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Bret Stephens / New York Times:
Why Aren't Democrats Walking Away With the Midterms?  —  Democrats miss Trump's political gifts and the real threat he represents.  —  The night Donald Trump was elected was supposed to be, for most liberals and a few conservatives, the beginning of the end of the world.  The economy would surely implode.
Washington Post:
Amazon is in advanced talks about putting second headquarters in Northern Virginia, those close to process say  —  Amazon.com has held advanced discussions about the possibility of opening its highly sought-after second headquarters in Crystal City, including how quickly it would move employees there …
Discussion: CNBC, more at Techmeme »
Karl Etters / Tallahassee Democrat:
4 wounded, shooter dead at Tallahassee yoga studio on Thomasville Road  —  An unidentified man shot and killed himself Friday evening after wounding at least four people at Hot Yoga, according to Tallahassee officials.  —  City spokeswoman Alison Faris confirmed that the shooter is dead …
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Jacey Fortin / New York Times:
Man Shoots 6 at Florida Yoga Studio, Killing 2 and Then Himself
Politico:
New Jersey Democrats sound alarm over Menendez race  —  New Jersey Democrats are growing increasingly worried that Sen. Bob Menendez could lose his seat next week in an outcome that would undercut the party's effort to take back the Senate.  —  Democratic strategists working on races across …
Discussion: Mother Jones and Political Wire
New York Times:
House and Senate Latest, Obama Asks a Question, Beto Video: 3 Days to Go  —  Welcome to The Tip Sheet, a daily political analysis of the 2018 elections, based on interviews with Republican and Democratic officials, pollsters, strategists and voters.  —  Where things stand
Joel Ebert / The Tennessean:
Two new polls show Marsha Blackburn, Phil Bredesen in a dead heat in Senate race  —  A look at the several polls detailing the race of Marsha Blackburn and Phil Bredesen for U.S. Senate  —  Despite a series of recent polls saying otherwise, two surveys see Tennessee's U.S. Senate race between …
Discussion: POLITICUSUSA
Derick Waller / abc7ny.com:
Arrest made after hate graffiti found written inside Brooklyn synagogue  —  Police have made an arrest after disturbing messages of hate were found inside a Brooklyn synagogue Thursday evening, the latest in a string of anti-Semitic incidents across the nation.
Veronica Stracqualursi / CNN:
Racist robocall targets Stacey Abrams, Oprah in Georgia governor's race  —  Washington (CNN)A white supremacist group that targeted Florida gubernatorial candidate Andrew Gillum with racist robocalls is now targeting Georgia Democratic gubernatorial candidate Stacey Abrams.
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Daniel Strauss / Politico:
Obama boosts Abrams, bashes Kemp on voting rights in Georgia speech
Discussion: Washington Post and ABC News
The Daily Beast:
Russian Propaganda Veterans Push Candace Owens' ‘Blexit’ Campaign  —  It claims to be an online movement of African-Americans.  But tens of thousands of the tweets were sent from accounts that previously pushed Russian disinformation.  —  We're not saying that Russia helped make #Blexit trend …
Dana Milbank / Washington Post:
We have no excuses now.  Our eyes are wide open.  —  This time, our eyes are wide open.  —  Exactly two years ago, many Americans held their noses and voted for Donald Trump.  Some were conservatives willing to tolerate his vulgar excesses in hopes of getting tax cuts, a repeal of Obamacare and a friendlier judiciary.
Discussion: Hullabaloo and Arizona Republic
Peter Baker / New York Times:
Once Reluctant to Speak Out, an Energized Obama Now Calls Out His Successor  —  MIAMI — Former President Barack Obama's voice has a way of lifting into a high-pitched tone of astonishment when he talks about his successor, almost as if he still cannot believe that the executive mansion …
John Harwood / CNBC:
Republicans are spreading two types of fear ahead of next week's midterm elections  — The upstairs-downstairs split within the Republican coalition requires more than hype about imagined threats of “invasion” from a bedraggled immigrant caravan.  GOP strategy involves two distinctly different kinds of fear.
The Daily Beast:
Senate Intelligence Wants Documents on NRA's Russia Trip  —  The Senate intelligence committee has asked the National Rifle Association to provide documents on its connections to Russia—including documents related to a 2015 trip some of its top leaders made to Moscow.
Discussion: ABC News and Raw Story
Jeremy W. Peters / New York Times:
G.O.P. Sees Trump's Playbook as Best Hope in Some Tight Races  —  ALBERT LEA, Minn. — The Republican attack ads targeting George Soros and Colin Kaepernick were the first to arrive in southern Minnesota last month, so closely echoing President Trump that he could have written them himself.
Axios:
3. Trump: Democrats gaining control of the House “could happen”  —  President Trump said at a campaign rally Friday in West Virginia that it's possible that the Democrats win the House this midterm election.  —  Why it matters: Trump has been rallying for Republican races across the country …
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Rebecca Morin / Politico:
Trump says Democrats could take House: 'I can't go everywhere'
Discussion: ABC News
New York Times:
How a Taliban Assassin Got Close Enough to Kill a General  —  KANDAHAR, Afghanistan — Minutes before killing one of the most important generals in Afghanistan, the infiltrator made a final call to the Taliban.  —  Though only a teenager, the assassin managed to get hired as an elite guard …
The Hill:
Democrats, beware: We are leaning left too far  —  As the 2018 election seasons draws to a climax, political junkies — and I confess, I remain one — already are looking to 2020 and expounding theories about what could happen.  In one sense, that's a foolish venture because politics is hard …
Washington Post:
Supreme Court refuses to block young people's climate lawsuit against U.S. government  —  The Supreme Court on Friday night refused to halt a novel lawsuit filed by young Americans that attempts to force the federal government to take action on climate change, turning down a request from the Trump administration to stop it before trial.
