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5:00 PM ET, September 28, 2017

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Tomi Kilgore / MarketWatch:
Mark Cuban, Pitbull step up, but Trump administration making Puerto Rico evacuees pay  —  Evacuees on U.S.-government-coordinated transport must sign IOUs for the cost — and give up their passports as collateral  —  A billionaire business shark and a “worldwide” pop star have donated the use …
Discussion: ABC News, Hullabaloo and Joe.My.God.
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Jennifer Gould Keil / New York Post:
Puerto Rico's stray dog packs all killed by hurricane  —  The dogs ran wild on so-called “Dead Dog Beach” in Puerto Rico — abused and then abandoned by their owners.  —  Then the hurricane hit, and the feral dogs were washed away.  None survived.  —  Christina Beckles …
Discussion: The Daily Caller
John Bowden / The Hill:
Trump administration requiring Puerto Rico evacuees to pay transportation costs  —  People evacuated by the U.S. from hurricane-ravaged Puerto Rico must sign promissory notes ensuring they fully repay transportation costs to the Defense Department, according to the State Department.
Discussion: Snopes.com
Chris Riotta / Newsweek:
DONALD TRUMP REFUSES TO SEND MORE AID TO PUERTO RICO, CITING BUSINESS INTERESTS
Christopher Flavelle / Bloomberg:
General Who Turned Around Katrina Response Criticizes Puerto Rico Efforts
Niraj Chokshi / New York Times:
Jones Act Waived for Puerto Rico, Easing Hurricane Aid Shipments
Laura Blewitt / Bloomberg:
Mountains of Aid Are Languishing on the Docks in Puerto Rico
Jordan Fabian / The Hill:
Trump adviser defends Hurricane Maria response
Discussion: Raw Story and miamiherald
Thomas Kaplan / New York Times:
With Tax Cuts on the Table, Once-Mighty Deficit Hawks Hardly Chirp  —  WASHINGTON — In 2001, when surging budget surpluses fueled hopes of extinguishing the national debt, a pitched battle broke out over President George W. Bush's proposed $1.6 trillion tax cut.
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Heather Long / Washington Post:
9 ways Trump's tax plan is a gift to the rich, including himself  —  President Trump and congressional Republicans keep saying their tax plan doesn't help the rich.  But that's not true.  —  The nine-page outline released Wednesday is full of goodies that will make millionaires and billionaires happy.
Bruce Bartlett / Washington Post:
I helped create the GOP tax myth. Trump is wrong: Tax cuts don't equal growth.
Discussion: CNN
Twitter:
Russian Interference in 2016 US Election, Bots, & Misinformation  —  Earlier this summer we outlined some of our work to combat bots and networks of manipulation on Twitter.  Since then, we have received a number of questions about how malicious bots and misinformation networks on Twitter …
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Ali Breland / The Hill:
Twitter finds 200 accounts connected to Russian election influence
Discussion: Axios
Morgan Winsor / ABC News:
Trump adviser 'can't guarantee' taxes won't go up for middle class  —  President Donald Trump's top economic adviser, Gary Cohn, said today that he can't guarantee that taxes won't go up for some middle-class families under the administration's sweeping tax overhaul.
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Mike Allen / Axios:
Trump skeptical of his own tax plan  —  President Trump has built an escape hatch from his own tax plan.  In Indianapolis yesterday, he bragged that it's the “largest tax cut in our county's history.”  But in the West Wing earlier, Trump resisted the framework that had been cooked …
Jake Tapper / CNN:
Exclusive: Kushner didn't disclose personal email account to Senate intel committee  —  Washington (CNN)In his closed interview with the staff of the Senate intelligence committee, White House senior adviser and presidential son-in-law Jared Kushner did not share the existence of his personal email account …
Mark K. Matthews / Denver Post:
Steve Bannon met with Tom Tancredo about a possible run for Colorado governor, Tancredo says  —  Two-time candidate for governor and former congressman uses winking emoji to say two had talked  —  Tom Tancredo said Thursday that he sat down with former White House strategist Stephen Bannon …
Discussion: Politico
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Karl Rove / Wall Street Journal:
The GOP Loses Again—and Moore
Discussion: New York Magazine and Politico
Howard Koplowitz / al.com:
Russell County GOP head says he and Roy Moore are ‘anti-Muslim’ and it's not a ‘big deal’
Discussion: The Atlantic and NBC News
The Intercept:
Lindsey Graham on Obamacare Repeal: I Had No Idea What I Was Doing … Senate Democrats and their progressive allies spent the last week-and-a-half in a full-blown mobilization against an existential threat to the Affordable Care Act.  —  Now that it has fizzled out, the lead author of the measure …
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John Cassidy / New Yorker:   Why the War Over Health Care Isn't Over
Peggy Fikac / MySanAntonio.com:
Trump picks Texas Supreme Court justice, former solicitor general for U.S appellate court  —  AUSTIN — President Trump on Thursday will nominate two conservatives from Texas with compelling personal stories to the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, according to a senior administrative official.
Discussion: Hit & Run
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Marlow Stern / The Daily Beast:
The Time Donald Trump Turned Away in Disgust While a Man Was Bleeding to Death in Front of Him … Howard Stern is the greatest celebrity interviewer alive, bar none.  He is possessed of an uncanny ability to induce self-revelation, stroking and feeding the ego until it swells up and bursts.
Discussion: Raw Story
Josh Marshall / Talking Points Memo:
There Is No GOP Establishment or Base.  Just Massive Resistance.  —  In a new story at NBC News, Steve Kornacki says there is a new GOP uprising underway leading into the 2018 election.  It is a replay or the next stage of similar eruptions in 2010 and 2012 and to a lesser extent in 2014.
Discussion: Washington Monthly and NBC News
CBS News:
Rep. Steve Scalise breaks his silence on shooting  —  In his first interview since being shot and critically wounded, Rep. Steve Scalise describes the extent of his injuries and how surgeons put him back together  —  In his first interview since sustaining a life-threatening gunshot wound …
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Rachael Bade / Politico:
Scalise returns to Congress for first time since shooting
Greg Wyshynski / Yahoo Sports:
P.K. Subban says he'll ‘never’ protest during national anthem  —  P.K. Subban said on Tuesday that he will “never” kneel during the national anthem to protest something politically.  —  Subban performed at a fundraiser on Tuesday night at  —  Zanies Comedy Club in Nashville, to benefit Comedy Cares.
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Fox News:
Trump: NFL owners ‘afraid’ to take action against kneeling players
Discussion: The Root and ProFootballTalk
Russell Moore:
Hugh Hefner Did Not Live the Good Life  —  Overnight, we learned of the death of Playboy founder Hugh Hefner.  Hefner is the iconic figure who not only made pornography socially respectable (and even more lucrative), but also spent a life constructing a “playboy philosophy” …
Discussion: TheBlaze, RedState and alicublog
Rukmini Callimachi / New York Times:
ISIS Releases Recording Said to Be of Its Leader  —  The Islamic State has issued what appears to be the first recording in nearly a year of its reclusive leader, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, in a move that seems equally designed to silence rumors of his death and to rally his pummeled troops.
Discussion: Fox News, The Daily Caller and The Week
Alastair Gee / The Guardian:
Facing poverty, academics turn to sex work and sleeping in cars  —  Some, on the brink of homelessness, take desperate measures … here is nothing she would rather do than teach.  But after supplementing her career with tutoring and proofreading, the university lecturer decided …
 
