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Natasha Bertrand / The Atlantic:
Mueller Wants the FBI to Look at a Scheme to Discredit Him  —  A company that appears to be run by a pro-Trump conspiracy theorist offered to pay women to make false claims against Special Counsel Robert Mueller in the days leading up to the midterm elections—and the special counsel's office has asked the FBI to weigh in.
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NBC News:
Mueller refers sex assault scheme targeting him to FBI for investigation  —  “We immediately referred the matter to the FBI for investigation,” said Peter Carr, spokesperson for the special counsel.  —  Special counsel Robert Mueller last week asked the FBI to investigate a possible scam …
The Daily Beast:
Inside the Crazy Cabal Trying to Smear Robert Mueller  —  A Seth Rich conspiracy pusher and fringe online figures appear to be working behind the scenes.  —  One of the shadier characters in politics, along with a number of fringe internet figures, appears to be behind an attempt to pay women …
Aric Toler / bellingcat:
The Unintelligent Design of SureFire Intelligence  —  On October 30th, the far-right site Gateway Pundit published documents alleging that Robert Mueller, who is heading up the investigation into foreign interference in the 2016 U.S. presidential elections, sexually assaulted a woman in 2010.
Kevin Breuninger / CNBC:
Special counsel Robert Mueller accuses opponents of offering women money to make ‘false claims’ about him
Discussion: RedState and Polipace Insider …
Axios:
Exclusive: Trump targeting birthright citizenship with executive order  —  President Trump plans to sign an executive order that would remove the right to citizenship for babies of non-citizens and unauthorized immigrants born on U.S. soil, he said yesterday in an exclusive interview for …
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Washington Post:
Trump's proposal to end birthright citizenship is unconstitutional  —  George T. Conway III is of counsel at Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz.  Neal Katyal is a partner at Hogan Lovells and former acting U.S. solicitor general in the Obama administration.  —  Sometimes the Constitution's text …
Libby Watson / Splinter:
Jonathan Swan Is a Bootlicker  —  You might have woken up this morning, as I did, to the Axios headline: “Exclusive: Trump to terminate birthright citizenship.”  In your bleary-eyed, pre-java state, you would struggle toward the thought: What... the fuck?  Can he do that?
Caitlin Oprysko / Politico:
Speaker Ryan: ‘You cannot end birthright citizenship with an executive order’  —  House Speaker Paul Ryan on Tuesday broke with President Donald Trump on whether an executive order could deny a constitutional guarantee of citizenship to babies born in the U.S. to noncitizen parents.
Julie Hirschfeld Davis / New York Times:
Trump Wants to End Birthright Citizenship With Executive Order
Dara Lind / Vox:
Birthright citizenship, explained
Morgan Gstalter / The Hill:
Pittsburgh mayor: Our priority is funerals, not Trump's visit  —  The mayor of Pittsburgh suggested that President Trump choose a different time to visit the city rather than the day of the first of 11 funerals for the victims of Saturday's synagogue shooting.
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Washington Post:
Shooting victim's family, top officials shun Trump in Pittsburgh: ‘He was blaming the community’
Jennifer Medina / New York Times:   At a Pittsburgh Crime Scene, Jewish Volunteers Guard the ‘Bodies of Holy Martyrs’
EndPlay / WPXI-TV:
LIVE UPDATES: President Trump on way to Pittsburgh to ‘pay respects’
Discussion: Breitbart
New York Times:
Trump Arrives in Pittsburgh as Many Make Clear His Visit Isn't Welcome
Discussion: Althouse
Melanie Zanona / The Hill:
Top congressional leaders in both parties decline to join Trump in Pittsburgh
Discussion: Breitbart and The Root
Carrie Dann / NBC News:
Poll: Blackburn edges ahead of Bredesen in tight Tennessee Senate contest  —  Among likely voters, Blackburn leads 51 percent to 46 percent.  —  WASHINGTON — Republican Marsha Blackburn is now narrowly edging Democrat Phil Bredesen in Tennessee's closely-watched Senate race despite Bredesen's …
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Mark Murray / NBC News:
Poll: Sinema leads McSally in Arizona Senate race  —  Democrat Kyrsten Sinema holds a 6-point lead over Republican Martha McSally, fueled by leads among Latinos, Independents and women.  —  WASHINGTON — Fueled by advantages among Latinos, Independents and women, Democrat Kyrsten Sinema holds …
Yahoo:   Justice Kavanaugh declines more than $600,000 raised in GoFundMe campaign
Bloomberg:   Republicans Fear Some Voters Are Losing Enthusiasm With a Week Until the Midterms
Washington Post:
Zinke's own agency watchdog just referred him to the Justice Department  —  Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke has come under scrutiny on multiple fronts  —  The Interior Department's Office of Inspector General has referred one of its ongoing probes into the conduct of Secretary Ryan Zinke …
Discussion: Axios, The Week and Splinter
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CNN:
Sources: Justice Department investigating Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke  —  Washington (CNN)The Justice Department is investigating Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke for possibly using his office for personal gain, following a referral from Interior's inspector general, two sources familiar with the investigation say.
New York Magazine:
12 Young People on Why They Probably Won't Vote  —  As told to , Rachel Bashein, Zak Cheney-Rice, Amelia Schonbek, and Emma Whitford  —  More than half of American adults plan to cast ballots in November, but only a third of people ages 18 to 29 say they will.  Here, 12 young adults on why they probably won't vote.
