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Day 630: Highly unusual.


Thursday, October 11, 2018

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1/ U.S. intelligence intercepts indicate that the crown prince of Saudi Arabia ordered an operation to coax Jamal Khashoggi back to the kingdom in order to capture him.

2/ Trump pledged to "weed out" individuals inside his administration who he doesn't like or trust.

3/ Trump spoke with Jeff Sessions' own chief of staff about replacing him as attorney general.

4/ Trump is considering as many as five candidates to replace Jeff Sessions if he leaves as attorney general.

5/ Georgia's Secretary of State is holding more than 53,000 voter registration applications – nearly 70% from black voters – due to the state's "exact match" law, which requires that information on the application must match information on file with the Georgia Department of Driver Services or the Social Security Administration.

poll/ 35% of young Americans ages 18-29 say they are absolutely certain to vote in the midterms, while 81% of seniors 65+ say they're certain to vote.

✏️ NOTABLES.

  • Trump's legal team is preparing written answers to questions provided by Robert Mueller related to the investigation into collusion between the Trump campaign and Russians.

  • The judge in one of Paul Manafort's criminal cases wants to move ahead with sentencing and whether Mueller's prosecutors will retry him on deadlocked counts.

  • Trump accused Hillary Clinton of colluding with Russia during the 2016 election campaign.

  • Andrew McCabe says the FBI is stalling publication of his book, "The Threat: How the FBI Protects America in the Age of Terror and Trump."

  • Michael Cohen changed his party registration from Republican to Democrat.

  • Trump blamed the stock market correction on the "out of control" Federal Reserve, criticizing chairman Jerome Powell for "going loco."

  • Instead of discussing prison reform, Kanye West plunged into a 10-minute rant in the Oval Office.

???? REGISTER TO VOTE.

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  • If you haven't registered, use vote.org, TurboVote, or pick up a registration form at your local post office or library.

  • Check your voter registration deadline here or here.

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