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2:10 PM ET, October 20, 2018

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New York Times:
Saudis' Image Makers: A Troll Army and a Twitter Insider  —  Each morning, Jamal Khashoggi would check his phone to discover what fresh hell had been unleashed while he was sleeping.  —  He would see the work of an army of Twitter trolls, ordered to attack him and other influential Saudis who had criticized the kingdom's leaders.
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New York Times:
Trump, Breaking With U.S. Intelligence, Appears to Accept Saudi Explanation of Journalist's Death  —  WASHINGTON — President Trump broke with his own intelligence agencies on Friday, appearing to accept Saudi Arabia's explanation that the journalist Jamal Khashoggi was killed by accident during a fistfight …
Washington Post:
The Saudi explanation for Jamal Khashoggi's death is a fable.  Still Trump plays along.  —  SAUDI ARABIA now has acknowledged that it lied to the world for 17 days about what happened to journalist Jamal Khashoggi when he entered its consulate in Istanbul on Oct. 2.
Discussion: New York Times and Political Wire
Associated Press:
Turkish reaction: we won't allow “cover-up” in Saudi killing  —  ISTANBUL (AP) — Turkey will “never allow a cover-up” of the killing of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi in Saudi Arabia's consulate in Istanbul, a senior official in Turkey's ruling party said Saturday after Saudi Arabia announced hours earlier …
Discussion: Splinter, Political Wire and Reuters
New York Times:
Uproar Over Dissident Rattles Saudi Royal Family  —  BEIRUT, Lebanon — As international outrage grew at Saudi Arabia over the apparent killing of the Saudi dissident journalist Jamal Khashoggi in Istanbul, an alarmed King Salman dispatched a senior royal to address the matter with Turkey's president.
Vivian Nereim / Bloomberg:
Saudis Shocked by Official Flip-Flop on Khashoggi  — Government abruptly reverses days of denials it was involved  — Locals react with mix of anger, disappointment, disbelief  —  Saudi Arabia's about-face admission that journalist and government critic Jamal Khashoggi was killed inside …
Discussion: Raw Story
Hassan Hassan / The Atlantic:
What's Missing From the Saudis' Khashoggi Story  —  Seventeen days after the disappearance of U.S.-based Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi, authorities in Riyadh finally confirmed his death.  According to the Saudi version of what happened, Khashoggi died after a fist fight between him and several men at the consulate in Istanbul.
Kareem Fahim / Washington Post:
Circumstances of Jamal Khashoggi's death will not be ‘covered up,’ Turkish official says
Discussion: The Guardian
Shane Harris / Washington Post:
Saudi claims that Khashoggi died in a ‘brawl’ draw immediate skepticism
New York Times:   This is the front line of Saudi Arabia's invisible war
David Von Drehle / Washington Post:   Mohammed bin Salman could bring his kingdom crumbling down
Jamal Khashoggi / Agence France-Presse:
Donald Trump says he finds Saudi explanation of Khashoggi death ‘credible’
Discussion: Press Association and The Guardian
Nicholas Kristof / New York Times:
More Insulting Lies From Saudi Arabia
Discussion: Raw Story
Orhan Coskun / Reuters:
Investigators likely to discover what happened to Khashoggi body ‘before long’: Turkish official
Discussion: The Guardian
Josh Rogin / Washington Post:
‘America First’ doesn't work without American values
Discussion: The Daily Caller and ThinkProgress
Ben Hubbard / New York Times:
Jamal Khashoggi Is Dead, Saudi Arabia Says
Washington Post:
Saudi government acknowledges journalist Jamal Khashaoggi died while in that country's consulate in Istanbul
TMZ.com:
Senator Mitch McConnell Confronted at Restaurant by Angry Customers  —  Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, was confronted Friday night by some angry diners who loudly berated him for his politics.  —  The Kentucky Senator was eating dinner with his wife at Havana Rumba in Louisville, when 4 men confronted Mitch.
