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Trump withdraws from postal treaty in new front against China
POLITICO - By MATTHEW CHOI
The Trump administration announced Wednesday it will withdraw from a 144-year-old postal treaty, claiming the treaty gives countries like China and Singapore an unfair advantage and floods U.S. markets
Axios
Politics
5 Republican Senators write joint op-eds with Democrat Joe Manchin
Axios - Alayna Treene
Democratic Senator Joe Manchin has written separate op-eds with five different Republican senators in the last three days on topics ranging from the …
Associated Press
U.S. Politics
Senate Democrats skip hearing amid post-Kavanaugh tensions
Associated Press - By KEVIN FREKING, Associated Press
WASHINGTON (AP) — Just when it seemed the partisan divide on the Senate Judiciary Committee couldn't get much worse, it did. Every Democrat on the panel skipped a Wednesday hearing on judicial nominations.
Trump Administration
Corker: Administration 'clamped down' on Saudi intel, canceled briefing
thehill.com - Jordain Carney
Sen. Bob CorkerRobert (Bob) Phillips CorkerSaudi mystery drives wedge between Trump, GOP Dem Senator: Congress will act on death of Saudi journalist …
Native Americans
‘This is American history’: Maddow reveals Republicans' 'whole ball game’ for US Senate control
rawstory.com - www.rawstory.com
MSNBC Rachel Maddow detailed how a local story involving two counties in a sparsely populated state could impact the entire history of the United …
BuzzFeed
Politics
Democrats Voice New Doubts About Trump After Pompeo Learns Little About Khashoggi's Disappearance
BuzzFeed - Emily Tamkin
“What is the point of the Secretary’s trip if not to find facts?” Senior Democratic members of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee opened a new line of criticism against President Donald Trump on Wednesday,
NBC News
Social Media
Facebook shareholders back proposal to remove Zuckerberg as chairman
NBC News - by Reuters
Tech News Several public funds that hold shares in Facebook Inc on Wednesday backed a proposal to remove Chief Executive Officer Mark Zuckerberg as chairman, saying the social media giant mishandled several
Bustle
Congressional Committees
Dianne Feinstein Said The Kavanaugh Investigation Could Be Reopened If Democrats Take The Senate
Bustle - Seth Millstein
At a debate in San Francisco Wednesday, Sen. Dianne Feinstein said the investigation into the Brett Kavanaugh allegations could be reopened if …
Los Angeles Times
Opinion
What will the U.S. be left with when this bull market goes to slaughter?
Los Angeles Times - By Matt Welch
“If something cannot go on forever,” the economist Herbert Stein famously wrote, “it will stop.” Stein’s Law, as that dictum and its variations have come to be known, originally referred to ever-widening
Chicago Tribune
Campaign Finance
Democratic candidates for Congress have raised a record-shattering $1 billion this election
Chicago Tribune - Michelle Ye Hee Lee and Anu Narayanswamy
Democratic candidates running for Congress this year collectively raised more than $1 billion for their campaigns - a record-shattering sum that highlights the party's zeal to retake the House and Senate
Rolling Stone
Social Justice
Could Weed Be Federally Legal in 2019?
