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4:45 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, IJR and Mediaite
Michelle Goldberg / New York Times:
Corker Told the Truth About Trump.  Now He Should Act on It.  —  Over the past few months, the country has been in a foul sort of trance.  Among people who work in politics, Republicans as well as Democrats, it is conventional wisdom that President Trump is staggeringly ill-informed, erratic, reckless and dishonest.
Discussion: New York Magazine
Burgess Everett / Politico:
Republicans to Trump and Corker: Please just stop
Wall Street Journal:
The Truth About Trump and Corker
Discussion: Raw Story
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
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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Chris Cillizza / CNN:
Donald Trump's IQ obsession, in 22 quotes
Discussion: Raw Story, IJR and The Daily Caller
Philip Rucker / Washington Post:
Trump proposes ‘IQ tests’ faceoff with Tillerson after secretary of state calls him a ‘moron’
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New York Times:
The Destruction From the California Fires in Photos and Maps
Discussion: AOL and Los Angeles Times
New York Times:
Wildfires Sweep Across Northern California; 13 Are Dead
Discussion: VICE News and Refinery29
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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Jordan Fabian / The Hill:
White House backs NFL rule change requiring players to stand for anthem
Discussion: ProFootballTalk
Christine Wang / CNBC:
NFL owners to consider rule change that would require players to stand for national anthem: Report
Tony Maglio / The Wrap:
Michael Smith to Sit Out Tonight's ‘SC6’ After Jemele Hill Suspension
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’
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 …
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
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 …
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
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?
Discussion: The Daily Caller and The Ticker
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
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, IJR and Raw Story
 
 
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Victor Davis Hanson / National Review:
A Vicious Virtue  —  When tragedy strikes, you probably deserve it …
U.S. Department of Justice:
Deputy Attorney General Rod J. Rosenstein Delivers Remarks on Encryption at the United States Naval Academy
Wall Street Journal:
Apple Strikes Deal With Spielberg's Amblin for ‘Amazing Stories’ Reboot
Barry H. Berke / Reckless hostility toward …:
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!”
Discussion: FOX2now.com, AOL and The Daily Caller
Bloomberg:
Google, Facebook, Twitter Scramble to Hold Washington at Bay
 Earlier Items: 
Polly Mosendz / Bloomberg:
Lawsuit Over Las Vegas Shooting Tests Gun Industry's Immunity
Discussion: Business Insider
Nancy LeTourneau / Washington Monthly:
When Your Only Political Strategy Is Division
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:
‘I now hate my ship’: Surveys reveal disastrous morale on cruiser Shiloh
Discussion: Defense One
Paul Krugman / New York Times:
Virginia Is for Haters  —  Why is America the only wealthy nation …
Discussion: CNN and FiveThirtyEight
 

 
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