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| Megyn Kelly's exit talks; inside NBC; update from CNN's NYC office; De Niro targeted; tech troubles; WSJ's Netflix story; how Apple News works Posted: 25 Oct 2018 09:21 PM PDT Scroll down for updates from the CNN NYC newsroom, Snapchat's earnings call, the Knight-Bagehot gala, and much more... Exec summary: Scroll down for updates from the CNN NYC newsroom, Snapchat's earnings call, the Knight-Bagehot gala, and much more...
The Megyn Kelly era at NBC is over
Who ever thought Megyn Kelly's career at NBC would end like this?
I mean, yes, many observers thought she made a mistake by joining NBC in the first place. Many also thought NBC made a mistake by taking a $69 million risk on her. I hate saying this, but in some ways her 9 a.m. show was destined to fail. Still — all of that said — who thought she'd leave the network without even saying goodbye on the air? Because that's how this breakup is shaping up... Here's the latest:
-- Kelly and NBC News execs are negotiating the terms of her departure from the news division.
-- Contrary to some news reports, her exit is not official yet. But it will be soon. It's a foregone conclusion among all the players involved, multiple sources told me.
-- The blackface controversy sealed Kelly's fate, per sources, but her show was already vulnerable to cancellation.
-- NBC ran a pre-taped episode of her show on Thursday. That's the plan for Friday too.
-- What's the plan for the 9 a.m. hour next week? I don't think anyone knows yet.
-- Kelly's newly hired attorney Bryan Freedman was reportedly flying from L.A. to NYC to meet with NBC execs on Friday. But I'm told that he is no longer making the trip.
-- NBC is declining to comment on her fate. And Kelly is staying silent.
-- A resolution could be announced on Friday, or it could take several more days.
-- 🔌: I'll be on CNN's "New Day" with analysis in the 7 a.m. hour on Friday.
| | "Prepare for a few days off"
NYT's John Koblin and Michael M. Grynbaum report: With another repeat episode "scheduled for Friday, Noah Oppenheim, the president of NBC News, and Jackie Levin, the show's executive producer, told staff members on Thursday to prepare for a few days off. Mr. Oppenheim and Ms. Levin also informed them that they would be moved into new jobs at the network if the program was canceled, according to two people familiar with the meeting..."
Lowry's analysis
Brian Lowry emails: There are a few mischaracterizations circulating in regard to the Kelly story, beginning with the one that she might lose her morning show — and even leave NBC — because of the blackface comment. That's obviously a big source of friction, but it clouds the broader issue, which is that Kelly was miscast virtually from the get-go, and that there was ample skepticism from the beginning about her ability to translate her Fox News profile and skill set into something that would work on NBC.
A good example of the naysaying can be found in Caitlin Flanagan's March 2017 piece in The Atlantic, 'Can Megyn Kelly Escape Her Past?,' in which she wrote, 'You can't become a Katie Couric or a Diane Sawyer or a Barbara Walters at Fox, so Megyn Kelly is off to the big time, which will crush her. She's a strong, strong woman — but she won't be one at NBC. She'll be like everyone else."
So now has Flanagan's question been answered?
Back to Fox? Not so fast
Just now a cable news vet emailed me and said "she'll be back on Fox in two years I predict. Too damaged now, but not forever." But others think there is no way Fox would hire her. "Still burned by their breakup, Fox doesn't appear to want to take her back," VF's Gabriel Sherman wrote.
Thursday's guessing game prompted Fox News to respond with a short statement on Thursday: "We are extremely happy with our entire lineup."
The Pro-Kelly argument
Kelly is being criticized from all directions. But she's getting support from people who feel like NBC management failed her time and time again. Oppenheim and NBC News chair Andy Lack are under renewed scrutiny as a result of this shakeup.
Important point in Lisa de Moraes and Dominic Patten's latest for Deadline: Kelly recently "seemed to be setting up a storyline that she might be on the outs at NBC News because of her coverage of the #MeToo movement, telling Us magazine, sphinx-like, 'I know too much that others don't know' about Matt Lauer's continued employment and then sudden ouster from NBC News, when asked whether Lauer might make a comeback. Today, in what had all the earmarks of a desperate effort to distract from her blackface remarks and cast her ouster from the Today show as another #MeToo moment in NBC News' history, Kelly's lawyer reportedly demanded that Ronan Farrow witness Friday's scheduled meeting between Kelly's camp and NBC brass to talk about her future."
"Management has to take some responsibility"
That's what CNN's Don Lemon said Thursday evening. Kelly "made some mistakes and now she's suffering the consequences of those mistakes," he said. "But I also think that it is partially the fault of the people who hired her... They knew exactly what they were getting when they hired Megyn Kelly..."
FOR THE RECORD, PART ONE
-- Alexandra Alper, currently a senior correspondent in Rio for Reuters, is joining the company's W.H. reporting team...
-- Sarah Frier reports: "Condé Nast is shutting down its Wired, GQ and Vogue channels on Snapchat, cutting some employees who worked on them. (They've still got Self and Teen Vogue channels on Snapchat)..."
-- Ryan Pauley is Vox's new chief revenue officer...
-- Dan Abrams is adding a weekday show on SiriusXM to his plate... He'll be on after Chris Cuomo's radio show...
| | THE MAIL BOMBS
Domestic terrorism
Law enforcement officials are classifying this week's apparent mail bombs as domestic terrorism, CNN's Kara Scannell and Evan Perez report.
In news coverage, we need to keep zooming out to show the audience the big story here -- a serial bomber or bombers trying to stoke fear and terror by targeting former presidents and other leaders.
Thursday began with a predawn discovery at Robert De Niro's office in Tribeca. The day ended with a scare at Time Warner Center. Parts of the building (like the mall, but not CNN's NYC offices) were evacuated after two suspicious packages were found. "The NYPD's bomb squad declared the scene to be all clear just after 8:30 p.m.," per Scannell and Perez's story. "Two small boxes had been left unattended and the packages didn't match the description" of the apparent bombs...
>> The latest from CNN's team of reporters: "Missing postmarks add to mystery of bombs sent through the mail"
What it's like at CNN NYC
Most of the TV news crews have left the streets surrounding CNN's New York offices. On Thursday, work was mostly back to normal, though employees recounted their evacuation experiences and talked about what they'd do differently next time. (Bring a coat! Bring a charger!)
CNN Worldwide president Jeff Zucker held an informal town hall for New York employees, to share security updates and answer questions. When he thanked the company's security team, there was a long round of applause. "Thank you for an incredible job," he said to the security personnel.
Show of defiance in Tribeca
Chloe Melas emails: After the suspicious package was removed from Tribeca Enterprises, De Niro's business partner, Jane Rosenthal, told me, "This is not what free speech should look like." A few hours later she gathered the company's staff for a photo. De Niro wasn't there, but the staff gathered around a giant photo of him from a "Little Fockers" movie poster. Rosenthal captioned the pic: "we are safe! We are #TribecaStrong! Vote! #whydoyouvote." | |
Let's get real
I'm borrowing Margaret Sullivan's words for that headline. "Let's get real," she wrote on Thursday. "Everyone targeted by the pipe bombs had been the subject of endless hours of Fox News commentary. The list of targets read like Sean Hannity's pre-broadcast crib notes: Hillary Clinton, President Barack Obama and former CIA chief John Brennan -- and, as the representative of evil mainstream media -- CNN. As usual, Trump himself projected blame everywhere but where it belongs."
