memeorandum: Paul Manafort, accused of being an unregistered foreign agent, used ‘bond007’ as his password, experts say (Julie Bort/Business Insider)

8:40 PM ET, October 31, 2017

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Oliver Darcy / CNNMoney:

‘I want to quit’: Fox News employees say their network's Russia coverage was ‘an embarrassment’ — Some employees at Fox News were left embarrassed and humiliated by their network's coverage of the latest revelations in special counsel Robert Mueller's investigation into Russian election meddling …

Discussion: The Atlantic, Fox News Insider, Media Matters for America, Business Insider, Politicus USA, Washington Post, Mediaite and Splinter, more at Mediagazer »

Brad Reed / Raw Story:

‘An embarrassment’: Disgruntled Fox News employees lash out at network's ‘absurd’ Trump-Russia coverage — As special counsel Robert Mueller was dropping indictments against former Trump campaign officials on Monday, Fox News seemed more focused on controversies swirling around cheeseburger emojis.

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Alvin Chang / Vox:
A week of Fox News transcripts shows how they began questioning Mueller's credibility

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New York Times:

8 Dead as Truck Careens Down Bike Path in Manhattan in Terror Attack — A 29-year-old man plowed a pickup truck down a crowded bike path along the Hudson River in Manhattan on Tuesday, killing eight people and injuring 11 before being shot by a police officer in what officials are calling …

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CNN:

Truck attack in Manhattan being investigated as terrorism, sources say — New York (CNN)The driver of a rental truck drove the wrong way down a busy bicycle path in Manhattan near the World Trade Center, killing up to six people and striking numerous others, a New York Police official said.

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New York Post:

8 killed as truck plows into pedestrians in downtown NYC terror attack — A man in a pickup truck killed eight people when he drove onto the West Side bike path in lower Manhattan Tuesday afternoon — and then shouted “Allahu Akbar” as he got out of the car with fake guns, police sources said.

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CBS New York:
‘This Was An Act Of Terror’: 8 Dead, More Than A Dozen Injured When Truck Strikes Pedestrians In Lower Manhattan

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Erin Banco / New Jersey Online:
New York terrorist attack: Alleged killer Sayfullo Saipov has N.J. ties

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NBC News:

Top Trump Campaign Aide Clovis Spoke to Mueller Team, Grand Jury — WASHINGTON — Sam Clovis, the former top Trump campaign official who supervised a man now cooperating with the FBI's Russia investigation, was questioned last week by special counsel Robert Mueller's team and testified …

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Josh Dawsey / Politico:
Clovis said to be ‘cooperative witness’ in Senate Russia probe

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Michelle Goldberg / New York Times:
The Plot Against America — On Monday morning, after America learned …

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Julie Bort / Business Insider:
Paul Manafort, accused of being an unregistered foreign agent, used ‘bond007’ as his password, experts say

Discussion: Washington Post

Ezra Klein / Vox:
It sure looks like there was collusion between the Trump operation and Russia

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Vera Bergengruen / BuzzFeed:
Michael Flynn Should Be Worried By What Just Happened To Paul Manafort. Here's Why.

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Paul Wood / USA Today: Manafort earned $600,000 a month from pro-Russia party: Ukrainian report

Josh Dawsey / Politico:

Mueller schedules interview with Hope Hicks — The White House communications director is due to speak with prosecutors in the Russia probe after Trump returns from his Asia trip. — President Donald Trump's longtime aide and current communications director, Hope Hicks …

Discussion: Axios, Talking Points Memo, Political Wire, IJR, Raw Story and Washington Free Beacon

The Daily Beast:
Steve Bannon Tells Trump To Bring In New Lawyers as He Looks For Ways to Kneecap Mueller

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Philip Rucker / Washington Post:
Trump resists mounting pressure from Bannon and others to fight Mueller

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Aaron Blake / Washington Post:
Will Trump fire Mueller? His attorney just made some very important comments about it.

