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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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Sophie Tatum / CNN:
Asked if DNC system was rigged in Clinton's favor, Warren says ‘yes’ — Washington (CNN)Sen. Elizabeth Warren said she believes that the Democratic National Committee was “rigged” in favor of former Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton during the 2016 primary.
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Philip Rucker / Washington Post:
Trump pressures Justice Department to investigate ‘Crooked Hillary’
Trump pressures Justice Department to investigate ‘Crooked Hillary’
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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, Washington Free Beacon, The Gateway Pundit, Fox News Insider and Politico
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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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
CNN:
Former DNC chair torches Clinton in new book
Former DNC chair torches Clinton in new book
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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, Unfogged, IJR, Fox News Insider 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
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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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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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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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
John Bowden / The Hill:
Ethics watchdog: Trump contacts with Bannon could lead to obstruction of justice — President Trump's contacts with former White House chief strategist Stephen Bannon could raise potential conflicts of interest, according to three former White House ethics lawyers.
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CNN:
Jared Kushner's team turned over documents to special counsel in Russia investigation
Jared Kushner's team turned over documents to special counsel in Russia investigation
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Raw Story, The Week, Talking Points Memo, AOL, Politico, Business Insider and Balloon Juice
Elena Schneider / Politico:
Bannon pledges not to go to war vs. House Republicans
Virginia Canter / Politico:
Are Bannon's Ongoing Contacts With Trump Illegal?
Are Bannon's Ongoing Contacts With Trump Illegal?
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Talking Points Memo, ABC News, Mediaite and Breitbart
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
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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Fox News Insider, Media Matters for America, bizpacreview.com, Raw Story, IJR, Washington Times and Mediaite
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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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
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.
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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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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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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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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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
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 …
Michael Kruse / Politico:
The Mystery of Mary Trump — When Donald Trump moved into the Oval Office in January, he placed on the table behind the Resolute Desk a single family photo—of Fred Trump, his father. Sometime in the spring, White House communications director Hope Hicks told me recently, the president added one of his mother, Mary Trump.
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Raw Story
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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