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9:10 AM ET, October 25, 2017

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Jeff Flake / Washington Post:
Enough  —  Jeff Flake, a Republican, is a U.S. senator from Arizona.  —  As I contemplate the Trump presidency, I cannot help but think of Joseph Welch.  —  On June 9, 1954, during the Army-McCarthy hearings, Welch, who was the chief counsel for the Army, famously asked the committee chairman …
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Dan Nowicki / Arizona Republic:
Arizona's Jeff Flake announces he will not seek re-election to U.S. Senate … Condemning the nastiness of Republican politics in the era of President Trump, Sen. Jeff Flake on Tuesday announced he will serve out the remainder of his term but will not seek re-election in 2018.
David Dayen / The Intercept:
After Day of Feuding, Jeff Flake and Bob Corker Join Trump to Upend a Major Consumer Protection  —  With national attention focused Tuesday morning on a mushrooming feud between President Trump and Sen. Bob Corker, R-Tenn., followed by a feud in the afternoon between Trump and Sen. Jeff Flake …
Jessica Silver-Greenberg / New York Times:
Consumer Bureau Loses Fight to Allow More Class-Action Suits  —  Senate Republicans voted on Tuesday to strike down a sweeping new rule that would have allowed millions of Americans to band together in class-action lawsuits against financial institutions.  —  The overturning of the rule …
Jim Tankersley / New York Times:
Tax Cuts Are the Glue Holding a Fractured Republican Party Together  —  WASHINGTON — The Republican tax plan is a bit like having a baby to save a failing marriage.  —  With divisions roiling the party, the prospect of a once-in-a-generation bill to cut taxes on businesses …
Mike Allen / Axios:
Virtually every Republican now a Trump Republican  —  So much media coverage centers on four Republican Trump critics — one retired, two retiring and one facing a deadly, possibly career- or life-ending cancer: George W. Bush, Sen. Jeff Flake (Ariz.), Senate Foreign Relations Chairman Bob Corker …
Ben Domenech / The Federalist:
Jeff Flake Authenticates The Party Of Trump  —  Arizona Sen. Jeff Flake Won't Seek Re-Election In 2018.  “Here's the bottom line: The path that I would have to travel to get the Republican nomination is a path I'm not willing to take, and that I can't in good conscience take,” Flake told The Arizona Republic.
Ross Douthat / New York Times:
Jeff Flake's Defiant Surrender  —  In 1911, in the midst of a debate about whether Britain's House of Lords should willingly give up its veto power over legislation or fight a doomed battle to retain its privileges, a British peer, Lord Selborne, framed the debate for his fellow lords this way …
James Hohmann / Washington Post:
The Daily 202: Flake and Corker feel liberated to speak their minds. That should terrify Trump.
Erick Erickson / The Resurgent:
Spare Me Your “Poor Jeff Flake is a Victim” Horsecrap Hot Takes
Louis Nelson / Politico:   Flake won't rule out 2020 presidential run against Trump
Associated Press:
The Latest: Senate votes to repeal consumer rule
Discussion: Politico and Axios
ABC News:
Analysis: Can the GOP survive the Trump presidency?
Discussion: Politico and Associated Press
Associated Press:
AP FACT CHECK: Trump and Corker are going at it again
Discussion: Politico and Raw Story
Charles P. Pierce / Esquire:
Republicans Need a Better Response Besides Quitting
Carl Hulse / New York Times:
Another Republican Call to Arms, but Who Will Answer?
