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4:05 PM ET, October 10, 2017

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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 …
Marlow Stern / The Daily Beast:
George Clooney Speaks Out on Harvey Weinstein: 'It's Disturbing on a Whole Lot of Levels'
Daily Mail:
EXCLUSIVE: Fashion designer Donna Karan comes to Harvey Weinstein's DEFENSE suggesting his victims …
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Jonathan Martin / New York Times:
Trump Claims We Tricked Bob Corker.  Here's the Truth.  —  The Reader Center is a newsroom initiative that is helping The Times build deeper ties with our audience.  —  President Trump claimed today on Twitter today that the Times “set Liddle' Bob Corker up by recording his conversation.”
Discussion: Business Insider, IJR and Mediaite
Michelle Goldberg / New York Times:
Corker Told the Truth About Trump.  Now He Should Act on It.  —  Over the past few months, the country has been in a foul sort of trance.  Among people who work in politics, Republicans as well as Democrats, it is conventional wisdom that President Trump is staggeringly ill-informed, erratic, reckless and dishonest.
Discussion: New York Magazine
Wall Street Journal:
The Truth About Trump and Corker
Discussion: Raw Story
Burgess Everett / Politico:
Republicans to Trump and Corker: Please just stop
Andrew Prokop / Vox:
The bizarre situation where only retiring Republicans will talk about Trump's fitness for office
Charlie Cook / National Journal:
Trump's Feud With Corker Takes Him To a Darker Place
Discussion: Talking Points Memo
Robert Costa / Washington Post:
A ‘pressure cooker’: Trump's frustration and fury rupture alliances, threaten agenda
Peter Baker / New York Times:
Trump Threatens N.F.L. and Attacks Jemele Hill  —  WASHINGTON — President Trump threatened on Tuesday to use federal tax law to penalize the National Football League over players who kneel in protest during the national anthem as he sought to escalate a political fight that has resonated with his conservative base.
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Jordan Fabian / The Hill:
White House backs NFL rule change requiring players to stand for anthem
Discussion: ProFootballTalk
Christine Wang / CNBC:
NFL owners to consider rule change that would require players to stand for national anthem: Report
Tony Maglio / The Wrap:
Michael Smith to Sit Out Tonight's ‘SC6’ After Jemele Hill Suspension
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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Philip Rucker / Washington Post:
Trump proposes ‘IQ tests’ faceoff with Tillerson after secretary of state calls him a ‘moron’
Dan Merica / CNN:
Trump boasts of a higher IQ than Tillerson
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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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Foreign Policy:
Trump Touts Military Option for North Korea That Generals Warn Would Be ‘Horrific’
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
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 …
Discussion: Vox, The Daily Caller, CNBC and AOL
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?
Discussion: The Daily Caller and The Ticker
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: NBC News
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 …
Derek Hawkins / Washington Post:
Black man attacked at white nationalist rally in Charlottesville faces felony charge  —  A black man brutally beaten at a white nationalist rally in Charlottesville is now facing a felony charge related to the August attack.  —  A local magistrate on Monday issued an arrest warrant …
Discussion: Business Insider, WVIR-TV and VICE News
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WCPO:
Charlottesville magistrate issues warrant for black victim of parking garage beating
Discussion: The Root
Erin Heffernan / St. Louis Post-Dispatch:
ST. LOUIS COUNTY  • The signs at Lone Elk Park read: “Absolutely do not approach the elk!”  —  But the signs apparently aren't enough.  —  Within the past two weeks, two people have been injured by charging elk in the west St. Louis County park, alongside Interstate 44 near Valley Park, after ignoring the warnings.
Discussion: The Daily Caller and AOL
Hannah Lawrence / WZTV:
Chattanooga man loses job after sitting during national anthem  —  Tyler Chancellor says he was invited to sit with his coworkers in the VIP section of the Camp Jordan arena Saturday.  (Hannah Lawrence/WTVC){ }  —  AA  —  A man said Monday he lost his job because he sat during the national anthem at an event this weekend.
Discussion: The Root, IJR and Raw Story
 
 
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The Daily Beast:
Stephen Miller Stayed in the Shadows to Kill His Boss' Deal
Discussion: The Daily Caller, GQ and Vox
Paul Krugman / New York Times:
Virginia Is for Haters  —  Why is America the only wealthy nation …
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