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Anne Applebaum / The Atlantic:
Trump's Message to Ukraine Is Now Crystal Clear  —  The president's actions over the past 72 hours look like an effort to force Kyiv to surrender.  —  In the past 72 hours, Donald Trump has dropped all pretense, torched a couple decades of American policy, and undermined 18 months of his own diplomacy.
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The Atlantic:
Trump's October Surprise  —  It rained most of Sunday in Washington, as the remnants of Hurricane Isaias washed over the East Coast.  Unable to golf, and stuck inside the White House, President Trump spent part of his morning on social media touting the size of his rallies and defending Christopher Columbus.
Vic Verbalaitis / The Daily Beast:   How Trump Just Became America's Biggest Traitor: Political Guru
David Rothkopf / The Daily Beast:   How Trump Just Exposed Himself as America's True Enemy Within
New York Times:
After Russian Diesel Deal, Trump Faces New Crisis Over Ukraine
Discussion: HotAir, Washington Post and NewsMax.com
David Zimmermann / Washington Examiner:
Trump insists Russia-Ukraine energy ceasefire is real ‘because I said they agree’
Wall Street Journal:
Ken Paxton Partied in Dubai With Fugitives Ahead of High-Stakes Texas Senate Race  —  Trump backed the scandal-plagued Paxton in one of the riskiest bets of the midterms  —  As President Trump weighed endorsing Ken Paxton over incumbent Texas Sen. John Cornyn this spring …
Alex Nguyen / Mother Jones:
Pete Hegseth's Firing Squad Livestream Is Finding Fans in the Defense Industry  —  Co-founders of Palantir and defense tech firm Anduril are defending “public and brutal” executions.  —  “I have been outspoken on wanting public executions for over a decade.”
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Bayliss Wagner / New York Times:
Republicans Promoted a False Rumor That James Talarico Was in Ohio  —  The Democratic nominee for Senate in Texas spent nine days off the trail with what he and his campaign said was a bad case of the flu.  His opponents fueled rumors, including one that spread widely before it was debunked.
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Nikki McCann Ramirez / Rolling Stone:
The Right's Desperate Conspiracy Theory About James Talarico Goes Up In Flames
Laura Chung / New York Times:
Trump Says He Is ‘Looking at’ Firing Kimberly Guilfoyle  —  President Trump made the remark in response to a question about the U.S. ambassador to Greece, who faces accusations that she asked a G.O.P. donor to pay off her credit card.  —  President Trump said on Monday that he was “looking at” …
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Reuters:
Trump says he is considering firing US ambassador to Greece
TMZ.com:
Selma Blair Arrested, Attacks Flight Crew In Mid-Air  —  SELMA BLAIR ARRESTED AFTER ALLEGEDLY BITING FLIGHT ATTENDANT … 11:25 AM PT — TMZ has also obtained audio from an eyewitness of when Blair was exiting the plane at JFK Airport ... and you can hear her screaming bloody murder as an alarm rings.
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NBC News:
GOP ad buyer mixes up Portlands, spends money meant to help Maine Sen. Susan Collins in Oregon  —  An outside group mistakenly spent nearly $25,000 to boost Collins in Portland, Oregon, rather than Portland, Maine.  The buyer admitted to the error and refunded the PAC.
Alex Isenstadt / Axios:
Scoop: Top Trump operative enlisted to rescue Kansas senator's campaign  —  A top Trump political operative has been tapped to help boost Kansas Sen. Roger Marshall's campaign in the weeks before the Nov. 3 election, the latest sign of how Republicans are scrambling to defend the red-state seat.
Discussion: MS NOW and The Hill
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Adam Gramegna / Military.com:
Air Force Major Who Called for Trump's Impeachment is in Solitary Confinement 24 Hours a Day: Attorney  —  Maj. Jason Watson has been jailed since August after publicly opining on the president and his administration, drawing a big legal battle.  —  Add us on
Shannon O'Brien / MS NOW:
Why I am resigning as Montana Democratic Party chair to endorse an independent Senate candidate  —  My job has always been to advance the values Democrats in this state care about, and right now, the clearest path to doing that runs through an independent candidate.
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Violet Jira / Washington Post:
Montana Democratic Party chair steps down, endorses independent candidate
Discussion: Breitbart and Political.org
Mara Hoplamazian / The Washington Sun:
Trump Says He Had ‘Nothing to Do With’ the Raid on Ilhan Omar's Home  —  President Donald Trump told reporters Monday afternoon he had nothing to do with the raid on the home of Rep. Ilhan Omar conducted by the Department of Homeland Security.  —  “I understand that they're looking at her very carefully.
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Mallory Wilson / The Hill:
Trump calls Omar ‘totally crooked’ in first remarks on raid
Washington Post:
Trump blew past deadline to halt running taxpayer-funded campaign-style ads  —  A coalition of nonprofits had sued, calling the ads “propaganda.”  The president has said campaign funds would be used to pay for the commercials going forward.  —  SummaryLoading...
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Mara Hoplamazian / The Washington Sun:
Trump's Taxpayer-Funded Ads Kept Running After a Court Ordered Him to Stop
Aaron Zitner / Wall Street Journal:
Medicare for All Is the Big Policy Fight Splitting Democrats  —  Plus, Ken Paxton partied in Dubai with two fugitives from U.S. justice, and federal agents searched Democratic Rep. Ilhan Omar's home  —  Good morning.  I'm Aaron Zitner, a reporter and editor in our Washington Bureau …
Justin Papp / CNBC:
Trump census plan to cut noncitizens from 2030 count spurs critics toward legal fight … Congressional Democrats and civil rights groups are concerned about a proposed Trump administration change to the U.S. census that would exclude noncitizens without permanent resident status …
Discussion: City Journal
Politico:
Archbishop of the US military says Catholic soldiers should not serve on firing squad  —  Archbishop Timothy Broglio, who oversees the Catholic Church's pastoral services to Catholics in the U.S. military, is condemning the proposed livestream of the firing squad execution of Nidal Hasan.
David W. Chen / New York Times:
The New Affordability Fight in the Midterms: Home Insurance Prices  —  Extreme weather is driving up insurance rates, impacting races from California to the nation's central Tornado Alley.  —  In Florida, as Hurricane Isaias blasted through the panhandle, the candidates for governor jousted …
Matthew Choi / Washington Post:
Ken Paxton took campaign funds from donors with interests before his office  —  The Texas attorney general and GOP Senate nominee received contributions from parties in cases he was involved in, some predating his current competitive race.  —  SummaryLoading...
Mike Zapler / Axios:
Dems' red-state showings raise prospect of a bigger 2028 map  —  Move over Wisconsin and Arizona. … Sure, this could be a blip — or a reminder that it's a 50-50 moody nation, even in a bunch of red states.  — The conditions that helped Barack Obama carry conservative states like Indiana …
Discussion: New York Magazine
 
 
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Heather Cox Richardson / Letters from an American:
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Kamlesh Bhuckory / Bloomberg:
Tourist Hotspot Mauritius Hit by Worst Unrest Since 1999
Discussion: Reuters
Joseph Choi / The Hill:
Pennsylvania reports sixth measles death
Reuters:
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Discussion: Bloomberg
David Dayen / American Prospect:
Democrats Getting Cover From Republican Spending Surge—Even If They're Progressive
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Trump's Mental Decline Is Now a National Emergency (w/ Jim Acosta)
Jasper Goodman / Politico:
Crypto megadonors to boost Ricketts in Nebraska Senate race
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Discussion: Breitbart
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Democrats are making corruption messaging a pocketbook issue
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