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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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Keli Goff / The Daily Beast:
Yes, Hillary—and the Democrats—Do Have a Harvey Weinstein Problem
Yes, Hillary—and the Democrats—Do Have a Harvey Weinstein Problem
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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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TMZ.com:
Nelly — Arrested for Rape — EXCLUSIVE — 9:25 AM PT — Nelly's lawyer tells TMZ, “Nelly is the victim of a completely fabricated allegation. Our initial investigation, clearly establishes the allegation is devoid of credibility and is motivated by greed and vindictiveness.
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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Daily Mail:
Eleven injured as taxi driver ‘deliberately mows down pedestrians’ after mounting the pavement outside London's Natural History Museum before being pinned to the ground and arrested in front of stunned tourists — Man arrested in the heart of capital's museum land after several pedestrians were mowed down by a vehicle
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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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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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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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Alicia Cohn / The Hill:
Ivana Trump speculates Ivanka could run for president — The mother of Ivanka Trump is speculating her daughter could run for president someday. — President Trump's daughter, who is also an adviser to the president, has never run for office. — “Maybe in fifteen years,” …
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Jonathan Lemire / Associated Press:
In book, Ivana Trump relives divorce from future president
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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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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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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Michael Tackett / New York Times:
An Exodus From Puerto Rico Could Remake Florida Politics
John Hinderaker / Power Line:
How Leftism Can Ruin a Once-Proud School District — Edina is one of the Twin Cities' wealthiest suburbs. For decades, its public schools have been viewed as among the nation's finest. But no longer: a leftist political agenda now dominates the Edina school system, and quality of instruction has slipped badly.
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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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Sam Levine / HuffPost:
Kris Kobach Proposed Weakening Key Federal Voting Protections In Trump Meeting — Kobach fought hard to block the draft of his proposal from being released to the public. — Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach (R) brought a memo proposing to weaken voter protections in a major federal voting law …
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