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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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Anna North / Vox:
Why Harvey Weinstein is disgraced but Donald Trump is president  —  The allegations against Weinstein and Trump are strikingly similar.  Why have the outcomes been so different?  —  The story, by now, reads as familiar.  Summer Zervos got her big break appearing on a network television show.
Discussion: Hullabaloo and twitchy.com
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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 …
Scott Wong / The Hill:
Ryan to GOP: Stop calling each other names  —  (R-Wis.) implored Republicans to stop squabbling with each other and stay focused on passing tax reform during a week of feuding between lawmakers and the president.  —  “If we're calling each other names or calling each other out or saying things …
Discussion: RedState
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Mike DeBonis / Washington Post:
House narrowly passes budget, paving way for $1.5 trillion tax cut
Discussion: TalkLeft and Joe.My.God.
David M. Drucker / Washington Examiner:
Trump has won the civil war where it counts — with voters
Ashley Killough / CNN:
Budget narrowly passes House, a key step in tax reform
Discussion: CBS News and RedState
Molly Boigon / WGBH News:
Juliette Kayyem: Mueller Will Deliver On Russia Investigation Before Thanksgiving  —  National security expert Juliette Kayyem is predicting news from Robert Mueller's Russia investigation will be announced within the next month.  —  “I think it is safe to say that before Thanksgiving …
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CNN:
In Hill interviews, top Dems denied knowledge of payments to firm behind Trump dossier  —  (CNN)Hillary Clinton's campaign chairman John Podesta and former Democratic National Committee chairwoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz both privately denied to congressional Russia investigators …
Discussion: WGN-TV, WTVR-TV and Joe.My.God.
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: Daily Kos and Balloon Juice
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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).
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.
Frank Bajak / Associated Press:
APNewsBreak: Georgia election server wiped after suit filed  —  https://apnews.com/877ee1015f1c43f1965f 63538b035d3f  —  Link copied!  —  A computer server crucial to a lawsuit against Georgia election officials was quietly wiped clean by its custodians just after the suit was filed, The Associated Press has learned.
Discussion: Raw Story, Engadget and Shakesville
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 …
German Lopez / Vox:
Trump just declared 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 epidemic.  —  President Donald Trump on Thursday moved to declare a public health emergency over the opioid epidemic …
Discussion: Politico, The Hill 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
Alex Seitz-Wald / NBC News:
Trump Spending $1.75 Million on Presidential Furniture, Redecorations  —  WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump's administration is spending $1.75 million on furniture for the White House and offices tied to it, according to government records.  —  That includes $17,000 for custom rugs …
Discussion: IJR, AOL and Joe.My.God.
Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:
The Republicans Have Developed a Theory of Alt-Collusion to Defend Trump From Mueller  —  Having apparently decided that defending the Trump campaign against charges of collusion with Russian cyberattacks is an impossible task, the Republican Party has decided to go on offense.
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.
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.
McClatchy Washington Bureau:
Trump associate Cohen sold four NY buildings for cash to mysterious buyers  —  WASHINGTON  —  Donald Trump's long time business lawyer Michael Cohen may be best known for his aggressive campaign television defenses of the real estate mogul, his role in an abortive effort to build a Trump Tower …
Discussion: Washington Post and Political Wire
Kevin Johnson / USA Today:
Justice Department settles IRS lawsuits from 400 conservative groups claiming discrimination … WASHINGTON - Attorney General Jeff Sessions said Thursday that the Justice Department is settling class action lawsuits brought by more than 400 conservative groups who said they were “improperly” …
Discussion: IJR
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
Tom Kludt / CNNMoney:
Bill O'Reilly dropped by another talent agency  —  Fox gave O'Reilly contract after $32 million settlement  —  Bill O'Reilly will be dropped by William Morris Endeavor, the talent agency that handles his book deals.  —  In a statement provided to CNN, a spokesman for WME said that the agency will …
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.
Discussion: Raw Story
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 …
Discussion: IJR
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 …
Rebecca Savransky / The Hill:
Trump on Chinese president: ‘Some people might call him the king of China’  —  President Trump during an interview on Wednesday touted his “very good relationship” with Chinese President Xi Jinping.  —  “People say we have the best relationship of any president-president …
Discussion: RedState
Adam Duvernay / delawareonline:
Police: Delaware City man spies on ‘Muslims’ who were not Muslims  —  10/25/17 Damian Giletto/The News Journal  —  The man Delaware City Police arrested last week for threatening his neighbors believed they were Muslims bent on doing him and the nation harm, and he told investigators he would stop them.
Discussion: The Daily Caller
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.
 
 
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Hugh Hewitt / The Hugh Hewitt Show:
Attorney General Jeff Sessions on Freedom Of Religion and Speech
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Brent Scher / Washington Free Beacon:
Tom Perez Says ‘Electoral College Is Not a Creation of the Constitution’ (It Is.)
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Matt Shuham / Talking Points Memo:
White House Claims That Mueller Probe ‘Getting Closer To Conclusion’
Rachael Bade / Politico:
Ryan: FBI to give Congress dossier-related documents
Discussion: Axios
Rick Noack / Washington Post:
Anne Frank's diary was read in Italian stadiums. Some fans turned their backs and sang in protest.
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Derek Thompson / The Atlantic:
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 Earlier Items: 
Patricia Mazzei / miamiherald:
Another Florida poll shows potential 2018 Senate race deadlocked
Jacqueline Thomsen / The Hill:
Trump: I ‘really started this whole fake news thing’
Discussion: RedState
Julian Ryall / Telegraph:
North Korea steps up security around monuments to Kim family as anger grows over poor living standards
Discussion: Business Insider
Kurt Schlichter / Townhall.com:
Culturally Appropriate This, Social Justice Jerks
Philip Shenon / Politico:
How to Read the JFK Assassination Files
Jason Johnson / The Root:
Hey, I Can Play This Game Too, Guys