RELATED: The targets of the bombs have "all been targeted by President Donald Trump and made into bogeymen for the far-right, often on Fox News by opinion anchors like Sean Hannity," John Avlon wrote. He brought the receipts for this column...
POTUS or Fox News host?
When Trump posted some fresh anti-media tweets on Thursday morning, I reacted by saying on CNN, "Where's the president?" Because those tweets weren't the words of a president, they were the words of a ranting and raving Fox News host...
-- Maggie Haberman summed it up this way: "Trump gave a statement in East Room sounding a theme of unity, felt he didn't [get] credit he deserved for that, resumed faulting media..."
-- Obviously Trump and Sarah Sanders are portraying themselves as the victims to change the subject from the serious concerns about their own rhetoric...
Notes and quotes
-- Chris Cuomo on Thursday night: "If the President can't rise above his worst traits even now, the question that... confronts us is 'Are we doomed to politics that are an ever-accelerating rate to the bottom?''
-- Carl Bernstein responding to Sanders' newest complaints about negative news coverage: The press is report on his lying. That is why the coverage appears so negative. But it's been factual..."
-- More from Bernstein on "AC360:" No president "has ever spewed the kind of consistent hate, disdain and division as this President of the United States has... It is basic to who he is..."
-- "The Situation Room" produced an excellent montage: "Trump's rhetoric on vs off prompter..." Watch it here...
-- Trump will be holding another rally on Friday... This time in Charlotte, NC...
AT&T donates $250,000 to CPJ
This is a very timely donation by CNN's parent company — though it was in the works before Wednesday's incident. AT&T is donating $250,000 to support the Committee to Protect Journalists' efforts all around the world...
--> Randall Stephenson's statement: "Leaders may not like everything that is written about them--I know I don't. But journalists serve as an indispensable check on power." So "threats to journalists are, at the very core, threats to freedom and liberty..."
Dobbs' dreadful behavior
I really don't want to waste much time on these "false flag" claims. Life is too short. But it's important to see how these fringe ideas are being mainstreamed by figures like Fox Business host Lou Dobbs. As Oliver Darcy reports here, Dobbs posted and then deleted two tweets on Thursday which he asserted without evidence it was "fake news" that explosive devices were mailed to various targets. "Fake bombs," Dobbs wrote. Per Darcy, the tweets left several employees at Fox News in dismay. One senior Fox News employee told him, "It's people like Dobbs who really ran it for all the hard working journalists at Fox." Read Darcy's full story here...
I can't believe I had to deny this...
Here's a small example of the nonsense that's spreading: Someone found a one-year-old photo of me and Jamie smiling in our apartment; used Photoshop or some other program to insert a picture of a pipe bomb picture; and posted it on far-right Reddit message boards and Facebook pages. I suppose this was a twist on a "false flag" conspiracy theory. I didn't know about it until a fact-checker for The Associated Press emailed me. I appreciated their efforts to debunk a despicable lie that was showing up on Facebook... And/but it's awfully strange to have a headline out there that says "NOT REAL NEWS: Brian Stelter not pictured with pipe bomb..."
FOR THE RECORD, PART TWO
By Julia Waldow:
-- In a big new investigation, the NYT reveals that Google gave Android creator Andy Rubin a $90 million exit package back in 2014 and invested in his next venture "while keeping silent about a misconduct claim." Daisuke Wakabayashi and Katie Benner report that Rubin "was one of three executives that Google protected over the past decade after they were accused of sexual misconduct..." (NYT)
-- YouTube Live is sneaking up on Twitch in terms of live streaming market viewership... (TechCrunch)
-- Mark Duplass will play Megyn Kelly's husband and Alice Eve will play Ainsley Earhardt in Jay Roach's upcoming film about Roger Ailes... (Deadline)
-- The fifth and final season of "Broad City" will premiere January 24 on Comedy Central... (THR)
BIG EARNINGS DAY
"Tech troubles" | | | That's the banner headline on CNN Business right now. Among the stories:
-- "Snapchat continues to lose users amid ongoing backlash to its app redesign and growing competition from Instagram," Kaya Yurieff reports. Revenues grew 43%, however. Details here...
-- Alphabet missed revenue expectations, "even though it was a 21% jump from the same time last year..."
-- And Amazon stock slipped 9% in after hours trading despite posting a record profit...
But: "The online ad market is still surging"
"The online ad market is still surging, based on third quarter results from Google, Amazon, Twitter and Snap released Thursday," The Information reports. "That raises the stakes for Facebook, which reports next week amid intense questions about whether advertisers or users have been scared off by negative publicity."
-- EYE ON AMAZON: The company's Q3 "other" revenue — primarily ad sales — is up to $2.5 billion, a 123% increase from last year... (Digiday)
Comcast's call
Hadas Gold emails: On Thursday Comcast held its first earnings call after successfully acquiring Sky – though it didn't give a ton of details yet on what big changes may be coming to Sky.
While the company's competitors are jumping into the streaming business – CEO Brian Roberts seemed to scoff a bit at the whole trend -- though he said it's "going to be a part of our business."
"There's been a little of a rush to 'Oh the traditional television business is over and we have to get into streaming,'" Roberts said. "We think it's challenging economically and we don't want to rush into anything." AKA: We're making good money off of broadband services and traditional TV. Why change that?
-- ALSO: Sky chief Jeremy Darroch joined the call and made it clear "I intend to stick around."
Inside Apple News
How does Apple News really work? How involved are human editors? The NYT's Jack Nicas has the answers in this must read story. He says the app's editor in chief, Lauren Kern, "has quietly become one of the most powerful figures in English-language media." That's because "the stories she and her deputies select for Apple News regularly receive more than a million visits each..."
Facebook election ad transparency isn't so transparent
Donie O'Sullivan emails: CNN found an anti-Ted Cruz meme page spending thousands of dollars on political ads on Facebook, with no information about the ad buyer. That is despite the ad transparency initiative that Facebook has been touting for months.
Sure, someone might say you can run a full page ad in The New York Times as a PAC and the audience may not know who paid for it, but in reality Facebook makes this sort of stuff a lot easier to do. This page was able to reach thousands, maybe even millions of Texans before Facebook took action on it when CNN pointed it out...
WSJ's deep dive into Netflix's corporate culture
Daniella Emanuel emails: Shalini Ramachandran and Joe Flint spoke to more than 70 Netflix employees for this story on the company's culture and the recent firing of its PR chief. One of the takeaways: "Netflix takes its culture seriously, believing it a crucial ingredient in the success the company has enjoyed en route to becoming a behemoth with 137 million global subscribers. To many Netflixers, the culture, at its worst, can also be ruthless, demoralizing and transparent to the point of dysfunctional..."
