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12:55 PM ET, October 16, 2018

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Politico:
POLITICO Playbook: Pelosi gives Playbook a preview of the Democratic majority  —  DRIVING THE DAY  —  BREAKING ... SECRETARY OF STATE MIKE POMPEO has arrived in Saudi Arabia to meet with King Salman, Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman and Foreign Minister Adel al-Jubeir.  Photo, courtesy State Department
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Doina Chiacu / Reuters:
Leading U.S. senator accuses Saudi prince of ordering Khashoggi killing  —  WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Senator Lindsey Graham, a Republican close to President Donald Trump, on Tuesday accused Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman of ordering the murder of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi and called him a …
Discussion: Political Wire and CNN
Carol Morello / Washington Post:
In Saudi Arabia, few signs of a crisis as Pompeo and Saudi officials exchange pleasantries  —  RIYADH - Secretary of State Mike Pompeo came to Saudi Arabia to highlight U.S. concern over the fate of Jamal Khashoggi, the disappeared journalist whose name Pompeo has not yet uttered once in public since arriving in the kingdom.
Discussion: Townhall, LifeZette and The Guardian
Washington Post:
Who needs Saudi Arabia?  —  SAUDI ARABIA, so far, has tried bluster and bullying to silence the questions about journalist Jamal Khashoggi, who disappeared in the Saudi Consulate in Istanbul two weeks ago Tuesday.  On Sunday, a regime statement threatened to “respond with a larger action” …
US Department of State:
Secretary Pompeo's Meeting With Saudi King Salman  —  Readout  —  Office of the Spokesperson  —  Washington, DC  —  The below is attributable to Spokesperson Heather Nauert:  —  Secretary of State Michael R. Pompeo met today with Saudi King Salman in Riyadh.
Discussion: Reuters
Heather Timmons / Quartz:   Trump campaign veterans were paid $5.4 million by Saudi Arabia for doing virtually nothing
Zachary Basu / Axios:
Lindsey Graham says “toxic” Mohammed bin Salman “has to go”
Discussion: Politico
Tucker Higgins / CNBC:
Lindsey Graham says Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman ‘has got to go,’ calls for royal power shuffle
Discussion: Roll Call
Walter Russell Mead / Wall Street Journal:
Don't Ditch Riyadh in a Fit of Righteousness
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Jordan Fabian / The Hill:
Trump calls Stormy Daniels ‘Horseface’  —  President Trump on Tuesday called adult-film star Stormy Daniels “Horseface” and threatened to “go after” her after he won a court victory over his alleged mistress.  —  “'Federal Judge throws out Stormy Danials lawsuit versus Trump.
Aram Roston / BuzzFeed News:
American Mercenaries Were Hired To Assassinate Politicians In The Middle East  —  “There was a targeted assassination program in Yemen.  I was running it.  We did it.”  —  Cradling an AK-47 and sucking a lollipop, the former American Green Beret bumped along in the back of an armored SUV …
Discussion: National Review and Defense One
Jerry Iannelli / Miami New Times:
Chats Show FIU Turning Point USA Members Sharing Racist Memes and Rape Jokes … Back in 2017, New Times obtained screenshots of gross chats among Florida International University's Campus Republicans.  They joked about the Charlottesville neo-Nazi attack last year and threatened to “call ICE” …
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Will Sommer / The Daily Beast:   Turning Point USA Members Joked About Muslim Refugees Raping White Women
Chris Mills Rodrigo / The Hill:
Lindsey Graham: I'm taking DNA test, ‘I think I can beat’ Elizabeth Warren on amount of Cherokee heritage  —  Sen. Lindsay Graham (R-S.C.) told Fox and Friends on Tuesday that he would be taking a DNA test, and that he thinks he can “beat” Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Ma.) in terms of the amount of Cherokee heritage that it will show.
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Howie Carr / Boston Herald:   Fake news matched only by the fake Indian's fake math
Greg Gutfeld / Fox News:
Gutfeld on Elizabeth Warren's latest claim
Discussion: Daily Wire
The Daily Beast:
Republicans Are Adopting the Proud Boys  —  Before and after the Manhattan brawl, GOP figures defended and promoted the far-right group.  It's a valuable and dangerous bridge between fascism and mainstream politics.  —  Nine members of the far-right Proud Boys group and three protesters …
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Caroline Orr / Shareblue Media:
Trump, GOP silent after violent pro-Trump mob unleashes brutal assault  —  Republicans are refusing to disavow the pro-Trump ‘Proud Boys’ group responsible for a vicious mob-style attack this weekend in New York.  —  Republicans have responded with deafening silence after an estimated 30 members …
Madelyn Linsenmeir / Seven Days:
Obituary: Madelyn Linsenmeir, 1988-2018  —  Our beloved Madelyn Ellen Linsenmeir died on Sunday, October 7.  While her death was unexpected, Madelyn suffered from drug addiction, and for years we feared her addiction would claim her life.  We are grateful that when she died, she was safe and she was with her family.
Charles Lane / Washington Post:
We're staying silent out of fear  —  Most ordinary people found it unbearable to live under communism in Eastern Europe and the Soviet Union.  The reasons varied: shortages of consumer goods, incessant propaganda, restrictions on travel.  —  Nothing was more psychologically exhausting …
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Jorge Cabrera / Reuters:
Northbound migrant group doubles in size, enters Guatemala
Discussion: Daily Wire and The Gateway Pundit
CNN:
CNN poll: Cruz leads O'Rourke with three weeks to go  —  New ad questions Ted Cruz's Texas ‘toughness’  —  Washington (CNN)Texas Republican Sen. Ted Cruz appears well-positioned for re-election over his Democratic challenger Rep. Beto O'Rourke, topping him 52% to 45% among likely voters, a new CNN poll conducted by SSRS finds.
