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3:45 PM ET, October 4, 2017

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NBC News:
Tillerson's Fury at Trump Required an Intervention From Pence  —  WASHINGTON — Secretary of State Rex Tillerson was on the verge of resigning this past summer amid mounting policy disputes and clashes with the White House, according to multiple senior administration officials who were aware of the situation at the time.
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Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
Furious Republicans are working hard to make Trump's Russia scandal disappear  —  THE MORNING PLUM:  —  The bipartisan leaders of the Senate Intelligence Committee will hold a news conference on Wednesday afternoon to provide a “progress report” on its investigation into Russian sabotage …
Jonathan Swan / Axios:
Between the lines on Tillerson  —  After NBC News reported that Secretary of State Rex Tillerson had to be talked out of resigning and had called President Trump a “moron,” the administration pushback has been superficially unified: Trump, Tillerson, and Vice President Mike Pence all described the story as false.
New York Times:
Rex Tillerson, Trump's Secretary of State, ‘Never Considered Leaving’ the Job
Nik Steinberg / Politico:
Rex Tillerson Is Running the State Department Into the Ground
Discussion: Talking Points Memo, IJR and Mediaite
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Brian Ross / ABC News:
Portrait emerging of Las Vegas shooter as man ‘descending into madness’  —  In the months before his deadly rampage, 64-year old Stephen Paddock was a man “descending into madness,” according to a person briefed on new findings in the investigation.  —  New details are emerging …
Discussion: Associated Press
Washington Post:
New details emerge about Marilou Danley, girlfriend of Las Vegas shooter Stephen Paddock  —  Marilou Danley, the longtime girlfriend of the Las Vegas gunman, returned to the United States Tuesday night and was met at the Los Angeles airport by FBI agents, according to the Associated Press.
Thomas L. Friedman / New York Times:
If Only Stephen Paddock Were a Muslim  —  If only Stephen Paddock had been a Muslim ... If only he had shouted “Allahu akbar” before he opened fire on all those concertgoers in Las Vegas ... If only he had been a member of ISIS ... If only we had a picture of him posing with a Quran in one hand and his semiautomatic rifle in another ...
Avi Selk / Washington Post:
What a macho, gun-packing Instagram star did when he was caught in the Las Vegas shooting
Discussion: The Week and IJR
NBC News:
Marilou Danley, Girlfriend of Las Vegas Gunman, Back in the U.S. for Grilling
CNN:
Las Vegas shooter's girlfriend ‘sent away’ before his massacre
Cristina Marcos / The Hill:
Scalise: Shooting ‘fortified’ my view on gun rights
Wesley Lowery / Washington Post:
Two strangers bond over country music and beer. Then the gunshots started.
Associated Press:
The Latest: Trump says it's a ‘sad day’
Discussion: Axios and ABC News
ProPublica:
Ivanka and Donald Trump Jr. Were Close to Being Charged With Felony Fraud  —  New York prosecutors were preparing a case.  Then the D.A. overruled his staff after a visit from a top donor: Trump attorney Marc Kasowitz.  —  In the spring of 2012, Donald Trump's two eldest children …
Associated Press:
AP-NORC Poll: Low marks for Trump's Puerto Rico response  —  Americans are more likely to disapprove than approve of President Donald Trump's handling of the Puerto Rico hurricane relief effort.  —  According to a poll by the Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research …
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Justin Sink / Bloomberg:
Trump Suggests Puerto Rico's Debt May Need to Be ‘Wiped Out’  —  ‘We are going to work something out,’ president says on Fox  —  Trump visited island earlier Tuesday to survey storm damage  —  President Donald Trump suggested that the government debt accumulated by bankrupt Puerto Rico …
Washington Post:
A tale of two Puerto Ricos: What Trump saw — and what he didn't
Discussion: MSNBC, Mashable, Splinter and The Week
Daniel Dale / Toronto Star:
In bizarre visit, Donald Trump compares Puerto Rico to ‘a real catastrophe like Katrina’ …
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.
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Meghan Keneally / ABC News:
‘Issue of collusion’ with Russia still open, Senate intel chief says
Discussion: Politico, Axios and The Week
Kate Conger / Gizmodo:
Tech Companies Will Testify at Senate Hearing on Russian Election Interference
Discussion: IJR
Liz Moyer / CNBC:
Someone dressed like the Monopoly guy is photobombing the Senate's Equifax hearing  — A person dressed in a black top hat and bushy white mustache, occasionally putting a monocle on, sat in the audience of the Senate Banking Committee hearing on the Equifax data breach.  —  The Monopoly guy has gone to Washington.
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Michael Moore:
My Proposal to Repeal the Second Amendment and Replace It With This:  —  PROPOSED 28th AMENDMENT TO THE US CONSTITUTION  —  “A well regulated State National Guard, being helpful to the safety and security of a State in times of need, along with the strictly regulated right of the people …
McClatchy Washington Bureau:
Jared Kushner fined again for late ethics form, Ivanka Trump fined too  —  WASHINGTON — Jared Kushner and Ivanka Trump, senior advisers to President Donald Trump, were both fined $200 for missing deadlines to submit financial reports required by government ethics rules, according to documents and interviews.
Burgess Everett / Politico:
Key GOP senators open to ‘bump stock’ ban  —  Top Senate Republicans said Wednesday they are open to considering legislation banning devices that were reportedly used to gun down scores of people in the worst mass shooting in modern American history.  —  Bump stocks — also known as …
Discussion: ABC News and Political Wire
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Seung Min Kim / Politico:   More GOP senators willing to tell Trump to take a hike
CNN:
Roy Moore's Facebook page shared inflammatory memes, article praising Russia's anti-gay laws  —  STORY HIGHLIGHTS  — “Want to stop riots?  Play the National Anthem.  They'll all sit down,” a meme shared on Moore's Facebook page read.  — Moore's page also shared an article with the headline …
Statesman Journal:
Ex-Trump adviser Paul Manafort conspired to mislead bankruptcy court, son-in-law charges  —  Special Counsel Robert Mueller has issued two new subpoena in the investigation into President Trump's campaign ties to Russia.  Nathan Rousseau Smith (@FantasticMrNate) reports.  Buzz60  —  CONNECT
Matthew Chapman / Shareblue:
GOP secretly plotting huge cuts to health care for kids on Medicaid  —  Republicans in Congress have tried again and again to repeal health care for sick kids.  Every time, public protest thwarted them.  —  House Speaker Paul Ryan's American Health Care Act was defeated.
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Sarah Ferris / Politico:
Democrats: Senate budget cuts nearly $500B from Medicare
Discussion: Axios, Vox, Daily Kos and ThinkProgress
Reuters:
Catalonia moves to declare independence from Spain on Monday  —  BARCELONA/MADRID (Reuters) - Catalonia will move on Monday to declare independence from Spain following Oct. 1's banned referendum as the European Union nation nears a rupture that threatens the foundations of its young democracy.
Discussion: RedState
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BBC:
Catalan referendum: Region's independence ‘in matter of days’
Discussion: NBC News
 
