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7:35 AM ET, October 23, 2017

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Arizona Republic:
Montini: John McCain mocks Donald Trump's deferment ‘bone spurs’ (without naming him)  —  Sen. John McCain doesn't have to speak President Donald Trump's name to excoriate him.  —  He doesn't exactly call the president a draft dodger.  But... in a way... he does.
Discussion: AOL and twitchy.com
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Brandon Conradis / The Hill:
McCain appears to take swipe at Trump's ‘bone spur’ Vietnam deferment … (R-Ariz.) took what appeared to be a swipe at President Trump during an interview about the Vietnam War on Sunday, criticizing how upper-income Americans were able to obtain a draft deferment for having a “bone spur.”
Charles M. Blow / New York Times:
Trump's Boogeymen?  Women!  —  Donald Trump has a particular taste for the degradation of racial, ethnic and religious minorities and women — and God forbid those identities should overlap — as a way a playing out his personal sense of racial, sexist, and patriarchal entitlement.
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Jennifer Rubin / Washington Post:
Let's not staff a White House with generals ever again  —  In defending his boss, White House Chief of Staff John F. Kelly gratuitously attacked Rep. Frederica S. Wilson (D-Fla.), derisively referred to her as being like “empty barrels,” misrepresented her conduct at a dedication of an FBI building and …
Discussion: RedState and Scripting News
Byron York / Washington Examiner:
Is tone of Trump-Russia probe changing?  —  Have you noticed?  In recent public comments, the lawmakers investigating the Trump-Russia affair, along with some of the commentators who dissect its every development, seem to be focusing more on the facts of Russia's attempts to interfere …
Discussion: The Gateway Pundit
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Julie Bykowicz / Wall Street Journal:
House Panel to Interview Trump Campaign Digital Director Brad Parscale  —  The House Intelligence Committee is one of the panels examining Russia's role in the 2016 election  —  WASHINGTON—President Donald Trump's campaign digital director, Brad Parscale, will be interviewed Tuesday …
Nicholas Fandos / New York Times:
Hopes Dim for Congressional Russia Inquiries as Parties Clash
Discussion: Axios
The Hill:
FBI watched, then acted as Russian spy moved closer to Hillary Clinton  —  was beginning her job as President Obama's chief diplomat, federal agents observed as multiple arms of Vladimir Putin's machine unleashed an influence campaign designed to win access to the new secretary of State, her husband Bill Clinton
Discussion: Raw Story and RedState
NBC News:
Mueller Now Investigating Democratic Lobbyist Tony Podesta  —  WASHINGTON — Tony Podesta and the Podesta Group are now the subjects of a federal investigation being led by Special Counsel Robert Mueller, three sources with knowledge of the matter told NBC News.
Marcus Weisgerber / Defense One:
EXCLUSIVE: US Preparing to Put Nuclear Bombers Back on 24-Hour Alert  —  If the order comes, the B-52s will return to a ready-to-fly posture not seen since the Cold War.  —  BARKSDALE AIR FORCE BASE, La. — The U.S. Air Force is preparing to put nuclear-armed bombers back on 24-hour ready alert …
Discussion: The Daily Caller
Jay Nordlinger / National Review:
Why Is Bill Browder Banned from America?  —  Vladimir Putin keeps putting William Browder on Interpol's wanted list, or trying to.  As far as I'm concerned, these attempts are the equivalent of medals of freedom.  —  Remember who Browder is: He is the financier whose lawyer was Sergei Magnitsky …
Discussion: Palmer Report
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Andrew E. Kramer / New York Times:
Turning Tables in Magnitsky Case, Russia Accuses a Nemesis of Murder
Discussion: National Review
Philip Rucker / Washington Post:
The great dealmaker?  Lawmakers find Trump to be an untrustworthy negotiator.  —  President Trump campaigned as one of the world's greatest dealmakers, but after nine months of struggling to broker agreements, lawmakers in both parties increasingly consider him an untrustworthy …
Discussion: Political Wire
Jonathan Swan / Axios:
Million dollar bracket in the works for GOP tax plan  —  The Republicans on the House Ways and Means Committee — engaged in a high-pressure, high-stakes tax policy rewrite — are currently exploring not cutting the income tax rate for people who earn $1 million or more per year.
Discussion: Weekly Standard and Politico
David Weigel / Washington Post:
National Democrats are jittery about Va. governor's race  —  Republican Ed Gillespie and Lt. Gov. Ralph Northam (D) at a debate last month in Washington.  The two are competing in the Virginia governor's race Nov. 7.  (Bonnie Jo Mount/The Washington Post)  —  LAS VEGAS — The Democratic …
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Salena Zito / New York Post:   Democrats should be terrified by this governor's race
Elena Schneider / Politico:
Democrats' early money haul stuns GOP  —  Democratic candidates are reporting historic early fundraising totals, alarming GOP strategists and raising the prospect that 2018 could feature the most expansive House battlefield in years.  —  Animated by opposition to President Donald Trump …
New York Times:
‘I Was Willing to Do Everything’: Mothers Defend Sons Accused of Sexual Assault  —  Four women met late last month at a restaurant in a Twin Cities suburb, where they spoke for hours, so intently their waiter had trouble getting their drink orders.  —  Each had a son who had been accused at college of sexual assault.
Michael Tackett / New York Times:
A Presidential Bellwether Is Still Waiting to Start Winning Under Trump  —  TERRE HAUTE, Ind. — Nobody is tired of winning here.  —  Not at the Crossroads Cafe, where regulars pick at politics over breakfast.  Not at the Rotary Club, where the meeting dutifully opens with the invocation …
New York Times:
Still Waiting for FEMA in Texas and Florida After Hurricanes  —  HOUSTON — Outside Rachel Roberts's house, a skeleton sits on a chair next to the driveway, a skeleton child on its lap, an empty cup in its hand and a sign at its feet that reads “Waiting on FEMA.”
 
