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10:35 AM ET, October 13, 2018

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CBS News:
Trump vows “severe punishment” if Saudi Arabia is behind missing journalist  —  President Trump tells 60 Minutes Saudi Arabia has denied playing a part in the disappearance of Jamal Khashoggi, but says the case is being investigated.  See the full interview Sunday, Oct. 14 at 7:30 p.m. ET and 7 p.m. PT on CBS.
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Will Sommer / The Daily Beast:
Trump Jr. Boosts Smear Tying Missing Journalist Jamal Khashoggi to Islamic Terrorism  —  The president's son, along with conservative media, are using Jamal Khashoggi's interviews with Osama bin Laden to imply he supported Islamic terror.  —  Donald Trump Jr. on Friday promoted …
Brad Reed / Raw Story:
Trump Jr. promotes tweet smearing missing Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi as a secret terrorist ally  —  Donald Trump Jr. on Friday promoted a tweet from Federalist founder Sean Davis that smeared missing Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi as an ally of the late terrorist mastermind Osama bin Laden.
Associated Press:
Newspaper says Turkey has audio of Saudi writer's slaying  —  ISTANBUL (AP) — Turkish officials have an audio recording of the alleged killing of journalist Jamal Khashoggi from the Apple Watch he wore when he walked into the Saudi Consulate in Istanbul over a week ago, a pro-government Turkish newspaper reported Saturday.
Discussion: POLITICUSUSA
Fred Hiatt / Washington Post:
Will you work for a murderer?  That's the question a host of ex-generals, diplomats and spies may soon face.  —  “Why do you work for a murderer?”  —  Increasingly, it seems that is a question many Americans should be preparing themselves to answer.  —  Each year, Saudi Arabia employs …
David Ignatius / Washington Post:
Jamal Khashoggi's long road to the doors of the Saudi Consulate
Ben Rhodes / The Atlantic:   A Fatal Abandonment of American Leadership
Tom Rogan / Washington Examiner:   Mohammed bin Salman doesn't care about the world's fury
John Brennan / Washington Post:
The U.S. should never turn a blind eye to this sort of inhumanity
Brent D. Griffiths / Politico:
Trump praises Robert E. Lee during Ohio rally  —  President Donald Trump praised Confederate General Robert E. Lee at a rally in Ohio Friday night during a soliloquy in which he also praised a number of Ohioans, including Union General Ulysses S. Grant.  —  “So Robert E. Lee was a great general …
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Gabriel Pogrund / Washington Post:
Trump calls on blacks to ‘honor’ him with votes, then praises Confederate general Robert E. Lee
Discussion: The Week
Veronica Rocha / CNN:
Trump tells story of Lincoln's “phobia,” says Grant is “finally being recognized as a great general”
Alex Isenstadt / Politico:
'We've never seen anything like this': GOP overwhelmed by Democratic cash  —  The gush of spending in House races has triggered recriminations on the right as the party tries to salvage its majority.  —  A deluge of Democratic spending in the final days of the battle for the House …
Discussion: Political Wire and Raw Story
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Los Angeles Times:
Top GOP funding group snubs incumbents Rohrabacher and Walters 3 weeks before midterm election  —  In a worrisome sign for two endangered Orange County lawmakers, a major Republican Party funding group has passed over the pair in its opening round of broadcast television advertising across Southern California.
Discussion: Politico
New York Times:
Now for Rent: Email Addresses and Phone Numbers for Millions of Trump Supporters  —  WASHINGTON — Early in his presidential campaign, Donald J. Trump dismissed political data as an “overrated” tool.  But after he won the Republican nomination, his team began building a database that offers …
Ben Sasse / Wall Street Journal:
Politics Can't Solve Our Political Problems  —  Our tribalism has a deeper source in the disintegration of communities and an epidemic of loneliness.  The only real answers start at home.  —  The Supreme Court confirmation process for Brett Kavanaugh didn't fully break the nation …
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New York Times:
Kushner Likely Paid No Federal Income Taxes for Years, Documents Show  —  Confidential documents reviewed by The Times indicate that Jared Kushner, President Trump's son-in-law and adviser, probably paid little or no income tax from 2009 to 2016.  —  Over the past decade …
YouTube:
Proud Boys Violent Fight After Gavin McInnis Republican Club Event 10/12/18  —  We followed Proud Boys after Gavin McInnis Republican Club event.  Police escort walked them down Park Ave, then a small group turned down 82nd street
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Rebecca Morin / Politico:
State Department revokes Hillary Clinton's security clearance at her request  —  Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton's security clearance has been revoked at her request, the State Department told lawmakers, according to a letter made public Friday.  —  Clinton's clearance was withdrawn …
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Stephen Dinan / Washington Times:
Hillary Clinton loses security clearance after server scandal
Discussion: The Gateway Pundit and Breitbart
Adam B. Schiff / Washington Post:
How a Democratic House would check this erratic president  —  Adam B. Schiff, a Democrat from California, is the ranking minority member of the House Intelligence Committee.  —  Our democracy is broken, and President Trump is only one reason.  Congress is the other.
