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7:25 PM ET, October 23, 2018

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Jamil Smith / Rolling Stone:
Exclusive: In Leaked Audio, Brian Kemp Expresses Concern Over Georgians Exercising Their Right to Vote  —  The Republican gubernatorial candidate spoke to donors about the growing threat of the Stacey Abrams campaign as the midterm elections approach  —  Brian Kemp, Georgia Secretary of State …
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Lawrence Mower / Tampa Bay Times:
Records show FBI agents gave Andrew Gillum tickets to ‘Hamilton’ in 2016  —  The records, released by former lobbyist Adam Corey today, appear to refute what his campaign has said about the trip.  —  Undercover FBI agents were the ones who gave Tallahassee Mayor Andrew Gillum a ticket …
NBC News:
Gillum targeted by new racist robocall in Florida governor race  —  Florida voters who receive the call — audio of which was obtained by NBC News — hear a man speaking in a minstrel dialect who identifies himself as Gillum.  —  A racist robocall that refers to Andrew Gillum as a “negro” …
Discussion: NPR, Joe.My.God. and POLITICUSUSA
Politico:
Undercover FBI agent got Gillum ‘Hamilton’ tickets, texts show  —  TALLAHASSEE — Florida Democratic gubernatorial nominee and Tallahassee Mayor Andrew Gillum accepted tickets to the Broadway show Hamilton from an undercover FBI agent leading a probe into the city's economic development agency …
Chuck Ross / The Daily Caller:   CNN Uses Sound Bite From Democratic Candidate To Take Jab At Fox News
Haaretz:
Report: Saudi Journalist Khashoggi's Remains Found  —  Sky News reports that his body had been cut up and his face ‘disfigured’  —  The remains of dissident Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi have been found, Sky News reported on Tuesday, with one source saying remains were found in the garden of the Saudi consul general's home.
Discussion: twitchy.com and Axios
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Alan Rappeport / New York Times:
Saudi Crown Prince Gets Standing Ovation Despite Inquiries Into Khashoggi  —  RIYADH — Saudi Arabia's crown prince, Mohammed bin Salman, received a standing ovation as he made an unannounced appearance at a global investment conference here on Tuesday, further clouding an event that has been thrown …
Jeff Mason / Reuters:
Trump says Erdogan ‘pretty rough’ on Saudis over Khashoggi
Discussion: Axios
Richard Pérez-Peña / New York Times:
Erdogan Says Saudis Planned Khashoggi's Killing, and Demands Answers
CNN:
Trump frustrated, feels betrayed by the Saudis
Discussion: ThinkProgress, KRTV-TV and KFOR-TV
Isaac Chotiner / Slate:
“The Idea That He's Racist Is Absurd”  —  That Yale professor who knows “the real reason” liberals hate Trump defends his op-ed, the president, and birtherism.  —  In a recent op-ed in the Wall Street Journal, titled “The Real Reason They Hate Trump,” David Gelernter, a professor …
Talal Ansari / BuzzFeed News:
White Nationalist Richard Spencer's Wife Says In Divorce Filings That He Physically and Emotionally Abused Her  —  “The only language women understand is violence,” Nina Kroupiianova said Spencer told her.  Spencer said, “I dispute many of her assertions.”  —  The wife of Richard Spencer …
Julie Hirschfeld Davis / New York Times:
The Ripple Effect of a Trump Tweetstorm  —  When President Trump began tweeting warnings and threats about a caravan of migrants headed for the border, his own government could not explain what he meant.  —  President Trump, the first president to rely on social media as a primary means …
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David Frum / The Atlantic:
The Caravan Is a Challenge to the Integrity of U.S. Borders
Discussion: Hot Air and ImmigrationProf Blog
Jessica Gresko / Associated Press:
Sandra Day O'Connor announces likely Alzheimer's diagnosis  —  WASHINGTON (AP) — Sandra Day O'Connor, the first woman on the Supreme Court, announced Tuesday that she has the beginning stages of dementia, “probably Alzheimer's disease.”  —  The 88-year-old said in a public letter …
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Robert Barnes / Washington Post:   Trump officials aggressively bypass appeals process to get issues before conservative Supreme Court
Mitchell Rocklin / National Review:   The Supreme Court Has a Chance to Enforce Heller
David Wasserman / The Cook Political Report:
Ten Rating Changes as Democrats' Enthusiasm Edge Narrows and Fundraising Advantage Widens  —  Two weeks out, district-level polls reflect a House battleground gradually polarizing along the lines of the 2016 presidential race.  Democrats are maintaining leads over GOP opponents in upscale …
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Juliegrace Brufke / The Hill:
Cook shifts 8 House races toward Dems
Lisa Rein / Washington Post:
‘I thought it was very nice’: VA official showcased portrait of KKK's first grand wizard  —  A senior official at the Department of Veterans Affairs is under fire for displaying a portrait in his Washington, D.C., office of the Ku Klux Klan's first grand wizard.
Discussion: Task & Purpose and Raw Story
Pilar Melendez / The Daily Beast:
GOP Sen. Jeff Flake: 'I Don't Know if I Believed' Brett Kavanuagh  —  The senator admitted to ‘The View’ that Christine Blasey Ford's testimony was ‘very compelling’ and that he's not sure he believed Kavanaugh's denials.  —  Several weeks after delaying the confirmation …
Discussion: IJR and Boing Boing
Sarah Kliff / Vox:
White House anti-socialism report inadvertently makes a case for single-payer  —  The Trump administration says this chart is a case against single-payer.  Actually, it's a case for it.  —  Earlier today, the White House released a paper titled “The Opportunity Costs of Socialism.”
