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Betsy Woodruff / The Daily Beast:
Trump Data Guru: I Tried to Team Up With Julian Assange … Alexander Nix, who heads a controversial data analytics firm that worked for President Donald Trump's campaign, wrote in an email last year that he reached out to Wikileaks founder Julian Assange about Hillary Clinton's missing 33,000 emails.
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Washington Post:
Clinton campaign, DNC paid for research that led to Russia dossier  —  The Hillary Clinton campaign and the Democratic National Committee helped fund research that resulted in a now-famous dossier containing allegations about Donald Trump's connections to Russia and possible coordination between …
Byron York / Washington Examiner:
After Trump dossier revelation, FBI is next … Investigators looking into the so-called “Trump dossier” were not surprised when news broke Tuesday night that the Hillary Clinton campaign and the DNC, working through the Democrats' law firm, Perkins Coie, financed the “salacious and unverified” …
Aaron Blake / Washington Post:
The Clinton camp and DNC funded what became the Trump-Russia dossier: Here's what it means
Matthew Mosk / ABC News:
Trump-Russia investigators gathering documents from estate of GOP operative, sources say
Discussion: Last Men and OverMen and Politico
The Daily Beast:
Republicans on House's Trump-Russia Probe Not That Interested in Trump or Russia
Jessica Finn / Daily Mail:
Former US president George HW Bush apologises after actress claims he ‘sexually assaulted’ her from his WHEELCHAIR in this photograph - with his wife Barbara standing by his side  — Actress Heather Lind made allegations Tuesday claiming when she met former President George H.W. Bush, 93 …
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Alexia Fernandez / People.com:
George H. W. Bush Apologizes to Actress After She Claims He ‘Sexually Assaulted’ Her During a Photo Shoot  —  George H. W. Bush has apologized to an actress who accused him of sexually assaulting her while they posed for a photograph together four years ago.
Ron Dicker / HuffPost:
George H.W. Bush Apologizes After Actress Says He Sexually Assaulted Her
Discussion: Shakesville and Deadline
Kieran Corcoran / Business Insider:
George H.W. Bush apologizes after an actress accuses him of sexual assault in a #MeToo post on Instagram
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Ross Douthat / New York Times:
Jeff Flake's Defiant Surrender
Los Angeles Times:
Brother of Las Vegas shooter Stephen Paddock reportedly detained in child porn case  —  A suspect was arrested at a nursing home in North Hollywood in a child pornography case.  (KTLA)  —  A brother of Las Vegas mass shooter Stephen Paddock has reportedly been detained in North Hollywood …
Discussion: RedState, LAist, Raw Story and The Root
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Jack Date / ABC News:
Las Vegas shooter's laptop missing its hard drive
Discussion: The Gateway Pundit
Brandy Zadrozny / The Daily Beast:
YouTube Trumpkin and Former Milo Intern Kills His Own Dad for Calling Him a Nazi … Something had set Lane Davis off, but that wasn't unusual.  —  It was a clear summer afternoon on July 14, on Samish Island—a small, idyllic community off the northwest coast of Washington state—where Lane …
Discussion: RedState, Raw Story and twitchy.com
Tracy Watkins / Stuff.co.nz:
US ambassador to New Zealand Scott Brown faced complaints over ‘cultural misunderstanding’  —  U.S Ambassador Scott Brown explains his conduct during a Peace Corps function in Samoa.  —  US Ambassador Scott Brown has fronted over mounting “innuendo and rumour” about a State Department investigation into his behaviour.
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Eleanor Ainge Roy / The Guardian:
Scott Brown: US ambassador to New Zealand investigated over inappropriate comments
Discussion: Politico and Political Wire
NAACP:
NAACP Issues National Travel Advisory for American Airlines  —  Calls for Meeting with Airlines to Discuss Troublesome Issues  —  (October 24, 2017) - The NAACP, the nation's original and largest social justice advocacy organization, has released the following statement today announcing …
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CNNMoney:
NAACP warns black passengers about traveling with American Airlines
Discussion: AOL
Lydia Polgreen / Highline:
Four Quitters Walk Into a Bar...  I have met Trump haters before, lots of them, the kind who seize upon every conspiracy theory and refuse to give him any benefit of any doubt.  The four people I recently spent the morning with at Solly's Tavern in D.C. (sans booze, don't worry) were not Trump haters.