HuffPost:
Rep. Steve King Goes Full White Nationalist In Interview With Austrian Site  —  A shocking interview with a far-right propaganda site offers the clearest look yet at the congressman's racist ideology.  —  Rep. Steve King (R-Iowa) visited Austria in August and gave an extensive interview …
Discussion: Booman Tribune
Allison Kite / Kansas City Star:
Missouri GOP sent 10,000 voters false absentee voting information  —  The Missouri Republican Party sent mailers to 10,000 voters across the state with false information about when their absentee ballots are due, the party's executive director acknowledged Friday.
Jonathan Martin / New York Times:
G.O.P. Candidates Struggling in Key Battlegrounds, With House at Stake  —  ANN ARBOR, Mich. — Republican leaders are increasingly worried that their candidates for governor and Senate are in political trouble across Michigan, Pennsylvania, Minnesota and other states that the party prizes …
Discussion: POLITICUSUSA
Shira Tarlo / Salon:
Analysis: Brian Kemp has purged over 300,000 voters from Georgia rolls  —  Georgia Secretary of State Brian Kemp is accused of seeking to suppress the black vote ahead of his big election  —  Georgia has removed over 300,000 voters from the state's voter rolls over the past two years …
Discussion: The Guardian and Greg Palast
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CNN:   Georgia county facing lawsuits after rejecting absentee ballots
Dan Balz / Washington Post:
For President Trump, it's 2016 all over again  —  If you haven't looked up recently, President Trump is everywhere.  He is campaigning across the country at a frenetic pace.  His White House has clamped down on press briefings, but he is giving interviews by the bushelful.
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John Bowden / The Hill:
GOP women's group backs Dem candidates in Michigan
Chuck Ross / The Daily Caller:
FBI Acknowledges Using Multiple Informants In Investigation Of Trump Campaign Aide  — The Justice Department revealed Friday that it used multiple informants to obtain information against former Trump campaign adviser Carter Page.  — In court filings, government officials …
Donald J. Mihalek / The Hill:
Attacks on public figures are growing  —  Recently, Ivanka Trump and Jared Kushner boarded a flight from D.C. to New York.  This type of flight is termed a shuttle flight due to its quick and direct link between D.C. and New York.  Business people, power brokers and decision makers who need …
Bre Payton / The Federalist:
Arizona Democrat Kyrsten Sinema Attacked ‘Bullshit’ Stay-At-Home Moms For ‘Leeching Off Their Husbands’  —  'These women who act like staying at home, leeching off their husbands or boyfriends, and just cashing the checks is some sort of feminism because they're choosing to live that life.'
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Washington Post:
'This country doesn't want them': Trump rails against migrants trying to enter the U.S.
Discussion: ABC News, Politico and The Week
Eli Rosenberg / Washington Post:
Hecklers curse and call Nancy Pelosi a ‘communist’ as far right disrupts a political event  —  A group of hecklers angrily confronted House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi during a campaign stop for a congressional hopeful in South Florida, cursing at her and calling her a communist in a moment that was captured on video.
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Ariana Eunjung Cha / Washington Post:
As U.S. fertility rates collapse, finger-pointing and blame follow  —  New data confirms historic declines across all races, in both urban and rural areas.  —  As 2017 drew to a close, House Speaker Paul D. Ryan (R-Wis.) urged Americans to have more children.  To keep the country great, he said, we're “going to need more people.”
Wesley Morgan / Politico:
Newest security worry: Trump without Mattis  —  National security leaders fear that Defense Secretary Jim Mattis is on his way out — and that Donald Trump's next Pentagon chief will be far more subservient to the president's unilateral and bombastic whims.  —  Mattis was instrumental …
Discussion: Raw Story
Chris Tomlinson / Breitbart:
French Flee To Hungary To Escape Effects of Mass Migration  —  French citizens are now joining Germans and others seeking a new life in the Hungarian capital of Budapest in order to escape the negative effects of uncontrolled mass migration.  —  More and more French are seeking to escape …
Discussion: Jihad Watch
 
 
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