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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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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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Talking Points Memo, TheBlaze, Vox, NPR, Lawyers, Guns & Money and Mediaite
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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Balloon Juice, Politico, Mediaite, Spectator USA, Talking Points Memo and twitchy.com
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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Boing Boing
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 …
Aric Toler / bellingcat:
The Unintelligent Design of SureFire Intelligence — On October 30th, the far-right site Gateway Pundit published documents alleging that Robert Mueller, who is heading up the investigation into foreign interference in the 2016 U.S. presidential elections, sexually assaulted a woman in 2010.
Ed Krassenstein / Hill Reporter:
Special Counsel Alerts FBI Of Scheme To Pay Women To Accuse Mueller Of Sexual Assault
Special Counsel Alerts FBI Of Scheme To Pay Women To Accuse Mueller Of Sexual Assault
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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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Axios:
Exclusive: Trump targeting birthright citizenship with executive order — President Trump plans to sign an executive order that would remove the right to citizenship for babies of non-citizens and unauthorized immigrants born on U.S. soil, he said yesterday in an exclusive interview for …
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Libby Watson / Splinter:
Jonathan Swan Is a Bootlicker — You might have woken up this morning, as I did, to the Axios headline: “Exclusive: Trump to terminate birthright citizenship.” In your bleary-eyed, pre-java state, you would struggle toward the thought: What... the fuck? Can he do that?
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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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Washington Post, New York Times and abc13.com
Julie Hirschfeld Davis / New York Times:
Trump Wants to End Birthright Citizenship With Executive Order
Trump Wants to End Birthright Citizenship With Executive Order
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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Washington Post, Axios, Associated Press, ABC News, Shareblue Media and The Daily Caller
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Washington Post:
Shooting victim's family, top officials shun Trump in Pittsburgh: ‘He was blaming the community’
Shooting victim's family, top officials shun Trump in Pittsburgh: ‘He was blaming the community’
Daniel Marans / HuffPost:
‘Rabbi’ At Mike Pence Rally Thinks Jews Who Deny Christ Go To Hell
‘Rabbi’ At Mike Pence Rally Thinks Jews Who Deny Christ Go To Hell
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NBC News, Jewish Telegraphic Agency and The Daily Beast
Armin Rosen / Tablet Magazine:
The Funeral of David and Cecil Rosenthal
Eli Rosenberg / Washington Post:
'I'm Dr. Cohen': The powerful humanity of the Jewish hospital staff that treated Robert Bowers
'I'm Dr. Cohen': The powerful humanity of the Jewish hospital staff that treated Robert Bowers
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DC Tribune, The American Conservative, Mashable, Jewish Telegraphic Agency and IJR
New York Times:
Pittsburgh Unites in Grief, Even as It Splits Over Trump's Visit
Pittsburgh Unites in Grief, Even as It Splits Over Trump's Visit
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Althouse
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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Mark Murray / NBC News:
Poll: Sinema leads McSally in Arizona Senate race — Democrat Kyrsten Sinema holds a 6-point lead over Republican Martha McSally, fueled by leads among Latinos, Independents and women. — WASHINGTON — Fueled by advantages among Latinos, Independents and women, Democrat Kyrsten Sinema holds …
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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, Political Wire and Talking Points Memo
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.
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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Ali Dukakis / ABC News:
As special counsel closes in, Roger Stone suits up for legal battle
As special counsel closes in, Roger Stone suits up for legal battle
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Washington Post, Raw Story and Law & Crime
Bloomberg:
Land O'Lakes, Purina Pull Support for Iowa Congressman Steve King Over Racial Remarks — Dairy giant Land O'Lakes announced on Tuesday that it will no longer make financial contributions to Representative Steve King of Iowa after a gun-fueled massacre at a Pittsburgh synagogue brought …
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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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Raw Story
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
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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Boing Boing, more at Mediagazer »
Yahoo:
Justice Kavanaugh declines more than $600,000 raised in GoFundMe campaign — Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh declined more than $600,000 that was donated to aid his family during the firestorm over sexual misconduct allegations that plagued his confirmation.
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Jeffrey Young / HuffPost:
Believe Republicans When They Say They're Coming After Your Health Care — It's not just the lies about pre-existing conditions. The GOP still wants to go after Obamacare, Medicaid and Medicare. — Republicans have been very busy lying about health care: lying about their policy agenda …
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Talking Points Memo
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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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The American Conservative
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Boston Herald:
James ‘Whitey’ Bulger dead, had been moved to W. Va. — Loved ones of victims tell Herald he had it coming — Gangland serial slayer James “Whitey” Bulger was killed shortly after being moved to a high-security federal prison in West Virginia, the Herald has confirmed.
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Townhall
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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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RedState, TMZ.com and The Daily Caller
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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