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9:40 AM ET, October 9, 2017

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Dave Itzkoff / New York Times:
‘S.N.L.’ Prepped Jokes About Harvey Weinstein, Then Shelved Them  —  The downfall of Harvey Weinstein would seem like obvious grist for TV's late-night comedy shows.  Mr. Weinstein was facing three decades' worth of allegations that he sexually harassed women; on Sunday, his own film studio fired him.
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Yashar Ali / HuffPost:
EXCLUSIVE: Meryl Streep Speaks Out Against Harvey Weinstein  —  She said the women who have spoken out against him are “heroes.”  —  Academy Award winner Meryl Streep called the alleged sexual harassment by Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein “disgraceful,” “inexcusable,” and an “abuse of power.”
Discussion: The Daily Caller and The Guardian
Daily Mail:
It comes after a  —  bombshell New York Times report on Thursday revealed Weinstein's long record of misconduct.  —  The report said he had reached at least eight settlements with women including one who said she was coerced into giving him a massage while he was naked.
Discussion: Mediaite, IJR and Washington Post
Maggie Astor / New York Times:
Harvey Weinstein Is Fired After Sexual Harassment Reports
Kurt Schlichter / Townhall.com:
Hollywood is America's Conscience or Something
Wall Street Journal:   Weinstein Co. Board Fires Harvey Weinstein, Citing Sexual Misconduct Allegations
Brent Lang / Variety:
Harvey Weinstein Forced Out of His Own Company
Rene Marsh / CNN:
The price tag for Pence's trip to Indianapolis  —  (CNN)How much did Vice President Mike Pence's trip to Indianapolis to watch — and then abruptly leave — a football game Sunday between the Indianapolis Colts and San Francisco 49ers cost?  —  Here is an estimate of just the air costs …
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Brandon George / Dallas Morning News:
Cowboys owner Jerry Jones: Any player who is ‘disrespectful to the flag’ won't be allowed to play  —  ARLINGTON — Cowboys owner Jerry Jones said Sunday that any of his players who disrespect the flag during the national anthem won't play in games.  —  Jones is the first NFL owner to publicly …
Josh Alper / ProFootballTalk:
Eric Reid: Vice President's visit was a P.R. Stunt  —  Vice President Mike Pence briefly stopped by the Colts game on Sunday, but left when 23 members of the 49ers took a knee during the national anthem.  —  Pence said, via Twitter, that he left because he will not “dignify any event …
Eli Watkins / CNN:
Pence leaves Colts game after protest during anthem
New York Times:
Trump Tells Pence to Leave N.F.L. Game as Players Kneel During Anthem
New York Times:
Bob Corker Says Trump's Recklessness Threatens ‘World War III’  —  WASHINGTON — Senator Bob Corker, the Republican chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, charged in an interview on Sunday that President Trump was treating his office like “a reality show,” with reckless threats toward …
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Paola Chavez / ABC News:
The Note: What's dangerously serious about Trump's feud with Corker
Discussion: Politico, Mediaite and Raw Story
Bloomberg:
Bannon Plans to Back Challengers to Most GOP Senators
Discussion: Washington Post
Washington Post:
Google uncovers Russian-bought ads on YouTube, Gmail and other platforms  —  SAN FRANCISCO — Google for the first time has uncovered evidence that Russian operatives exploited the company's platforms in an attempt to interfere in the 2016 election, according to people familiar with the company's investigation.
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The Daily Beast:
Russia Recruited YouTubers to Bash ‘Racist B*tch’ Hillary Clinton Over Rap Beats … According to the YouTube page for “Williams and Kalvin,” the Clintons are “serial killers who are going to rape the whole nation.”  Donald Trump can't be racist because he's a “businessman.”
Matea Gold / Washington Post:
Trump campaign's embrace of Facebook shows company's growing reach in elections
Discussion: Axios
David Nakamura / Washington Post:
Trump administration releases hard-line immigration principles, threatening deal on ‘dreamers’  —  The Trump administration released a list of hard-line immigration principles late Sunday that could threaten to derail a deal in Congress to allow of hundreds of thousands of younger undocumented immigrants …
Discussion: Politicus USA
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Associated Press:
Trump links border wall, green-card overhaul to DACA
Seung Min Kim / Politico:
Trump lists immigration demands that could derail ‘Dreamers’ deal
Jeff Mason / Reuters:   Exclusive: Trump seeks border wall, crackdown on unaccompanied minors for ‘Dreamer’ deal
Eric Bradner / CNN:
Bannon expands his list of Senate Republican targets for 2018  —  Washington (CNN)Former White House chief strategist Steve Bannon is expanding his efforts to unseat sitting Senate Republicans in primaries next year.  —  In the two weeks since Bannon-backed former judge Roy Moore defeated …
Washington Post:
Traveling in style: Trump's White House wrestles with Cabinet costs  —  Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin and wife Louise Linton exit Marine One in July.  Mnuchin and other Cabinet officials have come under scrutiny for their use of private and military jets.  (Jonathan Ernst/Reuters)
Discussion: Political Wire and Axios
Tim Johnson / miamiherald:
As some Puerto Rico mayors stumble, U.S. militarizes relief campaign.  —  AGUADILLA, PUERTO RICO  —  As U.S. soldiers Sunday handed out dozens of boxes of emergency food and water rations in this coastal town, a federal relief official pronounced himself satisfied.  —  “They seem pretty happy right now.
Discussion: The Daily Caller
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Matt Flegenheimer / New York Times:
Stephen Miller, the Powerful Survivor on the President's Right Flank  —  Mr. Miller, who was a conservative trapped in a liberal California high school, has rocketed to the upper reaches of White House influence, especially on immigration.  —  SANTA MONICA, Calif. — Stephen Miller had their attention.
Richard H. Thaler / Nobelprize.org:
The Prize in Economic Sciences 2017  —  The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences has decided to award the Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel 2017 to  —  “for his contributions to behavioural economics”  —  Integrating economics with psychology
Discussion: Marginal REVOLUTION, Cafe Hayek and NPR
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Tyler Cowen / Marginal REVOLUTION:
Nobel Prize awarded to Richard Thaler
Discussion: Washington Post
 
 
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Wall Street Journal:
U.S. Pressure on North Korea's Global Ties Bears Fruit
Alan Greenblatt / Politico:
Are Democrats Headed for a McGovern Redux?
David Leonhardt / New York Times:
Gary Cohn and Steven Mnuchin Risk Their Reputations
New York Times:
The Republican's Guide to Presidential Etiquette
Reuters:
Trump's popularity is slipping in rural America: poll
Discussion: Political Wire
 Earlier Items: 
Natasha Salmon / The Independent:
Frank Sinatra told Donald Trump to “go f*** himself”, new book reveals
Discussion: Political Wire
Matthew Boyle / Breitbart:
The League of Extraordinary Candidates: Economic Nationalist Leaders Plan for Anti-Establishment …
Discussion: IJR, Shareblue, Axios, RedState and The Atlantic
Jaclyn Peiser / New York Times:
Anti-Semitism's Rise Gives The Forward New Resolve
Lolly Bowean / Chicago Tribune:
Without archives on site, how will Obama Center benefit area students, scholars?
Salena Zito / Washington Examiner:
All news is local  —  WEST NEWTON, PA — There used to 324 newspapers …
Discussion: Instapundit
 

 
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