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9:20 AM ET, November 7, 2017

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Ronan Farrow / New Yorker:
Harvey Weinstein's Army of Spies  —  In the fall of 2016, Harvey Weinstein set out to suppress allegations that he had sexually harassed or assaulted numerous women.  He began to hire private security agencies to collect information on the women and the journalists trying to expose the allegations.
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Adam Roberts / KHBS:
Man who shot Texas church gunman shares his story  —  HIDE TRANSCRIPT SHOW TRANSCRIPT  —  SUTHERLAND SPRINGS, Texas —  Stephen Willeford shot and chased the man who killed 26 people in a Texas church on Sunday.  He spoke to 40/29 News in an exclusive sit-down interview on Monday.
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Rich Lowry / New York Post:
The heroes of Sutherland Springs  —  MORE FROM: … Before the Texas church shooter encountered any police officers, he was run off a highway and dead.  —  He had been shot and chased by two private citizens who took it upon themselves to respond to a heinous crime when no one with a badge was anywhere to be found.
David Nakamura / Washington Post:
Trump says ‘hundreds more’ might have died in Texas shooting if gun laws were tougher
Heather Caygle / Politico:
GOP shrugs off gun control after latest mass shooting
Discussion: Political Wire
Mike Lillis / The Hill:
Texas Gov. Abbot: Gunman was denied gun permit
Discussion: Politico, New York Times and ABC News
Washington Post:
Trump adviser sent email describing ‘private conversation’ with Russian official  —  Carter Page, a foreign policy adviser to President Trump's campaign whose visit to Moscow during the election has drawn scrutiny, sent an email to fellow Trump aides during his trip describing “a private conversation” …
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U.S. House of Representatives Permanent …:
Carter Page hearing transcript released  —  f t # e  —  The House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence has released the transcript of the committee's hearing with Carter Page.  You can access the transcript here.
Discussion: Balloon Juice
Natasha Bertrand / Business Insider:
Carter Page's testimony is filled with bombshells — and supports key portions of the Steele dossier  — The House Intelligence Committee released a transcript of former Trump campaign adviser Carter Page's testimony before the panel last week.  — Some of the testimony supports details contained …
Dan Alexander / Forbes:
The Case Of Wilbur Ross' Phantom $2 Billion  —  Fresh off a tour through Thailand, Laos and China, United States Secretary of Commerce Wilbur Ross Jr. picked up the phone on a Sunday afternoon in October to discuss something deeply personal: how much money he has.
Discussion: Raw Story and Political Wire
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New York Times:
What Explains U.S. Mass Shootings?  International Comparisons Suggest an Answer  —  mass  —  shooters … mass  —  shooters … 100  —  mass  —  shooters … 80  —  60  —  40 … The New York Times |  Source: Adam Lankford, The University of Alabama (shooters); Small Arms Survey (guns).
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Nicholas Kristof / New York Times:
How to Reduce Shootings  —  It has happened yet again …
Discussion: Mediaite
Paul Waldman / Washington Post:
The indefensible Republican response to the Texas mass shooting
Discussion: Vox and Bangor Daily News
James Bridle:
Something is wrong on the internet  —  I'm James Bridle.  I'm a writer and artist concerned with technology and culture.  I usually write on my own blog, but frankly I don't want what I'm talking about here anywhere near my own site.  Please be advised: this essay describes disturbing things …
Alex Yablon / The Trace:
The Military Is Reporting Almost No Domestic Abusers to the Main Gun Background Check Database  —  A year before committing Sunday's mass shooting at a tight-knit church in Sutherland Springs, Texas, Devin Kelley walked into a sporting goods store and bought a Ruger assault-style rifle …
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New York Times:
Texas Gunman Broke Child's Skull and Assaulted Wife in Troubled Life
Alex Horton / Washington Post:
The Air Force says it failed to follow procedures, allowing Texas church shooter to obtain firearms
Matthew Yglesias / Vox:
What's really at stake in Tuesday's elections  —  Neglected races in New Jersey, Washington, and Maine have huge implications.  —  National media coverage of Tuesday's elections has focused fairly overwhelmingly on the governor's race in Virginia, which seems to be close and features …
Discussion: ABC News
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Megan Doylestaff / Press Herald:   York County casino, Medicaid expansion at stake as Maine heads to the polls today
Associated Press:
Voters in New Jersey and Virginia elect new governors
Discussion: Politico
Jon Swaine / The Guardian:
Offshore cash helped fund Steve Bannon's attacks on Hillary Clinton  —  Robert Mercer, whose spending assisted Donald Trump's election win, used tax haven of Bermuda to avoid US taxes  —  Eighteen months before guiding Donald Trump to election victory, Steve Bannon delivered the opening shot …
Discussion: Axios and Mediaite
CNN:
CNN Poll: Trump approval at new low as Russia concerns grow  —  STORY HIGHLIGHTS  — Six in 10 think Trump knew last year that campaign associates met with suspected Russian operatives  —  WASHINGTON (CNN)Donald Trump's approval rating stands at its lowest point in CNN's polling as concerns …
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Associated Press:
In Seoul, Trump calls for North Korea to make a deal  —  SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — In a striking shift of tone, President Donald Trump abandoned his aggressive rhetoric toward North Korea on Tuesday, signaling a willingness to negotiate as he urged Pyongyang to “come to the table” and “make a deal.”
Discussion: The Week and CNN
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Andrew Restuccia / Politico:
A toned-down Trump prods China, Russia to do more to combat North Korean nuclear threat
Discussion: ABC News and CNBC
Associated Press:
The Latest: US-South Korea discuss nuclear submarines
Discussion: ABC News and Axios
Farhad Manjoo / New York Times:
Saudi Money Fuels the Tech Industry.  It's Time to Ask Why.  —  We need to talk about the tsunami of questionable money crashing into the tech industry.  —  We should talk about it because that money is suddenly in the news, inconveniently out in the open in an industry that has preferred …
Discussion: Axios
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Marc Lynch / Washington Post:
What Saudi Arabia's purge means for the Middle East
Discussion: CNN, Just Security and Vox
New Yorker:
The Saudi Royal Purge—with Trump's Consent
John Harwood / CNBC:
GOP tax plan would increase federal deficits substantially, new analysis shows  — The Tax Policy Center released an analysis of the House GOP tax bill, but then the think tank pulled its study after it found an error in its analysis.  — A second report shows that the House GOP bill …
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New York Times:
Is Landscaping Drama at the Root of Rand Paul's Assault?  —  WASHINGTON — The violent altercation last week that left Senator Rand Paul nursing bruised lungs and broken ribs began over a landscaping dispute between the senator and his longtime next-door neighbor, according to neighbors …
WTTG-TV:
Secret Service: Man who reportedly traveled to DC to kill ‘all white police’ at White House arrested  —  Dallas man arrested near White House after alleged threats  —  WASHINGTON - A Dallas man who reportedly traveled to the nation's capital for the purpose of killing “all white police” …
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Mará Rose Williams / Kansas City Star:
Racist graffiti painted on car near K-State was a fraud  —  An incident in which racist slurs were painted on a car near the Kansas State University campus last week was a hoax, and the man who painted the slurs has apologized.  —  Riley County Police reported Monday afternoon that the owner of the car …
Michelle Goldberg / New York Times:
Anniversary of the Apocalypse  —  In the terror-struck and vertiginous days after Donald Trump's election a year ago, as I tried to make sense of America's new reality, I called people who lived, or had lived, under authoritarianism to ask what to expect.  I wasn't looking for concrete predictions …
Discussion: Esquire
 
