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8:25 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  —  The plan had been for Vice President Mike Pence to attend the Indianapolis Colts game at which Peyton Manning's number is to be retired, a gala celebration of the former Colts quarterback's contributions to Pence's home state.
Brandon Carter / The Hill:
Sports reporter claims Kaepernick would now stand for anthem if signed to NFL team
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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CNN:
Trump's claim that Corker ‘begged’ for endorsement is false, sources say  —  STORY HIGHLIGHTS  —  Washington (CNN)President Donald Trump's tweets Sunday morning claiming he denied Sen. Bob Corker's request for an endorsement are false, two sources familiar with the discussions said.
Karoun Demirjian / Washington Post:
Trump's tweetstorm against Corker may cost him a key policy ally
Discussion: Shareblue and Raw Story
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: Joe.My.God.
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 …
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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.
Daily Mail:
It comes after a  —  bombshell New York Times report …
Discussion: IJR and Mediaite
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’  —  The three main priorities are to ‘ensure safe and lawful admissions; defend the safety and security of our country; and protect American workers and taxpayers.’  —  President Donald Trump laid out his principles …
Associated Press:
White House releases immigration wish list  —  The Trump administration has sent an immigration policy wish-list to Congress that could derail efforts to protect from deportation hundreds of thousands of young immigrants who were brought into the U.S. illegally as children.
Discussion: Axios
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 …
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
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
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
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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