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Mike Allen / Axios:
Trump's alternative reality  —  President Trump “goes there, on just about every topic imaginable,” as NBC's Brian Williams put it, during a pair of Q&As, two hours apart yesterday — one in the Cabinet Room and one with Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell in the Rose Garden .
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Josh Dawsey / Politico:
Trump gives his own performance a Trump-sized endorsement  —  Friends say President Donald Trump has grown frustrated that his greatness is not widely understood, that his critics are fierce and on TV every morning, that his poll numbers are both low and “fake,” and that his White House is caricatured as adrift.
Discussion: BillMoyers.com and ABC News
Bloomberg:
Trump Seeks a Truce Between Republicans to Save Their Tax Plan  —  A Rose Garden embrace for McConnell, epitome of establishment  —  Pleads for Bannon to back off threatened party purge  —  Steve Bannon won't abandon his war against congressional Republican incumbents …
Noor Al-Sibai / Raw Story:
‘The empathy of a cockroach’: Phil Mudd shames Trump's self-centered response to fallen soldiers
Discussion: CNN and Reuters
Carl Hulse / New York Times:
Trump and McConnell See a Way to Make Conservatives Happy
Discussion: Power Line and Business Insider
Rebecca Savransky / The Hill:
McConnell told Trump that Bannon could undermine agenda: report
Discussion: RedState
David M. Drucker / Washington Examiner:
Mitch McConnell warns Trump that Steve Bannon threatens their agenda
Discussion: The Hill and Political Wire
The Hill:
FBI uncovered Russian bribery plot before Obama administration approved controversial nuclear deal with Moscow  —  Before the Obama administration approved a controversial deal in 2010 giving Moscow control of a large swath of American uranium, the FBI had gathered substantial evidence …
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Julia Glum / Newsweek:
HOW HILLARY CLINTON STILL CAN, AND SHOULD, BECOME PRESIDENT AFTER THE TRUMP-RUSSIA INVESTIGATION  —  Sure, it's been more than 340 days since Donald Trump beat Hillary Clinton, but there's still one very narrow, highly unlikely and entirely unprecedented way that Clinton could become president.
The Hill:
FBI uncovered Russian bribery plot before Obama administration approved controversial nuclear deal with Moscow
Discussion: Mediaite
Sarah Ferguson / ABC:
Hillary Clinton: How losing to Donald Trump changed her
Dave Zirin / The Nation:
‘A Soulless Coward’: Coach Gregg Popovich Responds to Trump  —  In an exclusive here at The Nation, the Spurs coach speaks about Trump's latest outrage.  —  We've all seen San Antonio Spurs' future Hall of Fame coach Gregg Popovich in a state of exasperation on the sidelines, or in post-game news conferences.
CNN:
CNN poll: Trump approval steady, but more say he's leading in the wrong direction  —  STORY HIGHLIGHTS  —  Washington (CNN)President Donald Trump's approval rating holds steady in a new CNN poll conducted by SSRS, but that overall stability belies declining views on how things are going in the country today.
Discussion: Vox, Axios and Political Wire
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Louis Nelson / Politico:
Poll: Trump's approval holding steady, but more say country headed in wrong direction
Discussion: Outside the Beltway and CNN
Melissa Quinn / Washington Examiner:
Trump on calling families of fallen troops: ‘Ask General Kelly’ if Obama called when his son died  —  President Trump said Tuesday that anyone with questions of whether former President Barack Obama called the families of fallen service members can ask White House chief of staff John Kelly if he received a phone call from Obama.
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Mark Landler / New York Times:
Trump Falsely Claims Obama Didn't Contact Families of Fallen Troops
Brandon Carter / The Hill:
Ex-Joint Chiefs chair fires back at Trump: Obama, Bush ‘cared deeply’ for fallen soldiers
Discussion: RedState
Sophie Tatum / CNN:
Sen. John McCain warns against ‘spurious nationalism’ in Liberty Medal speech  —  Washington (CNN)In a lofty and at moments pointed speech, Sen. John McCain on Monday cautioned against the US turning toward “half-baked, spurious nationalism” during an event honoring the war hero's contributions.
Discussion: Arizona Republic, Daily Wire and KTLA
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Tara Fowler / ABC News:
McCain slams ‘half-baked, spurious nationalism’ sweeping US in passionate speech
Discussion: Politico, Axios and The Daily Caller
John McCain:
Remarks At The 2017 Liberty Medal Ceremony
Discussion: BuzzFeed and CNBC
Melissa Etehad / Los Angeles Times:
Jesus Campos, Vegas security guard shot before rampage, appears to have vanished  —  A security vehicle blocks an entrance at the Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino on Oct. 4 in Las Vegas.  (David Becker / Getty Images)  —  The story seemed straightforward: The unarmed security guard approached …
Discussion: RedState
Variety:
Judgment Day: Harvey Weinstein Scandal Could Finally Change Hollywood's Culture of Secrecy  —  Harvey Weinstein's implosion has been cathartic for Lauren Sivan, one of the dozens of women who have come forward in recent days alleging that the once-celebrated mogul was a serial sexual harasser and abuser.
Discussion: AOL
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Mike Fleming / Deadline:
‘Beautiful Girls’ Scribe Scott Rosenberg On A Complicated Legacy With Harvey Weinstein
Discussion: Daily Wire
German Lopez / Vox:
The fall of Tom Marino, Trump's pick for drug czar, explained  —  The Congress member was the main sponsor of a law that made the federal fight against opioids harder.  —  Rep. Tom Marino (R-PA), President Donald Trump's pick for drug czar, hadn't gotten a single hearing from the Senate yet.
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BBC:
Raqqa: IS ‘capital’ falls to US-backed Syrian forces  —  A US-backed alliance of Syrian Kurdish and Arab fighters says it has taken full control of so-called Islamic State's one-time “capital” of Raqqa.  —  Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) spokesman Talal Sello said the fighting was over after a five-month assault.
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Craig Silverman / BuzzFeed:
Outbrain Is Investigating Whether Russian Trolls Used Its Platform For Election Propaganda  —  The content recommendation ad network Outbrain, whose clicky content sprawls across the web, is investigating whether Russian ads or other forms of election tampering took place on its service during the 2016 election.
Kaitlin Menza / Esquire:
57 Things I Need You to Stop Doing to the Women You Work With  —  I'm begging you: Don't be a creep at work.  —  A female friend of mine went on a foreign business trip early in her career with two colleagues who were both male, married, and senior to her at the company.
Discussion: Althouse
Ronald Brownstein / CNN:
How Donald Trump is negotiating like a hostage-taker  —  (CNN)As a candidate, Donald Trump sold himself as a deal maker.  As president, he's governing more as a hostage taker.  —  Across an array of domestic and foreign challenges, Trump's go-to move has become to create what amounts to a political hostage situation.
Chris Isidore / CNNMoney:
Trump's net worth drops $600 million on Forbes' rich list, falls 92 spots  —  Trump's golf clubs in Scotland are losing millions  —  The rich are getting richer.  But not Donald Trump.  —  The Forbes list of 400 richest Americans shows that the billionaire-in-chief's fortune fell by $600 million to $3.1 billion.
Discussion: Raw Story
Edith M. / Associated Press:
North Korea says ‘a nuclear war may break out any moment’  —  A U.S. F-35 stealth fighter is seen during the press day of the 2017 Seoul International Aerospace and Defense Exhibition at Seoul Airport in Seongnam, South Korea, Monday, Oct. 16, 2017.  South Korean and U.S. troops launched five days …
Discussion: The Root, CNBC and The Daily Signal
Jason Zengerle / New York Times:
Rex Tillerson and the Unraveling of the State Department  —  With an isolated leader, a demoralized diplomatic corps and a president dismantling international relations one tweet at a time, American foreign policy is adrift in the world.  —  One afternoon in late September …
 
