Subject: FW: Office of Vice President Biden Intelligence Briefing for Friday, November 2, 2018
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Date: Fri, 02 Nov 2018 09:49:10 -0400

Office of Vice President Biden Intelligence Briefing

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*To: Vice President Joe Biden*

*Friday, November 2, 2018 8:00 AM EDT*
Today's Table of Contents

*Biden in the News <#SECTION_1>*

• Biden Rallies Support For Michigan Democrats, Heitkamp. <#S1>

• Biden To Stump For Pennsylvania Democrats At Pair Of Rallies On Sunday.
<#S2>

• Biden To Help Raise Cash For Brady In Philadelphia On Nov. <#S3>

• Biden Slated To Visit Vermont On Dec. 9. <#S4>

*Leading the News <#SECTION_2>*

• Media Analyses: Trump-Posted Ad Featuring Illegal Immigrant Who Murdered
Police Officers “Racist.” <#S5>

*Foreign Policy <#SECTION_3>*

• Trump, Xi Say They Had Productive Call Ahead Of G20 Trade Talks. <#S6>

• US Charges Chinese Companies In Trade Secrets Theft. <#S7>

• Bolton Announces More Sanctions Targeting Maduro, Praises Brazil’s
Bolsonaro. <#S8>

• Pompeo Plans Talks To Prepare New Trump-Kim Summit. <#S9>

• Pompeo: US To Hit Iran With Harshest Sanctions Ever. <#S10>

• WPost Report: Saudi Crown Prince Told Kushner, Bolton That Khashoggi Was
“Dangerous Islamist.” <#S11>

• Trump Talks To Erdogan As Turkish Troops Move To “Crush” US-Allied
Kurdish Forces. <#S12>

*Domestic Policy <#SECTION_4>*

• Trump Urges Missouri To Reject “Far-Left” McCaskill. <#S13>

• Trump: New Policy Will Require Asylum Seekers To Surrender At Port Of
Entry. <#S14>

• Military-Style Buildup Taking Place Along US-Mexico Border. <#S15>

• Politico/Morning Consult Poll: More Blame Media Than Trump For Dividing
Country. <#S16>

• Trump Says Pelosi’s Threat To “Weaponize” Subpoena Power Is “Illegal.”
<#S17>

• Trump Says Abrams Not Qualified To Be Georgia’s Governor Due To “Her
Past.” <#S18>

• NYTimes Analysis: Stone Presented Himself To Trump Camp As Conduit For
WikiLeaks Info. <#S19>

*Cancer Research <#SECTION_5>*

• Researchers Find Evidence Cellphone Radiation Could Increase Risk Of
Certain Cancers In Rats. <#S20>

• Prostate Cancer Poses Unique Challenges For Men Who Have Sex With Men.
<#S21>

*Editorials/Op-Eds <#SECTION_6>*

• New York Times. <#S22>

• Washington Post. <#S23>
Biden in the News
Biden Rallies Support For Michigan Democrats, Heitkamp.

Coverage of former Vice President Joe Biden’s Thursday appearances in
Michigan and North Dakota emphasizes his call for voters to turn out en
masse in the Nov. 6 midterm elections to elect Democrats who will stand as
a counterweight to President Trump and the GOP. The Detroit News
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(11/1, Oosting) reports that during a Thursday evening appearance in
Lansing, Michigan, Biden urged “voters to influence the tone and tenor of
politics by electing candidates with ‘character.’ ‘Our very democracy is
under stress, and it’s time for us to stand up for American ideals,’ Biden
told a crowd of more than 2,000” at “Lansing Community College,” adding,
“Ideals like integrity, decency, treating everyone with respect, giving no
safe harbor to hate.”

        In an online article, WXMI-TV
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Grand Rapids, MI (11/1, Elnashar) reported that Biden “called out what he
calls un-American rhetoric from President Donald Trump and demanded a more
civilized political landscape. ‘It’s on our leaders to reset the tone, to
dial the temperature down,’ he said. ‘This is bigger than politics. The
very character of our country is on the ballot on Tuesday.’” The Lansing
(MI) City Pulse
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(11/1, Schwartz) reports that Biden “recalled how he and President Barack
Obama vowed they would not criticize...Trump publicly when he took over the
White House. But he said that changed for him when Trump said there were
‘fine people on both sides’ of the murderous violence in Charlottesville,
Virginia, last year.”

        MLive (MI)
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(11/1, Gibbons) reports that Biden, stumping in Lansing for Sen. Debbie
Stabenow (D-MI), MI8 House hopeful Elissa Slotkin (D), and gubernatorial
hopeful Gretchen Whitmer (D), among others, “stressed that the words of
both those in power and ordinary citizens matter – and that staying silent
isn’t an option on Election Day.” Electing the slate of Michigan Democrats
“would help the country get back to American ideals, he said. ‘Together we
can do anything and we can take it all back,’ he said. ‘So get the hell up,
go out and vote.’” On its website, WJBK-TV
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Detroit (11/1) quoted Biden as saying, “The rest of the world is looking at
us and thinking what in God’s name is happening – and I mean that
sincerely.”

        On its website, WWMT-TV
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Grand Rapids, MI (11/1, Frost) reported, “Despite having laryngitis, Biden
spent much of his speech touching on the negative and divisive political
rhetoric. He said the American people can, and must, be better. ‘The rest
of the world is looking at us and wondering, ‘What in God’s name is
happening?,’ Biden said.” In an online article, WILX-TV
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Lansing, MI (11/1) quoted Biden as saying, “We have to make it clear, we
have to make it clear that we Democrats we choose hope over fear.” On its
website, WUOM-FM
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Ann Arbor, MI (11/1, Roth) described the event as “something of a somber
rally,” saying that Biden “spoke in a hushed voice due to what he said was
laryngitis. He held the audience’s quiet attention while speaking about the
importance of service and the need to overcome violence and hatred.”

        In an online report, WLNS-TV
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Lansing, MI (11/1, Whyte) said that with “many eyes are on the outcome of
the upcoming election, Biden wants to make it clear that it’s important
people get out and make sure their vote counts. ‘There is nothing beyond
our capacity, so get off your rear ends, pick your heads up,’ said Biden.”
On its website, WJRT-TV
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Flint, MI (11/1, Witkos) reported that Biden “spent most of his time”
speaking “about unifying the country. ‘Before you are a Democrat or a
Republican or an independent you are an American. We can and we will
overcome this moment, but only if we do this together,’ Biden said.”

        Meanwhile, the AP
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(11/1, Kolpack) reports that Biden, appearing earlier in the day in Fargo,
North Dakota, helped launch Sen. Heidi Heitkamp’s (D-ND) during an
appearance earlier in the day in “final statewide campaign tour...in a
whisper instead of his usual fiery tone, making a quiet call for civility
that was accentuated by laryngitis.” Biden discussed “countrywide problems
that he said have been worsened by the ‘lack of dignity in the national
dialogue.’” And he touted Heitkamp, locked in a tough reelection race
against Rep. Kevin Cramer (R-ND), saying, “There is no better example of
character in public life, in public office, than your United States
senator.”

        The Forum News Service
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(11/1, Hageman) reports that Biden, “his voice quieted by laryngitis,
sought to underscore the urgency of next week’s midterms by stating the
‘very character of America is on the ballot this year.’ Biden called for
civility and bipartisanship in politics and portrayed Heitkamp as the kind
of candidate voters are looking for in an age of divisiveness. He said
Heitkamp has ‘remarkable courage and a fierce independence.’”

        In an online article, KSJR-FM
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Collegeville, MN (11/1, Gunderson) reported that Biden “decried the
partisan tone of political discourse and told supporters the midterm
election is about more than politics. ‘There’s something different about
this year’s election,’ he said. ‘Not just Heidi’s, but across the country.
This is bigger than politics. I think the very character of America is on
the ballot this year.’” Among the local TV stations broadcasting reports on
Biden’s Thursday appearances on the campaign trail are WJBK-TV[image: Image
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Detroit (11/1), WSMH-TV
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Flint, MI (11/1), KVRR-TV
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Fargo, ND (11/1), WSYM-TV
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Lansing, MI (11/1), WXMI-TV
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Grand Rapids, MI (11/1), WEYI-TV
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Flint, MI (11/1), and WDAY-AM
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Fargo, ND (11/1).

        *Biden Fans At Fargo Rally See His Age As A Drawback In Potential
2020 Run. *Under the headline “Joe Biden’s Fans Wonder If He’s Too Old,”
Molly Hensley-Clancy wrote in an article for BuzzFeed News
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(11/1) about Biden’s appearance in Fargo, saying those at the rally “found
a lot of ways to say the same thing about” Biden, praising him as down to
earth. However, a number of attendees “also had the same question: ‘How old
is he?’ The answer – 75 – ‘Certainly gives me pause,’ said Sandy
Martsching, an emergency room doctor in Fargo. She’s a longtime fan of
Biden’s. ... But still. ‘I’m not sure.’ ‘He’s a cool guy, but I do wish he
was twenty years younger,’ said Amber, a city employee in Center. ‘That
might be an issue.’” Hensley-Clancy added that as Biden mulls a 2020 bid,
“even many of his biggest fans say without prompting that his age, for
them, is a problem.”
Biden To Stump For Pennsylvania Democrats At Pair Of Rallies On Sunday.

