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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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Brad Reed / Raw Story:
Trump Jr. promotes tweet smearing missing Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi as a secret terrorist ally  —  Donald Trump Jr. on Friday promoted a tweet from Federalist founder Sean Davis that smeared missing Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi as an ally of the late terrorist mastermind Osama bin Laden.
Fred Hiatt / Washington Post:
Will you work for a murderer?  That's the question a host of ex-generals, diplomats and spies may soon face.  —  “Why do you work for a murderer?”  —  Increasingly, it seems that is a question many Americans should be preparing themselves to answer.  —  Each year, Saudi Arabia employs …
Discussion: New York Times, Kotaku and CNN
David Ignatius / Washington Post:
Jamal Khashoggi's long road to the doors of the Saudi Consulate  —  The long road that took Jamal Khashoggi to the front door of the Saudi Consulate in Istanbul and the horror that lay inside began in the 1980s in Afghanistan, when he was a passionate young journalist who supported the Saudi establishment …
Washington Post:
Khashoggi's alleged killing puts pressure on Saudi Arabia's lobbying corps in Washington
Discussion: Sports Illustrated, HuffPost and NPR
Tom Rogan / Washington Examiner:   Mohammed bin Salman doesn't care about the world's fury
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Rebecca Morin / Politico:
State Department revokes Hillary Clinton's security clearance at her request  —  Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton's security clearance has been revoked at her request, the State Department told lawmakers, according to a letter made public Friday.  —  Clinton's clearance was withdrawn …
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MVBreaking / MAGAVoter:   BREAKING: Hillary Clinton's Security Clearance Officially Revoked
Stephen Dinan / Washington Times:
Hillary Clinton loses security clearance after server scandal
Discussion: The Gateway Pundit and Breitbart
Veronica Rocha / CNN:
Trump tells story of Lincoln's “phobia,” says Grant is “finally being recognized as a great general”  —  President Trump launched into an unusual story about two of his predecessors — former President Abraham Lincoln and former President and Union General Ulysses S. Grant.
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Brent D. Griffiths / Politico:
Trump praises Robert E. Lee during Ohio rally
Discussion: The Gateway Pundit
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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Angelina Chapin / HuffPost:
ICE Is Sending Separated Children Home With No One To Pick Them Up
Discussion: Boing Boing
Kerry Picket / The Daily Caller:
Vandals Hit NYC GOP Headquarters: ‘Attack Is Merely A Beginning’  —  The Metropolitan Republican Club on Manhattan's Upper East Side was vandalized Thursday night with broken windows, spray-painted anarchy signs, and a threatening message that the “attack is merely a beginning.”
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YouTube:   Proud Boys Violent Fight After Gavin McInnis Republican Club Event 10/12/18
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)
Discussion: Mother Jones
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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Dan Chamberlain / The Cut:
In Praise of Beto O'Rourke, the Sweaty Man
Discussion: KTVQ-TV, CNN and Politico
Denver Post:
Endorsement: Mike Coffman's morality must be rewarded in this age of Trump  —  Editorials, Endorsements, Opinion, Perspective  —  Editor's note: This represents the opinion of The Denver Post editorial board, which is separate from the paper's news operation.
Brandon Morse / RedState:
The Meme the Gaming Community Created to Label SJW's Is Pretty Brilliant  —  If you've ever picked up a video game that features other characters that are controlled by the computer, then you've run into non-player characters or NPC's.  —  NPC's serve a host of different functions depending …
Discussion: Right Wing Watch
New York Times:
‘We Need Answers’: Hurricane Michael Leaves Florida Residents Desperate for Aid  —  PANAMA CITY, Fla. — It was two days after Hurricane Michael, and Eddie Foster was pushing his mother in a wheelchair down a thoroughly smashed street, his face creased with a concentrated dose of the frustration …
Discussion: Vox, The Daily Caller and CBS Miami
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.
Jeremy Barr / Hollywood Reporter:
Top Hollywood Execs Give Overwhelmingly to Democrats for Midterms  —  Only three members of the THR 100 list donated to the GOP: ‘Saturday Night Live’ creator Lorne Michaels, WarnerMedia CEO John Stankey and Viacom CEO Bob Bakish.  —  Hollywood has always been a reliable source of contributions …
Discussion: Breitbart
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 …
Jerry Iannelli / Miami New Times:
Miami-Dade County Investigating Fraud Claims Against Rep. Mario Diaz-Balart … Fraud investigators from Miami-Dade's property appraiser are looking into claims that Rep. Mario Diaz-Balart committed homestead-exemption fraud, an office spokesperson confirms to New Times.
Catherine Herridge / Fox News:
GOP senator demands records on FBI's contact with DNC lawyer over Russian meddling  —  A top Republican senator is demanding documents regarding the FBI's 2016 interactions with a lawyer working for the Democratic National Committee and Clinton campaign who provided information on Russian meddling.
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.
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.
Discussion: Lawyers, Guns & Money and Yahoo
Alex Isenstadt / Politico:
'We've never seen anything like this': GOP overwhelmed by Democratic cash  —  The gush of spending in House races has triggered recriminations on the right as the party tries to salvage its majority.  —  A deluge of Democratic spending in the final days of the battle for the House …
Eli Rosenberg / Washington Post:
Collins blasted ‘dark money’ groups in Kavanaugh fight.  One just paid to thank her for her vote.  —  A conservative group that poured more than $5 million into a campaign to defend Brett M. Kavanaugh launched a new ad buy this week: thanking Sen. Susan Collins (R-Maine) for her vote supporting the nominee.
 
 
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