Top Items:
Morgan Gstalter / The Hill:
Jewish leaders tell Trump he's not welcome in Pittsburgh until he denounces white nationalism — A group of Jewish leaders told President Trump that he is no longer welcome in Pittsburgh until he denounces white nationalism following the shooting at a synagogue there over the weekend.
Discussion:
The Week
RELATED:
Bend the Arc:
Letter to President Trump from Pittsburgh Jewish Leaders — We are the Pittsburgh affiliate of Bend the Arc: A Jewish Partnership for Justice. — President Trump: — Yesterday, a gunman slaughtered 11 Americans during Shabbat morning services. We mourn with the victims' families and pray for the wounded.
Discussion:
Washington Post, POLITICUSUSA, Mediaite, DC Tribune, Reuters, AOL, Boing Boing and HuffPost
New York Times:
For Trump, Dutiful Words of Grief, Then Off to the Next Fight — WASHINGTON — For months, Republican officials have complained privately that President Trump lacks the ability to confront moments of crisis with moral clarity, choosing to inflame the divisions that have torn the country apart rather than try to bring it together.
Discussion:
Politico, HuffPost, Washington Post, New Republic, The Week, The Guardian and NBC News
Tamar Auber / Mediaite:
Hospital President Who Looked Pittsburgh Mass Shooter in the Eyes: ‘He Listens to the Noise’
Discussion:
CNN
Joel Achenbach / Washington Post:
A conspiracy theory about George Soros and a migrant caravan inspired horror — Conspiracy theories are flourishing in America, from the Oval Office to the fever swamps of the Internet. They include the viral notion that the liberal 88-year-old billionaire George Soros …
Discussion:
Daily Kos, Mother Jones, The Guardian and New York Times, more at Techmeme »
RELATED:
Adam Serwer / The Atlantic:
Trump's Caravan Hysteria Led to This — On Tuesday, October 16, President Donald Trump started tweeting. … Vice President Mike Pence also tweeted: … The apparent impetus for this outrage was a segment on Fox News that morning that detailed a migrant caravan thousands of miles away in Honduras.
Discussion:
CNN, KRTV-TV, Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion, Quillette, New York Daily News and Washington Post, more at Mediagazer »
Jonathan A. Greenblatt / New York Times:
When Hate Goes Mainstream — The Pittsburgh massacre is only the latest, worst instance of rising anti-Semitism. Americans of conscience must now push back. — Mr. Greenblatt is the chief executive and national director of the Anti-Defamation League. — This has been a very difficult 24 hours …
Discussion:
CNN, POLITICUSUSA, Washington Post and Politico
Laurie Goodstein / New York Times:
‘There Is Still So Much Evil’: Growing Anti-Semitism Stuns American Jews — Until recent years, many Jews in America believed that the worst of anti-Semitism was over there, in Europe, a vestige of the old country. — American Jews were welcome in universities, country clubs and corporate boards …
Discussion:
The Guardian
Ruth Marcus / Washington Post:
Trump has stoked the fears of the Bowerses among us
Discussion:
Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion, Shareblue Media and Mediaite
Dana Milbank / Washington Post:
Trump's America is not a safe place for Jews
Discussion:
Raw Story, The Moderate Voice, Reason and Daily Kos
Washington Post:
Trump, GOP defiant amid allegations that incendiary rhetoric contributed to climate of violence
Discussion:
Breitbart
Max Boot / Washington Post:
Ask the questions about right-wing terrorists that we ask about Islamist militants
Devan Cole / CNN:
House majority leader deletes tweet saying Soros, Bloomberg, Steyer are trying to “buy” election
Discussion:
Talking Points Memo, Breitbart, Shareblue Media, Splinter, Salon, Mother Jones and Washington Post
David Harsanyi / The Federalist:
The Left's Response To The Mass Shooting Of Jews Is An Act Of Bad Faith
Discussion:
Breitbart, Betsy's Page, Algemeiner.com and Jerusalem Post
Andrew Fishman / The Intercept:
Jair Bolsonaro Is Elected President of Brazil. Read His Extremist, Far-Right Positions in His Own Words. — Jair Bolsonaro was elected president of Brazil on Sunday evening. The far-right candidate received more than 55 percent of valid votes. His opponent, Fernando Haddad of the Workers' Party, received less than 45 percent.
Discussion:
VICE News US
RELATED:
New York Times:
Jair Bolsonaro Wins Brazil's Presidency, in a Shift to the Far Right — RIO DE JANEIRO — Brazil on Sunday became the latest country to drift toward the far right, electing a strident populist as president in the nation's most radical political change since democracy was restored more than 30 years ago.