Reporting from Yatesville, Pennsylvania, the Wilkes-Barre (PA) Times Leader
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(11/1, O'Boyle) says that former Vice President Joe Biden “will be at
Pittston Area High School Sunday evening to” stump in support of Sen. Bob
Casey (D-PA) and other Democrats on November’s ballot. Luzerne County
Democratic Party chief John Pekarovsky says “Biden will take the stage
around 7:15 p.m. to rally voters to support” for the Democrats. On its
website, WHTM-TV
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Harrisburg, PA (11/1, Lowery) reports that Biden will stump for Gov. Tom
Wolf (D-PA) and other Democrats on Sunday “at 2:30 p.m. at the UA Local 520
Plumbers & Pipefitters Union Hall” in Harrisburg.
Biden To Help Raise Cash For Brady In Philadelphia On Nov.

13. In their “Clout” column for Philly (PA)
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(11/2), Holly Otterbein and Chris Brennan write that former Vice President
Joe Biden “comes to Philly on Nov. 13 to raise money for US Rep. Bob Brady,
chairman of the city’s Democratic Party.” Brady, who opted against seeking
reelection in 2018, “hasn’t donated this year to fellow Democrats in the
country’s closest races. But Brady has debts to pay. And … higher office to
seek? The Biden event will raise cash for Brady’s new federal political
action committee, Friends of Bob Brady, launched in March.” Brady, in an
interview, said “he might someday run for the Senate.” He “also said he
hopes Biden, a friend of 30 years, runs for president. So far, Biden is mum
on that. ‘I’ll be with him every step of the way,’ Brady said.”
Biden Slated To Visit Vermont On Dec. 9.

VTDigger (VT)
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(11/1, Landen) reports that former Vice President Joe Biden is slated “to
visit Vermont on Dec. 9 for what is believed to be a book tour event at the
Flynn Center in Burlington.” Vermont Democratic Party spokesperson
Christopher Di Mezzo “confirmed Biden’s planned visit.”
Leading the News
Media Analyses: Trump-Posted Ad Featuring Illegal Immigrant Who Murdered
Police Officers “Racist.”

Media analyses are noting criticism of a video ad that President Trump
posted and later pinned to his Twitter
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account as “racist.” Under the headline “Trump’s Nationalism Is Breaking
Point For Some Suburban Voters, Risking G.O.P. Coalition,” for example, the New
York Times
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(11/1, Martin, Burns) says Trump “appears to have all but written...off”
moderate suburban voters, and that he “amplified his fear-peddling
Wednesday night with an online video that is being widely condemned as
racist, showing a Mexican man convicted of killing two California deputies
with a voice-over saying ‘Democrats let him into the country.’”

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(11/1), Wolf Blitzer said, “Fear factor. The President moves to stoke fears
about immigration, promoting a racially charged video that shocks even key
Republicans who say he’s trying to frighten his loyalists so they turn out
to vote.” Later
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in the program, Trump is “clearly trying to turn the focus to immigration”
with the “deeply racist video.” In the show’s second hour. Blitzer said[image:
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“The President tweeted today a clearly racist video. I am not going to play
any of it because it is pretty disgusting.”

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(11/1), Blitzer said, “You look at the rest of the video and, I don’t want
to even play it, and give free advertising to those out there, but if you
look at the rest of it, you see hoards of invaders, coming into–threatening
to come into the United States, tearing down walls and fences and
threatening the American people. It’s really pretty awful.” CNN
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(10/31, Collinson) also ran an online story headlined “Trump Shocks With
Racist New Ad Days Before Midterms,” which refers to Trump’s “most extreme
step yet in the most inflammatory closing argument of any campaign in
recent memory.”

        NBC Nightly News
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(11/1, story 2, 2:00, Alexander) reported “the President is facing sharp
condemnation for fear mongering and racism by promoting” the “web video
trying to terrify Republicans to vote,” and the New York Times
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(11/1, Shear, Davis) refers to “a 53-second, expletive-filled video that
features immigrants charged with violent crimes and images of a throng of
brown-skinned men breaching a barrier and running forward,” and adds that
Trump’s “message was clear: Immigrants will kill you and the Democrats are
to blame.” The Times also reports, “Still, the president’s dark rhetoric
has clearly put some Democratic candidates on the defensive, especially in
conservative states where Mr. Trump won by wide margins in 2016.” Politico
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(11/1, Orr) says, however, that “several Republican operatives and
officials described a growing sense of fear within the party over Trump’s
hardline rhetoric on border security, which he has repeated nearly every
day for the past three weeks.”

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(11/1), “It’s disgusting, but it works for him, and he knows that. He has
political instincts that are very astute and attuned to his base. He is not
the candidate any more. He is the President of the United States, supposed
to be the President of all people, and what this video, it is not even an
ad because he didn’t buy anything anywhere. This video he tweeted out was
showing somebody, an undocumented immigrant who came to the United States
and committed a crime. Okay. But then, he said flat out it is the
Democrats’ fault. A lot of fear mongering.”

        USA Today
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(11/1, Cummings) notes the ad opens with, “Illegal immigrant, Luis
Bracamontes, killed our people!” and continues, “Democrats let him stay.” Al
Jazeera English
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(11/1, English) recounts that “the video weaves back and forth between
images of Bracamontes and footage showing the Central American migrant
caravan,” with the narrator asking, “Who else would Democrats let in?” and
Variety
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(11/1, Nyren) that the ad also “features a Fox News interview with one of
the migrants, who says he wants to get a pardon for attempted murder.”

        Newsweek
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(11/1, Touchberry) says “Trump further encouraged those who saw the video
to ‘vote Republican now!’ because it was ‘outrageous what the Democrats are
doing to our country.’” To the San Luis Obispo (CA) Tribune
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(11/1, Stanton), “the president’s claim that ‘Democrats let him into our
country’ is not entirely accurate, and neither is the claim that ‘Democrats
let him stay.’” The Daily Beast
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(11/1, Daly) reports that, in fact, “Bracamontes was first deported to his
native Mexico in 1997, during the Clinton administration, after he was
busted selling drugs,” but he “managed return to the United States by 2001,
when he was deported a second time for being in the country illegally. That
was during the first year of the Bush administration.” The Washington Post
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(11/1, Rosenberg) says “the ad also failed to mention that in 1998 he was
arrested on drug charges in Phoenix, then released by the office of
Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio ‘for reasons unknown.’”

        The AP
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(11/1, Lemire, Miller) reports that the “centerpiece of a video” is a clip
of Bracamontes, saying in Spanish that he has “killed cops and he’s ‘gonna
kill more cops soon.’” Bracamontes “was convicted this year of murdering
two law enforcement officials.” According to the AP, “The expletive-filled
video was immediately denounced by some Democrats and Republicans alike as
racist.” The AP goes on to report that the video “did not immediately
appear to be running on television, although it received extensive coverage
on cable news networks.” The Washington Examiner
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(11/1, Quinn) points out “some critics are likening it to the 1988 ‘Willie
Horton’ ad.”

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(11/1) that “what this comes down to is the fact that the President is
hoping that fear is going to drive voters to the polls. A lot of it stems
frankly from the fact that Republicans had hoped that these midterms would
be about the tax plan that the President signed into law last year. Now the
tax cuts have, according to most polling been increasingly unpopular. That
is true even in the RNC’s own internal polling and so what they have come
back to is embracing the politics of fear.”

        On CNN’s New Day
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(11/1), Abby Phillip said the President is promoting “the most
racially-charged political video in decades, demonizing immigrants and
accusing Democrats of plotting to overrun the country with criminals.” At
the start of CNN’s New Day
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(11/1), John Berman said Trump is being accused of “peddling racism” after
he “promoted a video suggesting Democrats want to flood the nation with
Central-American cop killers.” Berman added, “They don’t,” but “the intent
is clear,” as “the White House wants to change the focus from the bombs
sent to Trump critics, from Jews murdered at a synagogue, from healthcare.”
At the opening of MSNBC’s Morning Joe
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(11/1), meanwhile, Mika Brzezinski accused the President of promoting
“racist-based policies.”

        Reuters
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(11/1, Malone) says Trump “faced scathing criticism” for tweeting the ad
“as Democrats and some of his fellow Republicans blasting it as the most
racially divisive political ad in three decades.” The only Republican cited
by Reuters as critical of the ad is former Florida GOP chair Al Cardenas.

