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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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Sandra Gonzalez / CNN:
How Hollywood has reacted to Weinstein allegations — NYT: Weinstein accused of sexual harassment — (CNN)More than a day after The New York Times published a blistering report detailing numerous accusations of sexual harassment against prolific film producer Harvey Weinstein …
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Bari Weiss / New York Times:
Will Liberals Give Weinstein the O'Reilly Treatment?
Will Liberals Give Weinstein the O'Reilly Treatment?
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Associated Press:
Expressing empathy remains a challenge for Trump — https://apnews.com/918d780c0a0949668dc1 2a4af3532af3 — Link copied! — WASHINGTON (AP) — As the death toll from the shooting in Las Vegas rapidly rose, White House officials urged President Donald Trump to show restraint in his response: No speculative tweets, please.
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Franco Ordoñez / McClatchy Washington Bureau:
Leadership fears Trump staff undermining president on Dreamers — WASHINGTON — Congressional leaders fear President Donald Trump's staff are exploiting the president's busy schedule to push their own agenda and undermine his pledge to protect Dreamers. — According to four political …
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Political Wire
Sarah K. Burris / Raw Story:
Maher nails why only white people get away with gun violence: If you can't see it 'you're probably racist' — Bill Maher couldn't help but note that the way Las Vegas shooter Stephen Paddock is being treated differently than other terrorists that have attacked Americans in the past.
Doug Sosnik / Washington Post:
Trump is on track to win reelection — Doug Sosnik, a Democratic political strategist, was a senior adviser to President Bill Clinton from 1994 to 2000. — More than half of Americans don't think Donald Trump is fit to serve as president, yet he has a clear path to winning reelection.
Jeffrey Toobin / New Yorker:
The Supreme Court's Gerrymandering Case and Strategies for Winning Justice Kennedy's Vote — The secret to advocacy before the contemporary Supreme Court is no secret: it's all about pandering to Justice Anthony Kennedy. With the other eight Justices evenly split between liberals and conservatives …
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Eric McGhee / Washington Post:
The Supreme Court discussed my research on gerrymandering. There were some misconceptions.
The Supreme Court discussed my research on gerrymandering. There were some misconceptions.
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Kaili Joy Gray / Shareblue:
Watch: Sarah Huckabee Sanders callously laughs at women who will lose their birth control
Watch: Sarah Huckabee Sanders callously laughs at women who will lose their birth control
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The Moderate Voice
Megan McArdle / Bloomberg:
Debt Alone Won't Crush Puerto Rico. Depopulation Is the Curse. — Erasing the island's bond obligations would not be sufficient, if migration continues. — “They owe a lot of money to your friends on Wall Street,” Donald Trump told Geraldo Rivera. “We're going to have to wipe that out.
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Alayna Treene / Axios:
Most Puerto Ricans still lack power
Most Puerto Ricans still lack power
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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.
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Dan Balz / Washington Post:
Shifting attitudes among Democrats have big implications for 2020 — Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) speaks during a health-care rally at the 2017 Convention of the California Nurses Association/National Nurses Organizing Committee on Sept. 22 in San Francisco. Sanders is pushing his Medicare for All bill in the Senate.
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Political Wire
Jonathan Dienst / NBC New York:
ISIS Sympathizers Planned to ‘Create the Next 9/11’ With Attacks on Concerts, Subways & Times Square: Feds — One of the suspects allegedly told an undercover agent posing as ISIS sympathizer that “NY Needs to fall.” — Three men living outside the U.S. planned to attack concerts …
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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.
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The Daily Caller, Business Insider, SARAH PALIN and Raw Story
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 …
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ThinkProgress, Last Men and OverMen and CANNONFIRE
The Daily Beast:
A Steve Bannon Ally at the Broadcasting Board of Governors Believes There's a Massive Pro-Cuba Conspiracy at Foot … An ally of former White House chief strategist Steve Bannon is convinced that high-level officials at a U.S. government media arm are in league with the Castro regime in Cuba …
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Hadas Gold / CNNMoney:
Bannon ally wants to turn government media agency into ‘legacy’ for former Trump adviser
Bannon ally wants to turn government media agency into ‘legacy’ for former Trump adviser
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Raw Story
TMZ.com:
Nelly — Arrested for Rape — EXCLUSIVE — Nelly has been arrested for allegedly raping a woman ... TMZ has learned. — Law enforcement sources tell us, a woman claims she was raped on the rapper's tour bus in Washington, where he's been performing. Nelly is on a tour with Florida Georgia Line …
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The Root, FOX6Now.com and The FADER
Sam Levin / The Guardian:
FBI terrorism unit says ‘black identity extremists’ pose a violent threat — Leaked report, citing concerns of retaliation over ‘perceptions of police brutality against African Americans’, prompts fears of crackdown on activists … The US government has declared “black identity extremists” …
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Yahoo:
64 hours in October: How one weekend blew up the rules of American politics — A firsthand account of the drama that unfolded during Oct. 7-9, 2016, from the release of the infamous “Access Hollywood” tape to the second presidential debate — and everything in between.
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Last Men and OverMen
The Guardian:
Natural History Museum crash: man arrested after car hits pedestrians — Police investigate possible motive after several people were injured as car mounts pavement near one of London's busiest museums — Several people have been injured and a man has been arrested after a car struck pedestrians outside …
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The Week
Katy Murphy / Mercury News:
ICE warns of stepped-up raids after California passes ‘sanctuary state’ law — For more on immigration and California follow us on Flipboard. — Echoing arguments that opponents have made since it was introduced late last year, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement Acting Director Tom Homan released …
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Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion
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