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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 …
Discussion:
Axios, Raw Story and Political Wire
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” …
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Politico, ABC News, Talking Points Memo, Raw Story, Washington Free Beacon, Splinter, AOL, Mediaite, The Daily Caller, Axios, Balloon Juice and The Hill
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
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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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 …
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The Week
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Dan Merica / CNN:
Trump labels US justice system ‘laughing stock’
Trump labels US justice system ‘laughing stock’
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Washington Monthly, The Week, Balloon Juice, The Root, Talking Points Memo, Business Insider and Political Wire
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 …
Discussion:
RedState, more at Mediagazer »
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The Daily Beast:
House Drops Motherlode of Russian Propaganda … The ad was highly specific—and specifically Russian. — It was for a Facebook group called Defend The 2nd. Above an image showing a cornucopia of bullets, it billed itself as “The community of 2nd Amendment supporters, guns lovers & patriots.”
Discussion:
Crooked Timber, Engadget and Axios
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.
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 …
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.
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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
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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Informed Comment, Business Insider, Raw Story and Mediaite
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The Daily Beast:
Terrorist Requested ISIS Flag for His Hospital Room, FBI Says
Terrorist Requested ISIS Flag for His Hospital Room, FBI Says
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Reuters, Washington Free Beacon, bizpacreview.com, Raw Story, IJR and TMZ.com
Kaja Whitehouse / New York Post:
NYC terror suspect allegedly asked to hang ISIS flag in hospital room
NYC terror suspect allegedly asked to hang ISIS flag in hospital room
Discussion:
New York Times, New York's PIX11, Mediaite, The Daily Caller and New York Magazine
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
GOP senators fear bill will be cast as gift to rich
Discussion:
Daily Kos
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.
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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Politico:
It's go time for tax plan, top House tax writer says
It's go time for tax plan, top House tax writer says
Discussion:
The Week, Business Insider and Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi
Jonathan Karl / ABC News:
House tax plan would lower caps on 401(k)s, cut state and local deductions
House tax plan would lower caps on 401(k)s, cut state and local deductions
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Politico, CNN, ThinkProgress, Mother Jones and Hit & Run
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.
Discussion:
The Week, Hullabaloo and Daily Kos
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 …
David Corn / Mother Jones:
Hackers Compromised the Trump Organization 4 Years Ago—and the Company Never Noticed — Four years ago, the Trump Organization experienced a major cyber breach that could have allowed the perpetrator (or perpetrators) to mount malware attacks from the company's web domains and may have enabled …
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.
Discussion:
Hartford Courant, New York Times, Mashable, TheBlaze, The Root and FOX 61
Chris Geidner / BuzzFeed:
How The 25th Amendment Actually Works — And What Nobody's Ever Figured Out — In 1967, the 25th Amendment was added to the Constitution, meant to formalize a process for what happens if a president dies in office or becomes disabled — after more than a century of presidents suffering …
Edward-Isaac Dovere / Politico:
Nancy Pelosi Has Trump Right Where She Wants Him — Nancy Pelosi was upset, but holding it in. Donald Trump was in a good mood, and letting it out. — “I think we'll get things done,” Trump told her. — It was November 9, the afternoon after the election.
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.
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Axios, Raw Story and Talking Points Memo