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6:00 AM ET, October 16, 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
Discussion: RedState
Rob Goldberg / Bleacher Report:
Colin Kaepernick Reportedly Files Grievance Against NFL Owners for Collusion  —  After remaining unsigned through six weeks of the 2017 NFL season, Colin Kaepernick claims the league is participating in collusion.  —  According to Bleacher Report's Mike Freeman, the former San Francisco 49ers quarterback …
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Brandon Carter / The Hill:
Kaepernick to file grievance against NFL owners for collusion: report  —  NFL free agent Colin Kaepernick has filed a grievance against NFL owners accusing them of collusion in keeping him out of the league, ABC News reported.  —  Kaepernick and his attorneys accuse NFL teams of displaying …
Mike Florio / ProFootballTalk:
Colin Kaepernick files collusion grievance against NFL
Discussion: Vox Popoli
Dean Schabner / ABC News:
Former 49ers QB Colin Kaepernick files grievance against NFL over alleged collusion
Discussion: Associated Press and The Guardian
New York Times:
For Weinstein, a Brush With the Police, Then No Charges  —  For decades the film producer Harvey Weinstein succeeded in hiding from public view complaint after complaint of sexual misconduct against him.  But on the evening of March 28, 2015, at a rendezvous at the TriBeCa Grand …
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New York Times:   The Rich, the Powerful and the Manhattan D.A.
John Hinderaker / Power Line:
“Green” Energy Fails Every Test  —  Liberals will tell you that Minnesota is one of the nation's leaders in “green” energy, so its experience represents a good test: can green energy fulfill the extravagant promises made by its backers?  —  The answer is a resounding No …
Naomi Lim / Washington Examiner:
Jimmy Kimmel on losing Republican viewers of his late-night comedy show: ‘Not good riddance, but riddance’  —  Late-night comedian Jimmy Kimmel said he would perform the same emotionally-charged monologues about healthcare and gun violence “again in a heartbeat,” despite a drastic reduction in Republican viewership of his show.
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David French / National Review:
It's Past Time to Rethink Modern Sexual Morality  —  A morality based only on consent results in sexual oppression.  —  Last week, as the grotesque Harvey Weinstein sexual-assault scandal burst into public view, I was struck by this tweet, from my friend Andrew Walker:
Matt Apuzzo / New York Times:
Aiding Transgender Case, Sessions Defies His Image on Civil Rights  —  In an unusual move, the attorney general has sent a federal hate crimes lawyer to Iowa to help prosecute a man charged with murdering a transgender high school student.  —  October 15, 2017
Brandon Carter / The Hill:
Dem lawmaker: One Republican is considering articles of impeachment against Trump  —  (D-Tenn.) in an interview on Sunday said at least one Republican is considering supporting articles of impeachment against President Trump.  —  “I have one Republican that has said he is looking at it …
Discussion: Raw Story
Jonathan Swan / Axios:
Scoop: Trump privately predicts he will appoint four justices  —  They swear he's not joking.  Sources who've spoken to the president about the Supreme Court say he tells them he thinks he'll have appointed four justices by the end of his first term.  —  “It's all about the numbers for him,” one source said.
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: Washington Post and Raw Story
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.”
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YouTube:   Kellywise - SNL  —  Anderson Cooper (Alex Moffat) …
Michael Isikoff / Yahoo:
Russian trolls were schooled on ‘House of Cards’ … The Russians who worked for a notorious St. Petersburg “troll factory” that was part of Vladimir Putin's campaign to influence the 2016 presidential election were required to watch the “House of Cards” television series to help them craft messages to …
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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Nicole Chavez / CNN:
Puerto Rico governor plans to restore 95% of power by December  —  Daily struggle to survive in Puerto Rico  —  (CNN)Nearly a month after Hurricane Maria wreaked havoc on the island, Puerto Rico is still desperate for aid and basic necessities like electricity and water.
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Phil Helsel / NBC News:
Puerto Rico Sets Goal of 95% Power Restoration in December
Discussion: Axios and NBC News
CBS News:
Will Congress pass tax reform?  “If we don't we're dead,” says Sen. Lindsey Graham  —  Senator Lindsey Graham, R-South Carolina, said Sunday that if the GOP doesn't act on tax reform, just one item on Congress' agenda, “we're dead.”  —  “If we don't cut taxes and we don't eventually repeal …
USA Today:
Trump campaign spends more than $1 million on legal fees in last quarter  —  WASHINGTON — President Trump's campaign spent more than $1 million on legal fees between July 1 and Sept. 30, as special counsel Robert Mueller and congressional committees intensified their probes into Russian meddling in the 2016 presidential election.
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Julia Manchester / The Hill:
Trump campaign spent more than $1M in legal fees during third quarter
Discussion: Raw Story
 
 
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Washington Post:
Austria turns sharply to the right in an election shaped entirely by immigration
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Bruce Japsen / Forbes:
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Paul Sperry / New York Post:
Two Obama holdovers are sowing the seeds for another subprime collapse
Discussion: Power Line
Nicholas Vinocur / Politico:
Macron: ‘I told Trump not to tear up Iran deal’
Discussion: Washington Post
Nancy Cook / Politico:
Kelly tries to get empty administration jobs filled fast
Discussion: Raw Story
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Rebecca Savransky / The Hill:
FCC commissioner: Media licenses won't be revoked over Trump
Discussion: RedState
Qasim Rashid / The Independent:
How the teachings of Islam could help us prevent more sexual abuse scandals
Discussion: RedState
New York Times:
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