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The Daily Beast:
Cesar Sayoc Jr., Alleged Mail Bomber, Threatened Democrats on Twitter  —  The 56-year-old Florida man has a significant criminal history and appears to have frequently posted far-right conspiracy theories about Trump's opponents.  —  Cesar A. Sayoc, the Florida man reported to be the mail bombing suspect …
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NBC News:
Man in Florida to be charged over mail bombs; Booker, Clapper latest to be sent packages  —  The packages were discovered at postal facilities in Manhattan and Florida, according to officials.  —  Suspect arrested, will be charged in connection with pipe bombs
CBS News:
Package bomb suspect arrested - live updates  —  An arrest has been made in the investigation of bombs sent to prominent Democrats and critics of President Trump.  The Department of Justice confirmed that one person was in custody.  —  A law enforcement source identified the suspect as a 56-year-old male …
Washington Post:
Man in Florida arrested in connection with mail bombs sent to public figures, official says  —  BREAKING: A man in Florida has been arrested in connection with the mail bombs, according to a law enforcement official.  —  Authorities on Friday recovered two more potential explosive devices sent …
Kate Prengel / Heavy.com:
Cesar Sayoc: 5 Fast Facts You Need to Know  —  Cesar Altieri Sayoc has been arrested in connection with the suspicious packages that were sent across the country to various liberal personalities and to CNN's headquarters in New York City.  Sayoc was first named as the suspect by NY1's Myles Miller.
Sun-Sentinel:
Man arrested in Plantation in plot to send bombs to Trump critics  —  South Florida Sun Sentinel  —  A man has been arrested in Plantation in connection with the bombs sent to a dozen critics of President Trump, investigators said.  —  A police source said the federal investigation tracked …
Ben Mathis-Lilley / Slate:
Crowd Chants “CNN Sucks” at White House Event as Pictures Emerge of “CNN Sucks” Sticker on Alleged Bomber's Van  —  A 56-year-old Florida man named Cesar Sayoc has reportedly been arrested in South Florida in connection with the string of bombs sent to prominent Democrats.
miamiherald:
South Florida man arrested in connection with suspected explosive packages  —  A Florida man has been arrested in connection to the string of suspected explosive packages sent to prominent Democrats this week, law enforcement sources tell the Miami Herald and other outlets.
New York Times:
Two More Bombs Found, Addressed to Cory Booker and CNN  —  Federal authorities discovered two more explosive devices, one addressed to Senator Cory Booker and the other to James R. Clapper Jr., the former director of national intelligence, law enforcement officials said on Friday.
New York Times:
What We Know About Cesar Sayoc, the Mail Bombing Suspect  —  AVENTURA, Fla. — A South Florida man with a history of criminal convictions was arrested Friday morning in connection to the string of mail bombs sent to prominent Democrats this week.  —  Here is what is known about the suspect:
Discussion: LifeZette, IJR and Mediaite
NBC News:
Pipe bomb suspect: Cesar Sayoc, Jr. in custody for allegedly sending suspicious packages  —  DNA evidence played a role in the arrest, the officials said.  —  Arrested pipe bomb suspect named as Cesar Sayoc of Aventura, Florida  —  A Florida man with a troubled past was identified Friday …
miamiherald:
Who is Cesar Sayoc, the Florida man arrested in the mail pipe bomb case?
Discussion: Talking Points Memo
Aidan McLaughlin / Mediaite:
Trump: ‘Unfortunate’ That ‘Bomb Stuff’ Slowing Republican Momentum Going Into Midterms
Discussion: New Republic, Vox and Washington Post
Jennifer E. Duffy / The Cook Political Report:
Senate: 11 Days Out; NJ Moves to Toss Up  —  With November 6 just 11 days away, it seems that the overall Senate playing field won't change much, although it appears that some of the races in Toss Up are getting even tighter, if that's possible.  —  That said, it is getting more difficult to see a path to the majority for Democrats.
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Lee Smith / RealClearInvestigations:
DOJ Ties a Trump FISA Release to Obstruction  —  In court filings last week the Department of Justice deployed what could be the nuclear option in its latest effort to prevent President Trump from declassifying information regarding FISA warrants used to spy on his campaign aide Carter Page …
Discussion: Real Clear Politics
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Caitlin Oprysko / Politico:
Papadopoulos threatens to pull out of Mueller plea agreement
Natasha Bertrand / The Atlantic:   George Papadopoulos Wants Immunity From the Senate
Lucien Bruggeman / ABC News:
Papadopoulos considers withdrawing guilty plea to Mueller charges
Discussion: Politico
Chris Spargo / Daily Mail:
‘This is the worst white privilege I have ever seen’: Black NBC staffers ‘deeply hurt’ that Megyn Kelly is playing the #MeToo card to collect her $69M payout after blackface remarks  — Some black employees at NBC are ‘deeply hurt’ and others ‘appalled’ at the way Megyn Kelly is handling …
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Roger Kimball / Spectator USA:
Bombgate and the new species of political theatre  —  Andrew McCarthy, writing in National Review Online a couple of days ago, was certainly correct that it would have been outrageous and irresponsible to have suggested, at that early juncture of this still-unfolding episode …
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Jimmy McCloskey / Metro.co.uk:
Suspected MAGA bomber ID'd as ‘Native American Trump supporter’ Cesar Sayoc, 56,
Discussion: Power Line
Alex Isenstadt / Politico:
Trump fears Florida wipeout  —  The president is mounting an 11th-hour effort to head off high-profile losses for governor and Senate in his adopted home state.  —  The White House is planning a political rescue mission in Florida, fearing a wipeout in a key swing state next month …
Ross Ramsey / The Texas Tribune:
Ted Cruz leads Beto O'Rourke by 6 in Texas Senate race, UT/TT poll finds  —  Republican incumbents lead their Democratic challengers in the top four races on the general election ballot, according to the latest University of Texas/Texas Tribune Poll. … Republican Ted Cruz leads Democrat …
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Robert Moore / KVIA-TV:   Record early voting in El Paso driven by young, irregular voters
David J. Lynch / Washington Post:
U.S. economy grew at annual rate of 3.5 percent in 2018's third quarter  —  The U.S. economy slowed in the third quarter to a still-strong 3.5 percent annual growth rate, the Commerce Department said in its final assessment of economic health before the November congressional elections.
