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10:40 PM ET, October 6, 2017

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Yashar Ali / HuffPost:
TV Reporter Says Harvey Weinstein Masturbated In Front Of Her  —  The new revelation, which allegedly took place a decade ago, comes after an explosive New York Times report said Weinstein had previously settled eight sexual harassment claims.  —  Harvey Weinstein once trapped a woman …
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Bari Weiss / New York Times:
Will Liberals Give Weinstein the O'Reilly Treatment?  —  I'll never forget the one time I laid eyes on Harvey Weinstein outside the pages of Vanity Fair.  It was at a movie premiere in Manhattan in 2014.  My sister and I got up before the film started for a pre-emptive bathroom run.
CNNMoney:
New York Times wants Weinstein to release accusers from NDAs  —  Lisa Bloom: Harvey Weinstein knows he made mistakes  —  Facing the specter of a lawsuit, the New York Times is calling on Harvey Weinstein to release the women who have accused him of inappropriate behavior from their non-disclosure agreements.
Sandra Gonzalez / CNN:   How Hollywood has reacted to Weinstein allegations
Marlow Stern / The Daily Beast:
Late-Night Comedy Shows Avoid Harvey Weinstein Allegations... for Now
Dexter Filkins / New Yorker:
Rex Tillerson at the Breaking Point  —  Will Donald Trump let the Secretary of State do his job?  —  One afternoon in late September, Secretary of State Rex Tillerson called a meeting of the six countries that came together in 2015 to limit Iran's nuclear-weapons program.
Discussion: Business Insider and Raw Story
Kaili Joy Gray / Shareblue:
Watch: Sarah Huckabee Sanders callously laughs at women who will lose their birth control  —  Donald Trump has utterly failed to deliver on his threat to repeal Obamacare and harm the millions of men and women who have health care because of it.  So he's going to punish women directly instead.
Discussion: The Moderate Voice
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Jordan Fabian / The Hill:
Trump: 'You'll find out' what ‘calm before the storm’ means
Discussion: RedState and Politico
Chris Cillizza / CNN:
Donald Trump is treating a potential war like a reality show cliffhanger
Discussion: Vox, The Daily Caller, The Root and WTVR-TV
Stephen Young / Dallas Observer:
Meet the Dallas Bartender Who Kicked Milo Yiannopoulos and Some Neo-Nazis Out of Her Bar … One night last spring, infamous right-wing provocateur Milo Yiannopoulos and Dallas' homegrown white nationalist, Richard Spencer, walked into a karaoke bar on Abrams Road in Lake Highlands.
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Kelsey Sutton / Mic:
‘Vice’ fires ‘Broadly’ senior writer Mitchell Sunderland
Ezra Klein / Vox:
Harvey Weinstein, Milo Yiannopoulos, and the era of unleashing
NBC News:
Investigators Probing Whether Others Were in Las Vegas Gunman's Suite  —  Investigators are trying to determine whether someone else was in the Las Vegas gunman's hotel room when he was registered there, senior law enforcement officials briefed on the investigation told NBC News.
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CNN:
Las Vegas shooter took 20 cruises, some to foreign ports
Discussion: Geller Report and The Daily Caller
BuzzFeed:
Jeff Sessions Just Issued New Guidance On Protecting “Religious Liberty”  —  The attorney general issued the guidance Friday.  Critics have feared the policy may provide a loophole for discrimination.  —  Attorney General Jeff Sessions instructed federal agencies and attorneys on Friday …
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Foreign Policy:
The FBI's New U.S. Terrorist Threat: ‘Black Identity Extremists’  —  Law enforcement calls it a violent movement.  Critics call it racist.  —  As white supremacists prepared to descend on Charlottesville, Virginia, in August, the FBI warned about a new movement that was violent, growing, and racially motivated.