Netflix's "transparency?"
Brian Lowry emails: There's a lot of good detail in the WSJ's story — including the surprising number of people who know their coworkers' salaries — but the most wildly ironic tidbit is the company's emphasis on "transparency." That's going to produce howls of laughter from the more traditional TV industry, which has chafed at the streaming service's steadfast refusal to provide user data that would quantify how many people are watching its shows...
FOR THE RECORD, PART THREE
Via Daniella Emanuel:
-- Nielsen is going to start identifying "same gender spouses and partners and their households" in ratings reports... (Deadline)
-- "A Private War," starring Rosamund Pike as deceased war journalist Marie Colvin, had its premiere Wednesday night... (Variety)
-- Hadas Gold reports: "A UK newspaper was prevented from publishing the name of a man at the center of new #MeToo allegations – until a British politician stepped in..." (CNN)
IWMF honorees
Lesley Stahl received the Lifetime Achievement Award at the International Women's Media Foundation's annual Courage in Journalism Awards on Thursday.
Other honorees included journalists Nima Elbagir, Zehra Doğan, Meridith Kohut, and Rosario Mosso Castro. Phil Griffin received the IWMF Leadership Award and Karen Toulon received the Gwen Ifill Award. Norah O'Donnell and Cynthia McFadden co-hosted the program for the third straight year...
--> Elbagir is one of CNN's true greats. During her acceptance speech, she remarked, "I really hope this award sends a message to any other women out there, who are struggling. That we do belong back at the frontlines. That we get to decide where we belong. Because right now we can't afford to lose any women's voices..."
Seen and heard at the Knight-Bagehot dinner
Thursday night's gala raised $$$ for the Knight-Bagehot Fellowship in Economics and Business Journalism. Spotted: Jessica Lessin, Matt Murray, Mark Thompson, James Bennet, Steven Perlberg, Sara Fischer, Erin McGrath, Rich Barbieri, Alex Koppelman, Laura Vigilante, Gerry Smith, S. Mitra Kalita, Lucia Moses, Robert Delaney, Danielle Rhoades-Ha, David McCraw, Adam Isserlis, Tucker Bounds, Nabila Ahmed, Lex Haris, Christa Robinson, Robert Gifford, Tim Race, Jennifer Ablan, Davia Temin, Roger Cheng, and many more...
The highlight of the night was Kara Swisher questioning A.G. Sulzberger on stage. A few notable quotes:
-- "The internet is overflowing with opinions." What's needed are more facts. "People have been opinionated about President Trump's finances -- that there's something shady there -- for a long time. But what actually caused multiple investigations to be opened? It's digging. It's reporting..."
-- "Our business strategy today boils down to: Make stuff that's worth paying for. It's that simple..."
-- There were cheers when he said "The New York Times is not for sale..."
Speaking of Sulzberger...
He's my guest on this week's "Reliable Sources" podcast. We converted my recent conversation with him -- from the CITIZEN by CNN forum -- into an audio format. Check it out via Apple Podcasts, Stitcher, TuneIn, or your preferred app...
| | Lowry does not recommend "Heathers"
Brian Lowry emails: The "Heathers" TV series reboot was postponed because of the Parkland shooting, and the Paramount Network then shopped the rights around, without finding any takers. Now, it's finally airing, in a consecutive-night burn-off of the episodes that merely underscores how tone-deaf and ill-conceived it was...
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| Trudeau blames Harper for high cost of scrapping Saudi arms deal Posted: 25 Oct 2018 05:05 PM PDT | Christina Hassan was on an undergraduate co-op term in Uganda the first time she witnessed a mother die during childbirth. The price for registering Canada's outrage over the murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi went up exponentially Thursday, as Justin Trudeau revealed the penalty for cancelling a $15-billion arms deal with Saudi Arabia would be "in the billions of dollars." Ontario's social services minister Lisa MacLeod said her government will crack down on the "dangerous and violent criminals" behind sex trafficking, an issue she calls the province's "dirty little secret." New York Mayor Bill de Blasio said Thursday that explosive devices being mailed to several prominent critics of President Donald Trump was “absolute terrorism.” HuffPost is now a part of Oath and a part of Verizon. On May 25, 2018, we introduced a new Oath Privacy Policy which will explain how your data is used and shared. Learn More.Follow HuffPost Canada on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram
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| Liberal Douchebag Knocks MAGA Hat off Black Trump Supporter’s Head Posted: 25 Oct 2018 04:44 PM PDT PREVIEW TEXT GOES HERE 2 | | | A viral video shows a man verbally harassing and assaulting a black Trump supporter in a Starbucks Coffee lobby. WATCH NOW Kelen McBreen | Infowars.com | | | | Paul Joseph Watson | Infowars.com | | | Paul Joseph Watson | Infowars.com | | | | Steve Watson | Infowars.com | | | Paul Joseph Watson | Infowars.com | | | | Michael Snyder | Economic Collapse | | | | | | Chuck Ross | Daily Caller | | | Adan Salazar | Infowars.com | | | | Chris Menahan | Information Liberation | | | |  |
| Kavanaugh drama not over Posted: 25 Oct 2018 04:03 PM PDT TicToc Tonight | The day's most important stories and the social conversation around them. Grassley seeks criminal probe into Avenatti, Swetnick Senate Judiciary Chairman Chuck Grassley is seeking a federal criminal probe into whether lawyer Michael Avenatti and his client Julie Swetnick lied about Brett Kavanaugh to derail his Supreme Court nomination. In a letter to FBI Director Christopher Wray and Attorney General Jeff Sessions, Grassley said Swetnick's sworn statements that she witnessed Kavanaugh and Mark Judge try to get women drunk so they could be "gang-raped" "likely contained materially false claims." Avenatti, who's considering a bid to become the 2020 Democratic presidential nominee, said he welcomed an investigation: "Let the investigation into Kavanaugh and his lies begin."  Watch more. Here's how the story unfolded on Twitter.    More mail bombs targeting Trump critics found More suspected mail bombs addressed to prominent Trump critics were intercepted Thursday, bringing the total to at least 10 in the past 4 days. New York City police removed a suspected bomb from a Tribeca restaurant owned by Robert De Niro, and the FBI investigated another package in a Delaware postal facility addressed to Joe Biden. The FBI, which was already investigating suspicious packages sent to Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton and CNN, said potential explosive devices have so far been found in New York, Maryland, Florida, Deleware and Los Angeles and warned others may be others in circulation.  Watch more. Trump to order U.S. Army to southern border President Trump will order at least 800 U.S. Army troops to the southern border to fight an "onslaught of illegal aliens," sources said Thursday. Defense Department Secretary James Mattis could issue the order as soon as Thursday to deploy up to 1,000 troops, which would join 2,100 National Guard troops previously deployed to support DHS personnel. The Central American caravan still included more than 5,000 migrants passing through the country, which likely won't reach the U.S. until December. On Thursday, Trump tweeted: "Go back to your Country and if you want, apply for citizenship like millions of others are doing!"  Watch more. Google reportedly protected exec accused of sexual misconduct A former Google executive was paid millions when he left the company, following allegations of sexual misconduct, the New York Times reported Thursday. The report said Android chief Andy Rubin was accused of coercing a Google employee into performing oral sex in a hotel room in 2013, and Google asked him to resign. While the company could've fired him with little to no pay, he left with a $90 million exit package. In response to the report, Rubin's representative said he left on his own accord and has never engaged in misconduct. Google CEO Sundar Pichai sought to reassure staff, saying the company investigates every harassment complaint and has updated its policy to require execs to disclose relationships with co-workers.  Ethiopia elects first female president Ethiopia's parliament appointed the nation's first female president and Africa's only current female head of state Thursday. Sahle-Work Zewde, a former UN special representative, ascended to the largely ceremonial role about a week after the government gave women half of all cabinet posts. After she was sworn in, Sahle-Work promised to work hard to make gender equality a reality in Ethiopia and pledged to promote peace: "I urge you all, to uphold our peace, in the name of a mother, who is the first to suffer from the absence of peace."  Watch more. For more top stories, add this podcast to your evening commute. Subscribe to the TicToc podcast and listen every weekday at 5 p.m. ET for expert opinions on the day's most important stories. | |  If you believe this has been sent to you in error, please safely unsubscribe.  |
| عالم المعرفة Posted: 25 Oct 2018 02:54 PM PDT
| شاهد.. العثور على جثة "خاشقجي" وسكاي نيوز تكشف عن مكانها ! Posted: 25 Oct 2018 08:39 AM PDT ذكرت شبكة سكاي نيوز، في نبأ عاجل لها، أنه تم العثور على أجزاء من جسد الصحفي السعودي جمال خاشقجي، في حديقة منزل القنصل السعودي.
