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BuzzFeed News:
Tallahassee Yoga Shooter Was A Far-Right Misogynist Who Railed Against Women And Minorities Online  —  The man who shot and killed two women at a yoga studio in Tallahassee, Florida, on Friday before killing himself was a far-right extremist and self-proclaimed misogynist who railed against women …
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Hollie Silverman / CNN:
Police identify suspected gunman and 2 people killed at hot yoga studio in Tallahassee
Discussion: The Capitolist
Matt Dixon / Politico:
At DeSantis rally, Perdue says Florida governor's race ‘so cotton-pickin’ important'  —  TALLAHASSEE — During a Saturday rally for Florida Republican gubernatorial candidate Ron DeSantis, President Donald Trump's top agriculture official used the term “cotton-pickin'” to describe the importance …
Discussion: Breitbart
Washington Post:
U.S. militia groups head to border, stirred by Trump's call to arms  —  FALFURRIAS, Tex. — Gun-carrying civilian groups and border vigilantes have heard a call to arms in President Trump's warnings about threats to American security posed by caravans of Central American migrants moving through Mexico.
Discussion: POLITICUSUSA and Raw Story
Brianne Pfannenstiel / Des Moines Register:
Just days before election, Iowa Poll shows Fred Hubbell with 2-point lead over Kim Reynolds  —  Democratic businessman Fred Hubbell heads into Election Day with a narrow lead over Republican Gov. Kim Reynolds among likely voters, a new Des Moines Register/Mediacom Iowa Poll shows.
Discussion: Political Wire and The Atlantic
Kristen Inbody / USA Today:
Images from Trump Rally in Bozeman, MT … Kevin Crawford of Bozeman and Curtis Roe of Belgrade decided to protest President Donald Trump's visit Saturday to the Bozeman Yellowstone International Airport in grass.  —  The pair mowed “FU45” on Roe's land under the landing approach Air Force One would make.
Discussion: Political Wire
Liel Leibovitz / Tablet Magazine:
As Brooklyn Hate Crime Suspect is Arrested, Time for the Left to Rethink Its Attitude to Anti-Semitism  —  Earlier today, the New York Police Department arrested the man suspected of vandalizing the Union Temple in Brooklyn by scrawling “Hitler” and “Die Jewish rats” on its wall.
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Luke Rosiak / The Daily Caller:
NYC Synagogue Vandalism Suspect Is Former City Hall Anti-Hate Crime Intern
Benjamin Kentish / The Independent:
Labour Party branch ‘voted down motion condemning Pittsburgh synagogue attack’  —  Members reject motion after saying there is too much focus on ‘antisemitism this, antisemitism that’  — {{#singleComment}}{{total}} comment{{/singleComment}}{{^singleComme nt}}{{total}} comments{{/singleComment}}
gofundme.com:
Mayor Brent Taylor and Family  —  $54,249 of $250,000 goal Raised by 547 people in 11 hours  —  Brent Taylor, Mayor of North Ogden, was killed in Afghanistan today.  Mayor Taylor was a hero in every sense of the word.  He believed in his community, his country and in selfless service to his fellowman.
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Virginia Heffernan / Los Angeles Times:
WikiLeaks' pernicious legacy — empty lulz, bothsidesism and moral flexibility  —  Not long ago, Julian Assange, the founder of WikiLeaks, was considered a lionhearted champion of civil liberties and government transparency.  —  In 2007, he helped expose human rights abuses at Guantanamo Bay.
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Morgan Chalfant / The Hill:   Drama builds around Stone in Mueller probe
New York Times:
Trump Administration Spares Corporate Wrongdoers Billions in Penalties  —  In the final months of the Obama administration, Walmart was under pressure from federal officials to pay nearly $1 billion and accept a guilty plea to resolve a foreign bribery investigation.
Discussion: Lawyers, Guns & Money
Janet Reitman / New York Times:
U.S. Law Enforcement Failed to See the Threat of White Nationalism.  Now They Don't Know How to Stop It.  —  For two decades, domestic counterterrorism strategy has ignored the rising danger of far-right extremism.  In the atmosphere of willful indifference, a virulent movement has grown and metastasized.
David Eggert / Associated Press:
Voter turnout for Michigan's midterm election may spike  —  LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Last-ditch efforts are in motion to spur people to the polls on Tuesday.  This election, Michigan voters may not need prodding.  —  The number of absentee ballots issued and returned statewide …
Washington Post:
Anxiety high in campaign's final days as voters prepare to render judgment on Trumpism  —  Two years of political volatility will culminate Tuesday when voters for the first time since the stunning 2016 election render a nationwide judgment on whether Trumpism is a historic anomaly or a reflection of modern-day America.
