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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  —  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.
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.
Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
Don't fall for Trump's desperate, race-baiting birthright citizenship stunt
Discussion: Vox, Law & Crime and Axios
Ian Millhiser / ThinkProgress:
Trump's plan to end birthright citizenship is too much for even the judiciary's right-wingers
Discussion: Hullabaloo
Aaron Blake / Washington Post:
Trump's transparent, frivolous ploy on birthright citizenship
Ben Domenech / The Federalist:
Trump Sends A Birthright Citizenship Trial Balloon
Discussion: Axios and Breitbart
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.
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The Daily Beast:
Land O' Lakes Pulls Support for Iowa GOP's Steve King Over Racist Remarks
Discussion: Talking Points Memo
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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
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: CNBC
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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.
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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
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 …
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 …
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 …
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: Breitbart and Outside the Beltway
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
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 …
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 …
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
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.
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
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.
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 …
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 …
Mike Stone / Reuters:
Exclusive: Defense firms see only hundreds of new U.S. jobs from Saudi mega deal  —  WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Every time President Donald Trump mentions the $110 billion arms deal he negotiated with Saudi Arabia last year, he quickly follows up, saying “It's 500,000 jobs.”
 
 
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Ryan J. Reilly / HuffPost:
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Justin Mitchell / The Clarion Ledger:
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Marcy Wheeler / New Republic:
If Trump Fires Mueller
Discussion: emptywheel
Wall Street Journal:
‘Taliban Five,’ Once Held at Guantanamo, Join Insurgency's Political Office in Qatar
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John Wagner / Washington Post:
Trump complains of different news coverage of him compared to Obama after S.C. church massacre
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Antonia Noori Farzan / Washington Post:
Pointing to Trump's rhetoric, attorneys for Kansas militiaman convicted of mosque bomb plot ask …
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