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2:50 PM ET, October 7, 2017

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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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Keli Goff / The Daily Beast:
Yes, Hillary—and the Democrats—Do Have a Harvey Weinstein Problem … Hours after The New York Times released a report alleging numerous instances of sexual harassment by movie mogul Harvey Weinstein, the Republican National Committee was capitalizing on the scandal, demanding Democrats return hundreds …
Angelina Chapin / HuffPost:
Attorney Lisa Bloom Drops Harvey Weinstein As Sexual Harassment Allegations Escalate  —  A Friday report alleged the media mogul trapped a woman in a hallway and masturbated in front of her.  —  The high-profile attorney Lisa Bloom is stepping down from her role as an adviser …
Sandra Gonzalez / CNN:
How Hollywood has reacted to Weinstein allegations
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
Discussion: Political Wire
CNN:   Tillerson chaos lays bare Kelly's struggle to manage White House
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
Discussion: The Last Refuge
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The Guardian:
Natural History Museum crash that injured 11 ‘not terror-related’ - police
Discussion: The Week
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Washington Post:
Hurricane Nate strengthens on its path to Gulf Coast landfall Saturday evening  —  Hurricane Nate is approaching the northern Gulf Coast on Saturday afternoon, predicted to make landfall somewhere between New Orleans and Mobile on Saturday evening as a Category 2.
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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Jesse Byrnes / The Hill:
Schumer: I told Trump that ObamaCare repeal was ‘off the table’
Discussion: RedState
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.
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.
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.
Andrew C. McCarthy / National Review:
Collusion and the Trump Dossier  —  If the Trump dossier is a tissue of lies, why are the Justice Department and FBI, now controlled by Trump appointees, concealing information about it?  —  It is an article of faith among the president's most ardent supporters: The Trump dossier is a completely discredited piece of garbage.
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,” …
Discussion: The Week and RedState
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Jonathan Lemire / Associated Press:   In book, Ivana Trump relives divorce from future president
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.
Discussion: CNN and Modern Democracy
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.
Discussion: StarTribune.com
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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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.
Discussion: Instapundit
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Michael Tackett / New York Times:   An Exodus From Puerto Rico Could Remake Florida Politics
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.
Discussion: Political Wire
 
 
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Todd Richmond / Associated Press:
University of Wisconsin approves protest punishment policy
Discussion: The Root
The Daily Beast:
A Steve Bannon Ally at the Broadcasting Board of Governors Believes There's a Massive Pro-Cuba Conspiracy at Foot
Discussion: Raw Story and CNNMoney
Jennifer Weiner / New York Times:
The Flagrant Sexual Hypocrisy of Conservative Men
Discussion: WNYC News
Meredith Wadman / Science:
Disturbing allegations of sexual harassment in Antarctica leveled at noted scientist
 Earlier Items: 
Wall Street Journal:
U.S. Confronts China Over Suspected Cyberattack as Fugitive Guo Wengui Appears in Washington
Discussion: CNBC
Donald J. Trump / The White House:
President Donald J. Trump Proclaims October 9, 2017, as Columbus Day
Discussion: Raw Story
Peter Hasson / The Daily Caller:
GOP Baseball Suspect Committed ‘Act Of Terrorism’ ‘Fueled By Rage Against Republican Legislators’
David Weigel / Washington Post:
Back on the trail, Biden's message rankles the left
 

 
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Ankush Khardori / Politico:
Trump may erode press protections but the ABC case is not evidence of that as the decision to settle appears reasonable given Stephanopoulos' imprecise remarks

New York Times:
In a first, Telegram is set to be profitable in 2024, with $1B+ in revenue, up from ~$350M in 2023, and 12M subscribers; source: 50%+ of its revenue is from ads

Jessica Toonkel / Wall Street Journal:
A deep dive into Paramount's sale to Skydance; sources: Skydance may integrate Pluto into Paramount+, and CBS head George Cheeks is expected to be head of TV

 
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