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10:35 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
Cristiano Lima / Politico:   Corker unloads on Trump for trying to ‘castrate’ Tillerson
Brandon Carter / The Hill:
Corker: Trump trying to ‘publicly castrate’ Tillerson
NBC News:
Manafort Had $60 Million Relationship With a Russian Oligarch  —  LONDON — Paul Manafort, a former campaign manager for President Donald Trump, has much stronger financial ties to a Russian oligarch than have been previously reported.  —  An NBC News investigation reveals that $26 million changed hands …
Discussion: Business Insider
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.
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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’
The White House:
Remarks by President Trump at the 2017 Values Voter Summit
Discussion: Mashable and The Guardian
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
Discussion: AOL
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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Zoe Tillman / BuzzFeed:
Democrats Are Launching A Legal Fight To Save Obamacare's Subsidy Payments
Discussion: RedState
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: AOL, The Root and New York Times
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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TMZ.com:
Harvey Weinstein will challenge his firing by The Weinstein Company …
Alan Rappeport / New York Times:
Mnuchin Says Estate Tax Repeal Will Help ‘Rich People’ Most  —  WASHINGTON — President Trump and Republican leaders have positioned a proposed repeal of the estate tax as a way to help farmers, ranchers and small business owners.  But on Friday, Steven Mnuchin, the Treasury secretary …
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: CANNONFIRE and Raw Story
William D. Cohan / Vanity Fair:
Gary Cohn Can't Quit Trump.  Literally.  He's Tried More Than Once.  —  Now he's one of the tiny quorum of adults around Trump—doing his “national duty,” as Trump said.  “They get along again,” said a source.  —  Gary Cohn, Donald Trump's national economic adviser …
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: Instapundit, Power Line and TheBlaze
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Stanley Kurtz / National Review:   Pro-Trumpers Shout-Down Liberal Speakers at Whittier College
Farah Stockman / New York Times:
Becoming a Steelworker Liberated Her.  Then Her Job Moved to Mexico.  —  INDIANAPOLIS — The man from Mexico followed a manager through the factory floor, past whirring exhaust fans, beeping forklifts, and drilling machines that whined against steel.  Workers in safety glasses looked up and stared.
BBC:
Trump aims blow at Iran and threatens landmark nuclear deal  —  US President Donald Trump has condemned Iran as a “fanatical regime” and refused to continue signing off on a landmark international nuclear deal.  —  In a combative speech on Friday, Mr Trump accused Iran of sponsoring terrorism and proposed new sanctions.
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Brent Scher / Washington Free Beacon:
Texas Democrats Hesitant to Embrace Gay Candidate for Governor  —  A successful Dallas businessman pledging to spend in the seven figures out of his own bank account to run for governor in 2018 should be a great get for Texas Democrats.  Yet the party doesn't seem to be getting behind Jeffrey Payne …
George F. Will / Washington Post:
Sinister figures lurk around our careless president  —  (Jabin Botsford/The Washington Post)  —  With eyes wide open, Mike Pence eagerly auditioned for the role as Donald Trump's poodle.  Now comfortably leashed, he deserves the degradations that he seems too sycophantic to recognize as such.
The White House:
President Donald J. Trump Proclaims October 15 through October 21, 2017, as National Character Counts Week  —  NATIONAL CHARACTER COUNTS WEEK, 2017 BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA  —  We celebrate National Character Counts Week because few things are more important …
Discussion: RedState
 
 
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Houston Chronicle:
Immigrant workers are needed now more than ever
Discussion: The Daily Caller
Frank Pingue / Reuters:
NFL not seeking mandate for players to stand during anthem
Sean Sullivan / Washington Post:
Cruz warns GOP could face ‘Watergate-level blowout’ in midterms if it fails on taxes, health-care
Discussion: Political Wire
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
Joe Concha / The Hill:
Pentagon accidentally included reporter in Puerto Rico spin talks
Discussion: Raw Story, Grist, Hullabaloo and Bloomberg
 Earlier Items: 
CNN:
Roger Stone attorney says he complied with request for Assange contact
Discussion: Raw Story and Washington Times
Stephen L. Miller / Fox News:
Weinstein scandal — Can Democrats afford to cut Hollywood loose?
Ben Kamisar / The Hill:
Trump: 'We're saying merry Christmas again'
Discussion: RedState