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Charles Thrush / Block Club Chicago:
Feds Tell Faith Leaders ‘No More Prayer’ Outside Broadview Facility  —  BROADVIEW - Federal authorities told demonstrators Friday that there would be “no more prayer” in front of or inside the Broadview ICE facility, in a move that mystified local leaders and raised legal questions.
Wall Street Journal:
Why the Most Vulnerable Senate Democrat Hasn't Flipped in the Shutdown Standoff  —  Georgia's Jon Ossoff is holding firm on fixing expiring healthcare subsidies as he rebuffs Republican demands  —  Senate Republicans need a handful of Democrats to vote with them to reopen the government.
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Naftali Bendavid / Washington Post:   Democrats swept elections far beyond the big races in referendum on Trump
Washington Post:
Trump urges Senate GOP to give ACA subsidies directly to Americans
Discussion: American Prospect
Heather Cox Richardson / Letters from an American:   November 7, 2025  —  The repercussions from Tuesday's vote, in which Democratic candidates …
Julianna Bragg / Axios:
Trump says GOP would never lose an election again if filibuster is eliminated
Discussion: Politico
Theodoric Meyer / Washington Post:   Trump wants to abolish the filibuster. GOP senators aren't on board.
Washington Post:   How a backlash to Trump fueled Democratic gains with Latino voters
Adam Schefter / ESPN:
Sources: Trump wants Commanders' new D.C. stadium named for him  —  President Donald Trump wants the Washington Commanders to name their planned $3.7 billion stadium after him, multiple sources with knowledge of the situation told ESPN.  —  A senior White House source said there have been …
Jesse Drucker / New York Times:
How the Trump Administration Is Giving Even More Tax Breaks to the Wealthy  —  The Treasury Department and Internal Revenue Service are issuing rules that provide hundreds of billions of dollars in tax relief to big companies and the ultrarich.  —  With little public scrutiny …
Washington Post:
A closer look at Trump's apparent struggles to fight off sleep in the Oval Office  —  A Washington Post analysis of multiple video feeds found that the president spent nearly 20 minutes apparently battling to keep his eyes open at a recent event.  —  Just now
New York Times:
‘You Are All Terrorists’: Four Months in a Salvadoran Prison  —  They said they were shackled, beaten, shot with rubber bullets and tear gassed until they passed out.  —  They said they were punished in a dark room called the island, where they were trampled, kicked and forced to kneel for hours.
Aaron Rupar / Public Notice:
Don Moynihan on “Purge, Merge, and Surge”  —  “Instead of surging in Iraq, it's happening here in American cities.”  —  ∙ Paid … Old friend of the newsletter Don Moynihan recently wrote a piece that develops a helpful framework for understanding the Trump administration's plan to subjugate American cities.
Nicholas Kristof / New York Times:
Trump Aid Cuts Kill More Christians Than Jihadists Do  —  I have great news for President Trump!  —  He has expressed such outrage at attacks on Christians in Nigeria that he has threatened military intervention there, and the Pentagon has obligingly prepared plans for attack.
Mira Fox / The Forward:
Mamdani's first statement on antisemitism as mayor-elect got some weird pushback  —  After someone spraypainted a swastika on a yeshiva, conspiracy theories abounded  —  The morning after Zohran Mamdani won New York's mayoral election, someone spraypainted swastikas on a Syrian Jewish yeshiva's windows and walls.
Victoria Albert / Wall Street Journal:
Portland Deployment of National Guard Wasn't Justified, Judge Rules  —  A district court judge blocked the Trump administration from sending in troops, finding the order overstepped the president's authority  —  A district court judge has blocked the Trump administration's effort …
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Anna Griffin / New York Times:   Judge Blocks National Guard From Portland, Ore., Permanently
Nicolas Niarchos / New Yorker:
Rebels Post Videos of Mass Killings in Darfur as the World Watches  —  After the fall of El Fasher to the R.S.F., observers fear for the next target in the war.  —  On October 27th, a video went out over social media that showed at least nine men sitting slumped in a row beside a dirt track …
Steve Vladeck / One First:
190. SNAP WTF?  —  Welcome back to “One First,” a (more-than) weekly newsletter that aims to make the U.S. Supreme Court more accessible to lawyers and non-lawyers alike.  I'm grateful to all of you for your continued support, and I hope that you'll consider sharing some of what we're doing with your networks:
Discussion: All Rise News
Adam Serwer / The Atlantic:
The Mafia Presidency  —  Trump is saying, essentially, If you don't want to get hurt, you'll do what I say.  —  The Sunday before the New York City mayoral race, President Donald Trump told New Yorkers he might withhold federal funding if Zohran Mamdani won.
María Luisa Paúl / Washington Post:
Venezuelans begin fleeing U.S. as protections end and threat of war looms  —  TPS expired for hundreds of thousands of Venezuelans on Friday.  Many are shuttering business, selling homes and boarding planes, or scrambling to find a way to stay.  —  Carlos Rodríguez had finally begun to feel at home in the United States.
Tina Sfondeles / Chicago Sun Times:
Indian IDOT employee stopped by ICE agents, questioned if he was ‘aware’ of NYC Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani  —  Gov. JB Pritzker is speaking out about the incident, which happened Friday morning, calling it another example of President Trump and Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem …
Alex Thompson / Axios:
Faith-forward Texas Senate candidate follows porn actors, escorts on Instagram  —  James Talarico, a Texas Democrat running for U.S. Senate who has put his faith at the forefront of his campaign, follows several adult film performers, escorts and OnlyFans models on Instagram, according to an Axios review.
Erik Ortiz / NBC News:
Ghislaine Maxwell's prison emails show she is ‘happier’ at minimum-security Texas facility  —  Maxwell, a convicted sex offender connected to Jeffrey Epstein, was moved to a less restrictive federal prison this summer.  Congress is investigating allegations of special treatment.
 
