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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 …
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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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Ryan Parker / Hollywood Reporter:
Roger Stone Banned From Twitter After Threatening CNN Anchors — Although Stone's account is gone, some of his tweets were embedded by news outlets in stories, so the text remains. — Roger Stone has been banned from Twitter permanently after a vulgar meltdown Friday aimed at CNN reporters …
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Ross Douthat / New York Times:
The Misery Filter — At Christmas in 2015, the psychiatrist and blogger Scott Alexander wrote a post about his experience treating people “in a wealthy, mostly white college town consistently ranked one of the best places to live in the country.” Despite being in the sort of place …
Wesley Lowery / Washington Post:
‘White Lives Matter’ organizers cancel second rally after taunts from counterprotesters … SHELBYVILLE, Tenn. — Crowds of protesters began gathering at 8 a.m. on a cold, cloudy Saturday. They'd come to see Nazis. But, two hours later, there were still none.
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USA Today:
Hundreds of white nationalists, counter-protesters turn out at Tennessee rallies — MURFREESBORO, Tenn. — Hundreds of white nationalists and counter-protesters turned out to exchange chants and slogans Saturday at two White Lives Matter rallies in Tennessee.
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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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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 …
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Susan Dominus / New York Times:
Refusing Weinstein's Hush Money, Rose McGowan Calls Out Hollywood — In late September, just as multiple women were days away from going on the record with reports of Harvey Weinstein's sexual misconduct, one of his alleged assault victims, Rose McGowan, considered an offer that suggested …
Hal Boedeker / Orlando Sentinel:
Casey Anthony: I think she is mentally ill, Cindy says — George and Cindy Anthony are suing the bank that's trying to foreclose their home, claiming that the bank “willfully ignored” a 2015 settlement agreement. — Cindy and George Anthony say they believe their daughter, Casey …
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.
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.
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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 …
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Wall Street Journal:
U.S. Forces in Niger Were Denied Armed Drone — New information shows ambushed Green Beret team was part of a larger, potentially more dangerous mission — U.S. military officials sought permission to send an armed drone near a patrol of Green Berets before a deadly ambush Oct. 4 in Niger …
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Rebecca Traister / thecut:
Our National Narratives Are Still Being Shaped by Lecherous, Powerful Men — And the stories keep on coming: about how political pundit Mark Halperin rubbed his erect penis against younger female colleagues (a claim he denies); how Artforum co-publisher Knight Landesman touched young female employees …
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Balloon Juice
Bret Stephens / New York Times:
Communism Through Rose-Colored Glasses — “In the spring of 1932 desperate officials, anxious for their jobs and even their lives, aware that a new famine might be on its way, began to collect grain wherever and however they could. Mass confiscations occurred all across the U.S.S.R. In Ukraine …
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