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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  —  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.
Discussion: New York Times
Aaron Blake / Washington Post:
Roger Stone's story just changed on Russia — again
Discussion: Raw Story
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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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
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.
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
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
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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Andy Campbell / HuffPost:
Congressman Jeff Fortenberry's Chief Of Staff Threatens Professor For Liking Facebook Post
Discussion: Splinter
YouTube:   Phone Call: Reyn Archer and Ari Kohen 10/26/2018
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
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
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Dartunorro Clark / NBC News:
Rep. King yells at man questioning him about extremism, boots heckler from event
Discussion: Des Moines Register
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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Tom DiChristopher / CNBC:   Gates Foundation halts cooperation with Saudi crown prince's nonprofit after Khashoggi killing
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
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 …
Discussion: 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.
Discussion: Daily Wire, Breitbart and Facebook
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.
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 …
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.
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.”
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.
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 …
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 …
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.
Martin Vassolo / miamiherald:
Profile in civility: Teen who said he'd kill Rep. Curbelo joins him in call for unity  —  As politicians everywhere have called for tolerance amid a wave of violence ahead of the midterm elections, Republican Rep. Carlos Curbelo took political civility to new heights on Thursday by standing beside …
Discussion: TheBlaze and Mother Jones
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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Carrie Levine / Center for Public Integrity:
Federal judge won't stay North Dakota voter ID law Native Americans say hurts them
Pallavi Gogoi / Washington Post:
As a young journalist in India, I was raped by M.J. Akbar. Here is my story.
Eddy Wax / Politico:
Police probe anti-semitic hate crimes in UK Labour party
Joe Concha / The Hill:
CNN's Lemon doubles down: ‘Evidence is overwhelming’ that white men are ‘biggest terror threat’
Discussion: Townhall
David E. Sanger / New York Times:
Mystery of the Midterm Elections: Where Are the Russians?
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Fed's Powell Says Reduced Immigration Could Slow U.S. Economy
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Adam Kredo / Washington Free Beacon:
Trump Admin Poised to Cave on Iran Sanctions
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What a Republican Hold in the House Might Look Like
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Ken Dixon / Connecticut Post:
Stefanowski is ahead in new Hearst/SHU Poll
Discussion: National Review
Donovan Slack / USA Today:
VA: Fatal dog experiments moving ahead despite criticism from Congress, veterans groups
HuffPost:
Someone Paid Thousands Of Foreigners 20 Cents Each To Hide HuffPost's Negative Coverage Of A Democratic PAC
 

 
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