        Jennifer Rubin of the Washington Post
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(11/1) writes, “Trump’s blatantly racist ad...is a fitting final pitch for
a party and a campaign that are now nearly entirely focused on whipping up
xenophobia.” In a piece titled, “That Anti-immigrant Ad Is The Essence Of
The Donald Trump Presidency,” Phillip Bump of the Washington Post
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(11/1) writes, “Unlike his campaign announcement, when the purported influx
of criminal immigrants was blamed on America’s leaders, the new video
explicitly blames Democrats for allowing Bracamontes into the US.”

        The New York Times
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(11/1) writes in an editorial that “at this point, it is perhaps
unrealistic to expect anything different from this president. Like the
snake in his favorite parable, Mr. Trump cannot rise above his fundamental
nature.” The Times concludes that “even in the face of national tragedy,
his perspective remains fixed: The presidency is all about the politics,
and politics is all about him.” In a column about Trump’s
immigration-centered “closing argument” for the midterms, meanwhile,
Michael Gerson writes in the Washington Post
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(11/1) that “if the Republican Party holds the House and Senate, Trump will
take this as the endorsement of a politics founded on racial and ethnic
hatred. As it would be. As we can’t allow it to be.”

        The Hollywood Reporter
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(10/31) says “Trump tweeted a racist ad,” The Daily Intelligencer (NY)
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(11/1, Levitz) calls it one of the “many flavors of racial paranoia that
Republican congressional candidates have been serving voters this fall,”
and Slate
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(11/1, Saletan) reports that “the villain in that racist campaign ad isn’t
the immigrant” but Trump, and that the ad is “a reminder that Trump himself
is the central threat and that you should vote his party out of power.”

        *Trump: Any Republican Who Is “Leading,” “Winning” Gets Called
“Racist.” *In an interview with Christian Broadcasting Network’s 700
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(11/1), Trump said, “The word racist is used about any Republican that is
winning. Any time a Republican is leading, they take out the ‘r’ word, the
racist word. I’m not anti-immigrant at all. I’m all for people coming into
the country legally and people based on merit. But when you see a caravan
that’s pouring up to our country with thousands of people, maybe 10,000
people now – we’re not going to let them come into our country. ... When
you look at what we’re doing, they’re just not coming into our country.
They might as well go back now. Take a look at the violence that they’ve
created down there. ... These are not angels, as you would say. These are
not angels.”

        The Washington Times
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(11/1, Boyer, Miller) reports “Democrats have attacked the ad as
‘desperation’ from Mr. Trump,” who in an interview defended it as “tough,
‘but correct.’” Added Trump, “It’s well-received in some ways. ... Some
people think it’s an appropriate ad; some people don’t like it. They
[Democrats] let him in.”

        *Flake Calls On GOP To Denounce “Sickening Ad,” Says Democrats
Don’t Support Open Borders. *The Arizona Republic
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(11/1, Sanchez) reports Sen. Jeff Flake “condemned” the ad, saying in an
interview, “This is just a deliberate play to the base, it’s not serious.
... This notion that Democrats don’t want border security, and that they
want open borders is just so wrong on its face.” Flake also tweeted
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“This is a sickening ad. Republicans everywhere should denounce it.”

        Rubin writes in the Washington Post
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(11/1), “I appreciate the condemnation of Republicans such as...Flake...but
they need to do more. ... They need to demand that the ad come down and
implore their colleagues on the ballot to denounce it.”
Foreign Policy
Trump, Xi Say They Had Productive Call Ahead Of G20 Trade Talks.

Bloomberg News
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(11/1, Mohsin, Sink, Martin) reports the President tweeted
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yesterday morning that he “had a productive conversation with Chinese
President Xi Jinping on trade and North Korea ahead of a highly anticipated
meeting planned between the two leaders at the G-20 summit this month.” For
his part, Xi said he is “open to talking with Trump about trade and other
issues during the G-20 in Argentina,” according to China Central
Television.

        USA Today
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(11/1, Jackson) reports Trump tweeted that he had “a long and very good
conversation” with Xi “but declined to comment in detail about the brewing
trade war between the two countries.” Said the President, “We talked about
many subjects, with a heavy emphasis on Trade.”

        The Washington Post
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(11/1, Shih) says both leaders described the call “in optimistic terms,”
and Reuters
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(11/1, Heavey, Campbell) that “both expressed optimism...about resolving
their bitter trade disputes ahead of a high-stakes meeting planned for the
two leaders at the end of November in Argentina.” Reuters adds that
“neither leader specified any details of potential progress in their first
known direct discussion in several months.”

        Politico
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(11/1, Behsudi) says Trump “tried to soothe Wall Street” by claiming to
have had “a long and very good conversation” with Xi. China’s state-run
Xinhua news agency, meanwhile, said the call “was made at the invitation of
Trump.” In an interview with the Wall Street Journal
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(11/1, Salama, Davis), NEC Director Larry Kudlow said the call represented
“a thaw” in relations. Said Kudlow, “At the presidential level, relations
and communications are resuming.”

        Kudlow said on Fox Business’ Varney & Co.[image: Image removed by
sender. Video]
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(11/1), “I think what’s really important here is number one the call
itself, because I don’t think they’ve spoken in a while. Number two, they
did talk about trade and number three, the trade talk was, let me say, had
a positive tone. No deals, no nothing like that. But they’re getting there.
I guess people should assume at this point that at the G20 in a couple
weeks down in Argentina they will continue their discussions and trade will
be on the agenda.”
US Charges Chinese Companies In Trade Secrets Theft.

The AP
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(11/1, Tucker) reports the Justice Department announced Thursday that it
has charged “companies in China and Taiwan and three individuals with
stealing trade secrets from a US semi-conductor company.” The Justice
Department says the defendants, “including a Chinese-owned company singled
out this week by the Trump administration, targeted Idaho-based Micron over
a technology it produces that stores memory in electronics.”

        According to the New York Times
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(11/1, Rappeport), those charged are “Fujian Jinhua Integrated Circuit, a
Chinese state-owned enterprise, United Microelectronics Corporation, a
Taiwanese semiconductor company, and three Taiwanese nationals.” The Times
notes that earlier this week, the Commerce Department said Jinhua “will be
barred from buying American components because it poses a national security
threat.” The Wall Street Journal
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(11/1, Viswanatha, O'Keeffe, Volz) says the charges added to a growing
consensus that China is in violation of a 2015 bilateral pact on cybertheft
agreed to by Chinese President Xi Jinping and then-President Obama.

        The Washington Post
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(11/1, Nakashima) reports the Justice Department “unveiled a broad new
initiative to combat what it says is mounting criminal economic activity by
China, announcing the plan as US officials charged three Taiwanese
individuals and Chinese and Taiwanese companies with trade-secret theft.”
The Post says Thursday’s actions” follow a series of moves meant to put
Beijing on notice.” Under the initiative, Attorney General Sessions said,
the Department “will aggressively pursue trade-secret theft cases, and
develop a strategy to identify researchers and defense industry employees
who’ve been ‘co-opted’ by Chinese agents to transfer technology to China.”

        The Washington Times
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(11/1, Mordock) quotes Sessions as saying, “It is time for China to join
the community of lawful nations. International trade has been good for
China, but the cheating must stop. And we must have more law enforcement
cooperation; China cannot be a safe haven for criminals who to China when
they are in trouble, never to be extradited.”

        A Wall Street Journal
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(11/1) editorial welcomes the actions, which it says send a message that
the US is serious about punishing theft and predatory behavior.
Bolton Announces More Sanctions Targeting Maduro, Praises Brazil’s
Bolsonaro.

Reuters
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(11/1, Holland, Rampton) reports that National Security Adviser Bolton
announced yesterday that the Administration has “ratcheted up pressure on
Venezuela’s leftist President Nicolas Maduro on Thursday with new measures
aimed at disrupting the South American country’s gold exports.” According
to Reuters, Bolton “promised a tough stance by the Trump administration
toward ‘dictators and despots near our shores’ and singled out Venezuela,
Cuba and Nicaragua in a speech in Miami, which is home to large numbers of
migrants from Cuba and Venezuela.” Reuters says Bolton announced that
President Trump “had signed an executive order to ban US persons from
dealing with entities and individuals involved with ‘corrupt or deceptive’
gold sales from Venezuela.” Bolton is quoted as saying, “The troika of
tyranny in this hemisphere – Cuba, Venezuela and Nicaragua – has finally
met its match.”

        To USA Today
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(11/1, Shesgreen), Bolton “fully embraced” Bolsonaro, Politico
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(11/1, Rodriguez) that he “praised” the “bombastic, far-right nationalist,”
and Axios
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(11/1, Swan, Lawler) says Bolton called his election a “positive sign” for
Latin America. Axios adds, “That [Bolton] considers Bolsonaro, who has made
numerous homophobic and sexist remarks and spoken fondly of military rule,
an ally in the fight to ‘advance the rule of law and increase security and
prosperity’ is likely to garner attention.”