 
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Randy Lewis / Los Angeles Times:
Tom Petty's final interview: There was supposed to have been so much more
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Brian Beutler / Crooked Media:
Fighting The Battle for Truth To A Draw
Joe Concha / The Hill:
Ben Shapiro: Who died and made Jimmy Kimmel Jesus?
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Kirsten Powers / Washington Post:
Why ‘thoughts and prayers’ is starting to sound so profane
Discussion: The Resurgent and Boing Boing
Michael Barone / Washington Examiner:
California Democrats' early presidential primary: Unintended consequences?
Discussion: EconLog
U.S. Senator for Florida, Marco Rubio:
Rubio Seeks Answers from Army about Anti-American West Point Graduate
Discussion: The Daily Caller and IJR
The Roanoke Times:
Progressive political group obtains cellphone numbers from Virginia Tech, Radford students for electoral campaigns
Rachana Pradhan / Politico:
Cummings questions White House about Conway's private jet travels
Discussion: ABC News
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Santa Claus's tomb may have been uncovered beneath Turkish church
Discussion: Gizmodo and The Week
Valerie Volcovici / Reuters:
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Nassim Benchaabane / St. Louis Post-Dispatch:
ST. LOUIS  • Police took scores of people into custody Tuesday night after a group …
Discussion: The Daily Caller and Splinter
Timothy Aeppel / Reuters:
Whirlpool's washer war is balancing act for Trump
Matthew Yglesias / Vox:
Trump's reverse Midas touch is making everything he hates popular
Discussion: Balloon Juice, Daily Kos and Daily Wire
Joe Schoffstall / Washington Free Beacon:
Donors of Anti-Trump ‘Resistance’ Group Revealed
Walter E. Williams / Townhall.com:
Blacks vs. Police
 

 
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Caitlin Huston / The Hollywood Reporter:
Internal memo: Hearst Magazines president announces layoffs as part of a decision to “reallocate resources” to “continue our focus on digital innovation”

Jon Brodkin / Ars Technica:
FCC Chairwoman Jessica Rosenworcel announced she will leave the agency on January 20; she was the first woman to be confirmed to lead the agency

Lachlan Cartwright / The Ankler:
Sources: MSNBC renewed Rachel Maddow's contract early this fall, but with a pay cut; MSNBC bosses' plan to shake up daytime and weekend programming

 
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