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11:55 AM ET, October 26, 2017

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Oliver Darcy / CNNMoney:
Five women accuse journalist and ‘Game Change’ co-author Mark Halperin of sexual harassment  —  Veteran journalist Mark Halperin sexually harassed women while he was in a powerful position at ABC News, according to five women who shared their previously undisclosed accounts with CNN and others …
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Twitter:
Announcement: RT and Sputnik Advertising  —  Twitter has made the policy decision to off-board advertising from all accounts owned by Russia Today (RT) and Sputnik, effective immediately.  This decision was based on the retrospective work we've been doing around the 2016 U.S. election …
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RT:
Revealed: How Twitter pushed RT to spend big on 2016 US election
Discussion: The Guardian
Hot Air:
Ben Sasse On Alabama Senate Race: “It Feels Like This Party That I'm A Part Of Has Gone Post-Constitutional”  —  An interesting bit from Jonah Goldberg's podcast, The Remnant.  Goldberg puts Sasse on the spot by asking whether he'll be following the lead of his libertarian-ish colleagues in the Senate …
Discussion: Balloon Juice
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New York Times:
As G.O.P. Bends Toward Trump, Critics Either Give In or Give Up  —  Despite the fervor of President Trump's Republican opponents, the president's brand of hard-edge nationalism — with its gut-level cultural appeals and hard lines on trade and immigration — is taking root within his adopted party …
David Weigel / Washington Post:
McConnell allies declare open warfare on Bannon
Discussion: Daily Kos, Political Wire and The Week
Dave McKenna / Deadspin:
Second Woman: George H.W. Bush Groped Me  —  Earlier this week, actress Heather Lind said in a now-deleted Instagram post that former president George H.W. Bush had sexually assaulted her.  “He touched me from behind from his wheelchair with his wife Barbara Bush by his side,” she wrote.
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Lisa Respers France / CNN:
George H.W. Bush responds after actress accuses him of sexual assault
Discussion: The Daily Caller and Axios
Michael Panter:
Like a lot of men, I've had a sinking feeling when I see how many friends have posted using the #MeToo tag.  I've also read suggestions on how men can play a role, and sadly I've had several ex-partners who were victims.  One is well-known, but hasn't shared her story (so neither will I).
Discussion: Raw Story and Mediaite
German Lopez / Vox:
Trump will declare a public health emergency to combat the opioid crisis.  Here's what that will do.  —  It's a limited move, but it will help jump-start some action in the opioid crisis.  —  More than two months after he suggested he would, President Donald Trump on Thursday will start …
Discussion: The Hill, Politico and Axios
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Gregory Korte / USA Today:
Exclusive: Trump to declare public health emergency for opioids, a partial measure to fight drug epidemic
CNN:
Trump opioid panel member says ‘We want medicine, not media’
Discussion: Daily Kos, FOX2now.com and fox13now.com
Abigail Tracy / Vanity Fair:
The Dirty Truth About the Steele Dossier  —  Yes, it was partially funded by the Clinton campaign.  No, Trump isn't off the hook.  —  For weeks after the election, rumors swirled in Washington about the existence of an intelligence dossier that contained a series of explosive, salacious …
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Kenneth P. Vogel / New York Times:
What to Know About the Dossier of Trump Research and Who Paid for It
Lloyd Grove / The Daily Beast:
Lisa Bloom Has ‘Files’ on Rose McGowan's Sexual History: Inside Her Scorched Earth Crusade for Harvey Weinstein … Ronan Farrow was stunned and disgusted early this year when famed feminist lawyer Lisa Bloom phoned him, in the midst of his investigation for NBC News of widespread allegations …
Discussion: Mediaite
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Anna North / Vox:
Why Harvey Weinstein is disgraced but Donald Trump is president
Discussion: ThinkProgress
New York Times:
10-Year-Old Immigrant Is Detained After Agents Stop Her on Way to Surgery  —  A 10-year-old girl with cerebral palsy has been detained by federal immigration authorities in Texas after she passed through a Border Patrol checkpoint on her way to a hospital to undergo emergency gall bladder surgery.
Discussion: The Hill and Shakesville
Alex Daugherty / miamiherald:
Threats are preventing Frederica Wilson from voting in Washington  —  WASHINGTON  —  Congressional Democrats celebrated Rep. Frederica Wilson on Wednesday by wearing stickers adorned with a red cowboy hat and posing for a group picture on the steps of the Capitol.  —  But one notable person was missing: Wilson herself.
Discussion: The Hill and Talking Points Memo
Eleanor Ainge Roy / The Guardian:
Scott Brown: more complaints surface over behaviour of US ambassador to New Zealand  —  Ambassador said to have been ‘culturally insensitive’ at party in Samoa and is alleged by one woman to have stared at her breasts … It was a balmy 32 degrees when the US ambassador to New Zealand …
Jacqueline Thomsen / The Hill:
Trump: I ‘really started this whole fake news thing’  —  President Trump said he has successfully convinced the American people that the media is “fake news.”  —  Trump said during an interview with Fox Business Network's Lou Dobbs that he takes credit for branding the media as “fake” …
Discussion: RedState
Elizabeth Drew / New Republic:
Who Knew Trump Would Be a Weak President?  —  He campaigned with a lot of swagger.  But his first nine months in office have been defined by indecision, vacillation, and a reluctance to call shots.  —  At his rallies, presidential candidate Donald Trump excited his most avid supporters through displays …
Peter Baker / New York Times:
Pitched as Calming Force, John Kelly Instead Mirrors Boss's Priorities  —  WASHINGTON — Last summer, the Trump administration debated lowering the annual cap on refugees admitted to the United States.  Should it stay at 110,000, be cut to 50,000 or fall somewhere in between?  John F. Kelly offered his opinion.
