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1:30 AM ET, October 14, 2017

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Jackson Diehl / Washington Post:
Bob Corker on Trump's biggest problem: The ‘castration’ of Rex Tillerson  —  So is Donald Trump really leading the country toward World War III?  —  That is the warning that lingers from the broadside delivered by Sen. Bob Corker (R-Tenn.) during his Twitter war with Trump.
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Jennifer Rubin / Washington Post:
Trump's Iran announcement backfires  —  President Trump's official announcement that he will not certify the Iran deal, as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) is known, set off a series of predictable and negative consequences.  —  First, the European Union made clear that it does not agree with Trump's move.
Discussion: Politico and RedState
Brandon Carter / The Hill:
Corker: Trump trying to ‘publicly castrate’ Tillerson  —  (R-Tenn.) ripped President Trump on Friday over his relationship with Secretary of State Rex Tillerson  —  , denouncing moves by the president to “publicly castrate” his chief diplomat.  —  In an interview with The Washington Post …
Susan B. Glasser / New Yorker:   For Trump, “Consequences Are Piling Up” with Republicans in Washington
Daniella Diaz / CNN:
Trump says he spoke to US Virgin Islands' ‘president’ — which is him  —  STORY HIGHLIGHTS  —  Washington (CNN)President Donald Trump accidentally referred to the US Virgin Islands' governor as their President during a speech Friday — even though he is technically their President.
Discussion: RedState
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Brad Reed / Raw Story:
White House desperately tries to fix Trump's widely-mocked claim he met with ‘president of the Virgin Islands’  —  During his speech at the Values Voters summit on Friday, President Donald Trump told the crowd that he recently met with the “president of the Virgin Islands.”
Kelsey Tamborrino / Politico:
Trump: My presidency is ‘substantially ahead of schedule’
The White House:
Remarks by President Trump at the 2017 Values Voter Summit
Discussion: Mashable and The Guardian
Rachel Roubein / The Hill:
15 states sue over Trump-halted ObamaCare payments  —  A new multistate lawsuit has been announced to stop President Trump from halting key ObamaCare payments to insurers.  —  Fifteen states and Washington, D.C., are signing onto the new lawsuit, which will be filed Friday …
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Danielle Kurtzleben / NPR:
Trump Administration To End Obamacare Subsidies For The Poor
Wall Street Journal:
Weinstein Co. Exploring Sale or Shutdown  —  Interested buyers have approached studio's board  —  Weinstein Co. is exploring a sale or shutdown and is unlikely to continue as an independent entity, a person close to the company said.  —  The film and television studio's board of directors …
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Ashley Cullins / Hollywood Reporter:
Lisa Bloom Reveals Why She Took On Harvey Weinstein as a Client  —  “I saw this as a unique opportunity to change the way these stories go,” says the lawyer.  “I was wrong.  It turns out nobody is ready to hear an apology when a shocking story comes out.”  —  When noted feminist …
TMZ.com:
Harvey Weinstein will challenge his firing by The Weinstein Company …
Brian Stelter / CNNMoney:
Chaos inside scandal-wracked Weinstein Co.
Discussion: Infowars and WTVR-TV
Annie Karni / Politico:
Mueller's team interviewed Priebus on Friday  —  Former White House chief of staff Reince Priebus was interviewed by special counsel Robert Mueller's team on Friday, according to his lawyer, William Burck.  —  “Mr. Priebus was voluntarily interviewed by Special Counsel Mueller's team today.
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Emily Smith / Page Six:
Anthony Scaramucci is romancing Kimberly Guilfoyle  —  MORE FROM: … Anthony Scaramucci, the infamous, fiery, short-lived former White House communications director, is wooing glamorous Fox News anchor Kimberly Guilfoyle, multiple sources tell Page Six — even as the couple deny they are an item.
Discussion: AOL
Adam Steinbaugh / FIRE:
Hecklers shout down California attorney general, assembly majority leader at Whittier College  —  Last week, Whittier College — my alma mater — hosted California's Attorney General, Xavier Becerra, in a question-and-answer session organized by Ian Calderon, the Majority Leader of the California State Assembly.
Discussion: Power Line, Instapundit and TheBlaze
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Stanley Kurtz / National Review:   Pro-Trumpers Shout-Down Liberal Speakers at Whittier College
The Daily Beast:
McMaster Wants to Save the Iran Deal by Hiding It From Trump … In a meeting with Senate Democrats last week, President Donald Trump's top national security aide had a message for those worried that the administration may scuttle the Iran nuclear deal: If Trump doesn't have to see it, he won't be able to kill it.
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John D. Sutter / CNN:
Desperate Puerto Ricans are drinking water from a hazardous-waste site  —  Dorado, Puerto Rico (CNN)Jose Luis Rodriguez waited in line Friday to fill plastic jugs in the back of his pickup truck with water for drinking, doing the dishes and bathing.  —  But there is something …
Discussion: The Root and New York Times
Joe Concha / The Hill:
Pentagon accidentally included reporter in Puerto Rico spin talks  —  Officials at the Department of Defense and the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) accidentally included a Bloomberg climate reporter on an internal email distribution list that included discussions on how to present Puerto Rico recovery efforts to the media.
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Eugene Robinson / Washington Post:
Abandoning Puerto Rico would be an impeachable offense
Nick Bilton / Vanity Fair:
Donald Trump's Fake Renoir: The Untold Story  —  Trump biographer Tim O'Brien talks about his years covering the developer turned reality star turned president—including a bizarre incident involving a fake impressionist painting.  —  Years ago, while reporting a book about a real-estate developer …
Discussion: Raw Story
Stephen L. Miller / Fox News:
Weinstein scandal — Can Democrats afford to cut Hollywood loose?  —  Last year at the 89th Annual Academy Awards, then-Vice President Joe Biden walked on stage to a standing ovation to introduce Lady Gaga.  He gave a passionate speech on the topic of campus sexual assault …
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Kelly Crow / Wall Street Journal:
Obamas Choose Rising Stars to Paint Their Official Portraits  —  Kehinde Wiley and Amy Sherald will paint the former president and first lady for the Smithsonian's National Portrait Gallery  —  The Smithsonian's National Portrait Gallery has commissioned a pair of rising-star artists …
 