Discussion: Political Wire
Madison Park / CNN:
You may have to pay $70 to visit the Grand Canyon and 16 other national parks … (CNN) — The National Park Service proposes more than doubling the entrance fees at 17 popular national parks, including Grand Canyon, Yosemite, and Yellowstone, to help pay for infrastructure improvements.
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David Kamp / Vanity Fair:
Why Joe Biden Didn't Run . . . And Why He's Not Ruling Out 2020  —  In a cruel twist, Joe Biden's planned 2016 presidential campaign was upended by the death of its foremost booster, his 46-year-old son, Beau, from brain cancer.  Will the former vice president make a run in 2020?
Justin McCarthy / Gallup:
Record-High Support for Legalizing Marijuana Use in U.S.  —  WASHINGTON, D.C. — Americans continue to warm to legalizing marijuana, with 64% now saying its use should be made legal.  This is the highest level of public support Gallup has found for the proposal in nearly a half-century of measurement.
Brianna Keilar / CNN:
With my husband deployed, covering the news hits home  —  Gen. Kelly speaks at White House (full remarks)  — A CNN correspondent whose husband is on his sixth deployment anchors a show and struggles to keep it together as the White House briefing turns to military deaths
Discussion: TVNewser and Mediaite
Damian Paletta / Washington Post:
House GOP tax leader threatens to break Trump's promise not to change 401(k) rules  —  House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Kevin Brady on Wednesday suggested a tax bill he is preparing to introduce could force changes to 401(k) plans and other retirement accounts, potentially bucking …
Brooke Marine / W Magazine:
Rosie O'Donnell Breaks Her Silence on Donald Trump: “I Seriously Worry Whether I Will Be Able to Live Through His Presidency”  —  As someone who's always been outspoken and especially so about her politics, it's been an unexpectedly quiet year for Rosie O'Donnell.
Bloomberg:
Under Trump, Made in America Is Losing Out to Russian Steel  —  An oligarch-owned steel company is winning pipeline contracts, and foreign steel imports are up 24 percent this year.  —  Four days after his inauguration, Donald Trump signed a handful of executive memos to advance …
Steven Shepard / Politico:
Poll: Voters see Trump as reckless, not honest  —  Reckless.  Thin-skinned.  Not honest.  Not compassionate.  Not stable.  —  Those aren't just the extraordinary, harsh judgments of President Donald Trump by two retiring, Republican senators on Tuesday — they are also shared by majorities …
ACLU:
After a Month of Obstruction by the Trump Administration, Jane Doe Gets Her Abortion  —  WASHINGTON — More than a month after she made her decision, Jane Doe was able to obtain an abortion this morning.  She was able to get the abortion care after an appeals court in Washington, D.C. …
Ben Popper / The Verge:
Amazon Key is a new service that lets couriers unlock your front door  —  You'll need a smart lock and Amazon's new Cloud Cam  —  Twelve years ago, Amazon launched Prime, a subscription service that entitled members to free two-day shipping in the United States.
Discussion: NPR and Deadspin, more at Techmeme »
Bloomberg:
Inside Apple's Struggle to Get the iPhone X to Market on Time  —  The company let suppliers reduce accuracy of the phone's Face ID system to speed up production.  —  As of early fall, it was clearer than ever that production problems meant Apple Inc. wouldn't have enough iPhone Xs in time for the holidays.
Jeff Flake / Washington Post:
Enough  —  Jeff Flake, a Republican, is a U.S. senator from Arizona.  —  As I contemplate the Trump presidency, I cannot help but think of Joseph Welch.  —  On June 9, 1954, during the Army-McCarthy hearings, Welch, who was the chief counsel for the Army, famously asked the committee chairman …
Lucas Shaw / Bloomberg:
Apple's Billion-Dollar Bet on Hollywood Is the Opposite of Edgy  —  A conservative corporation takes its first steps into a new industry.  —  Days before Apple Inc. planned to celebrate the release of its first TV show last spring at a Hollywood hotel, Chief Executive Officer Tim Cook told his deputies the fun had to wait.
 
 
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The College Fix:
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Discussion: The Daily Caller
Sam Baker / Axios:
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