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5:20 PM ET, October 15, 2017

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BuzzFeed:
Trump Given A Subpoena For All Documents Relating To Assault Allegations  —  A woman who said Donald Trump groped her has subpoenaed his campaign for documents about “any woman alleging that Donald J. Trump touched her inappropriately.”  Trump has denied her accusations and is fighting the subpoena.
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Jacqueline Thomsen / The Hill:
Trump accuser subpoenas campaign for documents on other allegations: report  —  A woman who has accused President Trump of groping her in 2007 is subpoenaing his campaign for any documents on “any woman alleging that Donald J. Trump touched her inappropriately,” BuzzFeed News reported Sunday.
Discussion: RedState
BBC:
Harvey Weinstein: Woody Allen ‘sad’ for producer over sexual assault allegations  —  Woody Allen has said he is “sad” for Harvey Weinstein as the producer faces numerous allegations of sexual assault.  —  The filmmaker said he had heard rumours but not “these horror stories” …
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Andrew R. Chow / New York Times:
Woody Allen Warns of ‘Witch Hunt’ After Weinstein Allegations  —  In an interview with the BBC published early Sunday, the director Woody Allen addressed the wave of allegations against Harvey Weinstein, calling it “tragic for the poor women” but also warning against a “witch hunt atmosphere.”
Ross Douthat / New York Times:
The '70s and Us  —  “I came of age in the '60s and '70s, when all the rules about behavior and workplaces were different,” Harvey Weinstein wrote in his awful pseudo-apology, just before the fake Jay-Z quote and the promise to go to war with the N.R.A. “That was the culture then.”
Maureen Dowd / New York Times:
Harvey Weinstein, Hollywood's Oldest Horror Story
Discussion: Althouse and The Last Tradition
Esme Cribb / Talking Points Memo:
Trump Goes After NYT Reporter By Name In Latest Round Of Morning Tweets  —  President Donald Trump on Sunday attacked a New York Times reporter by name for not mentioning enough of what Trump cited as his own accomplishments in an article evaluating whether the President is working to fulfill his campaign promises.
Discussion: IJR, Hullabaloo and The Daily Caller
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Quinn Scanlan / ABC News:   President Trump ‘went rogue’ on Iran deal, health care: Pelosi
Peter Baker / New York Times:
Promise the Moon? Easy for Trump. But Now Comes the Reckoning.
Discussion: Mediaite and AOL
Jacqueline Klimas / Politico:
Collins and Pelosi disappointed that Trump ended Obamacare subsidies
Discussion: ABC News
Jacqueline Klimas / Politico:   Iranian foreign minister: ‘Nobody else will trust’ U.S. if it pulls out of Iran deal
San Francisco Chronicle:
California burns: Where's the president?  —  As raging wildfires devour the lives, homes and dreams of Californians in an unprecedented scale, one voice has been conspicuously mute through day after day of crisis: President Trump.  —  This is not a man who is reticent to let Americans know what is foremost on his mind.
Discussion: Raw Story
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 …
Aaron Blake / Washington Post:
Kellyanne Conway is a terrifyingly quotable Pennywise the Clown in SNL's biting sketch  —  “Saturday Night Live” may have found its most uncharitable caricature of someone in President Trump's orbit this weekend, featuring Kellyanne Conway as the scary clown from Stephen King's recently revitalized film “It.”
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 …
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 …
Discussion: RedState, Raw Story and twitchy.com
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Rebecca Savransky / The Hill:
Psychologists march through NY to call for Trump's removal
Discussion: RedState
Rebecca Savransky / The Hill:
FCC commissioner: Media licenses won't be revoked over Trump  —  An FCC commissioner said media licenses won't be revoked just because President Trump is dissatisfied with the coverage.  —  During an interview on CNN, Jessica Rosenworcel said the FCC must abide by the First Amendment.
Discussion: RedState
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
Discussion: Politico and Vox
Mary Orlin / Mercury News:
Six more wineries destroyed by Wine Country fires, bringing total to 16  —  Updated 4:13 p.m. Friday, Oct. 6: Six more wineries were confirmed destroyed Friday, as a sixth day dawned with fires still burning throughout Northern California.  —  Paras Vineyard, Roy Estate, Pulido-Walker's Estate Vineyard …
Maegan Vazquez / CNN:
Tillerson won't say if he called Trump a ‘moron’  —  STORY HIGHLIGHTS  —  Washington (CNN)Secretary of State Rex Tillerson on Sunday again refused to say whether he called President Donald Trump a “moron” following a meeting at the Pentagon this past summer.
Discussion: NBC News, Washington Post and AOL
Dan Balz / Washington Post:
Trump governs by disruption — and overloads all the circuits  —  Nine months into his first term, President Trump is perfecting a style of leadership commensurate with his campaign promise to disrupt business as usual in Washington.  Call it governing by cattle prod.
Discussion: Politico
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F.H. Buckley / New York Post:   Behind Trump's latest moves: A return to constitutional government
 
 
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Qasim Rashid / The Independent:
How the teachings of Islam could help us prevent more sexual abuse scandals
Discussion: RedState
Tim Alberta / Politico:
Donald Trump and the Dawn of the Evangelical-Nationalist Alliance
Los Angeles Times:
California Senate leader Kevin de León tells several Democrats he will challenge Sen. Dianne Feinstein
Discussion: Axios
New York Times:
Somalia Truck Bombings Kill Over 200, Officials Say
Paul Krugman / New York Times:
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Timothy Meads / Townhall.com:
A “Terrified” Paul Krugman Wakes Each Morning in a “State of Existential Dread”
Michael Wines / New York Times:
Wary of Hackers, States Move to Upgrade Voting Systems
Discussion: Hullabaloo, AOL and Political Wire
 Earlier Items: 
John Bowden / The Hill:
Gingrich: ‘The alligators are really unhappy’ that Trump is ‘draining the swamp’
Discussion: Political Wire
Mike Allen / Axios:
A truce of necessity
Discussion: RedState and Politico
Paul Mirengoff / Power Line:
Trump's great call on UNESCO
Discussion: National Review
Amy B Wang / Washington Post:
Have dirt that could impeach Trump? Larry Flynt will pay you $10 million.
Discussion: Business Insider
John Wagner / Washington Post:
Trump voter fraud commission researcher arrested on child pornography charges
Discussion: AOL and Raw Story