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Natasha Bertrand / The Atlantic:
Mueller Wants the FBI to Look at a Scheme to Discredit Him — A company that appears to be run by a pro-Trump conspiracy theorist offered to pay women to make false claims against Special Counsel Robert Mueller in the days leading up to the midterm elections—and the special counsel's office has asked the FBI to weigh in.
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NBC News:
Mueller refers sex assault scheme targeting him to FBI for investigation — “We immediately referred the matter to the FBI for investigation,” said Peter Carr, spokesperson for the special counsel. — Special counsel Robert Mueller last week asked the FBI to investigate a possible scam …
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Jim Hoft / The Gateway Pundit:
Update on Mueller Accusations — Earlier today we were given information on accusations against former FBI Director Robert Mueller. — We took the documents down and we are currently investigating these accusations. — There are also very serious allegations against Jacob Wohl.
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ThinkProgress and Boing Boing
The Daily Beast:
Inside the Crazy Cabal Trying to Smear Robert Mueller — A Seth Rich conspiracy pusher and fringe online figures appear to be working behind the scenes. — One of the shadier characters in politics, along with a number of fringe internet figures, appears to be behind an attempt to pay women …
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One America News Network, Talking Points Memo, Politico, Mediaite, Balloon Juice, Spectator USA and twitchy.com
Jay Willis / GQ:
MAGA Trolls' Efforts to Take Down Robert Mueller Flame Out in Hilarious and Spectacular Fashion — In news that will shock you, a plot involving Jacob Wohl has some holes. Here's how it went down. — Politics in 2018 is a nightmarish hellscape that is largely devoid of heroes …
HuffPost:
The Bizarre And Failed Attempt To Smear Robert Mueller
The Bizarre And Failed Attempt To Smear Robert Mueller
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Law & Crime and Mediaite
Aric Toler / bellingcat:
The Unintelligent Design of SureFire Intelligence
Washington Post:
Trump's proposal to end birthright citizenship is unconstitutional — George T. Conway III is of counsel at Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz. Neal Katyal is a partner at Hogan Lovells and former acting U.S. solicitor general in the Obama administration. — Sometimes the Constitution's text …
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Hot Air:
Harry Reid: It's Insane To Reward Illegal Immigrants By Giving Their Children Birthright Citizenship — An oldie but goodie to cleanse the palate. We've blogged it before but I'd forgotten all about it until I was reminded today, now that the subject is topical again.
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The Daily Caller, Law & Crime and twitchy.com
Peter Baker / New York Times:
In Campaign's Homestretch, Trump Tosses Out Ideas to See What Sticks — WASHINGTON — First there was the middle-class tax cut that even his allies and many of his aides had not heard about. Then troops were dispatched to the border to counter an “invasion of our country” by impoverished migrants about 900 miles away.
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Caitlin Oprysko / Politico:
Speaker Ryan: ‘You cannot end birthright citizenship with an executive order’
Speaker Ryan: ‘You cannot end birthright citizenship with an executive order’
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Dara Lind / Vox:
Birthright citizenship, explained
Birthright citizenship, explained
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New York Times, abc13.com and Washington Post
Eliana Johnson / Politico:
How Trump's ‘birthright’ idea went from the fringe to the Oval Office
How Trump's ‘birthright’ idea went from the fringe to the Oval Office
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Washington Post, New York Times and Above the Law
Kevin Cullen / BostonGlobe.com:
Freddy Geas, suspected killer of Whitey Bulger, didn't like informants — When private investigator Ted McDonough heard that Freddy Geas was suspected by authorities of taking part in the murder of James “Whitey” Bulger, he knew immediately why Geas might have done it.
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Ray Sanchez / CNN:
Boston gangster James ‘Whitey’ Bulger killed in West Virginia prison a day after transfer
Boston gangster James ‘Whitey’ Bulger killed in West Virginia prison a day after transfer
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TMZ.com, KTVQ-TV, RedState and The Daily Caller
David Hudnall / Kansas City Pitch:
Steve Bannon draws crowd of tens to rally for Steve Watkins in Topeka — “Any honeybuns left over from the continental this morning?” — Sherman Smith Twitter — I highly recommend that you take a look at Topeka Capital-Journal managing editor Sherman Smith's Twitter thread about attending …
Dominique Jackson / Raw Story:
WATCH: Trump's motorcade forced to turn around after thousands of protesters flood Pittsburgh streets — On Tuesday, despite many people's wishes, President Donald Trump traveled to Pittsburgh to pay his respects to the lives lost in the synagogue massacre.
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Morgan Gstalter / The Hill:
Pittsburgh mayor: Our priority is funerals, not Trump's visit — The mayor of Pittsburgh suggested that President Trump choose a different time to visit the city rather than the day of the first of 11 funerals for the victims of Saturday's synagogue shooting.
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Armin Rosen / Tablet Magazine:
The Funeral of David and Cecil Rosenthal
Washington Post:
Zinke's own agency watchdog just referred him to the Justice Department — Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke has come under scrutiny on multiple fronts — The Interior Department's Office of Inspector General has referred one of its ongoing probes into the conduct of Secretary Ryan Zinke …
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The Daily Caller, Splinter, The Week and Axios
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Center for Public Integrity:
A Donald Trump appointee — also a Saudi government lobbyist — is reassessing his roles — Richard F. Hohlt is considering retirement — One of President Donald Trump's administration appointees — who simultaneously represents Saudi Arabia's government as a registered foreign agent — is reevaluating his various roles.
