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2:35 PM ET, October 25, 2018

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Chris Spargo / Daily Mail:
EXCLUSIVE: Megyn Kelly is OUT at NBC just 48 hours after defending blackface as she and the network fight over whether she will be paid out her $69M contract in full  —  Multiple sources have confirmed to DailyMail.com that Megyn Kelly is out at NBC.  —  This move comes just 48 hours …
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Brian Stelter / CNN:
Megyn Kelly is off her 9 a.m. show, and may not be back  —  New York (CNN Business)"Megyn Kelly Today" is not over yet.  But it's a matter of when, not if.  —  Kelly's exit from the 9 a.m. hour of the “Today” show appears to be imminent, according to sources with knowledge of the matter.
Sarah Ellison / Washington Post:
‘Just get rid of her’: Megyn Kelly is again in trouble, but NBC colleagues rejected her long before
Discussion: Raw Story
Brian Stelter / CNN:
Megyn Kelly's show in doubt after blackface comments
Marisa Guthrie / Hollywood Reporter:   Megyn Kelly's Lawyer Set for Friday Showdown With NBC
Ben Collins / NBC News:
Explosive device sent to CNN featured parody ISIS flag, ‘Get Er Done’ inscription  —  An image on the explosive device sent to former CIA Director John Brennan on Tuesday appears to be a parody of an ISIS flag taken from a meme that has been circulating on right-wing corners of the internet since 2014.
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NBC New York:
Similar Package Sent to Top Democrats Addressed to Robert De Niro in Tribeca: Sources  —  Meanwhile, the FBI and local police responded to a post office in Delaware early Thursday in connection with the bombing investigation  —  Suspicious Package Sent to De Niro, Similar to Other Devices
Associated Press:
The Latest: De Niro package may have been sent days earlier
Discussion: The Daily Beast
New York Times:
Bomb Sent to Robert De Niro, Latest in Wave of Explosives Sent to Trump Critics
NBC News:
Mueller has evidence suggesting Stone associate knew Clinton emails would be leaked  —  Mueller's team is investigating whether Jerome Corsi knew stolen emails would be leaked and passed information about them to Trump associate Roger Stone.  —  WASHINGTON — Special Counsel Robert Mueller's office …
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Dan Friedman / Mother Jones:
Text Messages Show Roger Stone Was Working to Get a Pardon for Julian Assange  —  Robert Mueller's investigators have examined Stone's efforts to neutralize possible criminal charges against the WikiLeaks founder.  —  In early January, Roger Stone, the longtime Republican operative and adviser …
Darren Samuelsohn / Politico:
Mueller link seen in mystery grand jury appeal
Discussion: Talking Points Memo
TIME:
Michael Avenatti's Past Won't Stop Him From Running in 2020  —  The woman approached Michael Avenatti with obvious purpose.  A 79-year-old retired physicist with long blond hair, she wore a blue T-shirt that said AVENATTI IS MY SPIRIT ANIMAL.  It was mid-August, and Avenatti had just finished giving …
CNN:
Judiciary chairman refers Swetnick, Avenatti to Justice Department  —  Cuomo pushes back on credibility of Swetnick  —  (CNN)Senate Judiciary Chairman Chuck Grassley on Thursday referred Julie Swetnick and her lawyer Michael Avenatti to the Department of Justice for a possible criminal investigation …
Discussion: Splinter and LifeNews.com
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United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary:
Swetnick, Avenatti Referred for Criminal Investigation
Washington Post:
Saudi Arabia says Khashoggi's killing was premeditated, reversing earlier statement that the journalist had died in fistfight  —  Saudi Arabia's public prosecutor said that Jamal Khashoggi was killed in a planned operation, based on information it received from Turkish investigators in Istanbul …
Discussion: The Week and Political Wire
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Tamer El-Ghobashy / Washington Post:   Saudi Arabia says Khashoggi's killing was premeditated in latest reversal
New York Times:
Saudi Arabia, in Reversal, Suggests Khashoggi's Killing Was ‘Premeditated’
Discussion: New Republic and Joe.My.God.
John Wagner / Washington Post:
Anthony Scaramucci: Trump is not ‘a liar,’ as previously said.  He's an ‘intentional liar’ who uses ‘a methodology of mistruth.’  —  Anthony Scaramucci, who served briefly as White House communications director last year, made headlines Wednesday when he called President Trump “a liar” during a CNN interview.
Discussion: Political Wire
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Jennifer Epstein / Bloomberg:
Scaramucci Says Trump ‘Intentionally’ Lies to Inflame Opponents
Discussion: Washington Post, KTVQ-TV and Politico
Bloomberg:
Scaramucci on Why Blue Collar Americans Love Trump
Discussion: The Daily Beast, IJR and KTVQ-TV
New York Times:
When Trump Phones Friends, the Chinese Listen and Learn  —  WASHINGTON — When President Trump calls old friends on one of his iPhones to gossip, gripe or solicit their latest take on how he is doing, American intelligence reports indicate that Chinese spies are often listening …
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Peter Bildsten / The Atlantic:
I Respected Scott Walker.  Then I Worked for Him.  —  The last straw, for both of us, came in February of 2015.  Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker had called me into his office ahead of my reconfirmation vote as secretary of the Department of Financial Institutions.
Discussion: Raw Story
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Vernon Loeb / The Atlantic:
Trump's Plea for Unity Didn't Last Long
Tom Maguire / JustOneMinute:
Flashback: Mass Murder Mailing of 2005
New York Times:
How Google Protected Andy Rubin, the ‘Father of Android’  —  The internet giant paid Mr. Rubin $90 million and praised him, while keeping silent about a misconduct claim.  —  SAN FRANCISCO — Google gave Andy Rubin, the creator of Android mobile software, a hero's farewell when he left the company in October 2014.
The Daily Beast:
Saudi Spy Met With Team Trump About Taking Down Iran  —  Mueller's investigators examined a series of meetings between an Israeli social media strategist, the general blamed for Jamal Khashoggi's murder, and Trump adviser Michael Flynn.  —  Gen. Ahmed Al-Assiri, the Saudi intelligence chief taking …
Discussion: Raw Story
Dallas Morning News:
We recommend Beto O'Rourke for U.S. Senate  —  When, in the course of human events, a people become so divided among themselves that they can no longer engage in meaningful political discourse or even remain civil to one another, it is time to take bold steps forward.
Lucas Tomlinson / Fox News:
Hundreds of US troops heading to the border to deal with migrant caravan, official says  —  Hundreds of U.S. troops are set to make their way to the southern border to help Homeland Security and the National Guard as a caravan with thousands of migrants pushes north with the goal of crossing into America …
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Barbara Starr / CNN:
Mattis expected to send 800 more troops to southern border
Washington Post:   Pentagon plans to dispatch 800 more troops to U.S.-Mexico border in response to migrant caravan
Nate Silver / FiveThirtyEight:
Election Update: Romney-Clinton Districts Are Overrated.  Obama-Trump Districts Are Underrated.  —  This year's midterm hasn't really featured the “model wars” we saw in 2014 or 2016 — heated arguments between different election forecasters, whose projections sometimes showed very different results.
Katha Pollitt / The Nation:
Elizabeth Warren Meets the Left's Circular Firing Squad  —  The release of her DNA test might not have been the best idea, but it shouldn't be disqualifying.  —  I recently spent an afternoon with some new friends in Connecticut, writing letters to registered Democrats in Georgia who hadn't voted in the past few elections.
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David Dayen / New Republic:   The Essential Difference Between Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren
Lara Seligman / Foreign Policy:
Bolton's Whisper Campaign to Oust Mattis  —  Sources say the hawkish national security advisor is behind rumors that the defense secretary plans to resign.  —  White House National Security Advisor John Bolton and his deputy are trying to squeeze out U.S. Defense Secretary James Mattis …
Discussion: Raw Story
Rachel Leingang / Arizona Republic:
Last Slide  —  The Arizona State Troopers Association this week withdrew its endorsement of U.S. Rep. Kyrsten Sinema in the heated U.S. Senate race after members said they weren't properly consulted on the matter.  —  The association, which represents Arizona Department of Public Safety employees …
Axios:
Newt Gingrich says media has “earned” the label “enemy of the people”  —  Speaking at an Axios event in Washington Thursday, former Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich said that Trump's attacks on the media as “the enemy of the people” don't help improve the American political divide, but that he thinks “they've earned it.”
 
