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Morgan Gstalter / The Hill:
Jewish leaders tell Trump he's not welcome in Pittsburgh until he denounces white nationalism — A group of Jewish leaders told President Trump that he is no longer welcome in Pittsburgh until he denounces white nationalism following the shooting at a synagogue there over the weekend.
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The Week
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Bend the Arc:
Letter to President Trump from Pittsburgh Jewish Leaders — We are the Pittsburgh affiliate of Bend the Arc: A Jewish Partnership for Justice. — President Trump: — Yesterday, a gunman slaughtered 11 Americans during Shabbat morning services. We mourn with the victims' families and pray for the wounded.
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Mediaite, Reuters, DC Tribune, AOL and HuffPost
Adam Serwer / The Atlantic:
Trump's Caravan Hysteria Led to This — On Tuesday, October 16, President Donald 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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New York Times:
Jair Bolsonaro Wins Brazil's Presidency, in a Shift to the Far Right — 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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Andrew Fishman / The Intercept:
Jair Bolsonaro Is Elected President of Brazil. Read His Extremist, Far-Right Positions in His Own Words. — Jair Bolsonaro was elected president of Brazil on Sunday evening. The far-right candidate received more than 55 percent of valid votes. His opponent, Fernando Haddad of the Workers' Party, received less than 45 percent.
BBC:
Jair Bolsonaro: Far-right candidate wins Brazil poll
Jair Bolsonaro: Far-right candidate wins Brazil poll
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Economist, The Daily Caller and New Republic
Ryan Broderick / BuzzFeed News:
Brazil's Election Is The End Of The Far-Right, Populist Wave. Now We Live With The Results.
Travis Waldron / HuffPost:
Brazil Elects Far-Right Authoritarian Jair Bolsonaro As President
Brazil Elects Far-Right Authoritarian Jair Bolsonaro As President
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Washington Monthly, Breitbart and Jacobin
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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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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New York Times:
For Trump, Dutiful Words of Grief, Then Off to the Next Fight — WASHINGTON — For months, Republican officials have complained privately that President Trump lacks the ability to confront moments of crisis with moral clarity, choosing to inflame the divisions that have torn the country apart rather than try to bring it together.
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Politico, New Republic, The Week and The Guardian
Washington Post:
Trump, GOP defiant amid allegations that incendiary rhetoric contributed to climate of violence
Trump, GOP defiant amid allegations that incendiary rhetoric contributed to climate of violence
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Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion and Breitbart
Julia Ioffe / Washington Post:
How much responsibility does Trump bear for the synagogue shooting in Pittsburgh?
How much responsibility does Trump bear for the synagogue shooting in Pittsburgh?
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Betsy's Page, Raw Story, NewsHounds blog, Daily Kos, Test Feed Using Fields, Daily Wire, Anti-Defamation League and The Atlantic
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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Reason, Algemeiner.com and Breitbart
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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Washington Post, AOL, New York Times, ThinkProgress, Raw Story and Shareblue Media
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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Tamar Auber / Mediaite:
Hospital President Who Looked Pittsburgh Mass Shooter in the Eyes: ‘He Listens to the Noise’
Hospital President Who Looked Pittsburgh Mass Shooter in the Eyes: ‘He Listens to the Noise’
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CNN
Josh Nathan-Kazis / The Forward:
Holocaust Survivor Cheated Death At Pittsburgh Synagogue Massacre By 4 Minutes
Holocaust Survivor Cheated Death At Pittsburgh Synagogue Massacre By 4 Minutes
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Snopes.com and The Week
Brianna Sacks / BuzzFeed News:
A Doctor Who Died In The Pittsburgh Synagogue Shooting Helped Save AIDS Patients In The 1980s — Years ago, Michael Kerr penned a letter to his doctor, letting the physician know that he was doing ok, that the HIV medications Dr. Jerry Rabinowitz had nudged him to take were working, and thanking Rabinowitz for helping to save his life.
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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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Washington Post, CBS Pittsburgh, Mashable, Middle East Eye and Mediaite
Alyssa Fisher / The Forward:
Muslims Raise More Than $60K For Pittsburgh Synagogue Victims
Muslims Raise More Than $60K For Pittsburgh Synagogue Victims
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Vox and ThinkProgress
Arne Delfs / Bloomberg:
Merkel to Quit as Party Chief as Her Chancellorship Wobbles — German leader makes dramatic concession to her party critics — Power waning after leading Christian Democrats for 18 years — German Chancellor Angela Merkel will quit as head of her Christian Democratic party …
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Andrew Gray / Politico:
Merkel ready to step down as CDU leader: reports
Merkel ready to step down as CDU leader: reports
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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.
New Jersey Online:
Choke it down, and vote for Menendez | Editorial — Gallery: U.S. Sen. Bob Menendez Speaks in Newark — By Star-Ledger Editorial Board eletters@starledger.com — This year's U.S. Senate race presents the most depressing choice for New Jersey voters in a generation …
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The Daily Beast
Michael Moore:
My crew first encountered Cesar Sayoc, the mail bomber/terrorist, 20 months ago when we went down to Melbourne, Florida, to film Trump's first “Trump 2020 Re-election Rally” — just one month after his inauguration. My direction to my producer Basel Hamdan and our longtime collaborator Eric Weinrib …
Tom Maguire / JustOneMinute:
Place Your Bets! — As of Sunday evening, what do the betting markets say about the upcoming election? — At PredictIt, the Democrats have (roughly) a 65% chance of gaining control of the House. The Republicans have roughly a 35% chance. Do note: The PredicitIt probabilities shown below …
New York Times:
American ISIS Suspect Is Freed After Being Held More Than a Year — WASHINGTON — The Trump administration has freed an American citizen whom the military imprisoned without trial for more than 13 months as a suspected Islamic State member, United States officials said on Monday.
Julie Zauzmer / Washington Post:
Following 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 …
Desmond Butler / Associated Press:
Russian held as agent studied US groups' cyberdefenses — WASHINGTON (AP) — A year before federal prosecutors accused Maria Butina of operating as a secret agent for the Russian government, she was a graduate student at American University working on a sensitive project involving cybersecurity.
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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