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CNN:
Surveillance footage shows Saudi operative in Khashoggi's clothes after he was killed, Turkish source says  —  Graphics by Henrik Pettersson, CNN  —  Istanbul (CNN)One member of the 15-man team suspected in the death of Jamal Khashoggi dressed up in his clothes and was captured …
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Ben Hubbard / New York Times:
Khashoggi Double Sent to Create False Trail in Turkey, Surveillance Images Show  —  BEIRUT, Lebanon — After the Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi was strangled in Saudi consulate in Istanbul, a member of the 15-man team that had flown in to confront him put on Mr. Khashoggi's clothes and left …
Discussion: EUobserver and Outside the Beltway
Bruce Riedel / Al-Monitor:
Saudi Arabia's shifting narrative on Khashoggi reveals fragility
Discussion: Washington Post
John Wagner / Washington Post:
Jared Kushner declines to say whether he believes Saudi account of Khashoggi's death
Discussion: ThinkProgress and Politico
Los Angeles Times:
Michael Avenatti hit with $4.85-million judgment for unpaid debt as court orders eviction of his law firm  —  Michael Avenatti, the lawyer for porn actress Stormy Daniels, was hit with a personal judgment of $4.85 million Monday for his failure to pay a debt to a former colleague at his longtime Newport Beach firm.
Discussion: Political Wire
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Ronn Blitzer / Law & Crime:
Avenatti Hit with $4.85 Million Verdict in Lawsuit from Fmr Law Partner  —  Attorney Michael Avenatti suffered a loss in court on Monday in a case where he was the defendant and not merely an advocate.  Avenatti had been sued by former law partner Jason Frank, who claimed that he failed to make good on a previous settlement agreement.
Associated Press:
Judge: Michael Avenatti must pay $4.85M in ex-lawyer's suit  —  WASHINGTON (AP) — A California judge has ordered Stormy Daniels' lawyer Michael Avenatti to pay $4.85 million to an attorney at his former law firm.  —  The ruling was issued Monday in Los Angeles County Superior Court.
Kate Briquelet / The Daily Beast:
Michael Avenatti Lived the High Life While Owing Millions to IRS  —  As Michael Avenatti floats a 2020 presidential run, court records reveal the lawyer and his companies owed millions in unpaid taxes and judgments.  —  Kate Briquelet  —  On the Fourth of July, Michael Avenatti suited …
Daniel Lippman / Politico:
Trump distances himself from a potential GOP thumping  —  At his rallies, President Donald Trump argues that the midterm elections are about one person — Donald Trump.  “Get out in 2018,” Trump told a crowd in Missouri last month, “because you're voting for me!”  —  Privately, the president says the exact opposite.
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Paul Starr / New York Times:   What Happened to Center-Right America?
Gerald F. Seib / Wall Street Journal:
Battle for the GOP's Soul? Trump Has Won
Sydney Ember / New York Times:
Bernie Sanders, Stumping for Democrats, Says Blue Wave in Midterms Is Not Assured  —  AMES, Iowa — It was hard to miss him at the homecoming parade.  —  The band was booming.  The floats were floating.  And there he was — in the middle of it all — hands waving, hair flying.
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David Lauter / Los Angeles Times:
With the midterm campaign in its final weeks, poll signals a Democratic edge for the House and widespread doubts about Kavanaugh … The last year has seen the enactment of a major tax cut, the first-ever summit between a U.S. president and the leader of North Korea, felony convictions …
Discussion: Mother Jones
National Review:
Why Is the ‘Blue Wave’ Looking More Like a Splash Than a Tsunami?
Discussion: Instapundit
Robert D. McFadden / New York Times:
Joachim Ronneberg, Leader of Raid That Thwarted a Nazi Atomic Bomb, Dies at 99  —  The Norwegian saboteurs skied across the Telemark pine forest in winter whites, phantom apparitions gliding over moonlit snow.  They halted at a steep river gorge and gazed down at a humming hydroelectric power plant …
Discussion: NPR
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Jan M. Olsen / Associated Press:   Norwegian hero Roenneberg who blew up Nazi plant dies at 99
David Gelernter / Wall Street Journal:
The Real Reason They Hate Trump  —  He's the average American in exaggerated form—blunt, simple, willing to fight, mistrustful of intellectuals.  —  Every big U.S. election is interesting, but the coming midterms are fascinating for a reason most commentators forget to mention: The Democrats have no issues.
Discussion: Splinter
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Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:
Do Liberals Hate Trump Because He's a Typical American?
