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CNN:
Surveillance footage shows Saudi operative in Khashoggi's clothes after he was killed, Turkish source says  —  Graphics by Henrik Pettersson, CNN  —  Istanbul (CNN)One member of the 15-man team suspected in the death of Jamal Khashoggi dressed up in his clothes and was captured …
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Reuters:
How the man behind Khashoggi murder ran the killing via Skype  —  (Reuters) - He ran social media for Saudi Arabia's crown prince.  He masterminded the arrest of hundreds of his country's elite.  He detained a Lebanese prime minister.  And, according to two intelligence sources …
Washington Post:
Mnuchin meets with Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman despite growing outcry over government's role in journalist's death  —  U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin met with Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman on Monday, illustrating how the White House is retaining close ties …
Discussion: Political Wire
Ben Hubbard / New York Times:
Khashoggi Double Sent to Create False Trail in Turkey, Surveillance Images Suggest
Discussion: EUobserver and Outside the Beltway
Martin Chulov / The Guardian:   Khashoggi case has put Saudi prince right where Erdoğan wants him
John Wagner / Washington Post:
Jared Kushner declines to say whether he believes Saudi account of Khashoggi's death
Discussion: Politico, Axios and ThinkProgress
Bruce Riedel / Al-Monitor:
Saudi Arabia's shifting narrative on Khashoggi reveals fragility
Discussion: Washington Post
Los Angeles Times:
Michael Avenatti hit with $4.85-million judgment for unpaid debt as court orders eviction of his law firm  —  Michael Avenatti, the lawyer for porn actress Stormy Daniels, was hit with a personal judgment of $4.85 million Monday for his failure to pay a debt to a former colleague at his longtime Newport Beach firm.
Discussion: Political Wire
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Associated Press:
Judge: Michael Avenatti must pay $4.85M in ex-lawyer's suit  —  WASHINGTON (AP) — A California judge has ordered Stormy Daniels' lawyer Michael Avenatti to pay $4.85 million to an attorney at his former law firm.  —  The ruling was issued Monday in Los Angeles County Superior Court.
Ronn Blitzer / Law & Crime:
Avenatti Hit with $4.85 Million Verdict in Lawsuit from Fmr Law Partner
Jeremy Wallace / Houston Chronicle:
Shocking turnout for first day of early voting in Houston  —  Thousands of people were already camped out at a key early voting location in Houston on Monday morning, hours before voting was even set to begin.  —  Nearly 2,000 people stood in line outside of the Metropolitan Multi-Service Center …
Discussion: Daily Wire
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Adam Edelman / NBC News:
Republicans outpacing Democrats in early voting in key states, NBC News finds  —  The data suggests enthusiasm among early GOP voters that could put a dent in Democratic hopes for a “blue wave” in the midterms.  —  Is the “blue wave” turning purple?  —  Republican-affiliated voters …
Brett Samuels / The Hill:
Trump: US to ‘begin cutting off’ aid to countries associated with migrant caravan  —  President Trump on Monday said that the U.S. will begin to cut off or reduce aid to Honduras, Guatemala and El Salvador as citizens of those countries flee for the U.S. as part of a so-called caravan of migrants.
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Margaret Sullivan / Washington Post:
The caravan is coming! And it's high time to calm the rising media frenzy.
Discussion: CNN, The Week and Mediaite
Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:
Do Liberals Hate Trump Because He's a Typical American?  —  Anti-intellectualism is an enduring feature of modern Republican politics, and accordingly, conservative intellectuals have taken up the job of justifying this state of affairs.  Historically, their claims have glommed onto …
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David Gelernter / Wall Street Journal:
The Real Reason They Hate Trump
Discussion: Hit & Run, 24Ahead and Splinter
Daniel Lippman / Politico:
Trump distances himself from a potential GOP thumping  —  At his rallies, President Donald Trump argues that the midterm elections are about one person — Donald Trump.  “Get out in 2018,” Trump told a crowd in Missouri last month, “because you're voting for me!”  —  Privately, the president says the exact opposite.
Robert D. McFadden / New York Times:
Joachim Ronneberg, Leader of Raid That Thwarted a Nazi Atomic Bomb, Dies at 99  —  The Norwegian saboteurs skied across the Telemark pine forest in winter whites, phantom apparitions gliding over moonlit snow.  They halted at a steep river gorge and gazed down at a humming hydroelectric power plant …
Discussion: NPR
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Jan M. Olsen / Associated Press:   Norwegian hero Roenneberg who blew up Nazi plant dies at 99
Erik Wemple / Washington Post:
Your move, Bloomberg  —  John Micklethwait, the editor in chief of Bloomberg News, told a group of top editors a week ago that their news organization no longer had to groom young, raw talent.  It could go after the best journalists around.  As an example of its capabilities in high-impact reporting …
