. Today, we're sharing details about the attack we've found that exploited this vulnerability.
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Donie O'Sullivan / CNN:
Hackers accessed personal information of 30 million Facebook users
Victoria Bissell Brown / Washington Post:
Thanks for not raping us, all you ‘good men.’ But it's not enough. — A flood of rage is rushing through women's brains. Why can't men organize to change themselves? — Victoria Bissell Brown, a retired history professor at Grinnell College, lives in Haverford Township, Pa.
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Jemele Hill / The Atlantic:
What the Black Men Who Identify With Brett Kavanaugh Are Missing — When men of color see themselves in the embattled Supreme Court justice, they're not seeing the bigger picture. — On Tuesday night, I was in an auditorium with 100 black men in the city of Baltimore, when the subject pivoted to Brett Kavanaugh.
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Aaron Rodriguez / CREW:
CREW Files Hatch Act Complaint Against Sarah Huckabee Sanders — FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE — Washington — White House Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders likely violated the Hatch Act by using her official government Twitter account to tweet a photo of herself with Kanye West …
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POLITICUSUSA and ThinkProgress
Benny Johnson / The Daily Caller:
Protester Asks GOP Senator To ‘Apologize’ To Her Children — His Response Makes Her Very Angry — Anti-Brett Kavanaugh protesters flooded Capitol Hill for weeks before his eventual confirmation to the Supreme Court, walking hallways in protest, holding loud demonstrations and confronting senators in their office buildings.
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Erin Cunningham / Washington Post:
Pastor Andrew Brunson released to U.S. diplomatic personnel after being detained by Turkish authorities for two years — BREAKING: Brunson will be departing his apartment in Turkey to go to the airport to leave the country. His lawyer, Jay Sekulow, said Brunson will be flown to a U.S. air base …
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Jessica Wehrman / daytondailynews:
Brown has raised $27M in Senate race — Renacci spokesman says Brown got money from lobbyists and ‘Hollywood friends.’ — Sen. Sherrod Brown has raised nearly $27.1 million so far in his quest to receive a third term in the U.S. Senate — a figure higher even than Sen. Rob Portman's total fund-raising in 2016.
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POLITICUSUSA and Political Wire
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Emily Kopp / Roll Call:
Sen. Sherrod Brown Breaks Ohio Fundraising Record
Ben Jacobs / The Guardian:
Republican pair apparently pose as communists to make Democratic donation — Men visit office of Arizona's Tom O'Halleran with jar of money in apparent effort to create link to far-left — Two young Arizona Republicans tried to make a donation to a Democratic congressman as members …
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Politico:
Trump May Not Be Crazy, But the Rest of Us Are Getting There Fast — Psychologists' couches are filling up as Americans seek relief from Trump Anxiety Disorder. — CNN before love-making is not his idea of a turn-on. — But she can hardly turn it off—engrossed as she is in the latest unnerving gyrations of Washington.
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The Daily Caller, POLITICUSUSA and Raw Story
Angelina Chapin / HuffPost:
ICE Is Sending Separated Children Home With No One To Pick Them Up — Immigration officials sent a 4-year-old separated child from the U.S. to Guatemala City without telling her family she was coming home. — On Tuesday, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement sent a 4-year-old separated child …
David Wasserman / The Cook Political Report:
House Rating Changes: Post-Kavanaugh Polls Reveal an Even More Polarized Landscape — It's not saying much, but House Republicans have seen more bright spots in the past week of polling since the Kavanaugh confirmation fight than they saw in over a month. Both sides agree Democrats' enthusiasm advantage …
Howard Blume / Los Angeles Times:
Teacher who recounted Trump aide eating glue as a child is suspended — A teacher who recounted how a senior aide to President Trump ate glue as a third-grader is in trouble with her employers. — The Santa Monica-Malibu Unified School District has placed veteran teacher Nikki Fiske on …
Brandon Morse / RedState:
Blue Wave Goodbye: Polls Show Crushing Midterm Defeats for Dems and a Maintained Republican Senate Majority In the Cards — When viewing the Democrat's strategies over the past few months, the words “inept failures” would be an accurate description to put on them.
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Daily Wire, Tennessee Star and The Daily Caller
Stuart Rothenberg / Roll Call:
Two Elections: Democrats' Chance of Taking the Senate Fading, House Likely to Flip — ANALYSIS — The Democrats' chances of netting at least two Senate seats always seemed like a long shot. But a month ago, the stars looked to be aligning for them. Today, those stars tell a different story.
Eli Rosenberg / Washington Post:
Fox swooned over Kanye West at the White House. Here's how it covered rappers visiting Obama. — Kanye West's visit to the White House — not as a musical guest, but as a potential policy adviser — was hailed by conservatives and rewarded with glowing coverage on Fox News.
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Daily Wire, The Daily Signal, IJR, The Gateway Pundit and twitchy.com
Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
Why is the mob angry? Because Trump is ripping us apart with bigotry and hatred. — President Trump and Republicans have adopted a closing electoral strategy that depicts the Democratic Party and “angry” leftist protests against Trumpian rule as the only real reigning threat to our country's civic fabric and the rule of law.
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Jon Ward / Yahoo:
‘Outside agitators,’ a phrase from the civil-rights era, resurfaces in Georgia governor's race — WASHINGTON — It's happening again in Georgia. — There's another election in which Republican Brian Kemp is being accused of using arcane and complicated procedures to prevent Georgians of color from voting, with
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