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John Harwood / CNBC:
Gary Cohn: Trickle-down is good for the economy — Gary Cohn says, “I don't believe that we've set out to create a tax cut for the wealthy. If someone's getting a tax cut, I'm not upset that they're getting a tax cut.” — Gary Cohn, 57, was in some ways an unlikely choice for Donald Trump's White House.
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ThinkProgress, New Republic, Axios and Raw Story
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Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:
Gary Cohn: ‘The Most Excited Group Out There Are Big CEOs, About Our Tax Plan’ — White House economic adviser Gary Cohn nearly quit the administration over President Trump's equivocations about a Nazi rally in Charlottesville, and then was denied his dream of becoming the chairman of the Federal Reserve.
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Washington Post
Joe McDonald / Associated Press:
Trump cooperates with Chinese effort to control image — BEIJING (AP) — U.S. President Donald Trump was a cooperative partner for Beijing's sweeping efforts to control the message of his heavily choreographed visit to China. — Trump and his Chinese counterpart, Xi Jinping …
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Axios
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CNN:
Trump: 'I don't blame China' for taking advantage of US on trade
Trump: 'I don't blame China' for taking advantage of US on trade
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The Guardian, Daily Kos, Just Security, Washington Free Beacon and National Review
Antony J. Blinken / New York Times:
Trump Is Ceding Global Leadership to China
Mallory Shelbourne / The Hill:
Trump blames predecessors, not China for unfair trade practices
Trump blames predecessors, not China for unfair trade practices
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CNBC, The Daily Caller, Joe.My.God. and New York Times
Wall Street Journal:
The Anti-Trump Wave — Democrats come out in droves and the GOP is caught in the undertow. — Republicans took a thorough beating in Tuesday's elections, and no one should sugar coat the results because the voting was confined to a few states. Democrats came out in droves to send a message …
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Weekly Standard and Washington Free Beacon
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Michael Barone / Washington Examiner:
2016 is looking like the new normal … If you wanted to predict …
2016 is looking like the new normal … If you wanted to predict …
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Booman Tribune and New York Times
Nick Miroff / Washington Post:
White House chief of staff tried to pressure acting DHS secretary to expel thousands of Hondurans, officials say — Acting Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security Elaine Duke meets with Britain's Home Secretary on Oct. 20. Duke refused to bow to pressure from White House Chief …
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Raw Story
Jason Schwartz / Politico:
Fox, facing new competitors, clings tighter to Trump — During the Republican primary contest, Donald Trump feuded frequently with Fox News, going after Megyn Kelly and, at the height of his pique, even skipping one of the network's debates. That now seems like eons ago.
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CNN:
Roy Moore was removed from 1990s divorce case after he barred lesbian from seeing her children unsupervised — STORY HIGHLIGHTS — (CNN)Roy Moore, the Republican nominee for Senate in Alabama, ruled in a 1990s divorce case that a woman who had a lesbian affair couldn't visit …
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CNN:
Flynn worries about son in special counsel probe — Washington (CNN)Former White House national security adviser Michael Flynn has expressed concern about the potential legal exposure of his son, Michael Flynn Jr., who, like his father, is under scrutiny by special counsel Robert Mueller …
Gregg Re / Fox News:
More layoffs planned at Carrier plant Trump promised to save — Carrier Corp., the HVAC manufacturer that had planned to move its operations to Mexico before President Trump staged a much-heralded intervention, said Tuesday it is gearing up for yet another round of layoffs.
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RedState, Common Dreams, Politicus USA and Raw Story
Beth Breeding / U.S. Congressman Bob Goodlatte:
Goodlatte: It's An Honor to Serve You — f t # e — Congressman Bob Goodlatte (R-Va.) released the following letter today announcing that he will not seek re-election in 2018: — Dear Friend, — When I first decided to run for Congress there were several things I wanted to achieve …
Discussion:
Axios
CNN:
Academic at heart of Clinton ‘dirt’ claim vanishes, leaving trail of questions — Poll: Americans concerned about Russia probe — (CNN)Joseph Mifsud, the Maltese academic suspected of being a link between the Trump campaign and Russian officials, was once a regular on the foreign policy circuit, attending conferences the world over.
