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Margaret Talev / Bloomberg:
Trump Signs Russia Sanctions Bill, But Lays Out His Concerns About the Law  —  President to add signing statement as legislation becomes law  —  Congress restricted president's ability to ease penalties  —  President Donald Trump has signed the Russia sanctions bill Congress forced on him …
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Donald J. Trump / The White House:
Statement by President Donald J. Trump on the Signing of H.R. 3364  —  Today, I have signed into law H.R. 3364, the “Countering America's Adversaries Through Sanctions Act.”  While I favor tough measures to punish and deter aggressive and destabilizing behavior by Iran, North Korea, and Russia, this legislation is significantly flawed.
Discussion: RedState, Hit & Run, National Review and IJR
CNN:
Trump signs Russia sanctions bill
Rosie Gray / The Atlantic:
An NSC Staffer Is Forced Out Over a Controversial Memo  —  A top official of the National Security Council was fired last month after arguing in a memo that President Trump is under sustained attack from subversive forces both within and outside the government who are deploying Maoist tactics …
David Crary / Associated Press:
Boy Scouts: Top leaders didn't call Trump to praise speech  —  https://apnews.com/aedbaf4543ea464dbcef 78491ba281b9  —  Link copied!  —  NEW YORK (AP) — The Boy Scouts denied Wednesday that the head of the youth organization called President Donald Trump to praise his recent, politically aggressive speech to its national jamboree.
Discussion: Political Wire
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Jay Nordlinger / National Review:   If the President Lies, Does It Matter?
CNBC:   As the lies and contradictions mount, federal officials are deciding to simply ignore Trump
Vicky Ward / HuffPost:
Why The Mooch Lost His Cool  —  Anthony Scaramucci tells HuffPost about the highs and lows of his fiery stint at the White House and what that cuss-filled rant was really about. … I received a call Monday night from Roger Stone, the infamous political prankster and Donald Trump confidant.
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Annie Karni / Politico:   In Trump's White House, the women are the survivors
Bloomberg:
Trump Is Considering Perry for Homeland Security Chief  —  Energy Secretary among names discussed for Kelly replacement  —  Perry's views on immigration don't align with those of Trump  —  The Trump administration is considering Energy Secretary Rick Perry as one possible replacement …
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Dara Lind / Vox:   What John Kelly's final ICE raid tells us about Trump's new chief of staff
CBS News:
Mexican president denies calling Trump to praise border work
Mike Allen / Axios:
John Kelly closes the Oval Office door  —  The door to the Oval Office used to be wide open, with favored officials drifting in and out — even in the middle of meetings — to kibitz with Trump.  —  Now, the door is closed.  Gen. John Kelly, the new White House chief of staff …
Nahal Toosi / Politico:
Tillerson spurns $80 million to counter ISIS, Russian propaganda  —  Secretary of State Rex Tillerson is resisting the pleas of State Department officials to spend nearly $80 million allocated by Congress for fighting terrorist propaganda and Russian disinformation.
David Nakamura / Washington Post:
Trump, GOP senators to introduce bill to slash legal immigration levels  —  President Trump will appear with a pair of conservative Republican senators at the White House on Wednesday to unveil legislation aimed at slashing legal immigration levels over a decade, a goal Trump endorsed on the campaign trail.
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The Hill:
Trump, GOP senators unveil measure to cut legal immigration
Discussion: RedState
Brian Bennett / Los Angeles Times:
Trump pushes to sharply cut the number of legal immigrants and move U.S. to a ‘merit-based’ immigration system
Charlie Savage / New York Times:
Justice Dept. to Take On Affirmative Action in College Admissions  —  WASHINGTON — The Trump administration is preparing to redirect resources of the Justice Department's civil rights division toward investigating and suing universities over affirmative action admissions policies deemed …
Seth Abramovitch / Hollywood Reporter:
How ‘Sharknado’ Casts Its C-Listers and Nearly Landed Trump as President  —  Months before he declared himself a candidate, Trump was set to play commander-in-chief in the schlocky Syfy film franchise that has lured everyone from Ann Coulter to Charo for cameos while regular Tara Reid makes a quarter of one male co-star's pay.
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Judy Kurtz / The Hill:
‘Sharknado’ crew says Trump was ‘in serious talks’ to play president
Discussion: Raw Story and Refinery29
Billy House / Bloomberg:
House Judiciary Chairman's Priority: Investigating Hillary Clinton  —  Judiciary panel has ignored Russia probe, Comey firing  —  Chairman Goodlatte asks for new special counsel on Clinton  —  Between Russian meddling in last year's election, Donald Trump's decision to fire FBI Director James Comey …
Discussion: Hullabaloo, Shakesville and Daily Kos
Alan Shipnuck / GOLF.com:
First Golfer: Donald Trump's relationship with golf has never been more complicated  —  Expect Trump storylines at the U.S. Women's Open … Playing golf with the 45th President of the United States offers a revealing character study of him.  Donald Trump's private clubs are where he feels …
CNN:
Trump nominee Sam Clovis blasted progressives as ‘race traders’ and ‘race traitors’ in old blog posts  —  STORY HIGHLIGHTS  —  (CNN)Sam Clovis, President Donald Trump's nominee to be the Department of Agriculture's chief scientist, maintained a now-defunct blog for years in which he accused progressives of …
Reuters:
U.S. Governors urge Trump to make health insurance payments  —  WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Democratic and Republican U.S. governors on Wednesday urged the Trump administration, as well as Congress, to continue funding payments to health insurance companies that make Obamacare plans affordable …
Discussion: The Daily Caller
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Jennifer Haberkorn / Politico:
Lawmakers unmoved by Trump threat to ax money for their insurance
Discussion: Axios
Ryan Knutson / Wall Street Journal:
Millennials Unearth an Amazing Hack to Get Free TV: the Antenna  —  Cord-cutters accustomed to watching shows online are often shocked that $20 ‘rabbit ears’ pluck signals from the air; is this legal?  —  Dan Sisco has discovered a technology that allows him to access half a dozen major TV channels, completely free.
Discussion: Mother Jones
Andy Shain / Post and Courier:
South Carolina governor candidate Catherine Templeton's ‘proud of the Confederacy’ remarks stir controversy  —  COLUMBIA — Catherine Templeton made waves in her first public forum as gubernatorial candidate by saying she is “proud of the Confederacy” and pledged “we're not going to rewrite history” by removing Confederate monuments.
Discussion: Raw Story, Splinter and Political Wire
Olivia Beavers / The Hill:
McCain: Arizona was about to get ‘screwed’ by GOP healthcare plan  —  (R-Ariz.) explained Wednesday that he voted against a scaled-down ObamaCare repeal bill last week because people in his home state would be deeply hurt by the measure.  —  “Arizona was about to get screwed, if I may …
Discussion: The Daily Caller
Sadie Stein / New York Times:
Ode to the Buttered Roll, That New York Lifeline  —  It can be hard to explain the appeal of a buttered roll.  —  Unlike the breakfast sandwich or the cruller, the humble buttered roll makes no claims to lusciousness.  It's not really greater than the sum of its parts: a round roll, sliced and slathered with butter.
Discussion: The Daily Caller
Mike Allen / Axios:
Trump's missing vote  —  President Trump needed the vote of just one more Republican senator to keep the repeal-and-replace process alive — and he could easily have had it.  —  Party sources tell us that during the transition, Senate Republicans heavily lobbied Trump to nominate red- state Senate Democrats …
Janell Ross / Washington Post:
In Minneapolis, response to police shooting of white woman by Somali officer has been different  —  MINNEAPOLIS — Kim Handy-Jones stands at the front of a meeting room in a working-class portion of southeast Minneapolis, large pieces of butcher paper labeled “Body Cams,” “Accountability” and “Training” hanging behind her.
Discussion: Power Line and CityLab
Daniel W. Drezner / Washington Post:
The marketplace of ideas is killing the Trump administration  —  The Trump team has not exploited the Ideas Industry, and it's killing them.  —  The hard-working staff here at Spoiler Alerts has spent this week suggesting that Donald Trump lacks the ability to exercise power and the gift …
USA Today:
Gingrich & Anderson: Pass GOP tax cuts by Thanksgiving or get ready for Speaker Pelosi  —  Republicans don't have time to overhaul the whole health system or tax code.  Notching a big win that has immediate effects is a better approach.  —  The specter of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi is looming.
Discussion: IJR
Steven Shepard / Politico:
Poll: Democrats surge ahead on generic ballot  —  Republicans trail Democrats by 7 percentage points on the generic congressional ballot, according to a new POLITICO/Morning Consult poll, the Democratic Party's greatest advantage on the generic ballot since the poll began asking the question this past spring.
 
