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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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Dan Froomkin / Press Watch:
CBS's interview with Donald Trump was an abdication — When you sit down with someone who constantly says things that aren't remotely true, you have a choice to make: Do you confront them? Or do you enable them? — Sadly, in her interview with Donald Trump broadcast on Sunday …
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David Bauder / Associated Press:
Anatomy of a news story: ‘60 Minutes’ invites audience into the editing process with Trump interview
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Avery Lotz / Axios:
Dems want FCC probe of “60 Minutes” omission of Trump's Binance pardon exchange
Dems want FCC probe of “60 Minutes” omission of Trump's Binance pardon exchange
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Daniel Dale / CNN:
Fact check: 18 false claims Trump made on ‘60 Minutes’
Fact check: 18 false claims Trump made on ‘60 Minutes’
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Josh Christenson / New York Post:
Heritage Foundation in revolt over Tucker Carlson defense after controversial Nick Fuentes interview: ‘Footsie with literal Nazis’ — WASHINGTON — One of the largest conservative think tanks in Washington, DC, has been roiled by their president's embrace of Tucker Carlson …
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Will Sommer / The Bulwark:
Groyper War Consumes the Biggest Right-Wing Think Tank — Heritage Americans Turn on One Another — BEN SHAPIRO DID SOMETHING UNIQUE on Monday. Not only did he open his show with a fiery intervention in the right's roiling feud over white nationalist Nick Fuentes—he devoted his entire show to the topic.
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Emily Brooks / The Hill:
Top Heritage Foundation staffer departs after Tucker Carlson, Nick Fuentes controversy
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Michael Edison Hayden / MSNBC:
Nick Fuentes started a MAGA civil war — and it looks like he's winning
Nick Fuentes started a MAGA civil war — and it looks like he's winning
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Semafor, Jewish Insider and NewsMax.com
Dan Mangan / CNBC:
Trump and Musk tell New York to ‘vote’ Cuomo over Mamdani on eve of mayoral election … President Donald Trump on Monday night explicitly called on New York City residents to vote for Andrew Cuomo over Democratic nominee Zohran Mamdani in the mayoral election.
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Steven Nelson / New York Post:
Trump tells New York ‘you must vote’ for Andrew Cuomo over Zohran Mamdani in NYC election — and ditch Curtis Sliwa
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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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Linda Qiu / New York Times:
Trump Administration Live Updates: White House Says It Will Make Only Partial SNAP Payments This Month
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ABC News:
Trump administration will partially fund SNAP, but it could take months
Trump administration will partially fund SNAP, but it could take months
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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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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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The Hill, Off Message, USA Today, Washington Post, IJR, Semafor, The Daily Caller, Washington Times, PBS NewsHour, Salon and France 24
Axios:
1 big thing: 🚘 Off-ramp in sight … But the optimism today was unmistakable. — “I think we're getting close to an off-ramp here,” Senate Majority Leader John Thune said. — “Now the challenge is to get leaders of both parties and both chambers to actually talk to each other,” Sen. Chris Coons (D-Del.) told us.
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Politico:
House members release bipartisan ‘principles’ for extending Obamacare subsidies
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Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
8 Democrats sit at center of potential deal to end government shutdown this week
8 Democrats sit at center of potential deal to end government shutdown this week
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Washington Post:
Laura Loomer is now credentialed to cover the Pentagon — The far-right activist and former congressional candidate has repeatedly criticized defense officials on her website and social media accounts while boasting of her close ties to President Donald Trump.
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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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Max Rego / The Hill:
Pelosi: Trump is ‘worst thing on the face of the earth’ — Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) called President Trump “the worst thing on the face of the earth” during a recent interview with CNN's Elex Michaelson. — “He's just a vile creature. The worst thing on the face of the Earth,” Pelosi said in a video clip posted on X.
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Katie Kilkenny / The Hollywood Reporter:
As Condé Nast Folds Teen Vogue Into Vogue's Website, NewsGuild Condemns the Plan — The union, which reps staffers, says the move was “clearly designed” to blunt the journalism of the brand, which has leaned in to progressive politics. — The union representing writers at Teen Vogue …
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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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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, NewsMax.com and Clayton Cramer
Andrew Feinberg / The Independent:
Trump readies US troops for ground invasion in Mexico to go after drug cartels: report — Officials say the strikes aren't meant to destabilize Mexico's government — in Washington, D.C. — Your support helps us to tell the story — From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech …
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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 …
Tina Sfondeles / Chicago Sun Times:
Rep. Jesus ‘Chuy’ Garcia won't seek reelection, leaves seat for chief of staff in move panned as ‘coronation’ — U.S. Rep. Jesus “Chuy” Garcia will not seek reelection — leaving in place a succession plan for his chief of staff with a last-minute maneuver that critics likened to a coronation and a Chicago political machine play.
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The Rational League:
The Vacancy of the MAGA Mind — Introduction - The Performance of Conviction — There are few spectacles more revealing of the modern mind than the ritual of certainty. The stage is crowded with the confident and the incurious, each declaiming his creed as if conviction itself were a credential.
Tom Nichols / The Atlantic:
A Confederacy of Toddlers — The Trump administration is a regime of troubled children. — In 1949, the German historian and political philosopher Hannah Arendt visited Europe for the first time since fleeing to America during the war. A year later, she wrote an analysis of what she called “the aftermath of Nazi rule.”
Nikki McCann Ramirez / Rolling Stone:
Mike Johnson Wants You to Believe He Lives Under a Rock — The House speaker is skirting having to defend Trump by acting like he's unaware of major news events — Mike Johnson has a reflex. When asked about a major breaking news event that is dominating headlines and conversations …
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Sarah Fortinsky / The Hill:
Speaker Johnson doubles down on defense of filibuster
Speaker Johnson doubles down on defense of filibuster
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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.
Glenn Thrush / New York Times:
Jack Smith, Trump's Target, Shifts From Defense to Counterattack — The former special counsel has told people in his orbit he welcomes the opportunity to present the public case against the president denied to him by adverse court rulings and the 2024 election.
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ABC News:
Lauren Boebert's racially charged Halloween costume sparks backlash — Boebert dressed as a Mexican woman and her boyfriend as an ICE agent. — Rep. Lauren Boebert, R-Colo., attended a Halloween party Friday dressed as a Mexican woman while her boyfriend Kyle Pearcy wore an ICE vest over military-style clothes.
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Kenneth P. Vogel / New York Times:
Trump Advisers Were Paid Over $1.6 Million by the Albanian Opposition — The payments underscore how lucrative foreign political consulting can be for operatives with ties to the president. — Consultants who worked on Donald J. Trump's presidential campaigns were paid more than $1.6 million …
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.