Mike Allen / Axios:
Sean Parker unloads on Facebook: “God only knows what it's doing to our children's brains” — Sean Parker, the founding president of Facebook, gave me a candid insider's look at how social networks purposely hook and potentially hurt our brains. — Be smart: Parker's I-was-there account …
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The Verge and New York Magazine, more at Techmeme »
Wall Street Journal:
Prosecutors Seek Plea Deal With Manafort's Former Son-in Law — Jeffrey Yohai, who worked with his father-in-law on real-estate deals, hasn't been charged with any crime — The Justice Department is seeking to reach a plea deal in its criminal investigation of the former son-in-law of Paul Manafort …
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Talking Points Memo and Political Wire
Paul Bedard / Washington Examiner:
Rand Paul's neighbors rip media ‘landscaping dispute’ reports — The Bowling Green, Ky. neighbor who allegedly sucker attack Sen. Rand Paul last weekend, causing six broken ribs, was aggressively anti-Trump and anti-GOP in his social media, calling for the impeachment of the president …
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Axios, RedState, ABC News, Talking Points Memo, CBS Miami, The Hill, USA Today, Washington Post, TheBlaze, Washington Free Beacon, IJR, Business Insider, 105.9 FM and AM 630 and Hit & Run
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Louis Nelson / Politico:
Rand Paul retweets stories casting doubt on ‘landscaping dispute’ reports
Rand Paul retweets stories casting doubt on ‘landscaping dispute’ reports
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Associated Press, The Slot, Breitbart, Wall Street Journal, Political Wire and The Gateway Pundit
John Hinderaker / Power Line:
Is the National Anthem Racist? — There are several possible answers to this question: — 1) Of course, because everything is racist. — 2) It's anyone's guess. The word “racist” has no meaning. — 3) Don't be stupid. — “Yes” isn't really on the list.
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Snopes.com, CBS13, CBS San Francisco, RT and Washington Free Beacon
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Dana Griffin / San Francisco Chronicle:
California NAACP proposes removing ‘Star-Spangled Banner’ as national anthem
California NAACP proposes removing ‘Star-Spangled Banner’ as national anthem
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bizpacreview.com and The Daily Caller
Seung Min Kim / Politico:
GOP election drubbing scrambles tax reform outlook — Top Republicans in Congress had an urgent message to lawmakers after the party's drubbing in Tuesday's elections: Pass tax reform or we're toast in 2018. — “I think it simply means we've got to deliver,” Speaker Paul Ryan said Wednesday.
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Washington Post, ABC News and The Week
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Aaron Blake / Washington Post:
Paul Ryan erases any doubt: 'We're with Trump'
Dara Lind / Vox:
A New York courtroom gave every detained immigrant a lawyer. The results were staggering. — And now, a dozen more cities are getting on board. — Omar Siagha has been in the US for 52 years. He's a legal permanent resident with three children. He'd never been to prison, he says …
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Vera and ImmigrationProf Blog
ESPN:
OTL: Jerry Jones threatens to sue NFL if Roger Goodell's contract extension is approved — Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones has threatened to sue the National Football League if a contract extension for commissioner Roger Goodell is approved by the league's compensation committee, sources told Outside the Lines.
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The Gateway Pundit, The Daily Caller, ProFootballTalk, Deadspin, New York Times and The Guardian
Robert Costa / Washington Post:
‘Canary in the coal mine’: Republicans fear Democratic wins mean more losses to come — Virginia republican gubernatorial candidate Ed Gillespie pauses in his concession speech Tuesday night in Richmond, Va. (Ricky Carioti/The Washington Post) — A wave of Democratic victories ignited …
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Daily Kos and Political Wire
New York Times:
After Night of Drinking, F.B.I. Supervisor Wakes to Find a Woman Stole His Gun — WASHINGTON — An F.B.I. counterterrorism supervisor is under internal investigation after a woman stole his gun following a night of heavy drinking in a North Carolina hotel, according to documents and government officials.
Mike Fleming / Deadline:
Shocker: Kevin Spacey Dropped From ‘All The Money In The World;’ J Paul Getty Role Recast With Christopher Plummer — EXCLUSIVE: In an unprecedented bold move, director Ridley Scott, along with Imperative Entertainment's Dan Friedkin and Bradley Thomas have decided to remove Kevin Spacey …
Alan Gomez / USA Today:
First DREAMer deported under Trump arrested again for trying to enter U.S. — The first known DREAMer to allege he was improperly deported by U.S. Border Patrol agents was arrested for trying to illegally re-enter the country for the second time this year, authorities said Wednesday.
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Fox News, The Daily Caller and The Gateway Pundit
Al Weaver / Washington Examiner:
Dem candidate: It 'shouldn't take brain cancer' for John McCain to show courage — A House Democratic candidate said this week that Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., has shown an amount of “courage” recently by standing up to President Trump, but lamented that this only happened after his brain cancer diagnosis.
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The Daily Caller and Washington Free Beacon
Alan Rappeport / New York Times:
The New Washington Drama: Treasury Secretary Versus Treasury Secretary — WASHINGTON — It is an unwritten rule that if a former Treasury secretary has nothing nice to say about one of his successors he does not say anything at all. But in the nation's capital these days, the rules of political comity are meant to be broken.
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The Daily Caller and Political Wire
Scott Johnson / Power Line:
The Blabbermouth angle — It is among our national misfortunes that the ineffable Debbie Wasserman Schultz remains in the middle of the drama implicit in the great Russian hack attack of 2016. She served as Barack Obama's appointed leader of the Democratic National Committee at the time.