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12:50 PM ET, October 16, 2017

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Jane Mayer / New Yorker:
The Danger of President Pence  —  Trump's critics yearn for his exit.  But Mike Pence, the corporate right's inside man, poses his own risks.  —  On September 14th, the right-wing pundit Ann Coulter, who last year published a book titled “In Trump We Trust,” expressed what a growing number of Americans …
Dan Alexander / Forbes:
The Mystery Of Wilbur Ross' Missing Billions  —  Dressed in a blue suit and red tie, Donald Trump's 79-year-old pick for Secretary of Commerce sat before a panel of senators for nearly four hours in January, deflecting dozens of questions with relative ease.
Discussion: Raw Story
McClatchy Washington Bureau:
Miami politician says aliens took her on a spaceship.  Now she's running for Congress.  —  WASHINGTON  —  Florida has a U.S. senator who once flew aboard the Space Shuttle.  —  A congressional candidate from Miami can go one better: Bettina Rodriguez Aguilera says she's been aboard a spaceship too.
Richard A. Oppel Jr / New York Times:
Bowe Bergdahl, Called a ‘Traitor’ by President Trump, Pleads Guilty  —  FORT BRAGG, N.C. — Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl, who walked off his base in Afghanistan in 2009, setting off a military manhunt and political furor, pleaded guilty to desertion and misbehavior before the enemy on Monday before a military judge in Fort Bragg, N.C.
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Sara Murray / CNN:
Trump allies worry that losing the House means impeachment  —  (CNN)Top White House aides, lawmakers, donors and political consultants are privately asking whether President Donald Trump realizes that losing the House next year could put his presidency in peril.
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BuzzFeed:
No One Knows What Steve Bannon's “War” Will Actually Look Like
Discussion: Reuters and Political Wire
Ashley Parker / Washington Post:
Inside the ‘adult day-care center’: How aides try to control and coerce Trump  —  President Trump listens as officials heap praise on him at a Cabinet meeting June 12.  From left, Secretary of State Rex Tillerson, Defense Secretary Jim Mattis and Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross.
Matt Friedman / Politico:
Judge deals blow to Menendez  —  NEWARK — After raising Sen. Robert Menendez's hopes last week, a federal judge crushed them on Monday morning.  —  U.S. District Court Judge William Walls refused to toss any of the 18 charges in the corruption case against Menendez, a New Jersey Democrat …
Discussion: Political Wire
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Matt Friedman / Politico:   Menendez faces critical moment in bribery trial
Nick Corasaniti / New York Times:
Menendez Trial May Hinge on a New Definition of Bribery
Discussion: The Crime Report
Bloomberg:
Kushner Plan for Fifth Avenue Tower Is Being Blocked by Partner  —  Vornado wants modest renovation and to rent out offices  —  The building has been losing money since it was bought in 2007  —  An ambitious plan by Jared Kushner's family to recast its indebted Fifth Avenue office building …
Discussion: Raw Story
Associated Press:
GOP Sen. Thad Cochran grappling with illness  —  Mississippi Sen. Thad Cochran is continuing to grapple with a urinary tract infection that has delayed a planned return to Washington, his office announced on Monday..  —  The GOP veteran, 79, has been absent from Washington for a month.
Discussion: Axios
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Burgess Everett / Politico:
Cochran still out of commission because of health woes
Discussion: Washington Times
Erin Durkin / New York Daily News:
Pilot boots New York activist Tamika Mallory from American Airlines flight over seat dispute  —  New York activist Tamika Mallory says she was booted from an American Airlines flight in Miami after a pilot inserted himself into a dispute over her seat assignment.
Discussion: IJR and The Root
Meduza:
An ex St. Petersburg ‘troll’ speaks out Russian independent TV network interviews former troll at the Internet Research Agency  —  Dozhd calls him “Maxim,” but that's not his real name.  The TV network says Max's employment records confirm that he spent 18 months at 55 Savushkina in St. Petersburg …
Discussion: Yahoo
John Fund / National Review:
Right-Wing Victory in Austria Today  —  The populist right, though scorned by the Left as Islamophobic, gains ground in yet another European election.  —  Angela Merkel's misguided migration policy — which allowed nearly 1 million people from Africa and the Middle East to enter Germany in 2015 — has claimed another political victim.
