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Mike Masnick / Techdirt:
60 Minutes Edits Donald Trump Telling Them 60 Minutes Should Edit Donald Trump Talking About How 60 Minutes Paid Him For Editing Kamala Harris — from the the-absurd-stupidity.-it-burns dept — 60 Minutes is under new management and things are getting stupid faster than you might expect.
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Raw Story, twitchy.com, TheGrio, The Parnas Perspective, The Bulwark and CBS News, more at Techmeme »
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Avery Lotz / Axios:
Dems want FCC probe of “60 Minutes” omission of Trump's Binance pardon exchange … An extended version released by the program was around 73 minutes long and did not include parts of the full transcript posted to CBS News' website. — An accompanying editor's note said the extended version …
Daniel Dale / CNN:
Fact check: 18 false claims Trump made on ‘60 Minutes’
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New Republic, Raw Story and Mediaite
Cameron Adams / The Daily Beast:
CBS Cuts Trump's Corruption Tantrum From ‘60 Minutes’ Edit
CBS Cuts Trump's Corruption Tantrum From ‘60 Minutes’ Edit
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Axios, The Bulwark, Straight Arrow News, New York Post, WAGA-TV, Washington Post, MSNBC, Mediaite, Daily Mail, Variety, Raw Story, Deadline and The Wrap, more at Mediagazer »
Jeremy Barr / The Guardian:
CBS News heavily edits Trump 60 Minutes interview, cutting boast network ‘paid me a lotta money’
CBS News heavily edits Trump 60 Minutes interview, cutting boast network ‘paid me a lotta money’
Mehdi Hasan / Zeteo:
🧾 Factchecking Trump on ‘60 Minutes’
🧾 Factchecking Trump on ‘60 Minutes’
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New Republic, Fox News, PolitiFact, Forbes, Hackwhackers, Salon, Al Jazeera, Louder With Crowder, Mediaite, RedState and CBS News
CNN:
Trump administration will provide only half of usual food stamp benefits in November — The Trump administration said Monday that it will provide only half of the normal food stamp benefits for November by tapping into the program's contingency fund amid the government shutdown.
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Talking Points Memo, The Guardian, RNS and Straight Arrow News
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Zach Schonfeld / The Hill:
Trump admin says it will provide partial November SNAP benefits — The Trump administration will provide partial food stamp benefits this month as the government shutdown approaches a record length, officials told a federal judge Monday. — The administration indicated it will not tap …
Linda Qiu / New York Times:
Trump Administration Live Updates: White House Says It Will Make Only Partial SNAP Payments This Month
Dan Mangan / CNBC:
SNAP update: Trump admin will pay 50% of food stamp benefits in November amid shutdown
SNAP update: Trump admin will pay 50% of food stamp benefits in November amid shutdown
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The Boston Globe, New York Post, Axios, Washington Post, Wall Street Journal, RedState and Scripps News
Tony Romm / New York Times:
Trump Administration to Send Only Partial Food Stamp Payments This Month
Trump Administration to Send Only Partial Food Stamp Payments This Month
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CBS News, Pluribus News, Fox News, CT News Junkie, The Maine Wire, Reuters, MSNBC, The Hill, NextDraft, Axios, Al Jazeera, WAGA-TV, Townhall, Bloomberg, Newsweek and The Guardian
Associated Press:
Live updates: Trump administration faces a deadline to tell judges whether it will fund SNAP
Live updates: Trump administration faces a deadline to tell judges whether it will fund SNAP
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San Diego Union-Tribune and The Post Millennial
Rebecca Traister / New York Magazine:
It's My Party and I'll Leave When I Want To — Talking to the gerontocracy. — Last year's election debacle, rooted in the rapid decline of the then-81-year-old Joe Biden, took a heavy toll on New Hampshire congresswoman Annie Kuster. “It was the most painful thing I've been through since …
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Inside Elections
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NBC News:
Democrats brace for Nancy Pelosi's possible retirement — The former House speaker is expected to make an announcement about her political future after Tuesday's elections. — WASHINGTON — Democrats are bracing for the possible retirement of Speaker Emerita Nancy Pelosi …
Brian Beutler / Off Message:
Exploit The GOP's Nazi Meltdown
Exploit The GOP's Nazi Meltdown
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Axios, Public Notice, Bloomberg, New Republic, Washington Times, France 24, Al Jazeera and New York Times
Edward-Isaac Dovere / CNN:
Why Tuesday's elections could give Democrats two paths to coming back from Trump
Why Tuesday's elections could give Democrats two paths to coming back from Trump
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USA Today, The Daily Caller, IJR, Semafor, Salon, Washington Times and France 24
Caroline Vakil / The Hill:
Here are the key races to watch in Tuesday's off-year elections
Here are the key races to watch in Tuesday's off-year elections
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NBC News, CNN, WTTG-TV, Washington Post, Reason, Decision Desk HQ, Reuters and The Virginian-Pilot
Chicago Tribune:
Chicago woman dragged out of her car after colliding with ICE demands accountability — Dayanne Figueroa was on her way to get coffee before heading to work when she encountered a chaotic scene in West Town: heavily armed, masked federal agents making arrests on a residential street.
