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2:05 PM ET, October 1, 2017

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Matthew Yglesias / Vox:
Puerto Rico is all our worst fears about Trump coming real  —  A real crisis comes and Trump can't handle it.  —  For the first nine months of his administration, observers have had occasion to wonder — and wonder, and wonder, and wonder — how exactly Donald Trump would manage to handle …
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Brooke Seipel / The Hill:
Baldwin returns to SNL as confused Trump responding to Puerto Rico  —  Actor Alec Baldwin resumed his impersonation of President Trump on “Saturday Night Live” this week for the season premiere, appearing in the cold open as a confused Trump responding to the humanitarian crisis in Puerto Rico.
Discussion: RedState
Mike Allen / Axios:
Scoop: Homeland security adviser pushes upbeat PR campaign for Puerto Rico  —  President Trump digs in this morning, tweeting: “We have done a great job with the almost impossible situation in Puerto Rico.  Outside of the Fake News or politically motivated ingrates …
Tobin Harshaw / Bloomberg:
No, Trump Didn't Botch the Puerto Rico Crisis  —  A Q&A with former Navy Captain Jerry Hendrix on smart preparations the White House and Pentagon made for the looming storm.  —  “Send in the cavalry.”  —  That was the advice retired Army General Russel Honore gave President Donald Trump …
Brandon Carter / The Hill:
Trump to attend Presidents Cup golf tournament Sunday  —  President Trump updated his schedule on Sunday to attend the Presidents Cup Golf Tournament at Liberty National Golf Club.  —  Trump is scheduled to arrive at the course this afternoon and will participate in the trophy presentation …
Discussion: RedState and neo-neocon
Mike Allen / Axios:
Full text: Homeland security adviser's update on Puerto Rico  —  Here's the full text of an update on Puerto Rico that White House homeland security adviser Tom Bossert sent his West Wing colleagues:  —  To inform you, I traveled with Brock to Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands on Monday …
Discussion: Mother Jones
Chris Gillette / Associated Press:
In hurricane-hit Puerto Rico, a stunning silence
Discussion: Axios and New York Times
The Daily Caller:
EXCLUSIVE: Fellow Puerto Rico Mayor Rips San Juan Mayor — 'She's Not Participating In Any Meetings'
Paul Bedard / Washington Examiner:
Neighboring mayor praises Trump, says San Juan mayor playing ‘politics,’ AWOL at meetings
Discussion: CNN
Max Greenwood / The Hill:
Dem senator compares Trump to Marie Antoinette
Discussion: Politico and Raw Story
Jennifer Hansler / CNN:
Lin-Manuel Miranda to Trump: 'You're going straight to hell'
Justin Baragona / Mediaite:   General Defends San Juan Mayor: She's ‘Living on a Cot...Hope the President Has a Good Day at Golf’
David Cohen / Politico:
Trump undercuts Tillerson's efforts on North Korea  —  President Donald Trump on Sunday seemed to undercut his own secretary of state and and escalate the ongoing nuclear crisis with North Korea, tweeting that Rex Tillerson's efforts to negotiate with Kim Jong Un's regime were essentially useless.
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Washington Post:
Trump signed presidential directive ordering actions to pressure North Korea  —  Early in his administration, President Trump signed a directive outlining a strategy of pressure against North Korea that involved actions across a broad spectrum of government agencies and led to the use …
Discussion: The Daily Caller and The Week
Eli Watkins / CNN:
Kasich hints at leaving GOP if it's not ‘fixed’  —  STORY HIGHLIGHTS  —  Washington (CNN)Ohio Republican Gov. John Kasich said on CNN's “State of the Union” Sunday that a time could come when he no longer supports the Republican Party.  —  “If the party can't be fixed, Jake, then I'm not going to be able to support the party.
Graydon Carter / Vanity Fair:
Graydon Carter Remembers S.I. Newhouse, Jr., the Magazine Visionary Who Modernized Condé Nast  —  S.I. Newhouse, Jr., the Chairman Emeritus of Condé Nast, died today in New York, the city he was born in and the one that gave foundation to the empire he built.
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David Remnick / New Yorker:
Samuel I. Newhouse, Jr., the Longtime Owner of The New Yorker and Chairman of Condé Nast, Has Died at Eighty-Nine
Discussion: WTVR-TV
Caroline Orr / Shareblue:
“Pretty safe bet”: Former national security adviser warns Kushner compromised by foreign intel  —  NSA officials say Jared Kushner's use of personal email likely made him a target of foreign intelligence services.  —  The National Security Agency warned top Trump administration officials …
Michael Hiltzik / Los Angeles Times:
Column Time's up: As CHIP expires unrenewed, Congress blows a chance to save healthcare for 9 million children  —  Secretary of Health and Human Services Tom Price voted twice against expanding CHIP as a George state legislator.  —  Advocates for children's health started worrying months ago …
Stan Collender / Forbes:
Trump Tax Cut Already In Trouble  —  Don't believe the unrestrained enthusiasm coming from the White House and congressional leaders: The tax cut they announced last Wednesday is already in trouble and isn't going to be enacted quickly.  —  Of course the party line coming from the Trump administration …
New York Times:
At Trial, a Focus on the Facts, Not the Politics, of Benghazi  —  WASHINGTON — Almost from the moment that Islamist militants overran the American consulate and assaulted a C.I.A. annex in Benghazi, Libya, in September 2012, politics consumed the deadly attacks.
 
 
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Discussion: The Daily Caller, NBC News and WTVR-TV
Eli Watkins / CNN:
Mulvaney: Too early to judge Trump tax plan
Discussion: The Week
Rebecca Everett / New Jersey Online:
For NJ.com  —  Medford survivalist Joseph Badame with some of …
Discussion: Balloon Juice
Carl Hulse / New York Times:
‘The New Washington’: Though Out of Power, Democrats Are Winning the Fight, Pelosi Says
Discussion: Political Wire
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Taylor Gee / Politico:
Could America's Socialists Become the Tea Party of the Left?
Max Greenwood / The Hill:
Trump: Strange gained in polls because of my endorsement
Discussion: Washington Monthly and RedState
Ross Douthat / New York Times:
Speaking Ill of Hugh Hefner
Discussion: Slate
John Bowden / The Hill:
Ex-Medicare head says Trump ‘purposely’ raising insurance premiums
Adam Coleman / Houston Chronicle:
Local high school football players kicked off team after protest during anthem
Discussion: Raw Story, Mashable and Splinter
 

 
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Matthew Keys / The Desk:
C-SPAN's own business choices keep the network from being offered on streaming TV platforms like YouTube TV, as it stays reliant on cable and satellite funding

Ashley Carman / Bloomberg:
Memo: Spotify's head of podcast studios, Julie McNamara, is leaving the company after nearly three years, emphasizing Spotify's reduced ambitions in podcasts

Christi Carras / Los Angeles Times:
LAist initiates a voluntary buyout program for staff to avoid layoffs as it faces a “significant budget shortfall” ranging from $4M-$5M in the next two years
 
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