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CNN:
Austria's next chancellor a 31-year-old conservative, early results show
Discussion: BBC, KTLA and Political Wire
Elias Groll / Foreign Policy:
Here's the Memo the Kremlin-Linked Lawyer Took to the Meeting With Donald Trump Jr.  —  No dirt on Clinton, a passing mention of adoptions, and a lot on Bill Browder and the Magnitsky Act.  —  Russian lawyer Natalia Veselnitskaya arrived at a June 2016 meeting with Donald Trump Jr. armed …
Glenn Whipp / Los Angeles Times:
Kate Winslet didn't thank Harvey Weinstein when she won the Oscar.  Here's why  —  When Kate Winslet won the lead actress Oscar for “The Reader” in 2009, she thanked 19 people by name along with many others in general.  —  She did not mention Harvey Weinstein, whose company financed and distributed the movie.
Discussion: Mashable, AOL, Full Feed and Refinery29
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 and RedState
James Hohmann / Washington Post:
The Daily 202: Trump's attacks on Senate Republicans are paying political dividends  —  THE BIG IDEA:  —  NEW YORK—Scapegoating the Senate GOP is proving to be an effective political strategy for President Trump.  Activists and donors on the right are primed to blame congressional Republicans …
Wall Street Journal:
The ‘Resistance’ vs. George Washington  —  If a president can't take emoluments, the founders were crooks.  —  The Trump administration has been under siege from the left's self-professed “legal resistance.”  Perhaps the highest-profile example involves President Trump himself.
Zack Whittaker / ZDNet:
WPA2 security flaw puts almost every Wi-Fi device at risk of hijack, eavesdropping  —  Security experts have said the bug is a total breakdown of the WPA2 security protocol.  —  A security protocol at the heart of most modern Wi-Fi devices, including computers, phones, and routers …
Kurt Schlichter / Townhall.com:
The Fussy Attack of the Domesticated Conservatives  —  Getting named to Salon's list of The 25 Conservatives Actually Worth Following On Twitter is either a grievous insult or a certification that you suck.  Salon is saying that you're not a carrier of a hardcore conservative contagion …
Discussion: NewsBusters and twitchy.com
Edward-Isaac Dovere / Politico:
Florida's Senate race shaping up as a clash of titans  —  Sen. Bill Nelson went to Democratic leader Chuck Schumer this summer with an urgent plea.  —  Florida's Democratic Party was in disarray after the 2016 presidential debacle, the senator said, and he needed help from D.C. to prepare …
Discussion: miamiherald
Andrew Kaczynski / CNN:
Sen. Dick Durbin: Democrats can lose to Trump if they ‘overdo it’ by being too liberal  —  STORY HIGHLIGHTS  —  (CNN)Sen. Dick Durbin, the number two Democrat in the Senate, said in a radio interview Sunday that his party could lose to President Donald Trump in 2020 if they “overdo it” and become too liberal.
Mike Allen / Axios:
The next CIA director could be Tom Cotton  —  We told you about internal administration conversations about sliding CIA Director Mike Pompeo over to replace SecState Rex Tillerson, whenever he heads back to Texas.  —  Now we're hearing about a top possibility for the next chess move …
Discussion: Political Wire and IJR
Bill Allison / Bloomberg:
Trump's Campaign Paid His Son's Russia-Probe Law Firm $238,000  —  Donald Trump Jr. faces scrutiny over 2016 meeting with Russian  —  Campaign spent $1.1 million overall on legal expenses in Q3  —  President Donald Trump's re-election committee paid almost $238,000 in the third quarter …
Bloomberg:
Facebook Is Looking for Employees With National Security Clearances  —  Social media giant wants help to spot future election meddling  —  Russian group bought ads to sow discord during 2016 campaign  —  Facebook Inc. is looking to hire people who have national security clearances …
 
 
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CIS.org:
U.S. Immigrant Population Hit Record 43.7 Million in 2016
Discussion: The Daily Caller
Bill Whitaker / CBS News:
Ex-DEA agent: Opioid crisis fueled by drug industry and Congress
Discussion: TVNewser
Nicole Darrah / Fox News:
Macklemore leads crowd chanting ‘F—k Donald Trump’ at Arizona concert
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Platform explosion rocks Kenner, injures 7 people Sunday
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Pew Research Center:
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Sheryl Gay Stolberg / New York Times:
Jeff Flake's Lesson for Republicans: Cross Trump at Your Own Risk
Wall Street Journal:
Trump's Nafta Threat
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New York Times:
For Weinstein, a Brush With the Police, Then No Charges
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