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2:30 PM ET, October 24, 2017

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Washington Post:
Small Montana firm lands Puerto Rico's biggest contract to get the power back on  —  For the sprawling effort to restore Puerto Rico's crippled electrical grid, the territory's state-owned utility has turned to a two-year-old company from Montana that had just two full-time employees on the day Hurricane Maria made landfall.
Discussion: New York Post, Axios, Daily Kos and Eschaton
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Ken Klippenstein / The Daily Beast:
$300m Puerto Rico Recovery Contract Awarded to Tiny Utility Company Linked to Major Trump Donor … Puerto Rico has agreed to pay a reported $300 million for the restoration of its power grid to a tiny utility company that is primarily financed by a private-equity firm founded and run by a man …
Rachael Bade / Politico:
House GOP opens probe into DOJ's Clinton investigation  —  Two powerful House Republican chairmen announced Tuesday that they would jointly investigate the Justice Department's handling of its 2016 Hillary Clinton investigation — a potential counter-punch to the FBI's probe of the Trump campaign's Russia connections.
Discussion: Political Wire
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Olivia Beavers / The Hill:
House GOP leaders open probe into FBI's handling of Clinton investigation
Discussion: Democrats.com
New York Times:
Honor the Truth, John Kelly  —  John Kelly, President Trump's chief of staff, is grimly suited to addressing the family of a fallen service member.  Mr. Kelly, a retired four-star general, is the highest-ranking officer to lose a child in Iraq or Afghanistan.  His son Second Lt. Robert Kelly was killed in Afghanistan in 2010.
Discussion: Daily Kos
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Richard Cohen / Washington Post:
Sarah Huckabee Sanders is wrong about John Kelly  —  Of all the repellent statements issued by President Trump or his aides, the one that came out of the mouth of Sarah Huckabee Sanders last week was maybe the most chilling.  There she stood, asking a White House reporter who the hell …
Alison R. Parker / Shareblue Media:
Now Sarah Sanders says John Kelly's blatant lying isn't “wrong” because it's “what he felt”
Discussion: Daily Kos
The Daily Beast:
GOP Leaders Refusing To Pay For Dana Rohrabacher's Travel Over Russia Fears … House Republican leaders have taken the extraordinary step of curtailing Rep. Dana Rohrabacher's (R-CA) ability to conduct official business out of fear that he is too compromised by his ties to Russia.
Discussion: Talking Points Memo and Raw Story
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The Daily Beast:
Russian Propaganda Hosted by Man on Staten Island, New York
Discussion: PRI
Andrew Desiderio / The Daily Beast:   Congress: Trump Won't Implement Russia Sanctions—and He Won't Tell Us Why
Meghan Keneally / ABC News:
Protester throws Russian flags at President Donald Trump ahead of Capitol Hill lunch  —  A protester threw a handful of Russian flags at President Donald Trump as he was walking to a lunch with Republican lawmakers on Capitol Hill today.  —  The flags didn't appear to hit Trump and footage …
Discussion: Axios
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Emma Loop / BuzzFeed:   Someone Just Threw A Bunch Of Russian Flags At Trump And Accused Him Of Treason
Seung Min Kim / Politico:
Trump heads to Capitol after reigniting GOP civil war
Discussion: ABC News and Business Insider
Detroit Free Press:
Kid Rock: Of course I'm not running for Senate … CONNECT  —  Mocking people who took the idea seriously, Kid Rock said this morning he's not running for U.S. Senate.  —  “F— no, I'm not running for Senate.  Are you kidding me?”  Rock said on Howard Stern's SiriusXM show.  “Who couldn't figure that out?
Cameron Joseph / Talking Points Memo:
Roy Moore: Supreme Court Gay Marriage Ruling Was ‘Worse’ Than Upholding Slavery In Dred Scott  —  Alabama GOP Senate nominee Roy Moore said late last year that the Supreme Court's decision legalizing gay marriage was “even worse” than the notorious 1857 Dred Scott ruling that upheld slavery.
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Washington Post:
Roy Moore is unfit to serve
Discussion: Talking Points Memo and al.com
Ben Riley-Smith / Telegraph:
Exclusive: Terry Richardson banned from working with Vogue and other leading mags, leaked email shows  —  Terry Richardson, the fashion photographer, has been barred from working with some of the world's bestselling magazines, The Daily Telegraph can reveal.
Pew Research Center:
Political Typology Reveals Deep Fissures on the Right and Left  —  Conservative Republican groups divided on immigration, ‘openness’  —  Nearly a year after Donald Trump was elected president, the Republican coalition is deeply divided on such major issues as immigration …
Discussion: Washington Post, Politico and NPR
Cosmopolitan:
Maybe Don't Dress Your Kid Up As Moana This Halloween?  —  It's on you to teach your kid not to be racially insensitive.  —  It's mid-October, which means Halloween is just two weeks away, which means it's way past time to decide on a  —  Halloween costume  —  for your kid.
