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Ronan Farrow / New Yorker:
From Aggressive Overtures to Sexual Assault: Harvey Weinstein's Accusers Tell Their Stories  —  Multiple women share harrowing accounts of sexual assault and harassment by the film executive.  —  1.  —  Since the establishment of the first studios a century ago, there have been few movie executives …
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New York Times:
Gwyneth Paltrow, Angelina Jolie and Others Say Weinstein Harassed Them  —  “This way of treating women ends now,” Ms. Paltrow said as she and other actresses accused the producer of casting-couch abuses.  —  When Gwyneth Paltrow was 22 years old, she got a role that would take her from actress to star …
Mike Fleming / Deadline:
Matt Damon Denies Trying To Kill 2004 NYT Harvey Weinstein Story: “If There Was Ever An Event And Harvey Was Doing This...I Would Have Stopped It”  —  EXCLUSIVE: The daily bombshells involving Harvey Weinstein are involving widening circles of Hollywood people, and hasty mis-characterizations are inevitable.
Eli Watkins / CNN:
Hillary Clinton condemns longtime Democratic donor Harvey Weinstein
Josh Feldman / Mediaite:   Jake Tapper: ‘Morally Bankrupt’ to Condemn One Sexual Harasser But Not Another Because of Politics
Heather Graham / Variety:
Harvey Weinstein Implied I Had to Have Sex With Him for Movie Role (EXCLUSIVE)
Discussion: Mediaite and IndieWire
Marlow Stern / The Daily Beast:
George Clooney Speaks Out on Harvey Weinstein: 'It's Disturbing on a Whole Lot of Levels'
Peter Baker / New York Times:
Trump Mocks Bob Corker's Height, Escalating Feud with a Key Republican  —  WASHINGTON — President Trump escalated his attack on Senator Bob Corker on Tuesday by ridiculing him for his height, even as advisers worried that the president was further fracturing his relationship …
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Burgess Everett / Politico:
Republicans to Trump and Corker: Please just stop
Associated Press:
AP FACT CHECK: WH wrong in saying Corker behind Iran deal
Discussion: Politico
Michelle Goldberg / New York Times:   Corker Told the Truth About Trump. Now He Should Act on It.
Wall Street Journal:
The Truth About Trump and Corker
Discussion: Raw Story
Ali Watkins / Politico:
Carter Page says he won't testify before Senate Intelligence panel in Russia probe  —  Carter Page, a former foreign policy adviser to the Trump campaign, informed the Senate Intelligence Committee on Tuesday that he will not be cooperating with any requests to appear before the panel …
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CNN:
Nunes signs off on new subpoenas to firm behind Trump-Russia dossier  —  (CNN)The chairman of the House intelligence committee has issued subpoenas to the partners who run Fusion GPS, the research firm that produced the dossier of memos on alleged Russian efforts to aid the Trump campaign, according to sources briefed on the matter.
Discussion: Business Insider and Raw Story
Kevin Seifert / ESPN:
Roger Goodell sends letter to NFL teams, wants players to stand during anthem  —  The NFL has developed a plan to “move past” its ongoing debate about player protests during the national anthem and could enact it next week, commissioner Roger Goodell wrote Tuesday in a letter to all 32 teams.
Discussion: TheBlaze, ABC News and Mediaite
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Peter Baker / New York Times:
Trump Threatens N.F.L. and Attacks Jemele Hill
Jordan Fabian / The Hill:
White House backs NFL rule change requiring players to stand for anthem
Discussion: ProFootballTalk
Tony Maglio / The Wrap:
Michael Smith to Sit Out Tonight's ‘SC6’ After Jemele Hill Suspension
San Francisco Chronicle:
Wildfire on Highway 121 in Sonoma County, heading toward Napa … Latest developments in the North Bay fires:  —  9 a.m. Small vegetation fire in San Rafael: A vegetation fire less than one acre large started off Professional Center Parkway.  Firefighters stopped forward progress.
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BBC:
North Korea ‘hackers steal US-South Korea war plans’  —  Hackers from North Korea are reported to have stolen a large cache of military documents from South Korea, including a plan to assassinate North Korea's leader Kim Jong-un.  —  Rhee Cheol-hee, a South Korean lawmaker, said the information was from his country's defence ministry.
