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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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Business Insider, Shareblue Media, IJR, ThinkProgress, Axios and Mediaite
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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.


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 …
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RedState, The Daily Caller and Washington Post



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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Patterico's Pontifications
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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.”


Remarks by President Trump at the 2017 Values Voter Summit
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Mashable and The Guardian

Trump: My presidency is ‘substantially ahead of schedule’
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Daily Kos, CNNMoney, The Atlantic, CBS Miami, Hit & Run, MSNBC, Mother Jones, Political Wire, ABC News, CNBC, The Federalist, Chris Jacobs on Healthcare, RedState, Forbes and Althouse


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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Associated Press, CNBC, his vorpal sword, YouTube, ThinkProgress, IJR, Democrats.com, Daily Kos, The Guardian, ag.ny.gov, Washington Post, The Nation and Axios
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Trump opposes bipartisan Obamacare rescue plan
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Shareblue Media, Daily Kos, Washington Post, Talking Points Memo, Protect Our Care and Axios

Sandoval: Trump decision to end health-care subsidies for low-income Americans is ‘devastating’
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New York Times, Shareblue Media, Vox, The Atlantic and Talking Points Memo

Kaiser Health Tracking Poll - October 2017: Open Enrollment and the ACA Marketplaces
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Daily Kos, Politico, Talking Points Memo, CNBC and Axios

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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Washington Post, The Daily Caller, Axios, Daily Kos and Mediaite
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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.
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AOL


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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Washington Free Beacon, Mediaite and Crime and Consequences Blog, more at Mediagazer »
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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.
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Instapundit, Power Line and TheBlaze
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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 …
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Raw Story


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 …
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The Root and New York Times


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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Politico, Washington Post, The Hill, New York Times and Business Insider
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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 …
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RedState


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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npg.si.edu, The Root and Talking Points Memo


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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How the Pentagon Spun Hurricane Maria
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Politico, Raw Story, Hullabaloo, Grist and Vox