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4:35 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 …
Burgess Everett / Politico:
Cochran still out of commission because of health woes  —  Sen. Thad Cochran (R-Miss.) will not return to Washington on Monday as planned due to continued health problems — denying Senate Republicans a reliable vote as they take up a must-pass budget later this week.
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Associated Press:
GOP Sen. Thad Cochran grappling with illness
Discussion: Politico, ABC News and Axios
Geoff Pender / USA Today:
Mississippi Republican Sen. Thad Cochran's health issues raise questions
Cristiano Lima / Politico:
Trump expresses wariness of Bannon's ‘season of war’
Discussion: ABC News
Thomas J. Farnan / Townhall.com:
Roger Goodell Killed the Goose that Laid the Golden Egg  —  Y.A. Tittle died last week.  A Hall of Fame quarterback for the New York Giants, he is best known for the taking a knee on a football field.  Actually, it was two knees.  —  In September 1964, the Giants were facing the Pittsburgh Steelers at old Pitt Stadium.
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Lukas Mikelionis / Fox News:
Hillary Clinton defends kneeling NFL players, says 'that's not against our anthem or flag'  —  Hillary Clinton on Sunday defended NFL players who knelt during the national anthem, saying kneeling is a “reverent” position that is not against “our anthem or our flag.”
Tracy Jan / Washington Post:
Did Trump's tweet make it safer for NFL players to kneel for the anthem?
Discussion: Power Line and The Daily Dolphin
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.
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
Bill Whitaker / CBS News:
Ex-DEA agent: Opioid crisis fueled by drug industry and Congress  —  Whistleblower Joe Rannazzisi says drug distributors pumped opioids into U.S. communities — knowing that people were dying — and says industry lobbyists and Congress derailed the DEA's efforts to stop it
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Ed O'Keefe / Washington Post:
Trump promises to ‘look into’ report on drug czar nominee Marino in wake of Post/'60 Minutes' probe  —  President Trump said “we're going to be looking into” a report about his drug czar nominee Rep. Tom Marino (R-Pa.) in the wake of a Washington Post/"60 Minutes" investigation that found …
Emily Smith / Page Six:
‘Today’ editor fired over Lawrence O'Donnell meltdown leak … NBC has tracked down and fired the staffer who leaked the infamous — and wildly entertaining — tape of Lawrence O'Donnell's meltdown during which he swore at his crew because of “insanity in my earpiece.”
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Carlos Greer / Page Six:
Megyn Kelly's ratings hit ‘possible all-time low’
Discussion: The Daily Caller
Juliette Garside / The Guardian:
Malta car bomb kills Panama Papers journalist  —  Daphne Caruana Galizia, a blogger whose investigations focused on corruption, was described as a ‘one-woman WikiLeaks’  —  The journalist who led the Panama Papers investigation into corruption in Malta was killed on Monday in a car bomb near her home.
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.
Josh Marshall / Talking Points Memo:
You Need To Read This  —  The following is a rush transcript of President Trump's comments a few moments ago on Obamacare.  There may be small textual errors.  But it will give you a broad sense of what he said.  It's important to read.  —  Health care is moving along.
Discussion: Mother Jones
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USA Today:   Trump sells out your health insurance
Aaron Blake / Washington Post:
Steve Bannon totally undercuts Trump's claim about canceling Obamacare payments
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.
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: Daily Kos and Raw Story
David Siders / Politico:
Efforts to pry loose Trump tax returns hit a wall  —  LOS ANGELES — Efforts to pry loose President Donald Trump's tax returns at the state level have hit a wall, stalling in statehouses across the country including in California, a hotbed of anti-Trump resistance.
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
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 …
Steven Hayward / Power Line:
Jerry Brown Sides with Betsy DeVos on Title IX  —  Referencing a previously enacted California law imposing an “affirmative consent” standard for hookups ("Yes means yes," along with a “preponderance of evidence” standard for making judgments), Brown today says this:
Matt Friedman / Politico:
Judge's ruling deals blow to Menendez  —  Here are the highlights from Monday's proceedings in the federal corruption trial of U.S. Sen. Robert Menendez.  —  Menendez, a Democrat and New Jersey's senior senator, is charged with doing official favors for his friend and co-defendant …
Discussion: The Federalist and Political Wire
Erik Schelzig / Associated Press:
Democrat Bredesen confirms interest in Tennessee Senate race  —  https://apnews.com/db95e881595c47538824 d44c5bdc3559  —  Link copied!  —  NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Former Gov. Phil Bredesen, the last Democrat to win a statewide race in Tennessee, is considering a bid to succeed retiring Republican Bob Corker in the U.S. Senate.
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 …
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: The Root and IJR
Josie Duffy Rice / New York Times:
Cyrus Vance and the Myth of the Progressive Prosecutor  —  ATLANTA — This month, it was reported that the Manhattan district attorney, Cyrus Vance Jr., chose not to prosecute Ivanka Trump and Donald Trump Jr. for fraud when he had the chance in 2012.  Similarly, Mr. Vance declined …
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 …
Discussion: Washington Monthly
Talk Poverty:
For the Cost of Repealing the Estate Tax, Congress Could Buy Everyone in America a Pony  —  You know how you've always wanted a pony?  How as a child you dreamed of feeding carrots and sugar cubes out of the palm of your hand to a little chestnut-colored horse named Maple?
 
 
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Dean Heller amasses nearly $4.2M to defend Senate seat
Ben White / Politico:
Trump to interview Yellen as final decision nears on Fed chair
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Laura Moriarty:
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Shane Savitsky / Axios:
EPA won't settle lawsuits from environmental groups
Discussion: Bloomberg and Washington Post
 Earlier Items: 
Natasha Bertrand / Business Insider:
The founders of the firm behind the Trump-Russia dossier say they'll refuse to testify …
Discussion: The Daily Caller and Raw Story
Brad Smith / Microsoft on the Issues:
US Supreme Court will hear petition to review Microsoft search warrant case while momentum …
Evan Osnos / New Yorker:
Trump's Irrational Hatred of the Iran Deal
Brian Beutler / Crooked Media:
TRUMP'S GOLDEN RULE OF GOVERNING
Discussion: Eschaton
Mike Allen / Axios:
The next CIA director could be Tom Cotton
Discussion: AOL, IJR and Political Wire
Wall Street Journal:
The ‘Resistance’ vs. George Washington
Edward-Isaac Dovere / Politico:
Florida's Senate race shaping up as a clash of titans
Discussion: miamiherald