 
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Jack Nicas / New York Times:
Apple's Radical Approach to News: Humans Over Machines
Paul Egan / Detroit Free Press:
Free Press poll: Schuette and GOP gaining ground on Whitmer, Dems
Jack Crowe / National Review:
N.J. GOP Congressional Candidate Receives Letter Threatening His Children
Monmouth University Polling Institute:
CD03 Still Knotted Up
Martin Longman / Washington Monthly:
Her Dispatches From Trump Country Are Perfect. Maybe Too Perfect.
Pew Research Center:
4. Views of immigration policy
WBTV-TV:
Arrest made after black campaign worker allegedly harassed, threatened at early-voting location
Discussion: Raw Story
Margaret Sullivan / Washington Post:
The connection between hateful rhetoric and terrorizing acts is glaringly obvious, but some refuse to see it
Discussion: New York Times, The Week and HuffPost
 Earlier Items: 
Maria Cheng / Associated Press:
AP Investigation: Hospital patients held hostage for cash
Vox:
How our drinking water could help prevent suicide
Discussion: National Review and twitchy.com
Kyle Kondik / Larry J. Sabato's Crystal Ball:
A dozen days to go: Ratings changes in gubernatorial, House races
Discussion: Florida Politics
Wall Street Journal:
Treasury Official Accused of Leaks Had Bureaucratic Complaints About Another Unit
WFLX-TV:
Kroger shooting in Kentucky: Witness interaction with killer suggests race prompted attack
Discussion: Mediaite
 

 
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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

Bloomberg:
A look at the challenges facing Crunchyroll, as current and ex-staffers say its management is out of touch, amid Disney and Netflix's expansion into anime

Max Tani / @maxwelltani:
Memo: WaPo's Matt Murray lays out plans for WP Ventures, the “third newsroom”; Krissah Thompson will be editor and Samantha Henig will be general manager

 
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