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2:25 PM ET, October 6, 2017

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Rebecca Traister / thecut:

Why the Harvey Weinstein Sexual-Harassment Allegations Didn't Come Out Until Now — I have been having conversations about Harvey Weinstein's history of sexual harassment for more than 17 years. — The conversations started when I was a young editorial assistant at Talk, the magazine he financed …

Discussion: Washington Free Beacon, twitchy.com and Axios, more at Mediagazer »

Marlow Stern / The Daily Beast:

Hollywood's Loud Silence on Harvey Weinstein's Sexual Harassment Allegations … Early Thursday afternoon—late morning on the West Coast—The New York Times dropped a bombshell investigative report alleging decades of sexual-harassment allegations against movie mogul Harvey Weinstein.

Discussion: East Bay Times, Vox, Conservative News Today, Mediaite, Washington Free Beacon, The Week, New York Times, International Business Times, The Guardian, IndieWire, NewsBusters, Above the Law and The Daily Caller, more at Mediagazer »

Marlow Stern / The Daily Beast:

Late-Night Comedy Shows Avoid Harvey Weinstein Allegations... for Now … “Experts say it's unlikely that any self-respecting network will ever hire him.” - Jimmy Fallon — “I mean, it is nice to know that while liberals and conservatives disagree on a lot of things …

Discussion: Mediaite, Breitbart, Washington Free Beacon, Washington Post, NewsBusters, twitchy.com, The Atlantic, Taylor Marsh, The Daily Caller, The Guardian, IndieWire, Daily Wire and Mashable, more at Mediagazer »

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

Discussion: RedState, The Last Refuge, Daily Wire, twitchy.com and Washington Free Beacon

Niraj Chokshi / New York Times:
Lisa Bloom, Harvey Weinstein's Adviser, Criticizes His Behavior Toward Women

Discussion: The Wrap, Washington Free Beacon, Washington Post, IndieWire, Mediaite and IJR, more at Mediagazer »

Emily Smith / Page Six:
Harvey Weinstein gives first interview after shocking sex harassment claims

Jonathan Martin / New York Times:
Democrats, Seeking to Disavow Weinstein, Plan to Give His Donations to Charity

Discussion: Variety, Axios, IJR, Fox Business, The Daily Caller, The Week, Talking Points Memo, The Daily Beast, Washington Free Beacon and IndieWire

Sharon Waxman / The Wrap: Harvey Weinstein Speaks: My Apology Is Sincere, But I'm Still Suing NY Times

Adam B. Vary / BuzzFeed:
Six Democratic Senators Are Donating Harvey Weinstein's Campaign Contributions To Charity

Discussion: Hollywood Reporter, Washington Post, WENK-WTPR | KFKQ, Splinter, The Guardian, IJR, Washington Free Beacon, twitchy.com, Conservative News Today, TheBlaze, CNN, Vox Popoli, Page Six and Los Angeles Times

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.

Discussion: Breitbart, Mediaite, RedState, The Resurgent, New York Magazine, AOL, Raw Story, BillMoyers.com, Joe.My.God., Business Insider, Shakesville and IJR

NBC News:

Tillerson Summoned to White House Amid Presidential Fury — WASHINGTON — John Kelly, the White House chief of staff, abruptly scrapped plans to travel with President Donald Trump on Wednesday so he could try to contain his boss's fury and manage the fallout from new revelations …

Discussion: ThinkProgress, Mother Jones, Washington Examiner, Breitbart, RedState, The Week, The Resurgent, The Daily Caller, Washington Post, Joe.My.God., Mediaite, The Root, Daily Kos and Business Insider

Chris Cillizza / CNN:
Donald Trump is treating a potential war like a reality show cliffhanger

Discussion: The Root

Jenna Johnson / Washington Post:
Trump gathers with military leaders, says 'Maybe it's the calm before the storm'

Discussion: VICE News, Media Matters for America, IJR, Washington Times, Jewish Telegraphic Agency, Politico, Towleroad, Washington Free Beacon and The Guardian

Jill Colvin / Associated Press:
Trump, during photo shoot, talks of ‘calm before the storm’

Discussion: The Daily Caller, Common Dreams and New York Magazine

Andrea Peterson / Politico:
John Kelly's personal cellphone was compromised, White House believes

Discussion: Last Men and OverMen, Conservative News Today, ABC News, The Daily Caller, Gizmodo, Mashable, Mediaite, Engadget, IJR, Raw Story, Business Insider and The Verge, more at Techmeme »

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 …

Discussion: NPR, ABC News, ThinkProgress, Axios, Lawyers, Guns & Money and Federal Register

CNN:
Trump administration deals major blow to Obamacare birth control mandate

Discussion: Friendly Atheist, The Guardian, IJR and The Stranger …

Robert Pear / New York Times:
Trump Administration Set to Roll Back Birth Control Mandate