Discussion: SSRS
RT:
Top 10 Russophobes of 2018: See who made RT's prestigious list this year … It's that special time of year when RT names the top 10 Russophobes of the last 12 months.  This prestigious list is made up of those RT believes have contributed to and benefited the most from the thriving world of Russophobia.
Sam Stein / The Daily Beast:
Democrats Fear Obama Is Going Soft for the Midterms  —  The former president's allies say his distance has been strategic and that he will ramp up his presence as voting nears.  But some alums wonder if that plan is wise.  —  With just three weeks to go before one of most critical midterm elections …
Nate Cohn / New York Times:
Polarization Seems to Be Helping Republicans in Run-Up to Midterms  —  Energized voters on the right dim prospects for big Democratic gains in red districts and states.  —  One big question looms over the fight for control of Congress: Will strong Democratic candidates ride a blue wave …
Jeremy Barr / Hollywood Reporter:
Tucker Carlson Says He Can't Go to Restaurants Anymore  —  “Having someone scream, ‘F— you!’ at a restaurant, it just wrecks your meal,” he said on a podcast.  —  Fox News host Tucker Carlson said he's “not a restaurant guy anymore” because of the way he's treated when he dines out in Washington, D.C.
Jason Schwartz / Politico:
Big advertisers still shunning Ingraham's Fox News show months after boycotts  —  'They're kind of forced off, whether they want to be or not,' one Fox executive said.  —  Laura Ingraham's ratings are surging, but big advertisers are still steering clear of her show months after a series …
Brian Fung / Washington Post:
Google really is trying to build a censored Chinese search engine, its CEO confirms  —  Google on Monday finally confirmed a secretive project that's been fueling an employee-led backlash for weeks at the company: an effort to build a version of its search engine that complies with China's online censorship regime.
Tyler Estep / Atlanta Journal-Constitution:
Group sues Kemp, Gwinnett elections board over ballot rejections  —  Voting advocates and civil rights groups have honed in on Gwinnett County and what they deem to be its “excessive rejection of mail ballots because of voters' innocent errors and discrepancies.”
Suzanne Nossel / Politico:
Trump's Attacks on the Press Are Illegal.  We're Suing.  —  A coalition of free-press advocates is taking on the president.  —  President Donald J. Trump's frequent threats and hostile acts directed toward journalists and the media are not only offensive and unbecoming of a democratic leader; they are also illegal.
ProPublica:
Charlottesville's Other Jim Crow Legacy: Separate and Unequal Education  —  CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. — High school seniors Zyahna Bryant and Trinity Hughes have been friends since they were 6 years old, raised by blue-collar families in this affluent college town.
Discussion: Chalkbeat
David Brooks / New York Times:
The Rich White Civil War  —  A smarter look at America's divide.  —  Every few years one research group or another produces a typology of the electorate.  The researchers conduct thousands of interviews and identify the different clusters American voters fall into.
Discussion: spiked
BuzzFeed News:
Washington Democrats Think Michael Avenatti Is A Nuisance.  He Thinks They're Out To Get Him.  —  Michael Avenatti says he's done talking about whether his role in the Brett Kavanaugh controversy helped derail Democrats' chances of blocking the judge's ascension to the Supreme Court.
Molly Hensley-Clancy / BuzzFeed News:
These Women Are Fleeing The Republican Party And Could Help Create A Blue Wave  —  If there's a Democratic sweep in November, politically moderate suburban women will be a big reason why.  “Now, I'm Democratic,” said one Michigan woman.  “I've never been before.”
David Wren / Post and Courier:
Potential tariffs tally: Half a billion for BMW; production move for Volvo  —  South Carolina's automakers are warning again that tariffs will lead to production shifts and financial losses if a trade dispute between the United States and China isn't resolved soon.
MSNBC:
Liberal shock: Ralph Nader touts Bloomberg 2020  —  Political activist and Green Party Presidential candidate, Ralph Nader, who is known for being tough on Democrats tells Ari Melber it would be good for Mike Bloomberg to run against Trump as a Democrat in 2020, saying “Wall Street is his weakness” …
Ronald Brownstein / CNN:
Here's what should excite and depress Democrats so far in 2018  —  (CNN)For two years Democrats have raged over Donald Trump's presidency, quarreled among themselves over the best strategy for responding to it, and above all, counted the days until next month's midterm election.
Sarah Westwood / CNN:
John Bolton's chief of staff out at National Security Council  —  Bolton to Iran: Hell to pay if you cross us  —  Washington (CNN)A top National Security Council aide is leaving the White House after serving just a few months as national security adviser John Bolton's chief of staff.
Yanan Wang / Associated Press:
China says camps for Muslims lead them to ‘modern’ life  —  BEIJING (AP) — China on Tuesday characterized its mass internment of Muslims as a push to bring into the “modern, civilized” world a destitute people who are easily led astray — a depiction that analysts said bore troubling colonial overtones.
Gordon R. Friedman / Oregonian:
Armed protesters were on Portland rooftop in August, police now say  —  Members of the right-wing group Patriot Prayer stationed themselves on a downtown Portland rooftop with a cache of guns prior to a summer protest, city officials announced for the first time Monday - the same day Mayor Ted Wheeler learned about it, his aides said.
Chuck Ross / The Daily Caller:
Senior FBI Official Lied About Accepting Sports Tickets From Reporters  —  A senior FBI official accepted tickets to sporting events from reporters and initially lied about it to government investigators, according to a report released Tuesday.  —  The conduct of the FBI official …
Discussion: twitchy.com
 
 
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