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11:10 PM ET, October 9, 2017

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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: Shareblue and The Federalist
Mark Oppenheimer / Tablet Magazine:
Harvey Weinstein, Philip Roth, and Jewish Perverts  —  At first squint, Harvey Weinstein seems like a very familiar type.  Isn't he the old, same old, another rich, entitled, powerful man with a bad dye job abusing his might to coerce women into sex?  Isn't Harvey just like Roger Ailes …
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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.”
Daily Mail:
EXCLUSIVE: Fashion designer Donna Karan comes to Harvey Weinstein's DEFENSE suggesting his victims may have been ‘asking for it’ by the way they dress calling the shamed mogul and his wife ‘wonderful people’  — Donna Karan, 69, defended Harvey Weinstein, 65, during a red carpet interview …
Tufayel Ahmed / Newsweek:
EXCLUSIVE: JUDI DENCH, WHO HAD HARVEY WEINSTEIN ‘TATTOO’ ON HER BUTT, SAYS SEXUAL HARASSMENT REPORTS ARE ‘HORRIFYING’
Discussion: AOL and Snopes.com
Andrea Ruth / RedState:
Could The New York Times Have Broken The Weinstein Story Over A Decade Ago?
Lee Smith / Weekly Standard:
The Human Stain: Why the Harvey Weinstein Story Is Worse Than You Think
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 …
Discussion: Axios and ABC News
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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.
New York Times:
Trump's Fight with Corker Jeopardizes His Legislative Agenda
Sean Sullivan / Washington Post:
After Trump-Corker flap, Hill Republicans choose a simple strategy: avoidance
Discussion: Political Wire
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 …
Discussion: IJR and AOL
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New York Times:
Jemele Hill Suspended by ESPN After Response to Jerry Jones
Todd ArcherESPN / ESPN:
Jerry Jones: Cowboys will bench any player who ‘disrespects’ flag
Discussion: The Root, ThinkProgress and AOL
Frank Pallotta / CNNMoney:
ESPN suspends Jemele Hill over NFL tweets
New York Times:
How Russia Harvested American Rage to Reshape U.S. Politics  —  YouTube videos of police beatings on American streets.  A widely circulated internet hoax about Muslim men in Michigan collecting welfare for multiple wives.  A local news story about two veterans brutally mugged on a freezing winter night.
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Washington Post:
Google uncovers Russian-bought ads on YouTube, Gmail and other platforms
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’
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
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
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.
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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.”
Discussion: Raw Story
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Alex Pfeiffer / The Daily Caller:   EXCLUSIVE: Michael Wolff Given Great White House Access To Write Trump Book
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.
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
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 …
Luke Mullins / CNN:
The most famous ‘undecided voter’ has big problems with Trump  —  Inside Ken Bone's bizarre year - and what it says about America's celebrity obsession.  —  BETWEEN ISSUES  —  A year later, Ken Bone has finally made up his mind.  —  In case you don't recall, Bone is the red-sweater …
Discussion: Raw Story
 
 
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Alex Isenstadt / Politico:
Utah Republican weighs Hatch primary challenge
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Inside the CIA's black site torture room
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