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10:55 PM ET, October 3, 2017

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NBC News:
Las Vegas Shooter Wired $100,000 to Philippines Last Week  —  Las Vegas shooter Stephen Paddock wired $100,000 to an account in his live-in girlfriend's home country of the Philippines in the week before he unleashed the worst mass shooting in modern U.S. history, according to multiple senior law enforcement officials.
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Louis Sahagun / Los Angeles Times:
At his local Starbucks, Las Vegas shooter remembered for berating his girlfriend  —  The workers behind the counter at the Starbucks inside the Virgin River Casino in Mesquite, Nev., winced whenever Stephen Paddock and his girlfriend, Marilou Danley, lined up for their usual beverages.
Discussion: WTVR-TV and Raw Story
The Daily Beast:
Las Vegas Gunman May Have First Planned to Attack Chance the Rapper and Lorde Concert … LAS VEGAS—The gunman who murdered at least 59 people at a country-music concert on Sunday might have originally targeted another Las Vegas music festival held the previous weekend, according to a senior law enforcement source.
Wesley Lowery / Washington Post:
Two strangers bond over country music and beer.  Then the gunshots started.  —  Up-and-coming country star Luke Combs had just started his set on the smaller of the two festival stages when Kody Robertson, an auto parts salesman from Columbus, Ohio, squeezed in at the end of the bar next to Michelle Vo …
Discussion: The Daily Caller
Mike Rowe:
Off The Wall  —  Mike - I live in Las Vegas, and I've seen you here often.  Once, in the lobby at Mandalay Bay.  We're all shattered here, obviously.  A comforting word from you would go a long way...  Molly Carr  —  Hi Molly  —  I'm not surprised you saw me at the Mandalay.
Discussion: RedState and The Daily Caller
Washington Post:
Police say Las Vegas gunman planned ‘extensively,’ used cameras to monitor police as they approached  —  LAS VEGAS — Authorities in Las Vegas said Tuesday that the gunman who killed least 59 people at a country music festival “extensively” planned the massacre, placing cameras in his suite …
Khaled Beydoun / Washington Post:
‘Lone wolf’: Our stunning double standard when it comes to race and religion
Discussion: Daily Kos
Associated Press:
The Latest: Off-duty firefighters at concert set up triage
Discussion: Talking Points Memo
David Edwards / Raw Story:
Sen. John Thune blames shooting victims for failing to ‘take precautions’ and ‘get small’ to avoid gunfire  —  Sen. John Thune (R-SD) on Tuesday responded to calls for increased gun control after the massacre in Las Vegas by telling reporters that shooting victims had a responsibility to protect themselves from gunfire.
Discussion: Daily Kos and IJR
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Jonathan Swan / Axios:
Bannon warns: “end of everything” if Trump supports gun controls  —  President Trump may say he's a defender of gun ownership rights, but with all the gun control pressure he'll be under after Las Vegas, how do we know he'll resist it — especially after the debt limit deal with Chuck Schumer …
Burgess Everett / Politico:
McConnell swats away talk of gun control
Las Vegas Review-Journal:
Adelsons meet with Trump, discuss Las Vegas shooting
Discussion: The Hill
Chris Cillizza / CNN:
Trump's Puerto Rico event was way worse than his tweets  —  (CNN)President Donald Trump faced a major test on Tuesday as he traveled to storm-ravaged Puerto Rico: Show the American citizens struggling for survival on the island that he understood their plight, sympathized with them and was doing everything …
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Dr. Sanjay Gupta / CNN:
Dr. Sanjay Gupta's dire warning on Puerto Rico
Discussion: Gizmodo
Eliza Barclay / Vox:
Puerto Rico hasn't updated the Hurricane Maria death toll in 6 days
Nathaniel Weixel / The Hill:
Trump officials allow Puerto Ricans to use food stamps for fast food
Oxfam America:
Statement by Oxfam America President Abby Maxman regarding Puerto Rico Hurricane Response
Jenna Johnson / Washington Post:
‘Incredible.’ ‘Great.’ ‘Unbelievable.’ In storm-torn Puerto Rico, Trump focuses on the positive
New York Times:
Aid Is Getting to Puerto Rico. Distributing It Remains a Challenge.
Discussion: Common Dreams
CNN:
Exclusive: Russian-linked Facebook ads targeted Michigan and Wisconsin  —  (CNN)A number of Russian-linked Facebook ads specifically targeted Michigan and Wisconsin, two states crucial to Donald Trump's victory last November, according to four sources with direct knowledge of the situation.
Brad Heath / USA Today:
Exclusive: Jared Kushner's personal email moved to Trump Organization computers amid public scrutiny  —  President Trump's son-in-law Jared Kushner and daughter Ivanka Trump moved their personal email accounts to computers run by the Trump Organization as public scrutiny intensified over their use …
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Rachael Bade / Politico:
Ryan asked White House to reconsider ousting Price
Discussion: Talking Points Memo and IJR
Josh Gerstein / Politico:
DOJ releases overruled memos finding it illegal for presidents to appoint relatives
Discussion: RedState and The Week
Elias Groll / Foreign Policy:
GOP Congressman Met in Moscow With Kremlin-Linked Lawyer at Center of Russia Investigation  —  Rep. Dana Rohrabacher met in Moscow with Natalia Veselnitskaya two months before she met with Donald Trump Jr.  —  Rep. Dana Rohrabacher met with the Russian lawyer Natalia Veselnitskaya during …
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John Bowden / The Hill:
Kelly won't let Rohrabacher talk to Trump: report  —  is blocking a pro-Russia congressman from meeting with President Trump, according to a new report.  —  Rep. Dana Rohrabacher (R-Calif.) told Business Insider on Tuesday that Kelly and other top Trump aides are actively blocking …
Discussion: RedState
Leah Libresco / Washington Post:
I used to think gun control was the answer.  My research told me otherwise.  —  Leah Libresco is a statistician and former newswriter at FiveThirtyEight, a data journalism site.  She is the author of “Arriving at Amen.”  —  Before I started researching gun deaths, gun-control policy used to frustrate me.
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Jeffrey Toobin / New Yorker:
Ginsburg Slaps Gorsuch in Gerrymandering Case  —  Toward the end of the Supreme Court's argument in Gill v. Whitford, about the future of partisan gerrymandering, there was a revealing moment about the place of the newest Justice in the esteem of at least one of his peers.
Discussion: Instapundit
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New York Times:
Kennedy's Vote Is in Play on Voting Maps Warped by Politics
Matthew Nussbaum / Politico:
Pence's chief of staff floats ‘purge’ of anti-Trump Republicans to wealthy donors  —  Vice President Mike Pence's chief of staff railed against congressional leaders in closed-door remarks to wealthy donors and called for a “purge” if GOP lawmakers don't quickly rally behind President Donald Trump's agenda.
Hayes Brown / BuzzFeed:
This Is Why The US Voted Against A UN Resolution Condemning The Death Penalty For LGBT People  —  It wasn't just about the provision protecting LGBT people from being killed via the death penalty.  The US just really likes the death penalty.  —  The Trump administration is under fire …
Discussion: Los Angeles Blade and Instapundit
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Nancy Scola / Politico:
IRS awards multimillion-dollar fraud-prevention contract to Equifax  —  The IRS will pay Equifax $7.25 million to verify taxpayer identities and help prevent fraud under a no-bid contract issued last week, even as lawmakers lash the embattled company about a massive security breach …
 
