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Oliver Darcy / CNNMoney:
Five women accuse journalist and ‘Game Change’ co-author Mark Halperin of sexual harassment  —  Veteran journalist Mark Halperin sexually harassed women while he was in a powerful position at ABC News, according to five women who shared their previously undisclosed accounts with CNN and others …
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Kate Stanhope / Hollywood Reporter:
HBO Drops Trump Election Miniseries Amid Mark Halperin Sexual Harassment Claims  —  The project, announced in March, was set to be directed by Jay Roach and produced by Tom Hanks.  —  HBO is dropping its planned miniseries about the 2016 presidential election after journalist and author Mark Halperin …
Molly Boigon / WGBH News:
Juliette Kayyem: Mueller Will Deliver On Russia Investigation Before Thanksgiving  —  National security expert Juliette Kayyem is predicting news from Robert Mueller's Russia investigation will be announced within the next month.  —  “I think it is safe to say that before Thanksgiving …
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Byron Tau / Wall Street Journal:
Paul Ryan Says FBI Plans to Provide Documents Related to Russia Dossier
Discussion: The Daily Caller and IJR
Twitter:
Announcement: RT and Sputnik Advertising  —  Twitter has made the policy decision to off-board advertising from all accounts owned by Russia Today (RT) and Sputnik, effective immediately.  This decision was based on the retrospective work we've been doing around the 2016 U.S. election …
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Lloyd Grove / The Daily Beast:
Lisa Bloom Has ‘Files’ on Rose McGowan's Sexual History: Inside Her Scorched Earth Crusade for Harvey Weinstein … Ronan Farrow was stunned and disgusted early this year when famed feminist lawyer Lisa Bloom phoned him, in the midst of his investigation for NBC News of widespread allegations …
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Anna North / Vox:
Why Harvey Weinstein is disgraced but Donald Trump is president  —  The allegations against Weinstein and Trump are strikingly similar.  Why have the outcomes been so different?  —  The story, by now, reads as familiar.  Summer Zervos got her big break appearing on a network television show.
Discussion: Hullabaloo and twitchy.com
Michael Panter:
Like a lot of men, I've had a sinking feeling when I see how many friends have posted using the #MeToo tag.  I've also read suggestions on how men can play a role, and sadly I've had several ex-partners who were victims.  One is well-known, but hasn't shared her story (so neither will I).
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Colby Hall / Mediaite:
EXCLUSIVE: O'Reilly ‘Commencing Legal Action’ Against NJ Pol Accusing Him of Harassment  —  Former Fox News host and best-selling author Bill O'Reilly has revealed to Mediaite what he says are plans to commence legal action against Michael Panter, a small business owner and former …
Julie Hirschfeld Davis / New York Times:
Trump Declares the Opioid Crisis a ‘Public Health Emergency’  —  WASHINGTON — President Trump announced on Thursday that he was directing his Department of Health and Human Services to declare the opioid crisis a public health emergency, taking long-anticipated action to address …
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Alexi McCammond / Axios:
Trump: “Really great advertising” will keep kids off drugs
Discussion: Vox and Political Wire
Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:
The Republicans Have Developed a Theory of Alt-Collusion to Defend Trump From Mueller  —  Having apparently decided that defending the Trump campaign against charges of collusion with Russian cyberattacks is an impossible task, the Republican Party has decided to go on offense.
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Conrad Black / LifeZette:
Russia ‘Collusion’ Story Is Blowing Up Like the Hindenburg
Discussion: Power Line
Matt Shuham / Talking Points Memo:
White House Claims That Mueller Probe ‘Getting Closer To Conclusion’
Discussion: Shakesville
Hot Air:
Ben Sasse On Alabama Senate Race: “It Feels Like This Party That I'm A Part Of Has Gone Post-Constitutional”  —  An interesting bit from Jonah Goldberg's podcast, The Remnant.  Goldberg puts Sasse on the spot by asking whether he'll be following the lead of his libertarian-ish colleagues in the Senate …
Discussion: Daily Kos
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Frank Bajak / Associated Press:
APNewsBreak: Georgia election server wiped after suit filed  —  https://apnews.com/877ee1015f1c43f1965f 63538b035d3f  —  Link copied!  —  A computer server crucial to a lawsuit against Georgia election officials was quietly wiped clean by its custodians just after the suit was filed, The Associated Press has learned.
Vanity Fair:
Selma Blair and Rachel McAdams Share Their Stories of James Toback's Sexual Harassment  —  Both women encountered the director early in their careers.  Both describe remarkably similar experiences of his targeting and humiliation of young actresses.  —  A week after The New York Times …
NBC News:
Release of JFK Assassination File Is Delayed as Deadline Looms  —  The U.S. government was in danger Thursday of missing the deadline to release a trove of previously classified records from the assassination of President John F. Kennedy, adding an unexpected twist to a saga already rife with rumors and conspiracies.
New York Times:
10-Year-Old Immigrant Is Detained After Agents Stop Her on Way to Surgery  —  A 10-year-old girl with cerebral palsy has been detained by federal immigration authorities in Texas after she passed through a Border Patrol checkpoint on her way to a hospital to undergo emergency gall bladder surgery.
Eleanor Ainge Roy / The Guardian:
Scott Brown: more complaints surface over behaviour of US ambassador to New Zealand  —  Ambassador said to have been ‘culturally insensitive’ at party in Samoa and is alleged by one woman to have stared at her breasts … It was a balmy 32 degrees when the US ambassador to New Zealand …
Discussion: IJR
Alex Seitz-Wald / NBC News:
Trump Spending $1.75 Million on Presidential Furniture, Redecorations  —  WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump's administration is spending $1.75 million on furniture for the White House and offices tied to it, according to government records.  —  That includes $17,000 for custom rugs …
Discussion: AOL, IJR and Joe.My.God.