 
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Hadas Gold / CNNMoney:
Russia warns U.S. over treatment of its media outlets
Jia Tolentino / New Yorker:
The Repressive, Authoritarian Soul of “Thomas the Tank Engine & Friends”
D.C. McAllister / The Federalist:
Why Dale Earnhardt Jr. Is Wrong To Call Anthem Protests On Company Time A ‘Right’
Discussion: Mediaite
Adam Kelsey / ABC News:
How 3 top Trump administration officials have drawn scrutiny for their travel
Discussion: Politico and Associated Press
Adam Jentleson / Politico:
The Myth of Mitch McConnell, Political Super-Genius
Nick Miroff / Washington Post:
Deportations fall under Trump despite increase in arrests by ICE
Discussion: Political Wire
Christopher Haxel / Detroit Free Press:
‘God ... makes no mistakes’: Warned baby could die, couple rejected treatment, police say
Discussion: Raw Story and Friendly Atheist
 Earlier Items: 
Eliana Johnson / Politico:
White House ‘back to square one’ in search for DHS secretary
Discussion: Outside the Beltway
Sofi Sinozich / ABC News:
Most now see climate change as responsible for hurricane severity (POLL)
Discussion: Opinion Today and Joe.My.God.
Fox Business:
Tax cut plan will cut deficit by $1T: Treasury Secretary Mnuchin
Discussion: ThinkProgress and The Week
Donie O'Sullivan / CNNMoney:
Fake news rife on Twitter during election week, study from Oxford says
Angie Leventis Lourgos / Chicago Tribune:
American flag displayed on floor at suburban school sparks online firestorm
Discussion: Daily Herald, IJR and Fox News Insider
Baxter Oliphant / Pew Research Center:
Views about whether whites benefit from societal advantages split sharply along racial and partisan lines
 

 
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Ankush Khardori / Politico:
Trump may erode press protections but the ABC case is not evidence of that as the decision to settle appears reasonable given Stephanopoulos' imprecise remarks

New York Times:
In a first, Telegram is set to be profitable in 2024, with $1B+ in revenue, up from ~$350M in 2023, and 12M subscribers; source: 50%+ of its revenue is from ads

Jessica Toonkel / Wall Street Journal:
A deep dive into Paramount's sale to Skydance; sources: Skydance may integrate Pluto into Paramount+, and CBS head George Cheeks is expected to be head of TV

 
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