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• 5 DailyKos Headlines
• Oct 21, 2018 Stop the handwringing and conjecture about the 'Latino vote,' and support groups doing GOTV As the midterm elections draw closer and closer, major media outlets have turned once again to pontificating about and predicting the “Hispanic” or “Latino” vote, and comparing it to past white and black voter turnout demographics. This includes hand wringing, scolding, and finger...     5 DailyKos Headlines        more   
• Oct 21, 2018 Abbreviated Pundit Round-up: We interrupt this APR for a message from the emergency broadcast system Oh f@ck. That’s not a statement from an big money pundit. That’s the only possible reaction to the news that came at the end of Donald Trump’s Saturday night rally in Nevada. After hours of declaring that Democrats mean mobs and leading the lock ‘er up chants, Trump declared that the...     5 DailyKos Headlines        more   
• Oct 21, 2018 Open thread for night owls: Progressive leaders push opening corporate board rooms to workers Sarah Anderson at Inequality.org writes—US, UK Progressive Leaders Aim to Open Corporate Boardrooms to Workers: When corporate directors meet to approve lavish CEO pay packages, nothing can spoil the mood quite like having a rank-and-file worker at the table. “They get embarrassed,” one...     5 DailyKos Headlines        more   
• Oct 21, 2018 'I’m the racist and he’s the rapist!’: Gorka’s book party perfectly sums up Trump administration Nazi-sympathizing former White House aide Sebastian Gorka continues to stay in the public imagination via his new book. The launch party for the book, titled something like I Desperately Want to be Seen as an Alpha Male,* was held at … Washington, D.C.,’s Trump Hotel. Shock! Special...     5 DailyKos Headlines        more   
• Oct 21, 2018 Trump administration ponders move to make it legal to discriminate against Jewish parents South Carolina is lobbying the Trump administration to allow it to use the Religious Freedom Restoration Act in order to allow “faith-based foster care agencies” the power to discriminate against Jewish parents, Muslim parents, LGBT parents. According to the Intercept, the Trump...     5 DailyKos Headlines        more   
• Daily Beast
• Oct 21, 2018 The Real Reasons Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman Wanted Khashoggi Dead Photo Illustration by The Daily BeastPARIS — The mind plays strange tricks sometimes, especially after a tragedy. When I sat down to write this story about the Saudi regime’s homicidal obsession with the Muslim Brotherhood, the first person I thought I’d call was Jamal Khashoggi. For more...     Daily Beast        more   
• Oct 21, 2018 Scouted: The Best Bags For Organization There are a lot of bags out there, and you should probably own a few different kinds. But do any of them help save you time, or do they become bottomless pits full of loose change, old receipts, and maybe your keys?Finding a bag that really strikes the balance between style and function is a key...     Daily Beast        more   
• Oct 21, 2018 LifeWithMak and the Weird World of YouTube’s Child ASMR-tists via InstagramIn the video that would make her famous, Makenna Kelly sits in a bedroom next to a microphone the size of her head. The 13-year-old has braces, red hair, and speaks only in a whisper. For a minute, Makenna makes hushed small talk. Then, she unwraps a box of pure honeycomb and starts...     Daily Beast        more   
• Oct 21, 2018 10 Dishes with Chef Cheetie Kumar Courtesy GarlandAfter a shift, what is your favorite guilty pleasure to eat? “After a particularly long day, the lure of a good cheeseburger leaves me completely powerless. I used to get one from an old Raleigh institution down the street that sourced its grinding beef from a high-dollar...     Daily Beast        more   
• Mother Jones Politics
• Oct 21, 2018 Charlottesville’s Other Jim Crow Legacy: Separate and Unequal Education This story was originally co-published by ProPublica and the New York Times. High school seniors Zyahna Bryant and Trinity Hughes have been friends since they were 6 years old, raised by blue-collar families in this affluent college town. They played on the same T-ball and softball...     Mother Jones Politics        more   
• Oct 20, 2018 700,000 People Marched in London to Protest Brexit The backlash to Brexit has been getting bigger and more organized. Frustrated with political leaders’ handling of Brexit, British protesters gathered in droves on Saturday in their biggest rally yet. The People’s Vote, a collection of organizations that are against the Brexit...     Mother Jones Politics        more   
• Oct 20, 2018 Joe Biden Calls Trump’s Handling of Journalist’s Death “Embarrassing” and “Dangerous” On the stump in Las Vegas, Nevada on Saturday, former Vice President Joe Biden criticized President Donald Trump’s handling of the death of journalist Jamal Khashoggi as “embarrassing” and “dangerous.” Just yesterday, Trump repeated that he found credible Saudi...     Mother Jones Politics        more   
• Oct 20, 2018 Trump’s Former Lawyer Is Now Trying to Get Out the Vote For Democrats In one of the stranger twists of the midterm cycle, President Donald Trump’s former lawyer Michael Cohen, who once said he’d “take a bullet” for Trump, is now trying to get out the vote for Democrats.  “Listen, here’s my recommendation,” Cohen told...     Mother Jones Politics        more   
