memeorandum: Honoring Pittsburgh synagogue victims, Pence appears with ‘rabbi’ who preaches, ‘Jesus is the Messiah’ (Isaac Stanley-Becker/Washington Post)

11:25 AM ET, October 30, 2018

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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 …

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 …

Discussion: Hot Air, Axios, Refinery29 and Althouse

Bloomberg:

Trump Plans Order Ending ‘Ridiculous’ Birthright Citizenship — President says he can change practice with executive order — Trump targets children of unauthorized immigrants born in U.S. — U.S. President Donald Trump said he plans to sign an executive order ending birthright citizenship …

Discussion: The Moderate Voice, ThinkProgress, RedState, Axios, CNBC and Raw Story

Associated Press:

Trump: End birthright citizenship for some US-born babies — WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump is making another hardline immigration play in the final days before midterm elections, declaring that he wants to order an end to the constitutional right to citizenship for babies born in the United States to non-citizens.

Discussion: Talking Points Memo

CNN:

Trump claims he can defy Constitution and end birthright citizenship — Washington (CNN)President Donald Trump offered a dramatic, if legally dubious, promise in a new interview to unilaterally end birthright citizenship, ratcheting up his hardline immigration rhetoric with a week to go before critical midterm elections.

Discussion: ThinkProgress, The Atlantic, Axios, Talking Points Memo and Law & Crime

Greg Sargent / Washington Post:

Don't fall for Trump's desperate, race-baiting birthright citizenship stunt — Having spent the past few weeks absurdly hyping the “caravan” of Central American migrants into a national emergency, President Trump is now rolling out a new stunt: He's claiming he intends to sign an executive order ending birthright citizenship.

Discussion: Vox and Axios

John Wagner / Washington Post:
Trump eyeing executive order to end birthright citizenship, a move most legal experts say runs afoul of the Constitution

Discussion: National Review, Shareblue Media, YouTube, POLITICUSUSA, The Daily Beast and ImmigrationProf Blog

Aaron Blake / Washington Post:
Trump's transparent, frivolous ploy on birthright citizenship

Discussion: Wall Street Journal, 6abc.com and Washington Times

Susan E. Rice / New York Times:
A Partner We Can't Depend On — Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman …

Discussion: Foreign Policy, Al Jazeera English and The Guardian

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.

Discussion: 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.

Discussion: The Week, Political Wire, WTAE, Townhall, Chicks On The Right Blog and The Daily Beast

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.

Discussion: Jewish Telegraphic Agency, TheBlaze, Algemeiner.com and CNN

Isaac Stanley-Becker / Washington Post:
Honoring Pittsburgh synagogue victims, Pence appears with ‘rabbi’ who preaches, ‘Jesus is the Messiah’

Discussion: Vox and Shakesville

Jeet Heer / New Republic:
Mike Pence got a rabbi who is really a Christian to pray for synagogue dead.

Discussion: Jewish Telegraphic Agency, Shareblue Media, MLive.com, ThinkProgress and Balloon Juice

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 …

Kevin Liptak / CNN:
Local, national officials decline to appear with Trump in Pittsburgh

Discussion: Talking Points Memo and Jewish Telegraphic Agency

Jennifer Medina / New York Times: At a Pittsburgh Crime Scene, Jewish Volunteers Guard the ‘Bodies of Holy Martyrs’

Washington Post:
Trump and aides struggle to balance midterm attacks with empathy after synagogue massacre

Discussion: Talking Points Memo, Daily Kos, Politico, The Week, The Guardian, Political Wire, Media Matters for America, The Mahablog, Florida Politics, Spectator USA and KRTV-TV

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 …

Brian Stelter / CNN:
Pittsburgh suspect echoed talking point that dominated Fox News airwaves

Discussion: KTVQ-TV and Washington Post

New York Times:
On Social Media, No Answers for Hate

Discussion: The Verge, more at Techmeme »

John Wagner / Washington Post:

Trump complains of different news coverage of him compared to Obama after S.C. church massacre — President Trump complained Monday about the news coverage he has received related to the alleged pipe bomber, saying a different standard was applied to then-President Barack Obama …

Discussion: The Week, Politico and Breitbart

Philip Bump / Washington Post: Narrowing down Trump's designation of the ‘enemies of the people’

Caitlin Oprysko / Politico:
Tom Steyer: 'The president's words matter dramatically'

Discussion: Axios

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 …

Discussion: Political Wire, Washington Monthly, Roll Call, NTK Network and The Week

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.

Discussion: Raw Story, more at Mediagazer »

Marisa Guthrie / Hollywood Reporter:
Megyn Kelly, NBC Grapple Over Money and NDA in Exit Talks

Discussion: Talking Points Memo

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

Michael Gerson / Washington Post:

We need to face these dead — Americans like to think of the military defeat of Nazi Germany and the liberation of death camps as their answer to the most murderous outbreak of anti-Semitism in history. It has become part of our national lore: American soldiers escorting German locals …

Discussion: Raw Story

Philip Klein / Washington Examiner: Making Pittsburgh shooting about Trump diminishes problem of anti-Semitism

David Wolpe / Tablet Magazine: The Misguided Rabbis of Twitter

Aris Folley / The Hill:

New poll shows anti-immigration firebrand Steve King up by just one point — A new poll released Tuesday shows anti-immigration firebrand Rep. Steve King (R-Iowa) with just a 1-point lead over his Democratic challenger J.D. Scholten in the hotly-contested race for Iowa's 4th Congressional District.

Discussion: Political Wire and The Cook Political Report

Bloomberg:
Land O'Lakes Pulls Support for Iowa Congressman Steve King Over Racial Remarks

Discussion: Washington Post, CNN and ThinkProgress

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 …

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 …

Discussion: The Week and Raw Story

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 …

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 …

Discussion: Outside the Beltway

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 …

Wall Street Journal:

‘Taliban Five,’ Once Held at Guantanamo, Join Insurgency's Political Office in Qatar — Move follows two rounds of talks between the Taliban and American officials in July and October — Leading members of the Taliban who were once held by the U.S. at Guantanamo Bay have joined …

Discussion: Defense One

New York Times:

2 Sisters Were Found Dead in the River, Duct-Taped Together. Police Have Few Answers. — A person strolling through Riverside Park last Wednesday afternoon spotted something jarring on the riverbank and called the police. — There, below a small pier that juts out from the park at 68th Street …