Olga Khazan / The Atlantic:
Fewer Sex Partners Means a Happier Marriage  —  If you are on the proverbial market, as you rack up phone swipes, first dates, and—likely—new sexual partners, you might start to ask yourself, Is all this dating going to make me happier with whomever I end up with?
Raphael Satter / Associated Press:
Malta academic in Trump probe has history of vanishing acts  —  SWIEQI, Malta (AP) — It was her last day of class and Leida Ruvina was getting suspicious.  —  The Albanian student had just finished the first module in what was purported to be a doctoral program co-administered …
Brian Faler / Politico:
Tax cuts a bust for Republicans in midterms  —  Republicans thought their massive tax overhaul would be the centerpiece of their midterm strategy.  But It turns out they were so wrong they've been barely mentioning the $1.5 trillion tax cut on the campaign trail.
Discussion: Raw Story and Daily Kos
Justin McCarthy / Gallup:
Two in Three Americans Now Support Legalizing Marijuana  —  WASHINGTON, D.C. — Sixty-six percent of Americans now support legalizing marijuana, another new high in Gallup's trend over nearly half a century.  The latest figure marks the third consecutive year that support on the measure has increased and established a new record.
Discussion: Vox and Axios
Politico:
GOP leaders press stingy lawmakers, delinquent chairmen for cash  —  A perennial haggle to get House Republicans to pay their party dues is more serious this year with Democrats threatening to win the chamber.  —  House GOP leaders, fearful of the staggering amount of cash fueling Democratic candidates …
Patricia Murphy / The Daily Beast:
Black Voters in Georgia Fear Brian Kemp Is Rigging the Election  —  The man running for governor also oversees the election as Secretary of State.  He's also sitting on voter registrations, sparking a wave of skepticism among voters.  —  Patricia Murphy  —  Bibb County, Ga. …
Bojan Pancevski / Wall Street Journal:
In Win for Trump, Merkel Changes Course on U.S. Gas Imports  —  Chancellor calls her decision to open Germany up to U.S. liquefied natural gas a ‘strategic’ move  —  BERLIN—Chancellor Angela Merkel has offered government support to efforts to open up Germany to U.S. gas …
Patrick Reevell / ABC News:
US national security adviser John Bolton in Russia to announce end to historic Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces treaty  —  U.S. national security adviser John Bolton has arrived in Moscow, where he is expected to tell Russian officials that America plans to withdraw from a historic nuclear arms treaty that dates to the Cold War.
Eric Levitz / New York Magazine:
Tribalism Isn't Our Democracy's Main Problem.  The Conservative Movement Is.  —  A pernicious force was hollowing out American democracy.  It had neutered Congress, and lobotomized the electorate.  Lawmakers had become incapable of taking action on many of the day's most pressing issues …
Natasha Bach / Fortune:
Lyft Partners With Voto Latino to Help Get Dodge City Voters to the Polls  —  Less than a week after the sole polling place in Dodge City, Kansas was moved outside city limits, corporate sponsors are pledging to help voters get to the polls.  —  Since 2002, Dodge City had one polling place …
Jennifer Gonnerman / New Yorker:
Larry Krasner's Campaign to End Mass Incarceration  —  Philadelphia's District Attorney reinvents the role of the modern prosecutor.  —  Until Larry Krasner entered the race for District Attorney of Philadelphia last year, he had never prosecuted a case.  He began his career as a public defender …
Washington Post:
Man shot in lobby of Fox 5 television station in Northwest Washington, police said  —  A man was shot in the lobby of the Fox 5 television station in Northwest Washington Monday afternoon, D.C. police said.  The man's condition was not immediately available.
Ted Fioraliso / Gray DC:
Manchin increases lead in new Gray TV West Virginia poll  —  WASHINGTON (Gray DC) — Sen. Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.) is now 16 percentage points ahead of his Republican challenger, West Virginia Attorney General Patrick Morrisey.  That's according to a new Gray Television poll released Monday.
Discussion: Political Wire
David Lauter / Los Angeles Times:
With the midterm campaign in its final weeks, poll signals a Democratic edge for the House and widespread doubts about Kavanaugh … The last year has seen the enactment of a major tax cut, the first-ever summit between a U.S. president and the leader of North Korea, felony convictions …
Discussion: Mother Jones
Jennifer Finney Boylan / New York Times:
Trump Cannot Define Away My Existence  —  The administration seems to think transgender people like me are as imaginary as hippogriffs.  —  I was surprised to learn on Sunday morning that I do not exist.  —  This will come as sad news to my children, to whom I've been a mother for over 20 years now.
New York Post:
The Mooch interprets what the White House was like through dance  —  Anthony “The Mooch” Scaramucci stopped by The Post in advance of his upcoming book, “Trump The Blue-Collar President,” out Oct. 23.  Watch as his historic tenure in the White House...
 
