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NobelPrize.org:
Announcement, Nobel Peace Prize 2025  —  The Nobel Peace Prize for 2025 goes to a brave and committed champion of peace - to a woman who keeps the flame of democracy burning amid a growing darkness.  —  The Norwegian Nobel Committee has decided to award the Nobel Peace Prize for 2025 to Maria Corina Machado.
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Associated Press:
Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado wins the Nobel Peace Prize  —  Add AP News to Google Add AP News as your preferred source to see more of our stories on Google.  Share  —  Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado won the Nobel Peace Prize on Friday …
Jonathan Wolfe / New York Times:
Live Updates: María Corina Machado Is Awarded the Nobel Peace Prize  —  The Norwegian Nobel Committee praised the opposition politician for “her tireless work promoting democratic rights for the people of Venezuela.”  —  Here's the latest.  —  María Corina Machado …
William Kristol / The Bulwark:
The Insidious Effort to Rationalize Trump's Lawfare  —  Donald Trump and Greg Abbott's deployment of Texas National Guardsmen to Chicago has hit a legal wall—for now.  A federal judge in Illinois handed down an order Thursday night temporarily blocking the deployment, saying she had seen …
Reuters:
Nobel Peace Prize winner to be announced, in a year overshadowed by Trump
Associated Press:
New York Attorney General Letitia James charged in fraud case after pressure campaign by Trump
Chris Nesi / New York Post:
Why Trump wasn't awarded Nobel Peace Prize for Israel-Hamas cease-fire deal
Jill Lawrence / The Bulwark:   Trump's Abuses of Power Show We Didn't Learn Much From the Nixon Era
New Republic:
Transcript: Trump ICE Raids Worsen as Pritzker Drops Bombshell Warning  —  The following is a lightly edited transcript of the October 10 episode of the Daily Blast podcast.  Listen to it here.  —  (After we recorded, a judge temporary blocked National Guard deployments in Illinois).
Discussion: Raw Story and Associated Press
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Oregonian:
Trump's antifa roundtable made some wild claims about Portland.  Here's the truth about 7 of them  —  President Donald Trump held a roundtable on Wednesday, which featured prominent administration officials and independent journalists, billed as a “Roundtable on antifa.”
Tal Axelrod / Axios:
MAGA media wages asymmetric warfare on antifa … - President Trump has described Portland, Ore., for example, as “war-ravaged” — contradicting local law enforcement officials who say the National Guard is not needed.  — Footage of bloody brawls and masked agitators, amplified by MAGA influencers, helps Trump make his case.
Justin Glawe / Public Notice:
The impossibly dumb reason for Trump's invasion of Portland
Discussion: CounterPunch
Paul Waldman / MSNBC:   Trump's war on ‘antifa’ is both buffoonish and sinister
Politico:
Timely troop pay is now in Trump's hands  —  President Donald Trump is now the only person with the power to keep 1.3 million active-duty military members from missing their paychecks Wednesday after the Senate failed to act on spending legislation Thursday then left Washington for the long holiday weekend.
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Theodoric Meyer / Washington Post:
John Thune's shutdown strategy: Wait for the Democrats to fold
CNN:
Video of Kristi Noem blaming Democrats for shutdown rolling out at TSA security checkpoints across the country
Discussion: Forbes
The Hill:
Senate passes mammoth annual defense policy bill
Washington Post:   White House declines to engage Democrats as shutdown drags into second week
Sally Kornbluth / orgchart.mit.edu:
Regarding the Compact  —  The U.S. Department of Education recently sent MIT and eight other institutions a proposed “Compact for Academic Excellence in Higher Education,” along with a letter asking that MIT review the document.  —  From the messages I've received, I know this is on the minds …
Discussion: Bloomberg
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Marc Rowan / New York Times:
Trump's ‘Compact’ With Universities Is Badly Needed  —  Last week the Trump administration sent letters to a group of presidents of universities proposing a set of principles that has come to be known as the “Compact for Academic Excellence in Higher Education.”
Susan Svrluga / Washington Post:
MIT rejects Trump administration deal for priority federal funding  —  MIT is one of the nine schools that were asked to agree to adopt conservative priorities and policies in exchange for funding perks.  —  Just now  —  MIT's president turned down the Trump administration's offer …
Discussion: WTOP News and masslive.com
CNN:
Letitia James, the New York attorney general who defeated Trump in court, indicted by Justice Department  —  New York Attorney General Letitia James was indicted in federal court on Thursday as President Donald Trump's Justice Department continues to pursue charges against his political opponents …
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Daniel Lippman / Politico:
Key Trump nominee accused of sexual harassment … What's not disputed is that the two ended up sharing a room on the business trip, and that it resulted in an official investigation.  —  The fallout from the incident has been the talk of the upper echelons of DHS ever since.
Jael Holzman / Heatmap News:
Esmeralda 7 Solar Project Has Been Canceled, BLM Says  —  The Bureau of Land Management says the largest solar project in Nevada has been canceled amidst the Trump administration's federal permitting freeze.  —  Esmeralda 7 was supposed to produce a gargantuan 6.2 gigawatts of power …
Associated Press:
Israeli military says ceasefire takes effect in Gaza, raising hopes for ending the war  —  Add AP News to Google Add AP News as your preferred source to see more of our stories on Google.  Share  —  A ceasefire between Israel and Hamas came into effect in Gaza on Friday, the military said …
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Barak Ravid / Axios:
Trump promised not to let Israel break Gaza ceasefire to get deal
Washington Post:
Inside billionaire Peter Thiel's private lectures: Warnings of ‘the Antichrist’ and U.S. destruction  —  The Washington Post reviewed leaked audio from four off-the-record lectures the tech investor delivered in San Francisco over the last month that fused beliefs about religion and technology.
Discussion: Reuters and The Guardian
Kayla Steinberg / NBC News:
UPS is ‘disposing of’ U.S.-bound packages over customs paperwork problems  —  Shifting Trump tariffs have created a nightmare for UPS, as thousands of packages from overseas pile up at its hubs while they await customs clearance.  —  Thousands of U.S.-bound packages shipped by UPS are trapped …
David J. Lynch / Washington Post:
The U.S. just bailed out Argentina, treasury secretary confirms  —  President Donald Trump acted to help an ally in Latin America even as some MAGA supporters grumbled.  —  The Trump administration finalized plans for a financial rescue of Argentina on Thursday, as Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent …
Rachel Saslow / Willamette Week:
An Interview With the Portland Chicken  —  Jack Dickinson, 26, says, “We're winning this.”  —  The Portland Frog didn't show.  —  On the evening of Oct. 8 at the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement building on South Macadam Avenue, there was an inflatable cow, the Disney cartoon dog Stitch and the Portland Chicken, but no frog.
Discussion: Telegraph
CNBC:
Dow drops 340 points after Trump says China becoming ‘hostile’ over rare earth metals, cancels Xi meeting  —  Stocks moved decidedly lower in a rapid move Friday after President Donald Trump made some critical comments about China regarding their controls on global rare earth metal resources …
Washington Post:
As Pope Leo riles conservatives, some say ‘just focus on the church’  —  Conservatives who hoped that Leo, the first U.S.-born pope, would be more of a traditionalist instead hear echoes of his predecessor, Francis, in his public statements.  —  VATICAN CITY — Since the bells tolled …
 
 
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Frank Newport / Gallup:
Record-High 62% Say U.S. Government Has Too Much Power
Julia Ornedo / The Daily Beast:
I've Seen Epstein's Photos of Trump With Topless Girls: Author
Discussion: Raw Story
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Gov. Phil Scott says Trump's national guard deployments are unconstitutional
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