David Weigel / Washington Post:
Back on the trail, Biden's message rankles the left  —  Former vice president Joe Biden returned to national politics Tuesday during an afternoon rally in Alabama for Democratic Senate nominee Doug Jones, and his speech was a striking departure from his party's current tone.
Discussion: New Republic and twitchy.com
Donald J. Trump / The White House:
President Donald J. Trump Proclaims October 9, 2017, as Columbus Day  —  BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA  —  Five hundred and twenty-five years ago, Christopher Columbus completed an ambitious and daring voyage across the Atlantic Ocean to the Americas.
Discussion: Raw Story
Mike Allen / Axios:
Scoop: Trump phones Schumer for help on health care, worrying GOP  —  President Trump telephoned Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer on Friday in an effort to revive health-care legislation, Republican sources said.  —  Trump was seeking “a path forward on health care,” a GOP source said.
Discussion: RedState and twitchy.com
ACLU:
ACLU Filing Lawsuit Challenging Trump Administration Contraceptive Coverage Rule  —  NEW YORK — The American Civil Liberties Union is filing a lawsuit today against the Trump Administration challenging interim final rules issued by the Department of Health and Human Services and other federal agencies …
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Sarah Kliff / Vox:
Trump just officially made it easier for employers to stop covering birth control
Washington Post:
Trump administration narrows Affordable Care Act's contraception mandate
Elana Schor / Politico:
Grassley concerned about FBI use of Trump ‘dossier’ in Russia investigation  —  Senate Judiciary Chairman Chuck Grassley on Friday asked the FBI to explain how foreign intelligence sharing has affected its use of an unverified dossier containing salacious allegations about President Donald Trump for its Russia investigation.
Discussion: Raw Story
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Ken Dilanian / NBC News:   Trump Dossier Author Is in Talks With Senate Intel Committee
Justice News:
Acting Manhattan U.S. Attorney Announces The Court's Unsealing Of Charges Against Three Men Arrested For Participating In International Plot To Carry Out Terrorist Attacks In New York City For Isis In The Summer Of 2016  —  The Planned Attacks, Thwarted by Law Enforcement …
BuzzFeed:
US Intelligence Unit Accused Of Illegally Spying On Americans' Financial Records  —  The Treasury Department's Office of Intelligence and Analysis has been illegally rifling through and filing away the private financial records of US citizens, Treasury employees alleged.
Discussion: Gizmodo, Hit & Run and The Week
Hadas Gold / CNNMoney:
Bannon ally wants to turn government media agency into ‘legacy’ for former Trump adviser  —  Stephen Bannon has left the Trump administration.  But he's still having an influence at a government agency many outside of Washington haven't heard of but wields influence around the world: the Broadcasting Board of Governors.
Discussion: The Daily Beast and Raw Story
Jenny Beth Martin / The Hill:
Trump should show no mercy in terminating IRS's John Koskinen  —  BY JENNY BETH MARTIN, OPINION CONTRIBUTOR — 10/05/17 04:40 PM EDT THE VIEWS EXPRESSED BY CONTRIBUTORS ARE THEIR OWN AND NOT THE VIEW OF THE HILL  —  The swamp grows.  —  It's so far beyond time for President Trump …
Lauren Rosenblatt / Los Angeles Times:
Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin used military planes without adequate justification, inspector general finds  —  Secretary of Treasury Steven T. Mnuchin's use of military planes violated rules but was not illegal, his department's inspector general concluded.  (Drew Angerer / Getty Images)
CBS News:
How Facebook ads helped elect Trump  —  Trump campaign digital director Brad Parscale says Donald Trump won election on Facebook with highly targeted ads — and infrastructure was a key issue  —  President Donald Trump talked on Twitter, but Facebook was the crucial tool that helped elect him …
Associated Press:
AP-NORC Poll: Just 24 percent say US heading right direction  —  https://apnews.com/f7d770542f334a218398 b2f9b2ae1102  —  Link copied!  —  WASHINGTON (AP) — Just 24 percent of Americans believe the country is heading in the right direction after a tumultuous stretch for President Donald Trump …
Discussion: The Guardian
Mike Allen / Axios:
Scoop: CIA director Pompeo considered to replace Tillerson  —  Trump advisers and allies are floating the idea of replacing Secretary of State Rex Tillerson with CIA Director Mike Pompeo, age 53 — someone who's already around the table in the Situation Room, and could make the switch without chaos.
