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Yashar Ali / HuffPost:
EXCLUSIVE: Meryl Streep Speaks Out Against Harvey Weinstein  —  She said the women who have spoken out against him are “heroes.”  —  Academy Award winner Meryl Streep called the alleged sexual harassment by Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein “disgraceful,” “inexcusable,” and an “abuse of power.”
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Sharon Waxman / The Wrap:
'Harvey Weinstein's Media Enablers'?  The New York Times Is One of Them  —  The paper had a story on mogul's sexual misconduct back in 2004 — but gutted it under pressure … He apologized and took an immediate leave of absence from the company he co-founded, but that wasn't enough.
Dave Itzkoff / New York Times:
‘S.N.L.’ Prepped Jokes About Harvey Weinstein, Then Shelved Them  —  The downfall of Harvey Weinstein would seem like obvious grist for TV's late-night comedy shows.  Mr. Weinstein was facing three decades' worth of allegations that he sexually harassed women; on Sunday, his own film studio fired him.
Kurt Schlichter / Townhall.com:
Hollywood is America's Conscience or Something
Daily Mail:
It comes after a  —  bombshell New York Times report …
Discussion: Hit & Run, Mediaite, IJR and Washington Post
Wall Street Journal:   Weinstein Co. Board Fires Harvey Weinstein, Citing Sexual Misconduct Allegations
Rene Marsh / CNN:
The price tag for Pence's trip to Indianapolis  —  (CNN)How much did Vice President Mike Pence's trip to Indianapolis to watch — and then abruptly leave — a football game Sunday between the Indianapolis Colts and San Francisco 49ers cost?  —  Here is an estimate of just the air costs …
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Brandon George / Dallas Morning News:
Cowboys owner Jerry Jones: Any player who is ‘disrespectful to the flag’ won't be allowed to play  —  ARLINGTON — Cowboys owner Jerry Jones said Sunday that any of his players who disrespect the flag during the national anthem won't play in games.  —  Jones is the first NFL owner to publicly …
New York Times:
Trump Tells Pence to Leave N.F.L. Game as Players Kneel During Anthem
Eli Watkins / CNN:
Pence leaves Colts game after protest during anthem
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 …
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Karoun Demirjian / Washington Post:
Trump's tweetstorm against Corker may cost him a key policy ally
Washington Post:
Google uncovers Russian-bought ads on YouTube, Gmail and other platforms  —  SAN FRANCISCO — Google for the first time has uncovered evidence that Russian operatives exploited the company's platforms in an attempt to interfere in the 2016 election, according to people familiar with the company's investigation.
The Daily Beast:
Russia Recruited YouTubers to Bash ‘Racist B*tch’ Hillary Clinton Over Rap Beats … According to the YouTube page for “Williams and Kalvin,” the Clintons are “serial killers who are going to rape the whole nation.”  Donald Trump can't be racist because he's a “businessman.”
Eric Bradner / CNN:
Bannon expands his list of Senate Republican targets for 2018  —  Washington (CNN)Former White House chief strategist Steve Bannon is expanding his efforts to unseat sitting Senate Republicans in primaries next year.  —  In the two weeks since Bannon-backed former judge Roy Moore defeated …
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Jennifer Haberkorn / Politico:   Republicans privately admit defeat on Obamacare repeal
Bloomberg:
Bannon Plans to Back Challengers to Most GOP Senators
Discussion: Washington Post
Matt Flegenheimer / New York Times:
Stephen Miller, the Powerful Survivor on the President's Right Flank  —  Mr. Miller, who was a conservative trapped in a liberal California high school, has rocketed to the upper reaches of White House influence, especially on immigration.  —  SANTA MONICA, Calif. — Stephen Miller had their attention.
New York Times:
The Republican's Guide to Presidential Etiquette  —  Illustrations by Oliver Munday  —  Republicans used to care a whole lot about how a president comported himself, and whether he acted at all times with the dignity his station demands.  —  “Is President Obama Disrespecting the Oval Office?”
Reuters:
Trump's popularity is slipping in rural America: poll  —  (Reuters) - Outside the Morgan County fair in McConnelsville, in a rural swath of Ohio that fervently backed U.S. President Donald Trump in last year's election, ticket seller John Wilson quietly counts off a handful of disappointments with the man he helped elect.
Discussion: Political Wire
Michael D. Shear / New York Times:
White House Makes Hard-Line Demands for Any ‘Dreamers’ Deal  —  WASHINGTON — The White House on Sunday delivered to Congress a long list of hard-line immigration measures that President Trump is demanding in exchange for any deal to protect the young undocumented immigrants known as Dreamers …
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David Nakamura / Washington Post:
Trump administration releases hard-line immigration principles, threatening deal on ‘dreamers’
Discussion: Politicus USA
Tyler Cowen / Marginal REVOLUTION:
Nobel Prize awarded to Richard Thaler  —  This is a prize that is easy to understand.  It is a prize for behavioral economics, for the ongoing importance of psychology in economic decision-making, and for “Nudge,” his famous and also bestsellinig book co-authored with Cass Sunstein.
Discussion: Washington Post
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Richard H. Thaler / Nobelprize.org:
The Prize in Economic Sciences 2017
Discussion: Marginal REVOLUTION, Cafe Hayek and NPR
Alan Greenblatt / Politico:
Are Democrats Headed for a McGovern Redux?  —  Four decades ago, Richard Nixon lived out the fantasy many liberals harbor about Donald Trump, stepping down in the face of possible impeachment over a slow-moving scandal long before his term was up.  Before that happened, however …
Natasha Salmon / The Independent:
Frank Sinatra told Donald Trump to “go f*** himself”, new book reveals  —  Former manager describes legendary singer's reaction at being told his costs were excessive  —  Frank Sinatra told Donald Trump to “go f*** himself” after the now-President took issue with the singer's financial demands, a new book has claimed.
Discussion: Political Wire
Rebecca Savransky / The Hill:
Ivana Trump: The president ‘for sure’ wouldn't be who he is without me  —  Ivana Trump said President Trump would not be the person he is today without her.  —  During an interview on CBS News that aired Sunday, she was asked: “He wouldn't be who he is without you?”  —  “That's for sure,” Ivana Trump replied.
Discussion: RedState
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Monica Lewinsky / CBS News:
“First Ex” Ivana Trump on parenting and the president's tweets
Discussion: Mediaite
Tim Johnson / miamiherald:
As some Puerto Rico mayors stumble, U.S. militarizes relief campaign.  —  AGUADILLA, PUERTO RICO  —  As U.S. soldiers Sunday handed out dozens of boxes of emergency food and water rations in this coastal town, a federal relief official pronounced himself satisfied.  —  “They seem pretty happy right now.
Discussion: The Daily Caller
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Wall Street Journal:
U.S. Pressure on North Korea's Global Ties Bears Fruit
David Leonhardt / New York Times:
Gary Cohn and Steven Mnuchin Risk Their Reputations
Matthew Boyle / Breitbart:
The League of Extraordinary Candidates: Economic Nationalist Leaders Plan for Anti-Establishment …
Discussion: IJR, CNN, Axios, RedState and The Atlantic
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Jaclyn Peiser / New York Times:
Anti-Semitism's Rise Gives The Forward New Resolve
Washington Post:
Traveling in style: Trump's White House wrestles with Cabinet costs
Discussion: Political Wire and Axios
Lolly Bowean / Chicago Tribune:
Without archives on site, how will Obama Center benefit area students, scholars?
Salena Zito / Washington Examiner:
All news is local  —  WEST NEWTON, PA — There used to 324 newspapers …
Discussion: Instapundit