The Guardian:
Arron Banks faces new claims of misleading MPs over Brexit  —  Leaked messages ‘show undeclared links’; emails ‘contradict statements to MPs’  —  The controversial businessman Arron Banks may have misled parliament over links between his pro-Brexit campaign and his insurance business during …
Discussion: Bloomberg, Politico and openDemocracy
Dirt Digger / CalDirt:
Not just the Celtics: Devin Nunes used Leadership PAC funds on luxury vacay in his family's native Portugal  —  Remember that story earlier this year about Rep. Devin Nunes blowing $15,000 in Leadership PAC money to go watch his favorite basketball team, the Boston Celtics, live and in person?
Gregory Korte / USA Today:
Midterms: Races for governor, statehouses will help decide control of Congress for a decade  —  Unless you're a political junkie, it's not easy keeping track of the seats up for election.  Here's why midterm elections and chamber control matters.  —  CONNECT
Paul Schwartzman / Washington Post:
The man in the middle of D.C.'s ugliest political race  —  D.C. Council member Trayon White Sr. is a man caught in the middle of what has turned into the District's most contentious political fight of 2018.  —  On one side is Dionne Reeder, the independent at-large council candidate …
Osita Nwanevu / New Yorker:
If Jeff Bezos Makes Washington the Second Headquarters of Amazon  —  On October 21, 2016, an entity called the Cherry Revocable Trust purchased two adjacent buildings in the Kalorama neighborhood of Washington, D.C., for twenty-three million dollars.  The buildings, which previously had housed …
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Ali Rogin / ABC News:
Trump hails ‘beautiful’ barbed wire on southern border in Montana rally speech, slams Tester over VA Secretary saga  —  In a speech that alternated between appeals to national and local audiences, President Donald Trump urged Montanans to vote out incumbent Democratic Sen. Jon Tester …
Discussion: Breitbart and Political Wire
Stephen Dinan / Washington Times:
Another Kavanaugh accuser admits to fabricating rape story  —  One of Justice Brett M. Kavanaugh's accusers admitted this week that she made up her lurid tale of a backseat car rape, saying it “was a tactic” to try to derail the judge's confirmation to the Supreme Court.
Discussion: Louder With Crowder
Dan Bongino:
The George Papadopoulos Interview You've Been Waiting For  —  In this special episode, I interview George Papadopoulos and his answers are explosive.  You don't want to miss this.
 
 
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NBC News:
North Korea threatens to resume nuclear development if U.S. doesn't lift sanctions
Discussion: Hullabaloo and The Week
Lukas Mikelionis / Fox News:
Bernie Sanders ripped for shameless promotion after being asked what's his favorite book on Reddit
Kevin Sack / New York Times:
Anguished by ‘Spiral of Hate,’ Charleston Pastor and Pittsburgh Rabbi Grieve as One
Josh Boak / Associated Press:
For some, a vibrant US economy complicates voting decision
Jared Malsin / Wall Street Journal:
Egypt Arrests Human-Rights Lawyers as Crackdown on Critics Intensifies
Molly Beck / Milwaukee Journal Sentinel:
With Vice President Mike Pence at his side, Scott Walker urges Republicans to push him over the finish line
Joe Concha / The Hill:
Disabled veteran knocks MSNBC crew for blocking handicapped spots at polling site
Discussion: KHOU-TV and AOL
 Earlier Items: 
Mike DeBonis / Washington Post:
'We're going to win the House,' top Democratic campaign official predicts
Josh Boak / Associated Press:
Trump stumps in cities that don't look that much like US
Jason Hancock / Kansas City Star:
Hawley won't answer questions about private emails; calls Star report ‘absurd’
Robbie Whelan / Wall Street Journal:
Why Are People Fleeing Central America? A New Breed of Gangs Is Taking Over.
Caleb Parke / Fox News:
Gillum intern arrested in Florida for throwing chocolate milk at College Republicans
Discussion: Hullabaloo and The Gateway Pundit
Andrew C. McCarthy / National Review:
The 14th Amendment Does Not Mandate Birthright Citizenship
Discussion: The Guardian
John Harwood / CNBC:
Republicans are spreading two types of fear ahead of next week's midterm elections
 

 
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