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Page Six:
Alec Baldwin released from police custody after parking spot punch … Alec Baldwin didn't say a word as he was released from custody with a summons for assault and harassment over his Friday afternoon attack on a rival for a parking spot, cops said.  —  Baldwin, wearing a grim scowl and an untucked …
Washington Post:
Former generals worry that Trump's border mission uses troops as a political tool  —  President Trump's decision to send as many as 15,000 troops to the southern border has drawn sharp and unusual criticism from former military leaders, who have called the deployment “wasteful” …
Discussion: Raw Story and The Daily Beast
Ali Watkins / New York Times:
Racist Slur Defaces African Burial Ground Monument in Lower Manhattan  —  The African Burial Ground Monument in Lower Manhattan, a treasured site for the nation's black community, was defaced with a racist slur on Thursday, the authorities said.  —  In black marker, a vandal scrawled “Kill …
Kathleen Jacob / WZTV:
Political dummy hanging from tree sparks outrage in Shelbyville  —  A political Halloween decoration has people in Shelbyville outraged.  An unknown person hung a dummy from a tree at the corner of 130 and Snell Road.  The dummy had a GOP outfit on, a white dunce hat, and a Marsha Blackburn sign hanging from it.
Discussion: Fox News Insider
Ruben Kimmelman / NPR:
Judge Rules Native Americans In North Dakota Must Comply With Voter ID Law  —  A federal judge has ruled that Native Americans in North Dakota must comply with the state's recently tightened voter ID law.  At the same time, U.S. District Court Judge Daniel Hovland acknowledged that the law had raised concerns.
Ramesh Ponnuru / Bloomberg:
Democrats Gave Trump an Opening on Immigration  —  Their views on the issue used to be more moderate.  Now they may have moved too far for their own good.  —  President Donald Trump certainly knows how to direct attention where he wants it.  When he raised the idea of issuing an executive order …
Discussion: National Review
Yaron Steinbuch / New York Post:
Netanyahu: Saudi Arabia deserves a pass for Khashoggi murder … Israeli Prime Minister Bibi Netanyahu said Friday that Saudi Arabia should get a pass for murdering US-based journalist Jamal Khashoggi because the kingdom is an ally of the Jewish state against Iran.
Martin Walsh / The American Mirror:
DEM PANIC?  Ocasio-Cortez calls Trump ‘monster’, Biden threatens violence, wild-eyed Obama's voice cracks during rant  —  With the critical midterm elections taking place on Tuesday, it appears Democrats are starting to panic.  —  In recent weeks, Democrats and many in the mainstream media …
Aaron Rodriguez / CREW:
CREW Files Hatch Act Complaint Against CMS Administrator Seema Verma  —  FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE  —  Washington — Administrator of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Seema Verma likely violated the Hatch Act by using her official government Twitter account to advocate …
Discussion: Politico
CNN:
Pentagon rejected request for troops to act as emergency law enforcement at border  —  Hagel: Trump is using our troops as pawns  —  Washington (CNN)When the Trump administration first asked the Pentagon to send troops to the southern border, they wanted them to perform emergency law enforcement functions, CNN has learned.
Discussion: Law & Crime, Axios, KTVQ-TV and POLITICUSUSA
Wall Street Journal:
Behind Saudi Prince's Crackdown Was Confidant Tied to Khashoggi Killing  —  Media adviser gave the order to assemble the group that killed journalist, complicating kingdom's efforts to separate Prince Mohammed from hit job  —  As Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman pushed through ambitious social reforms …
Julia Manchester / The Hill:
Pence says Republicans will keep control of the House  —  Vice President Pence maintained in an interview with Hill.TV on Friday that Republicans will keep control of the House in next week's midterm elections.  —  “I think we're going to expand our majority in the United States Senate …
New York Times:
When a Terrorist Comes to Your Hometown  —  The Jewish community center became a mourning tent.  The synagogue, a crime scene.  —  Ms. Weiss is a writer and editor in the Opinion section.  —  PITTSBURGH — I want to tell you what it is like when your neighborhood becomes the scene of a mass murder.
 
 
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Terence P. Jeffrey / CNSNews:
Manufacturing Jobs Up 32,000 in October, 434,000 Under Trump
Gardiner Harris / New York Times:
U.S. Reimposes Sanctions on Iran but Undercuts the Pain With Waivers
Discussion: Middle East Eye
Reid Wilson / The Hill:
Obama quietly records dozens of get-out-the-vote pitches
Discussion: Political Wire
ACLU of Kansas:
Transportation for voters seems covered—but we're not finished.
Discussion: HuffPost
Roll Call:
You Don't Know Them, But You May Know Their Voices
Steve Sadin / Chicago Tribune:
Man accused of making threatening call to Highland Park synagogue charged with hate crime
Discussion: Raw Story
Julia Craven / HuffPost:
Andrew Gillum Is At Home With His Blackness
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Washington Post:
Army assessment of migrant caravans undermines Trump's rhetoric
Jonathan S. Tobin / National Review:
Conservatives Need to Draw the Line at Steve King
Caroline Zhang / CREW:
CREW Discovers Previously Undisclosed Ethics Waiver for Solicitor General Noel Francisco
Discussion: ThinkProgress, Politico and Raw Story
Travis Gettys / Raw Story:
Wisconsin conservative admits he'd shoot his sister in the face for Trump: ‘She has to know how passionate I am’
Discussion: The Root