Discussion:
The Guardian, FiveThirtyEight, Human Rights Watch, Lawyers, Guns & Money, Splinter, Jezebel and Mediaite
Ryan Broderick / BuzzFeed News:
Brazil's Election Is The End Of The Far-Right, Populist Wave. Now We Live With The Results.
BBC:
Jair Bolsonaro: Far-right candidate wins Brazil poll
Discussion:
Economist, New York Times, The Daily Caller and New Republic
Travis Waldron / HuffPost:
Brazil Elects Far-Right Authoritarian Jair Bolsonaro As President
Discussion:
Washington Monthly, Breitbart and Jacobin
Daniel Lippman / Politico:
9 hours of ‘Executive Time’: Trump's unstructured days define his presidency — President Donald Trump had about three times as much free time planned for last Tuesday as work time, according to his private schedule. The president was slated for more than nine hours of “Executive Time,” …
Discussion:
Talking Points Memo and Raw Story
Emily Birnbaum / The Hill:
Hillary Clinton leaves door open for 2020 run: 'I'd like to be president' — Former Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton during an event over the weekend left the door open to a possible 2020 run, saying that even though she doesn't want to run, “I'd like to be president.”
Discussion:
Sputnik International, POLITICUSUSA and Breitbart
RELATED:
Greensburg Tribune-Review:
Synagogue victims Cecil and David Rosenthal remembered as loving, inseparable — Raye Coffey raised three children, but she could have been considered a surrogate mom, of sorts, for Cecil and David Rosenthal. — The brothers lived next door to the Coffeys in Stanton Heights and often could be found at the Coffey residence.
Discussion:
NPR and CBS Pittsburgh
RELATED:
Arne Delfs / Bloomberg:
Merkel to Quit as Party Chief as Her Chancellorship Wobbles — German leader makes dramatic concession to her party critics — Power waning after leading Christian Democrats for 18 years — German Chancellor Angela Merkel will quit as head of her Christian Democratic party …
RELATED:
Andrew Gray / Politico:
Merkel ready to step down as CDU leader: reports
Discussion:
Breitbart and One America News Network
Oliver Darcy / CNN:
Fox condemns rhetoric used by Lou Dobbs guest as channel's star host faces growing criticism — (CNN)The Fox Business Network has a Lou Dobbs problem. — On Sunday, the network's senior vice president for programming, Gary Schreier, released a statement denouncing what many people called …
Discussion:
TVNewser, Talking Points Memo, Hullabaloo, ThinkProgress and Deadline
Margi Murphy / Telegraph:
Twitter to remove ‘like’ tool in a bid to improve the quality of debate — Twitter is planning to remove the ability to “like” tweets in a radical move that aims to improve the quality of debate on the social network. — Founder Jack Dorsey last week admitted at a Twitter event …
New York Times:
American ISIS Suspect Is Freed After Being Held More Than a Year — WASHINGTON — The Trump administration has freed an American citizen whom the military imprisoned without trial for more than 13 months as a suspected Islamic State member, United States officials said on Monday.
Desmond Butler / Associated Press:
Russian held as agent studied US groups' cyberdefenses — WASHINGTON (AP) — A year before federal prosecutors accused Maria Butina of operating as a secret agent for the Russian government, she was a graduate student at American University working on a sensitive project involving cybersecurity.
New York Times:
Trump's Corruption: The Definitive List — The many ways that the president, his family and his aides are lining their own pockets. — They don't even try very hard to hide it. — President Trump, his family and more than a few of his appointees are using his presidency to enrich themselves.
Deputy Health & Science Editor, DC — 
Weather Reporter, NY — 
Legal Editor, Johannesburg — 
Transcription Copy Editor - Opinion, CA — 
Agriculture Reporter, Winnipeg — 
Part-time Editor, Remote — 
Home & Travel Reporter - Ireland — 
Investigative Reporter, SC — 
Deputy Spotlight Editor, MA — 
Disinfo/Extremism/Tech Reporter — 
Audience Editor - Search, NY — 
Awards Specials Editor, CA — 
Middle East Editor, Remote — 
Arts Editor, London — 
Deputy Tech Ed. - CNBC, CA — 
Reporter - Police Beat, OR — 
National Tech Reporter — 
Express Desk Reporter, CA — 
Alabama Reporter, AL — 
Tech Reporter, CA — 
Executive Editor, OR — 
Deputy Editor - Investigations, NY — 
Senior Writer - Biotech, Remote — 
Senior IP Correspondent, Brussels — 
Senior Editor - Business Desk, DC — 
Freelance Reporter - L.A. Education, CA — 
Associate Editor, London — 
Copy & Weekend Editor, NH — 
Private Equity Reporter, NY — 
Political Reporter, TX — 
Economic Mobility Reporter, FL — 
Reporter - Skift Meetings, Remote — 
Reporter, NC — 
Digital Editor, DC — 
