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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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Joel Achenbach / Washington Post:
A conspiracy theory about George Soros and a migrant caravan inspired horror — Conspiracy theories are flourishing in America, from the Oval Office to the fever swamps of the Internet. They include the viral notion that the liberal 88-year-old billionaire George Soros …
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Daily Kos, Mother Jones, The Guardian and BuzzFeed News
Oliver Darcy / CNN:
Fox condemns rhetoric used by Lou Dobbs guest as channel's star host faces growing criticism — (CNN)The Fox Business Network has a Lou Dobbs problem. — On Sunday, the network's senior vice president for programming, Gary Schreier, released a statement denouncing what many people called …
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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.
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Daniel Politi / Slate:
Why Did Synagogue Suspect Believe Migrant Caravan Is Jewish Conspiracy? Maybe He Watched Fox News.
Why Did Synagogue Suspect Believe Migrant Caravan Is Jewish Conspiracy? Maybe He Watched Fox News.
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David Harsanyi / The Federalist:
The Left's Response To The Mass Shooting Of Jews Is An Act Of Bad Faith
The Left's Response To The Mass Shooting Of Jews Is An Act Of Bad Faith
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Ben Shapiro / Daily Wire:
Why We Cling To The Tree Of Life
New York Times:
Jair Bolsonaro, Far-Right Populist, Elected President of Brazil — RIO DE JANEIRO — Brazil on Sunday became the latest country to drift toward the far right, electing a strident populist as president in the nation's most radical political change since democracy was restored more than 30 years ago.
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Travis Waldron / HuffPost:
Brazil Elects Far-Right Authoritarian Jair Bolsonaro As President — “Brazil's Trump” — who has praised dictatorship and promised a “cleansing” of his political opponents — will take charge of the world's fourth-largest democracy. — The rise of right-wing movements and parties across …
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Greensburg Tribune-Review:
Synagogue victims Cecil and David Rosenthal remembered as loving, inseparable — Raye Coffey raised three children, but she could have been considered a surrogate mom, of sorts, for Cecil and David Rosenthal. — The brothers lived next door to the Coffeys in Stanton Heights and often could be found at the Coffey residence.
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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.
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.
USA Today:
A 97-year-old, an elderly wife and husband: These are the 11 victims of the Pittsburgh synagogue massacre
A 97-year-old, an elderly wife and husband: These are the 11 victims of the Pittsburgh synagogue massacre
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Avery Anapol / The Hill:
Muslim groups raise thousands for Pittsburgh synagogue shooting victims
Muslim groups raise thousands for Pittsburgh synagogue shooting victims
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CBS Pittsburgh, Talking Points Memo, TheBlaze and Mediaite
Joyce Karam / The National:
US Muslims start fundraisers to help Pittsburgh synagogue victims
US Muslims start fundraisers to help Pittsburgh synagogue victims
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CNN, Daily Wire and CBS Pittsburgh
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
Trump Cabinet exodus likely after midterms
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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 …
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April Glaser / Slate:
The Moral Bankruptcy of Hate Speech on Gab — Robert Bowers killed 11 people in a synagogue Saturday because they were Jewish. According to his social media activity, he had been harboring his hatred for Jewish people for months, and just hours before Bowers entered the Tree of Life synagogue …
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Kevin Roose / New York Times:
On Gab, an Extremist-Friendly Site, Pittsburgh Shooting Suspect Aired His Hatred in Full
On Gab, an Extremist-Friendly Site, Pittsburgh Shooting Suspect Aired His Hatred in Full
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Masha Gessen / New Yorker:
Why the Tree of Life Shooter Was Fixated on the Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society
Why the Tree of Life Shooter Was Fixated on the Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society
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NPR, Hullabaloo and New York Times
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
Rep. Kevin McCarthy Deletes Tweet Singling Out 3 Jews Helping Bankroll Democrats
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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.
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Jonathan Swan / Axios:
Inside Trump's last-minute road trip — President Trump is adding an 11th rally to his final six-day blitz leading into the Nov. 6 midterm elections. Trump will be ending his campaign swing, on election eve, in the pivotal Senate state of Missouri, according to a source with direct knowledge of Trump's plans.
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John Hinderaker / Power Line:
Blexit — I have returned from Turning Point USA's Young Black Leadership Summit, the first part of which I wrote about here, including our visit to the White House. A highlight of the second half of the event was the announcement of “Blexit,” a new project spearheaded by Candace Owens.
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Nikki Schwab / Page Six:
Kanye West designed T-shirts urging black people to bail on Democrats
Kanye West designed T-shirts urging black people to bail on Democrats
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Julie Zauzmer / Washington Post:
In the wake of the Pittsburgh attack, Rep. Steve King's Iowa supporters brush aside concern about his white nationalist views — REMSEN, Iowa — As the polka band played and the volunteers started serving the bratwurst, word slowly rippled through the annual Oktoberfest in this remote Iowa farm town …
Maggie Haberman / New York Times:
Selling Donald Trump: A First-Time Campaign Manager Tries to Defy the Doubters — WASHINGTON — Brad Parscale, the campaign manager for President Trump's planned re-election effort in 2020, has never run another political race of any kind. Republican establishment figures are watching him closely …
New York Times:
Trump's Corruption: The Definitive List — The many ways that the president, his family and his aides are lining their own pockets. — They don't even try very hard to hide it. — President Trump, his family and more than a few of his appointees are using his presidency to enrich themselves.
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 …
Tara Copp / Military Times:
'I won't even call him a man': Mattis rips into synagogue shooter — ABOARD A US MILITARY AIRCRAFT — The Pittsburgh synagogue shooter who is accused of firing on citizens gathered to worship Saturday is “the poorest excuse for a man you could ever come up with,” Defense Secretary Jim Mattis said Sunday.
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