 
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Albert R. Hunt / Bloomberg:
Look for Republicans to Backtrack on Taxes
Discussion: CNN
Janet Hook / Wall Street Journal:
President Is Losing Support in ‘Trump Counties,’ a WSJ/NBC News Poll Finds
Mike McIntire / New York Times:
From Utah, Secretive Help for a Russian Oligarch and His Jet
Victor Davis Hanson / American Greatness:
Crossing the Trump Rubicon
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Johnny Depp Hit With Foreclosure On Homes By Ex-Biz Managers For $5M Loan
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Reza Aslan / Los Angeles Times:
Op-Ed The dangerous cult of Donald Trump
Peter Sullivan / The Hill:
ObamaCare signups surge in early days to set new record
David Faber / CNBC:
21st Century Fox has been holding talks to sell most of the company to Disney: Sources
 

 
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Mandy Dalugdug / Music Business Worldwide:
UMG, ABKCO, and Concord sue Believe, a music distributor in 50+ countries, and its subsidiary TuneCore for $500M+, accusing Believe of copyright infringement

Reuters:
French judicial source: investigators searched Netflix's offices in France and the Netherlands as part of a preliminary investigation into tax fraud laundering

Alexandra Steigrad / New York Post:
iHeart says it is laying off employees; a source says the layoffs affect less than 5% of a workforce of more than 10,000 employees

 
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