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Erik Schelzig / Associated Press:
Twitter shuts down Blackburn campaign announcement video  —  https://apnews.com/0d8828bd7d204b40af61 172628d0a7f6  —  Link copied!  —  NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Republican Rep. Marsha Blackburn's Senate campaign announcement ad has been blocked by Twitter over a statement …
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Kevin Robillard / Politico:
Twitter pulls Blackburn Senate ad deemed ‘inflammatory’
Discussion: The Federalist
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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Tufayel Ahmed / Newsweek:
EXCLUSIVE: JUDI DENCH, WHO HAD HARVEY WEINSTEIN ‘TATTOO’ ON HER BUTT, SAYS SEXUAL HARASSMENT REPORTS ARE ‘HORRIFYING’  —  Judi Dench, the Academy Award-winning actor who has credited much of her Hollywood success to Harvey Weinstein, says she is horrified by the allegations of sexual harassment …
Lee Smith / Weekly Standard:
The Human Stain: Why the Harvey Weinstein Story Is Worse Than You Think
Jordain Carney / The Hill:
Feinstein says she is running for reelection  —  (D-Calif.) announced on Monday morning that she will run for reelection in 2018.  —  “I am running for reelection to the Senate.  Lots more to do: ending gun violence, combating climate change, access to healthcare.  I'm all in!”  Feinstein said in a tweet.
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Jeff Stein / Vox:
Sen. Dianne Feinstein is running for reelection.  The left isn't happy about it.  —  Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-CA) announced Monday that she is running for reelection for the California Senate seat she has held since 1992.  —  Feinstein said on Twitter that she was “all in” and pledged to end gun violence and combat climate change.
Michael Harriot / The Root:
Exclusive: NFL Owners, Coaches Pressuring Players to Stop Kneeling During Anthem  —  Multiple NFL players say they have been explicitly and implicitly warned against doing any kind of demonstration during the national anthem in the weeks following Donald Trump's directions to owners to …
Discussion: IJR and AOL
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Todd ArcherESPN / ESPN:
Jerry Jones: Cowboys will bench any player who ‘disrespects’ flag
Discussion: ThinkProgress and AOL
New York Times:
Jemele Hill Suspended by ESPN After Response to Jerry Jones
Frank Pallotta / CNNMoney:
ESPN suspends Jemele Hill over NFL tweets
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.”
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Washington Post:
Google uncovers Russian-bought ads on YouTube, Gmail and other platforms
CNN:
Russians' lawyer says new documents show Trump Tower meeting not about dirt on Clinton
Discussion: Raw Story
CNN:
Melania Trump responds to Ivana Trump calling herself ‘first lady’  —  Ivana Trump: I told Donald to keep tweeting  —  STORY HIGHLIGHTS  —  (CNN)President Donald Trump's first wife, Ivana Trump, called herself “first lady” in an interview Monday ahead of the release of her memoir, “Raising Trump.”
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Katie Kindelan / Yahoo:
Ivana Trump says she is ‘first lady’  —  Ivana Trump, said she has a “direct number” to the White House, turned down the U.S. ambassadorship to the Czech Republic and takes “full credit” for raising the couple's three children.  —  Those are just a few of the revelations Ivana Trump, 68 …
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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Sonali Kohli / Los Angeles Times:
At least 1,500 structures lost in Northern California firestorm, among worst in state's history  —  At least 1,500 homes, businesses and other structures have been destroyed as more than 14 fires ravaged eight counties throughout Northern California late Sunday and Monday morning, authorities said.
Discussion: KGO-AM, Mother Jones, Quartz and Shakesville
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New York Times:
Wildfires in Northern California Kill at Least 10 and Destroy 1,500 Buildings
San Francisco Chronicle:
1 dead as Wine Country fires burn hundreds of homes and businesses, force evacuations, close hospitals
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.
Jennifer Bendery / HuffPost:
The Jones Act Waiver For Puerto Rico Just Expired And Won't Be Renewed  —  That means the U.S. island decimated by Hurricane Maria will go back to paying double the shipping costs for food and supplies.  —  WASHINGTON The Jones Act waiver for Puerto Rico expired on Sunday night and …
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Melanie Zanona / The Hill:
White House lets Jones Act waiver expire for Puerto Rico
Discussion: Balloon Juice
Matt Pearce / Los Angeles Times:
New revelations: Las Vegas gunman shot security guard before opening fire on concertgoers, police say  —  The gunman who attacked a country music concert in Las Vegas shot a security guard in the hotel before beginning his assault on the concertgoers, Clark County Sheriff Joe Lombardo said Monday …
Discussion: ABC News and The Daily Caller
David Frum / The Atlantic:
The Problem With ‘Containing’ Donald Trump  —  The United States is gripped by two interlocking constitutional crises: one spectacularly visible and noisy; the other unfolding more quietly.  Senator Bob Corker's Sunday remarks to The New York Times brought the quiet crisis into full public view.
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Bozorgmehr Sharafedin / Reuters:
Iran promises ‘crushing’ response if U.S. designates Guards a terrorist group
Discussion: TheBlaze
Alex Pfeiffer / The Daily Caller:
EXCLUSIVE: Michael Wolff Given Great White House Access To Write Trump Book  —  Famed columnist Michael Wolff is writing a book about the Trump White House and has gained extraordinary access, two sources with knowledge of the situation tell The Daily Caller.
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Paul Bedard / Washington Examiner:
Book: Trump choreographs photographers to hide double chin
Discussion: Raw Story
Josh Dawsey / Politico:
White House aides lean on delays and distraction to manage Trump  —  As White House chief of staff, Reince Priebus mused to associates that telling President Donald Trump no was usually not an effective strategy.  Telling him “next week” was often the better idea.
Gabriel Sherman / Vanity Fair:
Amid a Widening Rift, John Kelly Has a Mar-a-Lago Strategy to Contain Trump  —  “He doesn't love this job,” says a person close to him.  And it may get harder at the president's winter White House.  But Kelly has a plan.  —  Donald Trump can't bear for people to think he's not calling his own shots …
Discussion: Raw Story
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Mike Allen / Axios:
The Trump staff crisis
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.
Kevin Baron / Defense One:
Mattis to Generals: Start Talking to the Press  —  Nine months into the Trump administration, Mattis tells senior military leaders to engage with the media, but stay in their lanes.  —  It's time to talk.  In the age of Trump, senior U.S. military leaders have generally kept a lower public profile …
Discussion: Political Wire
 
