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Lawrence Mower / Tampa Bay Times:
Records show FBI agents gave Andrew Gillum tickets to ‘Hamilton’ in 2016  —  The records, released by former lobbyist Adam Corey today, appear to refute what his campaign has said about the trip.  —  Undercover FBI agents were the ones who gave Tallahassee Mayor Andrew Gillum a ticket …
NBC News:
Gillum targeted by new racist robocall in Florida governor race  —  Florida voters who receive the call — audio of which was obtained by NBC News — hear a man speaking in a minstrel dialect who identifies himself as Gillum.  —  A racist robocall that refers to Andrew Gillum as a “negro” …
Discussion: NPR, POLITICUSUSA and Joe.My.God.
David Smiley / miamiherald:   Extremist website once again runs racist robocalls in campaign for Florida governor
Patricia Mazzei / New York Times:   Text Messages Raise New Questions Over Andrew Gillum's Lobbyist Connections
Lawrence Mower / miamiherald:   Gillum's ticket to ‘Hamilton’ came from undercover FBI agent, new documents show
Chuck Ross / The Daily Caller:   CNN Uses Sound Bite From Democratic Candidate To Take Jab At Fox News
Jamil Smith / Rolling Stone:
Exclusive: In Leaked Audio, Brian Kemp Expresses Concern Over Georgians Exercising Their Right to Vote  —  The Republican gubernatorial candidate spoke to donors about the growing threat of the Stacey Abrams campaign as the midterm elections approach  —  Brian Kemp, Georgia Secretary of State …
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Dale Russell / WAGA-TV:
Brian Kemp owes more than $800,000 in insider loans to bank he helped start  —  ATLANTA - Sometimes it feels who owes what has become the central theme of the Governor's race.  Political Attack ads and counter-attack ads about debt have flooded the airwaves
Daniel Strauss / Politico:
Abrams, Kemp spar over voting and immigration in Georgia governor debate
Discussion: ABC News and Washington Post
Isaac Chotiner / Slate:
“The Idea That He's Racist Is Absurd”  —  That Yale professor who knows “the real reason” liberals hate Trump defends his op-ed, the president, and birtherism.  —  In a recent op-ed in the Wall Street Journal, titled “The Real Reason They Hate Trump,” David Gelernter, a professor …
Wall Street Journal:
Trump Steps Up Attacks on Fed Chairman Jerome Powell  —  President says central banker 'almost looks like he's happy raising interest rates'  —  WASHINGTON—President Trump escalated his attacks on Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell, blaming him for threatening U.S. economic growth …
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Andrew Ross Sorkin / New York Times:
Paul Volcker, at 91, Sees ‘a Hell of a Mess in Every Direction’
Discussion: CNBC
Washington Post:
‘In the service of whim’: Officials scramble to make Trump's false assertions real  —  The great election-eve middle-class tax cut began not as a factual proposal, but as a false promise.  —  When President Trump abruptly told reporters over the weekend that middle-income Americans would receive …
Discussion: Raw Story
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Brian Faler / Politico:
Brady says he's working with Trump on new tax cut
Richard Rubin / Wall Street Journal:
GOP Latches Onto Vague Trump Tax Statement as Campaign Nears End
Rebecca Morin / Politico:
Trump calls Saudi response to Khashoggi death ‘the worst cover-up ever’  —  President Donald Trump on Tuesday called the killing of Washington Post columnist Jamal Khashoggi and its aftermath the “worst cover-up ever,” as new information continues to be revealed about the journalist's death at the Saudi consulate in Istanbul, Turkey.
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Haaretz:
Report: Saudi Journalist Khashoggi's Remains Found
Discussion: twitchy.com and Axios
Alex Crawford / Sky News:
Sky sources: Jamal Khashoggi's body parts found
John Solomon / The Hill:
A convenient omission?  Trump campaign adviser denied collusion to FBI source early on  —  Just weeks after the FBI opened a dramatic counterintelligence probe into Donald Trump and Russia, one of his presidential campaign advisers emphatically told an undercover bureau source …
Discussion: Washington Post
Amy Walter / The Cook Political Report:
Same as It Ever Was...  Let's say that I put you on a desert island the day after the 2016 elections (don't worry, it would be one with wonderful amenities, just no contact with the outside world).  Then, let's say that the first piece of 2018 news I gave you was the latest polling …
Lisa Rein / Washington Post:
‘I thought it was very nice’: VA official showcased portrait of KKK's first grand wizard  —  A senior official at the Department of Veterans Affairs is under fire for displaying a portrait in his Washington, D.C., office of the Ku Klux Klan's first grand wizard.
