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2:20 PM ET, October 30, 2018

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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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Julie Hirschfeld Davis / New York Times:
Trump Wants to End Birthright Citizenship With Executive Order  —  President Trump said he was preparing an executive order to end birthright citizenship in the United States, his latest attention-grabbing maneuver days before midterm congressional elections, during which he has sought …
John Nichols / The Nation:
Birthright Citizenship Is in the Constitution  —  Trump's attempt to undermine it is an impeachable offense.  —  On January 20, 2017, Donald Trump swore an oath to preserve, protect, and defend the Constitution of the United States.  Yet, this week, as part of his ongoing campaign to divide …
Discussion: Axios
CNN:
Trump claims he can end birthright citizenship
Libby Watson / Splinter:   Jonathan Swan Is a Bootlicker
Ian Millhiser / ThinkProgress:
Trump's plan to end birthright citizenship is too much for even the judiciary's right-wingers
Discussion: Bloomberg, Above the Law and Hullabaloo
Washington Post:
House Speaker Paul Ryan rejects President Trump's idea of ending birthright citizenship by executive order
Discussion: Political Wire
Bloomberg:
Trump Plans Order Ending ‘Ridiculous’ Birthright Citizenship
Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
Don't fall for Trump's desperate, race-baiting birthright citizenship stunt
Discussion: Vox, New York Times and Axios
Ben Domenech / The Federalist:
Trump Sends A Birthright Citizenship Trial Balloon
Discussion: Breitbart and Mediaite
Aaron Blake / Washington Post:
Trump's transparent, frivolous ploy on birthright citizenship
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.
Natasha Bertrand / The Atlantic:
Special Counsel Refers Scheme Targeting Mueller to FBI  —  An alleged scheme to pay off women to fabricate sexual assault allegations against Special Counsel Robert Mueller has been referred to the FBI for further investigation, according to a spokesman for the special counsel's office, Peter Carr.
Discussion: CNBC, Axios, Raw Story and twitchy.com
Washington Post:
Shooting victim's family, top officials shun Trump in Pittsburgh: ‘He was blaming the community’  —  PITTSBURGH — A mourning family doesn't want to meet him.  Top members of his own party refuse to join him.  The mayor has explicitly asked him not to come.
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Eli Rosenberg / Washington Post:
'I'm Dr. Cohen': The powerful humanity of the Jewish hospital staff that treated Robert Bowers  —  The man accused in the brutal killings of 11 people in a synagogue in Pittsburgh was taken to the hospital after he was apprehended to be treated for the injuries he suffered in a gunfight with the police.
David Horovitz / Agence France-Presse:   Foxman after Pittsburgh: Trump is a demagogue, a threat to democracy and Jews
Bloomberg:
Land O'Lakes Pulls Support for Iowa Congressman Steve King Over Racial Remarks  —  Dairy giant Land O'Lakes is set to announce 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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Kelly Magsamen / Defense One:
Secretary Mattis, Defend This or Resign  —  If Defense Secretary Mattis believes the migrant caravan is a not threat requiring 5,000 active troops deploying to the border, he should say so and quit.  —  Let's put this into perspective.  Secretary of Defense James Mattis authorized …
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Terry Jones / Investor's Business Daily:
Migrant Caravan: A Foreign-Financed, Leftist-Led Violation Of U.S. Sovereignty
Discussion: Power Line
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 …
Washington Post:
Congressional leaders decline to join Trump in visit to Pittsburgh after massacre  —  President Trump will visit Pittsburgh later Tuesday to pay tribute to the 11 victims of the mass shooting at a synagogue there — yet is traveling with no official public itinerary, little planning …
Discussion: ABC News, CNBC and Shakesville
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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 to require those paying for the ads to make a “Paid for by” disclosure, which appears at the top of the ad and supposedly tells users …
Monmouth University Polling Institute:
Dem's Lead Inches Higher in CD19  —  Challenger increases lead among women  —  West Long Branch, NJ - Democratic candidate Antonio Delgado has increased his lead over first-term Congressman John Faso in New York's 19th Congressional District race, according to the latest Monmouth University Poll.
