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New York Times:
Saudi Arabia Weighs Blaming Intelligence Official for Khashoggi Killing  —  ISTANBUL — The rulers of Saudi Arabia are considering blaming a top intelligence official close to Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman for the killing of Jamal Khashoggi, three people with knowledge of the Saudi plans said Thursday.
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Rick Gladstone / New York Times:
Aide to Saudi Crown Prince, Suspect in Khashoggi Case, Is Shown Walking into Consulate  —  A frequent companion of Saudi Arabia's crown prince entered its Istanbul consulate just hours before the dissident writer Jamal Khashoggi disappeared inside, according to a time-stamped photograph published …
Jamal Khashoggi / Washington Post:
What the Arab world needs most is free expression  —  I received this column from Jamal Khashoggi's translator and assistant the day after Jamal was reported missing in Istanbul.  The Post held off publishing it because we hoped Jamal would come back to us so that he and I could edit it together.
Mark Moore / New York Post:
Saudi who arrived in Turkey day of Khashoggi disappearance dies in ‘traffic accident’ … One of the 15 Saudis who arrived in Turkey the same day Jamal Khashoggi disappeared has died in a “suspicious traffic accident” and the Saudi consul in Istanbul could be the “next execution,” according to Turkish media reports.
Discussion: Business Insider and Joe.My.God.
Nicholas Kristof / New York Times:
A President Kowtowing to a Mad Prince
Washington Post:
Secret recordings give insight into Saudi attempt to silence critics
Discussion: Axios
Washington Post:
Pompeo urges Trump to give Saudi Arabia ‘a few more days’ to complete Khashoggi probe
Washington Post:
‘I am on the ticket’: Trump seeks to make the election about him, even if some don't want it to be
Brett Samuels / The Hill:
Kushner and Saudi crown prince communicated informally on WhatsApp: report
Discussion: HuffPost, Talking Points Memo and CNN
HuffPost:
Trump Closely Involved In Killing FBI's Move Out Of Washington, Emails Show  —  Opening up the FBI's Pennsylvania Avenue location for redevelopment would have created competition for Trump International Hotel.  —  WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump personally intervened to stop the FBI …
Discussion: NPR and USA Today
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Thomas Kaplan / New York Times:
Trump's Focus on a Washington Building Project Draws Scrutiny  —  WASHINGTON — Nearly two years before he would begin his presidential campaign, Donald J. Trump arrived in Washington to show off his plans for a luxury hotel on Pennsylvania Avenue under a deal he had reached to lease the site from the General Services Administration.
Discussion: Talking Points Memo
Liz Mair / The Daily Beast:
Dear God, Hillary Clinton.  Please, Just Go.  —  No one benefits from her latest venture back onto the political scene.  —  We're three weeks out from the 2018 midterm election, and Hillary Clinton is popping up again like a Halloween ghoul who keeps rising from the grave to terrorize the American public …
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Steven Hayward / Power Line:
The Democrats' Leftward March
Discussion: New York Times
Michelle Cottle / New York Times:
Hillary Clinton's Master Class in Distraction
Discussion: Mother Jones, Althouse and CNN
Adam Liptak / New York Times:
A Conservative Group's Closed-Door ‘Training’ of Judicial Clerks Draws Concern  —  The conservative legal movement has long cultivated law students and young lawyers, partly to ensure a deep bench of potential judicial nominees  —  A bipartisan Senate truce has fallen apart as Republicans renew …
Madeline Shi / Business Insider:
A day in the life of an HSBC exec who wakes up at 5:30 a.m. to work out, always eats green, and studies at Stanford in her free time  —  Melania Edwards is always on the move.  —  The HSBC exec, who's part of the bank's Global Venture Capital Coverage Group, works from two Northern California offices an hour apart.
The Daily Beast:
Trump Believed His Stormy Daniels ‘Horseface’ Tweet Was Politically Brilliant  —  The president workshopped it before tweeting it out.  And he doesn't care about the angry reactions.  —  Donald Trump caught various West Wing officials off-guard on Tuesday when he decided to describe …
The Guardian:
Revealed: Russian billionaire set up US company before Trump Tower meeting  —  Aras Agalarov, who attended the meeting with Donald Trump Jr in June 2016, formed a shell company with an accountant who has had clients accused of money laundering and embezzlement
Joel Ebert / The Tennessean:
New Vanderbilt poll finds Bredesen with narrow edge over Blackburn in Senate race  —  A look at the several polls detailing the race of Marsha Blackburn and Phil Bredesen for U.S. Senate Michael Schwab, The Tennessean  —  Democratic nominee Phil Bredesen has a slight edge over Republican Marsha Blackburn …
Elaina Plott / The Atlantic:
Heidi Cruz Didn't Plan for This  —  A whole new world—that is what Ted Cruz wanted to give her.  —  It was the spring of 2001, and Heidi Nelson was planning her nuptials to the man she'd met just over a year earlier.  On Christmas break from Harvard Business School, she'd encountered …
David Uberti / Columbia Journalism Review:
Forecasting the midterms: Uncertainty with a chance of finger-pointing  —  Ahead of the November 6 elections, CJR invited writers to spotlight stories that deserve closer scrutiny, in their states and beyond, before voters cast their ballots.  Read dispatches from “States of the Union” here.
Paul Hammel / Omaha World-Herald:
Nebraska's new tourism pitch: 'Honestly, it's not for everyone'  —  “Like Stonehenge, but a newer model,” says this example of a new Nebraska tourism ad that shows Carhenge near Alliance.  The first ads of the new campaign will roll out in January.  —  NEBRASKA CITY — Nebraska's …
Discussion: Political Wire and Joe.My.God.