Discussion: Washington Monthly, The Atlantic, Townhall.com, Rewire, The Resurgent, LifeNews.com, Gothamist, AOL, Romper, baker, Splinter, Daily Kos, The Week, Raw Story and Political Wire

Washington Post:
Trump administration narrows Affordable Care Act's contraception mandate

Discussion: Hit & Run, Conservative News Today, Refinery29, Common Dreams, AOL, Business Insider and LifeNews.com

Josh Gerstein / Politico:
Sessions outlines broad exemptions for religious freedom

Discussion: Refinery29

Brianna Ehley / Politico:
Trump rolls back Obamacare birth control mandate

Discussion: Vox and Common Dreams

Betsy Woodruff / The Daily Beast:

Exclusive: Senate ‘Russia Probe’ Is Not Investigating Russia … The Senate Judiciary Committee has demanded documents on Russian meddling from the CIA, interviewed Donald Trump Jr. about his infamous Trump Tower meeting, and subpoenaed Paul Manafort, the president's Kremlin-friendly former campaign chairman.

Discussion: Raw Story and CNN

Ken Dilanian / NBC News:

Trump Dossier Author Is in Talks With Senate Intel Committee — WASHINGTON — Christopher Steele, the former British intelligence operative who authored a 35-page dossier alleging that the Trump campaign colluded with Russia, has been in talks with the Senate Intelligence Committee about speaking …

Byron York / Washington Examiner:
10 reasons to stay calm about those Russia Facebook ads

Discussion: Mother Jones and CNN, more at Mediagazer »

Wall Street Journal:
Facebook Cut Russia Out of April Report on Election Influence

Discussion: Reuters, Business Insider and Mashable, more at Mediagazer »

CNN:
Exclusive: Mueller's team met with Russia dossier author

Discussion: Washington Examiner, RedState, IJR, Business Insider, Raw Story, New York Magazine, NBC News, Politicus USA, The Week, Splinter, The Daily Caller, Daily Kos and Talking Points Memo

Karen Berkowitz / Chicago Tribune:

Highland Park deli co-owner to leave family business after Vegas shooting tweet sparks outrage — Max's Deli in Highland Park has ousted co-owner Greg Morelli over a controversial tweet that was posted Monday after the mass shootings in Las Vegas. — Deli co-owner Joey Morelli released …

Discussion: Chicagoist, Raw Story and IJR

Andrew Kaczynski / CNN:

Roy Moore in 2009: ‘Only thing I know that the Islamic faith has done in this country is 9/11’ — STORY HIGHLIGHTS — (CNN)Republican nominee for US Senate in Alabama Roy Moore said in a 2009 speech that the only thing that Muslims had done in the United States was the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks.

Discussion: Political Wire and American Thinker

Euan McKirdy / CNN:

Official: Las Vegas shooter tried to buy tracer rounds before massacre — (CNN)Las Vegas shooter Stephen Paddock tried to buy tracer ammunition at a gun show in the Phoenix area in recent weeks, a law enforcement official briefed on the investigation tells CNN.

Discussion: New York Times, FOX6Now.com, Conservative News Today and Townhall.com

Weekly Standard:

Getting to No — Donald Trump was frustrated. Five days earlier, on July 12, 2017, the president had decided for the second time in his young administration that he would certify to Congress Iran's compliance with the nuclear deal he'd promised as a candidate to dismantle.

Stephen Collinson / CNN:
Trump wins, Congress loses with Iran deal politics

Discussion: Vox, The Atlantic, The Daily Caller, Washington Post, FOX6Now.com, Reuters and WTVR-TV

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: The Week and Hit & Run

John Bresnahan / Politico:

Inside Tim Murphy's reign of terror — Rep. Tim Murphy, a staunch anti-abortion advocate, thought he could withstand the media furor that engulfed him after reports that he'd encouraged his extramarital lover to end her apparent pregnancy. — He was wrong.

Discussion: Talking Points Memo, Washington Post and Political Wire

Associated Press:

APNewsBreak: Guilty plea expected from Bergdahl; no trial — https://apnews.com/de3304616d1549e69792 c3111d3157ee — Link copied! — WASHINGTON (AP) — Army Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl, who was held captive by the Taliban for half a decade after abandoning his Afghanistan post …

Discussion: New York Magazine

Associated Press:
AP: Bergdahl expected to plead guilty

Discussion: Axios

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.

Bloomberg:

Inside the Saudi King's 1,500-Person Entourage in Moscow — Saudi officials booked two entire luxury hotels and brought their own carpets and hotel staff with King Salman bin Abdulaziz on his historic visit. — , and — Evgenia Pismennaya — Saudi King Salman bin Abdulaziz brought 1,500 people …

Discussion: The Express Tribune