 
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Mary Katharine Ham / The Federalist:
This Vanity Fair Lionization Of The Press Is Why Everyone Hates The Press
New York Post:
Residents fuming over sex-crazed hotel guests
Discussion: Jezebel
Bradley Klapper / miamiherald:
Mexico: president didn't call Trump, praise migration policy
Discussion: Mother Jones and IJR
Joshua Holland / The Nation:
Medicare-for-All Isn't the Solution for Universal Health Care
Discussion: Jacobin Magazine and The Guardian
Patti Smith / New Yorker:
My Buddy  —  He would call me late in the night from somewhere …
Discussion: Boing Boing and Althouse
Joe Concha / The Hill:
Brokaw: Trump still has ‘strong following’
Discussion: RedState
Steven Perlberg / BuzzFeed:
These Two TV Producers Have Become Famous For Tweeting And Everyone Is Like :eyes:
 Earlier Items: 
Paul R. LePage / Wall Street Journal:
Maine's Two Senators Let Us Down
Discussion: Talking Points Memo and Politico
Micah Zenko / Foreign Policy:
Donald Trump Is Pushing America's Special Forces Past the Breaking Point
Discussion: The Daily Caller
Jeffrey Toobin / New Yorker:
Trump's Real Personnel Victory: More Conservative Judges
Lindy West / New York Times:
Of Course Abortion Should Be a Litmus Test for Democrats
 

 
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Mark Gurman / Bloomberg:
Sources: Apple is working on a smart doorbell system with advanced facial recognition that can wirelessly connect and unlock third-party smart locks

Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch:
Donald Trump announces that Sriram Krishnan, until recently a general partner at a16z, will serve as senior policy advisor for AI at the White House OSTP

Financial Times:
Sources: Palantir and Anduril are in talks with OpenAI, SpaceX, and more to form a consortium to bid for US defense contracts and plan to announce it in January

 
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