Kristen Taketa / sandiegouniontribune.com:
La Jolla Elementary School principal apologizes for email warning parents about a black man at Starbucks  —  La Jolla Elementary School (U-T files) … The La Jolla Elementary School principal apologized this week for an email to parents that she says unintentionally perpetuated stereotypes about black people.
Discussion: Raw Story and The Root
Matthew DeFour / madison.com:
Fourth former Scott Walker secretary comes forward to criticize governor  —  A fourth former secretary for Gov. Scott Walker has come forward to criticize the Republican governor after resigning from his job leading Madison's economic development agency in order to speak more freely.
WDJT-TV:
Greendale High School student suspended after she says she was called the N-word  —  To view this video please enable JavaScript, and consider upgrading to a web browser that supports HTML5 video  —  GREENDALE, Wis. (CBS 58) — The suspension of a black student at Greendale High School …
Discussion: Raw Story and The Root
Hunter Woodall / Kansas City Star:
Another former GOP governor of Kansas just endorsed Dem Laura Kelly over Kris Kobach  —  A second former Republican governor of Kansas is spurning Kris Kobach's run for the office in favor of Democrat Laura Kelly's candidacy.  —  Former Kansas Gov. Mike Hayden, who served from 1987 to 1991 …
Discussion: Political Wire
Glenn Kessler / Washington Post:
Just about everything you've read on the Warren DNA test is wrong  —  “Warren might even be less Native American than the average European American.”  —  “Pocahontas (the bad version), sometimes referred to as Elizabeth Warren, is getting slammed.  She took a bogus DNA test and it showed …
Discussion: Daily Wire and twitchy.com
Alicia P.Q. Wittmeyer / New York Times:
Eight Stories of Men's Regret  —  Late on the Friday afternoon of Sept. 21, the same week that Christine Blasey Ford went public with accusations of sexual assault against Brett Kavanaugh, The New York Times invited male readers to tell us about their high school experiences.
Karen Weise / New York Times:
Among Amazon HQ2 Watchers, Northern Virginia Checks the Most Boxes  —  SEATTLE — Amazon won't say a word about where it plans to put its much-hyped second headquarters.  Officials in the 20 cities and regions named as finalists say that they don't know anything — and that even if they did, they wouldn't share it publicly.
The Harvard Crimson:
In Admissions, Harvard Favors Those Who Fund It, Internal Emails Show  —  In one 2013 email headlined “My Hero,” former Kennedy School Dean Ellwood thanked Harvard's admissions dean for his help accepting a set of students with very particular qualifications.  “[Redacted] and [redacted] are all big wins.
Sheryl Gay Stolberg / New York Times:
Senate Truce Collapses as G.O.P. Rush to Confirm More Judges Begins Anew  —  WASHINGTON — Senate Democrats struck a deal last week with Republicans that saw the quick confirmation of 15 more conservative judges in exchange for a rapid flight to the campaign trail.
Julia Craven / HuffPost:
Here's A Running List Of Racist Attacks On Candidates Of Color  —  Some attacks are coded.  Others are clear.  —  People of color are running for state and national office, and the country has responded with the most American of traditions: by attacking them in very racist ways.  —  Some attacks are coded.
YouTube:
MN-01: “Owns”  —  Paid for by the NRCC and not authorized by any candidate or candidate's committee. www.nrcc.org
Tracy Maher / KSTP-TV:
Former Minnesota FBI Agent Sentenced to 4 Years in Prison for Leaking Documents  —  Terry James Albury, a former FBI agent in Minnesota, was sentenced to four years in prison with an additional three years of supervised release on Thursday in U.S. District Court..
Michael Burke / The Hill:
Meadows calls on Rosenstein to resign ‘immediately’  —  House Freedom Caucus Chairman Mark Meadows (R-N.C.) on Thursday called on Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein to resign “immediately.”  —  “I think at this particular point, Rod Rosenstien's priorities are misplaced.
Discussion: Talking Points Memo and MAGAVoter
Monmouth University Polling Institute:
Menendez Leads Hugin for Senate  —  Trump more important factor to voters than incumbent  —  West Long Branch, NJ - Bob Menendez holds a lead of between 9 and 12 points over Bob Hugin in the former's bid for a third full term in the U.S. Senate, according to the latest Monmouth University Poll.
Marc Caputo / Politico:
Shalala walks into anti-Castro buzz saw  —  How a campaign event with Nancy Pelosi and Barbara Lee went terribly wrong.  —  There's a simple rule in running for Congress in Miami: Don't campaign with someone who praised Fidel Castro and fought sanctions against Venezuela's dictatorial regime.
Thomas Joscelyn / Weekly Standard:
The Afghanistan War Is Over.  We Lost.  —  The Taliban, which knows the U.S. is desperate to leave, just attacked a meeting between Afghan officials and the top U.S. military commander.  —  America has lost the war in Afghanistan.  Washington may not want to admit it, and the U.S. military insists the conflict is a “stalemate.”
Josh Israel / ThinkProgress:
GOP congressman tells incarcerated woman he has it worse because of attack ads  —  Rep. Dave Brat (R-VA), who is locked in a toss-up re-election race against Democrat Abigail Spanberger, met with members of an addiction support group during a recent visit to the Chesterfield County Jail.
Henry / Crooked Timber:
Law and Economics  —  I've been waiting for this paper to drop, ever since Suresh told me about it last year.  It's groundbreaking.  What it does is to take Steve Teles' qualitative work on the conservative legal movement, and then ask a simple question: if we start with the qualitative evidence …
Discussion: Mother Jones
 
 
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