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8:45 AM 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 …
Discussion: Business Insider
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 …
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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: The Guardian
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.
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.
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Nancy Cook / Politico:
Kelly tries to get empty administration jobs filled fast
Discussion: Political Wire and Raw Story
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 …
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 …
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 …
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
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.
Discussion: KTLA
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.
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 …
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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Wall Street Journal:
Trump's Nafta Threat  —  Ending the pact would be the worst economic blunder since Nixon.  —  Donald Trump is threatening again to terminate the North American Free Trade Agreement if Canada and Mexico don't agree to his ultimatums.  If this is a negotiating tactic of making extreme demands …
Discussion: Cafe Hayek
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
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
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.
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:
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 …
YouTube:
Kellywise - SNL  —  Anderson Cooper (Alex Moffat) has an unexpected run-in with Kellyanne Conway (Kate McKinnon).  #SNL #SNL43 Get more SNL: http://www.nbc.com/saturday-night- liv...
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Aaron Blake / Washington Post:   Kellyanne Conway is a terrifyingly quotable Pennywise the Clown in SNL's biting sketch
 
 
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Kurt Schlichter / Townhall.com:
The Fussy Attack of the Domesticated Conservatives
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New York Times:
The World Once Laughed at North Korean Cyberpower. No More.
Matt Friedman / Politico:
Menendez faces critical moment in bribery trial
Jonathan Martin / New York Times:
Not on the Ballot, but Dominating the Virginia Governor's Race: Trump
Wall Street Journal:
Health Care Back on Congress's Front Burner
Discussion: Politico
Washington Post:
Austria turns sharply to the right in an election shaped entirely by immigration
Discussion: Axios
Bruce Japsen / Forbes:
Hospitals Brace For Unpaid Patient Bills After Trump Ends Obamacare Subsidies
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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
USA Today:
Trump campaign spends more than $1 million on legal fees in last quarter
Discussion: Last Men and OverMen
Rebecca Savransky / The Hill:
FCC commissioner: Media licenses won't be revoked over Trump
Discussion: RedState
San Francisco Chronicle:
California burns: Where's the president?
Discussion: Washington Post and Raw Story
Qasim Rashid / The Independent:
How the teachings of Islam could help us prevent more sexual abuse scandals
Discussion: RedState
 

 
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