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5:55 PM ET, October 28, 2018

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Adam Serwer / The Atlantic:
Trump's Caravan Hysteria Led to This  —  On Tuesday, October 16, President Trump started tweeting. … Vice President Mike Pence also tweeted: … The apparent impetus for this outrage was a segment on Fox News that morning, which detailed a migrant caravan thousands of miles away in Honduras.
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Julia Ioffe / Washington Post:
How much responsibility does Trump bear for the synagogue shooting in Pittsburgh?  —  Political rhetoric matters, and he has had some unfortunate things to say about Jews.  —  Julia Ioffe, a correspondent for GQ Magazine, is currently at work on a book about Russia.
Daniel Politi / Slate:
Why Did Synagogue Suspect Believe Migrant Caravan Is Jewish Conspiracy?  Maybe He Watched Fox News.  —  As a profile of Robert Bowers begins to emerge, particular attention is being paid to how the man who is suspected of opening fire at a Pittsburgh synagogue Saturday morning and killing 11 people …
Kevin Roose / New York Times:
On Gab, an Extremist-Friendly Site, Pittsburgh Shooting Suspect Aired His Hatred in Full  —  Early Saturday, moments before the police say he barged into a Pittsburgh synagogue and opened fire, Robert D. Bowers's anti-Semitic rage finally boiled over and he posted one last message online.
David Harsanyi / The Federalist:
The Left's Response To The Mass Shooting Of Jews Is An Act Of Bad Faith  —  How are Americans ever going to ‘come together’ if the first thing a political party sees when it sees dead Americans is a partisan cudgel?  —  It was ironic to see many of the same liberals, who recently fought …
Discussion: Breitbart, RedState and Jerusalem Post
New York Times:
Pittsburgh Synagogue Massacre Suspect Was the Bland Man from Apartment 1  —  PITTSBURGH — Robert Bowers poured out murderous, anti-Semitic hatred online.  But in person at home, people remembered him on Sunday as the bland neighbor from Apartment 1 who offered no clues about his racist views, his dark plans, or really anything at all.
Ben Shapiro / Daily Wire:   Why We Cling To The Tree Of Life
David Rothkopf / Haaretz:   Trump didn't pull the trigger on Jews in Pittsburgh, but he certainly prepped the shooter | Opinion
Jason Sattler / New York Daily News:   The tide of hate and the man in the White House
Roey Hadar / ABC News:
Pittsburgh synagogue shooting, mail bombs show US ‘toxic’ discourse spurs ‘deranged’ people to act: Ex-DHS chief
Discussion: Breitbart
Josh Nathan-Kazis / The Forward:
Holocaust Survivor Cheated Death At Pittsburgh Synagogue Massacre By 4 Minutes  —  Judah Samet was four minutes late to synagogue.  —  Services at Tree of Life Congregation in Pittsburgh start at 9:45 A.M. Samet, who is 80 years old, pulled into a handicapped spot in front of the building on the morning of October 27 at 9:49.
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CBS Pittsburgh:
Victims In Pittsburgh Synagogue Shooting Identified  —  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) - The identities of the victims that were inside the Tree of Life Synagogue Saturday are now being released.  —  Robert Bowers allegedly killed 11 people and injured another six, including four police officers …
Greensburg Tribune-Review:   Synagogue victims Cecil and David Rosenthal remembered as loving, inseparable
Avery Anapol / The Hill:
Muslim groups raise thousands for Pittsburgh synagogue shooting victims
Discussion: ThinkProgress, Mashable and Vox
Associated Press:
Shooting victims remembered: ‘The loss is incalculable’
Discussion: Refinery29 and NPR
Washington Post:
Trump mocks Democratic megadonor Tom Steyer, the target of a pipe bomb, as ‘stumbling lunatic’  —  President Trump on Sunday lashed out at billionaire Democratic activist Tom Steyer, ridiculing him as a “stumbling lunatic” days after Steyer was targeted by one of more than a dozen pipe bombs sent to prominent critics of the president.
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Mary Papenfuss / HuffPost:
Rep. Kevin McCarthy Deletes Tweet Singling Out 3 Jews Helping Bankroll Democrats
Discussion: Breitbart, CNN and Raw Story
Gabriel Schoenfeld / New York Daily News:   Yelling fire in a heavily armed theater: That's what Donald Trump has been doing for three years now
Associated Press:
Some Sessions allies hope White House allows graceful exit  —  WASHINGTON (AP) — Sensing that Jeff Sessions' days at the Justice Department may be numbered, some of his supporters want the White House to allow for a graceful exit for an attorney general they believe has dutifully carried …
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Nancy Cook / Politico:
Trump Cabinet exodus likely after midterms  —  President Donald Trump could see up to six Cabinet officials depart in the weeks after next month's midterm elections, according to interviews with a half-dozen current and former Trump officials and Republicans close to the White House.
