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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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Los Angeles Times, One America News Network, Boing Boing and The Atlantic
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CBS News:
Trump vows “severe punishment” if Saudi Arabia is behind missing journalist — President Trump tells 60 Minutes Saudi Arabia has denied playing a part in the disappearance of Jamal Khashoggi, but says the case is being investigated. See the full interview Sunday, Oct. 14 at 7:30 p.m. ET and 7 p.m. PT on CBS.
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Bloomberg, Axios and Political Wire
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 …
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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 …
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middleeastmonitor.com, TheBlaze and Mediaite
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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Political Wire, CNN, New York Times, Raw Story and Washington Free Beacon, more at Techmeme »
Washington Post:
Khashoggi's alleged killing puts pressure on Saudi Arabia's lobbying corps in Washington
Khashoggi's alleged killing puts pressure on Saudi Arabia's lobbying corps in Washington
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Sports Illustrated, HuffPost and NPR
Hadas Gold / CNN:
Most media sponsors pull out of Saudi conference after journalist disappears
Most media sponsors pull out of Saudi conference after journalist disappears
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National Review, KTVQ-TV, Raw Story, Al Jazeera English, KFOR-TV, Breitbart, KTLA and IJR, more at Mediagazer »
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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Brent D. Griffiths / Politico:
Trump praises Robert E. Lee during Ohio rally — President Donald Trump praised Confederate General Robert E. Lee at a rally in Ohio Friday night during a soliloquy in which he also praised a number of Ohioans, including Union General Ulysses S. Grant. — “So Robert E. Lee was a great general …
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RedState, USA Today, The Hill, Conservative News Today, The Week, CNN and The Gateway Pundit
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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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Washington Post, KTVQ-TV, Daily Wire and KFOR-TV
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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TheBlaze, ABC News, The Daily Caller, The Last Refuge and Townhall
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Stephen Dinan / Washington Times:
Hillary Clinton loses security clearance after server scandal
Hillary Clinton loses security clearance after server scandal
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The Gateway Pundit and Breitbart
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 …
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Political Wire
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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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Daily Wire, Daily Caller News Foundation and LifeNews.com
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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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Politico, ThinkProgress, Vox, Splinter, The Atlantic, Arizona Mirror, America's Voice, Political Wire and Mediaite
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Angelina Chapin / HuffPost:
ICE Is Sending Separated Children Home With No One To Pick Them Up
ICE Is Sending Separated Children Home With No One To Pick Them Up
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Boing Boing
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.
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Washington Free Beacon
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 …
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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 …
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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 …
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Breitbart
Christian Vasquez / Politico:
West Virginia's voting experiment stirs security fears — West Virginia is about to take a leap of faith in voting technology — but it could put people's ballots at risk. — Next month, it will become the first state to deploy a smartphone app in a general election …
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Political Wire
David French / National Review:
The Black Men Who Identify with Brett Kavanaugh Understand the Stakes — A response to Jemele Hill — Earlier today, freshly minted Atlantic writer Jemele Hill published a piece that broke new ground in the Brett Kavanaugh debate. She revealed that, in her experience …
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Jemele Hill / The Atlantic:
What the Black Men Who Identify With Brett Kavanaugh Are Missing
What the Black Men Who Identify With Brett Kavanaugh Are Missing
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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 …
Bret Stephens / New York Times:
Liberalism Pierces Its Tongue, Again — The Democratic Party has become Donald Trump's unwitting ally. — Michael Kelly, the legendary journalist who died covering the invasion of Iraq in 2003, once wrote that the “animating impulse” of modern liberalism was to “marginalize itself and then enjoy its own company.
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American Greatness and Young Conservatives
Michael Tackett / New York Times:
Joe Biden Doesn't Hold Back on Trump: He's ‘Trashing American Values’ — OWINGSVILLE, Ky. — Former Vice President Joseph R. Biden Jr., in some of his harshest criticism of President Trump to date, said on Friday that the president was “trashing American values” and undermining institutions to …
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Axios, Political Wire and HuffPost
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.
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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The Texas Observer, TheBlaze, Bloomberg, Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion, Common Dreams and Politico
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.