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Jeff German / Las Vegas Review-Journal:
Las Vegas Strip shooter targeted aviation fuel tanks, source says — Fuel tanks near the Route 91 Harvest country music festival, pictured on Wednesday, Oct. 4, 2017, were targeted by Strip shooter Stephen Paddock when he fired on concert-goers from his Mandalay Bay room Sunday night.
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CNN:
Las Vegas gunman planned to escape after massacre, sheriff says — (CNN)The gunman in the Las Vegas massacre planned to escape after targeting the country music concert, but instead left behind a note and killed himself, authorities say. — Stephen Paddock led such a secretive life …
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USA Today:
Las Vegas shooter booked rooms facing Lollapalooza music festival in Chicago in August — Las Vegas gunman Stephen Paddock booked rooms in a Chicago hotel facing the Lollapalooza music festival in August, a law enforcement official told USA TODAY on Thursday.
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Washington Post:
The ATF-approved ‘goofy little doodad’ used by Las Vegas gunman Stephen Paddock — As President Obama's first year in office drew to a close, he addressed the nation after a mass shooting in Fort Hood, Texas, saying the country must do everything it can to prevent future gun violence.
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TMZ.com:
Stephen Paddock Booked Hotel Overlooking Lollapalooza 2 Months Before Vegas Massacre
Stephen Paddock Booked Hotel Overlooking Lollapalooza 2 Months Before Vegas Massacre
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Talking Points Memo, NBC News, CBS Dallas and Fox News Insider
Dominic Holden / BuzzFeed:
Jeff Sessions Just Reversed A Policy That Protects Transgender Workers From Discrimination — The Justice Department under Obama decreed that Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 banned transgender discrimination in the workplace. But in a new memo, the attorney general rescinded the policy.
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Dominic Holden / BuzzFeed:
Trump Just Asked A Court To Dismiss A Lawsuit Against His Transgender Military Ban — “That challenge is premature several times over,” lawyers for the president said in a court brief. — Trump administration lawyers argued in court late Wednesday night that it's too soon for federal courts …
Laura Jarrett / CNN:
Sessions says civil rights law doesn't protect transgender workers
Sessions says civil rights law doesn't protect transgender workers
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The Week
Zoe Tillman / BuzzFeed:
The Justice Department Is Investigating Harvard's Admissions Practices
The Justice Department Is Investigating Harvard's Admissions Practices
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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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Hollywood Reporter:
Harvey Weinstein Lawyers Battling N.Y. Times, New Yorker Over Potentially Explosive Stories (Exclusive) — The Hollywood mogul has enlisted a team of attorneys to fight planned articles that are said to be about his personal behavior. — Is The New York Times about to expose damaging information on Harvey Weinstein?
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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 …
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Bret Stephens / New York Times:
Repeal the Second Amendment — I have never understood the conservative fetish for the Second Amendment. — From a law-and-order standpoint, more guns means more murder. “States with higher rates of gun ownership had disproportionately large numbers of deaths from firearm-related homicides …
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Derek Hunter / Townhall.com:
After Las Vegas, Democrats Send In The Clowns
After Las Vegas, Democrats Send In The Clowns
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Talking Points Memo, TheBlaze and The Resurgent
Mike DeBonis / Washington Post:
Top House Republicans open to legislation regulating ‘bump stocks’
Top House Republicans open to legislation regulating ‘bump stocks’
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Gabriel Debenedetti / Politico:
Angry GOP donors close their wallets — Republicans are confronting a growing revolt from their top donors, who are cutting off the party in protest over its inability to get anything done. — Tensions reached a boiling point at a recent dinner at the home of Los Angeles billionaire Robert Day.
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Lorraine Woellert / Politico:
NRA bans bump stocks at its own firing range
NRA bans bump stocks at its own firing range
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New York Times:
Republicans Open to Banning ‘Bump Stocks’ Used in Massacre
Republicans Open to Banning ‘Bump Stocks’ Used in Massacre
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Tennessean.com:
Exclusive: U.S. Rep. Marsha Blackburn launches U.S. Senate bid — Marsha Blackburn announces she is running for U.S. Senate — NASHVILLE — U.S. Rep. Marsha Blackburn, R-Tenn., is entering the 2018 U.S. Senate race to replace retiring Sen. Bob Corker, ending a week's worth of speculation …
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Pew Research Center:
The Partisan Divide on Political Values Grows Even Wider — Sharp shifts among Democrats on aid to needy, race, immigration — The divisions between Republicans and Democrats on fundamental political values - on government, race, immigration, national security, environmental protection and other areas …
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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.
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Matthew Nussbaum / Politico:
White House plans to demand immigration cuts in exchange for DACA fix
White House plans to demand immigration cuts in exchange for DACA fix
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Axios
Manu Raju / CNN:
Grassley: ‘No way of avoiding’ public hearing for Trump Jr — Grassley requests that Trump Jr. testify — STORY HIGHLIGHTS — (CNN)Senate Judiciary Chairman Chuck Grassley signaled Thursday that Donald Trump Jr. will ultimately have to testify publicly before his panel, something Democrats have been demanding for weeks.
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Wall Street Journal:
YouTube Tweaks Search Results After False Claims Rise to Top — YouTube retooled its search function after top results surfaced videos peddling misinformation, hate and conspiracy on the Las Vegas shooting and NFL anthem protests. — Amazon Is Prime Job for New M.B.A.s
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Sam Levin / The Guardian:
Las Vegas survivors furious as YouTube promotes clips calling shooting a hoax
Las Vegas survivors furious as YouTube promotes clips calling shooting a hoax
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Todd Starnes / Fox News:
Vegas survivor: Shot in leg or not, I'm standing for my president
Vegas survivor: Shot in leg or not, I'm standing for my president
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Craig Timberg / Washington Post:
Russian propaganda may have been shared hundreds of millions of times, new research says — Facebook has said ads bought by Russian operatives reached 10 million of its users. — But does that include everyone reached by the information operation? Couldn't the Russians also have created simple …
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Bright Line Watch:
The Health of American Democracy: Comparing Perceptions of Experts and the American Public — Given widespread concern about the possible erosion of democracy in the United States, Bright Line Watch has conducted expert surveys since early 2017 asking thousands of professional …
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Brendan Nyhan
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Dan Abrams / Mediaite:
Hate for Megyn Kelly is Everything That's Wrong With America Today — Let me be clear at the outset, I don't know if Megyn Kelly's new NBC show will succeed. After all, it's LESS THAN two weeks old so how can anyone really know. — I have always liked Megyn personally and more importantly …
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Drew Harwell / Washington Post:
Chao used government planes seven times when cheaper flights would not work — (Max Ortiz/Detroit News via Associated Press) — Transportation Secretary Elaine Chao had planned to fly commercial to Detroit in early June for events on the future of American roads.
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David Dayen / The Nation:
Alleged fraud put JPMorgan Chase hundreds of millions of dollars ahead; ordinary homeowners, not so much. — You know the old joke: How do you make a killing on Wall Street and never risk a loss? Easy—use other people's money. Jamie Dimon and his underlings at JPMorgan Chase have perfected …
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Anne Gearan / Washington Post:
‘Death spiral’: Tillerson makes nice but may not last long with Trump — The moment was as remarkable as it was unprecedented: A sitting U.S. secretary of state took to the microphone to pledge his fealty to the president — despite his well-documented unhappiness in the job and the growing presumption …
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