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9:45 AM ET, October 11, 2017

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People.com:
Harvey Weinstein's Wife Georgina Chapman Is Leaving Him: ‘My Heart Breaks for All the Women Who Have Suffered’  —  Harvey Weinstein's wife, Marchesa designer Georgina Chapman, is leaving him — as more women continue to step forward to accuse the movie mogul of decades of sexual harassment and assault.
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TMZ.com:
Harvey Weinstein Flying to Europe Tonight for Sex Addiction Rehab  —  EXCLUSIVE DETAILS  —  Harvey Weinstein is boarding a private jet Tuesday night, bound for a rehab center in Europe for sex addiction ... sources connected with the former mogul tell TMZ.
Discussion: Instapundit, Mercury News and Gothamist
Erik Hayden / Hollywood Reporter:
Ronan Farrow Says He Was Threatened Personally With a Lawsuit by Harvey Weinstein  —  When asked on MSNBC why he went to The New Yorker with the story, Farrow replied: “You would have to ask NBC and NBC executives about the details.”  —  Ronan Farrow told Rachel Maddow on Tuesday …
Page Six:
A ‘defiant’ Harvey Weinstein said he's already planning a comeback  —  Harvey Weinstein has been accused of rape, in the latest bombshell from the New Yorker.  The investigation uncovered shocking audio of Weinstein coercing a female model during an NYPD sting.
HuffPost:
Sources: NBC Let Ronan Farrow's Weinstein Scoop Slip Away
Michael Daly / The Daily Beast:
NYPD Was Ready to Arrest Harvey Weinstein in 2015 After Model Said She Was Groped
New York Times:
Gwyneth Paltrow, Angelina Jolie and Others Say Weinstein Harassed Them
Ed O'Keefe / Washington Post:
DCCC to donate all Harvey Weinstein donations to women's group
Jake Tapper / CNN:
‘Email prankster’ reaches Harvey Weinstein, Lisa Bloom
Tina Brown / New York Times:
What Harvey and Trump have in common
NBC News:
Trump Wanted Tenfold Increase in Nuclear Arsenal, Surprising Military  —  WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump said he wanted what amounted to a nearly tenfold increase in the U.S. nuclear arsenal during a gathering this past summer of the nation's highest ranking national security leaders …
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Elizabeth Preza / Raw Story:
GOP official imagines Kelly and Mattis discussed tackling Trump if he ‘lunges for the nuclear football’: report  —  New York Magazine contributing editor Gabriel Sherman on Tuesday reported on a remarkable conversation he had with a senior Republican official, who described imagined conversations …
Discussion: twitchy.com
Mike Allen / Axios:
Inside Bannon's plans for a GOP civil war  —  Establishment Republicans are getting squeezed to death from within.  In what should be nirvana — all-party control of Washington — they instead are jammed daily between a president who routinely ridicules them for ineptitude — and Steve Bannon …
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Fred Barnes / Weekly Standard:
Mitch McConnell Goes to the Mattresses for Trump's Judicial Nominees  —  The Senate majority leader takes charge of the confirmation process.  —  The Republican drive to confirm federal judges has gained momentum from a series of actions by Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell.
Discussion: Power Line
Sophie Tatum / CNN:
Hogan Gidley joining White House as deputy press secretary
Mallory Shelbourne / The Hill:
Bannon vented about Pence VP pick before joining campaign: report
Ali Watkins / Politico:
Carter Page says he won't testify before Senate Intelligence panel in Russia probe  —  Carter Page, a former foreign policy adviser to the Trump campaign, informed the Senate Intelligence Committee on Tuesday that he will not be cooperating with any requests to appear before the panel …
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CNN:
Carter Page says he will plead the Fifth to Senate Russia investigators
Discussion: AOL
New York Times:
How Israel Caught Russian Hackers Scouring the World for U.S. Secrets  —  It was a case of spies watching spies watching spies: Israeli intelligence officers looked on in real time as Russian government hackers searched computers around the world for the code names of American intelligence programs.
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Ellen Nakashima / Washington Post:   Israel hacked Kaspersky, then tipped the NSA that its tools had been breached
Alexander Burns / New York Times:
Pledge to Impeach Trump, a Key Donor Demands of Democrats  —  One of the Democratic Party's most prominent financial backers is demanding that lawmakers and candidates on the left support removing President Trump from office, putting pressure on Democrats to make Mr. Trump's ouster a defining issue in the 2018 midterm elections.
Discussion: Political Wire and CNN
Michael Kranish / Washington Post:
'He's better than this,' says Thomas Barrack, Trump's loyal whisperer  —  NEW YORK — Thomas J. Barrack Jr., a billionaire who is one of President Trump's oldest friends, had spent weeks trying to smooth the way for a May presidential meeting in Saudi Arabia with Gulf leaders.  —  All initially went well.
Wall Street Journal:
North Korea Suspected of Hacking U.S.-South Korean War Plans  —  Secrets stolen last year include plans detailing how to eliminate the Pyongyang leadership  —  Suspected North Korean hackers stole sensitive military secrets, including a joint U.S.-South Korean plan detailing how to eliminate …
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NBC News:   Experts: North Korea Targeted U.S. Electric Power Companies
Austin Bay / The New York Observer:
Trump's North Korea Threat-Theater Is Working
Discussion: Washington Post and FOX 61
Los Angeles Times:
New disclosure shows a casino guard alerted hotel to gunman before Vegas massacre began.  So why did it take so long to stop him?  —  Police say gunman Stephen Paddock shot a security guard before opening fire on concertgoers.  —  Before the Las Vegas massacre began, a wounded Mandalay Bay …
Discussion: Townhall.com, NPR, IJR and neo-neocon
Jessica Guynn / USA Today:
Mark Zuckerberg apologizes for tone-deaf virtual tour of hurricane-ravaged Puerto Rico  —  SAN FRANCISCO — Mark Zuckerberg apologized after a live-streamed virtual trip to hurricane-ravaged Puerto Rico to promote Facebook's Spaces app drew sharp criticism on social media.
Josh Rogin / Washington Post:
The Dalai Lama speaks on Trump and ‘America first’  —  The Dalai Lama, the spiritual head of the Tibetan nation, is known worldwide for his advocacy of non-violence, peaceful coexistence, environmental protection and human rights.  But the 82-year-old Buddhist monk is worried about the rise …
Hollie McKay / Fox News:
Iran's secret sites linked to nuclear weapons development revealed  —  EXCLUSIVE - President Donald Trump is expected this week to “decertify” the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), better known simply as the Iran deal, declaring that the agreement reached in 2015 by the U.S. and five …
Jim Tankersley / New York Times:
Kansas Tried a Tax Plan Similar to Trump's.  It Failed.  —  WICHITA, Kan. — In December 2014, the University of Kansas agreed to pay David Beaty $800,000 a year, plus incentives, to be the football program's head coach, but with an interesting structure: More than two-thirds of that pay …
Matthew Yglesias / Vox:
The real fix for gerrymandering is proportional representation  —  It's time to consider radical solutions.  —  The furor over the Supreme Court case considering limits on gerrymandering has reminded me of a conference I attended years ago.  This was a meeting mostly composed …
 
