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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 …
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” …
Aaron Blake / Washington Post:
The Clinton camp and DNC funded what became the Trump-Russia dossier: Here's what it means
Matthew Mosk / ABC News:
Trump-Russia investigators gathering documents from estate of GOP operative, sources say
Discussion: Politico and Last Men and OverMen
Jessica Finn / Daily Mail:
Former US president George HW Bush apologises after actress claims he ‘sexually assaulted’ her from his WHEELCHAIR in this photograph - with his wife Barbara standing by his side  — Actress Heather Lind made allegations Tuesday claiming when she met former President George H.W. Bush, 93 …
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Alexia Fernandez / People.com:
George H. W. Bush Apologizes to Actress After She Claims He ‘Sexually Assaulted’ Her During a Photo Shoot  —  George H. W. Bush has apologized to an actress who accused him of sexually assaulting her while they posed for a photograph together four years ago.
Kate Feldman / New York Daily News:
Actress Heather Lind accuses former President George H.W. Bush of sexual assault
Discussion: ThinkProgress and Raw Story
Ron Dicker / HuffPost:
George H.W. Bush Apologizes After Actress Says He Sexually Assaulted Her
Discussion: Shakesville and Deadline
Kieran Corcoran / Business Insider:
George H.W. Bush apologizes after an actress accuses him of sexual assault in a #MeToo post on Instagram
Discussion: Washington Post and IndieWire
Tom Porter / Newsweek:
GEORGE H.W. BUSH APOLOGIZES AFTER ACTRESS HEATHER LIND ACCUSES HIM OF SEXUAL ASSAULT
Discussion: Vox
Fox News:
George HW Bush apologizes after ‘sexual assault’ allegation
Discussion: The Daily Caller and twitchy.com
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 …
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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 …
Ross Douthat / New York Times:
Jeff Flake's Defiant Surrender
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.
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Eleanor Ainge Roy / The Guardian:
Scott Brown: US ambassador to New Zealand investigated over inappropriate comments
Discussion: Politico and Political Wire
Julia Manchester / The Hill:   Scott Brown admits investigation into inappropriate comments
Brandy Zadrozny / The Daily Beast:
YouTube Trumpkin and Former Milo Intern Kills His Own Dad for Calling Him a Nazi … Something had set Lane Davis off, but that wasn't unusual.  —  It was a clear summer afternoon on July 14, on Samish Island—a small, idyllic community off the northwest coast of Washington state—where Lane …
Discussion: RedState, Raw Story and twitchy.com
NAACP:
NAACP Issues National Travel Advisory for American Airlines  —  Calls for Meeting with Airlines to Discuss Troublesome Issues  —  (October 24, 2017) - The NAACP, the nation's original and largest social justice advocacy organization, has released the following statement today announcing …
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CNNMoney:
NAACP warns black passengers about traveling with American Airlines
Discussion: AOL
Lydia Polgreen / Highline:
Four Quitters Walk Into a Bar...  I have met Trump haters before, lots of them, the kind who seize upon every conspiracy theory and refuse to give him any benefit of any doubt.  The four people I recently spent the morning with at Solly's Tavern in D.C. (sans booze, don't worry) were not Trump haters.
Discussion: Political Wire
Justin McCarthy / Gallup:
Record-High Support for Legalizing Marijuana Use in U.S.  —  WASHINGTON, D.C. — Americans continue to warm to legalizing marijuana, with 64% now saying its use should be made legal.  This is the highest level of public support Gallup has found for the proposal in nearly a half-century of measurement.
ACLU:
After a Month of Obstruction by the Trump Administration, Jane Doe Gets Her Abortion  —  WASHINGTON — More than a month after she made her decision, Jane Doe was able to obtain an abortion this morning.  She was able to get the abortion care after an appeals court in Washington, D.C. …
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Lydia Wheeler / The Hill:
Undocumented teen gets abortion that Trump administration tried to block
Madison Park / CNN:
You may have to pay $70 to visit the Grand Canyon and 16 other national parks … (CNN) — The National Park Service proposes more than doubling the entrance fees at 17 popular national parks, including Grand Canyon, Yosemite, and Yellowstone, to help pay for infrastructure improvements.
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Steven Shepard / Politico:
Poll: Voters see Trump as reckless, not honest  —  Reckless.  Thin-skinned.  Not honest.  Not compassionate.  Not stable.  —  Those aren't just the extraordinary, harsh judgments of President Donald Trump by two retiring, Republican senators on Tuesday — they are also shared by majorities …
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Sylvan Lane / The Hill:
Carson: Critics of Trump's call to Army widow are ‘just looking for something to complain about’
Discussion: Raw Story
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 …
TMZ.com:
Vegas Shooter Stephen Paddock's Brother Arrested for Child Porn  —  Vegas Shooter Stephen Paddock — Brother Arrested for Child Porn  —  EXCLUSIVE  —  The brother of Vegas shooter Stephen Paddock has been arrested for child porn ... TMZ has learned.  —  Bruce Paddock was taken …
Discussion: The Daily Caller, IJR, AOL and Mediaite
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David Kamp / Vanity Fair:
Why Joe Biden Didn't Run . . . And Why He's Not Ruling Out 2020  —  In a cruel twist, Joe Biden's planned 2016 presidential campaign was upended by the death of its foremost booster, his 46-year-old son, Beau, from brain cancer.  Will the former vice president make a run in 2020?
Damian Paletta / Washington Post:
House GOP tax leader threatens to break Trump's promise not to change 401(k) rules  —  House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Kevin Brady on Wednesday suggested a tax bill he is preparing to introduce could force changes to 401(k) plans and other retirement accounts, potentially bucking …
Discussion: Axios
Brianna Keilar / CNN:
With my husband deployed, covering the news hits home  —  Gen. Kelly speaks at White House (full remarks)  — A CNN correspondent whose husband is on his sixth deployment anchors a show and struggles to keep it together as the White House briefing turns to military deaths
Discussion: Mediaite and TVNewser
Bloomberg:
Under Trump, Made in America Is Losing Out to Russian Steel  —  An oligarch-owned steel company is winning pipeline contracts, and foreign steel imports are up 24 percent this year.  —  Four days after his inauguration, Donald Trump signed a handful of executive memos to advance …
 
