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5:25 PM ET, November 3, 2018

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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 …
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Osita Nwanevu / New Yorker:
If Jeff Bezos Makes Washington the Second Headquarters of Amazon  —  On October 21, 2016, an entity called the Cherry Revocable Trust purchased two adjacent buildings in the Kalorama neighborhood of Washington, D.C., for twenty-three million dollars.  The buildings, which previously had housed …
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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Luke Rosiak / The Daily Caller:
NYC Synagogue Vandalism Suspect Is Former City Hall Anti-Hate Crime Intern  — The suspect in a synagogue vandalism act that forced the cancellation of a Democratic event is reportedly a former City Hall employee who worked on anti-hate crime issues and is a Democratic activist, The Daily Caller News Foundation has learned.
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Ali Watkins / New York Times:   Racist Slur Defaces African Burial Ground Monument in Lower Manhattan
Janet Reitman / New York Times:
U.S. Law Enforcement Failed to See the Threat of White Nationalism.  Now They Don't Know How to Stop It.  —  For two decades, domestic counterterrorism strategy has ignored the rising danger of far-right extremism.  In the atmosphere of willful indifference, a virulent movement has grown and metastasized.
Zeeshan Aleem / Vox:
Obama tends to hold back.  But he's getting aggressive for the midterms.  —  He slammed Trump for “constant fear-mongering” at a fiery campaign rally in Florida Friday.  —  Former president Barack Obama and his successor Donald Trump went head to head in dueling rallies on Friday …
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Peter Baker / New York Times:   Once Reluctant to Speak Out, an Energized Obama Now Calls Out His Successor
Reid Wilson / The Hill:
Obama quietly records dozens of get-out-the-vote pitches
Discussion: Political Wire
Caleb Parke / Fox News:
Gillum intern arrested in Florida for throwing chocolate milk at College Republicans  —  An intern for Democratic Florida gubernatorial candidate Andrew Gillum has been arrested and charged with battery after she threw chocolate milk on a group of College Republicans tabling on campus.
Discussion: Hullabaloo and The Gateway Pundit
Morgan Chalfant / The Hill:
Drama builds around Stone in Mueller probe  —  Robert Mueller continues to zero in on Roger Stone as speculation builds that the special counsel could take a major overt step in his Russia investigation following the midterm elections next week.  —  Stone, a longtime adviser to President Trump …
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Natasha Bertrand / The Atlantic:
Roger Stone's Shifting Story Is a Liability
Discussion: Politico
Jason Hancock / Kansas City Star:
Hawley won't answer questions about private emails; calls Star report ‘absurd’  —  COLUMBIA  —  Republican U.S. Senate hopeful Josh Hawley declined on Saturday to clarify why his government staff used their personal email addresses to organize meetings with campaign consultants …
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.
Josh Boak / Associated Press:
Trump stumps in cities that don't look that much like US  —  WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump is in the final stretch of a 44-city blitz for the midterm elections, but the America he's glimpsed from the airport arrivals and his armored limousine is hardly a reflection of the nation as a whole.
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.
Dan Bongino:
The George Papadopoulos Interview You've Been Waiting For  —  In this special episode, I interview George Papadopoulos and his answers are explosive.  You don't want to miss this.
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.
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
Discussion: Bloomberg
Paul Sonne / Washington Post:
Trump's border deployments could cost $200 million by year-end  —  The total price of President Trump's military deployment to the border, including the cost of National Guard forces that have been there since April, could climb well above $200 million by the end of 2018 and grow significantly …
New York Times:
A Nation in Turmoil Prepares to Deliver a Verdict on Trump  —  The tumultuous 2018 midterm campaign, shaped by conflicts over race and identity and punctuated by tragedy, barreled through its final weekend as voters prepared to deliver a verdict on the first half of President Trump's term …
Discussion: PJ Media Home and CNBC
BBC:
Asia Bibi: Deal to end Pakistan protests over blasphemy case  —  Pakistan's authorities have struck a deal with a hard-line Islamist party to end a protest over the acquittal of a Christian woman convicted of blasphemy.  —  As part of the deal, proceedings will begin to bar Asia Bibi from leaving the country.
Discussion: Geller Report and Jihad Watch
Hollie Silverman / CNN:
Police identify suspected gunman and 2 people killed at hot yoga studio in Tallahassee  —  (CNN)A gunman on Friday shot six people, two fatally, at a hot yoga studio in Tallahassee, Florida, police said.  —  The two people killed were identified as Nancy Van Vessem, 61, and Maura Binkley …
Discussion: The Capitolist
Andrew C. McCarthy / National Review:
The 14th Amendment Does Not Mandate Birthright Citizenship  —  It was about removing vestiges of slavery, not regulating aliens.  —  Shortly after the Constitution went into effect, the first Congress enacted a naturalization law.  Lawmakers superseded this statute just five years later.
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
Alex Isenstadt / Politico:
GOP super PAC rushes to save Alaska's Don Young from defeat  —  A super PAC aligned with House Republican leadership is mounting a surprise final-weekend effort to save Alaska Rep. Don Young from defeat on Tuesday.  —  On Saturday, Congressional Leadership Fund will launch a phone-based …
Discussion: Raw Story
Sharon LaFraniere / New York Times:
Judge Orders Evidence to Be Gathered in Emoluments Case Against Trump  —  WASHINGTON — A federal judge in Maryland on Friday ordered evidence-gathering to begin in a lawsuit accusing President Trump of violating the Constitution by maintaining a financial interest in his company's Washington hotel.
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
Robbie Whelan / Wall Street Journal:
Why Are People Fleeing Central America?  A New Breed of Gangs Is Taking Over.  —  Gangs such as MS-13 and Barrio 18 prey on their own neighborhoods in a violent, chaotic model spreading through the region  —  APOPA, El Salvador—The Congress of El Salvador agreed in April to extend …
 
 
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Karen DeYoung / Washington Post:
Trump administration appears in no hurry to judge Saudi Arabia for Khashoggi killing
Trip Gabriel / New York Times:
Steve King, for a Change, Faces a Battle for House Seat in Iowa
Israel Hayom:
‘I look to Trump as a role model,’ says Brazil's president-elect
Discussion: New Republic
Kathleen Jacob / WZTV:
Political dummy hanging from tree sparks outrage in Shelbyville
Discussion: Fox News Insider
Martin Walsh / The American Mirror:
DEM PANIC?  Ocasio-Cortez calls Trump ‘monster’, Biden threatens violence, wild-eyed Obama's voice cracks during rant
Jeremy W. Peters / New York Times:
G.O.P. Sees Trump's Playbook as Best Hope in Some Tight Races
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Dana Milbank / Washington Post:
We have no excuses now. Our eyes are wide open.
Discussion: Hullabaloo and Arizona Republic
Washington Post:
Former generals worry that Trump's border mission uses troops as a political tool
Ruben Kimmelman / NPR:
Judge Rules Native Americans In North Dakota Must Comply With Voter ID Law
Ramesh Ponnuru / Bloomberg:
Democrats Gave Trump an Opening on Immigration
Discussion: National Review
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How a Taliban Assassin Got Close Enough to Kill a General
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Russian Propaganda Veterans Push Candace Owens' ‘Blexit’ Campaign
 

 
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