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Zachary Basu / Axios:
Lindsey Graham says “toxic” Mohammed bin Salman “has to go” — Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) said on Fox & Friends Tuesday that Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman (MBS) “can never be a leader on the world stage,” and that regardless of what President Trump does, Graham is going to move to …
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POLITICO Playbook: Pelosi gives Playbook a preview of the Democratic majority — DRIVING THE DAY — BREAKING ... SECRETARY OF STATE MIKE POMPEO has arrived in Saudi Arabia to meet with King Salman, Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman and Foreign Minister Adel al-Jubeir. Photo, courtesy State Department
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Washington Post:
Who needs Saudi Arabia? — SAUDI ARABIA, so far, has tried bluster and bullying to silence the questions about journalist Jamal Khashoggi, who disappeared in the Saudi Consulate in Istanbul two weeks ago Tuesday. On Sunday, a regime statement threatened to “respond with a larger action” …
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US Department of State:
Secretary Pompeo's Meeting With Saudi King Salman — Readout — Office of the Spokesperson — Washington, DC — The below is attributable to Spokesperson Heather Nauert: — Secretary of State Michael R. Pompeo met today with Saudi King Salman in Riyadh.
Wall Street Journal:
Pompeo Arrives in Riyadh Amid Crisis Over Missing Saudi Journalist
Pompeo Arrives in Riyadh Amid Crisis Over Missing Saudi Journalist
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Townhall and Just Security
Walter Russell Mead / Wall Street Journal:
Don't Ditch Riyadh in a Fit of Righteousness
Don't Ditch Riyadh in a Fit of Righteousness
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CNN:
Pompeo meets Saudi King as Khashoggi family calls for inquiry into ‘death’
Pompeo meets Saudi King as Khashoggi family calls for inquiry into ‘death’
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Rebecca Morin / Politico:
Rubio: U.S. risks ‘credibility on human rights’ with weak response to Khashoggi disappearance
Rubio: U.S. risks ‘credibility on human rights’ with weak response to Khashoggi disappearance
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One America News Network, Outside the Beltway, Washington Post and Axios
CNN:
Saudis preparing to admit Jamal Khashoggi died during interrogation, sources say
Saudis preparing to admit Jamal Khashoggi died during interrogation, sources say
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Aram Roston / BuzzFeed News:
American Mercenaries Were Hired To Assassinate Politicians In The Middle East — “There was a targeted assassination program in Yemen. I was running it. We did it.” — Cradling an AK-47 and sucking a lollipop, the former American Green Beret bumped along in the back of an armored SUV …
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Chris Mills Rodrigo / The Hill:
Lindsey Graham: I'm taking DNA test, ‘I think I can beat’ Elizabeth Warren on amount of Cherokee heritage — Sen. Lindsay Graham (R-S.C.) told Fox and Friends on Tuesday that he would be taking a DNA test, and that he thinks he can “beat” Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Ma.) in terms of the amount of Cherokee heritage that it will show.
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Howie Carr / Boston Herald:
Fake news matched only by the fake Indian's fake math — So Elizabeth Warren is a fake Indian — the evidence is in, her own “evidence,” as vague as it is, and it proves what all of us have been saying since 2012. — She's not an Indian according to the bylaws of the various Indian nations.
Caroline Orr / Shareblue Media:
Trump, GOP silent after violent pro-Trump mob unleashes brutal assault — Republicans are refusing to disavow the pro-Trump ‘Proud Boys’ group responsible for a vicious mob-style attack this weekend in New York. — Republicans have responded with deafening silence after an estimated 30 members …
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The Daily Beast:
Republicans Are Adopting the Proud Boys — Before and after the Manhattan brawl, GOP figures defended and promoted the far-right group. It's a valuable and dangerous bridge between fascism and mainstream politics. — Nine members of the far-right Proud Boys group and three protesters …
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Madelyn Linsenmeir / Seven Days:
Obituary: Madelyn Linsenmeir, 1988-2018 — Our beloved Madelyn Ellen Linsenmeir died on Sunday, October 7. While her death was unexpected, Madelyn suffered from drug addiction, and for years we feared her addiction would claim her life. We are grateful that when she died, she was safe and she was with her family.
Saagar Enjeti / The Daily Caller:
Trump Drops Devastating Nickname On Stormy Daniels — President Donald Trump bestowed a new nickname on pornstar Stormy Daniels after her lawsuit against him was dismissed in federal court, in a Tuesday tweet. … Trump also referenced Daniel's attorney Michael Avenatti who has been a barbed critic of his on cable television.
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Elise Viebeck / Washington Post:
Judge throws out Stormy Daniels's defamation lawsuit against Trump
Judge throws out Stormy Daniels's defamation lawsuit against Trump
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Brian Fung / Washington Post:
Google really is trying to build a censored Chinese search engine, its CEO confirms — Google on Monday finally confirmed a secretive project that's been fueling an employee-led backlash for weeks at the company: an effort to build a version of its search engine that complies with China's online censorship regime.
Sam Stein / The Daily Beast:
Democrats Fear Obama Is Going Soft for the Midterms — The former president's allies say his distance has been strategic and that he will ramp up his presence as voting nears. But some alums wonder if that plan is wise. — With just three weeks to go before one of most critical midterm elections …
Jeremy Barr / Hollywood Reporter:
Tucker Carlson Says He Can't Go to Restaurants Anymore — “Having someone scream, ‘F— you!’ at a restaurant, it just wrecks your meal,” he said on a podcast. — Fox News host Tucker Carlson said he's “not a restaurant guy anymore” because of the way he's treated when he dines out in Washington, D.C.