 
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Patrick Martin / Washington Post:
Trump rips the NFL for disrespecting the flag. Then he jokes about a military flag ceremony.
Discussion: New York Times
Mark Berman / Washington Post:
Las Vegas police now say there was no six-minute gap between first shots and concert massacre
Sasha Polakow-Suransky / New York Times:
White Nationalism Is Destroying the West
Ben Kamisar / The Hill:
Trump: 'We're saying merry Christmas again'
Discussion: RedState
 Earlier Items: 
Chicago Business:
What Jaguars owner Khan said today on Trump, NFL owners and a $20 minimum wage
Discussion: Raw Story and Fox News Insider
David French / National Review:
Trump's Tweets Are Damaging the Republican Character
Nate Boyer / ESPN:
Ex-Green Beret Nate Boyer writes open letter to Trump, Kaepernick, NFL and America
Discussion: IJR and The Daily Caller
Sean Illing / Vox:
20 of America's top political scientists gathered to discuss our democracy. They're scared.
Discussion: Raw Story
Stephanie Kirchgaessner / The Guardian:
Flynn ally sought help from ‘dark web’ in covert Clinton email investigation
Discussion: Raw Story and Shakesville
 

 
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Jon Brodkin / Ars Technica:
FCC Chairwoman Jessica Rosenworcel announced she will leave the agency on January 20; she was the first woman to be confirmed to lead the agency

Guthrie Scrimgeour / Wired:
Hawaii's The Garden Island stops using AI-generated newscasters on YouTube, Facebook, and Instagram after two months, likely due to the negative public response

Lachlan Cartwright / The Ankler:
Sources: MSNBC renewed Rachel Maddow's contract early this fall, but with a pay cut; MSNBC bosses' plan to shake up daytime and weekend programming

 
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