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Jeff German / Las Vegas Review-Journal:
Las Vegas Strip shooter targeted aviation fuel tanks, source says  —  Fuel tanks near the Route 91 Harvest country music festival, pictured on Wednesday, Oct. 4, 2017, were targeted by Strip shooter Stephen Paddock when he fired on concert-goers from his Mandalay Bay room Sunday night.
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CNN:
Las Vegas gunman planned to escape after massacre, sheriff says  —  (CNN)The gunman in the Las Vegas massacre planned to escape after targeting the country music concert, but instead left behind a note and killed himself, authorities say.  —  Stephen Paddock led such a secretive life …
USA Today:
Las Vegas shooter booked rooms facing Lollapalooza music festival in Chicago in August  —  Las Vegas gunman Stephen Paddock booked rooms in a Chicago hotel facing the Lollapalooza music festival in August, a law enforcement official told USA TODAY on Thursday.
Washington Post:
The ATF-approved ‘goofy little doodad’ used by Las Vegas gunman Stephen Paddock  —  As President Obama's first year in office drew to a close, he addressed the nation after a mass shooting in Fort Hood, Texas, saying the country must do everything it can to prevent future gun violence.
Pete Williams / NBC News:
Investigators Looking for Mystery Woman Seen With Vegas Shooter
Discussion: IJR, AOL and bet.com
CNN:
Hero who saved 30 people reunited with officer who saved his own life
Discussion: Mediaite and The Daily Caller
New York Times:   Las Vegas Shooting: Investigators Grapple With Gunman's ‘Secret Life’
Dominic Holden / BuzzFeed:
Jeff Sessions Just Reversed A Policy That Protects Transgender Workers From Discrimination  —  The Justice Department under Obama decreed that Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 banned transgender discrimination in the workplace.  But in a new memo, the attorney general rescinded the policy.
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Dominic Holden / BuzzFeed:
Trump Just Asked A Court To Dismiss A Lawsuit Against His Transgender Military Ban  —  “That challenge is premature several times over,” lawyers for the president said in a court brief.  —  Trump administration lawyers argued in court late Wednesday night that it's too soon for federal courts …
Discussion: Daily Kos and Towleroad
Laura Jarrett / CNN:
Sessions says civil rights law doesn't protect transgender workers
Discussion: The Week
New York Times:
Decades of Sexual Harassment Accusations Against Harvey Weinstein  —  Two decades ago, the Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein invited Ashley Judd to the Peninsula Beverly Hills hotel for what the young actress expected to be a business breakfast meeting.  Instead, he had her sent up to his room …
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Hollywood Reporter:
Harvey Weinstein Lawyers Battling N.Y. Times, New Yorker Over Potentially Explosive Stories (Exclusive)  —  The Hollywood mogul has enlisted a team of attorneys to fight planned articles that are said to be about his personal behavior.  —  Is The New York Times about to expose damaging information on Harvey Weinstein?
Wall Street Journal:
Russian Hackers Stole NSA Data on U.S. Cyber Defense  —  The breach, considered the most serious in years, could enable Russia to evade NSA surveillance and more easily infiltrate U.S. networks  —  WASHINGTON—Hackers working for the Russian government stole details of how the U.S. penetrates …
Bret Stephens / New York Times:
Repeal the Second Amendment  —  I have never understood the conservative fetish for the Second Amendment.  —  From a law-and-order standpoint, more guns means more murder.  “States with higher rates of gun ownership had disproportionately large numbers of deaths from firearm-related homicides …
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Derek Hunter / Townhall.com:
After Las Vegas, Democrats Send In The Clowns
Gabriel Debenedetti / Politico:
Angry GOP donors close their wallets  —  Republicans are confronting a growing revolt from their top donors, who are cutting off the party in protest over its inability to get anything done.  —  Tensions reached a boiling point at a recent dinner at the home of Los Angeles billionaire Robert Day.
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Lorraine Woellert / Politico:
NRA bans bump stocks at its own firing range
New York Times:
Republicans Open to Banning ‘Bump Stocks’ Used in Massacre
Tennessean.com:
Exclusive: U.S. Rep. Marsha Blackburn launches U.S. Senate bid  —  Marsha Blackburn announces she is running for U.S. Senate  —  NASHVILLE — U.S. Rep. Marsha Blackburn, R-Tenn., is entering the 2018 U.S. Senate race to replace retiring Sen. Bob Corker, ending a week's worth of speculation …
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Marsha Blackburn / YouTube:
Why I'm Running  —  The United States Senate...It's totally …
Discussion: Politico, WREG-TV and WJHL
Pew Research Center:
The Partisan Divide on Political Values Grows Even Wider  —  Sharp shifts among Democrats on aid to needy, race, immigration  —  The divisions between Republicans and Democrats on fundamental political values - on government, race, immigration, national security, environmental protection and other areas …
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Pew Research Center:
1. Partisan divides over political values widen
Discussion: Washington Post
Ed O'Keefe / Washington Post:
Top House Democrat: 'I think it's time' for Nancy Pelosi, Steny Hoyer and James Clyburn to go  —  A senior House Democrat said Thursday that it's time for House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) and her leadership team to prepare to step down and make way for the next generation of lawmakers in her caucus.
