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New York Times:
Saudis' Image Makers: A Troll Army and a Twitter Insider — Each morning, Jamal Khashoggi would check his phone to discover what fresh hell had been unleashed while he was sleeping. — He would see the work of an army of Twitter trolls, ordered to attack him and other influential Saudis who had criticized the kingdom's leaders.
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New York Times:
Trump, Breaking With U.S. Intelligence, Appears to Accept Saudi Explanation of Journalist's Death — WASHINGTON — President Trump broke with his own intelligence agencies on Friday, appearing to accept Saudi Arabia's explanation that the journalist Jamal Khashoggi was killed by accident during a fistfight …
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Washington Post:
The Saudi explanation for Jamal Khashoggi's death is a fable. Still Trump plays along. — SAUDI ARABIA now has acknowledged that it lied to the world for 17 days about what happened to journalist Jamal Khashoggi when he entered its consulate in Istanbul on Oct. 2.
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New York Times and Political Wire
Associated Press:
Turkish reaction: we won't allow “cover-up” in Saudi killing — ISTANBUL (AP) — Turkey will “never allow a cover-up” of the killing of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi in Saudi Arabia's consulate in Istanbul, a senior official in Turkey's ruling party said Saturday after Saudi Arabia announced hours earlier …
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Splinter, Political Wire and Reuters
New York Times:
Uproar Over Dissident Rattles Saudi Royal Family — BEIRUT, Lebanon — As international outrage grew at Saudi Arabia over the apparent killing of the Saudi dissident journalist Jamal Khashoggi in Istanbul, an alarmed King Salman dispatched a senior royal to address the matter with Turkey's president.
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Middle East Eye, LewRockwell and Mediaite
Vivian Nereim / Bloomberg:
Saudis Shocked by Official Flip-Flop on Khashoggi — Government abruptly reverses days of denials it was involved — Locals react with mix of anger, disappointment, disbelief — Saudi Arabia's about-face admission that journalist and government critic Jamal Khashoggi was killed inside …
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Raw Story
Hassan Hassan / The Atlantic:
What's Missing From the Saudis' Khashoggi Story — Seventeen days after the disappearance of U.S.-based Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi, authorities in Riyadh finally confirmed his death. According to the Saudi version of what happened, Khashoggi died after a fist fight between him and several men at the consulate in Istanbul.
Kareem Fahim / Washington Post:
Circumstances of Jamal Khashoggi's death will not be ‘covered up,’ Turkish official says
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The Guardian
Shane Harris / Washington Post:
Saudi claims that Khashoggi died in a ‘brawl’ draw immediate skepticism
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Mother Jones, Politico, Axios, Task & Purpose, POLITICUSUSA, Wall Street Journal, Common Dreams, Boing Boing and Political Wire
Orhan Coskun / Reuters:
Investigators likely to discover what happened to Khashoggi body ‘before long’: Turkish official
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The Guardian
Bloomberg:
Merkel Seeks Full Facts on Khashoggi's Death
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NPR, POLITICUSUSA, Raw Story and Latest from the Office …
Jamal Khashoggi / Agence France-Presse:
Donald Trump says he finds Saudi explanation of Khashoggi death ‘credible’
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Press Association and The Guardian
Josh Rogin / Washington Post:
‘America First’ doesn't work without American values
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The Daily Caller and ThinkProgress
Financial Times:
Jamal Khashoggi's death confirmed by Saudi Arabia
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USA Today, Home Page Rotator, Raw Story, Washington Post, The New Arab and CNBC
Susan B. Glasser / New Yorker:
“Trump Never Handles Anything Right”: The President Is Acting Like Saudi Arabia's Lawyer in the Khashoggi Affair
TMZ.com:
Senator Mitch McConnell Confronted at Restaurant by Angry Customers — Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, was confronted Friday night by some angry diners who loudly berated him for his politics. — The Kentucky Senator was eating dinner with his wife at Havana Rumba in Louisville, when 4 men confronted Mitch.