Associated Press:
Senate slipping away as Dems fight to preserve blue wave  —  NEW YORK (AP) — In the closing stretch of the 2018 campaign, the question is no longer the size of the Democratic wave.  It's whether there will be a wave at all.  —  Top operatives in both political parties concede …
Discussion: Washington Post
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The Daily Beast:
Trump's Own Team Knows His Caravan Claims Are Bullshit  —  Asked for evidence supporting the president's claims about the caravan, a senior administration official told reporters to ask ‘the Mexican authorities.’  —  Donald Trump and his political allies have embarked on an aggressive …
Pilar Melendez / The Daily Beast:
GOP Sen. Jeff Flake: 'I Don't Know if I Believed' Brett Kavanaugh  —  The senator admitted to ‘The View’ that Christine Blasey Ford's testimony was ‘very compelling’ and that he's not sure he believed Kavanaugh's denials.  —  Several weeks after delaying the confirmation …
Discussion: IJR and Boing Boing
William March / Tampa Bay Times:
Steve Bannon tickets now going for zero dollars  —  Friday's dinner is now free at the Hillsborough County Republican Party dinner.  —  The Hillsborough County Republican Party's dinner with former Trump political adviser Steve Bannon is now free.  —  Party vice chairman Jeff Lukens sent …
Discussion: New Republic and RedState
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New York Daily News:
Steve Bannon draws 38 to Staten Island speech, sceening of ‘Trump at War’ film
Discussion: Mediaite
Heidi Przybyla / NBC News:
Exclusive: Priorities USA launches new ad campaign targeting McConnell entitlement talk … LATEST POSTS FROM THE RUNDOWN  —  October 23, 2018  —  Exclusive: Priorities USA launches new ad campaign targeting McConnell entitlement talk  —  Heidi Przybyla
Discussion: POLITICUSUSA
Eriq Gardner / Hollywood Reporter:
Fox News Host Jeanine Pirro Scolded by Sitting Judge in Defamation Lawsuit  —  “You'd think she would know better,” said a New York judge at a hearing Tuesday in a case brought by Black Lives Matter activist DeRay Mckesson.  —  “Should there be consequences to those people who promote falsehoods?”
Discussion: Law & Crime
Yahoo:
Mom with ‘gut feeling’ stops school shooter before planned attack  —  A suspicious mom who followed her instincts helped prevent a mass  —  school shooting.  —  On Wednesday,  —  Koeberle Bull of Lumberton, N.J., woke up to a  —  racist message on Facebook from a man in Kentucky.
Discussion: The Daily Caller
S.E. Cupp / New York Daily News:
Trump emasculates Ted Cruz, and the whole Republican Party  —  Ted Cruz is “beautiful.”  —  Don't take it from me — that's the President's own description of a man he once said “has accomplished absolutely nothing for [Texas].  He is another all talk, no action pol!”
Julie Hirschfeld Davis / New York Times:
The Ripple Effect of a Trump Tweetstorm  —  When President Trump began tweeting warnings and threats about a caravan of migrants headed for the border, his own government could not explain what he meant.  —  President Trump, the first president to rely on social media as a primary means …
Owen Daugherty / The Hill:
Filings show RNC spent $1.5 million at Trump-owned properties this cycle  —  The Republican National Committee (RNC) has spent more than $1.5 million at President Trump's properties during the 2018 election cycle, according to Federal Election Commission (FEC) filings.
Karen Tumulty / Washington Post:
Democrats, beware: Overzealous investigations will come back to bite you  —  When it comes to wielding Congress's formidable investigatory power, it is hard to think of anyone in modern history who has done it as effectively as former representative Henry A. Waxman (D-Calif.).
Discussion: Mother Jones
Stanley A. McChrystal / Defense One:
Stan McChrystal: I Threw Away My Robert E. Lee Painting  —  “It was not a simple decision,” says the retired Afghanistan war commander.  —  On a Sunday morning in 2017 I took down his picture, and by afternoon it was in the alley with other rubbish awaiting transport to the local landfill for final burial.
Claire Newell / Telegraph:
The British #MeToo scandal which cannot be revealed  —  A leading businessman has been granted an injunction against The Telegraph to prevent this newspaper revealing alleged sexual harassment and racial abuse of staff.  —  The accusations against the businessman, who cannot be identified …
Dr. Jason Adkins / MSU Billings:
MSUB releases 2018 Montana Poll  —  Contacts:  —  University Relations and Communications, 657-2266  —  MSU BILLINGS NEWS—With the U.S. Senate race drawing national attention this election cycle, incumbent Democratic Sen. Jon Tester appears to be pulling away, according to the results …
PVA:
Senator Hietkamp Director Describes Bait and Switch: “If and when she gets elected she's going to be super liberal”  —  [This post contains video, click to play]  —  Running Away from Obama: Campaign Staff hides Obama Merch from Press, “doesn't poll well here”
Alexis C. Madrigal / The Atlantic:
Older People Are Worse Than Young People at Telling Fact from Opinion  —  Americans over 50 are worse than younger people at telling facts from opinions, according to a new study by Pew Research Center.  —  Given 10 statements, five each of fact and opinion, younger Americans correctly identified …
Discussion: Pew Research Center and IJR
Sarah Kliff / Vox:
White House anti-socialism report inadvertently makes a case for single-payer  —  The Trump administration says this chart is a case against single-payer.  Actually, it's a case for it.  —  Earlier today, the White House released a paper titled “The Opportunity Costs of Socialism.”
 
 
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Brian Schwartz / CNBC:
Amazon executives including Jeff Bezos pump cash into Colorado Sen. Cory Gardner's re-election campaign.
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Josh Gerstein / Politico:
Rosenstein meeting with House leaders postponed
The Daily Beast:
Conn. GOP Gubernatorial Candidate: We Shouldn't Vaccinate Kids ‘for No Reason’
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Scott D. Pierce / Salt Lake Tribune:
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Chris Cillizza / CNN:
Donald Trump used a word he's ‘not supposed to.’ Here's why.
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Clarence Thomas's Wife is Sharing Fake News About the “Caravan”
Matthew Yglesias / Vox:
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