Amanda Woods / New York Post:
Teacher who smiled for mugshot pleads guilty to sex with student … The married Texas teacher who famously flashed a broad smile in her mugshot after being accused of romping with a 17-year-old student pleaded guilty this week to the crime.  —  Sarah Madden Fowlkes, 28 …
Bret Stephens / New York Times:
Democrats Are Blowing It, Again  —  Liberals have become Donald Trump's unwitting allies.  —  Michael Kelly, the legendary journalist who died covering the invasion of Iraq in 2003, once wrote that the “animating impulse” of modern liberalism was to “marginalize itself and then enjoy its own company.
Discussion: Young Conservatives
Michael Tackett / New York Times:
Joe Biden Doesn't Hold Back on Trump: He's ‘Trashing American Values’  —  OWINGSVILLE, Ky. — Former Vice President Joseph R. Biden Jr., in some of his harshest criticism of President Trump to date, said on Friday that the president was “trashing American values” and undermining institutions to …
Discussion: Political Wire, Axios and HuffPost
Denver Post:
Endorsement: Mike Coffman's morality must be rewarded in this age of Trump  —  Editorials, Endorsements, Opinion, Perspective  —  Editor's note: This represents the opinion of The Denver Post editorial board, which is separate from the paper's news operation.
NBC News:
Behind the Senate deal to confirm scores of conservative judges  —  The Senate this term under Majority Leader Mitch McConnell has far surpassed the number of judicial confirmations of any Senate during the five past administrations.  —  WASHINGTON — No matter how the midterm elections shake out …
New York Times:
‘We Need Answers’: Hurricane Michael Leaves Florida Residents Desperate for Aid  —  PANAMA CITY, Fla. — It was two days after Hurricane Michael, and Eddie Foster was pushing his mother in a wheelchair down a thoroughly smashed street, his face creased with a concentrated dose of the frustration …
Discussion: Vox, The Daily Caller and CBS Miami
New York Times:
‘Donald Trump in Full’: The President's Very Talkative, Very Televised Week  —  WASHINGTON — Air Force One has become a flying call center, the Oval Office, a revolving door of journalists, dignitaries and celebrities.  Rock stars and cabinet secretaries wander the White House driveway …
Josh Rogin / Washington Post:
Giselle Donnelly can finally be herself  —  Giselle Donnelly is a renowned national security expert, author and conservative think-tank scholar — and even though she's 65 years old, she was “born” only this year.  That's because Giselle has just recently transitioned to living openly as a trans woman.
Christian Vasquez / Politico:
West Virginia's voting experiment stirs security fears  —  West Virginia is about to take a leap of faith in voting technology — but it could put people's ballots at risk.  —  Next month, it will become the first state to deploy a smartphone app in a general election …
Discussion: Political Wire
Bill Gertz / Washington Free Beacon:
Bolton Warns Chinese Military to Halt Dangerous Naval Encounters  —  White House adviser says Navy rules allow response to threatening Chinese actions  —  White House National Security Adviser John Bolton bluntly warned China this week that the U.S. military will not ignore threatening naval …
Brandon Morse / RedState:
The Meme the Gaming Community Created to Label SJW's Is Pretty Brilliant  —  If you've ever picked up a video game that features other characters that are controlled by the computer, then you've run into non-player characters or NPC's.  —  NPC's serve a host of different functions depending …
Discussion: Right Wing Watch
 
 
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David French / National Review:
The Black Men Who Identify with Brett Kavanaugh Understand the Stakes
Discussion: The Atlantic and Breitbart
Josh Constine / TechCrunch:
Facebook prototypes Unsend 6 months after Zuckerberg retracted messages
Catherine Herridge / Fox News:
GOP senator demands records on FBI's contact with DNC lawyer over Russian meddling
Jeremy Barr / Hollywood Reporter:
Top Hollywood Execs Give Overwhelmingly to Democrats for Midterms
Discussion: Breitbart
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Miami-Dade County Investigating Fraud Claims Against Rep. Mario Diaz-Balart
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‘Everyone Will Be Potentially Identifiable’: Booming DNA Testing Means No Identity Is Hidden on the Web
Star Tribune:
Wardlow says he'd fire Democrats in Minnesota AG's office
Ryan Gallagher / The Intercept:
Google CEO Tells Senators That Censored Chinese Search Engine Could Provide “Broad Benefits”
Keith J. Kelly / New York Post:
New York Times scrambles to defuse a full-blown staff rebellion
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