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New York Times:
Decades of Sexual Harassment Accusations Against Harvey Weinstein  —  Two decades ago, the Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein invited Ashley Judd to the Peninsula Beverly Hills hotel for what the young actress expected to be a business breakfast meeting.  Instead, he had her sent up to his room …
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Rebecca Traister / thecut:
Why the Harvey Weinstein Sexual Harassment Allegations Didn't Come Out Until Now  —  I have been having conversations about Harvey Weinstein's history of sexual harassment for more than seventeen years.  —  The conversations started when I was a young editorial assistant at Talk …
New York Times:
Statement From Harvey Weinstein  —  The New York Times received the following statement from Harvey Weinstein responding to allegations about his treatment of women in Hollywood.
Emily Smith / Page Six:
Harvey Weinstein gives first interview after shocking sex harassment claims
Discussion: IndieWire
Jeremy Barr / Hollywood Reporter:
Harvey Weinstein Harassment Claims Put Obamas, Clintons in Tough Spot
Andrea Peterson / Politico:
John Kelly's personal cellphone was compromised, White House believes  —  White House officials believe that chief of staff John Kelly's personal cellphone was compromised, potentially as long ago as December, according to three U.S. government officials.  —  The discovery raises concerns …
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NBC News:
Tillerson Summoned to White House Amid Presidential Fury  —  WASHINGTON — John Kelly, the White House chief of staff, abruptly scrapped plans to travel with President Donald Trump on Wednesday so he could try to contain his boss's fury and manage the fallout from new revelations …
Joseph Bernstein / BuzzFeed:
Here's How Breitbart And Milo Smuggled White Nationalism Into The Mainstream  —  In August, after a white nationalist rally in Charlottesville ended in murder, Steve Bannon insisted that “there's no room in American society” for neo-Nazis, neo-Confederates, and the KKK.
CNN:
Exclusive: Mueller's team met with Russia dossier author  —  Washington (CNN)Special Counsel Robert Mueller's investigators met this past summer with the former British spy whose dossier on alleged Russian efforts to aid the Trump campaign spawned months of investigations that have hobbled …
Alan Rappeport / New York Times:
Seven Flights for $800,000: Mnuchin's Travel on Military Jets  —  WASHINGTON — Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin has flown on military aircraft seven times since March at a cost of more than $800,000, including a $15,000 round-trip flight to New York to meet with President Trump at Trump Tower …
Discussion: Raw Story and VICE News
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Victoria Guida / Politico:
Treasury inspector general finds no wrongdoing in Mnuchin plane travel
Discussion: Washington Post and ABC News
Julia Horowitz / CNNMoney:   The 7 trips Steven Mnuchin took on government planes for $811,800
Lorraine Woellert / Politico:
NRA bans bump stocks at its own firing range  —  The firing range at the National Rifle Association headquarters, like many ranges across the nation, bans the use of bump fire systems such as the one used by Las Vegas shooter Stephen Paddock, according to firearms experts.
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Dallas Morning News:
Small-town Texas company that invented ‘bump stock’ is in the spotlight after Las Vegas shooting
Discussion: CBS Los Angeles
Jake Sherman / Politico:
Tim Murphy resigns from Congress  —  Rep. Tim Murphy (R-Pa.), the embattled anti-abortion lawmaker who allegedly encouraged his lover to terminate a pregnancy, on Thursday announced his plan to resign from office later this month — just a day after announcing his plan to retire following the 2018 election.
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John Bresnahan / Politico:   Inside Tim Murphy's reign of terror
Wall Street Journal:
Facebook Cut Russia Out of April Report on Election Influence  —  The drafting of the report sparked internal debate over how much information to disclose about Russian influence campaigns on the social network  —  Facebook Inc. FB 1.67% cut references to Russia from a public report in April …
Anne Gearan / Washington Post:
Trump plans to declare that Iran nuclear deal is not in the national interest  —  President Trump plans to announce next week that he will “decertify” the international nuclear deal with Iran, saying it is not in the national interest of the United States and kicking the issue to a reluctant Congress …
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Henry C. Jackson / Politico:
45 After Dark: Phone Trouble edition
Wall Street Journal:
Russian Hackers Stole NSA Data on U.S. Cyber Defense  —  The breach, considered the most serious in years, could enable Russia to evade NSA surveillance and more easily infiltrate U.S. networks  —  WASHINGTON—Hackers working for the Russian government stole details of how the U.S. penetrates …
Robert Pear / New York Times:
Trump Administration Set to Roll Back Birth Control Mandate  —  WASHINGTON — The Trump administration is poised to roll back the federal requirement for employers to include birth control coverage in their health insurance plans, vastly expanding exemptions for those that cite moral or religious objections.
