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Chris Spargo / Daily Mail:
EXCLUSIVE: Megyn Kelly is OUT at NBC just 48 hours after defending blackface as she and the network fight over whether she will be paid out her $69M contract in full  — Her show aired a repeat on Thursday and will also be a repeat on Friday after she defended blackface on Tuesday's show and apologized Wednesday on air
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Brian Stelter / CNN:
Megyn Kelly is off her 9 a.m. show, and may not be back  —  New York (CNN Business)"Megyn Kelly Today" is not over yet.  But it's a matter of when, not if.  —  Kelly's exit from the 9 a.m. hour of the “Today” show appears to be imminent, according to sources with knowledge of the matter.
Sarah Ellison / Washington Post:
‘Just get rid of her’: Megyn Kelly is again in trouble, but NBC colleagues rejected her long before
Discussion: Raw Story
Brian Stelter / CNN:
Megyn Kelly's show in doubt after blackface comments
TIME:
Michael Avenatti's Past Won't Stop Him From Running in 2020  —  The woman approached Michael Avenatti with obvious purpose.  A 79-year-old retired physicist with long blond hair, she wore a blue T-shirt that said AVENATTI IS MY SPIRIT ANIMAL.  It was mid-August, and Avenatti had just finished giving …
NBC News:
Packages sent to Joe Biden, Robert De Niro match other suspicious packages  —  The packages addressed to former Vice President Joe Biden and Robert De Niro were found Thursday.  —  Watch Live: Delaware officials investigate device addressed to Biden  —  A suspicious package found Thursday …
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New York Times:
Bomb Sent to Robert De Niro, Latest in Wave of Explosives Sent to Trump Critics
Politico:   GOP sees new bomb scare victim: Trump
Associated Press:
The Latest: De Niro package may have been sent days earlier
Discussion: The Daily Beast
NBC New York:
Similar Package Sent to Top Democrats Addressed to Robert De Niro in Tribeca: Sources
NBC News:
Mueller has evidence suggesting Stone associate knew Clinton emails would be leaked  —  Mueller's team is investigating whether Jerome Corsi knew stolen emails would be leaked and passed information about them to Trump associate Roger Stone.  —  WASHINGTON — Special Counsel Robert Mueller's office …
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Dan Friedman / Mother Jones:
Text Messages Show Roger Stone Was Working to Get a Pardon for Julian Assange  —  Robert Mueller's investigators have examined Stone's efforts to neutralize possible criminal charges against the WikiLeaks founder.  —  In early January, Roger Stone, the longtime Republican operative and adviser …
Darren Samuelsohn / Politico:
Mueller link seen in mystery grand jury appeal
Discussion: Talking Points Memo
CNN:
Judiciary chairman refers Swetnick, Avenatti to Justice Department  —  Cuomo pushes back on credibility of Swetnick  —  (CNN)Senate Judiciary Chairman Chuck Grassley on Thursday referred Julie Swetnick and her lawyer Michael Avenatti to the Department of Justice for a possible criminal investigation …
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United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary:
Swetnick, Avenatti Referred for Criminal Investigation  —  Providing False Statements, Obstructing Congressional Investigations, and Conspiracy All Violate Federal Law  —  WASHINGTON - Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley today referred Julie Swetnick and her attorney Michael Avenatti …
John Wagner / Washington Post:
Anthony Scaramucci: Trump is not ‘a liar,’ as previously said.  He's an ‘intentional liar’ who uses ‘a methodology of mistruth.’  —  Anthony Scaramucci, who served briefly as White House communications director last year, made headlines Wednesday when he called President Trump “a liar” during a CNN interview.
Discussion: Political Wire
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Bloomberg:
Scaramucci on Why Blue Collar Americans Love Trump
Discussion: The Daily Beast, IJR and KTVQ-TV
Jennifer Epstein / Bloomberg:
Scaramucci Says Trump ‘Intentionally’ Lies to Inflame Opponents
Will Sommer / The Daily Beast:
Instagram Refuses to Pull Down Milo Post Praising Mail Bombs  —  The company said that the item didn't violate their ‘Community Guidelines.’  —  Instagram said it would not remove a post from right-wing figure Milo Yiannopoulos praising the recent mail bombs sent to prominent Democratic officials …
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Michael Daly / The Daily Beast:   Bomb-Maker Who Targeted Dems Used Metal & Glass to Magnify Harm, Investigator Says
New York Times:
How Google Protected Andy Rubin, the ‘Father of Android’  —  The internet giant paid Mr. Rubin $90 million and praised him, while keeping silent about a misconduct claim.  —  SAN FRANCISCO — Google gave Andy Rubin, the creator of Android mobile software, a hero's farewell when he left the company in October 2014.
Dallas Morning News:
We recommend Beto O'Rourke for U.S. Senate  —  When, in the course of human events, a people become so divided among themselves that they can no longer engage in meaningful political discourse or even remain civil to one another, it is time to take bold steps forward.
Barbara Starr / CNN:
Mattis expected to send 800 more troops to southern border  —  Washington (CNN)Defense Secretary James Mattis is expected to sign deployment orders as soon as Thursday that could send 800 or more troops to the border with Mexico to help border patrol authorities stop a caravan of migrants …
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Washington Post:
Pentagon plans to dispatch at least 800 more troops to U.S.-Mexico border in response to migrant caravan
Mike DeBonis / Washington Post:
Holocaust memorial group unwittingly funded Rep. King's meeting with far-right Austrians  —  Rep. Steve King met with members of a far-right Austrian party with historical Nazi ties during a European trip financed by a Holocaust memorial group.  —  In an interview with a website associated with the party …
Discussion: Political Wire
WBTV-TV:
Arrest made after black campaign worker allegedly harassed, threatened at early-voting location  —  CHARLOTTE, NC (WBTV) - Police arrested a man for allegedly harassing and threatening to assault a GOP campaign worker at an early-voting location in Charlotte Wednesday afternoon.
