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Will Sommer / The Daily Beast:
Trump Jr. Boosts Smear Tying Missing Journalist Jamal Khashoggi to Islamic Terrorism — The president's son, along with conservative media, are using Jamal Khashoggi's interviews with Osama bin Laden to imply he supported Islamic terror. — Donald Trump Jr. on Friday promoted …
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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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Politico, One America News Network and ABC News
Sam Meredith / CNBC:
Treasury Secretary Mnuchin ‘planning on going’ to Saudi event despite journalist's disappearance
Treasury Secretary Mnuchin ‘planning on going’ to Saudi event despite journalist's disappearance
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Michael Isikoff / Yahoo:
Khashoggi friend says journalist angered Saudi government with column during its ‘charm campaign’
Khashoggi friend says journalist angered Saudi government with column during its ‘charm campaign’
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Washington Post, Sports Illustrated, NBC News, Defense One, HuffPost, Kotaku, TheBlaze and Media Matters for America
John Brennan / Washington Post:
The U.S. should never turn a blind eye to this sort of inhumanity
The U.S. should never turn a blind eye to this sort of inhumanity
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CNN, New York Times, Wall Street Journal and Raw Story
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
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CNN, Axios, Middle East Eye and ABC News
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
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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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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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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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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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 and HuffPost
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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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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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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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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Scott Wagner:
Scott has a blazing message for Tom Wolf — and it has nothing …
Scott has a blazing message for Tom Wolf — and it has nothing …
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CNN, New York Times, Daily Kos, Washington Post, AOL, TheBlaze, CBS Philly and The New Civil Rights Movement
Kate Riga / Talking Points Memo:
PA GOP Guv Candidate Threatens To ‘Stomp’ On Wolf's Face With ‘Golf Spikes’
PA GOP Guv Candidate Threatens To ‘Stomp’ On Wolf's Face With ‘Golf Spikes’
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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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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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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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The Daily Beast:
Inside Trump's Pre-Midterm Media Blitzkrieg: He Wants To ‘Flood the Zone’ — Trump told staff to get him more press, then he picked up the phone. — In the middle of September, Donald Trump wanted to make something very clear to his senior staff: He didn't feel like he was talking to enough reporters …
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Eli Rosenberg / Washington Post:
Fox swooned over Kanye West at the White House. Here's how it covered rappers visiting Obama.
Fox swooned over Kanye West at the White House. Here's how it covered rappers visiting Obama.
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Daily Wire, The Daily Signal, IJR, The Gateway Pundit and twitchy.com
MVBreaking / MAGAVoter:
BREAKING: Hillary Clinton's Security Clearance Officially Revoked — New information surfacing on Friday afternoon revealed that Hillary Clinton's security clearance was revoked by the State Department, after she allegedly requested it be withdrawn. — Additionally, five of Clinton's top aides …
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Rebecca Morin / Politico:
State Department revokes Hillary Clinton's security clearance at her request
State Department revokes Hillary Clinton's security clearance at her request
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ABC News, The Daily Caller and The Last Refuge
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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Chicks On The Right, The American Conservative, Daily Wire, The Rush Limbaugh Show and twitchy.com
Andrew Sullivan / New York Magazine:
The Danger of Trump's Political Accomplishments — If you can think back through the mists of Trump time, before Kanye and Khashoggi and even Kavanaugh — a whole couple of weeks back, even — you might remember what was, for me, one of the most cathartic moments of the Trump presidency.
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The Federalist, National Review and Joanne Jacobs
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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Keith J. Kelly / New York Post:
New York Times scrambles to defuse a full-blown staff rebellion … The New York Times is scrambling to quell a staff rebellion at its metro desk after the section's editor, Cliff Levy, unleashed a blistering email to staffers last week, saying the section had “lost its footing” and was in need of “urgent” change.
Caitlin MacNeal / Talking Points Memo:
Kemp Blasts ‘Outside Agitators’ After Scrutiny Of Policy Blocking 53K From Voting — Following intense scrutiny over his policy that blocked 53,000 Georgia residents from registering to vote, Georgia secretary of state and GOP candidate for governor Brian Kemp went after “outside agitators” in a Wednesday statement.
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Jon Ward / Yahoo:
‘Outside agitators,’ a phrase from the civil-rights era, resurfaces in Georgia governor's race
‘Outside agitators,’ a phrase from the civil-rights era, resurfaces in Georgia governor's race
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New York Times:
Wilbur Ross Changes Story on Discussions of Citizenship Question for Census — WASHINGTON — Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross has shifted his explanation for adding a citizenship question to the 2020 census, saying he now recalls discussing it with Stephen K. Bannon, President Trump's former chief strategist …
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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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Hot Air, RedState, Daily Caller News Foundation, Daily Wire and Mediaite
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 …
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Boing Boing
Ryan Gallagher / The Intercept:
Google CEO Tells Senators That Censored Chinese Search Engine Could Provide “Broad Benefits” — Google CEO Sundar Pichai has refused to answer a list of questions from U.S. lawmakers about the company's secretive plan for a censored search engine in China. — In a letter newly obtained …
Kristen V Brown / Bloomberg:
‘Everyone Will Be Potentially Identifiable’: Booming DNA Testing Means No Identity Is Hidden on the Web — Study finds 60% chance of family links to growing pool of data — Soon ‘everyone will be potentially identifiable,’ says author — Consumer DNA testing …
New York Times:
California Today: Devin Nunes vs. The Fresno Bee — Good morning. — (Want to get California Today by email? Here's the sign-up.) — Representative Devin Nunes and his hometown newspaper, The Fresno Bee, have been locked in battle for several weeks.
Star Tribune:
Wardlow says he'd fire Democrats in Minnesota AG's office — ST. PAUL, Minn. — Republican Minnesota Attorney General candidate Doug Wardlow told a group of supporters that he would fire “42 Democratic attorneys right off the bat” and replace them with Republicans if he wins in November …