 
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Karoun Demirjian / Washington Post:
Senators expected to largely endorse intel report on Russian meddling, sound alarm about next election
Michael M. Grynbaum / New York Times:
Anthony Scaramucci Announces Mystery Media Venture
Anna Edney / Bloomberg:
FDA Warns Bakery Company ‘Love’ Is Not an Ingredient in Granola
Discussion: Gizmodo and Hit & Run
Monmouth University:
Monmouth University Polling Institute
Discussion: Political Wire
Callum Borchers / Washington Post:
The big Megyn Kelly-Tom Brokaw dust-up that wasn't
Discussion: Salon, Mediaite and TVNewser
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Darren Samuelsohn / Politico:
Nikki Haley hit for Hatch Act violation over Trump retweet
Discussion: ABC News
Daniel Rivero / Splinter:
This Is What It Looks Like When the President Asks People to Snitch on Their Neighbors
Discussion: FairWarning and Mother Jones
Washington Post:
Hedge fund billionaire flew top Mnuchin aide on private jet to Palm Beach
Discussion: CNBC and The First Street Journal
 

 
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Jack Dunn / Variety:
Trump appoints Mark Burnett, the British TV executive who created and produced the reality show The Apprentice, as a special envoy to the UK

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How Spotify used its Perfect Fit Content program to rig its system against musicians, filling popular playlists with “ghost artists” to cut its royalty payouts
 
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