Discussion: The Daily Caller and Raw Story
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The Charlotte Observer:
Charlotte police plan polling site ‘zone checks’ after black volunteer threatened
Discussion: Hullabaloo
The Daily Beast:
Saudi Spy Met With Team Trump About Taking Down Iran  —  Mueller's investigators examined a series of meetings between an Israeli social media strategist, the general blamed for Jamal Khashoggi's murder, and Trump adviser Michael Flynn.  —  Gen. Ahmed Al-Assiri, the Saudi intelligence chief taking …
Discussion: Raw Story
Washington Post:
Saudi Arabia says Khashoggi's killing was premeditated, reversing earlier statement that the journalist had died in fistfight  —  Saudi Arabia's public prosecutor said that Jamal Khashoggi was killed in a planned operation, based on information it received from Turkish investigators in Istanbul …
Discussion: The Week and Political Wire
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Tamer El-Ghobashy / Washington Post:   Saudi Arabia says Khashoggi's killing was premeditated in latest reversal
Nate Silver / FiveThirtyEight:
Election Update: Romney-Clinton Districts Are Overrated.  Obama-Trump Districts Are Underrated.  —  This year's midterm hasn't really featured the “model wars” we saw in 2014 or 2016 — heated arguments between different election forecasters, whose projections sometimes showed very different results.
Sean Wolfe / Yahoo:
Trump's tweet claiming he ‘only uses government phones’ was sent from an iPhone  — President Donald Trump routinely uses unsecured iPhones to speak with friends and associates instead of a secure White House line, The New York Times reported on Wednesday.
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Peter Bildsten / The Atlantic:
I Respected Scott Walker.  Then I Worked for Him.  —  The last straw, for both of us, came in February of 2015.  Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker had called me into his office ahead of my reconfirmation vote as secretary of the Department of Financial Institutions.
Discussion: Raw Story
Katha Pollitt / The Nation:
Elizabeth Warren Meets the Left's Circular Firing Squad  —  The release of her DNA test might not have been the best idea, but it shouldn't be disqualifying.  —  I recently spent an afternoon with some new friends in Connecticut, writing letters to registered Democrats in Georgia who hadn't voted in the past few elections.
Ben Collins / NBC News:
Explosive device sent to CNN featured parody ISIS flag, ‘Get Er Done’ inscription  —  An image on the explosive device sent to former CIA Director John Brennan on Tuesday appears to be a parody of an ISIS flag taken from a meme that has been circulating on right-wing corners of the internet since 2014.
Lara Seligman / Foreign Policy:
Bolton's Whisper Campaign to Oust Mattis  —  Sources say the hawkish national security advisor is behind rumors that the defense secretary plans to resign.  —  White House National Security Advisor John Bolton and his deputy are trying to squeeze out U.S. Defense Secretary James Mattis …
Discussion: Raw Story
Center for Public Integrity:
How ActBlue is trying to turn small donations into a blue wave  —  The liberal money-gathering platform is remaking fundraising for the left  —  Terry Wolfe has a dog, three cats and a deep desire to help elect members of Congress who will check President Donald Trump.
Lulu Ramadan / Palm Beach Post:
Florida felon voting rights: Who got theirs back under Scott?  —  Lulu Ramadan @luluramadanMike Stucka @MikeStuckaWayne Washington @waynewashpbpost  —  The governor restored rights to the lowest percentage of blacks, highest percentage of Republicans in 50 years, The Post found.
Rachel Leingang / Arizona Republic:
Last Slide  —  The Arizona State Troopers Association this week withdrew its endorsement of U.S. Rep. Kyrsten Sinema in the heated U.S. Senate race after members said they weren't properly consulted on the matter.  —  The association, which represents Arizona Department of Public Safety employees …
Martin Longman / Washington Monthly:
Her Dispatches From Trump Country Are Perfect.  Maybe Too Perfect.  —  There's something suspicious about Salena Zito's glowing profiles of Trump voters.  Does anyone in conservative media care?  —  If it weren't for Donald Trump, Salena Zito would likely still be unknown outside of Pittsburgh.
 
 
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Michael C. Bender / Wall Street Journal:
Trump's DEA Chief Vetted Candidates and Then Took the Job Himself, Riling Police Groups
Sonnet Swire / ABC News:
Melania Trump won't join her husband on the 2018 campaign trail to stump for Republicans
Discussion: Political Wire
Kate Davidson / Wall Street Journal:
A Big Reason U.S. Economy Is Accelerating: Government Spending
Discussion: CNBC
David Edwards / Raw Story:
GOP lobbyist goes berserk yelling at MSNBC's Hallie Jackson about how bad ‘manners’ are to blame for mail bombs
NBC New York:
Some Suspected Mail Bombs Were Not Capable of Exploding, Others Yet to Be Analyzed, Officials Say
Discussion: RedState
Mike Eckel / Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty:
Top EU Court Rejects Extradition Appeal By Ukrainian Oligarch Firtash
New York Times:
How 1994 Gave Us Today's Politics
Discussion: National Review
Charles M. Blow / New York Times:
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Apple's Radical Approach to News: Humans Over Machines
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N.J. GOP Congressional Candidate Receives Letter Threatening His Children
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Discussion: National Review and twitchy.com
Kyle Kondik / Larry J. Sabato's Crystal Ball:
A dozen days to go: Ratings changes in gubernatorial, House races
Discussion: Florida Politics
Wall Street Journal:
Treasury Official Accused of Leaks Had Bureaucratic Complaints About Another Unit