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BuzzFeed:
Washington's Legions Of Lobbyists See Danger In Special Counsel's Indictment Of Manafort

Aaron Lorenzo / Politico:

House GOP delays tax bill rollout — House Republicans postponed the much-anticipated rollout of their tax reform proposal Tuesday night, an ominous sign for a direly-needed legislative accomplishment for President Donald Trump and his party. — House Ways and Means Committee members spent …

Discussion: New York Magazine, Political Wire and IJR

Vox: The real cost of the Republican tax cuts

Jonathan Swan / Axios: Release of GOP tax bill to be delayed until Thursday

David Morgan / Reuters:
U.S. House tax chief says state income tax deduction will not remain

Discussion: Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi

Jeffrey Sachs / CNN: The ominous absurdity of Trump's tax cuts

Philip Bump / Washington Post:

Historians respond to John F. Kelly's Civil War remarks: ‘Strange,’ ‘sad,’ ‘wrong’ — White House Chief of Staff John F. Kelly was the guest for the premiere of Laura Ingraham's new show on Fox News Monday night. During the interview, he outlined a view of the history of the Civil War …

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Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:
Sarah Sanders Claims John Kelly Learned Civil War Nonsense From Ken Burns. She's Probably Right.

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Greg Jaffe / Washington Post: Kelly was brought to the White House to impose order. Now he's stirring controversy.

Nolan D. McCaskill / Politico:
White House defends Kelly's Civil War comments, calls criticism ‘disgraceful’

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Avery Anapol / The Hill:
John Kelly: It's ‘distracting’ for Trump to be investigated

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Bloomberg:

Papadopoulos Claimed Trump Campaign Approved Russia Meeting — Former Trump adviser George Papadopoulos made a significant claim in an email: Top Trump campaign officials agreed to a pre-election meeting with representatives of Russian President Vladimir Putin, Bloomberg News reports.

Discussion: Politicus USA

Gromer Jeffers Jr. / Dallas Morning News:

Republican Jeb Hensarling won't run for re-election — U.S. Rep. Jeb Hensarling, R-Dallas, won't run for re-election next year. — “Today I am announcing that I will not seek reelection to the US Congress in 2018. Although service in Congress remains the greatest privilege of my life …

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Cameron Easley / Morning Consult:

America's Most and Least Popular Governors — Republican leaders in blue states continue to shine — Getty Images / Morning Consult illustration — The latest installment of Morning Consult's Governor Approval Rankings — a survey of more than 255,000 registered voters nationwide conducted online …

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Eli Yokley / Morning Consult:
America's Most and Least Popular Senators

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Paul Farhi / Washington Post:

NPR's top editor placed on leave after accusations of sexual harassment — NPR is investigating allegations by two women who said the head of its news department made unwanted physical contact with them while he was employed by another news organization nearly two decades ago.

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Jake Offenhartz / Gothamist:

Mike Cernovich Stole My Photo, Lied About It On Twitter, And Sold Trump Jr. On Yet Another Fake Conspiracy — A right-wing conspiracy theory was born at Columbia University last night, based on a lie that spread with remarkable speed from a student-led college protest to the immediate family of the president of the United States.

Discussion: New York Magazine, Right Wing Watch, Media Matters for America, Raw Story and Washington Free Beacon

Nellie Andreeva / Deadline:

‘House Of Cards’: Production On Netflix Series Suspended Indefinitely Following Kevin Spacey Allegations — EXCLUSIVE: Filming on the upcoming sixth and final season of Netflix's Washington D.C.-set drama House Of Cards has been suspended indefinitely. Cast and crew of the MRC-produced series were told of the decision this morning.

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Curt Devine / CNNMoney:

‘Kill them all’ — Russian-linked Facebook accounts called for violence — Russian-linked site targeted black Americans — Facebook accounts run by Russian trolls repeatedly called for violence against different social and political groups in the U.S., including police officers …

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Ali Breland / The Hill:
Thousands attended protest organized by Russians on Facebook

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Michael M. Grynbaum / New York Times:

Mark Halperin's ‘Game Change’ Partner Says He Was Unaware — For the political journalists Mark Halperin and John Heilemann, work on the third installment of their popular “Game Change” book series — set to be an insiders' account of the final two months of the 2016 presidential race …

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Robert Mendick / Telegraph:

Revealed: London professor at centre of Trump-Russia collusion inquiry says: ‘I have clear conscience’ — A London professor was last night dragged into a special inquiry into Russian interference in the US presidential election over allegations the Kremlin had “dirt” on Hillary Clinton, the Democratic candidate.

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John Harwood / CNBC:

Trump tax plan has lackluster public support, poll says — Just 25 percent of the public calls the Trump tax plan a good idea, according to a new NBC News/Wall Street Journal poll. — The proposal starts with the least favorable public opinion landscape of any major legislative …

Discussion: Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi