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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 …
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Amanda Terkel / HuffPost:
Disgustingly Racist Robocall Goes Out Against Andrew Gillum In Florida — A neo-Nazi group in Idaho is behind the calls, and it's gone after the Democratic Florida gubernatorial candidate before. — A white supremacist website in Idaho is sending out an extremely racist robocall …
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Orlando Sentinel, The Week, Right Wing Watch, Jewish Telegraphic Agency, Daily Kos, Raw Story and The Root
NBC News:
Gillum targeted by new racist robocall in Florida governor race
Gillum targeted by new racist robocall in Florida governor race
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POLITICUSUSA, NPR and Joe.My.God.
Politico:
Undercover FBI agent got Gillum ‘Hamilton’ tickets, texts show
Undercover FBI agent got Gillum ‘Hamilton’ tickets, texts show
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Washington Post, Breitbart and Florida Politics
Patricia Mazzei / New York Times:
Text Messages Raise New Questions Over Andrew Gillum's Lobbyist Connections
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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Dale Russell / WAGA-TV:
Brian Kemp owes more than $800,000 in insider loans to bank he helped start — ATLANTA - Sometimes it feels who owes what has become the central theme of the Governor's race. Political Attack ads and counter-attack ads about debt have flooded the airwaves
Daniel Strauss / Politico:
Abrams, Kemp spar over voting and immigration in Georgia governor debate
Abrams, Kemp spar over voting and immigration in Georgia governor debate
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ABC News and Washington Post
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 …
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Lawyers, Guns & Money, The Rush Limbaugh Show and No More Mister Nice Blog
Wall Street Journal:
Trump Steps Up Attacks on Fed Chairman Jerome Powell — President says central banker 'almost looks like he's happy raising interest rates' — WASHINGTON—President Trump escalated his attacks on Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell, blaming him for threatening U.S. economic growth …
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Andrew Ross Sorkin / New York Times:
Paul Volcker, at 91, Sees ‘a Hell of a Mess in Every Direction’
Paul Volcker, at 91, Sees ‘a Hell of a Mess in Every Direction’
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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 …
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Washington Post:
‘In the service of whim’: Officials scramble to make Trump's false assertions real — The great election-eve middle-class tax cut began not as a factual proposal, but as a false promise. — When President Trump abruptly told reporters over the weekend that middle-income Americans would receive …
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Associated Press, The Week, Los Angeles Times and Raw Story
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Brian Faler / Politico:
Brady says he's working with Trump on new tax cut
Brady says he's working with Trump on new tax cut
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Richard Rubin / Wall Street Journal:
GOP Latches Onto Vague Trump Tax Statement as Campaign Nears End
GOP Latches Onto Vague Trump Tax Statement as Campaign Nears End
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Mother Jones, Jamie Dupree - AJC and Politico
John Solomon / The Hill:
A convenient omission? Trump campaign adviser denied collusion to FBI source early on — Just weeks after the FBI opened a dramatic counterintelligence probe into Donald Trump and Russia, one of his presidential campaign advisers emphatically told an undercover bureau source …
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Washington Post
Amy Walter / The Cook Political Report:
Same as It Ever Was... Let's say that I put you on a desert island the day after the 2016 elections (don't worry, it would be one with wonderful amenities, just no contact with the outside world). Then, let's say that the first piece of 2018 news I gave you was the latest polling …
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.
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The Daily Beast:
Trump's Own Team Knows His Caravan Claims Are Bullshit — Asked for evidence supporting the president's claims about the caravan, a senior administration official told reporters to ask ‘the Mexican authorities.’ — Donald Trump and his political allies have embarked on an aggressive …
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New Republic, Raw Story, New York Times and ThinkProgress
New York Daily News:
Steve Bannon draws 38 to Staten Island speech, sceening of ‘Trump at War’ film — Just 38 people showed up when a man once touted as one of President Trump's most influential advisers spoke Monday in the reddest New York City borough. — Steve Bannon said he didn't mind the small crowd …
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William March / Tampa Bay Times:
Steve Bannon tickets now going for zero dollars
Steve Bannon tickets now going for zero dollars
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RedState, New Republic and The Week
Dr. Jason Adkins / MSU Billings:
MSUB releases 2018 Montana Poll — Contacts: — University Relations and Communications, 657-2266 — MSU BILLINGS NEWS—With the U.S. Senate race drawing national attention this election cycle, incumbent Democratic Sen. Jon Tester appears to be pulling away, according to the results …
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Rebecca Morin / Politico:
Trump calls Saudi response to Khashoggi death ‘the worst cover-up ever’ — President Donald Trump on Tuesday called the killing of Washington Post columnist Jamal Khashoggi and its aftermath the “worst cover-up ever,” as new information continues to be revealed about the journalist's death at the Saudi consulate in Istanbul, Turkey.
