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12:20 AM ET, October 28, 2018

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Bari Weiss / New York Times:
A Massacre in the Heart of Mr. Rogers' Neighborhood  —  Squirrel Hill will continue to live by the values that Jews have sustained for more than 2,000 years.  They can never be gunned down.  —  Ms. Weiss is a writer and editor in the Opinion section.  —  On a Saturday morning in March …
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Max Boot / Washington Post:
What is happening to our country?  —  I am so sad.  I am so heartbroken.  What is happening to our country?  —  How can we live in an America where a gunman can barge into a synagogue and open fire, reportedly screaming “All Jews must die”?  —  How can we live in an America where someone …
Discussion: Mother Jones
CBS Pittsburgh:
11 Dead, Several Others Shot At Pittsburgh Synagogue  —  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) - Eleven people have been killed and a number of others injured after a shooting at The Tree of Life Synagogue in Squirrel Hill on Saturday.  —  Police sources tell KDKA's Andy Sheehan the gunman, Robert Bowers …
Sam Stein / The Daily Beast:
I Grew Up in a Place Where I Felt Safe from Anti-Semitism—It was the United States  —  As a Jewish child in 1990s America, anti-Semitism to me was a theory, not a reality.  But today, I wonder if it will be the same for my young son.  —  I remember standing there, staring at the ash pits …
Vaughn Hillyard / NBC News:
Pence rejects suggestions of a link between Trump rhetoric and acts of violence  —  The vice president defended Trump's attacks on opponents as part of “political debate.”  —  LAS VEGAS, Nev. — Vice President Mike Pence rejected the suggestion that there is a link between the kind …
Discussion: Political Wire
John Podhoretz / Commentary:
The Slaughter in Pittsburgh  —  The synagogue in Pittsburgh is called the Tree of Life.  The name is a translation into English of the Hebrew phrase etz chaim.  We sing those words as the Torah is put away on every Shabbat.  They are words from the Book of Proverbs: “She is a tree of life …
Ben Collins / NBC News:
Pittsburgh synagogue shooting suspect threatened Jewish groups, pushed migrant caravan conspiracies  —  The suspect frequently wrote on the social network Gab, where he made a specific threat against Jews hours before allegedly conducting Saturday's attack.  —  Robert Bowers …
Discussion: The Atlantic and Mediaite
Washington Post:
11 killed, several wounded, in Pittsburgh synagogue shooting  —  BREAKING: Eleven dead and six others shot by gunman at Pittsburgh synagogue, city official says.  More details will follow.  —  A gunman killed 11 people at a Pittsburgh synagogue during Saturday-morning services …
Howard Fineman / New York Times:
Shaking My Faith in America  —  The bloodshed in the Tree of Life synagogue is a sign that hatred of The Other is poisoning our public life.  —  Mr. Fineman is an NBC News analyst and a journalism lecturer at the University of Pennsylvania.  —  WASHINGTON — I grew up in Pittsburgh's Tree of Life synagogue.
Discussion: Washington Post, Vox and France 24
Gab:
Gab.com Statement On The Tree of Life Synagogue Shooting  —  Gab.com's policy on terrorism and violence have always been very clear: we a have zero tolerance for it.  Gab unequivocally disavows and condemns all acts of terrorism and violence.  This has always been our policy.
Jason Le Miere / Newsweek:
Donald Trump jokes about his hair being ruined by having to answer questions in the rain about Pittsburgh shooting
Discussion: Hullabaloo
Taylor Lorenz / The Atlantic:
The Pittsburgh Suspect's Internet of Hate
Discussion: HOPE not hate and Daily Kos
Franklin Foer / The Atlantic:   A Prayer for Squirrel Hill—And for American Jewry
CBS Pittsburgh:
Pittsburgh Synagogue Shooter Identified As Robert Bowers, Yelled ‘All Jews Must Die’ …
Associated Press:
The Latest: Trump to go ahead with Illinois rally
Discussion: Townhall and fox8.com
CBS News:
7 dead in shooting at Pittsburgh synagogue — live updates
NBC News:
At least 8 dead in shooting near Pittsburgh synagogue
Press:   Malinowski Statement On Pittsburgh Synagogue Shooting
David Ingram / NBC News:
Attacks on Jewish people rising on Instagram and Twitter, researchers say
Discussion: The Verge
Kaelyn Forde / ABC News:
‘Multiple casualties’ as police respond to active shooter at Pittsburgh synagogue: Officials
New York Times:
11 Killed in Pittsburgh Synagogue Massacre; Suspect Charged With 29 Counts
HIAS:
HIAS Statement on Pittsburgh Tragedy
Discussion: Refinery29
Washington Post:
Mail bomb suspect made numerous references on Facebook to Russian associates and echoed pro-Kremlin views  —  A Facebook account apparently belonging to the man charged with sending pipe bombs to prominent Democrats this week included references to Russian associates and propaganda links …
Discussion: Raw Story
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Ilya Somin / Reason:
Mail Bomber Cesar Sayoc Threatened Me on Facebook
Discussion: CNN, Slate and WTVR-TV
Aris Folley / The Hill:
LeBron James dons Beto O'Rourke hat to game in San Antonio  —  Los Angeles Lakers player LeBron James donned a Beto O'Rourke hat ahead of his team's matchup with the San Antonio Spurs on Saturday night.  —  In a photo shared by James' team on Saturday evening, the player could be seen wearing a white hat, reading: “Beto for Senate.”
Discussion: The Atlantic and HuffPost
Charlie Warzel / BuzzFeed News:
The Conspiratorial Hate We See Online Is Increasingly Appearing In Real Life  —  This week, reporters dredged up the online pasts of two monsters: a Florida man who was arrested for sending pipe bombs to at least a dozen of President Trump's critics, and a neo-Nazi sympathizer who opened fire …
Alex Isenstadt / Politico:
White House tempers hopes of retaining House control  —  The White House is lowering expectations that Republicans will maintain control of the House in the midterm elections — while positioning President Donald Trump to claim credit for any seats his party gains in the Senate.
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New York Times:   Republicans Rushing to Save House Seats From Onslaught of Democratic Money
Glenn Kessler / Washington Post:
No, President Trump, the NYSE did not open the day after the Sept. 11 attacks  —  “I remember when we had the attack in Manhattan, we opened the stock exchange the next day.  People were shocked.”  —  “With what happened early today, that horrible, horrible attack in Pittsburgh, I was saying maybe I should cancel both this and that.
Discussion: Bloomberg and Raw Story
Peter Wade / Rolling Stone:
Number of Georgia Voters Purged by Brian Kemp Continues to Climb  —  Investigation reveals 340,000 voters were improperly removed  —  Republican gubernatorial candidate and current Georgia Secretary of State Brian Kemp incorrectly canceled some 340,000 voter registrations, according to a recent investigation.
Morgan Gstalter / The Hill:
Iowa newspaper breaks its tradition, endorses Steve King's Dem opponent  —  The editorial board of an Iowa newspaper broke with tradition on Friday and endorsed the Democratic opponent to incumbent Rep. Steve King (R).  —  “Those were not easy words for us to write,” the editorial board of the Sioux City Journal wrote.
 
 
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Meridith McGraw / ABC News:
Trump mixes politics and the pain of a national tragedy in address at Illinois rally
Discussion: Politico
David Nakamura / Washington Post:
Critics say Trump has fostered the toxic environment for the political violence he denounces
Discussion: BuzzFeed News
Alan Dershowitz / The Hill:
Avoid temptation to seek partisan advantage from pipe bomb arrest
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David Remnick / New Yorker:
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