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Emily Jane Fox / Vanity Fair:
Michael Cohen Says Trump Repeatedly Used Racist Language Before His Presidency  —  As he awaits sentencing, Trump's former lawyer says that he wants to clear his conscience and warn voters about what he sees as the president's true nature in advance of the midterm elections.  —  BY - EMILY JANE FOXNovember 2, 2018,
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.
Discussion: Wall Street Journal
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  —  A man walked into a yoga studio in Tallahassee, Fla., on Friday evening and shot six people — two fatally — before killing himself, the police said.  —  The police were called to the studio, Hot Yoga Tallahassee …
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
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.
Discussion: The Daily Caller
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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 …
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.
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Dexter Filkins / New Yorker:
In the Aftermath of Jamal Khashoggi's Murder, Saudi Arabia Enters a Dangerous Period
Washington Post:
The future of the Middle East depends on justice for Jamal Khashoggi
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 …
The Daily Beast:
Jacob Wohl's Fake P.I. Firm Ghosted on Ex-Homeless Woman Looking For Her Stolen Truck  —  At the same time he was trying to frame Robert Mueller, the Trump-loving huckster took on another case.  It, too, has gone poorly.  —  Julienne Adams began to suspect something was awry …
New York Times:
Nigerian Army Uses Trump's Words to Justify Fatal Shooting of Rock-Throwing Protesters  —  DAKAR, Senegal — The Nigerian Army, part of a military criticized for rampant human rights abuses, on Friday used the words of President Trump to justify its fatal shootings of rock-throwing protesters.
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Matthew Champion / BuzzFeed News:
Nigeria's Army Used A Trump Speech To Justify Shooting Protesters
Discussion: Raw Story
NBC New York:
Alec Baldwin Arrested After Fight Over Manhattan Parking Spot  —  President Trump, Baldwin's frequent target, said “I wish him luck”  —  Actor Alec Baldwin was arrested Friday after allegedly punching someone in the West Village.  —  Law enforcement sources told News 4 the dispute was over a parking spot.
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TMZ.com:
Alec Baldwin Released After Being Arrested and Charged in Fight Over Parking Spot
Discussion: Deadline and WTKR-TV
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 …
Discussion: Axios, Breitbart and Washington Times
New York Times:
Republicans Have a Humming Economy to Tout, but Trump Rhetoric Muddies the Message  —  In normal political times, a glowing report on the nation's economy just before Election Day would be a gift to the party in power and a uniform talking point for its candidates.
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Michael Tomasky / New York Times:
The Democrats' Next Job: Bury Supply-Side Economics
Discussion: Hullabaloo
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: KTVQ-TV and POLITICUSUSA
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 …
Christopher Bing / Reuters:
Exclusive: Twitter deletes over 10,000 accounts seeking to discourage voting  —  WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Twitter Inc (TWTR.N) deleted more than 10,000 automated accounts posting messages that discouraged people from voting in Tuesday's U.S. election and wrongly appeared to be from Democrats …
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Donie O'Sullivan / CNN:   Twitter took down thousands of accounts that discouraged voting in midterms
Daniel Strauss / Politico:
Obama boosts Abrams, bashes Kemp on voting rights in Georgia speech  —  ATLANTA — Former President Barack Obama joined the chorus of Democrats criticizing Georgia Republican gubernatorial nominee Brian Kemp for his record on voting rights, contrasting the Georgia secretary of state …
Discussion: ABC News
Caroline Zhang / CREW:
CREW Discovers Previously Undisclosed Ethics Waiver for Solicitor General Noel Francisco  —  CREW has uncovered a previously undisclosed ethics waiver that may represent an effort to clear one of the obstacles to Solicitor General Noel Francisco replacing Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein …
Discussion: ThinkProgress, Raw Story and Politico
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 …
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 …
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
Washington Post:
Army assessment of migrant caravans undermines Trump's rhetoric  —  Military planners anticipate that only a small percentage of Central American migrants traveling in the caravans President Trump characterizes as “an invasion” will reach the U.S. border, even as a force of more than 7,000 …
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.
ACLU of Kansas:
Transportation for voters seems covered—but we're not finished.  —  The outpouring of support from across the country has been heartening as concerned citizens have flooded the ACLU of Kansas with emails, calls, and messages asking to help transport voters to the single poll on the edge of town in Dodge City, Kansas.
Discussion: HuffPost
Julia Craven / HuffPost:
Andrew Gillum Is At Home With His Blackness  —  Florida's Democratic nominee for governor is black in a way that is commonplace in real life but basically nonexistent in high-level American politics.  —  TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — It's 8:15 a.m., and a group of 40 or so people await him.
Reid Wilson / The Hill:
Obama quietly records dozens of get-out-the-vote pitches  —  Former President Obama has recorded dozens of last-minute messages for Democratic candidates across the country, a below-the-radar push to get voters to the polls ahead of next week's midterm elections.
Discussion: Political Wire
Roll Call:
You Don't Know Them, But You May Know Their Voices  —  Political voiceover actors are on call right up to Election Day  —  National Democrats Invest in Minnesota Senate Race The North Carolina Race That Wasn't Supposed to Be in Play He Helped Write the GOP's Health Care Bill.  Now It's Catching Up With Him
Rebecca Morin / Politico:
Trump says Democrats could take House: 'I can't go everywhere'  —  President Donald Trump said Friday that Republicans could lose the House and that Democrats may “squeak” by in Tuesday's midterms — and if it happens, it will be because he wasn't able to campaign in every district.
Discussion: ABC News and Axios
 
 
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Steve Sadin / Chicago Tribune:
Man accused of making threatening call to Highland Park synagogue charged with hate crime
Discussion: Raw Story
Aaron Rodriguez / CREW:
CREW Files Hatch Act Complaint Against CMS Administrator Seema Verma
Discussion: Politico
Nomaan Merchant / Associated Press:
Troop deployment creates tense atmosphere on US border
Discussion: FOX6Now.com and WHDH-TV
Angie Schmitt / Streetsblog USA:
Single-Family Housing Upholds the Patriarchy and Hurts Moms
George Joseph / The Appeal:
North Carolina Sheriff Criticized For Unleashing K-9 Dogs On Black People Faces Re-Election
Nic Garcia / Denver Post:
Special session possible if Colorado voters OK Prop 112, Gov. Hickenlooper says
Discussion: CBS Denver
Jonathan S. Tobin / National Review:
Conservatives Need to Draw the Line at Steve King
 Earlier Items: 
Jonathan Allen / NBC News:
Democrats refuse to take Trump's home stretch bait
Robby Soave / Hit & Run:
Sarah Lawrence Professor's Office Door Vandalized After He Criticized Leftist Bias
CNN:
GOP congressional candidate called Islam ‘dangerous’ and the work ofSatan
Nathan Bernard / Bernard Media:
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Sheryl Gay Stolberg / New York Times:
What Happened to Lindsey Graham? He's Become a Conservative ‘Rock Star’
Discussion: 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
Virginia Heffernan / Wired:
The Real Houseguest of the Ecuadorian Embassy
Discussion: NPR, emptywheel and KTVQ-TV