Jim Rutenberg / New York Times:
Trump's Attacks on the News Media Are Working  —  He was at it again.  —  At 3:14 a.m. on Friday, President Trump was awake and tweeting.  —  “Funny how lowly rated CNN, and others, can criticize me at will, even blaming me for the current spate of Bombs and ridiculously comparing …
Discussion: Hullabaloo and CNN
CBS News:
Tight contests mark critical Senate races — CBS News Battleground Tracker poll  —  Florida  —  Tight contests dominate the Senate landscape: In Florida, incumbent Democratic Sen. Bill Nelson and Republican Gov. Rick Scott are tied among likely voters, 46 percent to 46 percent including those who have cast ballots already.
Marco Giannangeli / Daily Express:
Khashoggi BOMBSHELL: Britain ‘KNEW of kidnap plot and BEGGED Saudi Arabia to abort plans’  —  MURDERED journalist Jamal Khashoggi was about to disclose details of Saudi Arabia's use of chemical weapons in Yemen, sources close to him said last night.  The revelations come as separate intelligence …
National Journal:
Growing Map Means More Trouble for House GOP  —  Republican groups are spending money in conservative districts, as they concede long odds for many of their suburban lawmakers.  —  While Senate Republicans are growing increasingly optimistic about their chances of adding to their 51-seat majority …
Discussion: Balloon Juice
Jennifer Rubin / Washington Post:
These things are not the same  —  Violence is defined “behavior involving physical force intended to hurt, damage, or kill someone or something.”  —  Violence is sending bombs to President Trump's political targets.  Violence is body-slamming a reporter who dares to ask a question.
Matt Pearce / Los Angeles Times:
Attacked Jewish congregation responds to neo-Nazi gunman: ‘Many of us, frankly, feel great pity for this man’  —  A year and a half ago, before becoming the target of the deadliest attack on Jewish people in U.S. history, the Dor Hadash congregation in Pittsburgh's historic Squirrel Hill …
Kevin D. Williamson / National Review:
Rage Makes You Stupid  —  People have the strongest feelings about the things they know the least about.  —  W  —  hat are we supposed to think about political rage?  —  Before and after the arrest of Cesar Sayoc, the suspect in the recent string of bombs sent to prominent Democrats and media figures …
Associated Press:
Enough is enough: Fed-up Americans crave unity amid violence  —  LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — She flipped through television channels and radio stations, scanning from conservative to liberal media, searching for any sign that the polarized nation had finally reached its tipping point.
Ema O'Connor / BuzzFeed News:
No One Really Knows What Americans Think About Abortion  —  Abortion is likely to be a big issue for candidates in the midterms.  But research shows we don't have a good way of polling voters on it.  —  Reporting From  —  Washington, DC  —  WASHINGTON — Every January the National Mall in Washington …
Anthony Adragna / Politico:
The powerful weapon House Republicans handed Democrats  —  Democrats eager to investigate the Trump administration if they seize the House would have the GOP to thank for one of their most potent tools — a sweeping subpoena authority that Democratic lawmakers denounced as an abusive power grab three years ago.
Discussion: Raw Story and Political Wire
BuzzFeed News:
Critics Say The Trump Administration Hasn't Done Enough To Stop Right-Wing Extremism  —  Last week, as the Trump administration warned of the dangers of a migrant caravan heading toward the United States from Central America, pipe bombs were sent to at least 13 Democratic critics of the president.
 
 
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Kyle Swenson / Washington Post:
‘I looked up, and there were all these dead bodies’: Witness describes horror of synagogue massacre
Discussion: The Daily Beast
Heather Timmons / Quartz:
Stochastic terror and the cycle of hate that pushes unstable Americans to violence
BuzzFeed News:
For Utah Navajo, This Election Really Matters — But Voting Is Harder Than Ever
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Josh Barro / New York Magazine:
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Trip Gabriel / New York Times:
To Rally Voters, Democrats Focus on Health Care as Their Closing Argument
Josefin Dolsten / The Times of Israel:
GOP congressman sympathizes with Austrian far-right after Auschwitz visit
Discussion: Washington Post and The Guardian
Matt Morrison / CBS News:
Killer cats: The invasive species in your backyard
Fox News:
Voter fraud exists - Even though many in the media claim it doesn't
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