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Matthew Nussbaum / Politico:
White House plans to demand immigration cuts in exchange for DACA fix
Discussion: Axios
Manu Raju / CNN:
Grassley: ‘No way of avoiding’ public hearing for Trump Jr  —  Grassley requests that Trump Jr. testify  —  STORY HIGHLIGHTS  —  (CNN)Senate Judiciary Chairman Chuck Grassley signaled Thursday that Donald Trump Jr. will ultimately have to testify publicly before his panel, something Democrats have been demanding for weeks.
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CNN:
Burr on Trump tweet: Panel will hold media ‘accountable’ on Russia
Wall Street Journal:
YouTube Tweaks Search Results After False Claims Rise to Top  —  YouTube retooled its search function after top results surfaced videos peddling misinformation, hate and conspiracy on the Las Vegas shooting and NFL anthem protests.  —  Amazon Is Prime Job for New M.B.A.s
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Todd Starnes / Fox News:
Vegas survivor: Shot in leg or not, I'm standing for my president
Discussion: RedState and Scared Monkeys
Craig Timberg / Washington Post:
Russian propaganda may have been shared hundreds of millions of times, new research says  —  Facebook has said ads bought by Russian operatives reached 10 million of its users.  —  But does that include everyone reached by the information operation?  Couldn't the Russians also have created simple …
Bright Line Watch:
The Health of American Democracy: Comparing Perceptions of Experts and the American Public  —  Given wide­spread concern about the possible erosion of democracy in the United States, Bright Line Watch has conducted expert surveys since early 2017 asking thousands of pro­fes­sion­al …
Discussion: Brendan Nyhan
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Ezra Klein / Vox:   4 political scientists are tracking whether Trump is damaging American democracy
Dan Abrams / Mediaite:
Hate for Megyn Kelly is Everything That's Wrong With America Today  —  Let me be clear at the outset, I don't know if Megyn Kelly's new NBC show will succeed.  After all, it's LESS THAN two weeks old so how can anyone really know.  —  I have always liked Megyn personally and more importantly …
Discussion: Bloomberg and New York Times
Drew Harwell / Washington Post:
Chao used government planes seven times when cheaper flights would not work  —  (Max Ortiz/Detroit News via Associated Press)  —  Transportation Secretary Elaine Chao had planned to fly commercial to Detroit in early June for events on the future of American roads.
Discussion: Talking Points Memo
David Dayen / The Nation:
Alleged fraud put JPMorgan Chase hundreds of millions of dollars ahead; ordinary homeowners, not so much.  —  You know the old joke: How do you make a killing on Wall Street and never risk a loss?  Easy—use other people's money.  Jamie Dimon and his underlings at JPMorgan Chase have perfected …
Discussion: ThinkProgress and BillMoyers.com
Anne Gearan / Washington Post:
‘Death spiral’: Tillerson makes nice but may not last long with Trump  —  The moment was as remarkable as it was unprecedented: A sitting U.S. secretary of state took to the microphone to pledge his fealty to the president — despite his well-documented unhappiness in the job and the growing presumption …
 
 
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Ivanka Trump / New York Post:
Why we need to start teaching tech in Kindergarten
Discussion: AOL and Gizmodo
Jessie Hellmann / The Hill:
Graham brings 20-week abortion ban to Senate with 45 co-sponsors
Discussion: TheBlaze and The Daily Caller
Louis Nelson / Politico:
Ivana Trump says she's encouraged her ex-husband's Twitter habit
Discussion: IJR
Fox News:
Man's Jack Daniel's flag mistaken for ISIS flag by ‘worried’ neighbors
Dave Gershgorn / Quartz:
Google has built earbuds that translate 40 languages in real time
Rachel Leah / Salon:
NYPD cop who assaulted tennis star James Blake is suing him, the city and many, many more
Discussion: Obsidian Wings
 Earlier Items: 
Washington Post:
Three Trump Cabinet members attended mining lobbyist meeting at Trump International Hotel
Discussion: Associated Press
Spencer Soper / Bloomberg:
Amazon Is Testing Its Own Delivery Service to Rival FedEx and UPS
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Kurt Schlichter / Townhall.com:
Nothing Makes Liberals Angrier Than Us Normals Insisting On Our Rights
Discussion: Instapundit
Washington Post:
Democrat Northam leads Republican Gillespie in race for Virginia governor, new poll finds
Discussion: Political Wire
Erica Orden / Wall Street Journal:
Sally Yates, Preet Bharara Stress High Bar for Criminal Charges in Russia Probe