Discussion: Raw Story and Political Wire
Elspeth Reeve / VICE News:
Congressman suggests Charlottesville was George Soros-backed conspiracy  —  For more on the legal challenge to Rep. Gosar's blocking followers on Facebook, tune into tonight's episode of VICE News Tonight on HBO.  —  Arizona Rep. Paul Gosar suggested the participants in the white nationalist rally …
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John Bowden / The Hill:   GOP rep suggests conspiracy theory about Charlottesville violence
Jenna Johnson / Washington Post:
FEMA removes statistics about drinking water access and electricity in Puerto Rico from website  —  As of Wednesday, half of Puerto Ricans had access to drinking water and 5 percent of the island had electricity, according to statistics published by the Federal Emergency Management Agency …
Josh Marshall / Talking Points Memo:
That's Disturbing  —  At 6:10 PM this evening President Trump began a meeting with top military leaders and gave a short prepared statement to pool reporters at the White House.  It was quite an aggressive statement but not terribly different from other things we've heard from the President.
Discussion: Balloon Juice
Juliet Eilperin / Washington Post:
As ACA enrollment nears, administration keeps cutting federal support of the law  —  For months, officials in Republican-controlled Iowa had sought federal permission to revitalize their ailing health-insurance marketplace.  Then President Trump read about the request in a newspaper story …
Discussion: Politicus USA
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Julia Manchester / The Hill:   Trump told HHS to deny request to fix Iowa ObamaCare market: report
New York Times:
For Republican Leaders in Congress, the Headaches Keep Mounting  —  WASHINGTON — Republican leaders in Congress are under intensifying attack from all sides of their own party, battered by voters from the right and left, spurned by frustrated donors and even threatened by the Trump White House …
Discussion: Last Men and OverMen
Jason Le Miere / Newsweek:
TRUMP SAID ‘DESPICABLE’ RACIST COMMENTS ABOUT BLACKS, JEWS IN TAPED ‘APPRENTICE’ MEETINGS, CLAIMS FORMER PRODUCER  —  A former producer on The Apprentice has said President Donald Trump made “unfathomably despicable” racist comments while on the set of the show.
Discussion: Raw Story
Ed O'Keefe / Washington Post:
Top House Democrat: 'I think it's time' for Nancy Pelosi, Steny Hoyer and James Clyburn to go  —  A senior House Democrat said Thursday that it's time for House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) and her leadership team to prepare to step down and make way for the next generation of lawmakers in her caucus.
Manu Raju / CNN:
Sen. Menendez won't say he'll resign if convicted  —  STORY HIGHLIGHTS  —  Washington (CNN)Sen. Bob Menendez would not say Thursday whether he would quit his job if convicted on federal corruption charges and insisted his poll numbers “will rise” if he's acquitted.
 
 
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David Montero / Los Angeles Times:
For second time in two years, his fiancee texts: ‘Active shooter.’ And so began a night of hell in Vegas
Burgess Everett / Politico:
Abortion fight may draw Trump's filibuster wrath
Discussion: Rewire, Daily Kos and Politicus USA
CNN:
Stoking Islamophobia and secession in Texas — from an office in Russia
Bill Chappell / NPR:
Tropical Storm Nate Is Predicted To Hit U.S. Gulf Coast As A Hurricane Sunday
NewsBusters:
September TV Coverage: Bashing Trump on NFL, DACA and Cabinet Flights
Discussion: The Daily Caller and Daily Wire
Jordyn Holman / Bloomberg:
Bank Behind Fearless Girl Statue Settles U.S. Gender Pay Dispute
Lisa Friedman / New York Times:
Trump Nominates a Coal Lobbyist to Be No. 2 at E.P.A.
Discussion: Daily Kos and Political Wire
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Paul Bond / Hollywood Reporter:
Street Artist Targets Jimmy Kimmel
Julia Fair / USA Today:
Secret Service spent $137K on golf carts to protect Trump at New Jersey, Florida clubs
David Lewis / The Stranger, Seattle's Only Newspaper:
We Snuck into Seattle's Super Secret White Nationalist Convention
Discussion: The Stranger …
Lauren McGaughy / Dallas Morning News:
Texas AG Ken Paxton faces new investigation under bribery statute over $100K gift
Discussion: Associated Press
Nina Burleigh / Newsweek:
Does God believe in Trump? White evangelicals are sticking with their “Prince of Lies”
Discussion: RedState and Joe.My.God.
Atlanta Journal-Constitution:
Ga. sheriff indicted for sexual battery in high school drug search
Discussion: Raw Story
Dominic Holden / BuzzFeed:
Jeff Sessions Just Reversed A Policy That Protects Transgender Workers From Discrimination