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12:20 AM ET, October 29, 2018

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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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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.
Discussion: Mediaite, DC Tribune and AOL
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.
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.
Discussion: Refinery29, NPR and CBS Pittsburgh
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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.
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.
Tamar Auber / Mediaite:   Hospital President Who Looked Pittsburgh Mass Shooter in the Eyes: ‘He Listens to the Noise’
New York Times:   Tree of Life Synagogue Victims Remembered as Guardians of Their Faith
Associated Press:   The Latest: Feds seeking approval to pursue death penalty
Alyssa Fisher / The Forward:
Muslims Raise More Than $60K For Pittsburgh Synagogue Victims
Discussion: CBS Pittsburgh and Vox
Washington Post:   The lives lost in the Pittsburgh synagogue shooting
New York Times:
Jair Bolsonaro, Far-Right Populist, Elected President of Brazil  —  Far-Right Populist Elected President of Brazil  — After choosing leftist presidents in four successive elections, Brazilians opted for a radical new course for Latin America's largest nation.
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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 …
BBC:
Jair Bolsonaro: Far-right candidate wins Brazil poll
Ryan Broderick / BuzzFeed News:   Brazil's Election Is The End Of The Far-Right, Populist Wave. Now We Live With The Results.
Andrew Fishman / The Intercept:
Jair Bolsonaro Is Elected President of Brazil.  Read His Extremist, Far-Right Positions in His Own Words.
Discussion: Lawyers, Guns & Money
Chris Arsenault / CBC News:   What a far-right Bolsonaro presidency in Brazil means for Canadian business
Mariana Simões / New York Times:   Brazil's Polarizing New President, Jair Bolsonaro, in His Own Words
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 …
Washington Post:
Trump, GOP defiant amid allegations that incendiary rhetoric contributed to climate of violence
David Harsanyi / The Federalist:
The Left's Response To The Mass Shooting Of Jews Is An Act Of Bad Faith
Discussion: Reason, Algemeiner.com and Breitbart
Ben Shapiro / Daily Wire:   Why We Cling To The Tree Of Life
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.
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 …
Discussion: Power Line and Politico
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 …
Discussion: USA Today
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 …
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 …
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 …
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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New York Times:
For Trump, Dutiful Words of Grief, Then Off to the Next Fight
Discussion: New Republic and The Guardian
Amy Gardner / Washington Post:
Pushing for a ‘youth wave’: Can Democrats channel dissent into action at the ballot box?
Maggie Haberman / New York Times:
Selling Donald Trump: A First-Time Campaign Manager Tries to Defy the Doubters
Discussion: Mediaite
Tara Copp / Military Times:
'I won't even call him a man': Mattis rips into synagogue shooter
Discussion: Townhall and The Daily Caller
Jonathan Swan / Axios:
Inside Trump's last-minute road trip
Discussion: Associated Press and KRTV-TV
David Rothkopf / Haaretz:
Trump didn't pull the trigger on Jews in Pittsburgh, but he certainly prepped the shooter | Opinion
 Earlier Items: 
Jennifer Rubin / Washington Post:
These things are not the same
Kevin D. Williamson / National Review:
Rage Makes You Stupid
Josh Barro / New York Magazine:
Why Is Chardonnay Still America's Best-selling Wine? …
National Journal:
Growing Map Means More Trouble for House GOP
Discussion: Balloon Juice
Marco Giannangeli / Daily Express:
Khashoggi BOMBSHELL: Britain ‘KNEW of kidnap plot and BEGGED Saudi Arabia to abort plans’
Jim Rutenberg / New York Times:
Trump's Attacks on the News Media Are Working
Discussion: Hullabaloo and CNN
 

 
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