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4:40 PM ET, November 2, 2019

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Jason Leopold / BuzzFeed News:
The Mueller Report's Secret Memos  —  BuzzFeed News sued the US government for the right to see all the work that Mueller's team kept secret.  Today we are publishing the first installment.  —  The 448-page report issued by then-special counsel Robert Mueller last March …
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Katelyn Polantz / CNN:
Mueller interview notes obtained by CNN show Trump's push for stolen emails  —  (CNN)President Donald Trump and other top 2016 Trump campaign officials repeatedly privately discussed how the campaign could get access to stolen Democratic emails WikiLeaks had in 2016, according …
Nick Miroff / Washington Post:
Smugglers are sawing through new sections of Trump's border wall  —  SAN DIEGO — Smuggling gangs in Mexico have repeatedly sawed through new sections of President Trump's border wall in recent months by using commercially available power tools, opening gaps large enough for people and drug loads …
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Tommy Christopher / Mediaite:   Killed That Wall! Smugglers Defeating Trump's New Replacement Border Fence with $100 Power Saws
Sahil Kapur / Bloomberg:
Nancy Pelosi Is Worried 2020 Candidates Are on Wrong Track  — Speaker questions appeal of Medicare For All, Green New Deal  — Ideas could repel voters in swing Midwestern states, she says  —  Nancy Pelosi is issuing a pointed message to Democrats running for president in 2020 …
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James Crowley / Newsweek:
Pete Buttigieg Says Democratic Race Is Shaping Up to Be a ‘Two-Way’ Between Him and Elizabeth Warren  —  South Bend, Indiana Mayor and Democratic presidential candidate Pete Buttigieg said in a new interview that he believes the race for his party's nomination will be between Senator Elizabeth Warren and himself.
Discussion: Mediaite
Dan Balz / Washington Post:   At Iowa's Democratic dinner, Warren and Buttigieg take aim at one another
Harry Enten / CNN:
Iowa is anyone's game in a historically messy field
Discussion: Redstate and Vox
Giovanni Russonello / New York Times:
5 Takeaways From the Latest Iowa Poll
Discussion: The Guardian, Daily Mail and DemCast
New York Times:
In Trump's Twitter Feed: Conspiracy-Mongers, Racists and Spies  —  In September, an obscure Twitter account promoting a fringe belief about an anti-Trump cabal within the government tweeted out a hashtag: #FakeWhistleblower.  —  It was typical for the anonymous account …
Discussion: Mashable and Political Wire
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New York Times:
How Trump Reshaped the Presidency in Over 11,000 Tweets  —  With a single tweet last fall, Mr. Trump sent his administration into a tailspin.  “I must, in the strongest of terms, ask Mexico to stop this onslaught,” he wrote in October 2018, angry about a caravan of migrants from Central America.
Discussion: The Hill and Althouse
New York Times:
Trump's Twitter Presidency: 9 Key Takeaways
Discussion: Axios
Yahoo News:
Children were told to ‘build the wall’ at White House Halloween party  —  WASHINGTON — A Halloween party on Oct. 25 at the Eisenhower Executive Office Building featured candy, paper airplanes and — concerning for some attendees — a station where children were encouraged to help “Build the Wall” with their own personalized bricks.
New York Times:
The Whimpering Terrorist Only Trump Seems to Have Heard  —  President Trump offered a vivid account of the ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi “crying and screaming” in the final minutes before his death.  The only problem: No one else knows what he's talking about.
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Daniel Dale / CNN:   Fact check: Trump lies about CNN at Mississippi rally
Matthew Choi / Politico:
Trump to Mississippi rally crowd: Impeachment is an affront to you
Discussion: Vox
John McDermott / New York Times:
Those People We Tried to Cancel?  They're All Hanging Out Together  —  Depriving people of a platform works — in unexpected ways.  —  Katie Herzog was a largely unknown freelance journalist living in Seattle.  Then she published an article in The Stranger about trans people who halt or reverse transitions.
Jesse Dougherty / Washington Post:
Sean Doolittle on declining White House invite: 'I don't want to hang out with somebody who talks like that'  —  Ever since Sean Doolittle was traded to the Washington Nationals in the summer of 2017, the reliever was often asked whether he would visit the White House after winning the World Series.
Jennifer Jacobs / Bloomberg:
Donald Trump Jr. Has a Few Grievances to Air in Upcoming Book  — President's oldest son also shares some personal anecdotes  — Video-gaming with Michael Jackson; debating Obama's Nobel  —  The president's oldest son, Donald Trump Jr., airs some of the family's grievances over the probe …
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Maggie Haberman / New York Times:
Donald Trump Jr. Critiques Mueller in New Book
Discussion: CNN, The Daily Caller and Mediaite
Matt Shuham / Talking Points Memo:
WaPo: WH Record Of Trump-Zelensky Call Put Words In Ukrainian Prez's Mouth, Official Testified  —  The White House's memorandum of the July 25 call between President Donald Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky put words in the Ukrainian president's mouth that he never said, a White House official testified this week.
Discussion: The Week, The Mahablog and POLITICUSUSA
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Amy Chozick / New York Times:
Adam Neumann and the Art of Failing Up  —  WeWork's chief risk-taker found a kindred spirit with an open checkbook: SoftBank's Masayoshi Son.  Now he's walking away from the wreckage with more than $1 billion.  —  Adam Neumann stood on the 57th floor of the Woolworth Building …
Axios:
GOP worries banned political ads could upend Trump's 2020 campaign  —  Top Republicans are privately worried about a new threat to President Trump's campaign: the possibility of Facebook pulling a Twitter and banning political ads.  —  Why it matters: Facebook says it won't, but future regulatory pressure could change that.
Discussion: Raw Story and BuzzFeed News
Daniel Marans / HuffPost:
Virginia Is On The Brink Of Cementing Its Democratic Status  —  Republicans risk losing their last footholds of power in the Old Dominion.  —  Democrats are poised to take control of both of Virginia's state legislative chambers on Tuesday, bringing the state under unified Democratic control for the first time in a quarter century.
NewsHound Ellen / Latest from Crooks and Liars:
Tucker Carlson's Very Creepy Smear Of Adam Schiff: Impeachment In ‘Steamy, Unhinged Letters Using His Own Body Fluids’  —  Fox's Tucker Carlson probably grossed out a large number of viewers with what he must have imagined was a hilarious smear of Rep. Adam Schiff over impeachment.  —  Views:
Discussion: Hullabaloo
Wall Street Journal:
California Governor Threatens State Takeover of PG&E  —  Gavin Newsom says state may intervene if shareholders, bondholders cannot quickly reach a deal to exit bankruptcy  —  California Gov. Gavin Newsom is threatening a state takeover of PG&E Corp. unless the company exits bankruptcy …
Jon Levine / New York Post:
Hero dog ‘Conan’ injured during Baghdadi raid deserves purple heart: vets  —  It's a barking shame.  —  A heroic Belgian Malinois who chased down Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi last week and was wounded after the ISIS boss blew himself up with a suicide vest will not receive a Purple Heart.
Hanna Trudo / The Daily Beast:
Democrats Plan Political Siege on Trump's Sunshine State Move  —  Florida Democrats say they are “ready to send Donald Trump to his retirement home.”  —  BEAST INSIDE  —  With his move from New York to Florida, President Donald Trump will live in a state where the political climate is warmer and the taxes are low.
Discussion: Raw Story
Tom McCarthy / The Guardian:
Experts on Trump's conduct: ‘Plainly an abuse of power, plainly impeachable’  —  Republicans may argue Trump's actions were not impeachable - but scholars say it's a solid example of a high crime  —  Was what he did really so bad?  And even if it was bad - was it truly impeachable?
 
