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New York Times:
Roger Stone Sold Himself to Trump's Campaign as a WikiLeaks Pipeline. Was He? — WASHINGTON — When the WikiLeaks founder, Julian Assange, appeared on a video link from Europe a month before the 2016 presidential election and vaguely promised to release a flood of purloined documents related to the race …
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New York Times:
Read the Emails: The Trump Campaign and Roger Stone — Newly revealed messages show how the political operative Roger J. Stone Jr. sold himself to Trump campaign advisers as a potential conduit to WikiLeaks, which published thousands of emails in 2016 damaging to Hillary Clinton's campaign.
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Politico:
POLITICO Playbook: 4 days out ... No plans in the Capitol for Trump's border wall — DRIVING THE DAY — FIRST IN PLAYBOOK: AL HUNT is leaving Bloomberg News in December after 14 years. He was most recently a columnist for Bloomberg, but also served as its D.C. bureau chief.
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Aaron Blake / Washington Post:
Roger Stone's story just changed on Russia — again
Roger Stone's story just changed on Russia — again
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Raw Story
Roger Stone / The Daily Caller:
The Treachery Of Steve Bannon
The Treachery Of Steve Bannon
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CNN, Hill Reporter and Axios
Will Sommer / The Daily Beast:
Mueller Smear Pushed by Pro-Trump Activists Falls Apart at Press Conference — Jacob Wohl and Jack Burkman struggled to explain even basic details of their allegations—like the spelling of the accuser's name. — A press conference intended to publicize sexual assault claims …
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Jim Hoft / The Gateway Pundit:
Press Conference on Mueller Allegations and Why Americans Hate the Mainstream Media
Press Conference on Mueller Allegations and Why Americans Hate the Mainstream Media
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Talking Points Memo, twitchy.com and ThinkProgress
Jared Holt / Right Wing Watch:
Fly Unzipped, Jack Burkman and Jacob Wohl Make Laughable Smear Claims Against Mueller
Fly Unzipped, Jack Burkman and Jacob Wohl Make Laughable Smear Claims Against Mueller
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The Gateway Pundit, JONATHAN TURLEY and AOL
Michael Daly / The Daily Beast:
Luis Bracamontes, Cop-Killer in Trump's Twitter Video, Actually Came Back to U.S. Under Bush — Trump also failed to mention that Bracamontes used an AR-15, a weapon that Republicans, including the president, don't want to outlaw. — Michael Daly — President Trump tweeted out a video …
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New York Times:
As Midterm Vote Nears, Trump Reprises a Favorite Message: Fear Immigrants — WASHINGTON — President Trump's closing argument is now clear: Build tent cities for migrants. End birthright citizenship. Fear the caravan. Send active-duty troops to the border. Refuse asylum.
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Sam Stanton / Sacramento Bee:
Fact check: Trump's claim that Democrats let cop killer stay in U.S. is false
Fact check: Trump's claim that Democrats let cop killer stay in U.S. is false
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Department of Homeland Security:
Myth vs. Fact: Caravan — Q: Do we know who is in the caravan? — A: We continue to be concerned about individuals along the caravan route. In fact, over 270 individuals along the caravan route have criminal histories, including known gang membership.
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President Donald J. Trump / The White House:
Confronting the Urgent Crisis at Our Border
KPNX:
Sinema endorsed by Green Party Senate candidate — Green Party candidate Angela Green is getting out of the race. Green may have been pulling support from Sinema in the toss-up race. — Author: Brahm Resnik — The Arizona Green Party's U.S. Senate candidate told 12 News Thursday …
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Meghan Keneally / ABC News:
Meet Kyrsten Sinema, the Democrat vying for Arizona's open Senate seat
Meet Kyrsten Sinema, the Democrat vying for Arizona's open Senate seat
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David Ignatius / Washington Post:
Mattis is walking the Trump tightrope. It's agonizing to watch. — When President Trump issues an election-time order to send up to 15,000 troops to confront what many experts say is a nonexistent threat on the U.S.-Mexico border, what should Defense Secretary Jim Mattis do about it?
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Annie Massa / Bloomberg:
Fink Calls Khashoggi Murder a Mystery, Will Keep Saudi Ties — 'We don't know who is responsible for the murder,' he says — Doing business there is 'not something I'm ashamed of' — BlackRock Inc. Chief Executive Officer Larry Fink struck a supportive tone on crisis-torn Saudi Arabia Thursday …
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Washington Post:
Saudi crown prince described slain journalist as a dangerous Islamist in call with White House
Saudi crown prince described slain journalist as a dangerous Islamist in call with White House
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Chris Dunker / Lincoln Journal Star:
Fortenberry complains about Facebook reaction to vandalized sign; UNL professor says he's bullying — Thumbing through his Facebook feed, Ari Kohen came across the now widely shared photo of a defaced campaign sign for Rep. Jeff Fortenberry. — Shared on the social media platform by Seeing Red Nebraska …
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Alaska Survey Research:
Here are the numbers on the Congress race from last weekend. We've got another close one to go along with the Governor's race! — Don Young — Positive 44% — Negative 44% — Neutral 12% — Who? 1% — Alyse Galvin — Positive 40% — Negative 17% — Neutral 21% — Who?
