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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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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.
Eriq Gardner / Hollywood Reporter:
Harvey Weinstein to Sue N.Y. Times, Says His Attorney  —  Charles Harder says that proceeds from the case will be donated to women's organizations.  —  On the heels of The New York Times' bombshell expose published Thursday about “decades of harassment” on the part of Harvey Weinstein …
Jeremy Barr / Hollywood Reporter:
Harvey Weinstein Harassment Claims Put Obamas, Clintons in Tough Spot
Steven Perlberg / BuzzFeed:
Former Obama Adviser Anita Dunn Helped Harvey Weinstein Strategize Before New York Times Story
Emily Smith / Page Six:   Harvey Weinstein gives first interview after shocking sex harassment claims
Scott Bixby / The Daily Beast:
Senate Democrats Pledge to Give Tainted Harvey Weinstein Donations to Charity
Discussion: The Atlantic and Mediaite
Hollywood Reporter:
Harvey Weinstein Lawyers Battling N.Y. Times, New Yorker Over Potentially Explosive Stories (Exclusive)
Andy Cush / SPIN:
Harvey Weinstein Used a Made-Up Jay-Z Quote in His Statement About Sexual Harassment Allegations
Discussion: thecut
Sonny Bunch / Washington Free Beacon:
Shorter Harvey Weinstein: 'I'm a Liberal, Maybe Gimme a Pass?'
Discussion: IndieWire and Mediaite
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.
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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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.
Washington Post:
The ATF-approved ‘goofy little doodad’ used by Las Vegas gunman Stephen Paddock
John Bresnahan / Politico:
NRA moves to head off gun control fight in Congress
Discussion: ABC News and IJR
David Harsanyi / The Federalist:
Come And Take Them, Bret Stephens
Discussion: Hit & Run and Mediaite
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 …
Andrea Peterson / Politico:
John Kelly's personal cell phone 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 …
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
Discussion: Axios
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
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Tara Golshan / Vox:
Republican Senate candidate announces her bid by trashing the Republican Senate
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 …
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.
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
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.
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.
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 …
Brian Stelter / CNNMoney:
Trump hits a new low in attacks on the free press  —  Carl Bernstein: Russia probes are ‘closing in’  —  President Trump's disregard for a free press just reached a new low: He's urging the Senate Intelligence Committee to investigate American news outlets for publishing “fake” stories.
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Jonathan Easley / The Hill:
White House chides media: ‘You have a responsibility to tell the truth’
Emily Crane / Daily Mail:
Mystery man pictured shielding a woman from Vegas gunfire with his own body is revealed to be a young US Army soldier who ran back into the danger zone and plugged other people's bullet holes with his fingers  — US Army soldier Matthew Cobos was photographed on Sunday night shielding a woman from gunfire during the Las Vegas massacre
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 …
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
 
 
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Juliet Eilperin / Washington Post:
As ACA enrollment nears, administration keeps cutting federal support of the law
Julia Fair / USA Today:
Secret Service spent $137K on golf carts to protect Trump at New Jersey, Florida clubs
Christina Wilkie / CNBC:
House passes $4.1 trillion budget, the first concrete step toward tax reform
Discussion: New York Magazine and Axios
Washington Post:
Interior Department rejects 25 endangered species petitions, including several linked to climate change
Lauren McGaughy / Dallas Morning News:
Texas AG Ken Paxton faces new investigation under bribery statute over $100K gift
Nina Burleigh / Newsweek:
Does God believe in Trump? White evangelicals are sticking with their “Prince of Lies”
Discussion: RedState and Joe.My.God.
Sopan Deb / New York Times:
Lauren Ambrose to Star in ‘My Fair Lady’ on Broadway
Discussion: Gothamist
 Earlier Items: 
Hannah Lang / CNN:
Dem congressional hopeful calls female incumbent a ‘child’
Atlanta Journal-Constitution:
Ga. sheriff indicted for sexual battery in high school drug search
Discussion: Raw Story
Fox News:
Man's Jack Daniel's flag mistaken for ISIS flag by ‘worried’ neighbors
Discussion: TheBlaze
Drew Harwell / Washington Post:
Chao used government planes seven times when cheaper flights would not work
Discussion: Talking Points Memo
Dan Abrams / Mediaite:
Hate for Megyn Kelly is Everything That's Wrong With America Today
Craig Timberg / Washington Post:
Russian propaganda may have been shared hundreds of millions of times, new research says
Manu Raju / CNN:
Grassley: ‘No way of avoiding’ public hearing for Trump Jr
David Dayen / The Nation:
Alleged fraud put JPMorgan Chase hundreds of millions of dollars ahead …
Discussion: ThinkProgress and BillMoyers.com
 

 
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Kent Walker / The Keyword:
Google says the DOJ's “wildly overbroad proposal goes miles beyond the Court's decision”, would hurt US consumers, and jeopardize the US' global tech leadership

Mishaal Rahman / Android Authority:
Source: Google has canceled the development of a second-generation Pixel Tablet, planned for release in 2025, due to concerns that it wouldn't sell very well

Hannah Lang / Reuters:
Sources: a16z, Ripple, Kraken, and Circle are jostling for a seat on Trump's promised crypto advisory council, which is expected to set up a bitcoin reserve

 
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