Rolling Stone - Elisabeth Garber-Paul
In honor of Canada’s first day with legal adult-use marijuana, an optimistic Rep. Earl Blumenauer (D-OR) sent a letter to House Democratic leadership …
Esquire
Affordable Care Act
Republicans Are Now Running as the Defenders of Healthcare—While Simultaneously Trying to Gut It
Esquire - By Jack Holmes
This is a shameless gaslighting extravaganza, featuring President Trump and a host of 2018 candidates. In this Age of Shamelessness, it takes a truly shocking piece of hypocrisy or deceit to grab the The
OZY
Politics
The Navy SEAL Holding Back a Blue Wave in This Virginia Swing District
OZY - Nick Fouriezos
Former Navy SEAL Scott Taylor has seen plenty of firefights in his military career, including time as a sniper in Iraq. In early September, the …
SFGate
U.S. Supreme Court
Money talks: Campaigns draw millions in 'outsider' cash
SFGate - Adam Beam, Bill Barrow and Chad Day, Associated Press
FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — It's been eight years since the U.S. Supreme Court declared that political spending is free speech. The decision eased the way for corporations, unions or nonprofits to spend massive
Saudi Arabia
MSNBC's Katy Tur slaps down GOP's John Kennedy for saying we need to go easy on Saudi Arabia
rawstory.com - www.rawstory.com
As the global fallout over Saudi Arabia’s murder of a journalist on Turkish soil continued Wednesday, some Republicans—alongside President Donald …
Chicago Tribune
Chicago
Morning Spin: Physicist U.S. Rep. Bill Foster says Trump has 'inability to understand the importance of science'
Chicago Tribune - Chicago Tribune staff
Welcome to Clout Street: Morning Spin, our weekday feature to catch you up with what's going on in government and politics from Chicago to Springfield. Subscribe here. Topspin Democratic U.S. Rep. Bill
The Washington Times
Saudi Arabia
Sen. John Kennedy warns U.S. can't cut off Saudi Arabia without 'blowing up the Middle East'
The Washington Times - By Alex Swoyer and Gabriella Muñoz
Sen. John Kennedy said Wednesday that “it’s not realistic” to cut off Saudi Arabia even if they are found responsible for the suspected murder of …
Roll Call
Saudi Arabia
Saudi Lobbyists in D.C. Caught in Pompeo Pickle
Roll Call - Kate Ackley
‘The Saudis are not telling us the truth,’ Sen. Chris Murphy says Washington lobbyists still on the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia’s payroll amid fallout …
Campaign Finance
5th District House candidate Ilhan Omar calls allegations about her past ‘disgusting lies’
twincities.com - By Amy Forliti | Associated Press
A Minneapolis Democratic candidate for Congress who is poised to become the first Somali-American elected to the U.S. House has denounced claims that …
Cannabis
Republican Congressman Takes Bus Full of Senior Citizens to Marijuana Dispensary
civilized.life - By Joseph Misulonas | Oct 17, 2018 | Learn, Politics
When politicians create photo ops, they usually go to some diner or elementary school or something like that to interact with us normal Joes. But one …
CNN
New Jersey
Paul Ryan warns of 'green wave' of money for Democrats
CNN - By Ashley Killough, CNN
Hanover, New Jersey (CNN) — House Speaker Paul Ryan pointed to a "green wave" of money that Democrats have infused into the midterm elections, telling a crowd of Republican supporters on Wednesday that
Associated Press
Salt Lake City
Only black GOP woman in Congress running in Trump-wary Utah
Associated Press - By LINDSAY WHITEHURST, Associated Press
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — The first black female Republican in Congress is facing a tough challenge from a well-known Democratic mayor in a largely suburban Utah district where many say they are wary of President
Maxine Waters
'We'll Never Know' Truth on DOJ 'Partisanship' If Schiff Chairs Intel Panel
lifezette.com - Kathryn Blackhurst
A Democratic midterm election win that puts Rep. Adam Schiff (D-Calif.) in charge of the House Select Committee on Intelligence will forever hide …
Elections
GOP Rep. Chris Collins raised $80 from within district after indictment
thehill.com - Brett Samuels
Rep. Chris CollinsChristopher (Chris) Carl CollinsElection Countdown: Dems outraise GOP in final stretch | 2018 midterms already most expensive in …
Unemployment
Trump economist bets administration can find more workers to fuel boom
washingtonexaminer.com - Colin Wilhelm
Top Trump administration economist Kevin Hassett believes that the booming economy will draw millions more people back to work, defying projections …
Roll Call
Saudi Arabia
Jack Reed Talks Tough on Saudi Arabia Arms Sales
Roll Call - John M. Donnelly
Key Dem on Khashoggi killing: ‘This outrageous act can’t be followed by a business-as-usual arms deal’ The U.S. military should stop refueling Saudi …
U.S. Politics
St. Louis County won't release Pete Stauber emails despite recommendation by state
startribune.com - J. Patrick Coolican
Against a state agency’s recommendation, St. Louis County again refused on Wednesday to release e-mails sought by the Star Tribune between Pete …
Donald Trump
Rossi and Schrier duke it out in 8th District debate
kuow.org - By
A KUOW listener asked about the ballooning federal deficit since the tax cuts that Congress passed last year. What would you cut from the budget, or …
U.S. Politics
Life after a ballot loss
sciencemag.org - Jeffrey Mervis
ScienceInsider’s coverage of the 2018 U.S. elections has featured profiles of several candidates with scientific backgrounds running for the U.S. …
Middle-class
Fact check: Did Democrat McCready ‘admit’ to opposing middle class tax cuts?
newsobserver.com - By Paul A. Specht
There are few voting blocs as coveted as the proverbial middle class. Politicians often boast about how their economic strategies are good for the …