Discussion: American Greatness and Instapundit
Washington Post:
Special counsel examines conflicting accounts as scrutiny of Roger Stone and WikiLeaks deepens  —  In recent weeks, a grand jury in Washington has listened to more than a dozen hours of testimony and FBI technicians have pored over gigabytes of electronic messages as part of the special counsel's quest …
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Matt Ford / New Republic:
The Mueller Report Is More Important Than Ever
Discussion: The Week
Steve Peoples / Associated Press:
Florida's culture clash pits Gillum against Trump voters  —  THE VILLAGES, Fla. (AP) — President Donald Trump's loyalists here at Florida's premier retirement community fear Andrew Gillum.  —  It has nothing to do with his race, they insist, when asked about the 39-year-old Democrat …
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Michael Grunwald / Politico:   How to Win Florida  —  It's the southernmost section …
Justin McCarthy / Gallup:
Two in Three Americans Now Support Legalizing Marijuana  —  WASHINGTON, D.C. — Sixty-six percent of Americans now support legalizing marijuana, another new high in Gallup's trend over nearly half a century.  The latest figure marks the third consecutive year that support on the measure has increased and established a new record.
Discussion: Vox and Axios
Patricia Murphy / The Daily Beast:
Black Voters in Georgia Fear Brian Kemp Is Rigging the Election  —  The man running for governor also oversees the election as Secretary of State.  He's also sitting on voter registrations, sparking a wave of skepticism among voters.  —  Patricia Murphy  —  Bibb County, Ga. …
Raphael Satter / Associated Press:
Malta academic in Trump probe has history of vanishing acts  —  SWIEQI, Malta (AP) — It was her last day of class and Leida Ruvina was getting suspicious.  —  The Albanian student had just finished the first module in what was purported to be a doctoral program co-administered …
Eric Levitz / New York Magazine:
Tribalism Isn't Our Democracy's Main Problem.  The Conservative Movement Is.  —  A pernicious force was hollowing out American democracy.  It had neutered Congress, and lobotomized the electorate.  Lawmakers had become incapable of taking action on many of the day's most pressing issues …
Bojan Pancevski / Wall Street Journal:
In Win for Trump, Merkel Changes Course on U.S. Gas Imports  —  Chancellor calls her decision to open Germany up to U.S. liquefied natural gas a ‘strategic’ move  —  BERLIN—Chancellor Angela Merkel has offered government support to efforts to open up Germany to U.S. gas …
Brian Faler / Politico:
Tax cuts a bust for Republicans in midterms  —  Republicans thought their massive tax overhaul would be the centerpiece of their midterm strategy.  But It turns out they were so wrong they've been barely mentioning the $1.5 trillion tax cut on the campaign trail.
Discussion: Daily Kos and Raw Story
New York Post:
The Mooch interprets what the White House was like through dance  —  Anthony “The Mooch” Scaramucci stopped by The Post in advance of his upcoming book, “Trump The Blue-Collar President,” out Oct. 23.  Watch as his historic tenure in the White House...
Ted Fioraliso / Gray DC:
Manchin increases lead in new Gray TV West Virginia poll  —  WASHINGTON (Gray DC) — Sen. Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.) is now 16 percentage points ahead of his Republican challenger, West Virginia Attorney General Patrick Morrisey.  That's according to a new Gray Television poll released Monday.
Discussion: Political Wire
Jennifer Gonnerman / New Yorker:
Larry Krasner's Campaign to End Mass Incarceration  —  Philadelphia's District Attorney reinvents the role of the modern prosecutor.  —  Until Larry Krasner entered the race for District Attorney of Philadelphia last year, he had never prosecuted a case.  He began his career as a public defender …
Jay Rosen / PressThink:
Next time you wonder why New York Times people get so defensive, read this.  —  It may help explain.  —  The readers of the New York Times have more power now.  They have more power because they have more choices.  Because the internet, where most of the reading happens, is inherently two-way.
Dylan Byers / NBC News:
The temptations of Twitter: Why social media is still a minefield for journalists  —  Politico editor-in-chief John Harris became the most recent high-profile journalist to slip up on Twitter, where there is a temptation to stray from reporting.  —  Politico editor-in-chief John Harris …
Dave Gershgorn / Quartz:
Companies are on the hook if their hiring algorithms are biased  —  Between 2014 and 2017 Amazon tried to build an algorithmic system to analyze resumes and suggest the best hires.  An anonymous Amazon employee called it the “holy grail” if it actually worked.  —  But it didn't.
 
 
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Associated Press:
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Dashiell Coleman / The Columbus Dispatch:
‘Antifa’ Facebook prank sends Trump supporters to protect North Carolina outdoors store
Discussion: POLITICUSUSA and Raw Story
Judy Keen / Star Tribune:
Sen. Amy Klobuchar out front of state Rep. Jim Newberger; state Sen. Karin Housley gains on Sen. Tina Smith
Steve Milne / MilneNews:
Man who abused 9/11 widow identified and fired from job
Discussion: RT, Daily Wire and The Gateway Pundit
Abby Livingston / The Texas Tribune:
Will Donald Trump's Houston rally for Ted Cruz motivate Republicans — or Democrats?
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House Republicans' day after  —  With Speaker Paul Ryan retiring …
James Arkin / Politico:
Dem Senate hopes shift from winning majority to limiting losses
 

 
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