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Politico:
‘I love Hitler’: Leaked messages expose Young Republicans' racist chat … NEW YORK — Leaders of Young Republican groups throughout the country worried what would happen if their Telegram chat ever got leaked, but they kept typing anyway.  —  They referred to Black people as monkeys and …
NBC News:
Both parties brace for a ‘long conflict’ as government shutdown hits two-week mark  —  The Senate is set to vote for the eighth time on a House-passed stopgap funding bill amid the fifth-longest shutdown in U.S. history.  —  WASHINGTON — At the two-week mark, Republicans and Democrats …
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Meredith Lee Hill / Politico:
Thanksgiving travel looms as shutdown risk, GOP leaders say
Discussion: New York Post
Gregory Svirnovskiy / Politico:
White House to continue RIFs as shutdown drags on
NBC News:   U.S. Capitol Police officers miss first full paychecks due to government shutdown
Steve Benen / MSNBC:
On the future of the Affordable Care Act, Republican leaders are proving Democrats' point
Discussion: Bloomberg
Charlie Savage / New York Times:
U.S. Military Kills Another 6 People in 5th Caribbean Strike, Trump Says  —  In a social media post, the president said the people aboard a boat were suspected of smuggling drugs for an unspecified group his team had labeled terrorists.  —  The United States killed six men aboard a boat …
Discussion: UPI and Scripps News
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Associated Press:
US strikes another boat accused of carrying drugs in waters off Venezuela, killing 6, Trump says  —  Add AP News to Google Add AP News as your preferred source to see more of our stories on Google.  Share  —  The United States struck another small boat accused of carrying drugs in the waters off Venezuela …
Joseph De Avila / Wall Street Journal:
Trump Administration Strikes Another Boat It Says Was Trafficking Drugs
Paris Martineau / Consumer Reports:
Protein Powders and Shakes Contain High Levels of Lead  —  Protein supplements are wildly popular, but CR's tests of 23 products found that more than two-thirds of them contain more lead in a single serving than our experts say is safe to have in a day  —  Much has changed since Consumer Reports …
Discussion: CBS News and New York Daily News
Riya Misra / Politico:
Why Is ICE So Aggressive Now?  A Former ICE Chief Explains. … As President Donald Trump has ramped up immigration enforcement, the scenes playing out across the country have been stunning to many.  And that includes top veterans of the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency.
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Billal Rahman / Newsweek:
JB Pritzker Looking at Prosecuting ICE Agents in Chicago  —  Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker on Sunday suggested that state prosecutors might examine the conduct of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents.  —  “The tables will turn one day,” Prtizker told FOX 32 Chicago.
Discussion: Breitbart, twitchy.com and HotAir
Nader Issa / Chicago Sun Times:
Facebook suspends popular Chicago ICE-sightings group at Trump administration's request
Tom Bowman / NPR:
Why I'm handing in my Pentagon press pass  —  Today, NPR will lose access to the Pentagon because we will not sign an unprecedented Defense Department document, which warns that journalists may lose their press credentials for “soliciting” even unclassified information from federal employees …
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Nick Wadhams / Bloomberg:
News Organizations Refuse to Sign Onto Pentagon Press Limits
New Republic:
MAGA Rage at “No Kings” Boils Over—and It Quickly Backfires on Trump  —  President Trump's allies are suddenly raging over the October 18 No Kings protests.  MAGA Mike Johnson and MAGA-fied Representative Steve Scalise are angrily sliming expected attendees as America-haters, antifa, Marxists, and terrorists.
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New Republic:
Transcript: MAGA Rage at “No Kings” Boils Over—Exposing Trump as Weak
Discussion: Raw Story
Associated Press:
Israel to halve aid into Gaza over slow return of dead hostages, a test for fragile ceasefire  —  Add AP News to Google Add AP News as your preferred source to see more of our stories on Google.  Share  —  The fragile ceasefire in the Israel-Hamas war was tested Tuesday as the slower …
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Reuters:
Hamas fighters tighten grip in Gaza, clouding future of ceasefire
Julianna Bragg / Axios:
Trump: List of permanent Democratic program shutdowns coming Friday  —  President Trump said he will announce Friday the most “egregious socialist, semi-communist” Democratic programs being eliminated — and promised they won't reopen. … - Those cuts come after the Trump administration already dismissed …
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Ben Johansen / Politico:
White House to ax more ‘egregious’ programs Friday
Alex Isenstadt / Axios:   The small cracks of dissent emerging in Trump's GOP
Matthew Lee / Associated Press:
US revokes visas for 6 foreigners over Charlie Kirk-related speech  —  Add AP News to Google Add AP News as your preferred source to see more of our stories on Google.  Share  —  The Trump administration has revoked the visas of six foreigners deemed by U.S. officials to have made derisive comments …
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Fox News:
Charlie Kirk posthumously awarded Medal of Freedom on what would have been his 32nd birthday
Avery Lotz / Axios:
No fly zone: Airports ground Kristi Noem's government shutdown video  —  Several airports across country are refusing to show a video of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem blaming the ongoing government shutdown on congressional Democrats. … - The 1939 law that aims to ensure …
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Jasmine Laws / Newsweek:
Full List of Airports Refusing To Show Kristi Noem's Shutdown Video
John Fritze / CNN:
Supreme Court rebuffs Alex Jones' effort to overturn $1.4 billion Sandy Hook judgment  —  The Supreme Court declined an appeal from Alex Jones on Tuesday, brushing aside the right-wing conspiracy theorist's effort to overturn a $1.4 billion libel judgment a lower court ordered …
Adam Nichols / Raw Story:
Dr Phil faces ‘total collapse’ after MAGA alignment backfires massively: report  —  Dr. Phil McGraw's attempt to transition from daytime television personality to a politically aligned media mogul during Donald Trump's second presidential term has been marked by spectacular failure and financial turmoil, according to a new report.