Julian E. Barnes / New York Times:
U.S. Begins First Cyberoperation Against Russia Aimed at Protecting Elections  —  WASHINGTON — The United States Cyber Command is targeting individual Russian operatives to try to deter them from spreading disinformation to interfere in elections, telling them that American operatives …
Justin Doom / ABC News:
Man accused of groping woman on flight: Trump 'says it's OK to grab women by their private parts'  —  A man arrested for allegedly touching a woman's breast on an airplane, according to court documents, told authorities “the president of the United States says it's OK to grab women by their private parts.”
Matthew Yglesias / Vox:
Ebola was incredibly important to TV news until Republicans decided it shouldn't be  —  The hack gap in action.  —  The large, ongoing Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo is not attracting much coverage on American television news because TV news producers believe …
Discussion: Mother Jones
Eriq Gardner / Hollywood Reporter:
Fox News Host Jeanine Pirro Scolded by Sitting Judge in Defamation Lawsuit  —  “You'd think she would know better,” said a New York judge at a hearing Tuesday in a case brought by Black Lives Matter activist DeRay Mckesson.  —  “Should there be consequences to those people who promote falsehoods?”
Discussion: Law & Crime
Brian Faler / Politico:
Brady says he's working with Trump on new tax cut  —  House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Kevin Brady said Tuesday he will work with the administration “over the coming weeks” to develop President Donald Trump's call for a new middle-class tax cut.  —  The proposal appears mostly designed …
Matthew Yglesias / Vox:
The hack gap: how and why conservative nonsense dominates American politics  —  Republicans have a huge strategic advantage in shaping the news.  —  In the fall of 2016, Hillary Clinton, asked at a fundraiser how she explained the political appeal of Donald Trump, said that …
Lauren Huff / Hollywood Reporter:
Megyn Kelly Apologizes to Colleagues for Blackface Comments  —  The NBC host sent an internal email shortly after she faced intense backlash for her comments on air.  —  Megyn Kelly is apologizing for comments she made on Tuesday's Megyn Kelly Today in which she seemingly defended blackface Halloween costumes.
William March / Tampa Bay Times:
Steve Bannon tickets now going for zero dollars  —  Friday's dinner is now free at the Hillsborough County Republican Party dinner.  —  The Hillsborough County Republican Party's dinner with former Trump political adviser Steve Bannon is now free.  —  Party vice chairman Jeff Lukens sent …
Discussion: RedState
Claire Newell / Telegraph:
The British #MeToo scandal which cannot be revealed  —  A leading businessman has been granted an injunction against The Telegraph to prevent this newspaper revealing alleged sexual harassment and racial abuse of staff.  —  The accusations against the businessman, who cannot be identified …
Alexis C. Madrigal / The Atlantic:
Older People Are Worse Than Young People at Telling Fact from Opinion  —  Americans over 50 are worse than younger people at telling facts from opinions, according to a new study by Pew Research Center.  —  Given 10 statements, five each of fact and opinion, younger Americans correctly identified …
Discussion: Pew Research Center and IJR
Daily Mail:
PIERS MORGAN: The media hates him, Hollywood hates him but every hysterical piece of abuse they throw at him just makes Trump stronger and now the Democrats are heading for a midterms disaster  —  President Trump is winning.  —  There is simply no other way to fairly interpret the fact …
Elizabeth Hewitt / Columbia Journalism Review:
Sarah Kliff brings transparency to ER prices, one hospital bill at a time  —  It started with a Band-Aid.  A $629 Band-Aid.  —  A medical bill emailed to Vox senior policy correspondent Sarah Kliff got her interested in emergency room facility fees—a widely applied, highly variable …
Glenn Harlan Reynolds / USA Today:
Midterms: Sorry Democrats, voters reject your political correctness for good reason  —  Democrats push for political correctness, Republicans mock them for it, and most Americans are uncomfortable with it.  No one wins with PC culture.  —  CONNECT  —  Democrats are hoping to administer …
Bjorn Lomborg / New York Post:
No, giving up burgers won't actually save the planet  —  Abandoning meat is now the latest advice for saving the planet: A “major new study” suggests that a “huge reduction in meat-eating” is “ ‘essential’ to avoid climate breakdown,” as The Guardian puts it.
Discussion: PETA
New Jersey Online:
Cory Booker's Law?  This would allow him run for president and Senate.  —  Sen. Cory Booker fires up Iowa Democrats: ‘It is a time to get up, to rise up, to speak up’  —  WASHINGTON — Guess we can call this one “Cory Booker's Law.”  —  New Jersey's Democratic U.S. senator …
Michael Wilson / New York Times:
His Body Was Behind the Wheel for a Week Before It Was Discovered.  This Was His Life.  —  A software designer ended his life in his parked car in the East Village.  His family asked the police for help finding him, but met resistance.  —  A neighbor walking his dog in the East Village saw …
Frances Stead Sellers / Washington Post:
Confederate pride and prejudice  —  Some white Northerners see a flag rooted in racism as a symbol of patriotism  —  The property belongs to former mayor Greg Cler, who runs a car repair shop in this central Illinois village of 3,500 people.  Cler isn't from the South.
Discussion: Hullabaloo and Raw Story
 
