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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’
Twitter pulls Blackburn Senate ad deemed ‘inflammatory’
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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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Michael Calderone / Politico:
Ex-New York Times editor dismisses claim the paper spiked Harvey Weinstein allegations — Jonathan Landman, a former high-ranking New York Times editor, pushed back Monday against The Wrap founder and CEO Sharon Waxman's claim that the Times spiked her reporting 13 years ago on allegations …
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 …
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New York Times:
The Times's Executive Editor Responds to Questions About Earlier Weinstein Reporting
The Times's Executive Editor Responds to Questions About Earlier Weinstein Reporting
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Lee Smith / Weekly Standard:
The Human Stain: Why the Harvey Weinstein Story Is Worse Than You Think
The Human Stain: Why the Harvey Weinstein Story Is Worse Than You Think
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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.
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Robert Costa / Washington Post:
A ‘pressure cooker’: Trump's frustration and fury rupture alliances, threaten agenda — Frustrated by his Cabinet and angry that he has not received enough credit for his handling of three successive hurricanes, President Trump is now lashing out, rupturing alliances and imperiling his legislative agenda …
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New York Times:
Trump's Fight with Corker Jeopardizes His Legislative Agenda
Trump's Fight with Corker Jeopardizes His Legislative Agenda
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Sean Sullivan / Washington Post:
After Trump-Corker flap, Hill Republicans choose a simple strategy: avoidance
After Trump-Corker flap, Hill Republicans choose a simple strategy: avoidance
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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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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 …
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Todd ArcherESPN / ESPN:
Jerry Jones: Cowboys will bench any player who ‘disrespects’ flag
Jerry Jones: Cowboys will bench any player who ‘disrespects’ flag
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Ryan Gaydos / Fox News:
Jerry Jones gives Cowboys players ultimatum: Stand for anthem or sit for game
Jerry Jones gives Cowboys players ultimatum: Stand for anthem or sit for game
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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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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 says she is ‘first lady’
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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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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 …
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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.
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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 …
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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
Iran promises ‘crushing’ response if U.S. designates Guards a terrorist group
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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.
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Paul Bedard / Washington Examiner:
Book: Trump choreographs photographers to hide double chin — White House news photographers say President Trump loves to have his picture taken, but he is forceful in orchestrating the angles so that the results are positive and don't capture his double chin, according to a new book about “photodogs.”
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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 …
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.
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