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12:40 AM ET, October 4, 2017

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NBC News:
Las Vegas Shooter Wired $100,000 to Philippines Last Week  —  Las Vegas shooter Stephen Paddock wired $100,000 to an account in his live-in girlfriend's home country of the Philippines in the week before he unleashed the worst mass shooting in modern U.S. history, according to multiple senior law enforcement officials.
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Louis Sahagun / Los Angeles Times:
At his local Starbucks, Las Vegas shooter remembered for berating his girlfriend  —  The workers behind the counter at the Starbucks inside the Virgin River Casino in Mesquite, Nev., winced whenever Stephen Paddock and his girlfriend, Marilou Danley, lined up for their usual beverages.
Discussion: Raw Story and WTVR-TV
The Daily Beast:
Las Vegas Gunman May Have First Planned to Attack Chance the Rapper and Lorde Concert … LAS VEGAS—The gunman who murdered at least 59 people at a country-music concert on Sunday might have originally targeted another Las Vegas music festival held the previous weekend, according to a senior law enforcement source.
David Smith / The Guardian:   Las Vegas gunman's girlfriend returns to US as police reveal details of massacre planning
New York Times:
Las Vegas Shooting: Gunman's Rifle Had ‘Bump Stock’ to Make It Rapid-Fire Weapon
Associated Press:
The Latest: Off-duty firefighters at concert set up triage
Discussion: Talking Points Memo
Wesley Lowery / Washington Post:
Two strangers bond over country music and beer.  Then the gunshots started.  —  Up-and-coming country star Luke Combs had just started his set on the smaller of the two festival stages when Kody Robertson, an auto parts salesman from Columbus, Ohio, squeezed in at the end of the bar next to Michelle Vo …
Discussion: The Daily Caller
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Washington Post:
Police say Las Vegas gunman planned ‘extensively,’ used cameras to monitor police as they approached  —  LAS VEGAS — Authorities in Las Vegas said Tuesday that the gunman who killed least 59 people at a country music festival “extensively” planned the massacre, placing cameras in his suite …
Mike Rowe:
Off The Wall  —  Mike - I live in Las Vegas, and I've seen you here often.  Once, in the lobby at Mandalay Bay.  We're all shattered here, obviously.  A comforting word from you would go a long way...  Molly Carr  —  Hi Molly  —  I'm not surprised you saw me at the Mandalay.
Discussion: The Daily Caller and RedState
Heather Long / Washington Post:
He was shot helping people during the Las Vegas shooting. His heroics helped his photo go viral.
Avi Selk / Washington Post:
What a macho, gun-packing Instagram star did when he was caught in the Las Vegas shooting
Discussion: IJR and People.com
Rebekah Entralgo / ThinkProgress:
The Las Vegas shooter exploited a gun law loophole
Jonathan Swan / Axios:
Bannon warns: “end of everything” if Trump supports gun controls
Las Vegas Review-Journal:
Adelsons meet with Trump, discuss Las Vegas shooting
Discussion: The Hill
Chris Cillizza / CNN:
Trump's Puerto Rico event was way worse than his tweets  —  (CNN)President Donald Trump faced a major test on Tuesday as he traveled to storm-ravaged Puerto Rico: Show the American citizens struggling for survival on the island that he understood their plight, sympathized with them and was doing everything …
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Dr. Sanjay Gupta / CNN:
Dr. Sanjay Gupta's dire warning on Puerto Rico
Discussion: Gizmodo
Oxfam America:
Statement by Oxfam America President Abby Maxman regarding Puerto Rico Hurricane Response
Jenna Johnson / Washington Post:
‘Incredible.’ ‘Great.’ ‘Unbelievable.’ In storm-torn Puerto Rico, Trump focuses on the positive.
Eliza Barclay / Vox:
Puerto Rico hasn't updated the Hurricane Maria death toll in 6 days
CNN:
Exclusive: Russian-linked Facebook ads targeted Michigan and Wisconsin  —  (CNN)A number of Russian-linked Facebook ads specifically targeted Michigan and Wisconsin, two states crucial to Donald Trump's victory last November, according to four sources with direct knowledge of the situation.
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Tony Romm / Recode:
Twitter and Facebook haven't stopped Russia-backed RT from advertising on their websites
Discussion: Political Wire
Leah Libresco / Washington Post:
I used to think gun control was the answer.  My research told me otherwise.  —  Leah Libresco is a statistician and former newswriter at FiveThirtyEight, a data journalism site.  She is the author of “Arriving at Amen.”  —  Before I started researching gun deaths, gun-control policy used to frustrate me.
