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Matt Taibbi | Three Colliding Problems Leading to a New Economic Disaster 
Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange, 12 October 2018. (photo: Justin Lane/EPA-EFE/REX Shutterstock)
Matt Taibbi, Rolling Stone
Taibbi writes: "The soaring stock market has been the crux of Donald Trump's argument for the competence of his reign. It might be his favorite tweet subject, outside the 'Failing New York Times.' But since the market hit an all-time high on October 3rd, Trump has shifted his tweets to other subjects. This makes sense, given that it took a nasty dive."
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Framers of the U.S. Constitution. (image: Slate/Howard Chandler Christy)
Framers of the U.S. Constitution. (image: Slate/Howard Chandler Christy)

Jamelle Bouie | Minority Rule Does Not Have to Be Here Forever: Arguing That the Framers Intended It Is Specious and Ignorant of History
Jamelle Bouie, Slate
Bouie writes: "Calls to transform the Senate, or create new states, or even 'pack the court' aren't attacks on norms; they are Americans doing the hard work of crafting a democracy that works for them, of taking seriously the idea that the Constitution exists for us, not us for the Constitution."
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Turkish police are believed to have a voice recording of Khashoggi's murder. (photo: Virginia Mayo/AP)
Turkish police are believed to have a voice recording of Khashoggi's murder. (photo: Virginia Mayo/AP)


Turkish Police Have Audio of 'Khashoggi Killing in Consulate'
Sinem Koseoglu, Al Jazeera
Koseoglu writes: "New details emerge over the disappearance of Khashoggi, who was allegedly killed in Saudi consulate in Istanbul."
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Senator Susan Collins speaks to reporters after announcing her support for the confirmation of Brett Kavanaugh to the Supreme Court, October 5, 2018. (photo: Yuri Gripas/Reuters)
Senator Susan Collins speaks to reporters after announcing her support for the confirmation of Brett Kavanaugh to the Supreme Court, October 5, 2018. (photo: Yuri Gripas/Reuters)

Maine Faces Consumer Backlash After Senator Susan Collins Backs Kavanaugh
David Millward, The Telegraph
Millward writes: "Businesses in Maine are facing a backlash after Susan Collins, the state's Republican senator, decided to back the nomination of Brett Kavanaugh to the Supreme Court."
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A fight breaks out on E. 83rd street near the Metropolitan Republican Club on Friday. (photo: Sam Costanza/New York Daily News)
A fight breaks out on E. 83rd street near the Metropolitan Republican Club on Friday. (photo: Sam Costanza/New York Daily News)


According to the Southern Poverty Law Center, at least two individuals who took part in Friday’s street violence were members of the 211 Bootboys, a far-right skinhead gang based in Manhattan that had previously been tied to the brutal beating of two grad students at a bar in 2017. A third individual, who is listed as one of the NYPD’s persons of interest, has belonged to the Latino skinhead group Battalion 49 and previously attended the Unite the Right rally in Charlottesville last year.



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We continue to investigate the violent incident on the UES on Friday night, and need information regarding these persons-of-interest. no complaints have been filed; If you were the victim of a crime, or have information about the incident, please call 1-800-577-TIPS. @NYPDTips

Barnes writes: "Detectives are attempting to identify three persons-of-interest - who somehow the entire internet has already identified."
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Aloisio Sampaio, a trade unionist known as Alenquer, the leader of the KM Mil landless peasant occupation. He was murdered on 11 October. (photo: Thais Borges)
Aloisio Sampaio, a trade unionist known as Alenquer, the leader of the KM Mil landless peasant occupation. He was murdered on 11 October. (photo: Thais Borges)

Landless Movement Leader Assassinated in Brazilian Amazon
Sue Branford and MaurĂ­cio Torres, Mongabay
Excerpt: "The peasant leader, Aluisio Samper, known as Alenquer, was assassinated last Thursday afternoon in his home in the town of Castelo de Sonhos."
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An orca breaches in view of Mount Baker, 60 miles distant, in the Salish Sea in the San Juan Islands of Washington. (photo: Elaine Thompson/AP)
An orca breaches in view of Mount Baker, 60 miles distant, in the Salish Sea in the San Juan Islands of Washington. (photo: Elaine Thompson/AP)


That trio of challenges has been created over a century and could take that long, or longer, to be reversed. That makes the southern resident orcas fragile, particularly given how much they have struggled to reproduce. Two-thirds of the group’s pregnancies from 2007 to 2014 failed. Not a single calf has survived more than three years.

Rainey writes: "From 2007 to 2014, two-thirds of Pacific Northwest orca pregnancies failed. Not a single calf has survived more than three years."
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