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New York Times:
Trump Campaign Aide Requested Online Manipulation Plans From Israeli Intelligence Firm  —  WASHINGTON — A top Trump campaign official requested proposals in 2016 from an Israeli company to create fake online identities, to use social media manipulation and to gather intelligence …
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Stephen Montemayor / Star Tribune:
Rosemount educator on leave after tweeting ‘kill Kavanaugh?’
Discussion: Power Line, Townhall and LifeNews.com
James Rogers / Fox News:
Google exec slams GOP over Kavanaugh nomination: ‘F—k.  You.  All.  To.  Hell’  —  A design lead at Google has slammed Republicans in an angry Twitter rant over the nomination of now-Justice Brett Kavanaugh.  —  “You are finished, @GOP.  You polished the final nail for your own coffins.
Discussion: Townhall and The Constitution
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Philip Klein / Washington Examiner:
Independents disapprove of Democrats' handling of the Brett Kavanaugh nomination by a 28-point margin  —  After a blistering confirmation battle, Justice Brett Kavanaugh will take his seat for oral arguments on the U.S. Supreme Court with a skeptical public, a majority of which opposed his nomination.
Discussion: Townhall and Daily Wire
Justin Wise / The Hill:
McConnell: GOP senators were ‘literally under assault’ in days before Kavanaugh vote  —  Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) said Monday that GOP senators were “literally under assault” during the confirmation process for Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh, who was accused of sexual misconduct by multiple women.
Cass R. Sunstein / Bloomberg:
GOP's Toasts to Kavanaugh Are Unspeakably Cruel  —  Political gloating is normal.  Mocking human suffering is not.  —  LISTEN TO ARTICLE  —  3:44  —  SHARE THIS ARTICLE  —  Share  —  Tweet  —  Post  —  Email  —  It's graceless and ugly, and rarely a good idea, to kick people when they're down.
Discussion: Washington Monthly
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Ewan Palmer / Newsweek:   Christine Blasey Ford Can't Return Home for ‘Quite Some Time’ Due to Continuous Death Threats: Lawyer
David Jackson / USA Today:
Donald Trump calls assault allegations against Kavanaugh a Democratic ‘hoax’
Discussion: Raw Story
CNN:
Trump apologizes to Kavanaugh for sexual misconduct allegations during confirmation
Discussion: CBS News and Mother Jones
Barry Friedman / New York Times:
The Coming Storm Over the Supreme Court
Discussion: Talking Points Memo
YouTube:
Is Ted Cruz “Tough As Texas”?  —  Is Ted Cruz really “Tough as Texas”?  Hardly.  Here's one Texan's take on that Ted Cruz fella... - Directed by Richard Linklater
Washington Post:
Proof of what happened to Jamal Khashoggi exists.  It must be released.  —  THE DISAPPEARANCE of Jamal Khashoggi remained a mystery on Monday, but unlike many mysteries, it is one that could easily be solved.  The Saudi journalist and Post Global Opinions columnist walked into the Saudi Consulate …
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Thomas L. Friedman / New York Times:   Praying for Jamal Khashoggi
Washington Post:
Erdogan demands that Saudis prove missing journalist left their consulate alive
Discussion: National Review and Mediaite
New York Times:
Migrant Children in Search of Justice: A 2-Year-Old's Day in Immigration Court  —  The youngest child to come before the bench in federal immigration courtroom No. 14 was so small she had to be lifted into the chair.  Even the judge in her black robes breathed a soft “aww” as her latest case perched on the brown leather.
Discussion: Lawyers, Guns & Money
Maggie Haberman / New York Times:
Kanye West Expected to Visit Trump at the White House  —  President Trump and his son-in-law, Jared Kushner, are expected to meet with the musician Kanye West on Thursday at the White House, two people familiar with the plans said.  —  Mr. West, who has faced a backlash over his vocal support …
CNN:
CNN Poll: Majority oppose Kavanaugh, but his popularity grows with GOP  —  WASHINGTON (CNN)The wrenching battle over Brett Kavanaugh's nomination to the high court left the public with sharply negative impressions of the new Supreme Court justice and raised questions about his truthfulness …
Ruth Brown / New York Post:
Some of Hitler's last relatives are living secret lives on Long Island  —  They're the Hitlers next door.  —  Some of Adolf Hitler's last surviving relatives have been living under the radar on Long Island for decades, according to a new report.  —  Hitler's great-nephews Alexander …
Franklin Foer / The Atlantic:
Suspended Animation in the Age of Trump … For at least the last two years, Americans have lived in an extended state of suspense about what could be the most nefarious scandal in the nation's political history.  Evidence has piled up suggesting that the Trump campaign teamed with the Russian state in pursuit of electoral victory.
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Avi Selk / Washington Post:
‘A betrayal beyond words’: The far right melts down over Taylor Swift's endorsement of Democrats  —  Taylor Swift's declaration that she plans to vote for Democrats next month fell like a hammer across the Trump-worshipping subforums of the far-right Internet, where people had convinced themselves …
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Felicia Sonmez / Washington Post:
Trump says he likes Taylor Swift's music ‘25 percent less’ after midterm endorsements
Discussion: The Daily Beast, USA Today and ABC News
bellingcat:
Second Skripal Poisoning Suspect Identified as Dr. Alexander Mishkin  —  In the preceding report from the current investigation into the two suspects in the Skripals poisoning case, Bellingcat and its reporting partner the Insider disclosed the identity of one of the two suspects.
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Robert Mendick / Telegraph:   Identity of second Salisbury spy revealed in further embarrassment for Russia's beleaguered GRU
Max Boot / Washington Post:
The dark side of American conservatism has taken over  —  You know how, after you watch a movie with a surprise ending, you sometimes replay the plot in your head to find the clues you missed the first time around?  That's what I've been doing lately with the history of conservatism …
Discussion: twitchy.com
PR Newswire:
“FOX” Adds to Executive Team with Government Affairs and Corporate Communications Leads for the New Company  —  Danny O'Brien named EVP and Head of Government Relations  —  Hope Hicks appointed EVP and Chief Communications Officer  —  FOX, the company to be spun-off in connection …
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Wall Street Journal:
Google Exposed User Data, Feared Repercussions of Disclosing to Public  —  Google opted not to disclose to users its discovery of a bug that gave outside developers access to private data.  It found no evidence of misuse.  —  Google exposed the private data of hundreds of thousands of users …
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Washington Post:
After selling off his father's properties, Trump embraced unorthodox strategies to expand his empire  —  In 2005, Donald Trump kicked off a decade-long buying and spending spree, vastly expanding his hotel and golf-course empire and cementing his image as a brash impresario.
Discussion: Hit & Run
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Media Matters for America:
The press helped build Donald Trump's lie; now it has to reckon with that
Discussion: Daily Kos
Elise Viebeck / Washington Post:
McConnell signals he would push to fill a Supreme Court vacancy in 2020 despite 2016 example  —  Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) — who blocked President Obama's 2016 nominee to the Supreme Court for nearly a year amid widespread Democratic objections — signaled on Monday …
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New York Times:
We're getting ready to poll voters.  —  Can Democrats turn Texas blue?  —  Beto O'Rourke Congressman  —  This survey was conducted by The New York Times Upshot and Siena College.  —  Where we'll call:  —  Vote choice: Dem.  Rep. Don't know Didn't answer  —  Explore the 2016 election in detail with this interactive map.
Discussion: Political Wire
Washington Post:
‘An angry mob’: Republicans work to recast Democratic protests as out-of-control anarchy  —  When thousands of furious, screaming protesters marched toward the Capitol over the weekend as Justice Brett M. Kavanaugh was confirmed, Republican staffers peered out at the scene from the windows above.
CBS Miami:
US Gulf Coast Bracing For Impact As Florida's Governor Calls Michael A “Monstrous Hurricane”  —  MIAMI (CBSMiami/AP) — A newly formed hurricane is bearing down on parts of northern Florida.  —  Residents of Florida's Panhandle frantically filled sandbags, boarded up homes and secured boats Monday …
Darren Samuelsohn / Politico:
Trump team's contact with Mueller targets could taint findings  —  Legal experts say the president's lawyers may be pushing ethical boundaries by communicating with people involved in the Mueller probe.  —  Donald Trump's lawyers have maintained an unusual level of contact …
Discussion: Shareblue Media and Daily Kos
Michael Schulman / New Yorker:
Daniel Radcliffe and the Art of the Fact-Check  —  Researching his role in “The Lifespan of a Fact,” the actor embeds in The New Yorker's fact-checking department.  —  Fact: the actor Daniel Radcliffe is currently starring in the Broadway show “The Lifespan of a Fact,” …
 