• Plunderbund
• Oct 17, 2018 D.J. Byrnes on Reclaiming Rural Ohio for the Working Class, Winning OH-80 For all but four of the last 23 years, Republicans have held control of the governor’s mansion and both houses of the Ohio General Assembly. Buoyed by conservative support across huge swathes of the state’s rural landscapes, the GOP has dominated politics in Ohio and placed a chokehold on the...     Plunderbund        more   
• Oct 17, 2018 He’s So Vain – And Predictable: Andrew Brenner’s On A Socialist Safari. Again. If Carly Simon gave us an anthem with You’re So Vain, maybe Good Charlotte’s Predictable provides the perfect lyric to help us define the dull and uninspiring Andrew Brenner. I knew it all along You’re so predictable I knew something would go wrong Yes, we knew all along that he was so...     Plunderbund        more   
• Oct 16, 2018 An Ohio Woman’s Place Is In The House — And The Senate We’ve all seen far too often what happens when legislative bodies are non-representative of their constituents. Infamous images abound of panels of elderly, white, wealthy, Republican men staring down on women and people of color from their positions of power, enacting policies to benefit...     Plunderbund        more   
• Slate
• Oct 21, 2018 Trump Questions Saudi Arabia’s Khashoggi Account, but Also Praises Crown Prince President Donald Trump is taking a step back from his immediate claim that Saudi Arabia’s far-fetched story that journalist Jamal Khashoggi was killed after a fistfight inside their consulate in Istanbul was credible. But even as he expressed doubts about the kingdom’s version of events,...     Slate        more   
• Oct 21, 2018 Detroit Police Broaden Probe Into Funeral Homes After 63 More Fetuses Found Police found the remains of 63 fetuses at a Detroit funeral home and officials are wondering how many more of these types of cases they have yet to uncover. Police said they found 36 fetuses in boxes and 27 others in freezers during a raid at the Perry Funeral Home. The discovery came a week...     Slate        more   
• Oct 21, 2018 Sales of Lottery Tickets Soar as Mega Millions Jackpot Surges to Record $1.6 Billion It seems everyone wants a piece of the action after the Mega Millions jackpot surged to a record-breaking $1.6 billion when no one hit all winning numbers in Friday night’s drawing. Sales of tickets are soaring, increasing the changes that at least one person will pick all six winning numbers...     Slate        more   
• The Nation
• Oct 19, 2018 President Body Slam Needs to Be Checked and Balanced John Nichols America needs a Congress that will challenge this president when he attacks freedom of the press, the Bill of Rights, and the Constitution. The post President Body Slam Needs to Be Checked and Balanced appeared first on The Nation.     The Nation        more   
• Oct 19, 2018 Mexico’s Discount-Health-Care Problem Julie Morse Affordable clinic–pharmacies have vastly expanded health-care access for Mexicans. They’ve also bred a dangerous attitude towards prescription drugs. The post Mexico’s Discount-Health-Care Problem appeared first on The Nation.     The Nation        more   
• Oct 19, 2018 Russia’s Unlearned Lessons From the Failed Revolt of 1993 Nadezhda Azhgikhina Twenty-five years ago, a nascent democracy died. The post Russia’s Unlearned Lessons From the Failed Revolt of 1993 appeared first on The Nation.     The Nation        more   
• Oct 19, 2018 The Climate Won’t Stop Changing In 2100 Alex Lubben Computing power and time put limits on long-term climate modeling—but that doesn’t mean things will get better on their own. The post The Climate Won’t Stop Changing In 2100 appeared first on The Nation.     The Nation        more   
• The Hill
• Oct 21, 2018 Rand Paul: Saudi explanation of Khashoggi's death 'insulting' Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) said Sunday that he does not believe Saudi Arabia's explanation of how dissident Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi died earlier this month."Absolutely not, it's insulting," Paul told Fox News...     The Hill        more   
• Oct 21, 2018 Durbin calls for expulsion of Saudi ambassador in response to Khashoggi's death Sen. Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) said Sunday that the U.S. should formally expel Saudi Arabia's ambassador in response to the killing of journalist Jamal Khashoggi."We ought to formally expel the Saudi ambassador from the...     The Hill        more   
• Oct 21, 2018 Democrats hold 9-point lead over Republicans in battle for House: poll Democrats have a 9-point lead over Republicans in the battle for the congressional control, ...     The Hill        more   
• Oct 21, 2018 Corker calls for 'collective' response from western countries if Saudi crown prince found responsible in Khashoggi's death Sen. Bob Corker (R-Tenn.) said Sunday that he believes there should be a global response to hold Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman accountable if it's determined he directed the killing of journalist Jamal Khashoggi....     The Hill        more   
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