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Elias Groll / Foreign Policy:
GOP Congressman Met in Moscow With Kremlin-Linked Lawyer at Center of Russia Investigation  —  Rep. Dana Rohrabacher met in Moscow with Natalia Veselnitskaya two months before she met with Donald Trump Jr.  —  Rep. Dana Rohrabacher met with the Russian lawyer Natalia Veselnitskaya during …
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John Bowden / The Hill:
Kelly won't let Rohrabacher talk to Trump: report  —  is blocking a pro-Russia congressman from meeting with President Trump, according to a new report.  —  Rep. Dana Rohrabacher (R-Calif.) told Business Insider on Tuesday that Kelly and other top Trump aides are actively blocking …
Discussion: RedState
Jeffrey Toobin / New Yorker:
Ginsburg Slaps Gorsuch in Gerrymandering Case  —  Toward the end of the Supreme Court's argument in Gill v. Whitford, about the future of partisan gerrymandering, there was a revealing moment about the place of the newest Justice in the esteem of at least one of his peers.
Discussion: Instapundit
Hayes Brown / BuzzFeed:
This Is Why The US Voted Against A UN Resolution Condemning The Death Penalty For LGBT People  —  It wasn't just about the provision protecting LGBT people from being killed via the death penalty.  The US just really likes the death penalty.  —  The Trump administration is under fire …
Discussion: Instapundit
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Darren Samuelsohn / Politico:
Nikki Haley hit for Hatch Act violation over Trump retweet
Discussion: ABC News
Brad Heath / USA Today:
Exclusive: Jared Kushner's personal email moved to Trump Organization computers amid public scrutiny  —  President Trump's son-in-law Jared Kushner and daughter Ivanka Trump moved their personal email accounts to computers run by the Trump Organization as public scrutiny intensified over their use …
Matthew Nussbaum / Politico:
Pence's chief of staff floats ‘purge’ of anti-Trump Republicans to wealthy donors  —  Vice President Mike Pence's chief of staff railed against congressional leaders in closed-door remarks to wealthy donors and called for a “purge” if GOP lawmakers don't quickly rally behind President Donald Trump's agenda.
John Haltiwanger / Newsweek:
White men have committed more mass shootings than any other group  —  The deadliest mass shooting in U.S. history was shocking in its scale — but it wasn't a surprise that it was committed by a white male.  —  Statistics show that since 1982, the majority of mass shootings — 54 percent …
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Khaled Beydoun / Washington Post:
‘Lone wolf’: Our stunning double standard when it comes to race and religion
Discussion: Daily Kos
Nancy Scola / Politico:
IRS awards multimillion-dollar fraud-prevention contract to Equifax  —  The IRS will pay Equifax $7.25 million to verify taxpayer identities and help prevent fraud under a no-bid contract issued last week, even as lawmakers lash the embattled company about a massive security breach …
New York Times:
Kennedy's Vote Is in Play on Voting Maps Warped by Politics  —  WASHINGTON — Justice Anthony M. Kennedy has long been troubled by extreme partisan gerrymandering, where the party in power draws voting districts to give itself a lopsided advantage in elections.
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Eric H. Holder Jr / Washington Post:
Eric Holder: Gerrymandering has broken our democracy. The Supreme Court should help fix it.
Discussion: Mother Jones and New York Times
David Edwards / Raw Story:
Sen. John Thune blames shooting victims for failing to ‘take precautions’ and ‘get small’ to avoid gunfire  —  Sen. John Thune (R-SD) on Tuesday responded to calls for increased gun control after the massacre in Las Vegas by telling reporters that shooting victims had a responsibility to protect themselves from gunfire.
Discussion: IJR and Daily Kos
 
 
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Karoun Demirjian / Washington Post:
Senators expected to largely endorse intel report on Russian meddling, sound alarm about next election
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Anna Edney / Bloomberg:
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Discussion: Hit & Run and Gizmodo
Monmouth University:
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Discussion: Political Wire
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Daniel Rivero / Splinter:
This Is What It Looks Like When the President Asks People to Snitch on Their Neighbors
Discussion: FairWarning and Mother Jones
Rachael Bade / Politico:
Ryan asked White House to reconsider ousting Price
Discussion: Talking Points Memo and IJR
Washington Post:
Hedge fund billionaire flew top Mnuchin aide on private jet to Palm Beach
Discussion: CNBC and The First Street Journal