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David Edwards / Raw Story:
GOP Senate candidate Martha McSally: 'I'm getting my ass kicked' because of vote to repeal Obamacare — Republican Senate candidate Martha McSally (R-AZ) complained in a recent interview that she is getting her “ass kicked” because she voted to repeal President Barack Obama's health care reform law.
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Arizona Republic
Carrie Dann / NBC News:
Poll: Blackburn edges ahead of Bredesen in tight Tennessee Senate contest — Among likely voters, Blackburn leads 51 percent to 46 percent. — WASHINGTON — Republican Marsha Blackburn is now narrowly edging Democrat Phil Bredesen in Tennessee's closely-watched Senate race despite Bredesen's …
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CNBC, Hot Air, Political Wire and Talking Points Memo
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John Foley / Reuters:
Breakingviews - Exclusive: FedEx drops NRA deal by snail-mail — NEW YORK (Reuters Breakingviews) - Mass shootings happen in an instant and grab headlines. A business and investment shift away from the firearms industry is happening more subtly. FedEx, the U.S. shipping group …
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TMZ.com:
Kanye West Breaks From Politics and Says 'I've Been Used' … 4:15 PM PT — Kanye contacted us to make it clear he did not mention Donald Trump in his tweets, and he's getting out of politics altogether. — As for being “used” ... he says he was specifically referencing Blexit, and that's it.
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Sam J. / twitchy.com:
OMG THIS! Conservative woman writes thread shredding each and every Leftist talking point and it's SPECTACULAR — If you read no other tweets or threads on Twitter today, read THIS ONE. — Heather's thread takes each and every Leftist talking point you've seen in both traditional …
Roxane Gay / New York Times:
You're Disillusioned. That's Fine. Vote Anyway. — Very pragmatic advice for anyone thinking about not casting a ballot. — A young woman in Milwaukee recently asked me if I had any advice for disillusioned young voters. She said that in a representative democracy it was hard to want to vote for …
New York Magazine:
12 Young People on Why They Probably Won't Vote — As told to , Rachel Bashein, Zak Cheney-Rice, Amelia Schonbek, and Emma Whitford — More than half of American adults plan to cast ballots in November, but only a third of people ages 18 to 29 say they will. Here, 12 young adults on why they probably won't vote.
VICE News US:
We posed as 100 senators to run ads on Facebook. Facebook approved all of them. — One of Facebook's major efforts to add transparency to political advertisements is a required “Paid for by” disclosure at the top of each ad supposedly telling users who is paying for political ads that show up in their news feeds.
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Catie Edmondson / New York Times:
Standing ‘Against White Supremacy,’ G.O.P. Campaign Chief Rebukes Steve King — WASHINGTON — As Pittsburgh began burying the victims of Saturday's synagogue massacre, the head of the House Republican campaign arm all but jettisoned Representative Steve King of Iowa from the House Republican Conference …
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CNN:
The radicalization of an alleged domestic terrorist — Woman warned Twitter about bomb suspect — New York (CNN)Cesar Sayoc's social media accounts read like a blueprint for the radicalization of an alleged domestic terrorist. — A CNN KFile analysis of thousands of tweets sent …
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The Week and New York Times
Maggie Astor / New York Times:
In North Dakota, Native Americans Try to Turn an ID Law to Their Advantage — FORT YATES, N.D. — Nobody in the squat yellow house serving as the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe's get-out-the-vote headquarters knew its address. — It was on Red Tail Hawk Avenue; they knew that much.
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Kathy Gannon / Military Times:
5 freed from Gitmo in exchange for Bergdahl join insurgents in Qatar, Taliban says — KABUL, Afghanistan — Five members of the Afghan Taliban who were freed from the U.S. military prison at Guantanamo Bay in exchange for captured American Army Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl have joined …
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Washington Post:
Mueller probes Roger Stone's interactions with Trump campaign and timing of WikiLeaks release of Podesta emails — The special counsel investigation into President Trump's longtime ally Roger Stone is pressing witnesses about Stone's private interactions with senior campaign officials …
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Jonathan Turley / The Hill:
Cultural appropriation turns Halloween into a nightmare — Halloween is again upon us. Across the United States, the prospect of frightening images have some pledging to skip the holiday or closely shield their children. It is not the scary decorations or costumes but “cultural appropriation” …
Daily Mail:
Out of jail: Mounir el-Motassadeq in Marrakesh — He was friends in Germany with Mohamed Atta, who crashed a plane into the North Tower and was one of the ringleaders of the Hamburg Al Qaeda cell who planned the atrocity. — The only other man convicted over 9/11, Zacarias Moussaoui …
Grace Segers / CBS News:
Mattis calls for ceasefire in Yemen within 30 days — Secretary of Defense James Mattis called for a ceasefire in war-torn Yemen within the next 30 days during a discussion at the U.S. Institute of Peace (USIP) on Tuesday. Mattis told former Bush national security adviser Stephen Hadley that …
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