Leo Shane III / Military Times:
One in four troops sees white nationalism in the ranks  —  Nearly one in four troops polled say they have seen examples of white nationalism among their fellow service members, and troops rate it as a larger national security threat than Syria, Iraq and Afghanistan, according to a new Military Times poll.
Joe Schoffstall / Washington Free Beacon:
Hillary Clinton's Top Aides Still Being Paid by Campaign Nearly One Year After Defeat  —  Most have remained by Clinton's side post-election  —  A number of longtime aides to failed Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton are still being paid from her campaign committee nearly …
Glenn Whipp / Los Angeles Times:
After 38 women accuse filmmaker James Toback of sexual harassment, 200 more reach out to share their stories  —  After the Los Angeles Times ran a story in which 38 women accused director James Toback of sexual harassment, almost 200 women responded with similar stories.  (Tiziana Fabi / AFP/Getty Images)
Steven Rattner / New York Times:
Why ‘Medicare for All’ Will Sink the Democrats  —  Repeal-and-replace may be done for now, but for Senator Bernie Sanders, the war is just beginning — and it has already become a fracas that is dividing the Democratic Party, to its detriment.  —  Mr. Sanders — who, of course …
Don Lemon / CNN:
Don Lemon's open letter to Trump: ‘Please stop!’  —  (CNN)Dear Mr. President,  —  I've interviewed you multiple times.  —  You've introduced me to your family.  —  You've also criticized me publicly ... both in front of cameras and on Twitter.  —  Calling me “hateful,” “dumb,” a “lightweight.”
Seung Min Kim / Politico:
Republicans quietly craft Dreamers deal  —  Key Senate Republicans have begun privately discussing the contours of an immigration plan to shield the hundreds of thousands of Dreamers who will lose work permits and deportation protections starting early next year.
Discussion: Political Wire
Nick Juliano / Politico:
Zinke funneled millions to questionable PACs  —  Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke has directed millions of dollars in political contributions since 2014 to a network of Washington operatives that prominent conservatives have accused of profiting by misleading donors.
Discussion: Political Wire
Tom Kludt / CNNMoney:
Bill O'Reilly ‘mad at God’ over sexual misconduct allegations  —  Bill O'Reilly on sexual misconduct: It's all crap  —  Bill O'Reilly has repeatedly blamed reports of sexual misconduct on a politically motivated media.  On Monday, he admitted that he also blames a higher power.  —  “You know, am I mad at God?
Anna North / Vox:
Listen to what socialist women are saying about misogyny on the left  —  A controversy involving the podcast Chapo Trap House shines a light on bigger issues.  —  Like many women, Margaret McLaughlin is used to dealing with sexism and harassment, whether it's on the street or in the workplace.
Jonathan Drew / Associated Press:
Trump comments concern judge, loom over Bergdahl sentencing  —  https://www.apnews.com/4260f2a3a8274391 98cebf42f77885ec  —  Link copied!  —  FORT BRAGG, N.C. (AP) — President Donald Trump's criticism of Army Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl has become a factor in the soldier's sentencing …
Sam Roberts / New York Times:
Jon Lester, Convicted in Howard Beach Race Attack, Dies at 48  —  Early on the morning of Dec. 20, 1986, a baby-faced white teenager returned to a neighborhood birthday party after encountering three black men whose car had broken down on a deserted stretch of Cross Bay Boulevard in Howard Beach, Queens.
Discussion: The Root and New York's PIX11
 
 
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Victor Davis Hanson / National Review:
The ‘Never Trump’ Construct
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Jack Maidment / Telegraph:
Theresa May insists ‘pregnant women’ term ‘acceptable’ after Government's transgender request to UN
Viviana Andazola Marquez / New York Times:
I Accidentally Turned My Dad In to Immigration Services
Beth Breeding / U.S. Congressman Bob Goodlatte:
Goodlatte, Gowdy Open Investigation into Decisions Made by DOJ in 2016
Discussion: Axios
Sam Stein / The Daily Beast:
Three Weeks After Las Vegas, Legislation to Ban Bump Stocks Has Stalled Out in Congress
Discussion: ThinkProgress
David Brooks / New York Times:
How to Engage a Fanatic
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 Earlier Items: 
Ian Miles Cheong / The Daily Caller:
Professor Claims Math, Algebra And Geometry Promote ‘White Privilege’
Lissandra Villa / BuzzFeed:
Democrats Are Calling Psychologists To Talk About Trump's Mental Health
Discussion: The Daily Caller
Kate Kelly / New York Times:
Black Executives Join Forces, Forming a PAC to Back Them Up
Dustin Volz / Reuters:
Senators push bill requiring warrant for U.S. data under spy law
Discussion: Hit & Run
Burgess Everett / Politico:
Reid gone from D.C. — but still pulling strings
Discussion: Political Wire