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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 …
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.
Mike Fleming / Deadline:
Matt Damon Denies Trying To Kill 2004 NYT Harvey Weinstein Story: “If There Was Ever An Event And Harvey Was Doing This...I Would Have Stopped It”  —  EXCLUSIVE: The daily bombshells involving Harvey Weinstein are involving widening circles of Hollywood people, and hasty mis-characterizations are inevitable.
Eli Watkins / CNN:
Hillary Clinton condemns longtime Democratic donor Harvey Weinstein  —  STORY HIGHLIGHTS  — Many Democratic officeholders announced their intention to return or donate Weinstein funds, but Clinton's statement made no mention of contributions  —  Washington (CNN)Hillary Clinton condemned …
Heather Graham / Variety:
Harvey Weinstein Implied I Had to Have Sex With Him for Movie Role (EXCLUSIVE)
Discussion: Mediaite and IndieWire
Jake Tapper / CNN:
‘Email prankster’ reaches Harvey Weinstein, Lisa Bloom
Josh Feldman / Mediaite:   Jake Tapper: ‘Morally Bankrupt’ to Condemn One Sexual Harasser But Not Another Because of Politics
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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Burgess Everett / Politico:
Republicans to Trump and Corker: Please just stop
Michelle Goldberg / New York Times:   Corker Told the Truth About Trump. Now He Should Act on It.
Associated Press:
AP FACT CHECK: WH wrong in saying Corker behind Iran deal
Discussion: Politico
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:
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.
Discussion: Business Insider and Raw Story
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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Mary Callahan / Santa Rosa Press-Democrat:
New fire moving from Annadel park toward Santa Rosa's Oakmont community
Discussion: 6 and San Francisco Chronicle
New York Times:
The Destruction From the California Fires in Photos and Maps
Discussion: grubstreet and AOL
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
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Mallory Shelbourne / The Hill:
Bannon vented about Pence VP pick before joining campaign: report
Discussion: RedState and Political Wire
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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Justin McCurry / The Guardian:
Jimmy Carter offers to talk peace with North Korea's Kim, says academic
Discussion: Financial Times, CNN and Just Security
Jeff Cox / CNBC:
Trump ‘likely obstructed justice’ in Comey firing, could be impeached, Brookings Institution says  — President Donald Trump “likely obstructed justice” when he fired FBI Director James Comey and could face impeachment, according to an analysis from the Brookings Institution.
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Barry H. Berke / Brookings Institution:
Presidential obstruction of justice: The case of Donald J. Trump
Discussion: TheStreet and Political Wire
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
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 …
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Josh Dawsey / Politico:
Rand will stand in way of tax cuts, White House fears
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 …
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.
Frances Robles / New York Times:
Puerto Rico's Health Care Is in Dire Condition, Three Weeks After Maria  —  CAGUAS, P.R. — Harry Figueroa, a teacher who went a week without the oxygen that helped him breathe, died here last week at 58.  His body went unrefrigerated for so long that the funeral director could not embalm his badly decomposed corpse.
Discussion: New York Magazine
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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.”
Kevin Seifert / 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
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 …
New York Times:
Trump Threatens N.F.L. and Attacks Jemele Hill of ESPN  —  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, but the White House later backed off, saying he was only making a point.
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Jordan Fabian / The Hill:
White House backs NFL rule change requiring players to stand for anthem
Discussion: ProFootballTalk
 
 
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Ben Affleck:
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Discussion: The Daily Caller and Mediaite
Randall Lane / Forbes:
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Discussion: ThinkProgress
CNN:
Las Vegas shooter fired ‘incendiary’ rounds at fuel tank
Discussion: The Daily Caller
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:
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 Earlier Items: 
Victor Davis Hanson / National Review:
A Vicious Virtue  —  When tragedy strikes, you probably deserve it …
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
Hannah Lawrence / WZTV:
Chattanooga man loses job after sitting during national anthem
Discussion: The Root, Raw Story and IJR
Derek Hawkins / Washington Post:
Black man attacked at white nationalist rally in Charlottesville faces felony charge
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Andy Greenberg / Wired:
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Carly Page / TechCrunch:
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