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The Gateway Pundit, The Daily Caller, Daily Wire and Raw Story
Jonathan Martin / New York Times:
G.O.P. Candidates Struggling in Key Battlegrounds, With House at Stake — ANN ARBOR, Mich. — Republican leaders are increasingly worried that their candidates for governor and Senate are in political trouble across Michigan, Pennsylvania, Minnesota and other states that the party prizes …
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POLITICUSUSA
HuffPost:
Rep. Steve King Goes Full White Nationalist In Interview With Austrian Site — A shocking interview with a far-right propaganda site offers the clearest look yet at the congressman's racist ideology. — Rep. Steve King (R-Iowa) visited Austria in August and gave an extensive interview …
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Joe.My.God. and Booman Tribune
Allison Kite / Kansas City Star:
Missouri GOP sent 10,000 voters false absentee voting information — The Missouri Republican Party sent mailers to 10,000 voters across the state with false information about when their absentee ballots are due, the party's executive director acknowledged Friday.
Shira Tarlo / Salon:
Analysis: Brian Kemp has purged over 300,000 voters from Georgia rolls — Georgia Secretary of State Brian Kemp is accused of seeking to suppress the black vote ahead of his big election — Georgia has removed over 300,000 voters from the state's voter rolls over the past two years …
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The Guardian and Greg Palast
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Dan Balz / Washington Post:
For President Trump, it's 2016 all over again — If you haven't looked up recently, President Trump is everywhere. He is campaigning across the country at a frenetic pace. His White House has clamped down on press briefings, but he is giving interviews by the bushelful.
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John Bowden / The Hill:
GOP women's group backs Dem candidates in Michigan
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The Daily Caller, Washington Free Beacon and OpenSecrets.org
Donald J. Mihalek / The Hill:
Attacks on public figures are growing — Recently, Ivanka Trump and Jared Kushner boarded a flight from D.C. to New York. This type of flight is termed a shuttle flight due to its quick and direct link between D.C. and New York. Business people, power brokers and decision makers who need …
Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:
Did Michael Flynn Have a Back Channel to Email Hackers During the Campaign? — The alliance between the Trump campaign and Russia had many nodes of contact. One of the least known, but potentially most significant, is the work that ran through Republican operative Peter W. Smith.
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POLITICUSUSA, Hullabaloo and Political Wire
Chuck Ross / The Daily Caller:
FBI Acknowledges Using Multiple Informants In Investigation Of Trump Campaign Aide — The Justice Department revealed Friday that it used multiple informants to obtain information against former Trump campaign adviser Carter Page. — In court filings, government officials …
Bre Payton / The Federalist:
Arizona Democrat Kyrsten Sinema Attacked ‘Bullshit’ Stay-At-Home Moms For ‘Leeching Off Their Husbands’ — 'These women who act like staying at home, leeching off their husbands or boyfriends, and just cashing the checks is some sort of feminism because they're choosing to live that life.'
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Paul Kane / Washington Post:
Talkin' about massive turnover no matter who wins the House — The House is undergoing one of the most significant shake-ups in power since the Republican revolution of 1994, no matter who wins the majority in next month's midterm elections. — After capturing the House for the first time in 40 years …
Eli Rosenberg / Washington Post:
Hecklers curse and call Nancy Pelosi a ‘communist’ as far right disrupts a political event — A group of hecklers angrily confronted House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi during a campaign stop for a congressional hopeful in South Florida, cursing at her and calling her a communist in a moment that was captured on video.
Wesley Morgan / Politico:
Newest security worry: Trump without Mattis — National security leaders fear that Defense Secretary Jim Mattis is on his way out — and that Donald Trump's next Pentagon chief will be far more subservient to the president's unilateral and bombastic whims. — Mattis was instrumental …
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Raw Story
Bill Laitner / Detroit Free Press:
63 remains of fetuses removed from Perry Funeral Home in Detroit — In a rapidly widening investigation of metro Detroit funeral homes, Detroit Police executed a search warrant at a west-side funeral home near Wayne State University and removed 63 remains of fetuses, police said.
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