 
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Chris Cillizza / CNN:
Donald Trump used a word he's ‘not supposed to.’ Here's why.
Trevor Hugh Davis:
Clarence Thomas's Wife is Sharing Fake News About the “Caravan”
Drew Harwell / Washington Post:
Amazon met with ICE officials over facial-recognition system that could identify immigrants
Discussion: The Daily Beast
CBS San Francisco:
Alameda Man's Halloween Display Takes Aim At Trump Administration
Discussion: Daily Wire
Washington Post:
Trump falsely accuses Puerto Rico leaders of trying to use hurricane relief to pay off debts
Andrew Ross Sorkin / New York Times:
Paul Volcker, at 91, Sees ‘a Hell of a Mess in Every Direction’
Discussion: CNBC
Veronica Flores / KAJA-TV:
Del Mar College professor being looked into after questionable Facebook post
Discussion: twitchy.com
Richard L. Hasen / Slate:
Is the Assault on Voting Rights Getting Worse, or Are We Just Noticing It More?
Discussion: The Daily Caller, Roll Call and CNN
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Wall Street Journal:
Harvey Weinstein, Accusers, Insurers in Early Talks to Settle Civil Claims
Craig Giammona / Bloomberg:
Campbell Disavows Tweet From Executive That Knocked Soros Group
Discussion: The Daily Caller
Associated Press:
Putin pokes fun at U.S. seal amid arms pact dispute
Griffin Connolly / Roll Call:
Tester, Rosendale Neck and Neck in Latest Montana Poll
Discussion: Hot Air and CQ.com
Mike Allen / Axios:
White House report warns of socialist “comeback”
Discussion: Politico, Big Think, Splinter and Raw Story
John Fritze / USA Today:
Trump campaign pledges 10 more rallies before midterm election
Discussion: Political Wire
Lisa Rein / Washington Post:
'I've never seen these positions politicized': White House rejection of veterans judges raises concerns of partisanship
 

 
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John Koblin / New York Times:
NBC names Craig Melvin as Hoda Kotb's successor on Today, teaming up with Savannah Guthrie, starting January 13; Melvin has been Today's news anchor since 2018

Mia Sato / The Verge:
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On Fox News, LA Times owner Patrick Soon-Shiong discussed his new approach to publish “views from both sides”, and said the paper had conflated news and opinion

 
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