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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 …
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.
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.
New York Times:
Las Vegas Shooting: Investigators Grapple With Gunman's ‘Secret Life’
Discussion: Political Wire
Pete Williams / NBC News:
Investigators Looking for Mystery Woman Seen With Vegas Shooter
Discussion: AOL, IJR and bet.com
Todd Starnes / Fox News:
Vegas survivor: Shot in leg or not, I'm standing for my president
Discussion: RedState and Scared Monkeys
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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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.
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 …
Discussion: Daily Kos and Towleroad
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 …
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
Lorraine Woellert / Politico:
NRA bans bump stocks at its own firing range  —  Rapid-fire systems pose safety risk, experts say.  —  Many firing ranges, including the one at National Rifle Association headquarters, ban the use of bump fire systems like that used by Las Vegas shooter Stephen Paddock, according to firearms experts.
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New York Times:
Republicans Open to Banning ‘Bump Stocks’ Used in Massacre
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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Marsha Blackburn / YouTube:
Why I'm Running  —  The United States Senate...It's totally …
Discussion: Politico, WREG-TV and WJHL
Tara Golshan / Vox:
Republican Senate candidate announces her bid by trashing the Republican Senate
Discussion: Politico
Rep. Gerry Connolly / The Hill:
Countdown to zero: The case for the Iran deal  —  BY REP. GERRY CONNOLLY (D-VA.), OPINION CONTRIBUTOR — 10/05/17 09:30 AM EDT THE VIEWS EXPRESSED BY CONTRIBUTORS ARE THEIR OWN AND NOT THE VIEW OF THE HILL  —  Wake up.  We are sleepwalking into an armed conflict.
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Anne Gearan / Washington Post:
Trump plans to declare that Iran nuclear deal is not in the national interest
Discussion: Political Wire
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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CNN:
Burr on Trump tweet: Panel will hold media ‘accountable’ on Russia
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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Pew Research Center:
1. Partisan divides over political values widen
Discussion: Washington Post
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.
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 …
Discussion: Brendan Nyhan
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Ezra Klein / Vox:   4 political scientists are tracking whether Trump is damaging American democracy
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 …
Discussion: Bloomberg and New York Times
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 …
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.
Discussion: Talking Points Memo
 
 
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Ivanka Trump / New York Post:
Why we need to start teaching tech in Kindergarten
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Jessie Hellmann / The Hill:
Graham brings 20-week abortion ban to Senate with 45 co-sponsors
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Louis Nelson / Politico:
Ivana Trump says she's encouraged her ex-husband's Twitter habit
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Fox News:
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Dave Gershgorn / Quartz:
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Kurt Schlichter / Townhall.com:
Nothing Makes Liberals Angrier Than Us Normals Insisting On Our Rights
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