 
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Faith Wardwell / Politico:
‘Stop playing politics’: Democrats rip court-extended pause to SNAP funding
Discussion: Associated Press
Washington Post:
U.S. steps up presence in Gaza to support fragile ceasefire
Ron Filipkowski / Meidas+:
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Andrew Lapin / Jewish Telegraphic Agency:
In Indiana, a vaunted Jewish studies program is upended by red-state politics over Israel and speech
Barbara McQuade / MSNBC:
U.S. Attorney Jeanine Pirro wasted our money pursuing sandwich thrower
Telegraph:
Trump goes to war with ‘fake news’ BBC
Discussion: The Guardian and GB News
Josh Moody / Inside Higher Ed:
Congress Accuses GMU President of Lying About DEI Efforts
Discussion: Washington Post
NBC News:
Education Department's out-of-office messages blaming Democrats for the shutdown are unconstitutional, judge rules
Discussion: Politico
 Earlier Items: 
Josh Gerstein / Politico:
Todd Blanche on defending Trump policies before ‘rogue activist judges’: 'It's a war, man'
CNN:
Trump asks Supreme Court to step into fight over food stamp benefits
Riya Misra / Politico:
‘We are at risk’: Governors, local officials call for shutdown end
NBC News:
National Mall trust avoids most lawmaker questions about White House ballroom project
Barak Ravid / Axios:
Iran plotted to assassinate Israel's ambassador to Mexico, U.S. officials say
Discussion: The Forward
Colby Itkowitz / Washington Post:
This North Carolina Democrat can't win her district. So she's running as a Republican.
Marc Caputo / Axios:
Dems' resistance stymies DOJ in Stephen Miller doxxing case
Bianca Quilantan / Politico:
Cornell to pay $60M to settle Trump administration probes
Discussion: NBC News and New York Times
 

 
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Karl Bode / Techdirt:
The TikTok deal is the worst of all possible outcomes, shifting ownership of TikTok to Trump's allies, while maintaining the supposed problematic links to China

Paul Glynn / BBC:
HarperCollins UK drops children's author and comedian David Walliams following allegations of inappropriate behavior toward young women

Ken Vogel / @kenvogel:
Politico ends its print edition after 19 years, as its early reliance on print ad revenue fades and its audience relies more on digital platforms

 
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