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Trump offered a grieving military father $25,000 in a call, but didn't follow through — President Trump, in a personal phone call to a grieving military father, offered him $25,000 and said he would direct his staff to establish an online fundraiser for the family, but neither happened, the father said.
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Aaron Blake / Washington Post:
Trump's unmoored week shows just how aimless he is — President Trump's most faithful supporters like to believe he's always a step ahead of the media and the political establishment — that he's playing three-dimensional chess while we're stuck on checkers. Where we see utter discord, they see carefully orchestrated chaos.
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CNN:
Sources: Kelly didn't know Trump would publicize that Obama didn't call when his son died — Trump: Ask Kelly if Obama called about son — STORY HIGHLIGHTS — Trump waited nearly two weeks to call the families of four soldiers killed in Niger earlier this month
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CNN:
Trump sends $25,000 check to fallen soldier's family on same day as Washington Post report
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Ashley Killough / CNN:
McCain: Administration not being up front about Niger attack
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Eliana Johnson / Politico:
Trump keeps his focus on outrage
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New York Times:
Signaling Frustration, Senior House Republican Plans to Quit Early — In a sign of mounting frustration among Republicans in Washington, Representative Pat Tiberi of Ohio, a senior lawmaker with close ties to his party's leaders, is expected to resign and take up an executive post …
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The Daily Beast:
Trump Campaign Staffers Pushed Russian Propaganda Days Before the Election … Some of the Trump campaign's most prominent names and supporters, including Trump's campaign manager, digital director and son, pushed tweets from professional trolls paid by the Russian government in the heat of the 2016 election campaign.
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Washington Post:
Michael Flynn, Nicki Minaj shared content from this Tennessee GOP account. But it wasn't real. It was Russian. — Russian operatives used a fake Twitter account that claimed to speak for Tennessee Republicans to persuade American politicians, celebrities and journalists to share select content …
Jacqueline Thomsen / The Hill:
Dem rep threatened after sharing account of Trump's call to soldier's widow: report — 's (D-Fla.) staff in D.C. say the office has received several threatening phone calls directed at the lawmaker after she said President Trump made controversial comments to the wife of a fallen soldier.
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Kristine Phillips / Washington Post:
The private life of Sgt. La David Johnson, the slain soldier ensnared in a Trump controversy
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Alex Seitz-Wald / NBC News:
Shakeup at Democratic National Committee, Longtime Officials Ousted — WASHINGTON — A shakeup is underway at the Democratic National Committee as several key longtime officials have lost their posts, exposing a still-raw rift in the party and igniting anger among those in its progressive wing …
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Mark Joseph Stern / Slate:
Why rumors of a Gorsuch-Kagan clash at the Supreme Court are such a bombshell. — Following his nomination to the Supreme Court, Neil Gorsuch was packaged by his wealthy benefactors as the judicial equivalent of a carrot cake: mild and wholesome with the occasional hint of spice.
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Kieran Nicholson / Denver Post:
A Cub Scout questioned a Colorado state senator at a meeting. Now he's been kicked out of his den. — Sen. Vicki Marble spoke to Broomfield scouts last week — A Cub Scout in Broomfield has been kicked out of his den, allegedly for asking pointed questions of a Colorado state senator at meeting organized by the Boy Scouts.
Rich Lowry / Politico:
The Cognitive Dissonance Presidency — To paraphrase Groucho Marx, President Donald Trump has a position on the Lamar Alexander/Patty Murray health care deal, and if you don't like it, he has another one. — Within hours, Trump veered wildly on the bipartisan compromise on Obamacare …
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Andrew / Statistical Modeling …:
Beyond “power pose”: Using replication failures and a better understanding of data collection and analysis to do better science — So. A bunch of people pointed me to a New York Times article by Susan Dominus about Amy Cuddy, the psychology researcher and Ted-talk star famous for the following claim …
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New York Times
Karl Rove / Wall Street Journal:
Steve Bannon's Motley Crew of Challengers — One is fresh out of prison. Another held a town hall to discuss ‘chemtrail’ theories. — Steve Bannon, the failed presidential adviser and alt-right sympathizer, has declared war on incumbent Republicans, particularly Sen. Mitch McConnell.