 
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Marist Poll:
10/24: Growing Support for Anthem Protests
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Matthew Watkins / The Texas Tribune:
Texas House Speaker Joe Straus says he will not seek re-election
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The College Fix:
Kent State mulls whether telling someone ‘You need Jesus’ is hate speech
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Jessie Hellmann / The Hill:
GOP chairman threatens to subpoena DEA over investigation into ‘pill dumping’ in West Virginia
Discussion: The Daily Caller
Sam Baker / Axios:
CBO: Bipartisan ACA bill would save taxpayers $3.8 billion
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Elahe Izadi / Washington Post:
Roy Price canceled ‘Good Girls Revolt.’ For the show's stars, it's ‘horribly meta.’
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Tina Moore / New York Post:
Off-duty NYPD cop flips out over chocolate store closing
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Ben Popper / The Verge:
Amazon Key is a new service that lets couriers unlock your front door
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Karma Allen / ABC News:
2 dead after campus shooting at Grambling State University
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Graham Ruddick / The Guardian:
Michael Bloomberg: Brexit is stupidest thing any country has done besides Trump
 

 
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Max Tani / @maxwelltani:
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Jack Dunn / Variety:
Trump appoints Mark Burnett, the British TV executive who created and produced the reality show The Apprentice, as a special envoy to the UK

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How Spotify used its Perfect Fit Content program to rig its system against musicians, filling popular playlists with “ghost artists” to cut its royalty payouts

 
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