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6:45 PM ET, October 28, 2017

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Darren Samuelsohn / Politico:
Trump lawyers scramble to prepare for new stage of Russia probe  —  President Donald Trump's White House and personal lawyers scrambled Saturday to learn where the knife might fall in the investigation by special counsel Robert Mueller, triggering a guessing game among aides after days of trying …
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Wall Street Journal:
First Charges Filed in Russia Probe Led by Special Counsel Robert Mueller  —  At least one defendant is expected to be taken into custody as soon as Monday  —  At least one person was charged Friday in connection with Special Counsel Robert Mueller's criminal investigation into alleged Russian meddling …
Annie Karni / Politico:
Trump team's response to Russia news: Focus on Clinton, leaks or anything else  —  The White House has been anticipating for months that special counsel Robert Mueller would eventually file criminal charges in his Russia investigation.  But President Donald Trump, his lawyers …
Discussion: Talking Points Memo
Mike Allen / Axios:
What Mueller's move means  —  As soon as Monday, the Mueller investigation begins a new phase that moves it from background music in national politics to center stage, with massive stakes for President Trump and both parties.  —  What's new: “A federal grand jury in Washington [yesterday] …
CNBC:
First charges in Mueller investigation into Russia meddling have been filed
Ken Dilanian / NBC News:
Ex-CIA Director Spoke to Mueller About Flynn's Alleged Turkish Scheme
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Cameron McWhirter / Wall Street Journal:
Tennessee Towns Heighten Security Ahead of White Nationalist Rallies
Discussion: ABC News and Shareblue Media
Julie Turkewitz / New York Times:
'You're a Quadriplegic': A Las Vegas Victim Faces a Hard Reality  —  LOMA LINDA, Calif. — “This is your life,” the doctor said.  “You're a quadriplegic.”  —  When she heard the news, Kim Gervais broke down.  The tears rolled out, and her daughter clasped her mother's head, overcome by her own inability to help.
The Daily Caller:
CNN's Undisclosed Ties To Fusion GPS  —  CNN's reporting on the Trump-Russia dossier has left out at least one crucial fact: the close ties between the network and the opposition research firm at the center of the dossier controversy.  —  CNN's reporting on the dossier …
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Reuters:
U.S. House panel says agreement reached over Fusion GPS bank records
Discussion: Talking Points Memo
Ronan Farrow / New Yorker:
Weighing the Costs of Speaking Out About Harvey Weinstein  —  Annabella Sciorra, Daryl Hannah, and other women explain their struggles with going public.  —  In March, Annabella Sciorra, who received an Emmy nomination for her role in “The Sopranos,” agreed to talk with me for a story I was reporting about Harvey Weinstein.
Fox News Insider:
George Washington's Church Says Plaque Honoring First President Must Come Down  —  Leaders at the church that George Washington attended decided that a plaque honoring the first president of the United States must be removed.  —  Christ Church in Alexandria, Virginia will take down a memorial marking …
Discussion: The Last Tradition and twitchy.com
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Washington Times:
George Washington's church to tear down memorial honoring first president
Brandon Carter / The Hill:
Trump travels to his Virginia golf club for fourth consecutive weekend  —  President Trump traveled to his Virginia golf club on Saturday for the fourth consecutive weekend.  —  Trump left the White House shortly after 10 a.m. Saturday wearing a white hat, a dark jacket, a white shirt and golf shoes, according to pool reports.
Discussion: Politicus USA and Joe.My.God.
Robert Burns / Associated Press:
Mattis says threat of nuclear attack by N.Korea accelerating  —  https://apnews.com/cdb523a4aece40fb8042 685b6bfafb47  —  Link copied!  —  SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — U.S. Defense Secretary Jim Mattis said Saturday the threat of nuclear missile attack by North Korea is accelerating.
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Julia Manchester / The Hill:
Mattis: North Korea threat has ‘accelerated’
Discussion: RedState and IJR
CNN:
Melania Trump does things her way  —  What issues will the First Lady embrace?  —  STORY HIGHLIGHTS  —  Washington (CNN)During a Thursday afternoon event in the White House's East Room, first lady Melania Trump stood at the podium and closed her remarks by saying something she has not often said …
Margaret Sullivan / Washington Post:
Canning O'Reilly and other media men won't change a thing.  Here's what would.  —  So, now that the dam has burst on sexual misconduct at media companies, we're good, right?  —  Don't believe that for a moment.  —  The appalling behavior that's been in the headlines for weeks isn't going to stop …
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Dana Milbank / Washington Post:
A #MeToo for clueless men
Washington Post:
'It's just messed up': Most think political divisions as bad as Vietnam era, new poll shows  —  The Post-U. Md. survey reveals a starkly pessimistic view of the U.S. political system under President Trump.  —  Seven in 10 Americans say the nation's political divisions are at least as big …
Discussion: Politicus USA, KTLA and Political Wire
Charlie Savage / New York Times:
Will Congress Ever Limit the Forever-Expanding 9/11 War?  —  WASHINGTON — A Navy SEAL, killed alongside civilians in a January raid on a village in Yemen.  Another SEAL, killed while accompanying Somali forces on a May raid.  And now four Army soldiers, dead in an ambush this month in Niger.
Discussion: LewRockwell
Julia Manchester / The Hill:
Union: National Weather Service ‘on the brink of failure’ due to job vacancies  —  The National Weather Service (NWS) is dealing with hundreds of vacant positions in the wake of a series of extreme weather events that have plagued the U.S.  —  “The National Weather Service …
Discussion: RedState and Grist
 
 
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Bret Stephens / New York Times:
Communism Through Rose-Colored Glasses
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Rebecca Traister / thecut:
Our National Narratives Are Still Being Shaped by Lecherous, Powerful Men
Ed O'Keefe / Washington Post:
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Michelle Celarier / New York Magazine:
Billionaire Republicans Privately Diss Trump
Discussion: RedState and Raw Story
Phillip Walter Wellman / Stars & Stripes:
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Matt Flegenheimer / New York Times:
Trump Declares Journalists' Children Cute, but He's Still Wary of Their Parents
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Women describe climate of harassment at Mass. State House
Bob Brigham / Raw Story:
Two Senate candidates busted using aliases are possibly married to each other — but no one can figure it out
Cameron Joseph / Talking Points Memo:
Once More Unto The Breach! Romney Eyes Senate Run To Fill Anti-Trump Void
Discussion: The Atlantic
Seung Min Kim / Politico:
GOP tax bill shrouded in secrecy
Discussion: Political Wire
Anne Applebaum / Washington Post:
Russia is furious. That means the sanctions are working.
Matthew Walther / The Week:
Fear and loathing on Hillary Clinton's grievance tour
Chad Moriyama / Dodgers Digest:
Yuli Gurriel makes slant-eye gesture after homering off Yu Darvish, calls him a slur