Discussion: Political Wire
Maggie Haberman / New York Times:
Barbra Streisand Can't Get Trump Out of Her Head.  So She Sang About Him.  —  Her new album, “Walls,” is a rare instance of politics permeating her music, and in an interview, she could barely stop talking about her least favorite president.  —  Barbra Streisand has a new album …
Discussion: Observer
Wall Street Journal:
Mueller Investigators Probe Roger Stone Conference Calls  —  Longtime Trump adviser spoke of WikiLeaks' plans to release emails ahead of 2016 election  —  Special Counsel Robert Mueller's investigators are examining comments by Roger Stone—a longtime adviser to Donald Trump …
Hartford Courant:
Campaign Mailer Fuels Anti-Semitism Complaints In State Senate Race  —  A campaign mailer for Republican state Senate candidate Ed Charamut, showing his Democratic opponent Matthew Lesser, with a fistful of money is fueling ant-Semitism complaints.  Lesser is Jewish.  (Ed Charamut mailer)
Discussion: Talking Points Memo
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 …
Elena Schneider / Politico:
Dems regain momentum in final days of battle for House  —  MATTHEWS, N.C. — The Republican Party base has been electrified by Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh's confirmation hearings and a campaign blitz from President Donald Trump.  But the burst of enthusiasm has not reversed …
Rahm Emanuel / The Atlantic:
The Biggest Story of the Midterms Is One the Democrats Aren't Telling  —  Here's the real news of the 2018 midterm elections.  One week out, Democrats appear poised to win big on two of the three big playing fields.  They were never going to retake the Senate, if only because of the mix …
Will Sommer / The Daily Beast:
Instagram Is the Alt-Right's New Favorite Haven  —  Instagram hosts accounts from prominent right-wingers who have already been banned from Twitter and Facebook.  —  Alt-right social network Gab shuttered itself over the weekend after one of its users allegedly killed 11 people …
WAGA-TV:
New FOX 5 Poll: Abrams edging Kemp in dead heat  —  ATLANTA - A new poll conducted for FOX 5 Atlanta shows Stacey Abrams with a slight lead over Brian Kemp in a statistical dead heat in the race for Georgia Governor.  —  The new Opinion Savvy poll for FOX 5 shows Democrat Abrams at 48.1% and Republican Kemp at 47.2%.
The Daily Beast:
Fox News Undermined Megyn Kelly Long After She Left for NBC  —  For 18 turbulent months at NBC, when Megyn Kelly stumbled, her former employer was lurking in the shadows.  —  For 18 turbulent months at NBC, when Megyn Kelly stumbled, her former employer was lurking in the shadows—eagerly waiting to kick her while she was down.
Associated Press:
Denmark Alleges Iran Plotted to Kill Activist on Danish Soil  —  COPENHAGEN, Denmark — A police operation last month that briefly cut off Copenhagen from the rest of Denmark stemmed from an alleged Iranian plot to kill an opposition activist, the head of Denmark's intelligence agency said Tuesday while announcing a suspect's arrest.
Kate Davidson / Wall Street Journal:
Treasury Expects to Issue Over $1 Trillion in Debt in 2018  —  Debt issuance this year could be highest since 2010, the Treasury said, as higher government spending and stagnant tax revenues have pushed the deficit higher  —  WASHINGTON—The U.S. Treasury Department estimates it will issue …
Mairead McArdle / National Review:
Don Lemon: 'I Don't See Democrats Killing People' Over Politics  —  CNN anchor Don Lemon said on his show Monday that he sees only “right-wingers,” not Democrats, committing murders over their political beliefs.  —  Conservative commentator Mike Shields argued on Lemon's show,"CNN Tonight …
Discussion: RedState, Mediaite and twitchy.com
Meg Cunningham / ABC News:
Gillum's rise indicative of discontent Floridians have with Republicans  —  Democrat Andrew Gillum's campaign success is indicative of a wave of discontent Floridians have with Republicans.  —  The Tallahassee mayor faces Trump-backed Republican former Rep. Ron DeSantis and is a member …
Discussion: HuffPost, IJR and Breitbart
Jennifer Medina / New York Times:
At a Pittsburgh Crime Scene, Jewish Volunteers Guard the ‘Bodies of Holy Martyrs’  —  All night long, Jewish volunteers stood solemnly in the rain outside the Tree of Life synagogue, where 11 dead bodies lay inside, sealed off with yellow crime-scene tape.  The deceased were not supposed …
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 …
Damian Carrington / The Guardian:
Humanity has wiped out 60% of animal populations since 1970, report finds  —  The huge loss is a tragedy in itself but also threatens the survival of civilisation, say the world's leading scientists  —  Humanity has wiped out 60% of mammals, birds, fish and reptiles since 1970 …
Discussion: Shakesville
 
 
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Judy L. Thomas / Kansas City Star:
Daughter of Mo. candidate who espouses anti-Semitism has a message: don't vote for him
Discussion: Raw Story
Paul Krugman / New York Times:
Hate Is on the Ballot Next Week
Discussion: Raw Story
Maureen C. Gilmer / Indianapolis Star:
IndyStar columnist Matt Tully dies
Mike Wilkinson / Bridge Magazine:
Yes, Michigan has many problems. But let's talk Trump, voters say.
Paul Davidson / USA Today:
Whopping 62 percent of jobs don't support middle-class life after accounting for cost of living
Kathleen Cairns / WBFF-TV:
Football league accused of racism after Reisterstown team ‘sidelined’
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Ryan J. Reilly / HuffPost:
Andy Kim Is A South Jersey Boy. The GOP Calls Him ‘Not One Of Us.’
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Justin Mitchell / The Clarion Ledger:
Man wearing KKK outfit shows up at Mississippi bar for costume party
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Mike Stone / Reuters:
Exclusive: Defense firms see only hundreds of new U.S. jobs from Saudi mega deal
Marcy Wheeler / New Republic:
If Trump Fires Mueller
Discussion: Bloomberg and emptywheel
John Wagner / Washington Post:
Trump complains of different news coverage of him compared to Obama after S.C. church massacre
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David Freedlander / Politico:
The Democrats' Culture Divide
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