Mark Mackie / RealClearDefense:
Solving the Siege of Seoul — Editor's Note: An abbreviated version of this article originally appeared in the Cleveland Plain Dealer. — Regardless of one's opinion of Steve Bannon's White House legacy, he stated the military conundrum that is North Korea well: “'Until somebody solves …
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David Nakamura / Washington Post:
Trump White House debates presidential visit to demilitarized zone along North Korean border
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Trip Gabriel / New York Times:
In North Carolina, Republicans Stung by Court Rulings Aim to Change the Judges — RALEIGH, N.C. — Republicans with a firm grip on the North Carolina legislature — and, until January, the governor's seat — enacted a conservative agenda in recent years, only to have a steady stream …
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Ann E. Marimow / Washington Post:
Towering cross-shaped monument on public land is unconstitutional, court rules
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Charles M. Blow / New York Times:
Trump Isn't Hitler. But the Lying ... It is a commonly accepted rule among those who are in the business of argument, especially online, that he or she who invokes Adolf Hitler, either in oratory or essays, automatically forfeits the argument. — The reference is deemed far too extreme …
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Daily Wire
The Intercept:
Children Are Dying at Alarming Rates in Foster Care, and Nobody Is Bothering to Investigate … Children in the for-profit foster care system are dying at alarming rates, but the deaths are not being investigated, and autopsies are not even being attached to the now-closed case files, a two-year investigation has found.
Bret Stephens / New York Times:
McCain the Hedgehog vs. Bannon the Honey Badger — It isn't hard to guess who John McCain had in mind when, in a speech on Monday at the National Constitution Center in Philadelphia — the finest speech of his storied political career — he denounced the “half-baked, spurious nationalism cooked …
Axios:
McCain's latest surprise: regulate Facebook — Sen. John McCain knows his time in the public eye is short, so his big statements in recent weeks are especially resonant. Today, McCain will join with two Democrats — Sens. Mark Warner (Va.) and Amy Klobuchar (Minn.) …
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Manny Fernandez / New York Times:
Blood and Beauty on a Texas Exotic-Game Ranch — UVALDE, Tex. — On a ranch at the southwestern edge of the Texas Hill Country, a hunting guide spotted her cooling off in the shade: an African reticulated giraffe. Such is the curious state of modern Texas ranching, that a giraffe among …
Megan McArdle / Bloomberg:
Scandals and Outrage Won't End Sexual Harassment — The hope that we will “teach men not to ...” is weak. They already know it's wrong. That's part of its appeal. — For decades, there were private whispers. But not very private. Given how many women have now come forward …
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Jonathan Allen / NBC News:
Facebook's General Counsel to Testify to Congress in Russia Probe — WASHINGTON — Facebook's general counsel, Colin Stretch, will testify before the House and Senate intelligence committees in open hearings Nov. 1 as part of the congressional investigation into Russia's use of technology …
Noah Feldman / Bloomberg:
Goodbye and Good Riddance to the Islamic State — Without territory, the terror group's influence will wane. — The fall of Raqqa won't be the last time you hear the words “Islamic State.” The name remains capable of inspiring acts of terrorism, and various groups fighting for territory …
Josh Delk / The Hill:
Dem senator slams Trump EPA nominee for starting work before confirmation — (D-N.Y.) slammed the Trump administration for what she called a “terrible nomination” for a top position in the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), saying the pick, who already works for the agency, may have large conflicts of interest.
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Washington Post
Louis Nelson / Politico:
Trump questions if Russia, FBI or Democrats paid for dossier — President Donald Trump suggested on Thursday that the Democratic Party, the FBI or the Kremlin could be the financial backer for a dossier of salacious but unverified information alleging ties between him, his presidential campaign and the Russian government.
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