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Bloomberg:
U.S. GDP Grows Above-Forecast 3.5% on Consumption, Inventories
Discussion: LifeZette and BEA
Maxwell Strachan / HuffPost:
All The Incendiary Garbage Fox News Has Broadcast About George Soros Since April  —  At Fox News, Soros is treated as the Moriarty of liberal America, the spider at the center of a vast web.  —  This week, similar suspicious packages were mailed to frequent ring-wing targets, including Bill Clinton …
Discussion: Hullabaloo and New York Times
Domenico Montanaro / NPR:
Poll: Trump Seen As Important Factor In Americans' Vote, As Democrats Open Up Lead  —  This election really is about Donald Trump.  —  Roughly two-thirds of voters say President Trump is a factor (either major or minor) in their vote in this year's midterms, far more than said so in 2014 …
Discussion: NBC News, Political Wire and wabe.org
Wall Street Journal:
Tesla Faces Deepening Criminal Probe Over Whether It Misstated Production Figures  —  FBI investigation follows company's settlement of separate civil charges with SEC  —  Tesla Inc., TSLA 3.06% with a fresh civil fraud settlement now behind it, faces a new legal problem: a deepening criminal investigation.
Discussion: CNBC, Electrek and The Verge
Michelle Ye Hee Lee / Washington Post:
Eleven donors have plowed $1 billion into super PACs since they were created  —  Just eleven donors injected $1 billion into U.S. political races in the past eight years through super PACs, the big-money entities that have given wealthy contributors a powerful way to influence elections.
Discussion: Political Wire
David French / National Review:
Pipe-Bomb Suspect Arrested — Be Very Careful With the ‘Crazy’ Label  —  As my colleague Jack Crowe has noted, a bombing suspect is in custody.  His name is Cesar Sayoc Jr., and as you can see the instant you log on to Twitter, he apparently drove a white van covered in pro-Trump stickers.
Declan Walsh / New York Times:
The Tragedy of Saudi Arabia's War … Declan Walsh and Tyler Hicks reported from Hajjah and other areas of northern Yemen this month.  Our editors explain why The Times has decided to publish such unsettling images.  —  CHEST HEAVING AND EYES FLUTTERING, the 3-year-old boy lay silently …
Discussion: Lawyers, Guns & Money
Rebecca Hudson / Salisbury Journal:
Salisbury Cathedral evacuated after visitor attempted to destroy Magna Carta  —  SALISBURY Cathedral was evacuated yesterday afternoon after someone “tried to smash the case of the historic Magna Carta”, in what police believe was an attempted theft of the document.
Ted Hesson / Politico:
Nielsen: ‘Every option is on the table’ to stop migrants at border  —  Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen, under heavy pressure from within the Trump administration to reduce illegal immigration, said Friday that “every option is on the table” to halt the flow of migrants to the southwest border.
David Frum / The Atlantic:
A President Who Condones Political Violence  —  Bombs are sent through the mail to CNN, George Soros, James Clapper, former President Barack Obama, and other persons targeted by President Donald Trump for vilification and abuse.  A theory begins to circulate on the far edges of the right that the bombs are a …
Discussion: NBC News, Mother Jones and theGrio
Benjy Sarlin / NBC News:
Surprise: Democratic candidates aren't talking much about Trump.  Here's why.  —  The fewest campaign attack ads focusing on an incumbent president at this stage of the midterms in more than 15 years.  —  WASHINGTON — It feels like President Donald Trump is everywhere in the final stretch …
Discussion: Urban Milwaukee, KRTV-TV and TheBlaze
Rebecca Rosenberg / New York Post:
Proud Boys member gets makeover for court appearance  —  He's like a whole new man, er, Boy!  —  One of the Proud Boy goons busted last week over a brawl with Antifa protesters outside an Upper East Side Republican club underwent a total makeover for his court appearance Thursday.
Discussion: Talking Points Memo
 
 
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TMZ.com:
Chippendales Says Bombing Suspect Cesar A. Sayoc Worked for Knockoff Co.
Discussion: The Root
Lawrence Mower / Tampa Bay Times:
New Andrew Gillum documents show FBI agent might have paid for fundraiser dinner
Discussion: The Capitolist
Wall Street Journal:
Suspect in Letter Bombs: A History of Arrests and a Prior Bomb Threat
Sinéad Carew / Reuters:
Stocks slide globally, U.S. Treasury prices rise
CNBC:
Dow plunges 300 points, S&P 500 dips into correction territory
Daniel González / USA Today:
Migrants gather on Guatemala border, as another mass exodus to the U.S. takes shape
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Ronald Radosh / The Daily Beast:
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Discussion: Breitbart
The Daily Beast:
D.C.-Based Russian Media Venture Boasts that Indicted Kremlin Operative Is Its CFO
Discussion: Shakesville, Raw Story and Lawfare
Matt Lewis / The Daily Beast:
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Discussion: The Daily Caller, CNN and Daily Wire
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NBC News:
New questions raised about Avenatti claims regarding Kavanaugh