 
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Peter Elkind / ProPublica:
Inside a Trump Project that Failed. Spoiler: The Trumps Still Won.
Discussion: American Prospect
Glenn Greenwald / The Intercept:
MSNBC and Daily Beast Feature UAE Lobbyist David Rothkopf With No Disclosure: a Scandalous Media-Wide Practice
New York Times:
To the Next ‘BBQ Becky’: Don't Call 911. Call 1-844-WYT-FEAR.
BuzzFeed News:
Meet The Woman Who Is Proudly Russia's Troll-In-Chief
Nitasha Tiku / Wired:
An Alternative History of Silicon Valley Disruption
Jeff Mason / Reuters:
Trump says eyeing a 10 percent middle income tax cut plan
Jeremy W. Peters / New York Times:
Far From Washington, Americans' Thoughts Are, Well, Far From Washington
Stephanie Kirchgaessner / The Guardian:
Kavanaugh once lobbied for judge now handling ethics complaints against him
Discussion: SCOTUSblog
 Earlier Items: 
Charles J. Sykes / Weekly Standard:
Debating the Once and Future Conservatism
Dylan Byers / NBC News:
The temptations of Twitter: Why social media is still a minefield for journalists
Associated Press:
Russian paper: Indicted Prigozhin ordered beatings, killing
Discussion: The Daily Beast
Verena Dobnik / Associated Press:
Warren Took DNA Test to Help Rebuild ‘Trust in Government’
Dave Gershgorn / Quartz:
Companies are on the hook if their hiring algorithms are biased
Paul Starr / New York Times:
What Happened to Center-Right America?
Jay Rosen / PressThink:
Next time you wonder why New York Times people get so defensive, read this.
Steve Peoples / Associated Press:
Florida's culture clash pits Gillum against Trump voters
 

 
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Ankush Khardori / Politico:
Trump may erode press protections but the ABC case is not evidence of that as the decision to settle appears reasonable given Stephanopoulos' imprecise remarks

Jessica Toonkel / Wall Street Journal:
A deep dive into Paramount's sale to Skydance; sources: Skydance may integrate Pluto into Paramount+, and CBS head George Cheeks is expected to be head of TV

New York Times:
In a first, Telegram is set to be profitable in 2024, with $1B+ in revenue, up from ~$350M in 2023, and 12M subscribers; source: 50%+ of its revenue is from ads

 
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