        *Bolton: US To Seek Retribution For Cuban Attacks On US
Diplomats. *According
to the Miami Herald
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(11/1, Torres), Bolton also said the Administration will “seek retribution
for the alleged attacks on US diplomats in Havana.” During an exclusive
interview with el Nuevo Herald and the Miami Herald on Thursday, Bolton”
added that the administration is also considering new sanctions on the
Cuban government.” Said Bolton, “I think it’s very important that somebody
must be held accountable for what happened to our diplomats. It’s a
fundamental principle of how America operates in the world, that Americans
abroad do not get harmed with impunity.”

        Fox News’ Special Report
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(11/1) said Bolton “vowed” to continue “restricting diplomatic
relationship” with Cuba, “insisting the Trump team will not prop up the
Cuban military and military services that profit at the expense of the
Cuban people. He also said all diplomatic backchannels with Cuba are
officially dead.”

        *Bolsonaro Confirms He Intends To Move Embassy To Jerusalem.
*The Washington
Post
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(11/1, Taylor) notes that Bolsonaro, “who is known for his far-right views,
has told an Israeli newspaper that he hopes to move Brazil’s embassy in
Israel from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem after taking office. ‘Israel is a
sovereign state. If you decide on your capital city, we will act in
accordance,’ he told Israel Hayom, a conservative newspaper, in his first
foreign media interview since the election last weekend. ‘When I was asked
during the campaign if I’ll do it when I was president, I said yes.’”
Pompeo Plans Talks To Prepare New Trump-Kim Summit.

The Washington Times
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(11/1, Taylor) reports Secretary of State Pompeo says he will discuss
details of a second summit between President Trump and North Korean leader
Kim Jong-un with his North Korean counterparts “in the coming days, and
will also push Pyongyang on a date to deliver on its recent promise to let
American inspectors examine a key North Korean nuclear facility.” While
Pompeo expressed hopes for a “substantial breakthrough” soon, State
Department officials were “guarded about the nuclear inspectors issue
Thursday,” suggesting the Administration “is still weighing how to nudge
the Kim regime forward.”

        *Moon: Kim Will Visit Seoul Soon, Second Trump-Kim Summit “Near At
Hand.” *The AP
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(11/1, Kim) reports South Korean President Moon Jae-in said yesterday that
Kim Jong Un “will ‘soon’ visit Seoul as part of a series of high-profile
diplomatic efforts aimed at ridding North Korea of its nuclear weapons.”
Moon announced in a speech to parliament that “a second North Korea-US
summit is also ‘near at hand’ and that Chinese President Xi Jinping is
expected to visit North Korea soon.” Moon also said he “expects Kim to
visit Russia soon and that Kim may meet with Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo
Abe.”

        Reuters
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(11/1, Goh, Chen, Martina) reports that Chinese state media reported today
that Xi “hopes the United States and North Korea will further promote the
denuclearization of the Korean peninsula and push for peace,” and pledged
to President Trump in a phone call today that China “would continue to play
a constructive role in the process.”
Pompeo: US To Hit Iran With Harshest Sanctions Ever.

Fox News’ Special Report
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(11/1) reported Secretary of State Pompeo “says the United States will
enact the harshest sanctions ever against Iran. The Administration will
sanction Iran’s oil, banking, and shipping sectors Monday.” The Washington
Free Beacon
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(11/1, Kredo), however, reports that the Administration is “poised to offer
a series of major concessions to Iran that will let it escape key economic
sanctions that the administration once vowed would kick back into force in
the next several days, according to multiple US officials and
administration insiders.” The sources says “senior State Department
officials working on the Iran issue are said to have convinced Secretary of
State Mike Pompeo to permit Iran to remain connected to the international
banking system” known as SWIFT. Additionally, the Administration will
“grant waivers to several countries allowing them to continue purchasing
Iranian oil, another concession that the administration once said would not
take place.”

        *Iran Accused Of Plot To Assassinate Dissident In Denmark. *The New
York Times
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(11/1, Sorensen) reports Iran “tried to assassinate an Arab separatist
leader living in Denmark, the Danish authorities claim, adding that a
suspect in the ‘unusual and very serious’ plot was in custody.” The
accusations sparked “anger and concern in Denmark,” where Prime Minister
Lars Lokke Rasmussen called the plot “totally unacceptable” and recalled
its ambassador to Iran. Secretary of State Pompeo congratulated the Danish
government on Twitter on “its arrest of an Iranian regime assassin.”

        *Rezaian: Trade, Not Sanctions, Can Undermine Tyranny. *In an op-ed
for the Washington Post
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(11/1, Rezaian) titled, “Don’t Sanction Iran – Trade With It,” the Post’s
Jason Rezaian, who spent more than a year and a half in an Iranian prison
after being convicted of espionage, writes, “Almost four decades of
sanctions on Tehran have failed to fundamentally alter Iranian behavior.”
Rezaian continues, “If our goal is to free Iran from the mullahs’ tyranny,
an entirely new approach is needed. As a president who claims to be an
unparalleled businessman, Donald Trump should capitalize on this
opportunity. He should open unrestricted commercial trade with Iran.”
According to Rezaian, “You can’t support Iran’s civil society if you
simultaneously favor efforts to destroy the country’s economy.”
WPost Report: Saudi Crown Prince Told Kushner, Bolton That Khashoggi Was
“Dangerous Islamist.”

The Washington Post
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(11/1, Leonnig) reports Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman called Jamal
Khashoggi “a dangerous Islamist” and a “member of the Muslim Brotherhood”
just “days after his disappearance in a phone call with President Trump’s
son-in-law Jared Kushner and national security adviser John Bolton.”
According to a “person familiar with the discussion,” Bolton “did not
signal he endorsed the crown prince’s characterization of Khashoggi during
the call.” The Post notes that the call “occurred before the kingdom
publicly acknowledged killing Khashoggi.” To the Post, the “attempt to
criticize Khashoggi in private stands in contrast to the Saudi government’s
later public statements decrying the journalist’s death as a ‘terrible
mistake’ and a ‘terrible tragedy.’”

        A second Washington Post
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(11/1, Boorstein) report says a “group of prominent US evangelical figures,
including several of President Trump’s evangelical advisers,” met Thursday
with Crown Prince Mohammed. Group spokesman Johnnie Moore, “who also serves
as the White House’s unofficial liaison to a group of well-known
conservative evangelicals,” said Khashoggi’s killing and other human rights
issues were “discussed,” but “declined to say more.”

        Under the headline, “Even With Stigma Of Khashoggi Killing, Crown
Prince Is Seen As Retaining Power,” the New York Times
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(11/1, Kirkpatrick, Hubbard) reports that the Administration “has decided
to stand by Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, having concluded that he is
almost certain to retain his grip on power despite a growing international
consensus that he bears responsibility” for Khashoggi’s murder. Rather than
weighing Crown Prince Mohammed’s “chances of retaining power, officials in
the White House and around the region have turned instead to the question
of what effect the stigma of the killing may have on the grand plans laid
out by the 33-year-old prince.” According to the Times, “one person
familiar with the White House’s deliberations said the administration
expects to impose some sanctions on Saudi Arabia over the Khashoggi
killing, in part because of bipartisan pressure from Congress. But the
White House intends to keep the sanctions limited enough to avoid a rupture
in its partnership with” the Crown Prince.

        On the other hand, Bloomberg News
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(11/1, Abu-Nasr, Shahine) says “the fallout from the murder...is mounting
for the kingdom’s young leader abroad, if not so far at home.” According to
Bloomberg News, “Two top officials in Washington demanded an end to the
Saudi-led war in Yemen and the start of talks in November, deploying
language they’ve rarely before used publicly.” In addition, Bloomberg News
says “three people with knowledge of the matter, including a US official,
said the Trump administration is also pressuring the kingdom to resolve the
crisis with Qatar.”

        The New York Times
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(10/31, Harris, Schmitt, Gladstone) also reports that the US and Britain,
“Saudi Arabia’s biggest arms suppliers, are stepping up their pressure for
a cease-fire in the Yemen war,” which the Times refers to as “the world’s
worst man-made humanitarian disaster.” The Times adds, “The calls for a
halt to the conflict – by Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Tuesday night,
his British counterpart, Jeremy Hunt, on Wednesday, and Defense Secretary
Jim Mattis starting last weekend – came as criticism of Saudi Arabia has
surged over its bombing campaign in Yemen and the killing of Jamal
Khashoggi.”

        A second New York Times
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(11/1, Griffith) report says some Silicon Valley venture capital funds are
in an “uncomfortable position” as investors are asking about their
connections to Saudi Arabia.

