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9:30 AM ET, October 27, 2018

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Rick Wilson / The Daily Beast:
Of Course Donald Trump Inspired Cesar Sayoc's Alleged Terrorism  —  Sorry, Trumpies, this was no false-flag leftie or Unabomber in the woods.  He is Trumpism uncut and unplugged.  Deal with it.  —  For three long days this week, the Republican Party held its breath as a serial bomber sent …
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Katie Rogers / New York Times:
Trump, at Charlotte Rally, Tries to Rebuild Political ‘Momentum’ by Reviving Old Attacks  —  CHARLOTTE, N.C. — For two days, the president toyed with a bipartisan message and watched as the news cycle focused not on him, and not on the midterm elections, but on at least 14 explosive devices delivered to prominent Democratic figures.
Liz Robbins / New York Times:
They Were Sent Pipe Bombs.  Here's What They've Said About Trump.  —  A look at the contentious words between the president and some of his most outspoken critics.  —  One called him a danger to the world.  Another said he was drunk on power.  A third even refuses to call him the president.
Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:
Trump's Party Is the Petri Dish for Diseased Minds That Grew Cesar Sayoc  —  Rush Limbaugh, the most influential conservative talk show host in the country, and a man whom Republicans made an honorary member of the 1995 freshman class in recognition of his role in helping them win the House majority …
Philip Bump / Washington Post:
The mail-bomb suspect's van, annotated  —  News crews arrived at the auto parts store in Florida where authorities arrested mail-bomb suspect Cesar Sayoc, 56, before FBI agents could secure and remove a white van that purportedly belongs to Sayoc.  Television cameras obtained images of the van …
Discussion: The Week and NTK Network
Andrew Egger / Weekly Standard:
Flight of the “False Flag” Conservatives  —  This morning we learned the utterly unsurprising news that the loon who's—allegedly— been mailing crude bombs to every Democratic politician and TV talking head he could think of is—allegedly—a gentleman named Cesar Sayoc, who seems to be devoted to Donald Trump.
The Daily Beast:
Cesar Sayoc Jr., Alleged Mail Bomber, Threatened Democrats on Twitter  —  The 56-year-old Florida man—a former male stripper—has a significant criminal history and frequently posted far-right conspiracy theories about Trump's opponents.  —  Cesar A. Sayoc, the Florida man reported …
New York Times:
Living in a Van Plastered With Hate, Bombing Suspect Was Filled With Right-Wing Rage  —  AVENTURA, Fla. — On Twitter, Cesar Sayoc Jr. lashed out at immigrants, gun control advocates, and prominent Democratic politicians.  On Facebook, he misspelled a racial epithet, directing it at the likes …
David Dayen / The Intercept:
Cesar Sayoc's Home Was Foreclosed on by Steve Mnuchin's Bank, Using Dodgy Paperwork
Discussion: ThinkProgress and Boing Boing
Washington Post:
Who is Cesar Altieri Sayoc? What we know about the suspected mail bomber arrested in Florida.
Jonathan Allen / NBC News:
Trump says he ‘could tone up’ rhetoric after mail-bomb arrest
Associated Press:
Bomb suspect described as ‘loner’ with long arrest record
Discussion: WHDH-TV and KRON
miamiherald:
Who is Cesar Sayoc, the Florida man arrested in the mail pipe bomb case?
