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9:05 PM ET, October 8, 2017

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Josh Alper / ProFootballTalk:
Eric Reid: Vice President's visit was a P.R. Stunt  —  Vice President Mike Pence briefly stopped by the Colts game on Sunday, but left when 23 members of the 49ers took a knee during the national anthem.  —  Pence said, via Twitter, that he left because he will not “dignify any event …
Discussion: Raw Story
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Eli Watkins / CNN:
Pence leaves Colts game after protest during anthem  —  Washington (CNN)Vice President Mike Pence left a football game between the Indianapolis Colts and the San Francisco 49ers on Sunday after some players knelt during the National Anthem, saying he did not want to “dignify” the event.
Gregg Doyel / Indianapolis Star:
Vice President Mike Pence uses Colts for political purposes  —  INDIANAPOLIS - North Korea and its nukes can wait.  The White House has declared war on the NFL.  And on the First Amendment.  —  Two weeks after President Trump decreed that NFL players who kneel during the national anthem should be fired …
Discussion: The Hill, Splinter and Mediaite
Cindy Boren / Washington Post:
Vice President Pence walks out of Colts game over 49ers' national anthem protests
Brandon Carter / The Hill:
Sports reporter claims Kaepernick would now stand for anthem if signed to NFL team
New York Times:
Trump Tells Pence to Leave N.F.L. Game as Players Kneel During Anthem
Philip Rucker / Washington Post:
Corker calls White House ‘an adult day care center’ in response to Trump's latest Twitter tirade  —  Sen. Bob Corker, the Republican chairman of the Foreign Relations Committee, on Sunday called the White House “an adult day care center” after President Trump attacked him in a morning Twitter tirade.
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New York Times:
Bob Corker Says Trump's Recklessness Threatens ‘World War III’  —  WASHINGTON — Senator Bob Corker, the Republican chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, charged in an interview on Sunday that President Trump was treating his office like “a reality show,” with reckless threats toward …
Discussion: Politicus USA and RedState
Karoun Demirjian / Washington Post:
Trump's tweetstorm against Corker may cost him a key policy ally
Discussion: Shareblue and Raw Story
CNN:
Trump's claim that Corker ‘begged’ for endorsement is false, sources say
Associated Press:
The Latest: Corker aide says Trump asked senator to run
Discussion: Axios and Politico
Politico:
Trump claims Corker 'didn't have the guts' to run for reelection
Discussion: IJR and Joe.My.God.
Daily Mail:
It comes after a  —  bombshell New York Times report on Thursday revealed Weinstein's long record of misconduct.  —  The report said he had reached at least eight settlements with women including one who said she was coerced into giving him a massage while he was naked.
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Maggie Astor / New York Times:
Harvey Weinstein Is Fired After Sexual Harassment Reports  —  Harvey Weinstein has been fired from his film studio, the Weinstein Company, in response to reports that he sexually harassed women for decades.  —  “In light of new information about misconduct by Harvey Weinstein that has emerged …
Wall Street Journal:
Weinstein Co. Board Fires Harvey Weinstein, Citing Sexual Misconduct Allegations  —  Board cites new information about Hollywood producer's misconduct that emerged  —  Weinstein Co.'s board of directors fired co-chairman Harvey Weinstein from the independent movie and television studio on Sunday …
Fox News:
Harvey Weinstein fired from The Weinstein Company amid sexual harassment claims  —  The Weinstein Company film studio announced Sunday that its directors have fired movie mogul Harvey Weinstein after the New York Times reported he settled sexual harassment lawsuits with at least eight women.
Jeff Mason / Reuters:
Exclusive: Trump seeks border wall, crackdown on unaccompanied minors for ‘Dreamer’ deal  —  WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump, who pledged to work with Democrats to protect “Dreamers” - young people brought illegally to the United States as children - called on Sunday for money …
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Seung Min Kim / Politico:   Trump lays out immigration principles as lawmakers tackle ‘Dreamers’
Associated Press:
White House releases immigration wish list
Discussion: Axios
Caroline Orr / Shareblue:
Trump makes 69th trip to a golf course while San Juan's mayor pleads for clean drinking water  —  Donald Trump has spent more than 25 percent of his presidency on a golf course.  —  “Beep beep, I'm very busy not doing my job!”  —  As storm-ravaged Puerto Rico struggles to recover from Hurricane Maria …
Discussion: Politico and Politicus USA
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Associated Press:
CBS Clarifies After Saying Kaepernick Would Stand for Anthem  —  New York (AP) — A CBS reporter has clarified his televised report saying quarterback Colin Kaepernick told him he would stand during the national anthem if he played in the NFL again, saying he didn't discuss the issue with the player when they spoke.
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Jacqueline Thomsen / The Hill:
Kaepernick suggests report he would stand during anthem is a lie
New York Times:
Erik Prince, Blackwater Founder, Weighs Primary Challenge to Wyoming Republican  —  WASHINGTON — Erik Prince, the founder of the security contractor Blackwater, is seriously considering a Republican primary challenge for a Senate seat in Wyoming, potentially adding a high-profile contender …
Julia Manchester / The Hill:
NRA on bump stocks: 'We don't believe bans ever worked on anything'  —  The executive director of the National Rifle Association (NRA) said on Sunday that the organization is open to “regulating differently” bump stocks on guns but not necessarily to banning the devices.
Discussion: Politico
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Kailani Koenig / NBC News:
After Being Shot, Rep. Steve Scalise Still Opposes More Gun Control
Discussion: USA Today, ThinkProgress, NBC News and IJR
The Hill:
GOP leaders look to avoid a fight with base over guns
Susan Svrluga / Washington Post:
‘We will keep coming back:’ Richard Spencer leads another torchlight march in Charlottesville  —  Richard Spencer, who in August led white nationalists and white supremacists in a torchlight march across the University of Virginia campus that touched off a weekend of deadly clashes, returned Saturday night to Charlottesville.
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Tyler Hawn / WRIC-TV:
Group of white nationalists hold torch-lit rally in Charlottesville
Discussion: ThinkProgress
Salena Zito / Washington Examiner:
All news is local  —  WEST NEWTON, PA — There used to 324 newspapers in the state of Pennsylvania.  —  Today, there are about 60 - give or take a few.  —  The Pennsylvania Gazette is the first one on record not just in the colony of Pennsylvania but in all of the Crown's colonies …
Discussion: Instapundit
 
 
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