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Alan Rappeport / New York Times:
Saudi Crown Prince Gets Standing Ovation Despite Inquiries Into Khashoggi
Saudi Crown Prince Gets Standing Ovation Despite Inquiries Into Khashoggi
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Associated Press, The Intercept, The Guardian, Sky News, Shakesville, Politico and New Republic, more at Mediagazer »
Owen Daugherty / The Hill:
Filings show RNC spent $1.5 million at Trump-owned properties this cycle — The Republican National Committee (RNC) has spent more than $1.5 million at President Trump's properties during the 2018 election cycle, according to Federal Election Commission (FEC) filings.
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OpenSecrets.org, POLITICUSUSA and ThinkProgress
S.E. Cupp / New York Daily News:
Trump emasculates Ted Cruz, and the whole Republican Party — Ted Cruz is “beautiful.” — Don't take it from me — that's the President's own description of a man he once said “has accomplished absolutely nothing for [Texas]. He is another all talk, no action pol!”
Pilar Melendez / The Daily Beast:
GOP Sen. Jeff Flake: 'I Don't Know if I Believed' Brett Kavanaugh — 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 …
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IJR and Boing Boing
Yahoo:
Mom with ‘gut feeling’ stops school shooter before planned attack — A suspicious mom who followed her instincts helped prevent a mass — school shooting. — On Wednesday, — Koeberle Bull of Lumberton, N.J., woke up to a — racist message on Facebook from a man in Kentucky.
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The Daily Caller
Karen Tumulty / Washington Post:
Democrats, beware: Overzealous investigations will come back to bite you — When it comes to wielding Congress's formidable investigatory power, it is hard to think of anyone in modern history who has done it as effectively as former representative Henry A. Waxman (D-Calif.).
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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?”
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KRTV-TV and Law & Crime
Heidi Przybyla / NBC News:
Exclusive: Priorities USA launches new ad campaign targeting McConnell entitlement talk … LATEST POSTS FROM THE RUNDOWN — October 23, 2018 — Exclusive: Priorities USA launches new ad campaign targeting McConnell entitlement talk — Heidi Przybyla
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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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Washington Post, The Daily Caller, Talking Points Memo, The Daily Beast, CNN, Politico and Fox News
Associated Press:
Senate slipping away as Dems fight to preserve blue wave — NEW YORK (AP) — In the closing stretch of the 2018 campaign, the question is no longer the size of the Democratic wave. It's whether there will be a wave at all. — Top operatives in both political parties concede …
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Washington Post
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 …
Stanley A. McChrystal / Defense One:
Stan McChrystal: I Threw Away My Robert E. Lee Painting — “It was not a simple decision,” says the retired Afghanistan war commander. — On a Sunday morning in 2017 I took down his picture, and by afternoon it was in the alley with other rubbish awaiting transport to the local landfill for final burial.
Brian Schwartz / CNBC:
Amazon executives including Jeff Bezos pump cash into Colorado Sen. Cory Gardner's re-election campaign. But he's not running until 2020 — Colorado Republican Sen. Cory Gardner's re-election campaign was given a boost in the third quarter by Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos and eight other company representatives.
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PVA:
Senator Hietkamp Director Describes Bait and Switch: “If and when she gets elected she's going to be super liberal” — [This post contains video, click to play] — Running Away from Obama: Campaign Staff hides Obama Merch from Press, “doesn't poll well here”
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Daily Wire, The Gateway Pundit and Say Anything
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 …
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Pew Research Center and IJR
Jane C. Timm / NBC News:
Fact check: Trump claims GOP is protecting people with pre-existing conditions. Evidence says otherwise. — The president may hope to soften the blow from Democratic attacks, but the facts don't support his midterm message. — As the midterms approach, President Donald Trump …
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MSNBC
Josh Gerstein / Politico:
Rosenstein meeting with House leaders postponed — House leaders have postponed their highly anticipated questioning of Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein just a day before they were to hold a closed-door interview of the No. 2 Justice Department official about claims that he disparaged President Donald Trump.
Brian Beutler / Crooked Media:
The 2018 Midterms Are 2016 All Over Again — Here's some information that might come as a surprise to you if you're a casual news consumer weighing your options ahead of the midterms: — Central American migrants caravanning through Mexico are not a national security threat to the United States.
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Morning Consult, USA Today and The Nation