وأكدت المصادر وفقًا لـ«سكاي نيوز» إن جثمان الكاتب السعودي كان «مقطّعا» ووجهه «مشوها». وكان الرئيس التركي رجب طيب أردوغان أعلن في مؤتمر صحفي ظهر اليوم، تفاصيل مقتل الصحفي في القنصلية عن طريق 15 شخصًا أتوا من السعودية علي متن طائرات خاصة قبل وقوع الجريمة بيوم واحد واقترح علي المملكة محاكمتهم في تركياك أرض الواقعة .  |  |
| Iranian Futures, Saudi Powers, and Turkish Rapprochement Posted: 25 Oct 2018 02:10 PM PDT |  | | | |  | POLICYWATCH 3028 Mehdi Khalaji October 24, 2018 Khamenei's latest guidelines for Iranian culture and governance focus on resisting any efforts to reform the regime's decisionmaking tendencies.
|  | FIKRA FORUM Mona Alami October 22, 2018 With Lebanon's cabinet formation stalled once again, it might be time for Hariri to take a new approach against his parliamentary opponents.
|  | POLICY ALERT Simon Henderson October 22, 2018 The prospect of MbS ruling for decades was once thought to portend stability for the kingdom, but that judgment now seems premature.
|  | POLICYWATCH 3027 Hanin Ghaddar October 19, 2018 Iran's economic problems have reportedly decreased the flow of financial patronage to the group, forcing it to seek another slush fund at home.
|  | POLICYWATCH 3026 Sarah Feuer October 18, 2018 As the UN mulls the future of the peacekeeping mission, Washington should be cautious in encouraging negotiations to avoid undermining essential alliances.
|  | OP-ED Soner Cagaptay Time, October 18, 2018 Differences remain, but Trump and Erdogan are now talking again about vital issues such as Russian missiles, Syrian jihadists, and the Gulen movement.
|  | | | TURKEY | Soner Cagaptay spoke to the Washington Post about how President Erdogan "is a master of creating an opportunity out of a crisis."
| LEBANON | Phillip Smyth told VOA News that "Hezbollah is clearly facing a number of financial pressures due to the war in Syria."
| Terrorism | Elana DeLozier spoke to BBC Radio's Newsday about the "fail-safes" that USPS and the Secret Service use to keep mail bombs from reaching senior officials.
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| Profit secured Posted: 25 Oct 2018 02:05 PM PDT Evening Briefing Saudi authorities came close to acknowledging that the killing of journalist Jamal Khashoggi was premeditated. CIA Director Gina Haspel is expected to brief U.S. President Donald Trump about her trip to Turkey, where she is reported to have heard a tape of the columnist's interrogation and death. The killing cast a shadow over Saudi Arabia's investment conference this week, which ended with few deals. —Josh Petri Here are today's top storiesTesla blew away expectations with its third quarter of positive earnings ever, bolstering CEO Elon Musk's bid to make selling electric cars a financially sustainable business. Add Former U.S. Vice President Joe Biden and actor Robert De Niro to the list of Democrats and Trump critics targeted with mailbombs. The FBI warned more such parcels may still be in circulation. Besieged global investors swimming in a sea of red are consumed with one magic number: the strike price of the so-called Powell Put -- or how much more blood stock markets need to shed before spurring the Federal Reserve to temper its hiking plan. In Bloomberg Opinion, Tim Culpan shares a tale of not only being impersonated on Twitter, but of the social media company's seeming apathy in dealing with the problem of fake accounts. Overseas, Germany's Angela Merkel has earned a reputation as the "climate chancellor." But at home, there's a diesel cloud hanging over her, Bloomberg Businessweek reports. On the 31st anniversary of Black Monday, we take a look back at the financial product that rose from its ashes: the exchange traded-fund. What's Joe Weisenthal thinking? The Bloomberg news director is trying to pinpoint when it all went wrong for the markets. He's settled on Oct. 3. That was the day Fed Chairman Jerome Powell said at an event, "We may go past neutral. But we're a long way from neutral at this point, probably." What you'll need to know tomorrow What you'll want to read tonightSome of the early crash dummies were cadavers flung down elevator shafts. There were live humans, too. In 1954, U.S. Air Force Colonel John Stapp, a physician studying how deceleration affected pilots in crashes, rode a rocket sled at 632 mph on a New Mexico test track. Today's dummies are much more sophisticated. They're also...well, getting fatter. Why? Because we are too.  Have you started strategizing for 2019? We have. Don't miss the annual Bloomberg Businessweek special report, The Year Ahead, on the major trends, disruptions, breakthrough products, innovations and movements to watch in the coming year. Get Bloomberg All Access in time to receive this issue in print and much more. Never miss an update. Follow @tictoc, the first and only global news network built for Twitter. You'll find 24/7 coverage by 2,700 Bloomberg journalists and analysts, reporting from 120 countries. Download the Bloomberg app: It's available for iOS and Android. | |  If you believe this has been sent to you in error, please safely unsubscribe.  |
| ترك برس - النشرة 26-10-2018 Posted: 25 Oct 2018 01:50 PM PDT |