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Kanga Kong / Bloomberg:
Trump May Visit Demilitarized Zone During Trip to South Korea
Philip Bump / Washington Post:
A brief history of Trump challenging people to IQ tests  —  There are two comforts President Trump takes when comparing himself to others.  —  The first is his height.  Trump is reportedly 6-foot-2 (although some reports put him at 6-foot-3), making him above the average height for an American man (a bit over 5-foot-9).
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Chris Cillizza / CNN:
Donald Trump's IQ obsession, in 22 quotes
Alex Pfeiffer / The Daily Caller:
Rohrabacher, Rand Paul Met To Discuss Assange Giving Up WikiLeaks Source To US Government  —  Republican California Rep. Dana Rohrabacher met with Republican Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul last Thursday and discussed leveraging Paul's close relationship with President Donald Trump to let the president …
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Josh Dawsey / Politico:
Rand will stand in way of tax cuts, White House fears
Barry H. Berke / Brookings Institution:
Presidential obstruction of justice: The case of Donald J. Trump  —  For media inquries, contact:  —  Elizabeth Sablich esablich@brookings.edu 202.238.3507  —  DOWNLOAD  —  Introduction  —  On May 9, 2017, President Donald Trump fired FBI Director James Comey.
Discussion: TheStreet and Political Wire
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Jeff Cox / CNBC:   Trump ‘likely obstructed justice’ in Comey firing, could be impeached, Brookings Institution says
Lola Ogunyemi / The Guardian:
I am the woman in the ‘racist Dove ad’.  I am not a victim  —  When Dove offered me the chance to be the face of a new body wash campaign, I jumped.  I had no idea I would become the unwitting poster child for racist advertising … rom a very young age, I've been told, “You're so pretty ... for a dark-skinned girl.”
Discussion: Mashable and NBC News
Cameron Easley / Morning Consult:
Trump Approval Dips in Every State, Though Deep Pockets of Support Remain  —  A comprehensive survey of more than 470,000 Americans finds Trump's approval has fallen in every state since taking office.  —  Morning Consult illustration / Getty Images  — A majority of voters in 25 states …
Thomas Grove / Wall Street Journal:
Wall Street Journal Reporter Sentenced to Prison by Turkish Court  —  Conviction on terrorist propaganda charges highlights government's increased targeting of journalists; reporter to appeal decision  —  A Turkish court sentenced Wall Street Journal reporter Ayla Albayrak to two years …
BuzzFeed:
Steve Bannon Privately Slammed Pence VP Pick  —  “This is the price we pay.”  —  Steve Bannon privately slammed the selection of Mike Pence as Donald Trump's running mate a month before taking over the Trump campaign, according to emails obtained by BuzzFeed News.
Discussion: The Guardian and IJR
Judy Kurtz / The Hill:
Mensa offers to host IQ test for Trump and Tillerson  —  Bring on the IQ test — Mensa says it's willing to host President Trump and secretary of State Rex Tillerson  —  in a battle of the brains.  —  In an interview with Forbes published Tuesday, Trump suggested he and Tillerson …
George Ciccariello-Maher / Washington Post:
Conservatives are the real campus thought police squashing academic freedom  —  Last week, I sent a string of relatively uncontroversial tweets in the aftermath of the Las Vegas massacre, in which I sought to answer a question about mass shootings in the United States: Why are these crimes almost always carried out by white men?
Washington Post:
FEMA administrator: Puerto Rico's politics, lack of unity, hindering hurricane response  —  The federal response to Hurricane Maria has been hampered by Puerto Rico's political culture and a lack of unity among leaders on the island, Federal Emergency Management Agency Administrator William …
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Jon Lee Anderson / New Yorker:
How Many Puerto Ricans Will Leave Home After Hurricane Maria?
Discussion: Raw Story
 
 
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Victor Davis Hanson / National Review:
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Josh Hawley, with praise from Breitbart, challenging McCaskill for U.S. Senate seat
Discussion: Raw Story and Political Wire
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Erin Heffernan / St. Louis Post-Dispatch:
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Hannah Lawrence / WZTV:
Chattanooga man loses job after sitting during national anthem
Discussion: The Root, Raw Story and IJR
Lee Drutman / New Republic:
It's the Culture, Stupid
Derek Hawkins / Washington Post:
Black man attacked at white nationalist rally in Charlottesville faces felony charge
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How Trump is planning to gut Obamacare by executive order
Paul Krugman / New York Times:
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