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1:40 PM ET, October 14, 2017

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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 …
Victoria McGrane GLOBE / BostonGlobe.com:
Trump health care attacks worry GOP  —  WASHINGTON — President Trump lit a fuse this week that will blow a hole in the Affordable Care Act, but the collateral damage could very well include fellow Republicans.  —  In his latest attack on the health care law, Trump moved Thursday night …
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Andrew C. McCarthy / National Review:
Trump Faithfully Executes Obamacare; Media, Democrats Go Nuts  —  The law is unraveling on its own terms.  —  Why don't the stories say: “President Trump Faithfully Executes Affordable Care Act”?  —  In report after sky-is-falling report, the journalism wing of the media-Democrat complex castigates …
Zoe Tillman / BuzzFeed:
Democrats Are Launching A Legal Fight To Save Obamacare's Subsidy Payments
Discussion: RedState
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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Cristiano Lima / Politico:
Corker unloads on Trump for trying to ‘castrate’ Tillerson
Discussion: ABC News
Jennifer Rubin / Washington Post:
Trump's Iran announcement backfires
Discussion: Politico and RedState
Claudia Rosenbaum / BuzzFeed:
Lisa Bloom Knows She Made “A Colossal Mistake” In Harvey Weinstein  —  The celebrity attorney and champion of women's rights spoke about her earlier decision to represent Harvey Weinstein, and her response to the sex assault scandal: “I definitely failed on this one.”
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Alex Pappas / Fox News:
Hillary Clinton calls Trump ‘sexual assaulter’ in BBC interview, but says Bill's behavior ‘in the past’
Mayim Bialik / New York Times:
Being a Feminist in Harvey Weinstein's World
Discussion: Mashable
Stephen L. Miller / Fox News:   Weinstein scandal — Can Democrats afford to cut Hollywood loose?
David Wasserman / The Cook Political Report:
House: Ratings Changes in 12 Districts as Democrats Gain Momentum  —  President Trump and GOP control of Congress have sparked a 2018 Democratic candidate bonanza.  Don't call it “recruitment:” for the most part, these aspirants decided to take the plunge on their own.
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John Harwood / CNBC:   Trump's missteps are giving Democrats a better shot at winning back the House
Taylor Link / Salon:
The 25 conservatives actually worth following on Twitter  —  Liberals in shock over the the 2016 election were prescribed a heavy dose of reality.  “Get out of your bubble,” the doctors note illegibly read.  —  It was a hard truth for the American left.  They found out the U.S. was not as progressive as originally thought.
CNN:
Trump silent as questions remain over deadly Niger ambush  —  US soldier possibly taken alive, killed by ISIS  —  STORY HIGHLIGHTS  — Military officials have acknowledged that the incident is under investigation and that security procedures are being reviewed
Discussion: The Daily Caller and IJR
Hollywood Reporter:
Bob Weinstein Gets Emotional on “Depraved” Harvey, Saving the Company and His “Waking Nightmare” (Exclusive)  —  The Weinstein Co. exec insists he had no idea about “the type of predator that he was” and is sickened by Harvey's seeming lack of remorse.  “I want him to get the justice that he deserves.”
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GOV.UK:
Declaration by the Heads of State and Government of France, Germany and the United Kingdom … Part of: … Joint statement from Prime Minister Theresa May, Chancellor Angela Merkel and President Emmanuel Macron following President Trump's statement on the US' Iran Strategy.
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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.
Discussion: National Review
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 and The Root
Karen Nelson / Sun Herald:
Why did Biloxi pull ‘To Kill A Mockingbird’ from the 8th grade lesson plan?  —  BILOXI  —  The Biloxi School District got complaints about the wording in “To Kill A Mockingbird” — an American classic being taught in 8th grade English Language Arts classes — and pulled it from the curriculum.
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.
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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Sarah Jaffe / New Republic:
Bernie Sanders Isn't Winning Local Elections for the Left
Yahoo:
FBI document cache sheds light on inner workings of Russia's U.S. news (and propaganda) network
Wall Street Journal:
Trump Moves Ratchet Up Pressure on Congress
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
Discussion: IJR
Alan Rappeport / New York Times:
Mnuchin Says Estate Tax Repeal Will Help ‘Rich People’ Most
Sean Sullivan / Washington Post:
Cruz warns GOP could face ‘Watergate-level blowout’ in midterms if it fails on taxes, health-care
Discussion: Political Wire
Brent Scher / Washington Free Beacon:
Texas Democrats Hesitant to Embrace Gay Candidate for Governor
 Earlier Items: 
William D. Cohan / Vanity Fair:
Gary Cohn Can't Quit Trump. Literally. He's Tried More Than Once.
The White House:
President Donald J. Trump Proclaims October 15 through October 21, 2017, as National Character Counts Week
Discussion: RedState
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
Nick Bilton / Vanity Fair:
Donald Trump's Fake Renoir: The Untold Story
Discussion: CANNONFIRE and Raw Story
CNN:
Roger Stone attorney says he complied with request for Assange contact
Discussion: The Daily Caller and Raw Story
Adam Steinbaugh / FIRE:
Hecklers shout down California attorney general, assembly majority leader at Whittier College
 

 
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