        In an editorial, the Washington Post
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(11/1) says Saudi Arabia’s killing of Khashoggi “added to a global trend of
autocratic states reaching out to kill or kidnap exiled dissidents. Russia
and China have been pioneers of the practice, and for the most part have
gotten away with it; that has encouraged others. One such regime is Saudi
Arabia’s regional rival Iran, which appears to have returned to an old
practice of trying to murder exiles in European capitals” — including a
plot foiled this week in Denmark. The Post argues, “Should not the regime
of King Salman and Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman be held to the same
standard as Iran? And if the United States does not impose significant
punishment on Saudi Arabia, how can it expect other nations to enforce its
sanctions against Iran?”

        *US Urges Location, Return Of Khashoggi Remains. *Reuters
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(11/1, Brice) reports State Department deputy spokesman Robert Palladino
told reporters Thursday that Khashoggi’s remains “should be located and
returned to his family for a burial as soon as possible.”

        *NYPD Thinks Saudi Sisters Likely Died By Suicide. *The CBS Evening
News
<http://mailview.bulletinintelligence.com/mailview.aspx?m=2018110201biden&r=email-05cc&l=064-a76&t=c>
(11/1, story 6, 1:05, Glor) reported that law enforcement sources say the
NYPD is “leaning towards suicide as a possible cause of death” of two
sisters from Saudi Arabia. Still, “a lot of questions” remain unanswered,
including why the sisters “came to New York in the first place,” and why
they “were alive when they entered” the Hudson River, as police believe.
Trump Talks To Erdogan As Turkish Troops Move To “Crush” US-Allied Kurdish
Forces.

Reuters
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(11/1) reports President Trump and Turkish President Erdogan “discussed
Manbij and Idlib in northern Syria in a call on Thursday and stressed their
determination to strengthen ties,” according to Erdogan’s office. The call
came as US and Turkish troops “began joint patrols...in the Manbij region,
a source of friction in recent years after Kurdish forces took part of the
area in a US-backed offensive to drive out Islamic State in 2016.” Sharfan
Darwish, spokesman of the Manbij Military Council, told the AP
<http://mailview.bulletinintelligence.com/mailview.aspx?m=2018110201biden&r=email-05cc&l=066-8fb&t=c>
(11/1, Fraser, Mroue) “that the patrols had started and were taking place
on the front lines between his group and those of Turkey-backed rebels in
the operation called Euphrates Shield.”

        In a separate article, Reuters
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(11/1) reports that despite the joint patrols, “Turkey pressed on with a
new threatened offensive nearby to crush the Kurds.” The US and Turkey
“have been working to avert direct confrontation, even as Turkey aims to
crush the Kurdish YPG militia,” which “forms the main part of the Syrian
Democratic Forces (SDF) that Washington backs with arms, air support and
around 2,000 special forces troops on the ground in the fight against
Islamic State.”
Domestic Policy
Trump Urges Missouri To Reject “Far-Left” McCaskill.

President Trump spoke to a crowd of more than 6,000 at the Columbia,
Missouri airport on Thursday evening, urging them to vote for Republican
Josh Hawley in his race against Sen. Claire McCaskill (D-MO), which polls
show
<http://mailview.bulletinintelligence.com/mailview.aspx?m=2018110201biden&r=email-05cc&l=068-e40&t=c>
to be exceptionally close. While reports say that Trump delivered many of
his standard campaign arguments during an hour-long speech, coverage also
highlights Trump’s efforts to cast McCaskill as a liberal Democrat despite
her campaigning as a centrist. Trump tweeted
<http://mailview.bulletinintelligence.com/mailview.aspx?m=2018110201biden&r=email-05cc&l=069-ddd&t=c>,
“Beautiful evening at a #MAGARally with great American Patriots. Loyal
citizens like you helped build this Country and together, we are taking
back this Country – returning power to YOU, the AMERICAN PEOPLE. Get out
and http://Vote. GOP!”

        Following the event, the President tweeted
<http://mailview.bulletinintelligence.com/mailview.aspx?m=2018110201biden&r=email-05cc&l=06a-fc0&t=c>,
“I love you Missouri! Under Republican leadership, America is BOOMING,
America is THRIVING, and America is WINNING – because we are finally
putting AMERICA FIRST. Get out and VOTE Josh @HawleyMO for the United
States Senate! #MAGA”. Hawley tweeted
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after the rally, “This was pretty amazing.” McCaskill’s campaign tweeted
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in response to the event, “The best part of tonight’s rally for Josh
Hawley? President Trump boasting about @ClaireCMC’s bill to reduce the
price of prescription drugs – a bill he signed into law only 3 weeks ago.”

        The Columbia (MO) Missourian
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(11/2, Roth, Cheyne, Quinn) reports, “During his first-ever presidential
visit to Columbia,” Trump “told a crowd of thousands why Hawley should be
elected” over McCaskill. Trump’s speech “mostly centered around his own
goals and ideas to improve trade relations and curb the number of
undocumented immigrants” in the US, though he did call Hawley “‘one of the
greatest Republicans of Missouri.’ He also announced plans to visit
Missouri again at 9 p.m. Monday in Cape Girardeau.”

        The Columbia (MO) Daily Tribune
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(11/1, Keller) reports that the President “hit all the notes his supporters
wanted to hear...attacking ‘extremist’ Democrats, ‘dishonest’ journalists
and promising that in coming months there will be more tax cuts, a border
wall and more conservative judges.” Trump told the crowd, “In just five
days the people of Missouri are going to retire far-left Democrat Claire
McCaskill.” The Kansas City (MO) Star
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(11/1, Lowry, Hancock) reports that Trump “repeatedly called [Hawley] a
winner,” but said he “wants Republicans to act like he’s losing – for now.”
Trump said, “Just pretend he’s one point down, please. We cannot take a
chance of something going awry on Tuesday.”

        KYTV-TV
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Springfield, MO (11/1, 10:04 p.m. CDT) reported, “It felt like more of a
rally for President Trump tonight than it did for [Hawley], as the
President counted many of his Administration’s accomplishments. But he’s
also trying to rile his base, many of which who are believed to be
undecided voters, to vote for Hawley over McCaskill on Tuesday.” KRCG-TV[image:
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Jefferson City, MO (11/1, 10:00 p.m. CDT) reported that Trump “spoke for
about an hour and told the crowd just how imperative it is they get out and
vote come Tuesday.” Trump: “[McCaskill] has been saying such nice things
about me. But you know what? She’ll never vote with me. That’s the
problem.”

        KOMU-TV
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Columbia, MO (11/1, 10:00 p.m. CDT) reported that Trump said “this is the
most important election of our lifetime. ... Trump also touched on
immigration, unemployment, and he says Democrats have gone quote ‘totally
loco.’” KSHB-TV
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Kansas City, MO (11/1, 10:00 p.m. CDT) said this was “the first of two
trips President Trump is making to Missouri in the final days before the
election.”

        USA Today
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(11/1, Fritze) similarly reports that McCaskill “has drawn attention for
cozying up to Trump.” She “has touted her bipartisan bona fides and called
attention to bills she sponsored that Trump signed into law. Trump won
Missouri in the 2016 election by more than 18 points.” The Los Angeles Times
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(11/1, Haberkorn) reports that “in the closing days of the race,” McCaskill
“is courting Trump voters and dropping the word ‘moderate’ as often as she
can.”

        The AP
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(11/1, Lucey) reports that Trump “implored voters...to reject” McCaskill
“and to instead install a Republican in her seat who would fully back his
agenda. ... McCaskill is pitching herself as a moderate as she seeks to
hold onto her seat,” but Hawley “has dismissed her efforts and argues that
she is not the right fit for an increasingly conservative state.” The
Washington
Examiner
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(11/1, Lim) reports that Trump said McCaskill “tries to sound conservative
but keeps voting against him.” He told the crowd, “She’s been saying nice
things. I said, ‘I didn’t know she was a Republican.’”

        Politico
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(11/1, Restuccia) reports that while Trump – who “called Nancy Pelosi ‘an
MS-13 lover’ [and] deemed Maxine Waters a ‘low-IQ person’” – has “never
been shy about branding his female political enemies with personal and
demeaning insults,” he “has held his tongue” about McCaskill. Trump is
“already reviled by millions of women who have rallied against him in
record numbers,” and “while his jabs might delight hard-core supporters,
they also come with risks, especially in states like Missouri, where
McCaskill has served as a senator for nearly 12 years.” Breitbart
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(11/1, Spiering) reports that Trump “urged his reporters to ‘stay nice,’
unlike the ‘mob’ of Democrats protesting his presidency.” He said at the
rally, “Let’s stay being nice, right? We’ll stay being nice because we are
tough as hell, but we’re going to stay nice.”

        The Columbia (MO) Missourian
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(11/1, Stanford, MacIntosh, McFadden) reports that there were two organized
protests in response to Trump’s visit.

