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11:00 AM ET, October 11, 2017

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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
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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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
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
Jake Tapper / CNN:
‘Email prankster’ reaches Harvey Weinstein, Lisa Bloom
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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Julia Manchester / The Hill:
Ken Starr praises Mueller's Trump-Russia probe
Discussion: RedState
Cory Bennett / Politico:
Senate Democrats worry Russia could jeopardize reelection bids
Discussion: JustOneMinute
CNN:
Carter Page says he will plead the Fifth to Senate Russia investigators
Discussion: AOL
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
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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 …
Sophie Tatum / CNN:
Hogan Gidley joining White House as deputy press secretary
Peter Beinart / The Atlantic:
What Bob Corker Really Fears  —  It doesn't matter all that much that Bob Corker and Donald Trump are insulting each other via Twitter.  Sooner or later, Trump insults almost everyone.  What matters is that Corker, the Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee and a confidant …
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Austin Bay / The New York Observer:
Trump's North Korea Threat-Theater Is Working
Discussion: Washington Post and FOX 61
NBC News:
Experts: North Korea Targeted U.S. Electric Power Companies
Discussion: New York Times
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.
Discussion: CNBC
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Ellen Nakashima / Washington Post:
Israel hacked Kaspersky, then tipped the NSA that its tools had been breached
Erin Mershon / STAT:
An old-school pharmacy hand-delivers drugs to Congress, a little-known perk for the powerful  —  ASHINGTON — If House Speaker Paul Ryan comes down with the flu this winter, he and his security detail won't be screeching off toward the closest CVS for his Tamiflu.
Discussion: Vox
Deena Zaru / CNN:
Eminem unleashes on Trump: The 11 fiercest lines  —  STORY HIGHLIGHTS  —  " to a “racist grandpa” in an explosive 4.5-minute freestyle rap.  —  The Detroit rapper challenged his fans at the BET Hip Hop Awards to “decide who you like more” — Eminem or Trump.
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YouTube:
Eminem Rips Donald Trump In BET Hip Hop Awards Freestyle Cypher
Discussion: Vox
Sophia Tesfaye / Salon:
Trump's Benghazi?  Ambush of U.S. soldiers in Niger goes unnoticed  —  Four dead Americans.  —  It's been five years since terrorists attacked the U.S. consulate in Benghazi, Libya, on Sept. 11, 2012, leaving four Americans dead.  Last week, as CIA officers disguised in wigs and mustaches testified …
Discussion: Politicus USA and New York Times
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
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.
 
 
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USA Today:
VA conceals shoddy care and health workers' mistakes
Hollie McKay / Fox News:
Iran's secret sites linked to nuclear weapons development revealed
Associated Press:
Indiana Officials Vague About Reasons for Withholding Pence Emails
Matthew Yglesias / Vox:
The real fix for gerrymandering is proportional representation
Josh Rogin / Washington Post:
The Dalai Lama speaks on Trump and ‘America first’
Jessie Hellmann / The Hill:
House GOP delays vote on children's health care funding to negotiate with Dems
Discussion: The Federalist
 Earlier Items: 
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
Kevin Robillard / Politico:
Twitter reverses decision, will allow Blackburn to promote Senate ad
Jim Tankersley / New York Times:
Kansas Tried a Tax Plan Similar to Trump's. It Failed.
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, New York Magazine and baker
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