New York Times:
Full Transcript: Jeff Flake's Speech on the Senate Floor
Discussion: Washington Post
Washington Post:
Clinton campaign, DNC paid for research that led to Russia dossier  —  The Hillary Clinton campaign and the Democratic National Committee helped fund research that resulted in a now-famous dossier containing allegations about Donald Trump's connections to Russia and possible coordination between …
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Byron York / Washington Examiner:
After Trump dossier revelation, FBI is next … Investigators looking into the so-called “Trump dossier” were not surprised when news broke Tuesday night that the Hillary Clinton campaign and the DNC, working through the Democrats' law firm, Perkins Coie, financed the “salacious and unverified” …
Josh Dawsey / Politico:
Clinton lawyer, DNC helped bankroll research that led to Trump-Russia dossier
Discussion: ABC News and Associated Press
Holman W. Jenkins, Jr / Wall Street Journal:
The FBI's Political Meddling
Wall Street Journal:
Former Trump Campaign Chairman Paul Manafort Faces Another Money-Laundering Probe  —  Manhattan U.S. attorney's inquiry comes as President Donald Trump is weighing candidates to run the office  —  The Manhattan U.S. attorney's office is pursuing an investigation into possible money laundering …
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Jacqueline Thomsen / The Hill:
Manafort faces new money laundering probe: report
Discussion: RedState
Tracy Watkins / Stuff.co.nz:
US ambassador to New Zealand Scott Brown faced complaints over ‘cultural misunderstanding’  —  U.S Ambassador Scott Brown explains his conduct during a Peace Corps function in Samoa.  —  US Ambassador Scott Brown has fronted over mounting “innuendo and rumour” about a State Department investigation into his behaviour.
Discussion: The Guardian and Political Wire
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Julia Manchester / The Hill:   Scott Brown admits investigation into inappropriate comments
Jennifer Schuessler / New York Times:
Leon Wieseltier Admits ‘Offenses’ Against Female Colleagues as New Magazine Is Killed  —  Leon Wieseltier, a prominent editor at The New Republic for three decades who was preparing to debut a magazine this fall, apologized on Tuesday for “offenses against some of my colleagues in the past” …
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Michael Calderone / Politico:
Leon Wieseltier acknowledges ‘misdeeds’ with female colleagues
NBC News:
Breakdown in North Korea Talks Sounds Alarms on Capitol Hill  —  WASHINGTON — Diplomatic efforts between the United States and North Korea are in peril with Pyongyang shunning talks in response to President Donald Trump's increased public attacks on Kim Jong Un, according to multiple U.S. government and congressional officials.
The Daily Beast:
Republicans on House's Trump-Russia Probe Not That Interested in Trump or Russia … In front of cable news cameras and on Twitter, the tensions between Republicans and Democrats on the House intelligence committee's Trump-Russia investigation are pointed and more than occasionally nasty.
Tom Vanden Brook / USA Today:
Senior military officials sanctioned for more than 500 cases of serious misconduct  —  WASHINGTON — Since 2013, military investigators have documented at least 500 cases of serious misconduct among its generals, admirals and senior civilians, almost half of those instances involving personal …
Discussion: Political Wire
Graham Ruddick / The Guardian:
Michael Bloomberg: Brexit is stupidest thing any country has done besides Trump  —  Exclusive: Billionaire media mogul says it is ‘hard to understand why a country doing so well wanted to ruin it’  —  Michael Bloomberg, the billionaire media mogul and former mayor of New York …
Discussion: Raw Story and Business Insider
Ronald A. Klain / Washington Post:
He who must be named  —  For decades, conservatives labored to make their movement more humane.  Ronald Reagan put a jovial face on conservative policies — more Dale Carnegie than Ayn Rand; George H.W. Bush promised a “kinder, gentler” tenure; George W. Bush ran on “compassionate conservatism.”
Karma Allen / ABC News:
2 dead after campus shooting at Grambling State University  —  Two men were fatally shot early Wednesday morning on the campus of Grambling State University in northern Louisiana, authorities said.  —  The suspect fled the scene, according to the Lincoln Parish Sheriff's Department …
Discussion: abc11.com and The Root
 
 
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Michael M. Grynbaum / New York Times:
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HIV-infected school aide accused of sexually victimizing 42 children in Maryland
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Paul Ryan Tells Conservatives DACA Will Be Part Of Spending Deal
Joe Schoffstall / Washington Free Beacon:
Emails: Obama DOJ Officials Sought to Route ‘Slush Fund’ Cash to Orgs of Their ‘Choosing’
Discussion: The Gateway Pundit
John Solomon / The Hill:
GOP investigates Russian granted US entry by Obama administration while under FBI investigation for bribery
Discussion: RedState
Josh Rogin / Washington Post:
Trump to skip key Asia summit in Philippines to go home earlier
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Matt Lewis / The Daily Beast:
Cindy Sheehan: ‘Bush Was No Better’ Than Donald Trump
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