 
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David Willman / Los Angeles Times:
Rohrabacher's brushes with Russia probe complicate his reelection bid
E.J. Graff / Politico:
Is Trump Driving Women Away From the GOP for Good?
Bryan Anderson / Sacramento Bee:
Non-citizens may have been added to voter rolls, DMV says
The Daily Beast:
Researchers: No Evidence That Russia Is Messing With Campaign 2018—Yet
Daniel McCarthy / Spectator USA:
White liberalism is dying
Madison Feller / ELLE:
Jane Mayer Is Holding the World's Most Powerful Men Accountable
Discussion: ThinkProgress
Russ Choma / Mother Jones:
Another Trump Golf Course Is Losing Millions of Dollars
Discussion: POLITICUSUSA
Wall Street Journal:
Interest Groups Compete for Trump's TV Attention
 Earlier Items: 
Daniel Horowitz / Conservative Review:
6 lessons the GOP should learn from winning the Kavanaugh fight but probably won't
Discussion: American Greatness
Travis Gettys / Raw Story:
The View's Meghan McCain tearfully opens up about drinking through her dad's cancer
Discussion: The Daily Caller
New York Times:
In a Mississippi Restaurant, Two Americas Coexist Side by Side
Philip Rucker / Washington Post:
Trump says Chicago police should use ‘stop-and-frisk’ tactics to curb shootings
Discussion: Politico, ABC News, The Root and Breitbart
Jennifer Rubin / Washington Post:
The corruption of the GOP is complete: So what's Plan B?
Laura M. Holson / New York Times:
Your Dog May Be Smart, but She's Not Exceptional
Discussion: Jezebel
Jonathan Martin / New York Times:
MeToo Is a ‘Movement Toward Victimization,’ G.O.P. Senate Candidate Says
 

 
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Bloomberg:
Sources: Apple is finalizing a deal with OpenAI to use ChatGPT features in iOS 18; talks with Google to license Gemini are still ongoing

Daysia Tolentino / NBC News:
At the Bloomberg Technology Summit, Bumble founder Whitney Wolfe Herd said the future of dating could have digital, AI-powered personas setting each other up

Daniel Thomas / Financial Times:
Email: criminals target WPP CEO Mark Read in a deepfake scam by using a voice clone and public YouTube footage to set up a video meeting with his executives

 
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