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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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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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TVNewser, Talking Points Memo, KRTV-TV, Hullabaloo and ThinkProgress
Laurie Goodstein / New York Times:
‘There Is Still So Much Evil’: Growing Anti-Semitism Stuns American Jews — Until recent years, many Jews in America believed that the worst of anti-Semitism was over there, in Europe, a vestige of the old country. — American Jews were welcome in universities, country clubs and corporate boards …
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The Guardian
Jonathan A. Greenblatt / New York Times:
When Hate Goes Mainstream
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CNN, POLITICUSUSA, Washington Post and Politico
Adam Serwer / The Atlantic:
Trump's Caravan Hysteria Led to This
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Washington Post, CNN, KRTV-TV, Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion, New York Times, Quillette and New York Daily News
Ruth Marcus / Washington Post:
Trump has stoked the fears of the Bowerses among us
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Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion, Shareblue Media and Mediaite
Dana Milbank / Washington Post:
Trump's America is not a safe place for Jews
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Raw Story, The Moderate Voice, Reason and Daily Kos
Washington Post:
Trump, GOP defiant amid allegations that incendiary rhetoric contributed to climate of violence
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Breitbart
Max Boot / Washington Post:
Ask the questions about right-wing terrorists that we ask about Islamist militants
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Wall Street Journal, Slate and Raw Story
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.
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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, HuffPost, New Republic, The Week, Washington Post, The Guardian and NBC News
Tamar Auber / Mediaite:
Hospital President Who Looked Pittsburgh Mass Shooter in the Eyes: ‘He Listens to the Noise’
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CNN
Katy Waldman / New Yorker:
Trump's Response to the Pittsburgh Synagogue Shooting and His Obsession with the Word “Frankly”
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Althouse and The Daily Caller
Daniel Lippman / Politico:
9 hours of ‘Executive Time’: Trump's unstructured days define his presidency — President Donald Trump had about three times as much free time planned for last Tuesday as work time, according to his private schedule. The president was slated for more than nine hours of “Executive Time,” …
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Talking Points Memo, Raw Story and POLITICUSUSA
Emily Birnbaum / The Hill:
Hillary Clinton leaves door open for 2020 run: 'I'd like to be president' — Former Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton during an event over the weekend left the door open to a possible 2020 run, saying that even though she doesn't want to run, “I'd like to be president.”
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Sputnik International and POLITICUSUSA
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John Wagner / Washington Post:
'Well, I'd like to be president': Hillary Clinton sends mixed signals on a 2020 White House bid
Daniel Chaitin / Washington Examiner:
Hillary Clinton to run in 2020?: 'No ... Well I'd like to be president'
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The Daily Caller and Breitbart
Eric Johnson / Recode:
Full Q&A: Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on Recode Decode
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Townhall and The Gateway Pundit
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.
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VICE News US
Arne Delfs / Bloomberg:
Merkel Steps Down as Party Leader After 18 Years — German leader makes dramatic concession to her party critics — Power waning after leading Christian Democrats for 18 years — Germany's Angela Merkel will quit as head of her Christian Democratic party and won't run for another term …
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Margi Murphy / Telegraph:
Twitter to remove ‘like’ tool in a bid to improve the quality of debate — Twitter is planning to remove the ability to “like” tweets in a radical move that aims to improve the quality of debate on the social network. — Founder Jack Dorsey last week admitted at a Twitter event …
YouTube:
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Associated Press:
Full text of Carter's letter to Georgia secretary of state — Former President Jimmy Carter, a Georgia resident, wrote on his official letterhead to his state's Republican nominee for governor, Brian Kemp, asking him to resign as Georgia secretary of state. The secretary of state oversees elections.
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Political Wire
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Paul Sperry / RealClearInvestigations:
‘Nothing to Gain,’ Kavanaugh Accuser Raises Nearly $1 Million — During the crucible of Brett Kavanaugh's Senate confirmation hearings, Democrats repeatedly asserted that Christine Blasey Ford had “nothing to gain” by coming forward with her explosive accusation of attempted rape against the Supreme Court nominee.
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Power Line
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Kate Kelly / New York Times:
Back at Georgetown Prep, Kavanaugh Is Hailed as a Hero
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Talking Points Memo and Jezebel
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.
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.
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
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Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:
However the Midterms Go, the Republican Party Is Going to Get More Extreme — Politics since Donald Trump's election has felt like a static state of misery, as the president's approval ratings have been surprisingly stable and the only apparent variable has been each party's chances of gaining or consolidating power in the midterms.
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Althouse
Brian Stelter / CNN:
Inside a Trump rally: Stelter's view from the press pen — (CNN)The first thing you see at a Trump campaign rally is the line. — There was a long line in the pouring rain ahead of the October 26 rally in Charlotte, North Carolina. Some devotees had started lining up the night before.
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