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CNN:
Exclusive: Carter Page testifies he told Sessions about Russia trip — Who is Carter Page? — (CNN)Former Trump foreign policy adviser Carter Page privately testified Thursday that he mentioned to Jeff Sessions he was traveling to Russia during the 2016 presidential campaign …
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New York Times:
Trump and Sessions Denied Knowing About Russian Contacts. Records Suggest Otherwise. — WASHINGTON — Standing before reporters in February, President Trump said unequivocally that he knew of nobody from his campaign who was in contact with Russians during the election.
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Raw Story, Politico, Daily Kos, Hullabaloo, Splinter, Mother Jones, Mediaite, Washington Post and Talking Points Memo
CNN:
Jared Kushner's team turned over documents to special counsel in Russia investigation — (CNN)Jared Kushner has turned over documents in recent weeks to special counsel Robert Mueller as investigators have begun asking in witness interviews about Kushner's role in the firing of FBI Director James Comey, CNN has learned.
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Chris Cillizza / CNN:
How one word from Elizabeth Warren exposed the massive split in the Democratic Party — (CNN)"Yes." — That was Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren's response to a simple question asked by CNN's Jake Tapper Thursday night: “Senator, do you agree with the notion that (the 2016 Democratic primary) was rigged?”
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Ian Schwartz / RealClearPolitics:
Trump Full Interview With Ingraham: Dossier, Justice Department, Immigration, DNC Primary & Sanders
Trump Full Interview With Ingraham: Dossier, Justice Department, Immigration, DNC Primary & Sanders
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Daily Kos, The Daily Caller, The Gateway Pundit, Washington Free Beacon and Fox News Insider
Joe Concha / The Hill:
Network newscasts don't mention Brazile Clinton-DNC revelations
Network newscasts don't mention Brazile Clinton-DNC revelations
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RedState, ABC News, ThinkProgress, Axios, CNN, Business Insider, Talking Points Memo and IJR
Philip Rucker / Washington Post:
Trump pressures Justice Department to investigate ‘Crooked Hillary’
Trump pressures Justice Department to investigate ‘Crooked Hillary’
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Vox, Fox News, Breitbart, Shareblue Media and Politicus USA
Sophie Tatum / CNN:
Asked if DNC system was rigged in Clinton's favor, Warren says ‘yes’
Asked if DNC system was rigged in Clinton's favor, Warren says ‘yes’
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CNN:
Former DNC chair torches Clinton in new book
Former DNC chair torches Clinton in new book
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Jennifer Kerns / Washington Examiner:
John Brennan's intelligence failures have hurt our security and our democracy
John Brennan's intelligence failures have hurt our security and our democracy
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Power Line
Michael Scherer / Washington Post:
Democrats express outrage over allegations of early party control for Clinton in 2016
Democrats express outrage over allegations of early party control for Clinton in 2016
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Mediaite, NPR, The Gateway Pundit, Politico, Washington Free Beacon, The Daily Caller, Fox News Insider, IJR and Instapundit
Associated Press:
Female lawmakers allege harassment by colleagues in House — WASHINGTON (AP) — For years, Republican Rep. Mary Bono endured the increasingly suggestive comments from a fellow lawmaker in the House. But when the congressman approached her on the House floor and told her he'd been thinking about her in the shower, she'd had enough.
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Althouse
Kaili Joy Gray / Shareblue Media:
Donald Trump to Fox News: “The one that matters is me. I'm the only one that matters.” — In what barely passes for an interview — with almost no questions, but plenty of praise — Donald Trump told new Fox News host Laura Ingraham why he hasn't bothered to fill a number of empty positions at the State Department.
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Benjamin Hart / New York Magazine:
Trump on Unfilled State Department Jobs: ‘I Am the Only One That Matters’ — President Trump uttered one of his trademark quasi-dictatorial assertions during a Thursday-night interview with Laura Ingraham on her new show The Ingraham Angle (is that the permanent name, Fox News? You're sticking with that?).
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Axios, Shakesville, Fox News Insider, IJR, bizpacreview.com, Media Matters for America and Raw Story
Justin Baragona / Mediaite:
Trump Tells Laura Ingraham ‘We Will See’ If Tillerson Will Be With Him ‘For the Duration’
Trump Tells Laura Ingraham ‘We Will See’ If Tillerson Will Be With Him ‘For the Duration’
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The Week
Choe Melas / CNNMoney:
‘House of Cards’ employees allege sexual harassment, assault by Kevin Spacey — Spacey apologizes for alleged sex assault against a minor — Kevin Spacey made the set of Netflix's “House of Cards” into a “toxic” work environment through a pattern of sexual harassment …
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E. Alex Jung / Vulture:
Man Comes Forward to Describe an Alleged Extended Sexual Relationship He Had at Age 14 With Kevin Spacey
Man Comes Forward to Describe an Alleged Extended Sexual Relationship He Had at Age 14 With Kevin Spacey
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PinkNews, thecut, Washington Free Beacon, Mediaite, The Stranger … and AOL
Jim Tankersley / New York Times:
‘Major, Major’ Tax Cut May Not Be in Store for Middle Class — WASHINGTON — The House Republican tax bill is a clear windfall for corporate America and a roll of the dice for the middle-class families that President Trump promised would be the centerpiece of his economic agenda.