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Political Wire and Anchorage Press
Media Matters for America:
Steve King twice promoted a white supremacist, anti-Semitic, Holocaust-denying website on Twitter — In previously unreported tweets, Rep. Steve King (R-IA) promoted a website that advocates for the “geographical separation of the races,” states that Jewish people are conspiring against Europe …
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Dartunorro Clark / NBC News:
Rep. King yells at man questioning him about extremism, boots heckler from event
Rep. King yells at man questioning him about extremism, boots heckler from event
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Des Moines Register
The Tennessean:
The execution — He sat in the wired chair as prison staff placed a wet sponge that had been soaked in saline solution, and metal helmet on his freshly shaved head. He continued smiling, but grimaced each time drops ran down his face. — Zagorski raised his eyebrows, appearing to be communicating to his attorney, Kelley Henry.
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NPR
Washington Post:
White House concerned Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke violated federal rules — The White House is growing increasingly concerned about allegations of misconduct against Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke, according to two senior administration officials, and President Trump has asked aides …
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The Week and Political Wire
Khaleda Rahman / Daily Mail:
Democrat-supporting women strip off for photo shoot called ‘Grab Them By The Ballot’ in an attempt to persuade people to vote against Republicans — A diverse group of women stripped off for photographs with just a ballot covering their privates as part of a campaign to urge people to vote Democrat in the upcoming midterm elections.
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Daily Wire, Breitbart and Facebook
Samuel Chamberlain / Fox News:
Facebook apologizes after blocking pro-life group's ads for GOP Senate candidates — Facebook admitted late Thursday that it improperly had removed two advertisements paid for by the pro-life Susan B. Anthony List that endorsed Republican Senate candidates.
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Lachlan Markay / The Daily Beast:
Unmarked Mailers Seek to Secretly Kneecap GOP Turnout
Unmarked Mailers Seek to Secretly Kneecap GOP Turnout
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Declan Walsh / New York Times:
Yemen Girl Who Turned World's Eyes to Famine Is Dead — CAIRO — A haunted look in the eyes of Amal Hussain, an emaciated 7-year-old lying silently on a hospital bed in northern Yemen, seemed to sum up the dire circumstances of her war-torn country. — A searing portrait of the starving girl published …
PVA:
“Nobody needs to know” Beto Campaign Appears to Illegally Spend Funds on Supplies for Caravan Aliens, Campaign Manager Says “Don't Worry” — [This post contains video, click to play] — “I just hope nobody that's the wrong person finds out about this.” — “It's f***ing happening.”
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Edward-Isaac Dovere / The Atlantic:
Elizabeth Warren Test Drives Her Presidential Campaign — The Massachusetts senator started a two-day campaign swing through Ohio and Wisconsin. — ATHENS, Ohio—Elizabeth Warren popped in here Thursday to call her old protégé and gubernatorial candidate Rich Cordray “the nerd we need.”
Politico:
'There's a charm offensive underway': Pelosi makes stealth play for speaker — The Democratic minority leader is quietly courting Democratic candidates who threaten to block her path back to power. — House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi is quietly courting Democratic candidates who've kept …
Joe Pompeo / Vanity Fair:
“It's Our Job to Call Them Out”: Inside the Trump Gold Rush at CNN — Amid terrorist threats and vindictive tweets, the programming executive who taught the president all about reality TV continues to transform CNN into a 24/7 platform for our national psychosis.
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Washington Post:
President Trump has made 6,420 false or misleading claims over 649 days — If President Trump's torrent of words has seemed overwhelming of late, there's a good reason for that. — In the first nine months of his presidency, President Trump made 1,318 false or misleading claims, an average of five a day.
WashPostPR / Washington Post:
Remarks from Publisher and CEO Fred Ryan at the International Women's Media Foundation Courage in Journalism Awards — From Washington Post Publisher and CEO Fred Ryan: — On behalf of The Washington Post, I'm honored to receive this year's leadership award—especially in the presence …
Wall Street Journal:
State Department Spokeswoman Expected to Be Nominated U.N. Ambassador — Heather Nauert joined Trump administration last year — WASHINGTON—President Trump is expected to nominate Heather Nauert as the U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, a senior administration official said.
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