        *WPost Analysis: Trump Exploiting “Racial Divisions And Cultural
Fears” In Campaign’s Final Days. *The Washington Post
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(11/1, Rucker, Sonmez) reports on its front page that in his final campaign
swing, Trump “is dramatically escalating his efforts to take advantage of
racial divisions and cultural fears in the final days of the midterm
campaign, part of an overt attempt to rally white supporters to the polls
and preserve the GOP’s congressional majorities.” He “ratcheted up the
anti-immigrant rhetoric” at the Missouri rally, questioning “whether it was
really ‘just by accident’ that [Central American migrant] caravans were
forming,” and “call[ing] birthright citizenship a ‘crazy, lunatic policy.’”

        *Anonymous Mailer Urges Republicans To Back Third-Party Candidates
Over Hawley. *Fox News
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(11/1, Mikelionis) reports on its website that Hawley “has been targeted by
an anonymous and illegal campaign mailer” that “encourages voters to back
Libertarian or Independent candidates, seemingly as a way of siphoning off
enough Republican votes. ... A similar illegal mailer was recently
distributed in Montana’s Senate race, prompting Libertarian candidate Rick
Breckenridge to endorse his Republican opponent Matt Rosendale over
Democrat Jon Tester as a stand against ‘dark money’ in politics.”

        *Kansas City Star Endorses McCaskill. *The Kansas City (MO) Star
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(11/1) endorses McCaskill for reelection, writing that “the appealingly
thoughtful and independent-minded Hawley who met with our editorial board
in June of last year, as Missouri’s new attorney general, went missing the
day he jumped into the U.S. Senate race,” instead sticking to “tightly
scripted talking points” and “refus[ing] to stand up for the interests of
Missouri farmers and manufacturers hurt by tariffs.” The Star says
McCaskill has “a record of independence” and is “the sixth-most
conservative Senate Democrat” according to Govtrack.
Trump: New Policy Will Require Asylum Seekers To Surrender At Port Of Entry.

Media analyses are sounding a highly skeptical note on the President’s
announcement about changes to US asylum guidelines, casting them as an
attempt to stoke up anti-immigrant sentiment and inspire his base to turn
out on Tuesday. The AP
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(11/1, Colvin, Long) reports, for example, that the move is “Trump’s latest
attempt to keep the issue of immigration front-and-center as he tries to
drum up GOP enthusiasm in the final stretch before next Tuesday’s
elections,” and the Washington Post
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(11/1, Miroff) that Trump’s “remarks, carried live on cable news, came just
days before Tuesday’s midterm elections, the latest bid by Trump to make
immigration the top campaign issue.” The Post adds he “offered no legal
rationale for his plan, and he brushed off questions about the legality of
some of the methods he suggested could be employed.”

        USA Today
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(11/1, Jackson) says Trump “offered no details on the proposal, which was
part of a series of immigration announcements he has rolled out in the
run-up to next Tuesday’s midterm elections,” and Reuters
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(11/1, Rampton) that the plan “would require immigrants seeking asylum in
the United States to approach a legal port of entry, pushing a hard line on
immigration ahead of next week’s congressional elections.”

        In the CBS Evening News
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(11/1, lead story, 3:30, Glor) lead story, Major Garrett similarly reported
Trump announced he will “use executive authority to ban asylum seekers from
entering the US, unless they surrender at a port of entry.” Trump was shown
saying, “Under this plan, the illegal aliens will no longer get a free pass
into our country by lodging meritless claims in seeking asylum.” Garrett
said the President also said the military will, in Garrett’s words, “use
lethal force if migrants throw rocks.”

        Peter Alexander reported on NBC Nightly News[image: Image removed
by sender. Video]
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(11/1, story 2, 2:00, Alexander) that the new asylum policy “would violate
US and international law that allows anyone to claim asylum once they’ve
entered a country, no matter how they got in, and the President also
delivering this jarring warning.” Trump was shown saying, “Anybody throwing
stones, rocks, we’ll consider that a firearm.” CNN
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(11/1, Westwood, Liptak, Zeleny) pointed out that “asked if he envisions US
troops firing upon anyone in the groups of migrants, Trump told reporters
at the White House: ‘I hope not, I hope not – but it’s the military.’”

        The Washington Examiner
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(11/1, Donachie) notes the President also said “the thousands of migrants
heading for the southern US-Mexico border are not ‘legitimate asylum
seekers.’” In the lead story for ABC World News Tonight[image: Image
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(11/1, lead story, 2:50, Llamas), Jonathan Karl interviewed Trump, who
said, “These are some dangerous people. These are some rough people.” Karl
added, however, “In fact, there is no invasion. The caravan of migrants
fleeing poverty and violence is, tonight, some 900 miles from the US
border. They are coming to ask for asylum, not to invade.”

        CNN’s Anderson Cooper 360
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(11/1) reported that Trump, from the White House, “painted the image of an
invading army” and “even suggested that...US forces might be required to
fire on people if they were throwing rocks or stones.”

        To CNN White House correspondent Kaitlan Collins, speaking on CNN’s
The Lead
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(11/1), Trump’s announcement was not particularly newsworthy: “Well, the
President just kind of just repeated what says every night at his rallies
about immigration.” Jake Tapper, also on CNN’s The Lead[image: Image
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(11/1), said, “We brought you that speech live because we were told by the
White House that...Trump would be introducing a new proposal,” but “that is
not actually what happened,” and “it’s not the first time this White House
has not been honest but it’s obviously very disappointing.”

        CNN politics editor-at-large Chris Cillizza said on CNN’s Situation
Room
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(11/1) that Trump has “clearly settled on this though as the message, not
terribly surprising given that immigration, his plan to build a wall, the
travel ban, these were things that animated the Trump base in 2015 and then
2016. He’s going back to what he knows. You’re going to hear more and more
of this. ... This will be the closing argument. It will, I think, be
effective for his base. That will help in the Senate because of where the
races are. It will help less in the House because there are so many
suburban districts, California, Minnesota, Pennsylvania, where this message
I think will be lost on them.”

        Jonathan Swan of Axios said on Fox News’ Special Report[image:
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(11/1), “When you talk to people who are close to him, they are joyful
about this caravan situation. I am talking about pure politics here. They
think this is a political gift and they want to put as much attention on it
as possible. They want as much media attention on it as possible. The
President in this last week is making this the centerpiece of his
argument.”

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(11/1), “When it comes to the timing here, you can criticize the President
for going after this issue when the caravans now are thousands of miles
away. However, you can also argue that he’s trying to be proactive in
stopping thousands of people getting here before they are at the front
door, on the border, and causing yet another crisis for border patrol and
our custom enforcement agents.”
Military-Style Buildup Taking Place Along US-Mexico Border.

The New York Times
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(11/1, Fernandez, Panich-Linsman, Ferman) reports on the military-style
“hardening of the [US-Mexico] border slowly taking shape involving multiple
agencies” even before the arrival of Army forces. The Times reports that
“new chain-link gates and fencing on the Progreso International Bridge”
have been installed, “giving officials a crowd-control tool for the first
time by allowing them, when necessary, to completely shut off the bridge to
cars and pedestrians” entering from Mexico.

        *Two Southern Arizona Military Installations Prepare To Receive
Troops. *The Arizona Daily Star
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(11/1, Ferguson) reports, “Southern Arizona’s two military installations
are preparing for an influx of troops being sent to the US-Mexico border, a
deployment that President Trump said Wednesday could reach 15,000 service
members.” The Arizona Republic
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(11/1, Oza) reports that Davis-Monthan Air Force Base in Tucson and Fort
Huachuca in Sierra Vista “will be the two primary logistical and operations
hubs in Arizona for the deployment.”

        *Six Southern California Bases Will Be Logistics Hubs. *The San
Diego Union-Tribune
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(11/1, Repard) reports that six San Diego County, California military bases
– Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, Marine Corps Air Station Miramar, Naval
Air Station North Island (Coronado), Naval Base San Diego, Naval Base Point
Loma, and Naval Air Station El Centro – “will be used as logistics hubs for
supplies and troops.”

        *Ignatius: Mattis Walking “Trump Tightrope” On Border
Deployment. *David
Ignatius writes in his Washington Post
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(11/1) column that watching Defense Secretary Mattis “walk the Trump
tightrope” on the border deployment issue, thus far supporting the
President while “mostly keep[ing] his mouth shut,” has been “agonizing. ...
Mattis often takes a seat and quietly accommodates the president’s erratic
and divisive rhetoric – evidently believing that it’s better to hold fire
and work from inside to sustain sensible policies.” Ignatius warns that
“the danger for Mattis now is that he may be losing credibility on both
sides.”
Politico/Morning Consult Poll: More Blame Media Than Trump For Dividing
Country.

Under the headline “Poll: Majority Blames Both Trump And Media For Dividing
Country,” Politico
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(11/1, Shepard) reports “a new POLITICO/Morning Consult poll conducted over
the past fractious, violent week shows a majority of voters think that
President Donald Trump has done more to divide the country than unite it
since he took office last year – but that the national news media are even
worse.” Politico notes the poll found 30% “said Trump has done more to
unite the country, compared with 56 percent who said he’s done more to
divide it,” while 64% “said the media have done more to divide the country”
and just 17% “say they have done more to unite it.”

