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8:55 AM ET, November 2, 2017

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Wall Street Journal:
Prosecutors Consider Bringing Charges in DNC Hacking Case  —  At least six Russian government officials are identified as part of ongoing investigation  —  The Justice Department has identified more than six members of the Russian government involved in hacking the Democratic National Committee's computers …
Donna Brazile / Politico:
Inside Hillary Clinton's Secret Takeover of the DNC  —  Before I called Bernie Sanders, I lit a candle in my living room and put on some gospel music.  I wanted to center myself for what I knew would be an emotional phone call.  —  I had promised Bernie when I took the helm …
Discussion: The Daily Caller
Associated Press:
Russia hackers had targets worldwide, beyond US election  —  WASHINGTON (AP) — The hackers who upended the U.S. presidential election had ambitions well beyond Hillary Clinton's campaign, targeting the emails of Ukrainian officers, Russian opposition figures, U.S. defense contractors …
Discussion: Raw Story
The Daily Beast:
Michael Flynn Followed Russian Troll Accounts, Pushed Their Messages in Days Before Election … Former White House National Security Adviser Michael Flynn followed five Twitter accounts based out of the Russian-backed “troll factory” in St. Petersburg—and pushed their messages at least three times …
Discussion: Raw Story
New York Times:
In Call With Times Reporter, Trump Projects Air of Calm Over Charges  —  President Trump projected an air of calm on Wednesday after charges against his former campaign chief and a foreign policy aide roiled Washington, insisting to The New York Times that he was not “angry at anybody” …
Joe Pompeo / Vanity Fair:
“A Different Level of Crazy”: Is Civil War Breaking Out in The Wall Street Journal Over the Editorial Board's Coverage of Mueller?  —  A series of virulent anti-Mueller editorials has reporters worried about their paper's credibility.  —  “The editorial page has been doing crazy s**t for a long time …
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Niskanen Center:   Statement to GOP Leadership: Support Robert Mueller's Investigation
David Weigel / Washington Post:
‘Concerned’ conservatives, aiming to build a Trump resistance, call for GOP to protect Mueller
Fox News Insider:
Jake Tapper, of CNN, Defends ‘Allahu Akbar’ as ‘Beautiful’ After New York City Terror Attack  —  CNN anchor Jake Tapper said the Islamic phrase “Allahu akbar” can be said “under the most beautiful of circumstances” just minutes after a terrorist attack in New York City.
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New York Times:
Prosecutors Describe Driver's Plan to Kill in Manhattan Terror Attack
Christina Wilkie / CNBC:
Hours after Trump calls US justice system ‘a laughingstock,’ White House denies he ever did  — The White House on Wednesday flatly denied that President Donald Trump had ever called the American criminal justice system “a joke and a laughingstock.”  — Reporters were stunned …
Discussion: The Week
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Joe Concha / The Hill:
April Ryan to Huckabee Sanders: Does administration ‘think slavery is wrong?’
Discussion: The Daily Signal and IJR
New York Times:
Math Problem Bedevils Republican Tax Rewrite  —  WASHINGTON — There is a math problem at the root of the Republican delay in introducing a sprawling tax bill, and it grows, in part, from President Trump's two non-negotiables on taxes.  —  Mr. Trump has insisted on “massive” tax cuts …
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Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
GOP senators fear bill will be cast as gift to rich
Discussion: Daily Kos
Matthew Chapman / Shareblue Media:   GOP senator: Millionaires deserve the tax breaks because poor people “create nothing”
Gabriel Sherman / Vanity Fair:
“You Can't Go Any Lower”: Inside the West Wing, Trump Is Apoplectic as Allies Fear Impeachment  —  After Monday's indictments, the president blamed Jared Kushner in a call to Steve Bannon, while others are urging him to take off the gloves with Robert Mueller.
Thomas B. Edsall / New York Times:
The Trumpification of Ed Gillespie  —  It would be hard to find a better example of the “corrupt Washington establishment” that President Trump calls “the swamp” than Ed Gillespie.  —  The Republican nominee in Virginia's gubernatorial election, Gillespie is an insider's insider …
Discussion: Mother Jones, The Week and Politico
Washington Post:
