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New York Times:
Roger Stone Sold Himself to Trump's Campaign as a WikiLeaks Pipeline.  Was He?  —  WASHINGTON — When the WikiLeaks founder, Julian Assange, appeared on a video link from Europe a month before the 2016 presidential election and vaguely promised to release a flood of purloined documents related to the race …
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New York Times:
Read the Emails: The Trump Campaign and Roger Stone  —  Newly revealed messages show how the political operative Roger J. Stone Jr. sold himself to Trump campaign advisers as a potential conduit to WikiLeaks, which published thousands of emails in 2016 damaging to Hillary Clinton's campaign.
Roger Stone / The Daily Caller:
The Treachery Of Steve Bannon  —  The Washington Post reported that former White House Chief Strategist Steve Bannon testified for the Grand Jury yesterday regarding his communications with me regarding the Wikileaks disclosures in October 2016.  —  The Special Counsel is reportedly probing whether …
Will Sommer / The Daily Beast:
Mueller Smear Pushed by Pro-Trump Activists Falls Apart At Press Conference  —  Jacob Wohl and Jack Burkman struggled to explain even basic details of their allegations - like the spelling of the accuser's name.  —  A press conference intended to publicize sexual assault claims …
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Jim Hoft / The Gateway Pundit:
Press Conference on Mueller Allegations and Why Americans Hate the Mainstream Media  —  Attorney-Journalist Jack Burkman and Journalist-Private Investigator Jacob Wohl held a press conference today in Washington DC on the Mueller rape allegations.  —  Gateway Pundit reporter Cassandra Fairbanks attended …
Jared Holt / Right Wing Watch:
Fly Unzipped, Jack Burkman and Jacob Wohl Make Laughable Smear Claims Against Mueller  —  In the conference room of a Holiday Inn just outside Washington, D.C., Jacob Wohl and Jack Burkman, GOP operatives of a sort, gathered reporters for their unveiling of a spectacular and unsubstantiated claim …
Hill Reporter:
Jack Burkman & Jacob Wohl's Story Exposed Through Exclusive Conversations  — Individual claiming to be employed by Surefire Intelligence knew of Lorraine Parsons prior to the story going public.  — Jack Burkman claimed that Surefire Intelligence's ‘partners have actually worked for Trump’.
Discussion: Law & Crime and YouTube
Michael Daly / The Daily Beast:
Luis Bracamontes, Cop-Killer in Trump's Twitter Video, Actually Came Back to U.S. Under Bush  —  Trump also failed to mention that Bracamontes used an AR-15, a weapon that Republicans, including the president, don't want to outlaw.  —  Michael Daly  —  President Trump tweeted out a video …
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Stephen Collinson / CNN:
Trump shocks with racist new ad days before midterms  —  (CNN)In the most racially charged national political ad in 30 years, President Donald Trump and the Republican Party accuse Democrats of plotting to help Central American invaders overrun the nation with cop killers.
Sam Stanton / Sacramento Bee:
Fact check: Trump's claim that Democrats let cop killer stay in U.S. is false
Discussion: Washington Post and Daily Wire
Washington Post:
Saudi crown prince described slain journalist as a dangerous Islamist in call with White House  —  Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman described slain journalist Jamal Khashoggi as a dangerous Islamist days after his disappearance in a phone call with President Trump's son-in-law Jared Kushner …
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Annie Massa / Bloomberg:   Fink Calls Khashoggi Murder a Mystery, Will Keep Saudi Ties
Tom DiChristopher / CNBC:   Gates Foundation halts cooperation with Saudi crown prince's nonprofit after Khashoggi killing
Wall Street Journal:
State Department Spokeswoman Expected to Be Nominated U.N. Ambassador  —  Heather Nauert joined Trump administration last year  —  WASHINGTON—President Trump is expected to nominate Heather Nauert as the U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, a senior administration official said.
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Steve Contorno / Tampa Bay Times:
Nine days, $12.5 million: Rick Scott pumps his fortune into Florida's Senate race in last-minute push  —  With a week left, the Republican governor has spent more than $63 million to defeat Sen. Bill Nelson  —  Gov. Rick Scott gave his campaign $1.2 million on Tuesday and he has funneled …
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Grace Sparks / CNN:
CNN poll: Close Senate races in Florida and Tennessee before Election Day
Declan Walsh / New York Times:
Yemen Girl Who Turned World's Eyes to Famine Is Dead  —  CAIRO — A haunted look in the eyes of Amal Hussain, an emaciated 7-year-old lying silently on a hospital bed in northern Yemen, seemed to sum up the dire circumstances of her war-torn country.  —  A searing portrait of the starving girl published …
Ken Dixon / Connecticut Post:
Stefanowski is ahead in new Hearst/SHU Poll  —  Republican Bob Stefanowski has inched ahead of Democrat Ned Lamont by 2.4 percent in the governor's race, which remains a statistical tie heading into the final weekend before Election Day, the latest Hearst Connecticut Media Group/Sacred Heart University Poll finds.
Rob Port / Say Anything:
North Dakota Democrats Promote Message Telling Hunters They May Lose Their Licenses if They Vote  —  A reader alerted me to this curious message on Facebook which tells voters they may lose their hunting licenses in other states if they vote:  —  Facebook keeps a searchable database of the political ads which run on their platform.
HuffPost:
Someone Paid Thousands Of Foreigners 20 Cents Each To Hide HuffPost's Negative Coverage Of A Democratic PAC  —  HuffPost's story about End Citizens United dropped to the second page of Google search results from right near the top.  —  A HuffPost article that critically covered …
Rachael Bade / Politico:
Black Caucus chairman wants one of their own as speaker or majority leader  —  In a move that could set off a nasty internal fight, the leader of the Congressional Black Caucus — a key voting bloc among House Democrats — is demanding that an African-American lawmaker hold one of the top …
Discussion: CNN, Axios and Washington Post
New York Times:
Trump's Nationalism Is Breaking Point for Some Suburban Voters, Risking G.O.P. Coalition  —  HOUSTON — J. Mark Metts, a 60-year-old partner at one of this city's prestigious law firms, had never voted for a Democratic presidential candidate until 2016.  Now he and some of his neighbors …
Discussion: Mother Jones
Elizabeth Dias / New York Times:
‘God Is Going to Have to Forgive Me’: Young Evangelicals Speak Out  —  The role of evangelical Christianity in American politics has been a hotly discussed topic this year, intersecting with front-burner issues like immigration, the Supreme Court and social justice.
Jesse Hyde / Deseret News:
The last statesman: Can Jon Huntsman Jr. keep the art of diplomacy alive in the time of President Trump?  —  In a Deseret News exclusive, reporter Jesse Hyde and photojournalist Ravell Call went to Moscow to meet with U.S. Ambassador Jon Huntsman Jr. In a series of conversations …
Conor Friedersdorf / Los Angeles Times:
I'm an independent.  But I'm casting a party-line vote in the midterm election  —  Voters who declare themselves independent of partisan affiliation are ascendant in the American electorate.  —  In 2016, the Pew Research Center found that 34% described themselves as politically independent …
KPNX:
Sinema endorsed by Green Party Senate candidate  —  Green Party candidate Angela Green is getting out of the race.  Green may have been pulling support from Sinema in the toss-up race.  —  Author: Brahm Resnik  —  The Arizona Green Party's U.S. Senate candidate told 12 News Thursday …
Discussion: Arizona Republic
Will Sommer / The Daily Beast:
Pro-Trump Activists Blame Charlie Kirk and Candace Owens for Losing Kanye West  —  ‘They really over-grifted that situation.’  —  Pro-Trump activists are fuming after Kanye West's announcement that he's “distancing” himself from politics, with the blame falling on two right-wing personalities …
The Cut:
We're the Organizers of the Google Walkout.  Here Are Our Demands  —  Last week, the New York Times published an article about Google's history of harassment, discrimination, support for abusers, and the people whose lives and careers become collateral damage in the process.
Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
Trump must be held accountable for his troops-to-the-border stunt  —  If President Trump goes through with his plan to send thousands of troops to the border, a move that appears solely designed to hype the Central American migrants into a national emergency and boost GOP chances in the election …
Amy Walter / The Cook Political Report:
Final Week Fundamentals  —  The last week of a campaign is the longest week.  Most of the polls have been completed.  The final ads have been placed.  The last lawn signs have been put into the ground (or pulled out by mischievous opponents).  Cable TV is filled with inane chatter.
Discussion: Bloomberg
Sean Sullivan / Washington Post:
GOP super PAC scales back spending in West Virginia's Senate race  —  A leading Republican super PAC has retreated from the airwaves in West Virginia, as GOP hopes of ousting a Democratic senator in the most pro-Trump state of the 2016 election have faded in the final days of the midterm campaign.
Joe Pompeo / Vanity Fair:
“It's Our Job to Call Them Out”: Inside the Trump Gold Rush at CNN  —  Amid terrorist threats and vindictive tweets, the programming executive who taught the president all about reality TV continues to transform CNN into a 24/7 platform for our national psychosis.
