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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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Jim Rutenberg / New York Times:
Report Details Weinstein's Covert Attempt to Halt Publication of Accusations — The disgraced movie mogul Harvey Weinstein used a web of private detectives, lawyers and even undercover former Mossad agents in a failed effort to stop The New York Times and The New Yorker from publishing …
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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 …
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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.
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NBC News:
Carter Page Coordinated Russia Trip With Top Trump Campaign Officials — WASHINGTON — Former Trump campaign volunteer Carter Page, who has come under scrutiny in the investigation of Russian election interference, told a House committee that he sought permission for a July 2016 trip to Moscow …
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.
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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 …
How to Reduce Shootings — It has happened yet again …
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Paul Waldman / Washington Post:
The indefensible Republican response to the Texas mass shooting
The indefensible Republican response to the Texas mass shooting
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Vox and Bangor Daily News
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.
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David Nakamura / Washington Post:
Trump says ‘hundreds more’ might have died in Texas shooting if gun laws were tougher
Trump says ‘hundreds more’ might have died in Texas shooting if gun laws were tougher
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Mike Lillis / The Hill:
Texas Gov. Abbot: Gunman was denied gun permit
Texas Gov. Abbot: Gunman was denied gun permit
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Politico, New York Times and ABC 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 …
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Gregg Re / Fox News:
Democrat walks out of moment of silence for Texas massacre victims — A junior Democratic congressman walked out of a moment of silence Monday night for victims of this weekend's mass shooting at a Texas church. — In a video posted to Facebook Monday evening, California Rep. Ted Lieu …
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Jacqueline Thomsen / The Hill:
Dem walks out of moment of silence for Texas shooting: 'I can't do this again'
Dem walks out of moment of silence for Texas shooting: 'I can't do this again'
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Heather Caygle / Politico:
GOP shrugs off gun control after latest mass shooting
GOP shrugs off gun control after latest mass shooting
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Washington Post:
Yes, President Trump, it's a guns situation
Yes, President Trump, it's a guns situation
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Telegraph, New York Times, Daily Kos and NPR
Adam Edelman / NBC News:
If Trump's Blaming Mental Health, Why Did He Gut This Obama Gun-Check Rule?
If Trump's Blaming Mental Health, Why Did He Gut This Obama Gun-Check Rule?
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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
Texas Gunman Broke Child's Skull and Assaulted Wife in Troubled Life
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The Intercept:
CIA Director Met Advocate of Disputed DNC Hack Theory — at Trump's Request — CIA Director Mike Pompeo met late last month with a former U.S. intelligence official who has become an advocate for a disputed theory that the theft of the Democratic National Committee's emails during …
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 …
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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 …
Marina Fang / HuffPost:
Russian Lawyer Who Met With Donald Trump Jr. Claims He Offered A Quid Pro Quo — “Looking ahead, if we come to power, we can return to this issue and think what to do about it,” Trump Jr. said during the June 2016 meeting, according to Natalia Veselnitskaya.
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Associated Press:
The Latest: US-South Korea discuss nuclear submarines — The Latest on President Donald Trump's trip to Asia (all times local): — South Korea's presidential office says U.S. President Donald Trump and South Korean President Moon Jae-in have agreed to open “working-level” …
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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 …
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Harriet Sinclair / Newsweek:
PAPA JOHNS TELLS NAZIS 'DON'T BUY OUR PIZZA' AFTER CHAIN IS CLAIMED AS OFFICIAL PIE OF ALT-RIGHT — Papa Johns has told racists not to eat its food, after a neo-Nazi website claimed the pizza chain was the official pie of the alt-right. — The Daily Stormer posted a picture of a swastika pizza …
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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 …
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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 …
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