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Townhall, National Review, Mediaite and Splinter
Jerry Iannelli / Miami New Times:
Chats Show FIU Turning Point USA Members Sharing Racist Memes and Rape Jokes … Back in 2017, New Times obtained screenshots of gross chats among Florida International University's Campus Republicans. They joked about the Charlottesville neo-Nazi attack last year and threatened to “call ICE” …
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Talking Points Memo, The Daily Beast and Mediaite
Sarah Westwood / CNN:
John Bolton's chief of staff out at National Security Council — Bolton to Iran: Hell to pay if you cross us — Washington (CNN)A top National Security Council aide is leaving the White House after serving just a few months as national security adviser John Bolton's chief of staff.
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Center for Security Policy and Talking Points Memo
Kenneth P. Vogel / New York Times:
Trump Campaign Doubles Spending Rate as the 2020 Race Draws Nearer — WASHINGTON — President Trump's campaign more than doubled its spending over the past three months as the president worked to rev up the Republican base ahead of next month's midterm elections through a series of rallies and online appeals.
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David Brooks / New York Times:
The Rich White Civil War — A smarter look at America's divide. — Every few years one research group or another produces a typology of the electorate. The researchers conduct thousands of interviews and identify the different clusters American voters fall into.
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ProPublica:
Charlottesville's Other Jim Crow Legacy: Separate and Unequal Education — CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. — High school seniors Zyahna Bryant and Trinity Hughes have been friends since they were 6 years old, raised by blue-collar families in this affluent college town.
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NYR Daily:
Why Assad and Russia Target the White Helmets — before most children had left for school, Syrian Air Force Su-22 fighter jets launched missiles at the northern opposition-held town of Khan Shaykhun. Witnesses recalled a strange odor spreading after the missiles struck …
Jason Schwartz / Politico:
Big advertisers still shunning Ingraham's Fox News show months after boycotts — 'They're kind of forced off, whether they want to be or not,' one Fox executive said. — Laura Ingraham's ratings are surging, but big advertisers are still steering clear of her show months after a series …
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Zack Whittaker / TechCrunch:
Donald Daters, a dating app for Trump supporters, leaked its users' data — A new dating app for Trump supporters that wants to “make America date again” has leaked its entire database of users — on the day of its launch. — The app, called “Donald Daters,” is aimed at …
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Motherboard, Talking Points Memo, IJR, Fox News and LifeZette
Gordon R. Friedman / Oregonian:
Armed protesters were on Portland rooftop in August, police now say — Members of the right-wing group Patriot Prayer stationed themselves on a downtown Portland rooftop with a cache of guns prior to a summer protest, city officials announced for the first time Monday - the same day Mayor Ted Wheeler learned about it, his aides said.
Rachel O'Donoghue / Dailystar.co.uk:
Humans beings on the brink of IMMORTALITY, top scientist claims — HUMAN beings becoming immortal is a step closer following the launch of a new start-up. — Dr Ian Pearson has previously said people will have the ability to “not die” by 2050 - just over 30 years from now.
Ronald Brownstein / CNN:
Here's what should excite and depress Democrats so far in 2018 — (CNN)For two years Democrats have raged over Donald Trump's presidency, quarreled among themselves over the best strategy for responding to it, and above all, counted the days until next month's midterm election.
Lee Davidson / Salt Lake Tribune:
Rep. Mia Love has lost her lead and is now tied with Ben McAdams in Utah's 4th District race — The congressional race between GOP Rep. Mia Love and Democratic Salt Lake County Mayor Ben McAdams could not be tighter: It is now tied, according to a new poll.
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Nate Cohn / New York Times:
Polarization Seems to Be Helping Republicans in Run-Up to Midterms — Energized voters on the right dim prospects for big Democratic gains in red districts and states. — One big question looms over the fight for control of Congress: Will strong Democratic candidates ride a blue wave …
Jordain Carney / The Hill:
Dems angered by GOP plan to hold judicial hearings in October — Democrats and liberal groups are fuming over a GOP plan to hold Senate hearings for President Trump's judicial picks over the next two weeks while senators are out of town campaigning for the midterm elections.
Charles Lane / Washington Post:
We're staying silent out of fear — Most ordinary people found it unbearable to live under communism in Eastern Europe and the Soviet Union. The reasons varied: shortages of consumer goods, incessant propaganda, restrictions on travel. — Nothing was more psychologically exhausting …
Victor Davis Hanson / National Review:
The Origins of Progressive Agony — In the wake of Obama, the Democratic party was a shipwreck, to be saved only by Hillary and the Supreme Court . . . What has transformed the Democratic party into an anguished progressive movement that incorporates the tactics of the street, embraces maenadism …
politics.myajc:
High rate of absentee ballots thrown out in Gwinnett — Nearly one in 10 vote-by-mail ballots have been rejected by Gwinnett County election officials, alarming voting rights groups. — Gwinnett is throwing out far more absentee ballots than any other county in Georgia, according to records from the Secretary of State's Office.
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