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6:50 PM ET, November 1, 2025

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Shane Goldmacher / New York Times:
Obama Calls Mamdani to Praise His Campaign and Offers to Be Sounding Board  —  Former President Barack Obama told Zohran Mamdani “your campaign has been impressive to watch,” and suggested that he was invested in Mr. Mamdani's success beyond the election.  —  Former President Barack Obama called …
Discussion: Politico, The Hill, RedState and Teen Vogue
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Alex Isenstadt / Axios:
Scoop: Trump pours millions into Virginia, New Jersey races  —  President Trump's political operation is digging into its massive war chest to bankroll a multimillion-dollar voter turnout effort in the final days of the New Jersey and Virginia governor races, Axios has learned.
Scott Lemieux / Lawyers, Guns & Money:
The Optimal Long-term Outcome Of The Shutdown  —  Having completely miscalculated the Democratic response (not entirely without reason, it must be said) and having no plan B, Trump is so desperate he's proposing solutions that would make the country more democratic:
Discussion: Raw Story and Politico
Ethan Cotler / The Daily Beast:
Obama Is Now Not So Sure America Can Survive Under Trump  —  HOPE?  —  The former president is set to make a return to help Democratic gubernatorial candidates.  —  Barack Obama, 64, is “not so sure” that “America would survive Donald Trump,” according to CNN.
Discussion: Raw Story, KRDO and CNN
Politico:
Democrats are searching for their next leader.  But they still have Obama. … President Donald Trump made gains in both states last year, in part due to an improved performance among Black and Hispanic voters.  —  Democrats have worked to get these voters back on their side …
Brakkton Booker / Politico:
Jay Jones is back in the Democratic fold amid texting scandal
Discussion: WTOP News, Townhall and Newsweek
Jonathan Martin / Politico:
Trump Is the Democrats' Best Campaigner
Bloomberg:
Democrats Seek Winning Message for Midterms in Key 2025 Clashes
Discussion: Washington Examiner and Newsmax
Washington Post:
Trump isn't acting confident about the 2025 elections
Politico:
Nearly 42 million Americans lose their food stamp benefits … For now, states, food banks and nonprofit organizations are scrambling to backfill the loss of critical federal dollars, however temporary it may be, ahead of the Thanksgiving holiday.  —  “It's going to get ugly fast,” …
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Associated Press:
Uncertainty over federal food aid deepens as the shutdown fight reaches a crisis point
Discussion: New York Times and Salon
Alexandra Marquez / NBC News:
Government shutdown effects bear down on millions more people after a crucial Nov. 1 deadline passes
Politico:
New warning signs emerge for Lindsey Halligan's effort to prosecute Trump's foes … Halligan, however, secured the indictments of Comey and James by herself, an indication that career prosecutors in the Eastern District of Virginia resisted bringing the cases.
Kenneth P. Vogel / New York Times:
Trump's Team Offers to Keep Some Ballroom Donors Incognito … President Trump's aides have promised transparency about the funding of a new ballroom, but the White House withheld the identities of several donors to the project, including some with business before the administration, The New York Times found.
Ian Austen / New York Times:
Carney Says He Apologized to Trump Over Ad Reviving Reagan's Tariff Criticism  —  The Canadian prime minister also said that he had asked the province of Ontario not to air the ad that later prompted the president to end trade talks.  —  Prime Minister Mark Carney of Canada said on Saturday …
Washington Post:
Trump administration tells Congress war law doesn't apply to cartel strikes  —  The Office of Legal Counsel told lawmakers that the War Powers Resolution, which requires Congress's approval for ongoing military conflict, does not apply here.  —  A top Justice Department lawyer has told lawmakers …
Discussion: Associated Press
Ali Breland / The Atlantic:
The Firewall Against Nick Fuentes Is Crumbling  —  The white-supremacist influencer is entering the MAGA mainstream.  —  Tucker Carlson slapped his nicotine-pouch container down on the table and got straight into it: “Nick Fuentes, thank you for doing this,” he said.
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Dominic Green / Wall Street Journal:
The MAGA Right's Antisemitism Problem
Discussion: NewsMax.com and Cafe Hayek
Ismail Shakil / Reuters:
Trump threatens US military action in Nigeria over treatment of Christians  —  U.S. President Donald Trump said on Saturday that he has asked the Defense Department to prepare for possible military action in Nigeria if the Nigerian government “continues to allow the killing of Christians.”
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Rachel Wolf / New York Post:
Nicki Minaj praises, thanks Trump for addressing persecution of Christians in Nigeria
Washington Post:
ICE and Border Patrol's use of tear gas injures, sickens and tests the law  —  Federal immigration agents say chemical agents are needed to disperse violent protesters.  But videos also show officers directly firing at people in aggressive and “unorthodox” ways.
Chicago Tribune:
On Halloween, ‘state-sponsored terror’ in Chicago and the north suburbs  —  Chicago Tribune, RICHIE REQUENA, BRIAN CASSELLA |  In Albany Park, they fired pepper-spray balls to disperse an angry crowd and arrested two U.S. citizens.  In Evanston, one repeatedly pointed his weapon at protesters …
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New York Times:
Immigration Agents Clash With Chicago-Area Residents on Halloween
Gabe Ortiz / Combating Nativist Narratives:
2025 Is ICE's Deadliest Year In 20 Years  —  2025 has become the deadliest year for detained immigrants in federal immigration custody in two decades.  EL PAÍS reported this month that at least 22 individuals have died while in ICE custody in the current fiscal year …
Alexander Willis / Raw Story:
Fury as Trump holds ‘tone deaf’ Gilded Age Halloween party as millions lose food aid  —  As 42 million Americans missed their first food assistance payment Saturday amid the ongoing government shutdown, President Trump attended a Great Gatsby-themed Halloween party at his Mar-a-Lago resort …
Sam Biddle / The Intercept:
ICE Plans Cash Rewards for Private Bounty Hunters to Locate and Track Immigrants  —  U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement is considering hiring private bounty hunters to locate immigrants across the country, according to a procurement document reviewed by The Intercept.
Discussion: Joe.My.God. and Raw Story
 
 
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Gregory Svirnovskiy / Politico:
Trump tells Ilhan Omar to leave the country
Discussion: Mediaite, Raw Story and HotAir
Arwa Mahdawi / The Guardian:
Katie Miller had a podcast meltdown and threatened the citizenship of a critic
Discussion: Raw Story and HuffPost
Jamelle Bouie / New York Times:
A Third Trump Term Is Not the Charm
Discussion: Roll Call, Zeteo and Public Notice
Ben Ryder Howe / New York Times:
Whole Foods, MAHA and the Battle Over Healthy Eating in America
Michael L. Gross / New York Times:
Israel Must Reckon With What It Wrought in Gaza
Madeleine Ngo / New York Times:
Under Trump, Becoming a U.S. Citizen Gets Harder
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Maia Davies / BBC:
Andrew should answer Epstein questions in US, Democrats say
Punchbowl News:
11/01/2025 📝 The Readback  —  Welcome to The Readback, our weekend digest featuring …
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Ross Douthat / New York Times:
It's Obvious Why Harris Lost in 2024. But Can Democrats Accept It?
 

 
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Financial Times:
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Anna Betts / The Guardian:
David Brooks, who wrote a NYT column last month decrying popular fixation on the Epstein story, appears in newly released photos of a 2011 event with Epstein

Katie Deighton / Wall Street Journal:
A study of 1,000+ marketing campaigns: host-read podcast ads on YouTube are up to 25% less effective at driving purchases than in audio-only podcasts
 
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