memeorandum: IndyStar columnist Matt Tully dies (Maureen C. Gilmer/Indianapolis Star)

12:25 PM 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, TheBlaze, Refinery29, Althouse and Townhall

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

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, RedState, Axios, Raw Story and CNBC

CNN:

Trump claims he can 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, Axios, The Atlantic, Hit & Run, Raw Story, Talking Points Memo, The Week and KRTV-TV

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

Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
Don't fall for Trump's desperate, race-baiting birthright citizenship stunt

Discussion: Vox, Axios and Law & Crime

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

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

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, ThinkProgress, Shareblue Media, YouTube, POLITICUSUSA, The Daily Beast and ImmigrationProf Blog

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 and Patterico's Pontifications

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

Eli Rosenberg / Washington Post:
'I'm Dr. Cohen': The powerful humanity of the Jewish hospital staff that treated Robert Bowers

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

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

Discussion: KTVQ-TV and Washington Post

Dave Goldiner / The Forward:
Mike Pence Gets Jews For Jesus ‘Rabbi’ To Pray For Pittsburgh Synagogue Victims

Discussion: Washington Post, NBC News, New Republic, Detroit News and Shareblue Media

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

Discussion: Vox, Shakesville and ThinkProgress

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 …

Discussion: Political Wire, Axios, Washington Post, CNN, Shareblue Media, Splinter, The Hill, Daily Kos and Mediaite

Aris Folley / The Hill:
New poll shows anti-immigration firebrand Steve King up by just one point

Discussion: Political Wire and The Cook Political Report

The Daily Beast: Land O' Lakes Pulls Support for Iowa GOP's Steve King Over Racist Remarks

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 — (CNN)Local and national officials are declining to appear with President Donald Trump on Tuesday when he visits a grieving Pittsburgh, where funerals for slain congregants at the Tree of Life synagogue are set to begin.

Discussion: Talking Points Memo and VICE News US

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: Politico, The Week 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: Washington Monthly, Political Wire, Hot Air, 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

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: Washington Times, Raw Story and The Week

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

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 …

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 …

Discussion: Newsweek, CNN, KRTV-TV and Media Matters for America

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

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

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 …

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 …

Kathleen Cairns / WBFF-TV:

Football league accused of racism after Reisterstown team ‘sidelined’ — REISTERSTOWN, Md. (WBFF) - The championships for the Carroll County Youth Football and Cheer league have not even kicked off and six teams with the Reisterstown Mustangs have been “sidelined.”

Discussion: The Root and Raw Story

Maureen C. Gilmer / Indianapolis Star:

IndyStar columnist Matt Tully dies — Matthew Tully's love affair with journalism began when he was 3 years old, sitting on the sofa with his Uncle Rob while the two pored over Chicago-area newspapers. A young Tully studied the comics first before his uncle introduced him to the sports pages.

Marcy Wheeler / New Republic:

If Trump Fires Mueller — Here's what the post-midterms world might look like: Democrats control the House by a decent margin. But they pick up just one seat in the Senate, allowing Majority Leader Mitch McConnell to exploit that more powerful legislative body to guard the White House.

Discussion: emptywheel

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 …

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 …

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

Mike Wilkinson / Bridge Magazine:

Yes, Michigan has many problems. But let's talk Trump, voters say. — From Battle Creek to Bay City, Monroe to Macomb County, few people, it seems, are talking about Democrat Gretchen Whitmer's “damn roads” or Republican Bill Schuette's fear of another “lost decade.” — It's Trump, Trump, Trump.

Paul Davidson / USA Today:

Whopping 62 percent of jobs don't support middle-class life after accounting for cost of living — How many Americans collectively hold almost 1.5 trillion dollars worth of student debt? Buzz60's Mercer Morrison has the story. — CONNECT — Esther Akutekha, who lives in Brooklyn …