| Trump’s cell-phone use is only sort of a laughing matter Posted: 25 Oct 2018 01:49 PM PDT Bloomberg Opinion Today Today's Agenda  Trump's Cell-Phone Sloppiness If you don't think about it too hard, it's kind of hilarious how we spent the 2016 presidential election litigating one candidate's carelessness with information security and put her opponent in the White House, only to learn he was possibly more careless. Specifically, President Donald Trump refuses to stop using his unsecured personal iPhone, according to the New York Times, even after being told his communications are regularly monitored by China and Russia. This is an unconscionable breach of national security, writes Bloomberg's editorial board — even if, as the Times reports, Trump is blissfully uninformed about important state secrets. Bad presidencies are usually marked by some kind of big disaster — the collapse of the Union for James Buchanan, the Depression for Herbert Hoover — but are typically the culmination of a series of bad decisions by the president and his administration leading up to them. The Trump presidency hasn't yet produced a debacle of such dimension (though arguably it has produced several small ones). But Trump's willingness to let China and Russia eavesdrop on him, just so he doesn't lose his phone contacts, is the latest evidence he's laying the groundwork for an epic disaster, writes Jonathan Bernstein. What Will Cause the Next Recession? Most economists don't see a U.S. recession coming until 2020, but just like the presidential election due that same year, it's never too soon to start thinking about it. Unfortunately. The economy still seems strong-ish, but enough worries have cropped up lately (trade wars, rising interest rates, falling stock prices) that people are throwing the "r" word around more and more. Another source of worry is the growing mountain, and eroding quality, of corporate debt. Noah Smith warns it has that whiff of subprime-mortgage disaster around it and could possibly be the source of our next recession. Nir Kaissar points out corporate balance sheets and earnings are still pretty strong and that looking everywhere for the next "subprime" is an example of unhelpfully fighting the last battle. Read their whole debate here. But speaking of last battles, we have to talk about housing. Lately we've seen some ugly home-sales numbers, which is bad because the broader economy's fate is tied to housing. Higher mortgage rates are the prime suspect here. But Justin Fox notes the dramatic swoon in Northeast home sales and points out Trump's idea of punishing blue states by slashing state and local tax deductions is adding to housing's pain. The tax cuts that included the SALT hike may have given the economy a short-term boost. It may be the last hurrah. When Abe Meets Xi In a lot of ways, Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is as much a leader of the free world these days as Germany's Angela Merkel. That's why his summit tomorrow with China's Xi Jinping is so important, writes Bloomberg's editorial board. Abe can strengthen Japan's ties with China at a time when both are at odds with Trump. He may also be better able than Trump to convince Xi to steer China toward being a better global citizen. More China Reading: - China needs to cut taxes for its corporations and consumers, but doesn't have room in its budget. The likeliest solution: Soak the rich. – Shuli Ren
- China's asking its brokerages to buy stocks in a market rout, putting themselves at risk of needing their own bailout. – Nisha Gopalan
Twitter Doesn't Care About Fake People Twitter Inc. has a big problem with harassing and abusive accounts on its social-media network. Twitter also has another problem: It doesn't always seem to care very much about those accounts. Bloomberg Opinion's own Tim Culpan experienced this firsthand recently when he discovered a couple of accounts were impersonating him. Twitter's response was basically: ¯\_(ツ)_/¯. This is partly because Twitter has a third problem: It doesn't have nearly as much money as, say, Facebook Inc. to hire people to hunt down abusive accounts. Exxon's Climate Case Exxon Mobil Corp. and its Big Oil brethren spent decades lobbying against common-sense climate regulations such as a carbon tax. So regulators and activists have had to jerry-rig their own curbs on the industry's behavior. One lever they keep using again and again has been to raise Big Oil's costs. And that's the context in which we should read the New York attorney general's new lawsuit against Exxon: This is another way to make it more expensive for Big Oil to do business, writes Liam Denning. Bonus Exxon Reading: The Exxon case may not be a winner. – Matt Levine Charty McChartFace Junk bonds have held their own in the market meltdown. But look more closely, and you'll see signs of trouble, warns Brian Chappatta.  Tesla delivered on its profit promise. But the stock is priced so that it needs to make that a regular habit, writes Liam Denning.  Anheuser-Busch InBev SA/NV's dividend cut is the latest hint that maybe its massive purchase of SABMiller wasn't such a hot idea, writes Andrea Felsted.  