 
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Tom Boggioni / Raw Story:
During a State of the Union panel discussion on the firestorm begun …
New York Times:
A Newly Assertive C.I.A. Expands Its Taliban Hunt in Afghanistan
Discussion: The Daily Caller
Tommy Christopher / IJR:
Here Are the 20 Lies Trump Chief of Staff John Kelly Told in Just 4 Minutes
Tim Higgins / Wall Street Journal:
Tesla Strikes Deal With Shanghai to Build Factory in China
Discussion: Mashable, The Verge and rbc.ru
Jia Tolentino / New Yorker:
Harvey Weinstein and the Impunity of Powerful Men
Caroline Orr / Shareblue Media:
Trump shamefully ignores “nightmare” HIV crisis brewing in rural America
Carla Marinucci / Politico:
California Republicans go gaga for Trump
 Earlier Items: 
Julia Manchester / The Hill:
Fake Facebook post shows military widow criticize congresswoman, defend Trump
Discussion: twitchy.com, RedState and Raw Story
Ken Stern / New York Post:
Former NPR CEO opens up about liberal media bias
Jacqueline Thomsen / The Hill:
Montana GOP official: I ‘would have shot’ reporter assaulted by Gianforte
Discussion: Raw Story
Motoko Rich / New York Times:
Japan Election Vindicates Shinzo Abe as His Party Wins Big
Discussion: Outside the Beltway and Axios
Mike LaChance / Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion:
25 Not Salon-Approved Conservatives Worth Following on Twitter
Jennifer Hansler / CNN:
Tom Hanks: 'If you're concerned about what's going on today, read history'
Discussion: Raw Story and IJR
Rebecca Savransky / The Hill:
Mulvaney: ‘Absolutely’ realistic to have tax bill on Trump's desk by December
Discussion: The Daily Caller
Brandon Carter / The Hill:
Trump visits his Virginia golf club for second straight day
 

 
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Charlotte Tobitt / Press Gazette:
Ofcom rules that five GB News programs presented by Conservative politicians have broken its due impartiality rules and puts the channel “on notice”

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Todd Spangler / Variety:
YouTuber MrBeast announces a deal with Prime Video for Beast Games, a reality-competition show with 1,000 contestants, promising the winner a $5M cash prize

 
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