Washington Post:
Mueller probes Roger Stone's interactions with Trump campaign and timing of WikiLeaks release of Podesta emails  —  The special counsel investigation into President Trump's longtime ally Roger Stone is pressing witnesses about Stone's private interactions with senior campaign officials …
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Ali Dukakis / ABC News:
As special counsel closes in, Roger Stone suits up for legal battle  —  Longtime Republican political operative Roger Stone is gearing up for battle with special counsel Robert Mueller after a parade of witnesses has appeared before a grand jury to be grilled about their relationship …
Bloomberg:
Land O'Lakes, Purina Pull Support for Iowa Congressman Steve King Over Racial Remarks  —  Dairy giant Land O'Lakes announced on Tuesday that it will no longer make financial contributions to Representative Steve King of Iowa after a gun-fueled massacre at a Pittsburgh synagogue brought …
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Des Moines Register:
Land O'Lakes ag co-op, facing boycott threats, pulls support for U.S. Rep. Steve King
Discussion: CNN, HuffPost and Bloomberg
Tatiana Siegel / Hollywood Reporter:
Megyn Kelly Character Cut From Showtime's Roger Ailes Series (Exclusive)  —  The cabler's planned Fox News limited series is writing off a character based on the star anchor, but Lionsgate's competing Ailes film is already shooting (and sticking to the script).
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The Daily Beast:
Fox News Undermined Megyn Kelly Long After She Left for NBC
Kelly Magsamen / Defense One:
Secretary Mattis, Defend This or Resign  —  If Defense Secretary Mattis believes the migrant caravan is a not threat requiring 5,000 active troops deploying to the border, he should say so and quit.  —  Let's put this into perspective.  Secretary of Defense James Mattis authorized …
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Elizabeth McLaughlin / ABC News:
Top general anticipates more than 5,200 troops might deploy to border
CNN:
The radicalization of an alleged domestic terrorist  —  Woman warned Twitter about bomb suspect  —  New York (CNN)Cesar Sayoc's social media accounts read like a blueprint for the radicalization of an alleged domestic terrorist.  —  A CNN KFile analysis of thousands of tweets sent …
Discussion: New York Times
VICE News US:
We posed as 100 senators to run ads on Facebook.  Facebook approved all of them.  —  One of Facebook's major efforts to add transparency to political advertisements is a required “Paid for by” disclosure at the top of each ad supposedly telling users who is paying for political ads that show up in their news feeds.
Maggie Astor / New York Times:
In North Dakota, Native Americans Try to Turn an ID Law to Their Advantage  —  FORT YATES, N.D. — Nobody in the squat yellow house serving as the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe's get-out-the-vote headquarters knew its address.  —  It was on Red Tail Hawk Avenue; they knew that much.
Discussion: HuffPost
Kathy Gannon / Military Times:
5 freed from Gitmo in exchange for Bergdahl join insurgents in Qatar, Taliban says  —  KABUL, Afghanistan — Five members of the Afghan Taliban who were freed from the U.S. military prison at Guantanamo Bay in exchange for captured American Army Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl have joined …
Discussion: RedState and Task & Purpose
TMZ.com:
Kanye West Breaks From Politics and Says 'I've Been Used'  —  4:15 PM PT — Kanye contacted us to make it clear he did not mention Donald Trump in his tweets, and he's getting out of politics altogether.  —  As for being “used” ... he says he was specifically referencing Blexit, and that's it.
Discussion: Raw Story
Mairead McArdle / National Review:
Don Lemon: 'I Don't See Democrats Killing People' Over Politics  —  CNN anchor Don Lemon said on his show Monday that he sees only “right-wingers,” not Democrats, committing murders over their political beliefs.  —  Conservative commentator Mike Shields argued on Lemon's show,"CNN Tonight …
 
 
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Jeff Weiss / Washington Post:
Post Malone is the perfect pop star for this American moment. That's not a compliment.
Richard L. Hasen / Slate:
How Democrats Can Reverse Years of Voter Suppression
Discussion: Hullabaloo
U.S. Department of Justice:
Chinese Intelligence Officers and Their Recruited Hackers and Insiders Conspired to Steal …
Discussion: Sputnik International
Foreign Policy:
Inside Trump's Plan to Scale Back U.N. Resolutions on Sexual Health, Violence Against Women
Whitey Bulger / Boston Herald:
James ‘Whitey’ Bulger dead, had been moved to W. Va.
Discussion: Townhall
Chris Good / ABC News:
Fewer than half of US states have undergone federal election security reviews ahead of midterms
Kevin Robillard / HuffPost:
Democrats Are Going Bland To Beat Scott Walker — And It Might Just Work
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WAGA-TV:
New FOX 5 Poll: Abrams edging Kemp in dead heat
Discussion: Balloon Juice
Jeffrey Young / HuffPost:
Believe Republicans When They Say They're Coming After Your Health Care
Discussion: Talking Points Memo
Paul Davidson / USA Today:
Whopping 62 percent of jobs don't support middle-class life after accounting for cost of living
Marcy Wheeler / New Republic:
If Trump Fires Mueller
Discussion: emptywheel
Monmouth University Polling Institute:
Dem's Lead Inches Higher in CD19
Discussion: Political Wire
 

 
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