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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
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
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.
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Daily Mail:
EXCLUSIVE: Hillary supporter Harvey Weinstein thinks a ‘right wing conspiracy out to get me’ is reason he has been revealed as serial sexual harasser  — Harvey Weinstein believes the revelations of inappropriate sexual behaviour against him are part of a right-wing ‘conspiracy’ to take him down
Marlow Stern / The Daily Beast:
Late-Night Comedy Shows Avoid Harvey Weinstein Allegations... for Now
CNNMoney:
New York Times wants Weinstein to release accusers from NDAs
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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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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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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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
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.
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)
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Philip Bump / Washington Post:
Nearly six dozen charter and military flights by Cabinet members, mapped
Discussion: Raw Story and Mother Jones
Brady Dennis / Washington Post:
EPA inspector general now investigating Pruitt's use of military, private flights
Discussion: Talking Points Memo
Sarah Kliff / Vox:
Trump just officially made it easier for employers to stop covering birth control  —  The new rules let big companies end contraceptive coverage — and take effect immediately.  —  The Trump administration is relaxing an Obama-era requirement that nearly all employers offer health insurance …
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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
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 …
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.
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
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
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 …
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
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.
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
Paul Lewis / The Guardian:
‘Our minds can be hijacked’: the tech insiders who fear a smartphone dystopia  —  Paul Lewis reports on the Silicon Valley refuseniks who worry the race for human attention has created a world of perpetual distraction that could ultimately end in disaster
Discussion: Shakesville
 
 
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Peter Hasson / The Daily Caller:
GOP Baseball Suspect Committed ‘Act Of Terrorism’ ‘Fueled By Rage Against Republican Legislators’
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Kurt Wagner / Recode:
About 150 of the political ads Facebook sold to Russia showed up on Instagram
Discussion: Philly.com and Washington Examiner
Anne Blythe / Raleigh News & Observer:
Rev. Barber tells Gov. Cooper he's not invited to NAACP conference
Discussion: Daily Kos
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
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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Athena Stavrou / The Independent:
More than 230 media industry professionals, including anonymous BBC staff, sign a letter accusing the BBC of bias favoring Israel in coverage of Gaza

Devin Gordon / New York Times:
AI in Hollywood is a tech leap with a vast impact but remains a tool, not a replacement, for creatives; its speed, quality, and cost allow for VFX breakthroughs

Dominick Mastrangelo / The Hill:
Conservative radio host Hugh Hewitt quits as a contributing columnist at WaPo, after abruptly leaving a Post live video event hosted by Jonathan Capehart

 
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