Discussion: Slate
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James Downie / MSNBC:
Mike Johnson's plan to keep the House closed is backfiring
Discussion: Raw Story
Hunter Walker / Talking Points Memo:
In the New Trump Era, the Proud Boys Are ‘Not Apologizing Anymore’  —  To hear him tell it, Gavin McInnes' recent return to the site formerly known as Twitter is the result of a collaborative effort that included leading members of the British far right and Elon Musk.
New York Times:
Republicans Summon Jack Smith to Testify Before House Judiciary Committee  —  The panel's Republican chairman, Representative Jim Jordan, accused the former special counsel of “prosecutorial misconduct and constitutional abuses.”  —  House Judiciary Committee Republicans on Tuesday summoned Jack Smith …
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New York Times:
Total affected funding, by congressional district  —  $17.84 bil.  —  Ill. 7th  —  $2.37 bil.  —  Calif. 12th  —  $1.40 bil.  —  Wash. 10th  —  $995.1 mil.  —  Calif. 7th  —  Doris Matsui  —  $655.3 mil.  —  Calif. 32th  —  Brad Sherman  —  $499.5 mil.  —  Minn. 4th
David Brooks / The Atlantic:
America Needs a Mass Movement—Now … Other peoples have risen.  Other peoples have risen up to defend their rights, their dignity, and their democracies.  In the past 50 years, they've done it in Poland, South Africa, Lebanon, South Korea, Ukraine, East Timor, Serbia, Madagascar, Nepal, and elsewhere.
Discussion: Raw Story
Daily Mail:
Mitt Romney breaks silence on sister-in-law's shock death amid divorce revelation  —  Mitt Romney has spoken out after the sudden death of his sister-in-law, as it emerged his brother had filed for divorce just four months before she was found dead in California.
Anthony Blair / New York Post:
Hamas carries out public executions — just hours after peace treaty signing  —  Hamas carried out mass public executions in Gaza on Monday, gruesome video shows — as the bloodthirsty terror group desperately seeks to maintain control over the Palestinian enclave and punish those it deems “collaborators with Israel.”
Tom Latchem / The Daily Beast:
RFK Jr. Adviser Has Shock Theory for Trump's ‘Dementia’ and Cankles  —  MAKE TRUMP HEALTHY AGAIN  —  Controversial doctor who has been advising RFK Jr. thinks he knows what is causing the president's “brain fog” and swelling.  —  EXCLUSIVE  —  An adviser to Robert F. Kennedy Jr …
Discussion: Raw Story
New York Times:
Gov. Janet Mills of Maine to Run for Senate, Aiming at Senator Susan Collins  —  A two-term Democratic governor, Ms. Mills called herself “battle tested” in an interview.  But she faces a Democratic primary before she can challenge the Republican incumbent.
CRIMEWATCH:
BALMER PLEADS GUILTY AS CHARGED AND RECEIVES STATE PRISON SENTENCE OF 25 TO 50 YEARS  —  DETAILS MAP  —  Today, Cody A. Balmer pleaded guilty to attempted murder of Governor Josh Shapiro, aggravated arson, 22 counts of arson, one for each of the 22 victims within the residence endangered by the arson, burglary, and related offenses.
William Kristol / The Bulwark:
Is He Lying or Crazy?  Does It Matter?  —  One stage in ending the conflict in Gaza is over; another begins.  And as the New York Times notes this morning, the hardest questions may be the ones that remain outstanding: whether Hamas will give up its weapons, whether the Palestinians will agree …
Discussion: Raw Story
Kevin Breuninger / CNBC:
Trump threatens China with cooking oil embargo over soybean snub … President Donald Trump on Tuesday said his administration is considering “terminating business with China having to do with Cooking Oil” in retaliation for Beijing refusing to buy U.S. soybeans.
Robby Soave / The Hill:
Donald Trump deserves the Nobel Peace Prize after freeing Israeli hostages  —  Give Donald Trump a Nobel Peace Prize!  —  Seriously, there's a good argument to be made that the president deserves it.  Thanks to Trump, there is finally peace in Gaza, and all remaining living Israeli hostages have been returned.
Discussion: Axios and Time
 
 
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Millions of taxpayers face Oct. 15 tax deadline, despite government shutdown: IRS
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Katie Porter's spiral has Dems keeping their distance
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