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David Wolpe / Tablet Magazine:
The Misguided Rabbis of Twitter — My synagogue is on the west side of Los Angeles. On a rough guess, about half of my congregants support Donald Trump. Many of those who do, but certainly not all, are from the Persian community. We have had frank discussions.
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Philip Klein / Washington Examiner:
Making Pittsburgh shooting about Trump diminishes problem of anti-Semitism — Even before we knew many details about the horrific slaughter of 11 Jews on Saturday morning in Pittsburgh, critics were rushing to make the shooting about President Trump — in some cases, going to the lengths of blaming pro-Israel Jews who support Trump.
Haaretz:
Pittsburgh Massacre: Netanyahu's Diplomats Add Insult to Injury by Defending Trump and Implicating the Left — Ambassador Dermer and Consul General Dayan mimic the president's false equivalence, which enrages U.S. Jews — Israeli government representatives, from Benjamin Netanyahu on down …
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Avital Chizhik-Goldschmidt / The Forward:
Israel Chief Rabbi Didn't Dismiss Progressive Synagogues. Stop Twisting Words To Sow Division.
John Podhoretz / New York Post:
What I learned as an American Jew after the Pittsburgh synagogue attack
What I learned as an American Jew after the Pittsburgh synagogue attack
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Taylor Marsh and New York Times
Newsweek:
Migrant Caravan: U.S. Military Will Have Up to 14,000 Troops, Many Armed, Ready to Intervene at Mexico Border — The U.S. military will have an actual force of up to 14,000 ready to intervene at the southern border with Mexico, including an additional 7,000 planned deployment in reserves on round-the-clock standby.
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Jeremy W. Peters / New York Times:
How Trump-Fed Conspiracies About Migrant Caravan Intersect With Deadly Hatred — MURPHYSBORO, Ill. — Alicia Hooten thinks the country has plenty of problems. “So many; so many,” she said warily, before settling on the one at the top of her mind with the midterm election just a week away.
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Wall Street Journal:
Military to Deploy 5,000 Troops to Southern Border, U.S. Officials Say
Military to Deploy 5,000 Troops to Southern Border, U.S. Officials Say
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Erik Wemple / Washington Post:
The untrackable horror of Fox Business and Fox News — There was no hubbub after Lou Dobbs's show on the Fox Business Network last Thursday night. The media world was riveted to the mail bombs sent by a then-unknown criminal who had it out for Democratic politicians and CNN.
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Brian Stelter / CNN:
Pittsburgh suspect echoed talking point that dominated Fox News airwaves
Pittsburgh suspect echoed talking point that dominated Fox News airwaves
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KTVQ-TV, Balloon Juice and Los Angeles Times
Dave Goldiner / The Forward:
Mike Pence Gets Jews For Jesus ‘Rabbi’ To Pray For Pittsburgh Synagogue Victims — Vice President Mike Pence was joined by a Jews for Jesus ‘rabbi’ who prayed for the victims of the Pittsburgh synagogue shooting at a Republican campaign rally in Michigan on Monday.
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Jennifer Weaver / KUTV-TV:
EXCLUSIVE POLL: 4th Congressional District race between Love, McAdams widens by 6 points — (KUTV) — An exclusive poll by KUTV 2News and Dixie Strategies with voters in Utah's 4th Congressional District reports a 6 point lead for Salt Lake County Mayor Ben McAdams over Republican incumbent Rep. Mia Love.
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Benjamin Wood / Salt Lake Tribune:
New poll says Democrat Ben McAdams has opened up a 6-point lead over Rep. Mia Love — The tides could be turning in Utah's hottest race of the 2018 election season, according to a new poll that puts Democrat Ben McAdams in the lead against two-term incumbent Republican Rep. Mia Love.
Daniel Marans / HuffPost Canada:
Texas Congressman Won't Say Why He Labeled Opponent ‘Indo-American Carpetbagger’ — Republican Pete Olson also led supporters in a chant of “CNN sucks” at a recent event. — Rep. Pete Olson, a Texas Republican in a tough re-election battle, would not explain to a constituent why he recently called …
Eli Rosenberg / Washington Post:
Four shots fired into a Republican Party office in Florida — A person with a gun fired at least four bullets into a Republican Party office in Florida, officials said Monday as concerns about political violence have risen in advance of the midterm elections.
