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Veronica Stracqualursi / CNN:
Racist robocall targets Stacey Abrams, Oprah in Georgia governor's race  —  Washington (CNN)A white supremacist group that targeted Florida gubernatorial candidate Andrew Gillum with racist robocalls is now targeting Georgia Democratic gubernatorial candidate Stacey Abrams.
Discussion: ThinkProgress
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Zeeshan Aleem / Vox:
Obama tends to hold back.  But he's getting aggressive for the midterms.  —  He slammed Trump for “constant fear-mongering” at a fiery campaign rally in Florida Friday.  —  Former president Barack Obama and his successor Donald Trump went head to head in dueling rallies on Friday …
Peter Baker / New York Times:   Once Reluctant to Speak Out, an Energized Obama Now Calls Out His Successor
Daniel Strauss / Politico:
Obama boosts Abrams, bashes Kemp on voting rights in Georgia speech
Discussion: Washington Post and ABC News
Bret Stephens / New York Times:
Why Aren't Democrats Walking Away With the Midterms?  —  Democrats miss Trump's political gifts and the real threat he represents.  —  The night Donald Trump was elected was supposed to be, for most liberals and a few conservatives, the beginning of the end of the world.  The economy would surely implode.
Washington Post:
Amazon is in advanced talks about putting second headquarters in Northern Virginia, those close to process say  —  Amazon.com has held advanced discussions about the possibility of opening its highly sought-after second headquarters in Crystal City, including how quickly it would move employees there …
Paul Sonne / Washington Post:
Trump's border deployments could cost $200 million by year-end  —  The total price of President Trump's military deployment to the border, including the cost of National Guard forces that have been there since April, could climb well above $200 million by the end of 2018 and grow significantly …
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New York Times:
House and Senate Latest, Obama Asks a Question, Beto Video: 3 Days to Go  —  Welcome to The Tip Sheet, a daily political analysis of the 2018 elections, based on interviews with Republican and Democratic officials, pollsters, strategists and voters.  —  Where things stand
Karen DeYoung / Washington Post:
Trump administration appears in no hurry to judge Saudi Arabia for Khashoggi killing  —  The Trump administration is waiting to see the results of a Saudi investigation into the killing of Jamal Khashoggi, according to U.S. officials, and appears in no hurry to decide whether and how to punish Saudi Arabia.
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Wall Street Journal:   Behind Saudi Prince's Crackdown Was Confidant Tied to Khashoggi Killing
Yaron Steinbuch / New York Post:   Netanyahu: Saudi Arabia deserves a pass for Khashoggi murder
Derick Waller / abc7ny.com:
Arrest made after hate graffiti found written inside Brooklyn synagogue  —  Police have made an arrest after disturbing messages of hate were found inside a Brooklyn synagogue Thursday evening, the latest in a string of anti-Semitic incidents across the nation.
Karl Etters / Tallahassee Democrat:
4 wounded, shooter dead at Tallahassee yoga studio on Thomasville Road  —  An unidentified man shot and killed himself Friday evening after wounding at least four people at Hot Yoga, according to Tallahassee officials.  —  City spokeswoman Alison Faris confirmed that the shooter is dead …
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Jacey Fortin / New York Times:
Man Shoots 6 at Florida Yoga Studio, Killing 2 and Then Himself
Discussion: Tallahassee Democrat
Politico:
New Jersey Democrats sound alarm over Menendez race  —  New Jersey Democrats are growing increasingly worried that Sen. Bob Menendez could lose his seat next week in an outcome that would undercut the party's effort to take back the Senate.  —  Democratic strategists working on races across …
Discussion: Mother Jones and Political Wire
Joel Ebert / The Tennessean:
Two new polls show Marsha Blackburn, Phil Bredesen in a dead heat in Senate race  —  A look at the several polls detailing the race of Marsha Blackburn and Phil Bredesen for U.S. Senate  —  Despite a series of recent polls saying otherwise, two surveys see Tennessee's U.S. Senate race between …
Discussion: POLITICUSUSA
Dana Milbank / Washington Post:
We have no excuses now.  Our eyes are wide open.  —  This time, our eyes are wide open.  —  Exactly two years ago, many Americans held their noses and voted for Donald Trump.  Some were conservatives willing to tolerate his vulgar excesses in hopes of getting tax cuts, a repeal of Obamacare and a friendlier judiciary.
Discussion: Hullabaloo and Arizona Republic
John Harwood / CNBC:
Republicans are spreading two types of fear ahead of next week's midterm elections  — The upstairs-downstairs split within the Republican coalition requires more than hype about imagined threats of “invasion” from a bedraggled immigrant caravan.  GOP strategy involves two distinctly different kinds of fear.
The Daily Beast:
Russian Propaganda Veterans Push Candace Owens' ‘Blexit’ Campaign  —  It claims to be an online movement of African-Americans.  But tens of thousands of the tweets were sent from accounts that previously pushed Russian disinformation.  —  We're not saying that Russia helped make #Blexit trend …
Caleb Parke / Fox News:
Gillum intern arrested in Florida for throwing chocolate milk at College Republicans  —  An intern for Democratic Florida gubernatorial candidate Andrew Gillum has been arrested and charged with battery after she threw chocolate milk on a group of College Republicans tabling on campus.
Discussion: The Gateway Pundit
Alex Isenstadt / Politico:
GOP super PAC rushes to save Alaska's Don Young from defeat  —  A super PAC aligned with House Republican leadership is mounting a surprise final-weekend effort to save Alaska Rep. Don Young from defeat on Tuesday.  —  On Saturday, Congressional Leadership Fund will launch …
Discussion: Raw Story
Page Six:
Alec Baldwin released from police custody after parking spot punch … Alec Baldwin didn't say a word as he was released from custody with a summons for assault and harassment over his Friday afternoon attack on a rival for a parking spot, cops said.  —  Baldwin, wearing a grim scowl and an untucked …
Jeremy W. Peters / New York Times:
G.O.P. Sees Trump's Playbook as Best Hope in Some Tight Races  —  ALBERT LEA, Minn. — The Republican attack ads targeting George Soros and Colin Kaepernick were the first to arrive in southern Minnesota last month, so closely echoing President Trump that he could have written them himself.
Andrew C. McCarthy / National Review:
The 14th Amendment Does Not Mandate Birthright Citizenship  —  It was about removing vestiges of slavery, not regulating aliens.  —  Shortly after the Constitution went into effect, the first Congress enacted a naturalization law.  Lawmakers superseded this statute just five years later.
New York Times:
A Nation in Turmoil Prepares to Deliver a Verdict on Trump  —  The tumultuous 2018 midterm campaign, shaped by conflicts over race and identity and punctuated by tragedy, barreled through its final weekend as voters prepared to deliver a verdict on the first half of President Trump's term …
Discussion: CNBC
Kathleen Jacob / WZTV:
Political dummy hanging from tree sparks outrage in Shelbyville  —  A political Halloween decoration has people in Shelbyville outraged.  An unknown person hung a dummy from a tree at the corner of 130 and Snell Road.  The dummy had a GOP outfit on, a white dunce hat, and a Marsha Blackburn sign hanging from it.
Discussion: Fox News Insider
Ali Watkins / New York Times:
Racist Slur Defaces African Burial Ground Monument in Lower Manhattan  —  The African Burial Ground Monument in Lower Manhattan, a treasured site for the nation's black community, was defaced with a racist slur on Thursday, the authorities said.  —  In black marker, a vandal scrawled “Kill …
Discussion: The Daily Caller
New York Times:
How a Taliban Assassin Got Close Enough to Kill a General  —  KANDAHAR, Afghanistan — Minutes before killing one of the most important generals in Afghanistan, the infiltrator made a final call to the Taliban.  —  Though only a teenager, the assassin managed to get hired as an elite guard …
Trip Gabriel / New York Times:
Steve King, for a Change, Faces a Battle for House Seat in Iowa  —  DES MOINES — Representative Steve King, the polarizing Republican from rural Iowa given to incendiary racial remarks, was expecting to glide to an easy victory next week, like all of his previous eight races.
The Daily Beast:
Senate Intelligence Wants Documents on NRA's Russia Trip  —  The Senate intelligence committee has asked the National Rifle Association to provide documents on its connections to Russia—including documents related to a 2015 trip some of its top leaders made to Moscow.
Discussion: ABC News and Raw Story
The Daily Beast:
Jacob Wohl's Fake P.I. Firm Ghosted on Ex-Homeless Woman Looking For Her Stolen Truck  —  At the same time he was trying to frame Robert Mueller, the Trump-loving huckster took on another case.  It, too, has gone poorly.  —  Julienne Adams began to suspect something was awry …
Discussion: twitchy.com and Law & Crime
The Hill:
Democrats, beware: We are leaning left too far  —  As the 2018 election seasons draws to a climax, political junkies — and I confess, I remain one — already are looking to 2020 and expounding theories about what could happen.  In one sense, that's a foolish venture because politics is hard …
Washington Post:
Former generals worry that Trump's border mission uses troops as a political tool  —  President Trump's decision to send as many as 15,000 troops to the southern border has drawn sharp and unusual criticism from former military leaders, who have called the deployment “wasteful” …
Discussion: Raw Story and The Daily Beast
 
