WHAT'S BREWING
THE DEMOCRATS CONFRONT THE CHAOS VOTE Over the summer, the American Political Science Association granted one of its most prestigious awards to a trio of researchers purporting to show the emergence of a new “psychological syndrome” common among disaffected young men. This phenomenon, ominously dubbed a “Need for Chaos,” is disrupting politics not only in the United States but also in other “advanced Democracies.” [HuffPost]
SAUDI LINK TO FLORIDA SHOOTING PROBED FOR TERRORISIM The FBI said it was conducting a terrorism investigation into the shooting at Naval Air Station Pensacola as new information emerged. The gunman, a Saudi trainee identified as 2nd Lt. Mohammed Alshamrani, filed a formal complaint earlier this year against one of his instructors. [New York Times]
DOJ WATCHDOG EXPECTED TO FIND RUSSIA PROBE VALID The Justice Department’s internal watchdog will release a highly anticipated report Monday that is expected to reject Trump’s claims that the Russia investigation was illegitimate and tainted by political bias from FBI leaders. But it is also expected to document errors during the investigation. [AP]
WOMAN'S DEATH SEES FIRST EVER 'PERIOD HUT' ARREST After a 21-year-old woman died in Nepal after spending three frigid nights in an unheated “period hut,” local police made what’s been described as the country’s first-ever arrest in connection with the illegal — but centuries-old — practice of chhaupadi. [HuffPost]
LEBANON'S JOURNALISTS SUFFER ABUSE, THREATS Lebanese journalists are facing threats and wide-ranging harassment in their work — including verbal insults and physical attacks, even death threats — while reporting on nearly 50 days of anti-government protests, despite Lebanon’s reputation as a haven for free speech in a troubled region. [AP]
REDDIT SUSPECTS RUSSIAN INTERFERENCE IN UK The prospect of Russian interference in Britain’s election flared anew after the social media platform Reddit concluded that people from Russia leaked confidential British government documents on Brexit trade talks just days before the general U.K. vote. [AP] | 
