• The salacious Mueller Report revelation that should sink Trump for good
  
• Mueller: Trump Tried to Thwart
  Fully Justified Russia ProbeA damning portrait of Trump’s inept, corrupt presidency (washingtonpost.com)Key quotes from U.S. Special Counsel Mueller's report (feeds.reuters.com)Mueller Left Door Wide Open to Charging Trump After He Left Office (nytimes.com)Mueller Report: Congress could make (cbsnews.com)Mueller Report: Assange Smeared Seth Rich to Cover for Russians (thedailybeast.com)Mueller Report: Trump backer Erik Prince's account of Russian banker contact differs from Mueller report (hint: lying to Congress is a felony) (feeds.reuters.com)Mueller Report: Press secretary Sarah Sanders admitted to lying to reporters (theguardian.com)Mueller Report: There Are Yuuuuge, Unanswered Questions About Contacts Between Russians and Trump Aides (nytimes.com)QAnon Believers Crushed After Mueller Report Fails to Lead to Hillary Clinton’s Arrest (thedailybeast.com)What Attorney General Barr buried, misrepresented or ignored in clearing Trump (washingtonpost.com)Analysis: Mueller Hands Dems a Gift and They’re Already Fumbling It (thedailybeast.com)
  
• Notre Dame de Paris still stands; massive fire extinguished; experts assess structure, massive fire damagePolice question Notre Dame workers about cause of fire (theguardian.com)The aftermath: live updates at Guardian (theguardian.com)Paris Firefighters Had to ‘Surround and Drown’ the Blaze (thedailybeast.com)Notre Dame Cathedral fire: more at Guardian (theguardian.com)Notre Dame Cathedral fire: more at NY TImes (nytimes.com)
  

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• Shooting gallery America: 13 slaughtered in California dance hall (nytimes.com)Suspected Thousand Oaks shooter Ian David Long used a Glock .45-caliber handgun and likely shot himself: sheriff (rawstory.com)Gunman threw smoke bombs and rained bullets on a crowd of hundreds (latimes.com)'It’s never going to be normal': California city in shock after gunman kills 12 (nytimes.com)
  
• Attack on the press: White House revokes CNN reporter Jim Acosta’s credentials after furious exchange with Trump and false accusation that Acosta touched a White House aideAcosta row triggered social media, exposed Sarah Sanders lie (theguardian.com)White House Press Secretary Sanders used a doctored Infowars video to justify banning Acosta (wlrn.org)
  
• Wednesday Afternoon Massacre:
  Attorney General Sessions Resigns
  Under Pressure from TrumpDemocrats warn Trump on ouster of U.S. attorney general (feeds.reuters.com)House Intel Democrats’ New Mission: Protect Mueller, Use Subpoena Power (thedailybeast.com)
  
• Morning after: DC reels as Blue Earthquake hits House

  It's a massive repudiation of Trump, bigger than most people realize — and he had best fear what his coming his way…

  
• Game Day 2018: Blue Earthquake Hits DCYES, it's a blue wave! (politicalwire.com)

  Dems take House. GOP keeps Senate. Dems make gains in Governors' mansions.
  PLUS: Results of the top Senate, Gubernatorial, and House races!

   

  
• Game Day -1: The youth vote surging and backing Democrats in midterms (theguardian.com)It’s All Coming Down to Turnout (dcreport.org)Majorities of millennials who plan to vote support Democrats — except among white men (washingtonpost.com)Trump, Obama press importance of midterms in last-ditch campaign effort – live (theguardian.com)
  
• Game Day -2: Closing Arguments in Pennsylvania and Across the U.S. (nytimes.com)Democrats lead in House preferences, but positive views of the economy and concern about border security may buoy Republicans, poll finds (washingtonpost.com)
  

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• Another James O’Keefe ‘Project Veri-shady’ ambush backfires, reveals Beto O’Rourke campaign is compassionateRaw Story ties O'Keefe dirty trick to insane Ted Cruz tweet (rawstory.com)
  

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• Michael Cohen Tells Vanity Fair’s Emily Jane Fox That Trump Repeatedly Used Racist Language Before His Presidency (vanityfair.com)Michael Cohen claims Trump said ‘black people are too stupid’ to vote for him (theguardian.com)Anecdotes about Trump's racist outbursts become increasingly believable (washingtonpost.com)
  
• Trump turns racially divisive spew up to 11 as he panics over potential midterm ‘blue tsunami’ (washingtonpost.com)Trump mourns loss of ‘tremendous momentum’ for GOP due to pipe bombs, synagogue shootings (thedailybeast.com)Meanwhile, two weeks into journey across Mexico, migrant refugees face illness, exhaustion and danger (theguardian.com)Trump Lifted 'Jobs Not Mobs' Ad from Anonymous YouTube User Who Says He Was Sick Of Seeing GOP Efforts 'Flounder' (newsweek.com)Convicted Cop-Murderer in Trump Ad Came to U.S. Under Bush, Used AR-15 Republicans Refuse to Ban (newsweek.com)
  
• Tantrum! Rep. Steve King loses it as questioner compares his immigration views to those of Pittsburgh synagogue terroristSteve King Says Ted Cruz Called Him to Reaffirm Support Amid White Supremacy Scandal (alternet.org)
  
