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5:15 AM ET, October 15, 2017

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Monica Hesse / Washington Post:
Violence.  Threats.  Begging.  Harvey Weinstein's 30-year pattern of abuse in Hollywood.  —  In 1984, Harvey Weinstein was 32 years old and making one of his first real feature films, on location outside of Scranton, Pa. It was a comedy called “Playing for Keeps,” featuring a not-yet-famous Marisa Tomei …
Discussion: New York Times, The Guardian and AOL
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BuzzFeed:
Watching Harvey Weinstein Fall, Trump's Accusers Feel Frustrated  —  “When he won, I felt like I lost.”  —  For all the women who have cheered as accusations against the producer Harvey Weinstein force a public conversation about sexual misconduct, one small group of women has watched with frustration.
Josh Rottenberg / Los Angeles Times:
Harvey Weinstein expelled from motion picture academy  —  Harvey Weinstein has been kicked out of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.  (Al Seib / Los Angeles Times)  —  Embattled film mogul Harvey Weinstein — a once-dominant force in the Academy Awards who rewrote the rules …
Discussion: Althouse
Gregg Kilday / Hollywood Reporter:
Academy Expels Harvey Weinstein  —  The Oscar winner, accused of sexual harrassment and assult, “does not merit the respect of his colleagues,” the Academy said in immediately revoking his membership.  —  The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has expelled disgraced mogul Harvey Weinstein from its ranks.
Brooks Barnes / New York Times:
Harvey Weinstein Ousted From Motion Picture Academy
CNNMoney:
Motion Picture Academy board to consider kicking out Harvey Weinstein
Discussion: Mediaite
Alana Goodman / Daily Mail:
EXCLUSIVE: Chelsea Clinton runs from questions about handing back Harvey Weinstein's tainted $250,000 donations - and her father deploys security to keep the Press away  — Chelsea Clinton fled to her car to avoid answering questions from a DailyMail.com reporter about if the Clinton Foundation will return Weinstein's donations
Discussion: IJR
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Julia Manchester / The Hill:
Clinton: We made a person who committed sexual assault president  —  Former Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton  —  discussed the culture of sexual assault following a myriad of new sexual harassment and assault allegations against Hollywood film producer and longtime Democratic donor Harvey Weinstein.
Discussion: Channel 4 News and Washington Post
Daily Mail:
‘I will destroy you’: Weinstein told Bond Girl Eva Green that she would never work again …
Alex Pappas / Fox News:
Hillary Clinton calls Trump ‘sexual assaulter’ in BBC interview, but says Bill's behavior ‘in the past’
Josh Delk / The Hill:
Bannon: Trump will win reelection with ‘400 electoral votes’ … Former White House chief strategist Stephen Bannon said Saturday that President Trump will “win with 400 electoral votes in 2020,” following reports that he had lost faith in the president's ability to complete his current term.
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Alexander Mallin / ABC News:
Bannon hits GOP senators who failed to defend Trump over Corker feud
Discussion: CNN, Axios and Politico
Sarah Polley / New York Times:
The Men You Meet Making Movies  —  One day, when I was 19 years old, I was in the middle of a photo shoot for a Miramax film when I was suddenly told it was time to leave.  I was wearing a little black dress, showing a lot of cleavage, lying seductively on my side and looking slyly at the camera.
Discussion: IndieWire
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Mayim Bialik / New York Times:
Being a Feminist in Harvey Weinstein's World
Discussion: Business Insider and Mashable
Mara Siegler / Page Six:
George Lopez booed off stage after Trump jokes flop at gala … Comic George Lopez was booed off stage at a gala for juvenile diabetes in Denver last week, over an anti-Donald Trump routine that fell flat with the crowd.  —  We're told the flap began when Trump backer and Liberty Media CEO …
Discussion: IJR and twitchy.com
Amy B Wang / Washington Post:
Have dirt that could impeach Trump?  Larry Flynt will pay you $10 million.  —  Larry Flynt's ad in the Sunday edition of The Washington Post is hard to miss.  —  For one, it takes up a full page.  And there are no pictures — just bold, all-caps text dominating the top third of the page:
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TMZ.com:
Courtney Love Warned Actresses in 2005 to Stay Clear of Harvey Weinstein (UPDATE)  —  Courtney Love — Warned Actresses in 2005 Stay Clear of Weinstein  —  EXCLUSIVE  —  11:45 AM PT — Courtney has responded to our story, saying ... “Although I wasn't one of his victims …
John Wagner / Washington Post:
Trump voter fraud commission researcher arrested on child pornography charges  —  A Maryland man arrested this week after authorities said they found child pornography on his cellphone worked for President Trump's voter fraud commission, according to a senior administration official.
Discussion: Raw Story
Natasha Bertrand / Business Insider:
An intern at the Trump campaign data firm, Cambridge Analytica, appears to have left sensitive voter targeting tools online for nearly a year  —  An intern at the data mining and analysis firm Cambridge Analytica left online for nearly a year what appears to be programming instructions …
Discussion: Politico
John Harwood / CNBC:
Trump's missteps are giving Democrats a better shot at winning back the House  — Donald Trump has been battling both parties and remains historically unpopular for a president this early in his tenure.  — Analysis suggests that Democrats may stand a better chance in midterm elections than previously thought.
Discussion: Political Wire
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David Wasserman / The Cook Political Report:
House: Ratings Changes in 12 Districts as Democrats Gain Momentum
 
 
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