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Glenn Whipp / Los Angeles Times:
More than 30 women come forward to accuse director James Toback of sexual harassment — Writer-director James Toback attends the premiere of his latest movie, “The Private Life of a Modern Woman,” at the Venice Film Festival last month. (Filippo Monteforte / AFP / Getty Images)
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Mashable, twitchy.com, IndieWire and TMZ.com
Caroline Orr / Shareblue Media:
Senator slams “white supremacists” in Trump admin, defends congresswoman and Gold Star family — Ohio Democratic Sen. Sherrod Brown slammed the white nationalism in the Trump administration in an interview Sunday morning. — Friday, Florida Democratic Rep. Frederica Wilson told …
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New York Times, The Root and The Gateway Pundit
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Haley Britzky / Axios:
Brown: ‘Goldman Sachs’ types near Trump pressuring him to slash taxes on rich
Brown: ‘Goldman Sachs’ types near Trump pressuring him to slash taxes on rich
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Politico
Ryan Lizza / New Yorker:
John Kelly and the Dangerous Moral Calculus of Working for Trump
John Kelly and the Dangerous Moral Calculus of Working for Trump
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ABC News and Sun-Sentinel
World Health Organization:
Director General rescinds Goodwill Ambassador appointment — Over the last few days, I have reflected on my appointment of H.E. President Robert Mugabe as WHO Goodwill Ambassador for NCDs in Africa. As a result I have decided to rescind the appointment. — I have listened carefully …
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ABC News, The Guardian, STAT, France 24, New York Times, NBC News and Al Jazeera English
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Cleve R. Wootson Jr. / Washington Post:
WHO rescinds ‘goodwill ambassador’ appointment of Zimbabwe's Robert Mugabe
WHO rescinds ‘goodwill ambassador’ appointment of Zimbabwe's Robert Mugabe
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The Herald, BBC, MichelleMalkin.com, Associated Press, twitchy.com and New York Times
Edward-Isaac Dovere / Politico:
DNC reeling financially after brutal 2016 — LAS VEGAS — The Democratic National Committee is reeling, facing a turnaround that's proving a much bigger lift than anyone expected as it struggles to raise enough money to cover its basic promises. — Many donors are refusing to write checks.
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The Hill, The Daily Caller and Political Wire
Stan Collender / Forbes:
The Trump Budget Legacy: A Permanent $1 Trillion Federal Deficit — The U.S. Treasury Department reported last Friday that the federal budget deficit for the just-completed fiscal year had risen by $80 billion over fiscal 2016 to the ominous-sounding $666 billion, a number many people …
Lee Fang / The Intercept:
OPIOID LOBBYIST LEFT A DIGITAL FINGERPRINT ON A CAMPAIGN BY “PATIENT ADVOCATES” — In the wake of the 60 Minutes/Washington Post story on the drug industry using its political influence to pass a law to undercut Drug Enforcement Administration's ability to police pill mill suppliers …
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Donald Trump / USA Today:
President Trump: With tax reform we can make it morning in America again — With my plan in place, jobs will grow, family incomes will rise and we will make America great again. — Today is the anniversary of former president Ronald Reagan signing into law the Tax Reform Act of 1986.
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Salena Zito / Washington Examiner:
John James could be the future Republicans have been waiting for — DETROIT — John James emerges with confidence from a former Detroit elementary school that has been transformed into a charter high school in the northwest side of the city. It is a stride any parent would hope to see in a son …
Salena Zito / New York Post:
Democrats should be terrified by this governor's race — MORE FROM: … WINCHESTER, VA. — The melodic sounds of a street musician's trumpet echo through every corner of this old Virginia town as locals shop or make their way to lunch. Daren Johnson has been blowing his horn …
Brandon Carter / The Hill:
Trump visits his Virginia golf club for second straight day — President Trump traveled to his Virginia golf club on Sunday for the second consecutive day. — Trump left the White House wearing a red hat, a white polo shirt and dark pants, according to a pool reporter traveling with the president.
Washington Post:
‘My pain is everyday’: After Weinstein's fall, Trump accusers wonder: Why not him? — Almost a year after New Yorker Jessica Leeds and other women stepped forward with harrowing accounts of being sexually assaulted by a powerful man, another scandal with similar elements exploded.
Josh Kraushaar / National Journal:
House GOP Fears Wave in 2018 as Money Woes Grow — The odds of Nancy Pelosi becoming speaker again are rising as Republican donors show frustration over the party's stalled agenda on Capitol Hill. — House Republicans are growing increasingly alarmed that some of their most vulnerable members …
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Booman Tribune
Natasha Lennard / The Intercept:
Police Reportedly Claim a Brooklyn Teen Consented to Sex in Custody. That's Impossible. — On September 28, attorney Michael David filed notice of a claim against the New York Police Department, the City of New York, and two unnamed police officers, referred to as John and Jim Doe.
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ThinkProgress and New York Post
Lawrence H. Summers / Washington Post:
Lawrence Summers: One last time on who benefits from corporate tax cuts — I recently asserted that Kevin Hassett deserved a failing grade for his “analysis” projecting that the Trump administration proposal to reduce the corporate tax rate from 35 to 20 percent would raise the wages …
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Supply and Demand, New York Times and The Grumpy Economist
Amy B Wang / Washington Post:
Harvey Weinstein, accused by dozens, specifically disputes Lupita Nyong'o's harassment claims — It's been little more than two weeks since a pair of investigative reports, first from the New York Times and then from the New Yorker, exposed decades of sexual harassment and assault claims against Hollywood mogul Harvey Weinstein.
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IJR, Page Six, EW.com and Snopes.com
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John Bowden / The Hill:
Every investor in Trump's Toronto tower lost money except Trump : report — Every investing partner working with President Trump's company on a project to build luxury condominiums in Toronto lost money on the project, save for Trump himself, according to an investigation published by the Toronto Star.
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Maureen Dowd / New York Times:
Jimmy Carter Lusts for a Trump Posting — PLAINS, Ga. — Most people would run away screaming at the thought of working for a boss who humiliates subordinates in public, throttles them in private, demands constant flattery, spends all day watching cable TV and behaves in a wildly unpredictable way.
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USA Today, Washington Free Beacon, IJR and twitchy.com
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