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Heather Long / Washington Post:
The GOP's bill is ‘a sensible framework’ — but ‘still a deficit-exploding tax cut’ for the rich and corporations
The GOP's bill is ‘a sensible framework’ — but ‘still a deficit-exploding tax cut’ for the rich and corporations
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Mother Jones, Marginal REVOLUTION and EconLog
Oliver Willis / Shareblue Media:
GOP talking points on tax bill say $450k is “low- and middle-income”
GOP talking points on tax bill say $450k is “low- and middle-income”
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Daily Kos
Seung Min Kim / Politico:
Senate littered with tax reform land mines — The fanfare surrounding the House GOP tax plan on Thursday masked a brewing storm in the other chamber. — Senate Republicans will have to sway a host of GOP swing votes as they try to jam through their own tax overhaul with almost no margin for error.
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Jordain Carney / The Hill:
Cotton: Use tax bill to repeal ObamaCare individual mandate
Cotton: Use tax bill to repeal ObamaCare individual mandate
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Washington Post, Politico and ThinkProgress
Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:
The House Republican Tax Cut Is a Failure on Its Own Terms
The House Republican Tax Cut Is a Failure on Its Own Terms
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New York Times
Alexander Nazaryan / Newsweek:
Trump is leading the most corrupt administration in U.S. history, one of first-class kleptocrats — He'd promised to build the wall. To make America great again. To lock her up. Now, in the last weeks of his campaign for president, Donald J. Trump needed one more stirring slogan.
Michael Calderone / Politico:
David Corn investigated for inappropriate workplace behavior — Mother Jones magazine's editor and chief executive acknowledged on Thursday that they investigated Washington bureau chief David Corn for inappropriate workplace behavior three years ago, warning him about touching female staffers …
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New York Times:
DNAinfo and Gothamist Are Shutting Down — A week ago, reporters and editors in the combined newsroom of DNAinfo and Gothamist, two of New York City's leading digital purveyors of local news, celebrated victory in their vote to join a union. — On Thursday, they lost their jobs …
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Virginia Canter / Politico:
Are Bannon's Ongoing Contacts With Trump Illegal? — The latest news in the saga of Steve Bannon is that the former White House senior adviser has reportedly been pushing President Donald Trump to be more forceful against special counsel Robert Mueller. Bannon's ideas allegedly include urging Trump …
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Joe DePaolo / Mediaite:
Nicolle Wallace Destroys Trump Surrogate for Shilling on Russia: 'I Hope They're Paying You a Lot'
Nicolle Wallace Destroys Trump Surrogate for Shilling on Russia: 'I Hope They're Paying You a Lot'
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Hullabaloo
Mark Osborne / ABC News:
ISIS claims responsibility for NYC terror attack, calls driver ‘soldier of the Caliphate’ — The Islamic State claimed responsibility on Thursday for the deadly Halloween day terror attack in New York City in the group's weekly newsletter, al-Naba. — “On Tuesday, 11 Safar …
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Selina Wang / Bloomberg:
Former Twitter Employee Says Fake Russian Accounts Were Not Taken Seriously — In 2015, a manager discovered a trove of accounts with Russian and Ukrainian IP addresses — In early 2015, a Twitter employee discovered a vast amount of Twitter accounts with IP addresses in Russia and Ukraine.
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Mediaite
Allison De Jong / ABC News:
60 percent of Americans say Trump tax plan will benefit wealthy (POLL) — Americans oppose Donald Trump's emerging tax plan by broad a 17-point margin, with 60 percent saying it favors the wealthy — including six in 10 of the wealthy themselves. — As details — albeit still scarce …
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The Daily Beast:
Jenna Abrams, Russia's Clown Troll Princess, Duped the Mainstream Media and the World … Jenna Abrams had a lot of enemies on Twitter, but was a very good friend to viral content writers across the world. — Her opinions about everything from manspreading on the subway to Rachel Dolezal …
Associated Press:
Questions arise over departure of first woman to lead Fed — Nearly four years into Janet Yellen's history-making turn as the first woman to lead the Federal Reserve, the economy is growing, the unemployment rate is low and the stock market is setting record highs.
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Rebecca Rosenberg / New York Post:
Portfolio manager accused of raping, beating women in penthouse dungeon … A former portfolio manager for an investment fund founded by financier George Soros sexually abused women at a Manhattan penthouse dungeon, according to a $27 million Brooklyn federal suit.
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Occidental Dissent
Kim Janssen / Chicago Tribune:
Carl Bernstein: Russia probe feels ‘worse than Watergate’ — Carl Bernstein speaks at the 2017 New Yorker Festival on Oct. 6, 2017. (Brad Barket / Getty Images for The New Yorker) — If President Donald Trump colluded with Russia to win the presidency, its “worse than Watergate,” journalist Carl Bernstein says.
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The Hill and Talking Points Memo