Tamar Auber / Mediaite:
Suspected Mail Bomber Cesar Sayoc Spotted at 2017 Trump Rally Holding CNN Sucks Sign
Discussion: twitchy.com and The Daily Caller
Washington Post:   ‘I could really tone it up’: Trump shows little interest in uniting the nation during crises
David Corn / Mother Jones:   Suspect Texted Story About Attempted Soros Bombing to Business Partner
Jesse Lehrich / gofundme.com:
Tyrone Gayle Memorial Fund  —  $30,006 of $50,000 goal Raised by 372 people in 5 hours  —  Tyrone could fly.  But that was never enough for him — he wanted us all to fly with him.  So he lifted up everyone he touched.  —  Unfortunately, Tyrone's body had given all it could give …
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Emily Langer / Washington Post:
Tyrone Gayle, aide to leading Democrats, dies at 30  —  Tyrone Gayle, a Democratic campaign staffer who logged thousands of miles as a driver for then-U.S. Senate candidate Tim Kaine in 2012, was a spokesman for Hillary Clinton during her 2016 run for the White House and at the time of his death …
Niraj Chokshi / New York Times:
Tyrone Gayle, 30, Spokesman for Senators and Hillary Clinton, Dies  —  Tyrone Gayle, the Washington press secretary for Senator Kamala Harris and a veteran of Democratic campaigns, died on Thursday in Manhattan.  He was 30.  —  His death, at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center …
Tamar Auber / Mediaite:
WATCH: Trump Supporter Insists Obama Probably Sent Bomb to Himself to Bring People to His Side … Well, this one is a real headscratcher.  —  During a Trump rally in North Carolina, NBC News' Ali Vitali caught up with a Trump supporter who had a rather novel theory about how the mail bombs got to Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama.
Discussion: NBC News
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Brent D. Griffiths / Politico:
Trump: Media scoring ‘political points’ amid bomb-threat scare
Discussion: ABC News
BBC:
Khashoggi fiancée snubs Trump invitation to White House  —  The fiancée of murdered Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi says she has declined an invitation to the White House from US President Donald Trump, accusing him of not being sincere about investigating the killing.
Discussion: BBC
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Washington Post:   Mattis condemns Khashoggi killing, warns such behavior threatens Middle East stability
Nellie Bowles / New York Times:
A Dark Consensus About Screens and Kids Begins to Emerge in Silicon Valley  —  “I am convinced the devil lives in our phones.”  —  SAN FRANCISCO — The people who are closest to a thing are often the most wary of it.  Technologists know how phones really work, and many have decided …
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Nellie Bowles / New York Times:   Silicon Valley Nannies Are Phone Police for Kids
David Smith / The Guardian:
‘Why is that racist?’  Trump greets young black leaders with freewheeling rant  —  The president's speech to African American millennial supporters was rambling and toe-curling.  But he and his audience loved it  —  Put a 72-year-old man with a white supremacy problem in front of an audience …
Joe Scarborough / Washington Post:
Voters are finally on to the GOP  —  Washington Democrats have been in a political death spiral since the day Donald Trump descended his tacky golden escalator to announce a run for the presidency.  In the three years since, the Democratic response to Trump's toxic tweets and putrid pronouncements has been confused and ineffective.
Discussion: MSNBC, Raw Story and National Review
Blake Paterson / ProPublica:
Reports of Voter Intimidation at Polling Places in Texas  —  Tempers are flaring during early voting in Dallas County, Texas, and reports of voter intimidation are on the rise.  The county's nonpartisan election administrator said that the harassment — including name-calling …
Andrew C. McCarthy / National Review:
In Europe, Free Speech Bows to Sharia  —  Europeans are free to say only what the courts let them.  —  When he was 50, the prophet of Islam took as his wife Aisha, who was then six or seven.  The marriage was consummated when Aisha was nine.  —  This is not a smear.
Sioux City Journal:
OUR OPINION: Scholten represents best choice in 4th  —  Today, The Journal editorial board endorses the candidacy of Democratic challenger J.D. Scholten over incumbent Republican Steve King in the race for the U.S. House seat in Iowa's 4th District.  —  Those were not easy words for us to write.
Matt Vespa / Townhall:
Democrat-Media Complex: NBC Knew That Third Kavanaugh Accuser's Claim Was Trash In September  —  While the news has been dominated by the arrest of a Florida man who is suspected of sending explosive devices to top Democrats and former presidents, we have another episode of Democrat-media complex: Brett Kavanaugh edition.
Discussion: The Atlantic and The Daily Caller
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Alex Griswold / Washington Free Beacon:
Why Did NBC News Sit on Evidence Discrediting a Kavanaugh Accuser for Weeks?
Discussion: New York Post, Power Line and The Hill
 
 
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Rob Fladeboe / KRON:
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