 
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Associated Press:
Indiana Officials Vague About Reasons for Withholding Pence Emails
Cory Bennett / Politico:
Senate Democrats worry Russia could jeopardize reelection bids
Sophia Tesfaye / Salon:
Trump's Benghazi? Ambush of U.S. soldiers in Niger goes unnoticed
Discussion: Politicus USA and New York Times
Jessie Hellmann / The Hill:
House GOP delays vote on children's health care funding to negotiate with Dems
Discussion: The Federalist
Eric Levitz / New York Magazine:
Zinke: If We Take Down Confederate Statues, ‘Indians’ Will Complain About Union Ones
Discussion: Talking Points Memo and Raw Story
Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
Bannon putting Senate majority at risk in 2018, Republicans warn
Discussion: Politico
 Earlier Items: 
Kevin Robillard / Politico:
Twitter reverses decision, will allow Blackburn to promote Senate ad
Randall Lane / Forbes:
Trump Unfiltered: The Full Transcript Of The President's Interview With Forbes
Discussion: Shareblue and ThinkProgress
Frances Robles / New York Times:
Puerto Rico's Health Care Is in Dire Condition, Three Weeks After Maria
Discussion: Vox, baker and New York Magazine
Laura Hazard Owen / Nieman Lab:
The share of women in newsrooms has increased barely 1 percentage point since 2001, ASNE data shows
Sam Levine / HuffPost:
Democratic Member Isn't Sure If Trump Voter Fraud Panel Will Ever Meet Again
Jeff Cox / CNBC:
Trump ‘likely obstructed justice’ in Comey firing, could be impeached, Brookings Institution says
 

 
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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

Ashley Carman / Bloomberg:
A growing number of podcasters, including Tim Ferriss, are moving away from interviews to monologues or co-hosts, as some well-known guests can be overexposed

Matthew Keys / The Desk:
DirecTV terminates its Dish acquisition after a group of Dish creditors rejected a modified bond exchange offer

 
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