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8:20 PM ET, October 30, 2017

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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.
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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.
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 …
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 …
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 …
Discussion: Eschaton
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 …
Paul Waldman / Washington Post:
How bad will Mueller probe get for Trump?  The Papadopoulos plea may be a big tell.  —  While the biggest news of the day is the indictments Robert S. Mueller III has handed down against former Trump aides Paul Manafort and Rick Gates, today he also released a plea bargain with a heretofore minor figure …
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.
Discussion: Politico and Political Wire
CNN:
Manafort to turn himself in to Mueller, source says
Josh Gerstein / Politico:
Mueller team won battle to force testimony from lawyer for Manafort and Gates
Discussion: Axios
The Daily Beast:
Mueller Probe Appears to Hit Democratic Powerhouses, Too
Derek Robertson / Politico:
Manafort's clothing tab: $1.3 million
Discussion: Axios and ABC News
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.
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Matt Apuzzo / New York Times:
Trump Campaign Adviser Met With Russian to Discuss ‘Dirt’ on Clinton  —  WASHINGTON — A professor with close ties to the Russian government told an adviser to Donald Trump's presidential campaign in April 2016 that Moscow had “dirt” on Hillary Clinton in the form of “thousands of emails,” according to court documents unsealed Monday.
Kelly Weill / The Daily Beast:
'Putin's Niece' Catfished Trump Aide, Offered Kremlin Meeting
Discussion: emptywheel and Balloon Juice
Katelyn Polantz / CNN:
Special counsel's office: Papadopoulos ‘small part’ of ‘large scale investigation’
Discussion: Raw Story and Axios
Shane Harris / Wall Street Journal:
Trump Ex-Adviser Pleads Guilty to Lying to FBI on Russia Contacts
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Ira Madison III / The Daily Beast:
How Kevin Spacey's ‘Coming Out’ Grossly Conflates Pedophilia and Homosexuality
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 …
Discussion: Talking Points Memo and Mediaite
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Washington Post:
Russian content on Facebook may have reached 126 million users — far more than first disclosed, company testimony says
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New York Times:
Russian Influence Reached 126 Million Through Facebook Alone
Discussion: Mother Jones and The Verge
Tony Romm / Recode:
Facebook, Google and Twitter will tell Congress that Russia's election meddling was wider than they first reported
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 …
Kurt Schlichter / Townhall.com:
It's Not Too Much To Ask That Our GOP Hacks Show Some Loyalty To Their Voters  —  As Jeff Flake joins Bob Corker in America's political gimp box, perhaps our betters in the Grand Old Party should reflect on how two of their own came to this sorry end.  Well guys, there's this thing called …
Andrew Scurria / Wall Street Journal:
FBI Is Probing Puerto Rico Power Contract  —  Deal for $300 million to fix electrical grid after Hurricane Maria was made by the island's public-power monopoly known as Prepa  —  The Federal Bureau of Investigation is investigating a $300 million contract awarded by Puerto Rico's government power company …
 
 
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Associated Press:
Trump vows justice as US captures key Benghazi militant
Discussion: RedState
Sahil Kapur / Bloomberg:
Key GOP Senator Susan Collins Lays Out Her Demands for Tax Bill
Discussion: Axios and Political Wire
James Andrew Miller / Hollywood Reporter:
Why ESPN Could Abandon NFL Football (Guest Column)
Discussion: IJR
Devin Henry / The Hill:
Watchdog asks FEC to probe Zinke campaign accounts
Discussion: The Daily Caller
Seung Min Kim / Politico:
ABA deems another Trump judicial nominee ‘not qualified’
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