Top Items:
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.
RELATED:
Wall Street Journal:
Military to Deploy 5,000 Troops to Southern Border, U.S. Officials Say — The U.S. military is deploying 5,000 troops to the southern border, U.S. officials say, an increase from the initial estimate of 800.
Discussion:
Chicks On The Right Blog, CNN, RedState, USA Today, Politico, Hot Air, Shareblue Media, HuffPost, Axios, The Daily Caller, The Week, Sputnik International, Fox News Insider, ThinkProgress, Military Times, Vox, Task & Purpose, The Rush Limbaugh Show, ABC News, Mediaite, Breitbart, Fox News, Balloon Juice, Hullabaloo, The Guardian, Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion, Roll Call, TheBlaze, The Gateway Pundit, Daily Kos, Mother Jones, The Resurgent, One America News Network, Townhall, Raw Story, Daily Wire, Shakesville, Sean Hannity, The Daily Signal, POLITICUSUSA, Washington Times and ImmigrationProf Blog
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.
Discussion:
TheBlaze, Lawyers, Guns & Money, Breitbart and Mediaite
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.
RELATED:
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.
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.
Discussion:
Talking Points Memo, Detroit News and Polipace Insider …
RELATED:
Eclectablog:
UPDATED: Vice President Mike Pence invites Christian “rabbi” formerly of Jews for Jesus to give the invocation during Michigan campaign stop — I don't know how to describe this exactly. It may be the most insulting thing anyone in the Trump administration or campaign has done to Jewish Americans.
Discussion:
ThinkProgress and MLive.com
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.
RELATED:
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 …
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.
Discussion:
Washingtonian, USA Today and The Federalist, more at Mediagazer »
RELATED:
Jennifer Rubin / Washington Post:
Enough platitudes: Let's name names
Enough platitudes: Let's name names
Discussion:
Althouse and New York Times
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 …
Discussion:
Politico, POLITICUSUSA, The Guardian, CNBC, Raw Story, Axios and Political Wire
Andrew Marantz / New Yorker:
The Pittsburgh Shooting and the Dark, Specific Logic of Online Hatred — On Saturday, a few hours after eleven people were murdered at the Tree of Life synagogue in Pittsburgh, I put on a tuxedo and went to my cousin's wedding. The ceremony was brief and buoyant.
RELATED:
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
Discussion:
Taylor Marsh and New York Times
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 …
RELATED:
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.
Discussion:
al.com, Washington Free Beacon, The Daily Caller, Daily Wire and IJR
RELATED:
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 …
Discussion:
Newsweek, The Mahablog and Washington Post
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.
Discussion:
The Gateway Pundit and Mediaite
RELATED:
Patricio G. Balona / Daytona Beach News-Journal:
Republican Party headquarters vandalized by gunfire in Volusia
Republican Party headquarters vandalized by gunfire in Volusia
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 …
Discussion:
Raw Story
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.
Discussion:
HuffPost and ImmigrationProf Blog
RELATED:
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 …
Discussion:
emptywheel, Washington Post, The Cuban Triangle and Hit & Run
RELATED:
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
Discussion:
Washington Post, Talking Points Memo and The Wrap
Felicia Sonmez / Washington Post:
President Trump, first lady to visit Pennsylvania on Tuesday to commemorate synagogue mass shooting victims — President Trump and first lady Melania Trump will visit Pennsylvania on Tuesday to commemorate the victims of last week's mass shooting at Tree of Life synagogue, the White House announced Monday.
Discussion:
Breitbart, Washington Free Beacon and ThinkProgress
RELATED:
Matthew Haag / New York Times:
Muslim Groups Raise Thousands for Pittsburgh Synagogue Shooting Victims
Muslim Groups Raise Thousands for Pittsburgh Synagogue Shooting Victims
Discussion:
Jewish Telegraphic Agency, The Daily Beast and CBS Sacramento
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.
Discussion:
Political Wire
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 …
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.
Discussion:
IndieWire, twitchy.com and Breitbart
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.
Discussion:
Vox, CNN, Daily Kos, The Nation, Boing Boing, Weekly Standard, NBC News, NPR, Washington Post, IJR, Axios and The Week
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.
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 …
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.
Discussion:
Breitbart
New York Times:
On Social Media, No Answers for Hate — SAN FRANCISCO — On Monday, a search on Instagram, the photo-sharing site owned by Facebook, produced a torrent of anti-Semitic images and videos uploaded in the wake of Saturday's shooting at a Pittsburgh synagogue. — A search for the word “Jews” …