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Patricio G. Balona / Daytona Beach News-Journal:
Republican Party headquarters vandalized by gunfire in Volusia
Republican Party headquarters vandalized by gunfire in Volusia
New York Times:
Trump Persuaded Struggling People to Invest in Scams, Lawsuit Says — A new lawsuit accuses President Trump, his company and three of his children of using the Trump name to entice vulnerable people to invest in sham business opportunities. — Filed in federal court in Manhattan on Monday …
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Lachlan Markay / The Daily Beast:
U.S.-Funded Broadcaster to Suspend Employees Behind ‘Multimillionaire Jew’ Soros Report — The taxpayer-funded U.S. Agency for Global Media is auditing content at its Cuba broadcasting office after seemingly anti-Semitic report surfaced. — The federal government's state-funded broadcasting arm …
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John F. Lansing / USAGM:
CEO Statement on Office of Cuba Broadcasting piece on George Soros
CEO Statement on Office of Cuba Broadcasting piece on George Soros
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HuffPost, Talking Points Memo, Washington Post and The Wrap
WBRC-TV:
Father shoots, kills masked man who opened fire at Birmingham McDonald's — BIRMINGHAM, AL (WBRC) - Police have confirmed that one person is dead and two people injured after a shooting late Saturday night. — The shooting took place at the McDonald's across from Princeton Hospital.
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Taylor Lorenz / The Atlantic:
Twitter Should Kill the Retweet — On Monday, Twitter was briefly ablaze after CEO Jack Dorsey reportedly suggested to The Telegraph that the company might eliminate its heart-shaped like button. The company quickly clarified, tweeting that as part of a “commitment to healthy conversation …
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Chesley B. / Washington Post:
We saved 155 lives on the Hudson. Now let's vote for leaders who'll protect us all. — Chesley B. “Sully” Sullenberger, is a safety expert, author and speaker on leadership and culture. — Nearly 10 years ago, I led 154 people to safety as the captain of US Airways Flight 1549 …
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PRRI:
Partisan Polarization Dominates Trump Era: Findings from the 2018 American Values Survey — Voting Priorities — When asked to pick the top two most important issues for their vote this election cycle, Americans are more likely to point to the cost of health care than any other issue.
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Ryan J. Reilly / HuffPost:
Trump Fan Convicted In Anti-Muslim Terror Plot Asks Judge To Consider Trump's Rhetoric — Patrick Stein's attorneys also said he learned about the Quran “from the internet and conservative talk-show hosts such as Sean Hannity and Michael Savage.” — WASHINGTON Attorneys …
Washington Post:
GOP scrambles to save suddenly vulnerable House candidates in Trump districts — Republicans are scrambling to save suddenly vulnerable candidates in congressional districts that President Trump won in 2016, as Democrats have charged deeper into conservative strongholds in their bid to win the House.
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Political Wire
Nate Nickolai / Variety:
James Cromwell: ‘There Will Be Blood in the Streets’ if Trump Isn't Stopped — Though James Cromwell was honored at the fourth annual Carney Awards for his work as a character actor, the industry veteran has worked as a political activist his entire career.
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Gregg Re / Fox News:
McCaskill swipes at Warren, Sanders when asked about ‘crazy Democrats’ — Speaking exclusively to Fox News on Monday, vulnerable incumbent Missouri Democratic Sen. Claire McCaskill dropped the names of two high-profile colleagues, Elizabeth Warren and Bernie Sanders, when asked to identify the …
Washington Post:
Trump and aides struggle to balance midterm attacks with empathy after synagogue massacre — Ahead of his Tuesday visit to Pittsburgh, President Trump and his top aides have struggled to balance their scorched-earth campaign strategy with calls for national unity following last weekend's slaughter …
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Political Wire, Media Matters for America, The Guardian, KRTV-TV and Arkansas Blog, Arkansas Times
Margaret Sullivan / Washington Post:
Voter suppression is a crucial story in America, but broadcast news mostly shrugs — With the midterm elections a week away, and tensions building daily, a bipartisan rallying cry grows louder: People must get out and vote. — But how possible is that, exactly, for some Americans?
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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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Michael Brice-Saddler / Washington Post:
'Trump's deporting your illegal cousins today!' man shouts at mother who was on her way to vote — The man's racist rant against a Houston mother was recorded and uploaded to Facebook. — A man was caught on video last week spewing hateful rhetoric and obscenities at a Houston mother who said she was on her way to vote.
Nolan Rappaport / The Hill:
Trump can refuse to accept asylum applications — Many people mistakenly believe that asylum seekers have a right to apply for asylum in the United States. — The first paragraph in the Immigration and Nationality Act's (INA) asylum provisions provides that aliens physically present in the United States “may” apply for asylum.
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Josh Lederman / NBC News:
Evacuated after ‘health attacks’ in Cuba and China, diplomats face new ordeals in U.S. — Some diplomats and their doctors tell NBC they're concerned the U.S. wants to downplay what happened. Some suspect harassment has continued inside the U.S. — WASHINGTON — Alone in her bed …