McClatchy Washington Bureau:
Trump associate Cohen sold four NY buildings for cash to mysterious buyers  —  WASHINGTON  —  Donald Trump's long time business lawyer Michael Cohen may be best known for his aggressive campaign television defenses of the real estate mogul, his role in an abortive effort to build a Trump Tower …
Discussion: Washington Post and Political Wire
Sam Levin / The Guardian:
‘I hope someone truly shoots you’: online conspiracy theorists harass Vegas victims  —  Those who lived to describe the mass shooting face flood of abuse on social media accusing them of being actors, as hoax claims flourish on YouTube  —  Braden Matejka survived a bullet to the head in the Las Vegas massacre.
Discussion: Raw Story and Shakesville
Scott Wong / The Hill:
Ryan to GOP: Stop calling each other names  —  (R-Wis.) implored Republicans to stop squabbling with each other and stay focused on passing tax reform during a week of feuding between lawmakers and the president.  —  “If we're calling each other names or calling each other out or saying things …
Discussion: RedState
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CNN:
Trump pick for top environmental post once wrote Texas would be ‘better off’ as an independent republic  —  STORY HIGHLIGHTS  —  (CNN)President Donald Trump's nominee to be White House senior adviser for environmental policy wrote an essay in 1995 in which she argued that because of federal overreach …
Hollie McKay / Fox News:
Waiter: MLB catcher Bruce Maxwell made up story about service refusal over anthem protest  —  Oakland A's catcher Bruce Maxwell, 26, claimed this week that a waiter in his Alabama hometown of Huntsville refused him service after identifying him as the MLB player who took the knee during …
Washington Times:
Sessions threatened to quit over Chinese dissident  —  Attorney General Jeff Sessions went to the mat recently against pro-China officials within the Trump administration to prevent the forcible return of a dissident businessman to China.  —  According to a person familiar with the issue …
Discussion: IJR
Kevin Johnson / USA Today:
Justice Department settles IRS lawsuits from 400 conservative groups claiming discrimination … WASHINGTON - Attorney General Jeff Sessions said Thursday that the Justice Department is settling class action lawsuits brought by more than 400 conservative groups who said they were “improperly” …
Discussion: IJR
Adam Duvernay / delawareonline:
Police: Delaware City man spies on ‘Muslims’ who were not Muslims  —  10/25/17 Damian Giletto/The News Journal  —  The man Delaware City Police arrested last week for threatening his neighbors believed they were Muslims bent on doing him and the nation harm, and he told investigators he would stop them.
Discussion: The Daily Caller
Rick Noack / Washington Post:
Anne Frank's diary was read in Italian stadiums.  Some fans turned their backs and sang in protest.  —  “I see the world being slowly transformed into a wilderness, I hear the approaching thunder that, one day, will destroy us too, I feel the suffering of millions.
Discussion: Deadspin and The Local
Alex Finley / Politico:
The Recruitables: Why Trump's Team Was Easy Prey for Putin  —  By now, it should be clear to anyone following the news that Russian intelligence made a formidable effort to approach the Trump campaign and assess the potential to manipulate its members.  As a former officer of the CIA's Directorate …
Discussion: Raw Story
Alex Daugherty / miamiherald:
Threats are preventing Frederica Wilson from voting in Washington  —  WASHINGTON  —  Congressional Democrats celebrated Rep. Frederica Wilson on Wednesday by wearing stickers adorned with a red cowboy hat and posing for a group picture on the steps of the Capitol.  —  But one notable person was missing: Wilson herself.
 
 
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Tracybloomktla / KTLA:
Traffic Stop on 11-Year-Old Driver Leads to Arrest of Allegedly Intoxicated Uncle in Port Hueneme
Lauretta Brown / Townhall.com:
Trump Admin Asks to Argue on Behalf of Christian Baker Who Wouldn't Make Cake for Same-Sex Wedding
Discussion: ThinkProgress and Joe.My.God.
Joseph Lawler / Washington Examiner:
Trump picks interim IRS chief to replace John Koskinen, long criticized by Republicans
Discussion: RedState and The Resurgent
Alayna Treene / Axios:
Tea Party leader: Trump should “stay out” of Mississippi race
Discussion: Raw Story
Rebecca Savransky / The Hill:
Trump on Chinese president: ‘Some people might call him the king of China’
Discussion: RedState
 Earlier Items: 
Brent Scher / Washington Free Beacon:
Tom Perez Says ‘Electoral College Is Not a Creation of the Constitution’ (It Is.)
Discussion: The American Mirror and IJR
Tom Kludt / CNNMoney:
Bill O'Reilly dropped by another talent agency
Derek Thompson / The Atlantic:
Why Nerds and Nurses Are Taking Over the U.S. Economy
Chase Spears / Baltimore Sun:
A soldier's perspective on Bergdahl
Discussion: RedState
Patricia Mazzei / miamiherald:
Another Florida poll shows potential 2018 Senate race deadlocked
Jacqueline Thomsen / The Hill:
Trump: I ‘really started this whole fake news thing’
Discussion: RedState
Elizabeth Drew / New Republic:
Who Knew Trump Would Be a Weak President?
 

 
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Matthew Keys / The Desk:
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