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5:15 PM ET, October 10, 2017

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Ronan Farrow / New Yorker:
From Aggressive Overtures to Sexual Assault: Harvey Weinstein's Accusers Tell Their Stories  —  Multiple women share harrowing accounts of sexual assault and harassment by the film executive.  —  1.  —  Since the establishment of the first studios a century ago, there have been few movie executives …
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New York Times:
Gwyneth Paltrow, Angelina Jolie and Others Say Weinstein Harassed Them  —  “This way of treating women ends now,” Ms. Paltrow said as she and other actresses accused the producer of casting-couch abuses.  —  When Gwyneth Paltrow was 22 years old, she got a role that would take her from actress to star …
Marlow Stern / The Daily Beast:
George Clooney Speaks Out on Harvey Weinstein: 'It's Disturbing on a Whole Lot of Levels'
Daily Mail:
EXCLUSIVE: Fashion designer Donna Karan comes to Harvey Weinstein's DEFENSE suggesting his victims …
Peter Baker / New York Times:
Trump Mocks Bob Corker's Height, Escalating Feud with a Key Republican  —  WASHINGTON — President Trump escalated his attack on Senator Bob Corker on Tuesday by ridiculing him for his height, even as advisers worried that the president was further fracturing his relationship …
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Jonathan Martin / New York Times:
Trump Claims We Tricked Bob Corker.  Here's the Truth.  —  The Reader Center is a newsroom initiative that is helping The Times build deeper ties with our audience.  —  President Trump claimed today on Twitter today that the Times “set Liddle' Bob Corker up by recording his conversation.”
Discussion: Business Insider and IJR
Michelle Goldberg / New York Times:   Corker Told the Truth About Trump. Now He Should Act on It.
Wall Street Journal:
The Truth About Trump and Corker
Discussion: Raw Story
Burgess Everett / Politico:
Republicans to Trump and Corker: Please just stop
Andrew Prokop / Vox:
The bizarre situation where only retiring Republicans will talk about Trump's fitness for office
Charlie Cook / National Journal:
Trump's Feud With Corker Takes Him To a Darker Place
San Francisco Chronicle:
Wildfire on Highway 121 in Sonoma County, heading toward Napa … Latest developments in the North Bay fires:  —  9 a.m. Small vegetation fire in San Rafael: A vegetation fire less than one acre large started off Professional Center Parkway.  Firefighters stopped forward progress.
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Philip Bump / Washington Post:
A brief history of Trump challenging people to IQ tests  —  There are two comforts President Trump takes when comparing himself to others.  —  The first is his height.  Trump is reportedly 6-foot-2 (although some reports put him at 6-foot-3), making him above the average height for an American man (a bit over 5-foot-9).
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Philip Rucker / Washington Post:
Trump proposes ‘IQ tests’ faceoff with Tillerson after secretary of state calls him a ‘moron’
Kevin SeifertNFL / ESPN:
Roger Goodell sends letter to NFL teams, wants players to stand during anthem  —  The NFL has developed a plan to “move past” its ongoing debate about player protests during the national anthem and could enact it next week, commissioner Roger Goodell wrote Tuesday in a letter to all 32 teams.
Discussion: ABC News, TheBlaze and Mediaite
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Christine Wang / CNBC:
NFL owners to consider rule change that would require players to stand for national anthem: Report
Jordan Fabian / The Hill:
White House backs NFL rule change requiring players to stand for anthem
Discussion: ProFootballTalk
BBC:
North Korea ‘hackers steal US-South Korea war plans’  —  Hackers from North Korea are reported to have stolen a large cache of military documents from South Korea, including a plan to assassinate North Korea's leader Kim Jong-un.  —  Rhee Cheol-hee, a South Korean lawmaker, said the information was from his country's defence ministry.
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Foreign Policy:
Trump Touts Military Option for North Korea That Generals Warn Would Be ‘Horrific’
Peter Baker / New York Times:
Trump Threatens N.F.L. and Attacks Jemele Hill  —  WASHINGTON — President Trump threatened on Tuesday to use federal tax law to penalize the National Football League over players who kneel in protest during the national anthem as he sought to escalate a political fight that has resonated with his conservative base.
