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11:10 AM ET, October 15, 2017

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Maureen Dowd / New York Times:
Harvey Weinstein, Hollywood's Oldest Horror Story  —  In her autobiography, “Child Star,” Shirley Temple described going with her mother to see her new bosses at Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer after leaving Fox.  —  Louis B. Mayer spirited away Gertrude Temple.  The curly-haired superstar …
Discussion: Althouse and The Last Tradition
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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 …
Sarah Polley / New York Times:
The Men You Meet Making Movies
Discussion: IndieWire
Josh Rottenberg / Los Angeles Times:
Harvey Weinstein expelled from motion picture academy
Brooks Barnes / New York Times:
Harvey Weinstein Ousted From Motion Picture Academy
F.H. Buckley / New York Post:
Behind Trump's latest moves: A return to constitutional government  —  MORE FROM: … Do you remember how glum Barak Obama looked after last year's election?  It wasn't because he liked Hillary Clinton.  Instead, he was mourning for the last four years of his administration.
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Jacqueline Klimas / Politico:
Iranian foreign minister: ‘Nobody else will trust’ U.S. if it pulls out of Iran deal
Discussion: ABC News
Dan Balz / Washington Post:
Trump governs by disruption — and overloads all the circuits
Discussion: Politico
Peter Baker / New York Times:
Promise the Moon? Easy for Trump. But Now Comes the Reckoning.
Discussion: Talking Points Memo and Mediaite
Christina Anderson / New York Times:
‘Allah’ Is Found on Viking Funeral Clothes  —  ENKOPING, Sweden — The discovery of Arabic characters that spell “Allah” and “Ali” on Viking funeral costumes in boat graves in Sweden has raised questions about the influence of Islam in Scandinavia.  —  The grave where the costumes …
Mike Allen / Axios:
A truce of necessity  —  We've learned that after months of frosty distance, President Trump picked up the phone yesterday and called Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell — ahead of a week when they absolutely have to work together on a budget, or risk losing tax reform.
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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
Nicholas Kristof / New York Times:
Why I Went to North Korea  —  Since my five-day visit to North Korea recently, I've encountered pushback from critics who ask, “Why go?” … Frankly, these are legitimate arguments.  So let's seize the moment for an honest discussion — and, in the process, let me offer a behind-the-scenes glimpse of reporting there.
Discussion: Political Wire and Axios
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CBS News:
Nation Tracker: Americans feel tax reform plans would favor wealthy  —  Most Americans continue to call for deals and cooperation in the back-and-forth between the president and Congress.  And that includes many of the president's strongest backers and most Republicans.  Some even want to see Congress assert itself more.
Discussion: Vox and Politico
Washington Post:
The drug industry's triumph over the DEA  —  Amid a targeted lobbying effort, Congress weakened the DEA's ability to go after drug distributors, even as opioid-related deaths continue to rise, a Washington Post and ‘60 Minutes’ investigation finds.  —  In April 2016, at the height …
Discussion: Axios
Timothy Meads / Townhall.com:
A “Terrified” Paul Krugman Wakes Each Morning in a “State of Existential Dread”  —  New York Times Keynesian economics columnist Paul Krugman as has been having a hard time ever since Donald J. Trump was elected President in November 2016.  —  However, the “conscience of liberalism” …
New York Times:
Somalia Truck Bombings Kill Over 200, Officials Say  —  MOGADISHU, Somalia — The death toll from twin truck bombings in Somalia's capital rose to more than 200 on Sunday, officials said, as emergency crews pulled more bodies from burned cars and demolished buildings after the Saturday blasts.
Discussion: CNN and The Daily Caller
New York Post:
Shrinks take to streets to demand ‘narcissistic’ Trump's ouster … They're not nuts about Trump.  —  Some 125 psychologists and other mental health professionals marched along lower Broadway Saturday to demand that President Trump be thrown out of office, based on a constitutional clause allowing presidents …
John Bowden / The Hill:
Gingrich: ‘The alligators are really unhappy’ that Trump is ‘draining the swamp’  —  Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich says the Washington, D.C. establishment is enraged with President Trump because he is following through on his promise to “drain the swamp.”  —  “Donald Trump
Discussion: Political Wire
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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Michael Wines / New York Times:
Wary of Hackers, States Move to Upgrade Voting Systems
Discussion: Hullabaloo and Political Wire
Paul Mirengoff / Power Line:
Trump's great call on UNESCO
Discussion: National Review
Mara Siegler / Page Six:
George Lopez booed off stage after Trump jokes flop at gala
Discussion: twitchy.com and IJR
John Wagner / Washington Post:
Trump voter fraud commission researcher arrested on child pornography charges
Discussion: Raw Story
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Julia Manchester / The Hill:
Clinton: We made a person who committed sexual assault president
Discussion: Channel 4 News and Washington Post
Lisa Mascaro / Los Angeles Times:
At Koch donor summit, Mike Pence promises tax reform, and Ted Cruz warns of midterm ‘bloodbath’ if Congress fails
Discussion: Shareblue Media
Alana Goodman / Daily Mail:
EXCLUSIVE: Chelsea Clinton runs from questions about handing back Harvey Weinstein's tainted …
Discussion: The Daily Caller and IJR
Natasha Bertrand / Business Insider:
An intern at the Trump campaign data firm, Cambridge Analytica, appears to have left sensitive …
Discussion: Politico
Andrew Marantz / New Yorker:
Birth of a White Supremacist
 

 
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