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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.
Politico:
POLITICO Playbook: 4 days out ... No plans in the Capitol for Trump's border wall
Discussion: New York Times
Aaron Blake / Washington Post:
Roger Stone's story just changed on Russia — again
Discussion: The Week and Raw Story
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.
Discussion: Washington Times
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President Donald J. Trump / The White House:   Confronting the Urgent Crisis at Our Border
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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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.
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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Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
Trump must be held accountable for his troops-to-the-border stunt
Discussion: POLITICUSUSA
Alex Horton / Washington Post:
Mattis, who used a Hollywood actor as a stand-in spokesman, says the military doesn't ‘do stunts’
Discussion: Mother Jones and VICE News US
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
Discussion: Vox and BuzzFeed News
Irin Carmon / The Cut:
Heidi Heitkamp Doesn't Care That You Think She's Going to Lose She thinks she can win in North Dakota, even after her “no” on Kavanaugh.  —  FORT BERTHOLD, ND — A man on the campaign trail refused to shake North Dakota senator Heidi Heitkamp's hand because she voted against Brett Kavanaugh …
Discussion: The Daily Beast and Slate
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Carrie Levine / Center for Public Integrity:   Federal judge won't stay North Dakota voter ID law Native Americans say hurts them
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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YouTube:   Phone Call: Reyn Archer and Ari Kohen 10/26/2018
Andy Campbell / HuffPost:
Congressman Jeff Fortenberry's Chief Of Staff Threatens Professor For Liking Facebook Post
Discussion: Splinter
Lisa Lerer / New York Times:
No One Wants to Campaign with Bill Clinton Anymore  —  LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — When a Republican state legislator in Arkansas pushed last year to rename the Bill and Hillary Clinton National Airport in Little Rock, Clarke Tucker stood up for the former president.
Eliana Johnson / Politico:
GOP hawks to Trump: You're going soft on Iran  —  Democrats at home and allies abroad have slammed President Donald Trump's “maximum pressure” campaign on Iran as recklessly dangerous.  But some prominent Republicans are making the case that Trump's policy is actually too soft.
Discussion: Axios
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Adam Kredo / Washington Free Beacon:
Trump Admin Poised to Cave on Iran Sanctions
Discussion: Townhall
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 …
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?
Discussion: Political Wire and Anchorage Press
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.
Discussion: NPR
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.
Discussion: Daily Wire, Breitbart and Facebook
Ishaan Tharoor / Washington Post:
Trump deploys the fascist playbook for the midterms  —  Want smart analysis of the most important news in your inbox every weekday along with other global reads, interesting ideas and opinions to know?  Sign up for the Today's WorldView newsletter.  —  President Trump's message is as clear …
Discussion: CNN, FOX2now.com and The Atlantic
Zachary Fryer-Biggs / Center for Public Integrity:
The Pentagon has prepared a cyber attack against Russia  —  U.S. military hackers have been given the go-ahead to gain access to Russian cyber systems as part of potential retaliation for any meddling in America's elections  —  In this Feb. 27, 2012 file photo, voters cast their ballots on voting machines in Chicago, Illinois.
Discussion: The Daily Beast
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.
Discussion: POLITICUSUSA
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.”
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 …
Edward-Isaac Dovere / The Atlantic:
Elizabeth Warren Test Drives Her Presidential Campaign  —  ATHENS, Ohio—Elizabeth Warren popped in here Thursday to call her old protégé and gubernatorial candidate Rich Cordray “the nerd we need.”  Cordray responded by saying he didn't think the trip would be …
Discussion: Althouse
Gabby Orr / Politico:
Trump's immigration obsession could backfire, some Republicans fear  —  Ignoring pleas for a closing focus on the economy, Trump embraces a fiery finale that has distressed vulnerable GOP candidates.  —  President Donald Trump hammered his hard line on immigration again on Thursday …
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 …
Discussion: The Week
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 …
Hatice Cengiz / Washington Post:
The international community must bring my fiance's killers to justice  —  Hatice Cengiz was Jamal Khashoggi's fiancee.  She lives in Istanbul.  —  It has been exactly one month since my fiance, the celebrated journalist Jamal Khashoggi, entered Saudi Arabia's consulate in Istanbul never to return.
Elena Schneider / Politico:
Pelosi works to outwit her critics once again  —  House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi is quietly courting Democratic candidates who've kept her at arm's length throughout the campaign season, aiming to placate potential adversaries who could block her from the speakership.
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.
Kara Swisher / Recode:
Elon Musk: The Recode interview  —  Musk talks about his “excruciating” 2018, fighting with journalists on Twitter, why Tesla won't build an electric scooter and much more.  —  I'll be honest, I have been email haranguing Tesla and SpaceX founder and CEO Elon Musk for months about talking …
Discussion: CNBC, The Verge and Vox
 
 
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Travis Gettys / Raw Story:
‘Pray for the crown prince’: Michele Bachmann and other end-times evangelicals turn up in Saudi Arabia
Washington Post:
If Trump thinks Iran's murder plots should be punished, what about Saudi Arabia's?
Discussion: Just Security
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Republicans Say They Will Protect Pre-existing Conditions. Their Records Say Something Else.
Discussion: ThinkProgress
Andrei Zakharov / BBC:
Private messages from 81,000 hacked Facebook accounts for sale
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Samuel Chamberlain / Fox News:
Facebook apologizes after blocking pro-life group's ads for GOP Senate candidates
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Craig Torres / Bloomberg:
Fed's Powell Says Reduced Immigration Could Slow U.S. Economy
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HuffPost:
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