Quick Hits We don't keep enough detailed data on gun violence. – Bloomberg's editorial board Trump's new plan to fight high prescription drug prices has some real teeth. – Max Nisen Is Bill Gross's bond fund even a bond fund anymore? – Brian Chappatta One answer to the low-unemployment/sluggish-wages conundrum: weak job security. – Dan Moss Joe Nocera talks to one of the last of a dying breed: an illegal sports bookie. We now have a way to end HIV and AIDS. All we need is the will. – Faye Flam One way to get a Mideast peace deal: Split up Jerusalem. – Zev Chafets Banks need to watch out for a new threat from Iran – cyber-enabled money-laundering. – William Rich ICYMI Joe Biden and Robert De Niro got bombs, too. Saudi Arabia changed its Jamal Khashoggi story again. Trump might send more troops to the border. Kickers An English translator isn't good enough for Julian Assange; he needs one fluent in Australian. (h/t Tracy Walsh) The French Spider-Man is at it again. (h/t Scott Duke Kominers) "Jesse Jackson '88" campaign T-shirts are booming in Asia. How to build a moon base. Can you really meditate with an app? R.E.M., in retrospect. 35 incredible photos of libraries. Note: Yesterday's newsletter lacked a link to Noah Feldman's piece on Sandra Day O'Connor's consensus-building. Please send Jesse Jackson T-shirts, suggestions and kicker ideas to Mark Gongloff at mgongloff1@bloomberg.net New subscribers can sign up here. | |  If you believe this has been sent to you in error, please safely unsubscribe.  |
| NBC cancels Megyn Kelly Today after her blackface controversy: 'The show is clearly over,' says source Posted: 25 Oct 2018 01:05 PM PDT |
| You're Invited... Posted: 25 Oct 2018 01:05 PM PDT |
| استقالة 130 طبيب Posted: 25 Oct 2018 12:01 PM PDT Maroc Top Trend جهات مجتمع مال وأعمال مغاربة العالم السلطة الرابعة حوادث فن وثقافة تمازيغت مدارات رياضة صوت وصورة
استقالة 130 طبيب وصلات للبرلمان في تطور جديد للأزمة اللي ضربات قطاع الصحة فبلادنا بعد الاستقالة المفاجئة ديال ازيد من 130 طبيب، طالب فريق التجمع الدستوري بعثد اجتماع عاجل داخل لجنة القطاعات الاجتماعية. الفريق ديال التجمع الدستوري بغا عقد عاجل لهاد الاجتماع بالحضور ديال وزير الصحة اناس الدكالي لتدارس موضوع الاستقالات الجماعية ديال أطباء القطاع العام
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| الأمير مولاي هشام: محمد بن سلمان "طاغية"، والبرلمان الأوروبي يتهم ولي العهد السعودي بالتخطيط لتصفية خاشقجي Posted: 25 Oct 2018 12:00 PM PDT Maroc Top Trend جهات مجتمع مال وأعمال مغاربة العالم السلطة الرابعة حوادث فن وثقافة تمازيغت مدارات رياضة صوت وصورة
الأمير مولاي هشام: محمد بن سلمان "طاغية"، والبرلمان الأوروبي يتهم ولي العهد السعودي بالتخطيط لتصفية خاشقجي  قال الامير هشام في تصريحات لصحيفة القدس العربي ان ترامب وخا كاينتقد السعودية على مقتل الصحفي خاشقجي فهو مزال بغا ينقد و يخلي الامير ولي العهد بن سلمان ف الحكم. الامير هشام مشا بعيد ف وصفه لبن سلمان وقال عليه انه "طاغية" بسبب اعتقال الامراء و رجال الاعمال ومن بنيهم ولد خالتو الامير الوليد بن طلال. لامير هشام اللي معروف بلقبل الامير الاحمر قال "ولي العهد الآن في موقف صعب، وترامب يتحرك لإنقاذه، لكن الدولة العميقة في الولايات المتحدة ترغب في بديل له في السلطة يكون متزنا وأقل اندفاعية، ولو تراجعت العاصفة، سيبقى ولي العهد هشا بعد هذه الجريمة، ولن يتمتع بقدرة الزعامة الاقليمية". و اضاف ان الملك سلمان ف ورطة حيث "الجيش وجهاز الدولة تحت سيطرة ولي العهد". في سياق متصل اعتبر البرلمان الأوروبي الخميس أنه من « المستبعد بشدة » أن تكون جريمة قتل الصحافي السعودي جمال خاشقجي في سفارة بلاده في اسطنبول نفذت « من غير علم » ولي العهد السعودي الأمير محمد بن سلمان. ورأى النواب الأوروبيون في قرار اعتمد ب325 صوتا مقابل صوت واحد ضده وامتناع 19 نائبا عن التصويت، أن على الاتحاد الأوروبي والدول الأعضاء الاستعداد ل »فرض عقوبات محددة الهدف » على الرياض. كما طالبوا بفرض « حظر على الأسلحة » على مستوى الاتحاد. وكتب النواب الأوروبيون في القرار أن « السيطرة المطلقة لمحمد بن سلمان آل سعود على أجهزته الأمنية يجعل فرضية عملية جرت من غير علمه أو خارج سيطرته أمرا مستبعدا بشدة ». ورأوا أن قتل خاشقجي يندرج « في سياق موجة من القمع على نطاق واسع ضد المدافعين عن حقوق الإنسان ومحامين وصحافيين وكتاب ومدونين بارزين ». وتابعوا أن هذا القمع « تكثف منذ أن باشر محمد بن سلمان العمل على تعزيز سيطرته على أجهزة الأمن الوطنية »  |
| الزفزافي و22 معتقلا من حراك الريف يدخلون في إضراب عن الطعام Posted: 25 Oct 2018 11:47 AM PDT Maroc Top Trend جهات مجتمع مال وأعمال مغاربة العالم السلطة الرابعة حوادث فن وثقافة تمازيغت مدارات رياضة صوت وصورة الزفزافي و22 معتقلا من حراك الريف يدخلون في إضراب عن الطعام  افاد عبد اللطيف الأبلق شقيق المعتقل ربيع الأبلق إن 23 معتقلا من حراك الريف، في سجن "عكاشة" بالدار البيضاء يخوضون إضرابا عن الطعام منذ يوم أمس الأربعاء. وأكد الاخير في تدوينة له على فاسبوك، أنه من بين المعتقلين 23 المضربين عن الطعام، هناك نبيل أحمجيق، محمد المجاوي، الحاكي، ربيع الأبلق، ناصر الزفزافي، بلال أهباض".
وأوضح شقيق الأبلق أن المعتقلين المضربين عن الطعام يحتجون على أمور عديدة منها، التفتيش المهين الذي تعرضت له عائلات المعتقلين يوم أمس الأربعاء 24/10/2018، والذي وصل إلى حد تجريدهم من كامل ملابسهم بما فيها الملابس الداخلية.
إضافة إلى محاولة مدير المؤسسة السجنية ثنْيَ " بلال أهباض " عن السفر إلى الحسيمة لحضور مراسيم دفن والدته؛ إذ طالبه المدير المذكور ب " شهادة القرابة للأم و مكان الدفن ووقته " مع أن وكيل الملك بمحكمة الاستئناف قد سبق وقرر السماح له بحضور مراسيم الدفن.
كما أن رئيس الحي ومعاون له يتماطلان في إيصال وثائقهم التي يرسلونها لمدير السجن من قبيل مطالبتهم بفتح الهاتف أو الاشعارات التي يرسلونها إليه بحجة أنهم لم يجدوه"، وتراجع مدير سجن "عكاشة" عن الاتفاق الذي أجروه معه عقب آخر اضراب لهم، وذلك مباشرة بعد عزل المدير المركزي من منصبه، بحجة أن الاتفاق كان معه ولا يلزم مدير المؤسسة السجنية في شيء .
