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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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Sean Davis / The Federalist:
Obama's Campaign Paid $972,000 To Law Firm That Secretly Paid Fusion GPS In 2016 — Since April of 2016, Obama's campaign organization has paid nearly a million dollars to the law firm that funneled money to Fusion GPS to compile a dossier of unverified allegations against Donald Trump.
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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
Trump lawyers scramble to prepare for new stage of Russia probe
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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 …
Washington Post:
The Post's endorsements in Virginia — THE RESULTS of Virginia's gubernatorial primaries this spring, in which Democrat Ralph Northam and Republican Ed Gillespie each beat more extreme party challengers, looked promising for the commonwealth's voters, whose record of electing …
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 …
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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Annie Gowen / Washington Post:
Trumps set to launch two real estate projects in India, despite conflict-of-interest concerns — KOLKATA, India — President Trump's eldest son, Donald Jr., is expected to launch two residential projects in India for the Trump Organization in the coming weeks, continuing the family's promotion …
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Michael Scherer / Washington Post:
Nancy Pelosi isn't going anywhere. Will it help or hurt Democrats in 2018? — LAS VEGAS — Nancy Pelosi wanted everyone to know that she had been here before and knew what to do. — “Let me just give you some hope,” the House Democratic leader told campaign donors on Oct. 17 …
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Faiz Siddiqui / Washington Post:
Campaign flier paid for by Virginia GOP ‘misgenders’ Democratic candidate — Democratic nominee for the House of Delegates 13th district seat, Danica Roem, left, is running against Del. Bob Marshall in the 13th House of Delegates District. Marshall has introduced legislation similar to North Carolina's transgender bathroom law.
Brian Faler / Politico:
House GOP tosses conservative playbook in bid for tax reform — Lawmakers look willing to move beyond their party's orthodoxy in bid for win ahead of 2018 midterms. — House Republicans are so desperate for a win on taxes that they're agreeing to proposals that would have caused internal party warfare just a year or two ago.
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Josh Meyer / Politico:
Facebook struggles to contain Russia narrative — Hearings this week will increase the pressure for the company to explain how bots and fake news exploited its network — beyond a narrow focus on political ads. — Facebook has been happy to keep congressional investigators focused …