 
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Media Matters for America:
STUDY: Trump's phony caravan “crisis” consumed Wash. Post, NY Times
Israel Hayom:
‘I look to Trump as a role model,’ says Brazil's president-elect
Discussion: New Republic
Martin Walsh / The American Mirror:
DEM PANIC?  Ocasio-Cortez calls Trump ‘monster’, Biden threatens violence, wild-eyed Obama's voice cracks during rant
Gardiner Harris / New York Times:
U.S. Reimposes Sanctions on Iran but Undercuts the Pain With Waivers
Discussion: Middle East Eye
Axios:
3. Trump: Democrats gaining control of the House “could happen”
Discussion: Politico
Ruben Kimmelman / NPR:
Judge Rules Native Americans In North Dakota Must Comply With Voter ID Law
Ramesh Ponnuru / Bloomberg:
Democrats Gave Trump an Opening on Immigration
Discussion: National Review
 Earlier Items: 
Julia Manchester / The Hill:
Pence says Republicans will keep control of the House
Washington Post:
Supreme Court refuses to block young people's climate lawsuit against U.S. government
Steve Sadin / Chicago Tribune:
Man accused of making threatening call to Highland Park synagogue charged with hate crime
Discussion: Raw Story
New York Times:
When a Terrorist Comes to Your Hometown
Aaron Rodriguez / CREW:
CREW Files Hatch Act Complaint Against CMS Administrator Seema Verma
Discussion: Politico
Caroline Zhang / CREW:
CREW Discovers Previously Undisclosed Ethics Waiver for Solicitor General Noel Francisco
Discussion: ThinkProgress, Politico and Raw Story
 

 
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Matthew Keys / The Desk:
Prime Video users will be able to watch local PBS stations and PBS Kids for free in coming months, and two new free PBS channels with ads starting November 26

John Koblin / New York Times:
NBC names Craig Melvin as Hoda Kotb's successor on Today, teaming up with Savannah Guthrie, starting January 13; Melvin has been Today's news anchor since 2018

Katie Kilkenny / The Hollywood Reporter:
On Fox News, LA Times owner Patrick Soon-Shiong discussed his new approach to publish “views from both sides”, and said the paper had conflated news and opinion

 
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