 
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Paul Bedard / Washington Examiner:
Huge: Rand Paul endorses Ala.'s Roy Moore for Senate
TMZ.com:
Harvey Weinstein, I'm Gonna Keep Making Movies, With or Without TWC
Alden Bourne / WBUR:
Mass. Small Business Owner At Trump's Order Signing Flabbergasted By Public Reaction
Discussion: Raw Story
Ari Natter / Bloomberg:
EPA Says Higher Radiation Levels Pose ‘No Harmful Health Effect’
NBC News:
Russia Probe: Senate Asks Mike Flynn's Son for Documents, Testimony
Discussion: Talking Points Memo and Raw Story
Samer Kalaf / Deadspin:
Jets Fan Who Stands For National Anthem Sits On American Flag
Discussion: IJR
Washington Post:
NFL endorses criminal-justice reform bill in the midst of anthem debate
 Earlier Items: 
CNN:
There's a hospital ship waiting for sick Puerto Ricans — but no one knows how to get on it
Jason La Canfora / CBSSports.com:
Colin Kaepernick's collusion grievance against NFL centered on Trump's influence
Victor Davis Hanson / American Greatness:
The Method to Trump's ‘Madness’
Michael Scherer / Washington Post:
For each scene of his presidency, Trump casts a villain (or two, or three ...)
Tom Boggioni / Raw Story:
‘Categorically false’: MSNBC's Katy Tur smacks down Trump lie that Obama never called soldiers' families
Manu Raju / CNN:
Corker: Trump criticism had been ‘building for some time’
Discussion: Talking Points Memo
Alice Speri / The Intercept:
Top Trump Official John Kelly Ordered ICE to Portray Immigrants as Criminals to Justify Raids
Discussion: Raw Story
 

 
From Mediagazer:

New York Times:
The NBC News-Ronna McDaniel saga highlights the perks and perils of partisan talk TV; a source says McDaniel is now seeking $600K+ for her two year deal

Alexandra Bruell / Wall Street Journal:
The Atlantic is profitable, has 1M subscribers, and revenue grew 10% in 2023 thanks to a 50% price hike, a harder paywall, and a shift to in-depth reporting

New York Times:
Karlie Kloss' Bedford buys Life publication rights from Dotdash Meredith and plans to resume regular print publication in 2025; Josh Kushner will be publisher

 
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