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Rebecca Traister / thecut:
Why the Harvey Weinstein Sexual-Harassment Allegations Didn't Come Out Until Now  —  I have been having conversations about Harvey Weinstein's history of sexual harassment for more than 17 years.  —  The conversations started when I was a young editorial assistant at Talk, the magazine he financed …
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Marlow Stern / The Daily Beast:
Hollywood's Loud Silence on Harvey Weinstein's Sexual Harassment Allegations … Early Thursday afternoon—late morning on the West Coast—The New York Times dropped a bombshell investigative report alleging decades of sexual-harassment allegations against movie mogul Harvey Weinstein.
Marlow Stern / The Daily Beast:
Late-Night Comedy Shows Avoid Harvey Weinstein Allegations... for Now … “Experts say it's unlikely that any self-respecting network will ever hire him.”  - Jimmy Fallon  —  “I mean, it is nice to know that while liberals and conservatives disagree on a lot of things …
Daily Mail:
EXCLUSIVE: Hillary supporter Harvey Weinstein thinks a ‘right wing conspiracy out to get me’ is reason he has been revealed as serial sexual harasser  — Harvey Weinstein believes the revelations of inappropriate sexual behaviour against him are part of a right-wing ‘conspiracy’ to take him down
Niraj Chokshi / New York Times:
Lisa Bloom, Harvey Weinstein's Adviser, Criticizes His Behavior Toward Women
Jonathan Martin / New York Times:
Democrats, Seeking to Disavow Weinstein, Plan to Give His Donations to Charity
Sharon Waxman / The Wrap:   Harvey Weinstein Speaks: My Apology Is Sincere, But I'm Still Suing NY Times
Emily Smith / Page Six:
Harvey Weinstein gives first interview after shocking sex harassment claims
Mike Allen / Axios:
Scoop: CIA director Pompeo considered to replace Tillerson  —  Trump advisers and allies are floating the idea of replacing Secretary of State Rex Tillerson with CIA Director Mike Pompeo, age 53 — someone who's already around the table in the Situation Room, and could make the switch without chaos.
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Chris Cillizza / CNN:
Donald Trump is treating a potential war like a reality show cliffhanger  —  Washington (CNN)President Donald Trump hosted his top military brass and their spouses for dinner at the White House on Thursday night.  The group posed for a photo.  Then this exchange with reporters happened:
NBC News:
Tillerson Summoned to White House Amid Presidential Fury  —  WASHINGTON — John Kelly, the White House chief of staff, abruptly scrapped plans to travel with President Donald Trump on Wednesday so he could try to contain his boss's fury and manage the fallout from new revelations …
Jill Colvin / Associated Press:
Trump, during photo shoot, talks of ‘calm before the storm’
Sarah Kliff / Vox:
Trump just officially made it easier for employers to stop covering birth control  —  The new rules let big companies end contraceptive coverage — and take effect immediately.  —  The Trump administration is relaxing an Obama-era requirement that nearly all employers offer health insurance …
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Jessie Hellmann / The Hill:
ACLU files lawsuit against Trump administration over roll back of birth control mandate
Discussion: IJR
Robert Pear / New York Times:
Trump Administration Set to Roll Back Birth Control Mandate
Betsy Woodruff / The Daily Beast:
Exclusive: Senate ‘Russia Probe’ Is Not Investigating Russia … The Senate Judiciary Committee has demanded documents on Russian meddling from the CIA, interviewed Donald Trump Jr. about his infamous Trump Tower meeting, and subpoenaed Paul Manafort, the president's Kremlin-friendly former campaign chairman.