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Tony Maglio / The Wrap:
Michael Smith to Sit Out Tonight's ‘SC6’ After Jemele Hill Suspension
BuzzFeed:
Steve Bannon Privately Slammed Pence VP Pick  —  “This is the price we pay.”  —  Steve Bannon privately slammed the selection of Mike Pence as Donald Trump's running mate a month before taking over the Trump campaign, according to emails obtained by BuzzFeed News.
Discussion: The Guardian and IJR
Thomas Grove / Wall Street Journal:
Wall Street Journal Reporter Sentenced to Prison by Turkish Court  —  Conviction on terrorist propaganda charges highlights government's increased targeting of journalists; reporter to appeal decision  —  A Turkish court sentenced Wall Street Journal reporter Ayla Albayrak to two years …
George Ciccariello-Maher / Washington Post:
Conservatives are the real campus thought police squashing academic freedom  —  Last week, I sent a string of relatively uncontroversial tweets in the aftermath of the Las Vegas massacre, in which I sought to answer a question about mass shootings in the United States: Why are these crimes almost always carried out by white men?
CNN:
Nunes signs off on new subpoenas to firm behind Trump-Russia dossier  —  (CNN)The chairman of the House intelligence committee has issued subpoenas to the partners who run Fusion GPS, the research firm that produced the dossier of memos on alleged Russian efforts to aid the Trump campaign, according to sources briefed on the matter.
Cameron Easley / Morning Consult:
Trump Approval Dips in Every State, Though Deep Pockets of Support Remain  —  A comprehensive survey of more than 470,000 Americans finds Trump's approval has fallen in every state since taking office.  —  Morning Consult illustration / Getty Images  — A majority of voters in 25 states …
Judy Kurtz / The Hill:
Mensa offers to host IQ test for Trump and Tillerson  —  Bring on the IQ test — Mensa says it's willing to host President Trump and secretary of State Rex Tillerson  —  in a battle of the brains.  —  In an interview with Forbes published Tuesday, Trump suggested he and Tillerson …
Lola Ogunyemi / The Guardian:
I am the woman in the ‘racist Dove ad’.  I am not a victim  —  When Dove offered me the chance to be the face of a new body wash campaign, I jumped.  I had no idea I would become the unwitting poster child for racist advertising … rom a very young age, I've been told, “You're so pretty ... for a dark-skinned girl.”
Discussion: NBC News
Jon Lee Anderson / New Yorker:
How Many Puerto Ricans Will Leave Home After Hurricane Maria?  —  Small , rugged green mountains make up the central spine of the island of Puerto Rico, and the small towns situated along the range were hit especially hard by Hurricane Maria.  The municipality of Utuado, nestled in the hills above a large …
Discussion: Raw Story
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Washington Post:
FEMA administrator: Puerto Rico's politics, lack of unity, hindering hurricane response
Alex Pfeiffer / The Daily Caller:
Rohrabacher, Rand Paul Met To Discuss Assange Giving Up WikiLeaks Source To US Government  —  Republican California Rep. Dana Rohrabacher met with Republican Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul last Thursday and discussed leveraging Paul's close relationship with President Donald Trump to let the president …
Hannah Lawrence / WZTV:
Chattanooga man loses job after sitting during national anthem  —  Tyler Chancellor says he was invited to sit with his coworkers in the VIP section of the Camp Jordan arena Saturday.  (Hannah Lawrence/WTVC){ }  —  AA  —  A man said Monday he lost his job because he sat during the national anthem at an event this weekend.
Discussion: The Root, Raw Story and IJR
 
 
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Victor Davis Hanson / National Review:
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U.S. Department of Justice:
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Presidential obstruction of justice: The case of Donald J. Trump
Discussion: TheStreet
Erin Heffernan / St. Louis Post-Dispatch:
ST. LOUIS COUNTY • The signs at Lone Elk Park read: “Absolutely do not approach the elk!”
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Bloomberg:
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Polly Mosendz / Bloomberg:
Lawsuit Over Las Vegas Shooting Tests Gun Industry's Immunity
Discussion: Business Insider
Lee Drutman / New Republic:
It's the Culture, Stupid
Derek Hawkins / Washington Post:
Black man attacked at white nationalist rally in Charlottesville faces felony charge
Dylan Scott / Vox:
How Trump is planning to gut Obamacare by executive order
Geoff Ziezulewicz / Navy Times:
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Discussion: Defense One
Paul Krugman / New York Times:
Virginia Is for Haters  —  Why is America the only wealthy nation …
Discussion: CNN and FiveThirtyEight