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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 …
Discussion: AOL and Snopes.com
Lee Smith / Weekly Standard:
The Human Stain: Why the Harvey Weinstein Story Is Worse Than You Think  —  It goes much deeper than one big creep.  —  The New York Times last week broke the story of Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein's long record of sexual harassment.  Actresses including Rose McGowan and Ashley Judd came forward …
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.
Frank Pallotta / CNNMoney:
ESPN suspends Jemele Hill over NFL tweets  —  ESPN's Jemele Hill suspended over tweets  —  ESPN has suspended host Jemele Hill for two weeks due to “a second violation of our social media guidelines,” the network announced Monday afternoon.  —  Hill “previously acknowledged letting …
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Todd ArcherESPN / ESPN:
Jerry Jones: Cowboys will bench any player who ‘disrespects’ flag
Discussion: ThinkProgress and AOL
Michael Harriot / The Root:
Exclusive: NFL Owners, Coaches Pressuring Players to Stop Kneeling During Anthem
Discussion: IJR and AOL
New York Times:
Jemele Hill Suspended by ESPN After Response to Jerry Jones
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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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.
Josh Dawsey / Politico:
White House aides lean on delays and distraction to manage Trump  —  In interviews, senior staff and others close to the president have described a series of guardrails they use to push the president away from rash decisions.  —  As White House chief of staff, Reince Priebus mused to associates …
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.
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 and Shakesville
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San Francisco Chronicle:
1 dead as Wine Country fires burn hundreds of homes and businesses, force evacuations, close hospitals
Discussion: Mother Jones and Quartz
Devin Henry / The Hill:
Dem AG vows to sue over Clean Power Plan repeal  —  New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman (D) said Monday he will sue the Trump administration over its decision to repeal the Clean Power Plan climate regulation.  —  “By seeking to repeal the Clean Power Plan — especially without …
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New York Times:
E.P.A. Announces Repeal of Major Obama-Era Carbon Emissions Rule
New York Times:
Trump's Fight with Corker Jeopardizes His Legislative Agenda  —  WASHINGTON — President Trump's latest rupture with a Republican senator has widened the schism with his own party on Capitol Hill, potentially jeopardizing the future of his legislative agenda even as he presses lawmakers …
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.
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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Matt Pearce / Los Angeles Times:
New revelations: Las Vegas gunman shot security guard before opening fire on concertgoers, police say
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Dominic Patten / Deadline:
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Inside the CIA's black site torture room
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Robert Costa / Washington Post:
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Discussion: ThinkProgress, Axios and Political Wire
The Hill:
Bill O'Reilly: Killing Columbus and never learning your history
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Natasha Salmon / The Independent:
Frank Sinatra told Donald Trump to “go f*** himself”, new book reveals
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