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The Moderate Voice and New Republic
Oli Coleman / Page Six:
Bari Weiss' security detail costs CBS $10,000 a day as network undergoes layoffs — At the same time that CBS is being slammed with layoffs, an awkward number is circulating around the halls of the Tiffany Network. — Page Six hears that as staffers watch their colleagues pack up their desks …
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Lawyers, Guns & Money and Townhall
NBC News:
Jury selection begins in the trial of D.C.'s ‘sandwich guy’ — Sean Dunn went viral this summer for throwing a salami sub at a Customs and Border Protection agent. — WASHINGTON — Jury selection begins Monday in the trial of former Justice Department employee Sean Dunn, also known as the …
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Michael Kunzelman / Associated Press:
Trial starts for assault case against DC man who tossed sandwich at federal agent on viral video
Trial starts for assault case against DC man who tossed sandwich at federal agent on viral video
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New York Times and NewsMax.com
Pablo Manríquez / Migrant Insider:
SCOOP: Latino Tenants Told to Vacate After Georgetown ICE Raid — Eyewitnesses describe multi-agency sweep at Wisconsin & O St. NW; 10-12 taken; Latino units “tossed;” ammunition left in the floor, and tenants told to vacate. — WASHINGTON — A pre-dawn raid on Friday …
NBC News:
Trump administration is planning new mission in Mexico against cartels, current and former U.S. officials say — The new operation would include U.S. troops on the ground in Mexico striking drug labs and cartel leaders, according to current and former U.S. officials, though a deployment is not imminent.
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The War Zone, New York Sun, Townhall, The Sun, Daily Caller News Foundation, Daily Mail, Breitbart, NewsMax.com, UnHerd and Los Angeles Times
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Andrew Feinberg / The Independent:
Trump readies US troops for ground invasion in Mexico to go after drug cartels: report
Trump readies US troops for ground invasion in Mexico to go after drug cartels: report
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Washington Times and The Independent
Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
8 Democrats sit at center of potential deal to end government shutdown this week — At least eight moderate Senate Democrats are meeting in hopes of finding a deal to end the monthlong government shutdown, but sources familiar with the closely held conversations say they will need strong assurances …
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Associated Press, Politico and Newsweek
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Siobhan Hughes / Wall Street Journal:
Travel Industry Sounds Alarm Over Government Shutdown
Jennifer Agiesta / CNN:
Democrats are more enthusiastic about the midterms as Trump's approval hits a second-term low, CNN poll finds — One year out from the midterm elections, the Democratic Party holds a sizable enthusiasm advantage as views of President Donald Trump dip further into negative territory, according to a new CNN poll conducted by SSRS.
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Maya Yang / The Guardian:
Trump approval rating falls to second-term low of 37%
Trump approval rating falls to second-term low of 37%
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Newsweek and The Philadelphia Inquirer
MSNBC:
'If it was anybody else, we'd arrest him tomorrow,' Justice Department aide said of Trump — A handful of documents found by the FBI at Mar-a-Lago were so sensitive that even a senior Justice Department official didn't have authorization to see them. — This story is adapted …
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Raw Story
Jonathan V. Last / The Bulwark:
Donald Trump Is a Commie — Bernie's democratic socialism is still compatible with liberal democracy. Trump's national socialism is not. Thank you for your attention to this matter! — Trump wants to build nuclear power plants. — He has chosen Westinghouse to build them.
Gordon Rayner / Telegraph:
Exclusive: BBC ‘doctored’ Trump speech, internal report reveals — Corporation edited footage to make it seem president was encouraging Capitol riot, according to whistleblowing dossier — The BBC “doctored” a Donald Trump speech by making him appear to encourage the Capitol Hill riot …
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HotAir, GB News, Blaze Media, Townhall, Mediaite, The Post Millennial, RedState, Frontpage Mag, The Gateway Pundit, NewsMax.com and Samizdata
Robert P. Jones / The Contrarian:
Most Americans Are Seeing the Dangers of Trump's Authoritarianism — “But the people refused to listen to the voice of Samuel; they said, “No! We are determined to have a king over us, so that we also may be like other nations and that our king may govern us and go out before us and fight our battles.
Richard Pollina / New York Post:
Nearly a million New Yorkers ready to flee NYC if Mamdani becomes mayor — possibly igniting mass exodus — Hundreds of thousands of New Yorkers are prepared to bolt from the Big Apple if socialist candidate Zohran Mamdani wins Tuesday's mayoral race — potentially setting the stage …
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Daily Mail, Le·gal In·sur·rec·tion, The Post Millennial, RedState, NewsMax.com, IJR and Fox News
Paul Krugman:
We're Number Two! — Does Donald Trump realize that he has ceded world leadership to China? Probably not: During his recent Asian trip, foreign leaders flattered him and showered him with personal gifts, so he came home with his ego even more inflated than usual.
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NewsMax.com and New York Times
Lauren Aratani / The Guardian:
Top 10 US billionaires' collective wealth grew by $698bn in past year - report — Oxfam warns Trump policies risk driving inequality to new heights - but Democrats have also exacerbated wealth gap — The collective wealth of the top 10 US billionaires has soared by $698bn in the past year …
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Reuters, Oxfam America, New Republic, Truthout, The Independent and UPI
Jon Seidel / Chicago Sun Times:
Bickering over Bovino: Lawyers swap complaints of obstruction, ‘sandbagging’ during deposition — Frustration boiled over in a federal courtroom halfway through last week's deposition of U.S. Border Patrol Commander-at-Large Gregory Bovino, where a government lawyer said he felt “sandbagged” …
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Above the Law, Block Club Chicago and Chicago Tribune
Brian Stelter / CNN:
Paramount renews Jon Stewart's ‘Daily Show’ hosting gig, resolving speculation about his future — Paramount has renewed Jon Stewart's deal to continue hosting Comedy Central's “The Daily Show” once a week through the 2026 midterms, resolving months of speculation about the media company's plans for the late-night show.