• Worse than Willie Horton: Trump’s New Campaign Ad Is Breathtakingly RacistErik Wemple Opinion CNN correctly calls Trump’s new immigration-fear ad ‘racist’ (washingtonpost.com)Rolling Stone declares Trump the 'Racist-In-Chief' (rollingstone.com)

• Spokane GOP leader faces smackdown for ‘Biblical Basis for War’ manifesto that calls for ending abortion, banning same-sex marriage, death to dissenters
  
• Kanye quits politics amid ‘Blexit’ brouhaha: ‘My eyes are wide open’ (theguardian.com)
  
• Inside The Crazy Cabal Trying To Smear Robert Mueller (thedailybeast.com)Buried lede: Guess who Mueller interviewed — again — last Friday?Watch MSNBC's Ari Melber interview the law professor approached to lie about Mueller in exchange for money (mediamatters.org)The greatest grifter story ever told: Krassenstein brother busts Jacob Wohl over Mueller plot (thinkprogress.org)Twitter explodes with mirth over Jacob Wohl’s alleged attempt to smear Mueller (rawstory.com)
  
• Trump Wants to End Birthright CitizenshipTrump’s Birthright Citizenship Stunt Panders to Zealots Like Alleged Pittsburgh Shooter Robert Bowers (thedailybeast.com)House Speaker Paul Ryan rejects President Trump’s idea of ending birthright citizenship by executive order (washingtonpost.com)Craven ploy to galvanize Trump's bigot base (csmonitor.com)Buried lede: Guess who Mueller interviewed — again — last Friday?

• Pittsburgh Mayor Peduto to Trump: Cancel Your Tuesday Visit, Families Are Burying Their Dead

• MAGAbomber Cesar Sayoc had a hit list — naming HUNDREDS of people (nydailynews.com)
  
• Trump uses Stalinist sloganeering as he blames Synagogue terrorism, MAGAbomber on “fake news”
  
• 29 charges against alleged Pittsburgh synagogue terrorist Robert BowersPittsburgh Synagogue Attack Is the 294th Mass Shooting in the U.S. in 2018 (politicususa.com)Victims of mass shooting named (bbc.com)97-year-old holocaust survivor is among accused terrorist Robert Bowers' victims (people.com)
  
• 11 dead in Pittsburgh synagogue terror, worst such attack in US history; white, bearded, middle-aged suspected assailant in custody, was armed with weapons of warPittsburgh Synagogue Attack Is The 294th Mass Shooting In the U.S. In 2018 (politicususa.com)Violent Anti-Semite Robert Bowers IDed as Pittsburgh Synagogue Terrorist (cbsnews.com)Trump Inspired Robert Bowers to Kill in a Pittsburgh Synagogue and He Must Held Accountable (politicususa.com)The tide of hate and the man in the White House (nydailynews.com)
  

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Top wire stories

• Hillary Clinton: Mueller documented a serious crime against all Americans. Here’s how to respond. (washingtonpost.com)
  
• Sanders gets tough reception at minority women’s event, signaling challenges ahead (washingtonpost.com)
• Texas executes ‘avowed racist’ behind brutal killing of James Byrd Jr (theguardian.com)
• Booker releases 10 years of tax returns, gave 15 percent of income to charity in 2018 (washingtonpost.com)
• Pompeo sees ‘bumpy’ North Korea talks, but hopes for several more chances (feeds.reuters.com)
  
• San Francisco approves homeless shelter despite backlash from wealthy residents (theguardian.com)
• Top Christie aide sentenced to 13 months for role in “Bridgegate” (cbsnews.com)
• Buttigieg gets first endorsement from member of Congress, Rep. Don Beyer of Va. (washingtonpost.com)
• At She the People Forum, Candidates Speak Directly to Women of Color (nytimes.com)
  
• House oversight chairman cites ‘massive’ obstruction by Trump, Barr (feeds.reuters.com)
  
• Texas Republicans wanted a no-drama session. Here’s what happened. (csmonitor.com)
• Police officers pepper-spray and punch black teenager, 15, in Florida – video (theguardian.com)
• Questions on race, faith and tradition confront Buttigieg in South Carolina (washingtonpost.com)
• Trump’s Fed pick Moore draws fire from Democrats; Republicans silent (feeds.reuters.com)
  
• Playing the ‘I am a Christian conservative victim’ card: Steve King thinks he was persecuted for his political beliefs (washingtonpost.com)
• Pro-Trump TV Channel OAN Has a Comedy Show So Terrible It Might Actually Be Funny (thedailybeast.com)
  
• Iowa’s Longest-Serving Republican Switches Parties Because of Trump (nytimes.com)
  
• Split 5 to 4, Supreme Court Deals a Blow to Class Arbitrations (nytimes.com)
  
• Sri Lankan suicide terrorist with UK ties is identified (theguardian.com)
• Helvetica Now: why the Marmite of fonts was redesigned (theguardian.com)
• Iran will continue to defy US oil sanctions, says Tehran (theguardian.com)
• Trump spurs an uptick in politicians leaving GOP (washingtonpost.com)
• Trump says military incident at border was ‘probably’ a diversion for drug smugglers. The Pentagon sees it differently. (washingtonpost.com)
• Isis suspect arrested in Turkey over alleged Gallipoli plot (theguardian.com)
• Trump says he would challenge impeachment in Supreme Court (cbsnews.com)

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