        The Federalist
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(11/1, Payton) reports “the results come amid numerous media personalities
have been blaming...Trump for the Tree of Life Synagogue shooting in
Pittsburgh, where 11 people were killed.” Katie Pavlich also says on
Townhall
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(11/1) that “in the aftermath of the Tree of Life Synagogue massacre and
the discovery of a series of mail bombs last week, the leftist media has
condemned...Trump as the source of all division in America.”

        Philip Klein writes in the Washington Examiner
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(11/1) that “journalists may see themselves as Robert Redford playing the
crusading Bob Woodward exposing corruption at the highest levels of
government, but the reality is that most Americans see them as William
Atherton playing the pushy and manipulative Richard Thornburg in ‘Die
Hard.’”

        *Trump On Media Attacks: “It’s My Only Way Of Fighting Back.”
*The Washington
Times
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(11/1, Muñoz) reports the President “defended his aggressive rhetoric
toward the media, specifically the phrase ‘enemy of the people,’ as a
necessary element to his political success.” Axios
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released “a new clip” of its interview with Trump in which he said “his
supporters ‘like me more’ because of his tough tone aimed at what many of
them deem to be the ‘liberal media.’” Added Trump, “It is my only form of
fighting back. ... I couldn’t be here if I didn’t do that.” Trump also
“said he wouldn’t call Axios an ‘enemy’ but stressed that if they released
fake news, ‘that’s not a good thing for our country.’”

        *CNN Head: Ratings Would Go Down With Less Trump Coverage. *The Hill
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(11/1, Bowden) reports “CNN president Jeff Zucker says in a new interview
that his network’s audience would dwindle if CNN’s news programming shifted
focus away from...Trump.” Interviewed by Vanity Fair
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(11/1, Pompeo), Zucker “revealed that much of the network’s reasoning
behind spending much of the day addressing day-to-day actions and rhetoric
of the president comes from viewers’ hidden desire for such programming.”
Said Zucker, “People say all the time, ‘Oh, I don’t want to talk about
Trump. I’ve had too much Trump,’” but “we’ve seen that, anytime you break
away from the Trump story and cover other events in this era, the audience
goes away.”

        *Romney Derides Trump’s “Enemy Of The People” Rhetoric. *The Washington
Post
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(11/1, Wagner) reports “Mitt Romney, the 2012 Republican presidential
nominee and current Senate candidate from Utah, spoke out Thursday
against...Trump’s continued use of the term ‘enemy of the people’ to
describe the US media.” In a blog post
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“on his campaign website,” Romney wrote that “denigrating the media
diminishes an institution that is critical to democracy, both here and
abroad,’” adding, “As a political tactic, it may be brilliant, but it comes
with a large cost to the cause of freedom.” The Washington Times
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(11/1, Chasmar) notes Romney “highlighted two tweets by the president that
attacked left-leaning news networks, particularly CNN, for spreading ‘false
information.’”
Trump Says Pelosi’s Threat To “Weaponize” Subpoena Power Is “Illegal.”

The Washington Times
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(11/1, Boyer, Miller) reports that in a Thursday interview, President Trump
said that House Minority Leader Pelosi’s “threat to weaponize committee
subpoena power if Democrats win Congress is illegal.” Trump said, “Pelosi
says she’s going to mechanize the speakership and use it as a great
negotiation with the president. That’s an illegal statement.” Trump “said
the threat begged a lengthy court battle” that could go to the Supreme
Court.

        *Democrats To Open More Investigations Into Trump If They Win
House. *The Washington Times
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(11/1, Boylan) reports that congressional Democrats “are already drawing up
plans for investigating if they score big gains in the midterm elections
Tuesday,” meaning that the panels probing “Trump’s Russia ties, finances
and ethics questions will have a much different focus than they did under
Republican control.”

        Sean Hannity said on Fox News’ Hannity[image: Image removed by
sender. Video]
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(11/1), “If Republicans lose control of the House, let me point out to you
what will happen: Nancy Pelosi will be your speaker. ... Adam ‘Shifty’
Schiff will be the House Intel Committee chairman. Endless investigations
of nothing.”
Trump Says Abrams Not Qualified To Be Georgia’s Governor Due To “Her Past.”

The New York Times
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(11/1, Blinder) reports President Trump “disparaged” Georgia gubernatorial
candidate Stacey Abrams (D) “in ambiguous and unusually personal terms on
Thursday,” sayings that “her past” left her “not qualified to be the
governor.” Trump said, “She is not qualified to be the governor of Georgia,
not qualified.” Asked why she is unqualified, Trump said, “Take a look at
her past, take a look at her history, take a look at what she wants to do
and what she has in mind for the state. That state will be in big, big
trouble very quickly and the people of Georgia don’t want that.” The Times
says Trump “did not elaborate and offered no evidence for his assertion,
which seemed to be a potential preview of the political message he will
deliver on Sunday, two days ahead of the election, at a Georgia rally for
Brian Kemp, Ms. Abrams’s Republican rival.”

        *Pence Campaigns For Kemp, Blasts Abrams’ Hollywood Support. *The
Hill
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(11/1, Keller) reports Vice President Pence campaigned for Kemp on Thursday
and “blasted” Abrams “over her support among celebrities such as Oprah
Winfrey and Will Ferrell,” saying she has been “bankrolled by Hollywood
liberals.” Speaking at a Kemp rally, Pence said, “I heard Oprah is in town
today. ... I heard Will Ferrell was going door-to-door the other day. ...
I’d like to remind Stacey and Oprah and Will Ferrell, I’m kind of a big
deal, too. ... And I’ve got a message for all of Stacey Abrams’s liberal
Hollywood friends: This ain’t Hollywood,” he added. “This is Georgia. And
Georgia wants a governor that’s going to put Georgia values and Georgia
first. And Brian Kemp is going to do just that.” The Washington Examiner
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(11/1, Caralle) says Pence said Abrams is “bankrolled by Hollywood
liberals,” which is not what Georgians want or need.

        Meanwhile, in what the AP
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(11/1, Barrow, Martin) describes as “a rousing speech in the
Republican-leaning suburbs of Atlanta,” Winfrey “urged voters on Thursday
to make history by backing” Abrams. The CBS Evening News[image: Image
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(11/1, story 2, 2:50, Glor) reported that the race “has been plagued by
accusations of voter suppression, lawsuits filed over registration purges,
and polling place closures. Oprah urged minority voters not to be
deterred.” Kristen Welker reported in the lead story for NBC Nightly
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(11/1, lead story, 3:00, Holt) that Winfrey “quickly dismiss[ed] the
question on everyone’s mind, is her visit a sign she’s thinking about
running for President?” Winfrey: “I’m not here because I’m making some
grand stand because I’m thinking about running myself. I don’t want to
run.” The New York Times
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(11/1, Fausset) reports on a Marietta, GA woman who met Winfrey when she
stopped by her house to campaign for Abrams.

        On ABC World News Tonight
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(11/1, story 7, 3:20, Llamas), Deborah Roberts described a so-called “Oprah
effect,” saying, that “some people gauge that maybe she turned out a
million extra voters for Obama by campaigning for him. Stacey Abrams needs
the core supporters, women, minorities, to turn out. Oprah touches those
people, and she might help. But Kemp has his own big dog coming in, the
President coming to Georgia to stump for him on Sunday.”
NYTimes Analysis: Stone Presented Himself To Trump Camp As Conduit For
WikiLeaks Info.

The New York Times
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(11/1, Lafraniere, Schmidt, Haberman, Hakim) reports that Roger Stone
portrayed himself to Trump campaign officials “as a conduit of inside
information from WikiLeaks, Russia’s chosen repository for documents hacked
from Democratic computers.” Steve Bannon “and two other former senior
campaign officials have detailed to prosecutors for the special counsel,
Robert S. Mueller III, how Mr. Stone created that impression, according to
people familiar with their accounts.” However, “at the same time, the top
tier of Mr. Trump’s campaign was deeply skeptical of Mr. Stone, who has
made a career of merging fact and fiction and seems to prize attention over
credibility.” The Times adds that whether Stone was “a trusted intermediary
to WikiLeaks — or simply a master of puffery that made him appear so —
remains a paramount question for Mr. Mueller’s investigators.” In an
interview, Stone “insisted” he only used WikiLeaks’ Twitter feed and other
tips to “posture, bluff, hype.”

        In a separate story, the New York Times
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(11/1, Schmidt, Mazzetti, Haberman, Lafraniere) reports that when WikiLeaks
published “emails stolen from Hillary Clinton’s campaign chairman a month
before the 2016 election, it was widely viewed as an attempt to damage her
standing,” and it has since been widely reported that the emails were
“originally hacked by Russian intelligence operatives.” The Times adds that
it is unclear “how much Trump campaign advisers knew about the hacks at the
time...or the extent of their interactions with far-right figures eager to
undermine Mrs. Clinton.” The Times publishes newly obtained emails is says
“provide new insight into those connections, as well as efforts
by...Stone...to seek funding through the campaign for his projects aimed at
hurting Mrs. Clinton.”