Jacob Kastrenakes / The Verge:
AIM will shut down after 20 years  —  It's a sad moment: AIM, AOL's long-running instant messenger service that was core to many people's first social experiences on the internet, will shut down once and for all on December 15th.  AOL announced the shutdown today, acknowledging that people …
Tyisha Fernandes / WSB-TV:
Students given homework assignment to create mascot for Nazi party  —  GWINNETT COUNTY, Ga. - Parents are concerned after they say middle school students were asked to create a mascot for the Nazi party as part of a homework assignment.  —  The assignment was given to sixth grade students at Shiloh Middle School in Snellville.
ICE:
Statement from ICE Acting Director Tom Homan on California Sanctuary Law  —  Governor Jerry Brown's decision to sign SB54 and make California a sanctuary state for illegal aliens - including those who have committed crimes - will undermine public safety and hinder ICE from performing its federally mandated mission.
Sam J. / twitchy.com:
BAKE THE CAKE?!  Gay coffee shop owner refuses service to Christians, kicks them out (video)  —  What happened to bake the cake?  Civil rights for these folks?  —  Or does that not count in this situation? … From theliberator.news: … So much tolerance for Christians, eh? … Bingo.
Discussion: RedState and The Daily Caller
 
 
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Peter Hasson / The Daily Caller:
GOP Baseball Suspect Committed ‘Act Of Terrorism’ ‘Fueled By Rage Against Republican Legislators’
Discussion: SARAH PALIN
Kurt Wagner / Recode:
About 150 of the political ads Facebook sold to Russia showed up on Instagram
Discussion: Philly.com and Washington Examiner
Kenneth Lovett / New York Daily News:
N.Y. assemblyman wants probe of DA Vance dropping case against Trump kids
Jonathan Swan / Axios:
H.R. McMaster installs new head of NSC intelligence
Discussion: Politico and The Daily Caller
Max Greenwood / The Hill:
Group to play Trump ‘Access Hollywood’ tape on 12-hour loop near WH
Discussion: Mashable and The Daily Caller
Steve Benen / MSNBC:
U.S. lost jobs last month for the first time in 7 years
Tim Higgins / Wall Street Journal:
Behind Tesla's Production Delays: Parts of Model 3 Were Being Made by Hand
Discussion: Mashable and The Verge
 Earlier Items: 
David Nakamura / Washington Post:
How an Oval Office meeting led to a Trump tweet that changed U.S. policy toward Venezuela
Discussion: AOL and Business Insider
Christina Tkacik / Baltimore Sun:
Pumpkin spice scent prompts Baltimore school evacuation
Paul Lewis / The Guardian:
‘Our minds can be hijacked’: the tech insiders who fear a smartphone dystopia
Discussion: Shakesville
Thomas Chatterton Williams / New York Times:
How Ta-Nehisi Coates Gives Whiteness Power
John DiStaso / WMUR:
In surprise announcement, Shea-Porter says she won't seek re-election in 2018
Discussion: Daily Kos
Andrew Kaczynski / CNN:
Roy Moore in 2009: ‘Only thing I know that the Islamic faith has done in this country is 9/11’
Karen Berkowitz / Chicago Tribune:
Highland Park deli co-owner to leave family business after Vegas shooting tweet sparks outrage
Discussion: Chicagoist, Raw Story and IJR
 

 
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Stephen Groves / Associated Press:
US House Speaker Mike Johnson says the GOP “probably will” try to repeal the CHIPS Act, but then walks it back, saying the GOP may “further streamline” the bill

 
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