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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 …
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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.
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 …
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
Jonathan Martin / New York Times:
Democrats, Seeking to Disavow Weinstein, Plan to Give His Donations to Charity
Ezra Klein / Vox:
Harvey Weinstein, Milo Yiannopoulos, and the era of unleashing
Niraj Chokshi / New York Times:
Lisa Bloom, Harvey Weinstein's Adviser, Criticizes His Behavior Toward Women
Sharon Waxman / The Wrap:   Harvey Weinstein Speaks: My Apology Is Sincere, But I'm Still Suing NY 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.
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Chris Cillizza / CNN:
Donald Trump is treating a potential war like a reality show cliffhanger  —  Washington (CNN)President Donald Trump hosted his top military brass and their spouses for dinner at the White House on Thursday night.  The group posed for a photo.  Then this exchange with reporters happened:
NBC News:
Tillerson Summoned to White House Amid Presidential Fury
Andrea Peterson / Politico:
John Kelly's personal cellphone was compromised, White House believes
Jill Colvin / Associated Press:
Trump, during photo shoot, talks of ‘calm before the storm’
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Washington Post:
Trump administration narrows Affordable Care Act's contraception mandate
Jessie Hellmann / The Hill:
ACLU files lawsuit against Trump administration over roll back of birth control mandate
Discussion: IJR
Robert Pear / New York Times:
Trump Administration Set to Roll Back Birth Control Mandate
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, Business Insider and CNN
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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 …
David Corn / Mother Jones:
Did Russia Hack the 2016 Vote Tally? This Senator Says We Don't Know for Sure
Discussion: USA Today and Raw Story
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
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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
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.
Joe Concha / The Hill:
NYT conservative Bret Stephens: ‘Repeal the Second Amendment’  —  Conservative New York Times columnist Bret Stephens called for a repeal of the Second Amendment in a Thursday op-ed, arguing that while gun ownership shouldn't be outlawed, “it doesn't need a blanket Constitutional protection, either.”
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Timothy Egan / New York Times:   The Cancer in the Constitution
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Washington Post:
Hurricane warning for northern Gulf Coast as Nate to strike Saturday night; New Orleans at risk
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.
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 …
Jeff Greenfield / Politico:
The Democrats' Gerrymandering Obsession  —  Judging by the press coverage of what happened in the Supreme Court Tuesday, Justice Anthony Kennedy may be ready to cast the decisive fifth vote to put constitutional limits on the practice of political gerrymandering.
Discussion: Liberal Values
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Gabriel Debenedetti / Politico:
Democrats look to wreak havoc in GOP primaries
Discussion: Lawyers, Guns & Money
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.
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
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
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Associated Press:
AP: Bergdahl expected to plead guilty
Discussion: Axios
John DiStaso / WMUR:
In surprise announcement, Shea-Porter says she won't seek re-election in 2018  —  Four-term Democrat attributes decision to ‘tug of family’  —  HIDE TRANSCRIPT SHOW TRANSCRIPT  —  MANCHESTER, N.H. —  In a surprise announcement Friday, U.S. Rep. Carol Shea-Porter said she will not seek re-election …
Discussion: Daily Kos
 
 
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How Ta-Nehisi Coates Gives Whiteness Power
Paul Kane / Washington Post:
Democrats doubling down on campaign against Paul Ryan
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UM professor finds racially-charged flyer on African-American studies program board
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Weekly Standard:
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Bloomberg:
Inside the Saudi King's 1,500-Person Entourage in Moscow
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