        Sen. Ron Wyden (D-OR) said on CNN’s Situation Room[image: Image
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(11/1) that Stone and Bannon “were very high up and very influential in the
campaign, and that’s why The Times’ story raises, in my view, very
substantial and troubling questions, and what I want to know and I can’t
get into classified matters is were these two coordinating with WikiLeaks,
and if they were, it seems to me they got a whole lot of trouble facing
them.” Asked if he believes there was collusion, Wyden said, “When you
examine Donald Trump Jr.’s e-mail with respect to that particular meeting
that’s got all the attention, there was a clear intent to collude there, so
there’s a lot of follow-up work to be done.”

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(11/1) if Stone’s claim that he was bluffing about his connections to
WikiLeaks is credible. Carson said, “Time will tell, which is why it is so
important for the Democrats to regain the House so we can reopen the Russia
investigation. Our Republican colleagues failed miserably in sort of
checking off certain boxes when it related to the interviews. They did so
in a very cursory manner, but we need to reopen the investigation to
subpoena not only Steve Bannon but Roger Stone’s activity as well as their
emails.” Asked if people in the Trump campaign should have alerted the FBI
if they believed Stone had information about WikiLeaks and the hacked
emails, Carson said, “There are a lot of things this Administration should
have done and should be doing, but they aren’t doing. I don’t think it is
unreasonable they would be doing something like that.”

        *Stone Denies Directing WikiLeaks To Release Hacked Emails. *In an
op-ed for the Daily Caller
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(11/1) titled, “The Treachery Of Steve Bannon,” Stone writes, “The Special
Counsel is reportedly probing whether I somehow directed or urged Wikileaks
to release the allegedly hacked e-mails from the DNC in the wake of the
Billy Bush accusations against Trump on Oct. 7. I did not – and there is no
evidence to the contrary. In fact, Wikileaks Publisher Julian Assange
announced his release schedule on Oct. 2.” Stone adds, “When Assange held a
press event Oct. 2 (Oct. 3 U.S. time) and did not release any documents
that day as had been widely expected,” Steve Bannon “e-mailed me asking
why.”

        *Mueller Team Meeting With Conspiracy Theorist Tied To Stone.
*The Daily
Caller
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(11/1, Stone) reports that Mueller’s investigators are “meeting again with
Jerome Corsi, the conspiracy theorist who has ties to” Stone. Mueller “is
reportedly interested in whether Corsi and Stone had advance knowledge of
Wikileaks’ release of Clinton campaign emails prior to the 2016 election.”
The Daily Caller adds, “Corsi’s significance to the investigation was
solidified this week after he appeared for a second round of interviews
with the special counsel’s office.”
Cancer Research
Researchers Find Evidence Cellphone Radiation Could Increase Risk Of
Certain Cancers In Rats.

The CBS Evening News
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(11/1, story 10, 0:25, Glor) reported, “A two-decade $30 million federal
study out today found there is some evidence of a link between cell phone
radiation and brain cancer...in rats.”

        The New York Times
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(11/1, Broad) reports that research
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by the National Toxicology Program (NTP) has “found positive but relatively
modest evidence that radio waves from some types of cellphones could raise
the risk that male rats develop brain cancer.” Rats were exposed to
radiation for nine hours each day for two years. The investigators found
that “some two to three percent of the male rats exposed to the radiation
developed malignant gliomas, a deadly brain cancer, compared to none in a
control group that received no radiation.” The researchers “also found that
about five to seven percent of the male rats exposed to the highest level
of radiation developed certain heart tumors, called malignant schwannomas,
compared to none in the control group.” The Times adds, “In a statement,
the director of the F.D.A.’s Center for Devices and Radiological Health
said it disagreed with agency’s finding of ‘clear evidence’ for heart
schwannomas, but raised no questions about its citing ‘some evidence’ for
the brain tumors.”

        The Wall Street Journal
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(11/1, Krouse) reports that the NTP was asked to carry out the study by the
FDA in 1999.

        NBC News
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(11/1, Fox) reports on its website that the FDA “said it concurs that the
research doesn’t indicate people have any risk of cancer from using
cellphones.” In a statement, FDA’s Dr. Jeffrey Shuren said, “We agree that
these findings should not be applied to human cell phone usage.”

        Bloomberg News
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(11/1, Shields, Cortez) reports that Shuren said, “The study was not
designed to test the safety of cell phone use in humans, so we cannot draw
conclusions about the risks of cell phone use from it.”

        CNN
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(11/1, Goldschmidt, Howard) reports that in a statement, John Bucher, a
senior scientist with the NTP, said, “The exposures used in the studies
cannot be compared directly to the exposure that humans experience when
using a cell phone.” He added, “In our studies, rats and mice received
radiofrequency radiation across their whole bodies. By contrast, people are
mostly exposed in specific local tissues close to where they hold the
phone. In addition, the exposure levels and durations in our studies were
greater than what people experience.”

        Also covering the story are HemOnc Today
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(11/1, Leiser, DeRosier), HealthDay
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(11/1, Preidt), and the AP
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(11/1, Neergaard, Borenstein).
Prostate Cancer Poses Unique Challenges For Men Who Have Sex With Men.

NBC News
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(11/1, Avery) reports on its website that men who have sex with men (MSM)
who are diagnosed with prostate cancer may face unique challenges. For
example, MSM “are less likely to get regular prostate cancer screenings,
and those who are diagnosed are less likely to have familial and social
support, according to research cited by the National Institutes of Health.”
The article adds that MSMs may be “less likely to understand how treatment
will impact their quality of life,” depending on the quality of care they
receive. According to NBC News, the National Cancer Institute awarded a $3
million grant to Simon Rosser, a professor at the University of Minnesota,
“to put together the first comprehensive rehabilitation program
specifically for gay and bisexual men with prostate cancer.”
Editorials/Op-Eds
New York Times.

*“Andrew Cuomo Is New York’s Best Choice For Governor.”* The New York Times
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(11/1) gives Gov. Andrew Cuomo (D-NY) a qualified endorsement for a third
term, writing that “when focused, [Cuomo] can be a nearly unstoppable force
for progress” on issues like gun control and early childhood education.
However, Cuomo “has refused to take full ownership of the problem” of New
York’s “deteriorating subway system” and has let his “endless squabbling”
with Mayor Bill de Blasio “get in the way of substantial progress” on this
and other matters. The Times praises GOP nominee Marc Molinaro for running
a “substantive, largely positive campaign” and for “distanc[ing] himself
from the national Republican Party,” but concludes that Cuomo is the better
choice.

        *“Trump’s Frightening Closing Argument.” *The New York Times
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(11/1) writes in an editorial that “at this point, it is perhaps
unrealistic to expect anything different from this president. Like the
snake in his favorite parable, Mr. Trump cannot rise above his fundamental
nature.” The Times concludes that “even in the face of national tragedy,
his perspective remains fixed: The presidency is all about the politics,
and politics is all about him.”
Washington Post.

*“If Trump Thinks Iran’s Murder Plots Should Be Punished, What About Saudi
Arabia’s?”* In an editorial, the Washington Post
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(11/1) says Saudi Arabia’s killing of journalist Jamal Khashoggi “added to
a global trend of autocratic states reaching out to kill or kidnap exiled
dissidents. Russia and China have been pioneers of the practice, and for
the most part have gotten away with it; that has encouraged others. One
such regime is Saudi Arabia’s regional rival Iran, which appears to have
returned to an old practice of trying to murder exiles in European
capitals” — including a plot foiled this week in Denmark. The Post argues,
“Should not the regime of King Salman and Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman
be held to the same standard as Iran? And if the United States does not
impose significant punishment on Saudi Arabia, how can it expect other
nations to enforce its sanctions against Iran?”

        *“Facebook Must Do More To Accurately Identify Political
Advertisers.” *In an editorial that focuses on Facebook ads critical of
VA10 Democratic nominee Jennifer Wexton, the Washington Post
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(11/1) writes that “the absence of comprehensive government rules on online
advertising disclosure leaves it up to companies such as Facebook to take
on the task. They are doing so, to a point, but platforms’ professed
concerns about stepping on buyers’ privacy rights are getting in the way of
true transparency.” Facebook and other social media companies “should do
better until the feds put their foot down – which ought to happen soon.”

        *“DC Voters Should Tune Out All The Identity Politics.” *In an
editorial, the Washington Post
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(11/1) urges District of Columbia voters to ignore “unsubstantiated claims
about religious and racial bigotry” in an at-large Council race in which
Jewish incumbent Elissa Silverman and African-American rival Dionne Reeder
are the main contenders.

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