Top Items:
New York Times:
O'Reilly Settled New Harassment Claims, Then Fox Renewed His Contract — In January, the Fox News host was said to have agreed to a $32 million settlement with a former network analyst, the largest of his known payouts. — Last January, six months after Fox News ousted its chairman amid …
Discussion:
The Hill, Talking Points Memo, TVNewser, Joe.My.God., Raw Story and Mediaite, more at Mediagazer »
John M. Donnelly / Roll Call:
Exclusive: Pentagon Document Contradicts Trump's Gold Star Claims — Email undermines veracity of president's statement about Gold Star contacts — Contrary to Rhetoric, Military Mishaps Have Been Declining Senate Diluted Tough Oversight of Israeli Antimissile Program Safety Experts: Some F-35 Ejections Pose ‘Serious’ Death Risk
RELATED:
Caroline Orr / Shareblue Media:
Trump arrives at golf resort as Gold Star family buries soldier he sent on doomed mission — As grieving family members and friends say their final goodbyes to a fallen soldier, the commander in chief will spend the day at his golf resort. — According to press reports …
Discussion:
Golf News Net & GNN Radio and Politicus USA
Caroline Orr / Shareblue Media:
Trump viciously lashes out as Gold Star family lays Sgt. La David Johnson to rest — Army Sgt. La David Johnson will be laid to rest today in Hollywood, Florida, more than two weeks after he was killed in an ISIS-led ambush in Niger. He was one of four Army Special Forces troops killed on Oct. 4 …
Discussion:
Washington Times, Infowars, Deadline and The Guardian
Dakin Andone / CNN:
Loved ones say good-bye to Sgt. La David Johnson, US soldier slain in Niger
Loved ones say good-bye to Sgt. La David Johnson, US soldier slain in Niger
Discussion:
Mediaite, WSVN-TV and CW39 NewsFix
Herman Wong / Washington Post:
Here are the four-star generals Donald Trump has publicly bashed
Here are the four-star generals Donald Trump has publicly bashed
Discussion:
Snopes.com, Last Men and OverMen, TheBlaze, Mediaite and Shareblue Media
Maeve Reston / CNN:
Steve Bannon delivers blistering attack on former President George W. Bush — STORY HIGHLIGHTS — Anaheim, California (CNN)Steve Bannon delivered a withering attack on George W. Bush Friday night, bluntly questioning the former President's intelligence and his grasp of the concepts …
Discussion:
USA Today, Politico, No More Mister Nice Blog, Jacobin and Political Wire
RELATED:
Yvonne Abraham / BostonGlobe.com:
How rage over a woman's anti-cop Facebook post killed a Lynn coffee shop — LYNN — So this is how the world works now. — It's not enough to just disagree with somebody who says something some find odious. No, angry mobs must be set upon them, to terrify them and destroy their lives.
Thomas Frank / The Guardian:
What Harvey Weinstein tells us about the liberal world — et us now consider the peculiar politics of Harvey Weinstein, the disgraced movie producer. Today Weinstein is in the headlines for an astonishing array of alleged sexual harassment and assaults, but once upon a time he was renowned …
Washington Post:
Trump authorizes release of JFK assassination documents despite concerns from federal agencies — BY WASHINGTON POST STAFF October 21 at 8:53 AM — The National Security Council had urged President Trump to withhold the last batch of government documents that could shed more light …
Discussion:
Political Wire
RELATED:
Maureen Dowd / New York Times:
Uber's Whistle-Blower Is Developing a Movie and Having a Baby — In her first interview since the essay that started a wave of sexual-harassment revelations, Susan Fowler tells her life story and looks to the future. — SAN FRANCISCO — Susan Fowler was, she recalls, “over the moon” in January 2016.
BBC:
Robert Mugabe's WHO appointment condemned as ‘an insult’ — The choice of Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe as a World Health Organization (WHO) goodwill ambassador has been criticised by several organisations including the British government. — It described his selection as …
Discussion:
The Gateway Pundit and IJR
Brent Solomon / KSLA-TV:
Police investigate video showing MS students simulating sex, yelling racist rants — Henrico police are now investigating a video posted on social media showing middle school students simulating sex and shouting racially insensitive remarks. Parents are angry over the video.
Jesse Byrnes / The Hill:
Trump hails liberation of Raqqa as ‘critical breakthrough’ in anti-ISIS campaign — President Trump announced Saturday that U.S.-backed forces had liberated “the entire” city of Raqqa in northern Syria, hailing it as a “critical breakthrough” in the international campaign to defeat the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS).
Discussion:
CNN, The Daily Caller, IJR and Axios
Jonathan Swan / Axios:
Scoop: Trump pledges to personally pay some legal bills of WH staff and associates — President Trump has promised to spend at least $430,000 of his own money to defray legal costs incurred by campaign associates and White House staff due to the Russia investigations, a White House official tells Axios.
New York Times:
10 Minutes. 12 Gunfire Bursts. 30 Videos. Mapping the Las Vegas Massacre. — The shots began at 10:05. Twelve bursts of gunfire later, police broke down Stephen Paddock's door at the Mandalay Bay. Using forensic analysis, The Times mapped 30 videos that show a vivid picture of what happened that night.
Discussion:
Power Line
Jim Tankersley / New York Times:
Republicans Consider Sharp Cut in 401(k) Contribution Limits — WASHINGTON — House Republicans are considering a plan to sharply reduce the amount of income American workers can save in tax-deferred retirement accounts as part of a broad effort to rewrite the tax code, according to lobbyists …
Discussion:
Messaging Matters and Axios
Jason Schwartz / Politico:
Young subscribers flock to old media — As President Donald Trump wages daily war against the press, millennials are subscribing to legacy news publications in record numbers—and at a growth rate, data suggests, far outpacing any other age group. — Since November's election, the New Yorker …
Eric Lipton / New York Times:
Why Has the E.P.A. Shifted on Toxic Chemicals? An Industry Insider Helps Call the Shots — A scientist who worked for the chemical industry now shapes policy on hazardous chemicals. Within the E.P.A., there is fear that public health is at risk. (At right, a signing ceremony for new rules on toxic chemicals.)
Discussion:
Mother Jones
Raphael Minder / New York Times:
Spain Will Remove Catalonia Leader, Escalating Secession Crisis — BARCELONA — The escalating confrontation over Catalonia's independence drive took its most serious turn on Saturday as Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy of Spain announced that he would remove the leadership of the restive region …
Discussion:
The Guardian, ThinkProgress, BBC, Washington Post, Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion, CNN, Outside the Beltway and Axios