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12:35 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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Josh Dawsey / Politico:
Trump opposes bipartisan Obamacare rescue plan  —  President Donald Trump will oppose any congressional attempts to reinstate funding for Obamacare subsidies — unless he gets something in return, his budget director Mick Mulvaney said in an interview Friday morning.
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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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
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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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 …
New York Times:
Social Media Guidelines for The Times Newsroom  —  The New York Times has been a dominant force on social media for years.  Our newsroom accounts have tens of millions of followers.  Many of our journalists are influential voices on Twitter, Facebook, Instagram and other platforms.
CNN:
Roger Stone attorney says he complied with request for Assange contact  —  Washington (CNN)An attorney for Roger Stone says the longtime confidante to President Donald Trump has complied with the House Russia investigators' request for him to provide the identity of his intermediary to WikiLeaks' founder Julian Assange.
Patrick Martin / Washington Post:
Trump rips the NFL for disrespecting the flag.  Then he jokes about a military flag ceremony.  —  After he had repeatedly railed against professional athletes over perceived slights to the American flag and military, President Trump joked on Wednesday about a bugle call that is part …
Discussion: New York Times
 
 
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Mark Berman / Washington Post:
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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
Elizabeth Wagmeister / Variety:
Celebrity Publicists Are Bailing on ‘Megyn Kelly Today’ (EXCLUSIVE)
Chicago Business:
What Jaguars owner Khan said today on Trump, NFL owners and a $20 minimum wage
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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