 
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Alex Isenstadt / Politico:
Utah Republican weighs Hatch primary challenge
Discussion: Political Wire
Larry Siems / The Guardian:
Inside the CIA's black site torture room
Devin Henry / The Hill:
Dem AG vows to sue over Clean Power Plan repeal
Emily Saul / New York Post:
Pharma Bro: Prison is ‘not that awful’
Discussion: Gothamist
Seton Motley / RedState:
83% Bots: We Told You the Power Grab ‘Comment Period’ is Titanically Stupid
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Robert Costa / Washington Post:
GOP megadonor Foster Friess exploring a run for U.S. Senate in Wyoming
Discussion: ThinkProgress, Axios and Political Wire
New York Times:
Trump's Fight with Corker Jeopardizes His Legislative Agenda
The Hill:
Bill O'Reilly: Killing Columbus and never learning your history
Discussion: USA Today, Splinter and Raw Story
 

 
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Jonathan Stempel / Reuters:
A New York judge finds Sirius XM liable for a difficult subscription cancellation process; Sirius says it will appeal but abide by a new “click-to-cancel” rule

Brian Steinberg / Variety:
Sources: NBCUniversal Vice Chairman Bonnie Hammer plans to leave the company at the end of the year; she has been with the company since 2004

Peter Kafka / Business Insider:
A Q&A with Chris Balfe, CEO of Red Seat Ventures, which has helped Tucker Carlson and Megyn Kelly set up their podcast and streaming businesses and sell ads

 
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