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10:10 PM ET, October 30, 2017

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Washington Post:
Upstairs at home, with the TV on, Trump fumes over Russia indictments  —  President Trump woke before dawn on Monday and burrowed in at the White House residence to wait for the Russia bombshell he knew was coming.  —  Separated from most of his West Wing staff — who fretted …
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Matt Apuzzo / New York Times:
Paul Manafort, Who Once Ran Trump Campaign, Told to Surrender  —  WASHINGTON — Paul Manafort and his former business associate Rick Gates were told to surrender to federal authorities Monday morning, the first charges in a special counsel investigation, according to a person involved in the case.
Anna Palmer / Politico:
Tony Podesta stepping down from lobbying giant amid Mueller probe  —  Democratic power lobbyist Tony Podesta, founder of the Podesta Group, is stepping down from the firm that bears his name after coming under investigation by special counsel Robert Mueller.
Lawfare:
Robert Mueller's Show of Strength: A Quick and Dirty Analysis  —  The first big takeaway from Monday morning's flurry of charging and plea documents with respect to Paul Manafort Jr., Richard Gates III and George Papadopoulos is this: The president of the United States had as his campaign chairman …
Andrew C. McCarthy / National Review:
The Manafort Indictment: Not Much There, and a Boon for Trump  —  Do not be fooled by the “Conspiracy against the United States” heading.  —  The Paul Manafort indictment is much ado about nothing . . . except as a vehicle to squeeze Manafort, which is special counsel Robert Mueller's objective …
Associated Press:
Trump fumes as Mueller probe enters new phase with charges  —  WASHINGTON (AP) — Special counsel Robert Muller's charges Monday against former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort and two other aides marked a new phase in his sprawling investigation into Russia and President Donald Trump …
Marcy Wheeler / The Intercept:
Monday's Indictment is Very, Very Bad News For Attorney General Jeff Sessions  —  The biggest news of Mueller Monday — the roll out of a money laundering indictment against Trump's former campaign adviser, Paul Manafort and campaign aide Rick Gates, and the unsealing of a false statements plea deal …
Jonathan Swan / Axios:
Inside the White House as the first Russia indictments came out  —  Just minutes before the senior-most White House staff walked into Roosevelt Room for their morning meeting with Chief of Staff John Kelly, their phones lit up with news alerts of the first indictments in the Mueller probe.
miamiherald:
Firm in Mueller indictment got RNC funds for work on Trump campaign  —  WASHINGTON  —  A company listed in the Monday indictment of former Trump campaign manager Paul Manafort and his associate Rick Gates received funds from the Republican National Committee for work done in coordination with Donald Trump's election campaign.
Paul Waldman / Washington Post:
How bad will Mueller probe get for Trump? The Papadopoulos plea may be a big tell.
Josh Gerstein / Politico:
Mueller team won battle to force testimony from lawyer for Manafort and Gates
Discussion: Business Insider and Axios
Katelyn Polantz / CNN:
Special counsel's office: Papadopoulos ‘small part’ of ‘large scale investigation’
Discussion: Raw Story and Axios
Kelly Weill / The Daily Beast:
'Putin's Niece' Catfished Trump Aide, Offered Kremlin Meeting
Discussion: Balloon Juice
CNN:
Trump ‘seething’ as Mueller probe reaches former aides
Associated Press:
Trump campaign aide steps to center of Russia probe
Discussion: Politico
CNN:
Manafort to turn himself in to Mueller, source says
The Daily Beast:
Mueller Probe Appears to Hit Democratic Powerhouses, Too
Ken Meyer / Mediaite:
Pat Robertson Says Trump Should Issue ‘Blanket Pardon’ for Indictments: 'He's Got to Shut This Down'
Discussion: RedState and Raw Story
Derek Robertson / Politico:
Manafort's clothing tab: $1.3 million
Discussion: Axios and ABC News
emptywheel:   A Month and a Half before the June 9 Meeting, Trump Campaign Learned about Hacked Emails
Dylan Byers / CNNMoney:
Facebook estimates 126 million people were served content from Russia-linked pages  —  Facebook will inform lawmakers this week that roughly 126 million Americans may have been exposed to content generated on its platform by the Russian government-linked troll farm known as the Internet …
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Washington Post:
Russian content on Facebook may have reached 126 million users — far more than first disclosed, company testimony says
Discussion: New York Times and Mother Jones
Natasha Bertrand / Business Insider:   Twitter will tell Congress that Russia's election meddling was worse than we first thought
David Ingram / Reuters:
Facebook says 126 million Americans may have seen Russia-linked political posts
Discussion: IJR, more at Techmeme »
Dominic Patten / Deadline:
Netflix Cancels ‘House Of Cards’, Says It's “Deeply Troubled” Over Kevin Spacey Claims  —  UPDATED with Netflix statement: As allegations of unwanted sexual advances in 1986 by Kevin Spacey against then-14-year-old Anthony Rapp have emerged, Netflix today decided to pull the plug …
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Hot Air:
Did George Papadopoulos Wear A Wire For Mueller?  —  I noted in the Papadopoulos post this morning that his plea deal says he's cooperating with Mueller's investigation.  Brad Heath of USA Today made a nifty catch, though, about the possible extent of that cooperation.
New York Times:
Trump Is Expected to Name Jerome Powell as Next Fed Chairman  —  WASHINGTON — President Trump is expected to name Jerome H. Powell as the next chairman of the Federal Reserve, replacing Janet L. Yellen, the current chairwoman whose term expires early next year, according to two people familiar with the plans.
New York Times:
New Accusers Expand Harvey Weinstein Sexual Assault Claims to Four Decades  —  Hope Exiner d'Amore said Harvey Weinstein raped her in a hotel room in the 1970s, when he was a young concert promoter in Buffalo.  Cynthia Burr said that during this time, he assaulted her in an encounter that began …
Sahil Kapur / Bloomberg:
Key GOP Senator Susan Collins Lays Out Her Demands for Tax Bill  —  Republican Senator Susan Collins of Maine said Monday she's opposed to two tax breaks for the wealthy that her party leaders are pushing for, indicating that her vote won't be easy to win on President Donald Trump's top legislative priority.
Discussion: Business Insider and Axios
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Peter Dreier / Los Angeles Times:
Trump is ‘very intelligent.’ Just ask him  —  During an impromptu news conference outside the White House last Wednesday, a reporter asked Donald Trump whether he should be more civil.  —  “Well, I think the press makes me more uncivil than I am,” the president said, and then quickly switched the topic from his manners to his mind.
Seung Min Kim / Politico:
ABA deems another Trump judicial nominee ‘not qualified’  —  Another one of President Donald Trump's judicial nominees — this time, to the powerful appellate courts — has been deemed “not qualified” by the American Bar Association.  —  Leonard Steven Grasz was nominated in August to fill …
 
 
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John Verhovek / ABC News:
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Kurt Schlichter / Townhall.com:
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CNN:
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