Discussion: Raw Story, Business Insider and CNN
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Ken Dilanian / NBC News:
Trump Dossier Author Is in Talks With Senate Intel Committee  —  WASHINGTON — Christopher Steele, the former British intelligence operative who authored a 35-page dossier alleging that the Trump campaign colluded with Russia, has been in talks with the Senate Intelligence Committee about speaking …
Byron York / Washington Examiner:
10 reasons to stay calm about those Russia Facebook ads
David Corn / Mother Jones:
Did Russia Hack the 2016 Vote Tally? This Senator Says We Don't Know for Sure
Discussion: USA Today and Raw Story
Karen Berkowitz / Chicago Tribune:
Highland Park deli co-owner to leave family business after Vegas shooting tweet sparks outrage  —  Max's Deli in Highland Park has ousted co-owner Greg Morelli over a controversial tweet that was posted Monday after the mass shootings in Las Vegas.  —  Deli co-owner Joey Morelli released …
Discussion: Chicagoist, Raw Story and IJR
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Josh Gerstein / Politico:
Sessions outlines broad exemptions for religious freedom
Discussion: Refinery29
Foreign Policy:
The FBI's New U.S. Terrorist Threat: ‘Black Identity Extremists’  —  Law enforcement calls it a violent movement.  Critics call it racist.  —  As white supremacists prepared to descend on Charlottesville, Virginia, in August, the FBI warned about a new movement that was violent, growing, and racially motivated.
BuzzFeed:
US Intelligence Unit Accused Of Illegally Spying On Americans' Financial Records  —  The Treasury Department's Office of Intelligence and Analysis has been illegally rifling through and filing away the private financial records of US citizens, Treasury employees alleged.
Discussion: The Week and Hit & Run
Joe Concha / The Hill:
NYT conservative Bret Stephens: ‘Repeal the Second Amendment’  —  Conservative New York Times columnist Bret Stephens called for a repeal of the Second Amendment in a Thursday op-ed, arguing that while gun ownership shouldn't be outlawed, “it doesn't need a blanket Constitutional protection, either.”
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Timothy Egan / New York Times:   The Cancer in the Constitution
Andrew Kaczynski / CNN:
Roy Moore in 2009: ‘Only thing I know that the Islamic faith has done in this country is 9/11’  —  STORY HIGHLIGHTS  —  (CNN)Republican nominee for US Senate in Alabama Roy Moore said in a 2009 speech that the only thing that Muslims had done in the United States was the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks.
Euan McKirdy / CNN:
Official: Las Vegas shooter tried to buy tracer rounds before massacre  —  (CNN)Las Vegas shooter Stephen Paddock tried to buy tracer ammunition at a gun show in the Phoenix area in recent weeks, a law enforcement official briefed on the investigation tells CNN.
Washington Post:
Hurricane warning for northern Gulf Coast as Nate to strike Saturday night; New Orleans at risk  —  After killing at least 22 people in Nicaragua and Costa Rica, Tropical Storm Nate is on a collision course with the northern U.S. Gulf Coast.  Southeast Louisiana, including vulnerable New Orleans, lies in the path.
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John DiStaso / WMUR:
In surprise announcement, Shea-Porter says she won't seek re-election in 2018  —  Four-term Democrat attributes decision to ‘tug of family’  —  HIDE TRANSCRIPT SHOW TRANSCRIPT  —  MANCHESTER, N.H. —  In a surprise announcement Friday, U.S. Rep. Carol Shea-Porter said she will not seek re-election …
Discussion: Daily Kos
Jeff Greenfield / Politico:
The Democrats' Gerrymandering Obsession  —  Judging by the press coverage of what happened in the Supreme Court Tuesday, Justice Anthony Kennedy may be ready to cast the decisive fifth vote to put constitutional limits on the practice of political gerrymandering.
Discussion: Liberal Values
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Gabriel Debenedetti / Politico:
Democrats look to wreak havoc in GOP primaries
Discussion: Lawyers, Guns & Money
 
 
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BAKE THE CAKE?! Gay coffee shop owner refuses service to Christians, kicks them out (video)
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Paul Kane / Washington Post:
Democrats doubling down on campaign against Paul Ryan
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Associated Press:
AP: Bergdahl expected to plead guilty
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