Russian ads, now publicly released, show sophistication of influence campaign  —  Lawmakers on Wednesday released a trove of ads that Russian operatives bought on Facebook, providing the fullest picture yet of how foreign actors sought to promote Republican Donald Trump …
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The Daily Beast:
House Drops Motherlode of Russian Propaganda
Discussion: Crooked Timber, Engadget and Axios
Nancy Cook / Politico:
Inside the rise and fall of Gary Cohn's Fed dreams  —  When President Donald Trump stands up on Thursday afternoon to nominate Jerome Powell as head of the Federal Reserve — the most powerful economic job in the world — at least one also-ran will be there, clapping and smiling: Gary Cohn.
Discussion: ABC News
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New Yorker:
The Democratic Civil War Is Getting Nasty, Even if No One Is Paying Attention  —  On the morning of October 5th, President Trump was on one of his Twitter rants from the White House, denying as “fake news” an NBC report that his Secretary of State, Rex Tillerson, had called him a “moron” and threatened to resign.
Valerie Volcovici / Reuters:
Awaiting Trump's coal comeback, miners reject retraining  —  Your browser doesn't support HTML5 video  —  (Reuters) - When Mike Sylvester entered a career training center earlier this year in southwestern Pennsylvania, he found more than one hundred federally funded courses covering everything from computer programming to nursing.
K. Riva Levinson / Washington Post:
I worked for Paul Manafort.  He always lacked a moral compass.  —  Early in my career, I worked for Paul Manafort.  He was strategic, canny, demanding and, it will surprise no one to learn after his 12-count indictment this week, played by his own rules, in an industry where you usually got away with it.
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Juliet Eilperin / Washington Post:
Sam Clovis, Trump's nominee for USDA's top scientist, confirms he has no hard science credentials  —  The U.S. Department of Agriculture's chief scientist nominee, Sam Clovis, who now serves as the agency's senior White House adviser, confirmed in an Oct. 17 letter obtained by The Washington Post …
Discussion: Salon and Splinter
CNN:
Schiller tops list of high-profile witnesses before House Russia investigators  —  STORY HIGHLIGHTS  —  (CNN)One of President Donald Trump's closest confidantes is speaking privately next week to congressional investigators looking into Russia meddling, according to multiple sources familiar with the matter.
Discussion: Raw Story and Talking Points Memo
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Haley Britzky / Axios:   Trump's ex-bodyguard to be questioned in House Russia probe
Cole Gray / The Hill:
11 lawmakers put family on campaign payroll  —  Nearly a dozen lawmakers have family members on their campaign payrolls, raising eyebrows at a time when nepotism in Washington is under renewed scrutiny.  —  Eleven members of Congress have paid family members from their campaign accounts so far this year …
The Hill:
Divided GOP unites by attacking Hillary Clinton  —  Republicans say doubling down on investigating Hillary Clinton  —  is a smart strategy in the coming months as the cloud from special counsel Robert Mueller's investigation looms over the White House.  —  Even though Clinton does …
Tara Palmeri / ABC News:
‘The Cut Cut Cut Act’: Trump, Hill leaders differ on tax reform bill name  —  President Donald Trump has told senior congressional leadership that he wants to name the forthcoming tax reform bill the “The Cut Cut Cut Act,” a senior administration official tells ABC News.
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Tom Cleary / Heavy.com:
Brianna Brochu: 5 Fast Facts You Need to Know  —  A white college student is facing a hate crime charge after she secretly “poisoned” her black roommate for several weeks, admitting to putting her tampon blood on her backpack and licking her plate, fork and spoon, out of “spite,” police say.
 
 
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Mark Hosenball / Reuters:
Ex-British spy paid $168,000 for Trump dossier, U.S. firm discloses
Discussion: The Week
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Noah Lanard / Mother Jones:
A Fake Jihadist Has Landed a Top Job at Homeland Security
Discussion: The Week
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Twitter Offered Russian TV Network 15% Of Its Total Share Of US Elections Advertising
 

 
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