وأشار عبد اللطيف الأبلق أن زنازين المعتقلين تعرضت في الليلة الماضية لتفتيش دقيق، وذلك بعد أن أعلنا دخولنا في اضراب عن الطعام
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| ”لا ليغا” تهنئ الرجاء على تأهلها إلى نهائي الكونفدرالية Posted: 25 Oct 2018 11:45 AM PDT Maroc Top Trend جهات مجتمع مال وأعمال مغاربة العالم السلطة الرابعة حوادث فن وثقافة تمازيغت مدارات رياضة صوت وصورة
الصفحة الرسمية ل"لا ليغا" تهنئ الرجاء على تأهلها إلى نهائي الكونفدرالية هنأت الصفحة الرسمية ل"الليغا الإسبانية" في موقع "فيسبوك"، فريق الرجاء الرياضي، على تأهله للمباراة النهائية من كأس الإتحاد الإفريقي. ونشرت "الصفحة المذكورة"، صورة شعار النادي الأخضر، معلقة بالقول: "تهانينا لنادي الرجاء الرياضي البيضاوي العالمي بتأهله لنهائي كأس الكونفدرالية الإفريقية". ويذكر أن الرجاء كانت قد ضمنت تواجدها في "المشهد الختامي" للكونفدرالية، بعد انتصارها بهدفين مقابل هدف واحد أمام انييمبا النيجيري، برسم إياب دور نصف نهائي كأس الإتحاد الإفريقي، على أرضية ملعب محمد الخامس.  |
| الطائرات الحربية تحلق فوق سماء مراكش وسط استنفار أمني Posted: 25 Oct 2018 11:44 AM PDT Maroc Top Trend جهات مجتمع مال وأعمال مغاربة العالم السلطة الرابعة حوادث فن وثقافة تمازيغت مدارات رياضة صوت وصورة
عشرات الطائرات الحربية تحلق فوق سماء مراكش وسط استنفار أمني أجواء غير عادية عاشتها سماء مدينة مراكش خلال الأربع و عشرون ساعة الأخيرة ، عشرات الطائرات الحربية المقاتلة حلقت على علو منخفض لتندر بأن شيئا ما غير اعتيادي في مدينة تعودت على السلم و الهدوء و الطمأنينة. منظر تحليق الطائرات العسكرية الحربية فوق مراكش و خاصة بالقرب من مطار المنارة الدولي و الاستنفار الأمني الكبير الذي شهدته عاصمة النخيل أثار فضول الساكنة التي سعت جاهدة لتبحث عن حقيقة واقع الأمر خاصة في ظل تناسل الشائعات، ليظهر الخبر اليقين بأن مراكش و على مدى أربعة أيام تحتفي بتنظيمها لفعاليات معرض الطيران الدولي. " مراكش إير شو" هذا الحدث العالمي الذي يستقطب الأنظار و يغري كبار عمالقة قطاع الطيران الحربي و المدني دخل هذا العام نسخته السادسة ، حيث تم افتتاحه رسميا ظهر أمس الأربعاء بحضور رسمي وازن. و خلال حفل الافتتاح الرسمي و الذي احتضنته القاعدة العسكرية بجوار مطار مراكش الدولي، تفننت فرق خاصة في شد انتباه الحاضرين باستعراضات حبست الأنفاس و أكدت علو كعب الطيارين المغاربة و حنكتهم و قدرتهم على التأقلم مع أحلك المطبات الأمر الذي استحق معه التنويه من كبار المسوولين العسكريين خاصة الأجانب الذين حضروا مراسيم الحفل. و انطلق الاستعراض الجوي للنسخة السادسة من حدث " مراكش إير شو" بفرقة "المسيرة الخضراء" و التي تعتبر مفخرة للمغرب باعتبار ما تقدمه من عروض عالمية بعدد من الدول، حيث قدمت الطائرات السبع من نوع "الكاب 232" عرضا نال الاستحسان و معه الإشادة. و تابعت مقاتلات "إف 16" التابعة للقوات المسلحة الملكية المغربية العرض المبهر باستعراض قوة مناورتها الهجومية و الدفاعية، لتتواصل العروض بلمحات تقنية فنية أبدع في تقديمها طيارون مغاربة باستعمال مركبات حربية جوية منها طائرات الميراج "إف 1" و أخرى خاصة بالإطفاء و الإنقاذ، قبل أن يختم مظليو القاعدة العسكرية المغربية العرض برفع العلم المغربي خفاقا في سماء مراكش. و تجدر الإشارة إلى أن حفل افتتاح النسخة السادسة من المعرض الدولي للطيران و الذي تحتضنه عاصمة النخيل و البهجة و المتواصل حتى السابع و العشرين من الشهر الحالي قد شهد حضور شخصيات وازنة يتقدمها الجنرال دوكور دارمي عبد الفتاح الوراق بصفته كمفتش عام للقوات المسلحة الملكية، و مولاي حفيظ العلمي وزير الصناعة والاستثمار والتجارة والاقتصاد الرقمي، و عبد اللطيف لوديي الوزير المنتدب لدى رئيس الحكومة المكلف بالدفاع الوطني، و عبد الحميد بنعدو المدير العام للخطوط الملكية المغربية و شخصيات أخرى من داخل و خارج المملكة.  |
| جمال خاشقجي يجمع رجال الحموشي أمام سفارة السعودية بالرباط Posted: 25 Oct 2018 11:42 AM PDT Maroc Top Trend جهات مجتمع مال وأعمال مغاربة العالم السلطة الرابعة حوادث فن وثقافة تمازيغت مدارات رياضة صوت وصورة
جمال خاشقجي يجمع رجال الحموشي أمام سفارة السعودية بالرباط ذكرت مصادر إعلامية، أن المصالح الأمنية بالرباط استنفرت مصالحها، صباح اليوم الخميس، وعززت تواجدها أمام مقر السفارة السعودية، بسبب الدعوة إلى وقفة أمام السفارة من طرف المكتب التنفيذي للنقابة المغربية للصحافة، علاقة بموضوع اغتيال الصحافي جمال خاشقجي. وحلت بعين المكان حوالي 7 سيارات للأمن الوطني وسيارة للقوات المساعدة، وتواجدت عناصر الأمن بشكل مكثف قبالة البوابة الرئيسية للسفارة. بالمقابل لم يحضر أحد من الداعين للوقفة، وقال محمد عياش أدويهي، رئيس النقابة في تصريح إعلامي، إنه تم تأجيل الوقفة بسبب سفر أغلب أعضاء النقابة. وكانت نقابة الصحافيين والصحافيات، قد دعت في وقت سابق للمُشاركة في الوقفة الإحتجاجية التي كان من المنتظر أن تنظم صباح اليوم الخميس.
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| Tunisian Politics Between Crisis and Normalization Posted: 25 Oct 2018 11:12 AM PDT | Carnegie Endowment for International Peace | | | | Julius Dihstelhoff | October 25, 2018 The dissolution of Tunisia's ruling coalition marks an opportunity for politics to shift away from formal consensus toward party competition and the renewal of constructive debate. | | | | | | |   |
| Tunisian Politics Between Crisis and Normalization / Saudi Arabia and the UAE Look to Africa Posted: 25 Oct 2018 11:12 AM PDT | Carnegie Endowment for International Peace | | | | Julius Dihstelhoff | October 25, 2018 The dissolution of Tunisia's ruling coalition marks an opportunity for politics to shift away from formal consensus toward party competition and the renewal of constructive debate. | | | Camille Lons | October 23, 2018 By mediating conflicts and combining their assets in the Horn of Africa, Saudi Arabia and the UAE are slowly cementing an arc of political influence across the region. | | | | | | |   |
| Most Social: Deadly Super Typhoon Yutu strongest storm to ever hit US territory, second strongest to hit US overall Posted: 25 Oct 2018 11:12 AM PDT |
| "An Act of Terror": At least 10 suspicious packages have been sent Posted: 25 Oct 2018 11:12 AM PDT Plus: Trump calls for unity before returning to attacking "fake news," and there's a new song about voting that Kelly and Christina covered | | | | | A US Secret Service officer walks on the block where former President Obama and his family live in Washington after an explosive device was sent to the Obamas' home Wednesday. Credit: Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images | | | "An Act of Terror": At least 10 suspicious packages have been sent
The President's Response: Trump called for unity before returning to attacking "fake news"
There's a New Song About Voting: It's short and Kelly Clarkson and Christina Aguilera have both covered it | | | What America is Talking About: - It's 12 days until the midterm election.
- In the Florida gubernatorial debate, Democrat Andrew Gillum said of his opponent Ron DeSantis, "I'm not calling Mr. DeSantis a racist, I'm simply saying the racists believe he's a racist."
- A federal judge ruled that Georgia must stop rejecting absentee ballots with signatures that don't appear to match records.
- The Arizona State Troopers Association has withdrawn its endorsement of Democratic Senate candidate Kyrsten Sinema after an internal poll found members would prefer that the organization stays neutral.
- Following her blackface controversy, Megyn Kelly's show will air pre-taped episodes for the remainder of the week.
- The Boston Red Sox now lead the Los Angeles Dodgers 2-0 in the World Series.
Poll of the Day:
Although health care is a top issue nationally for the midterm elections, our Grace Sparks found that in many key races, other issues -- such as the economy and immigration -- actually dominate.
"An Act of Terror":
That's what New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio called this week's mailings of explosive devices to two former presidents and other political figures. At least 10 suspicious packages have been located, addressed to people President Trump frequently goes after in his speeches and tweets. They have a return address for Debbie Wasserman Schultz's office in Florida. Here's where these packages were sent: | | Credit: CNN - Liberal mega-donor George Soros in New York.
- Former President Bill Clinton and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton in New York.
- Former CIA director John Brennan, addressed to CNN's New York bureau.
- Former President Obama in Washington.
- Rep. Maxine Waters, D-California, in one package found at a congressional mail sorting facility outside Washington and another found at a postal facility in south central Los Angeles.
- Former attorney general Eric Holder, in a package that was not delivered and sent back to Schultz's office.
- Former Vice President Joe Biden, in two packages found in Delaware -- in Wilmington and New Castle.
- Actor-director Robert De Niro in New York.
The FBI released this image of one of the packages, which are all similar in appearance: | | Credit: FBI
The packages contained explosive devices that law enforcement told CNN were rudimentary but functional. At least one explosive contained shards of glass. The FBI said there may be additional packages mailed to other locations and asked the public "to remain vigilant and not touch, move or handle any suspicious or unknown packages." If you find a suspicious package or believe you have information about the case, contact the bureau at 1-800-CALL-FBI or tips.fbi.gov.
For continuing developments, please visit CNN's live updates page.
The President's Response:
In his first verbal comments about the devices yesterday, President Trump called for Americans to "come together and send one very clear, strong, unmistakable message that threats or acts of political violence have no place in the United States of America," and he vowed "we will spare no resources or expense" to find whoever was responsible. Then he blamed the press.
At his rally last night in Mosinee, Wisconsin, Trump said the media should "stop the endless hostility and constant negative and oftentimes false attacks and stories." This morning, he tweeted, "A very big part of the Anger we see today in our society is caused by the purposely false and inaccurate reporting of the Mainstream Media that I refer to as Fake News."
The President had a powerful opportunity to follow through with his call for America to come together and he did not take it.
"Words Matter":
CNN Worldwide President Jeff Zucker said in a statement yesterday: "There is a total and complete lack of understanding at the White House about the seriousness of their continued attacks on the media. The President, and especially the White House Press Secretary, should understand their words matter. Thus far, they have shown no comprehension of that."
The Chinese and Russians Have Reportedly Eavesdropped on Trump Calls:
Trump uses his iPhone instead of a secure landline to make some phone calls that US intelligence officials say China and Russia have listened in on, per the New York Times. Current and former officials told the Times the Chinese use what they learn on the calls to keep the trade war from escalating. @realDonaldTrump denied the story, in a tweet sent from an iPhone.
Nancy Pelosi's Daughter Made a Documentary:
House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi's daughter Alexandra Pelosi is out with her 12th film for HBO, a documentary titled "Outside the Bubble: On the Road with Alexandra Pelosi." In it, she talks with people who don't agree with her about six issues, including guns, climate, and race. "I may live in liberal America, but I know this is not the only America," Pelosi says in the trailer. The documentary premieres Monday. | | HBO/YouTube
WaPo: Demand The Truth:
The Washington Post today published a full-page ad with a photo of Saudi Arabian Crown Prince Mohammad bin Salman on the back of its A section. Saudi Arabia reversed its story on Jamal Khashoggi, now saying the Post columnist was killed in a planned operation. The Post demands the truth. | | Credit: The Washington Post
There's a New Song About Voting:
"Get Up And Vote" is a short ditty written by John Legend and songwriter Linda Perry (who penned hits including Pink's "Get The Party Started" and Christina Aguilera's "Beautiful"). Legend and Perry both released videos of them singing the song, and other stars like Aguilera and Kelly Clarkson have posted their own renditions, with more expected.
The lyrics:
Hey hey, come together
We can make the world much better
Can't give up on hope
Gotta get up and vote
Gotta get up and vote | | Credit: Kelly Clarkson/Facebook
Perry told the Hollywood Reporter she and Legend "wanted to write a little song for people to do their own version and post themselves. We wrote this while I was on a plane to N.Y. and John was home in L.A."
Time Taps JR for Cover Story on Guns:
French artist JR created the cover for a new Time story, "Guns Have Divided America. Here's What Happens When 245 People Try to Meet in the Middle."
For it, he photographed and filmed people from St. Louis, Washington, and Dallas with an array of views on guns. "In France, we don't have any relationship with guns, and so I'm discovering the whole issue," he told Time. The 245 participants "will always be part of the same mural even if they don't share the same ideas," he said. | | Credit: Time
Street Art Sighting:
This "Who Wins Matters" poster encouraging voting is from the nonpartisan group Minnesota Voters Alliance and was spotted in Minneapolis' Uptown neighborhood. | | Credit: Jake Rudy
If you spot political street art, tweet me @hunterschwarz, tag me on Instagram @hunterschwarz, or email me at coverlinehunter@cnn.com with your sighting so I can feature it in COVER/LINE.
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| Breaking: Law Enforcement Confirms Pipe Bombs Are Fake! Tune in: Infowars.com/Show Posted: 25 Oct 2018 11:12 AM PDT Tune into the Live Show | | it’s Alex Jones! I'm going live today at 11am CST at Infowars.com/show. Law enforcement officials investigating the recent bomb scare suggest the devices were made to look like bombs seen in movies or TV but not meant to explode. The vast majority of the public believes this is a Democratic publicity stunt just days before the midterm elections.Also, the NYT published a disgusting short story in which President Trump gets assassinated, right after these recent bomb scares. But it's time to restore civility in politics. The only way to prosperity is by spreading a peaceful message of liberty throughout the marketplace of ideas. Just as we saw with the 2016 election, the restoration of freedom is a direct result of talking peacefully to your friends, family and neighbors. Again, please tune in at Infowars.com/show starting at 11am CST. This is critical information, so please share it to break through the electronic Berlin Wall!Furthermore, Infowars has launched our Banned Live Midterm Election Coverage, which will feature breaking news and updates every weeknight until the midterm election on Nov. 6th. Tune in to Infowars.com/show Monday-Friday from 8-10 PM CDT to get the latest midterm developments and commentary exclusively from Alex Jones and other great Infowars hosts and guests! Tell your friends and family to tune in to Infowars.com/show to listen to the web’s most-censored broadcast! As Infowars faces unprecedented censorship, it’s more important than ever that you spread this link. And remember – if you’re receiving this email, you are the resistance. | | |  |
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