 
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Jennifer Bendery / HuffPost:
Trump Keeps Picking Unqualified People To Be Lifetime Judges. Republicans Don't Care.
Annie Karni / New York Times:
As Government Officials Testify Against Trump, Critics Question Why an Author Stays Anonymous
Discussion: Political Wire
Bobby Lewis / Media Matters for America:
The White House press briefing now takes place on Fox News
Discussion: HuffPost
Radley Balko / Washington Post:
A Louisiana DA will let you out of your community service obligation — if you donate to his nonprofit
Zach Montellaro / Politico:
Andrew Yang adds experience to his pirate-ship campaign
Discussion: The Week
The Hill:
GOP argues whistleblower's name must be public
Shaun Walker / The Guardian:
George Soros: ‘Brexit hurts both sides - my money was used to educate the British public’
CNN:
Facebook will allow UK election candidates to run false ads
 Earlier Items: 
Bret Stephens / New York Times:
The NeverTrump Vindication
Justin Fishel / ABC News:
Rules of impeachment, then and now: ANALYSIS
Discussion: Vox and Breitbart
Jerry Dunleavy / Washington Examiner:
‘Divorced from the facts’: DOJ shoots down claims Strzok and the FBI trapped Flynn
Everton Bailey Jr / Oregonian:
Baton attack during June protests in downtown Portland lands man in prison for nearly 6 years
Polina Ivanova / Reuters:
Exclusive: Overhaul of Ukraine prosecution agency buries Manafort inquiries - investigators
Dana Blanton / Fox News:
Fox News Poll: Record support for Trump impeachment
Kim Sengupta / The Independent:
'It's like nothing we have come across before': UK intelligence officials shaken by Trump …
Discussion: Daily Kos, CANNONFIRE and POLITICUSUSA
 

 
From Mediagazer:

Peter Blumberg / Bloomberg:
X sues to block California's AB 2655, aimed at curbing AI-generated deceptive election content on social media, claiming it impinges on free speech

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

Mia Sato / The Verge:
Facebook makes Views its primary metric for content, bringing it in line with Instagram; each time a piece of content appears on a screen, it counts as a View

 
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