Chris Dunker / Lincoln Journal Star:
Fortenberry complains about Facebook reaction to vandalized sign; UNL professor says he's bullying  —  Thumbing through his Facebook feed, Ari Kohen came across the now widely shared photo of a defaced campaign sign for Rep. Jeff Fortenberry.  —  Shared on the social media platform by Seeing Red Nebraska …
Steven Shepard / Politico:
Poll: Majority blames both Trump and media for dividing country  —  A new POLITICO/Morning Consult poll conducted over the past fractious, violent week shows a majority of voters think that President Donald Trump has done more to divide the country than unite it since he took office last year …
United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary:
CIA Gathered Congressional Communications on Whistleblowing; After 4 Years of Pressing, Grassley Gets Notifications Declassified  —  WASHINGTON - Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley pressed for more than four years to declassify two Congressional Notifications indicating that …
Discussion: The Daily Caller
Greg Bluestein / Atlanta Journal-Constitution:
Live updates: 'This ain't Hollywood.' Pence mocks Oprah as he touts Brian Kemp  —  Dalton - Vice President Mike Pence is headed to Georgia on Thursday for a trio of events in conservative areas for Brian Kemp.  Democrats are countering with a visit by Oprah Winfrey, who will appear with Stacey Abrams for a pair of town hall meetings.
Sean Trende / Real Clear Politics:
What a Republican Hold in the House Might Look Like  —  As we move toward the close of this election cycle, impending control of the House of Representatives remains up in the air.  The general consensus among analysts is that Democrats are the favorites, perhaps by a substantial margin, but that Republicans remain in the game.
Newsweek:
Migrant Caravan: Border Troops Preparing for Threat of Armed, Unregulated Militias, Leaked Documents Show  —  As President Donald Trump directs thousands of troops to the U.S.-Mexico border in a show of military force against an approaching caravan of migrants from Central America …
Discussion: Task & Purpose and Raw Story
Andrew Higgins / New York Times:
On a Tiny Finnish Island, a Helipad, 9 Piers — and the Russian Military?  —  SAKKILUOTO, Finland — Retired to a tiny island in an archipelago between Finland and Sweden, Leo Gastgivar awoke early one morning to visit the outhouse in his bathrobe, only to notice two black speedboats packed …
Discussion: Balloon Juice
Washington Post:
On campaign trail, Trump's Cabinet parachutes into battleground districts where president is not welcome  —  LANSING, Mich. — Housing and Urban Development Secretary Ben Carson toured a renovated department store here along with the local Republican congressman, who is fighting to keep his seat.
Donovan Slack / USA Today:
VA: Fatal dog experiments moving ahead despite criticism from Congress, veterans groups  —  WASHINGTON - The Department of Veterans Affairs is pushing forward with invasive and ultimately fatal experiments on dogs as part of the VA's medical research program, according to documents obtained by USA TODAY.
 
 
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Dartunorro Clark / NBC News:
Rep. King yells at man questioning him about extremism, boots heckler from event
Laura Packard / Rewire.News:
Health-Care Voters Are Coming—and When Politicians Ignore Us, We'll Vote Them Out
Jeremy Kohler / St. Louis Post-Dispatch:
ST. LOUIS COUNTY  • Claims that the son of a Ferguson protester was murdered by lynching …
Discussion: Talking Points Memo and The Root
Patrick Thomas / Wall Street Journal:
Tesla Investor Group Calls for Board Overhaul, More Oversight of Elon Musk
Discussion: The Daily Caller
Spencer Soper / Bloomberg:
Amazon to Stop Pushing Washington Post Stories to Customers
Washington Post:
The election is almost here. That means Mueller's next move is coming soon.
Discussion: Brookings
Nathaniel Popper / New York Times:
A Cryptocurrency Millionaire Wants to Build a Utopia in Nevada
Eli Lake / Bloomberg:
Plot to Spy on Obama Officials Was Espionage for Dimwits
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Federal Bureau of Investigation:
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Courtney Pomeroy / WJLA-TV:
Little girl who was entranced by Michelle Obama's portrait dresses like her for Halloween
Jim Geraghty / National Review:
The Truth about George Soros Is Damning Enough
John Harwood / CNBC:
Populist Democrat Sherrod Brown might be a big threat to Trump in 2020 - but he has no ‘real interest’ in running
Discussion: Washington Post
CNBC:
Young Americans signal record turnout for midterm elections, reject Trump and the GOP: Poll
Reuters:
Father of Web says tech giants may have to be split up
Discussion: Breitbart
Mehdi Hasan / New Statesman:
Eight simple steps to fix American democracy
Jeff Stein / Newsweek:
Riddle Resolved: Who Dimed Out American Traitor and Super-Spy, Robert Hanssen?