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4:00 PM ET, October 30, 2018

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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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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?
Julie Hirschfeld Davis / New York Times:
Trump Wants to End Birthright Citizenship With Executive Order  —  President Trump said he was preparing an executive order to end birthright citizenship in the United States, his latest attention-grabbing maneuver days before midterm congressional elections, during which he has sought …
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.
Discussion: CNN, Axios, ABC News, Hit & Run and twitchy.com
John Nichols / The Nation:
Birthright Citizenship Is in the Constitution  —  Trump's attempt to undermine it is an impeachable offense.  —  On January 20, 2017, Donald Trump swore an oath to preserve, protect, and defend the Constitution of the United States.  Yet, this week, as part of his ongoing campaign to divide …
Discussion: Axios
Washington Post:
House Speaker Paul Ryan rejects President Trump's idea of ending birthright citizenship by executive order
Discussion: Political Wire and NTK Network
Bloomberg:
Trump Plans Order Ending ‘Ridiculous’ Birthright Citizenship
Natasha Bertrand / The Atlantic:
Mueller Wants the FBI to Look at a Scheme to Discredit Him  —  An alleged scheme to pay off women to fabricate sexual-assault allegations against Special Counsel Robert Mueller has been referred to the FBI for further investigation, a spokesman for the special counsel's office told The Atlantic.
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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 …
Discussion: Politico
Ali Dukakis / ABC News:   As special counsel closes in, Roger Stone suits up for legal battle
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
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CNN:   Sources: Justice Department investigating Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke
Washington Post:   The Interior Department's watchdog has referred a probe into Secretary Ryan Zinke's conduct to the Justice Department
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.
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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: HuffPost, Sludge and ThinkProgress
Washington Post:
Shooting victim's family, top officials shun Trump in Pittsburgh: ‘He was blaming the community’  —  PITTSBURGH — A mourning family doesn't want to meet him.  Top members of his own party refuse to join him.  The mayor has explicitly asked him not to come.
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David Horovitz / Agence France-Presse:   Foxman after Pittsburgh: Trump is a demagogue, a threat to democracy and Jews
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.
Washington Post:
Congressional leaders decline to join Trump in visit to Pittsburgh after massacre  —  President Trump will visit Pittsburgh later Tuesday to pay tribute to the 11 victims of the mass shooting at a synagogue there — yet is traveling with no official public itinerary, little planning …
Discussion: ABC News, Shakesville, The Week and CNBC
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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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Terry Jones / Investor's Business Daily:
Migrant Caravan: A Foreign-Financed, Leftist-Led Violation Of U.S. Sovereignty
Discussion: Power Line
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 …
Jeffrey Young / HuffPost:
Believe Republicans When They Say They're Coming After Your Health Care  —  It's not just the lies about pre-existing conditions.  The GOP still wants to go after Obamacare, Medicaid and Medicare.  —  Republicans have been very busy lying about health care: lying about their policy agenda …
Jennifer Medina / New York Times:
At a Pittsburgh Crime Scene, Jewish Volunteers Guard the ‘Bodies of Holy Martyrs’  —  All night long, Jewish volunteers stood solemnly in the rain outside the Tree of Life synagogue, where 11 dead bodies lay inside, sealed off with yellow crime-scene tape.  The deceased were not supposed …
Judy L. Thomas / Kansas City Star:
Daughter of Mo. candidate who espouses anti-Semitism has a message: don't vote for him  —  Emily West has a message for voters in Missouri House District 15.  —  Don't vote for her dad.  —  “I can't imagine him being in any level of government,” she told The Star on Monday.
Discussion: Raw Story
Maggie Haberman / New York Times:
Barbra Streisand Can't Get Trump Out of Her Head.  So She Sang About Him.  —  Her new album, “Walls,” is a rare instance of politics permeating her music, and in an interview, she could barely stop talking about her least favorite president.  —  Barbra Streisand has a new album …
Wall Street Journal:
Mueller Investigators Probe Roger Stone Conference Calls  —  Longtime Trump adviser spoke of WikiLeaks' plans to release emails ahead of 2016 election  —  Special Counsel Robert Mueller's investigators are examining comments by Roger Stone—a longtime adviser to Donald Trump …
Elena Schneider / Politico:
Dems regain momentum in final days of battle for House  —  MATTHEWS, N.C. — The Republican Party base has been electrified by Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh's confirmation hearings and a campaign blitz from President Donald Trump.  But the burst of enthusiasm has not reversed …
The Daily Beast:
Fox News Undermined Megyn Kelly Long After She Left for NBC  —  For 18 turbulent months at NBC, when Megyn Kelly stumbled, her former employer was lurking in the shadows.  —  For 18 turbulent months at NBC, when Megyn Kelly stumbled, her former employer was lurking in the shadows—eagerly waiting to kick her while she was down.
Hartford Courant:
Campaign Mailer Fuels Anti-Semitism Complaints In State Senate Race  —  A campaign mailer for Republican state Senate candidate Ed Charamut, showing his Democratic opponent Matthew Lesser, with a fistful of money is fueling ant-Semitism complaints.  Lesser is Jewish.  (Ed Charamut mailer)
Discussion: Talking Points Memo
Monmouth University Polling Institute:
Dem's Lead Inches Higher in CD19  —  Challenger increases lead among women  —  West Long Branch, NJ - Democratic candidate Antonio Delgado has increased his lead over first-term Congressman John Faso in New York's 19th Congressional District race, according to the latest Monmouth University Poll.
Discussion: Political Wire
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 …
Discussion: Townhall, RedState, Mediaite and twitchy.com
 
 
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Rick Maese / Washington Post:
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Joe DePaolo / Mediaite:
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Paul Krugman / New York Times:
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Ryan J. Reilly / HuffPost:
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Justin Mitchell / The Clarion Ledger:
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Marcy Wheeler / New Republic:
If Trump Fires Mueller
Discussion: emptywheel and Bloomberg
Will Sommer / The Daily Beast:
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Rahm Emanuel / The Atlantic:
The Biggest Story of the Midterms Is One the Democrats Aren't Telling
New York Times:
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