Discussion: The Hill, Washington Post and Politico
Washington Times:
Sessions threatened to quit over Chinese dissident  —  Attorney General Jeff Sessions went to the mat recently against pro-China officials within the Trump administration to prevent the forcible return of a dissident businessman to China.  —  According to a person familiar with the issue …
Jason Johnson / The Root:
Hey, I Can Play This Game Too, Guys  —  I have a confession to make.  I'm black.  —  I'm a black guy with black parents and black relatives and even some black friends.  I also work at Morgan State, a historically black university.  And since we're keeping it 100, I'm the political editor at The Root …
Patricia Mazzei / miamiherald:
Another Florida poll shows potential 2018 Senate race deadlocked  —  Yet another Florida poll shows a tied 2018 U.S. Senate race between Democratic Sen. Bill Nelson and Republican Gov. Rick Scott.  —  Scott has not announced his candidacy.  But pollsters are treating him as the de facto GOP nominee …
Brianna Sacks / BuzzFeed:
Reddit Is Removing Nazi And Alt-Right Groups As Part Of A New Policy And Some Users Are Confused  —  Reddit is purging Nazi, white supremacist, and other hate-based groups from its site as part of a new policy change announced Wednesday that targets and bans certain violent material.
Alex Finley / Politico:
The Recruitables: Why Trump's Team Was Easy Prey for Putin  —  By now, it should be clear to anyone following the news that Russian intelligence made a formidable effort to approach the Trump campaign and assess the potential to manipulate its members.  As a former officer of the CIA's Directorate …
Discussion: Raw Story
Rebecca Ballhaus / Wall Street Journal:
Trump-Linked Company Reached Out to WikiLeaks on Hacked Emails  —  Approach came from chief of data analytics firm Cambridge Analytica as Wikileaks was releasing emails related to Clinton  —  The chief executive of a data-analytics firm that worked for President Donald Trump's campaign reached …
Dana Blanton / Fox News:
Fox News Poll: Storms erode Trump's ratings  —  Was it the tweet storms or the hurricanes?  Something hit President Trump's numbers.  His personal ratings have deteriorated and his job approval has hit a low.  —  Thirty-eight percent of voters approve of the job Trump is doing in a new Fox News poll, down from 42 percent last month.
TMZ.com:
Don Lemon Gets Death Threats From White Nationalist  —  Don Lemon received a series of racist, frightening death threats by a self-proclaimed white nationalist Trump supporter — and they were so severe, he contacted the police — TMZ has learned.  —  Law enforcement sources tell TMZ Lemon contacted …
Discussion: Raw Story, theGrio and The Root
Kurt Schlichter / Townhall.com:
Culturally Appropriate This, Social Justice Jerks  —  Now the leftist scolds are trying to crash our Halloween party with a long list of instructions and commands we're expected to follow in order to PC-up our Samhain.  Most of this nonsense is couched in terms of forbidding “cultural appropriation …
Chase Spears / Baltimore Sun:
A soldier's perspective on Bergdahl  —  Army Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl is awaiting sentencing after pleading guilty to charges of desertion and misbehavior before the enemy.  —  Army Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl, who pleaded guilty to charges of desertion and misbehavior before the enemy, will soon face sentencing …
Sam Levin / The Guardian:
‘I hope someone truly shoots you’: online conspiracy theorists harass Vegas victims  —  Those who lived to describe the mass shooting face flood of abuse on social media accusing them of being actors, as hoax claims flourish on YouTube  —  Braden Matejka survived a bullet to the head in the Las Vegas massacre.
 
 
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Matt Zapotosky / Washington Post:
Justice Department agrees to settle lawsuits over IRS scrutiny of tea party groups
Discussion: RedState
CNN:
White House facing scrutiny for Russia sanctions delay
Discussion: The Daily Caller
Jacob Pramuk / CNBC:
Sen. Bob Corker: Criticism of Trump will ‘absolutely not’ affect my tax-reform vote
Discussion: Business Insider
Nick Wadhams / Bloomberg:
How Rex Tillerson Is Remaking the State Department
Alizachasan / New York's PIX11:
Girl Scouts cleaning shoreline of Brooklyn creek find 7 dead cats in plastic bags
Discussion: WTVR-TV
Visalia Times-Delta and Tulare Advance-Register:
Deputies: Goshen man stabbed because he is black
Discussion: Raw Story and The Root
Noor Al-Sibai / Raw Story:
In the aftermath of the white supremacist rally in Charlottesville …
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Julian Ryall / Telegraph:
North Korea steps up security around monuments to Kim family as anger grows over poor living standards
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Lisa J. Huriash / Sun-Sentinel:
Cop accidentally tasers boy, 10, during gun safety lesson for kids
Discussion: The Root and Raw Story
Brian Schatz / USA Today:
What if Democrats were in charge? I'd let people buy Medicaid coverage: Senator
Discussion: Washington Post
McClatchy Washington Bureau:
Trump associate Cohen sold four NY buildings for cash to mysterious buyers
Discussion: Washington Post and Political Wire
Philip Shenon / Politico:
How to Read the JFK Assassination Files