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1:55 AM ET, October 30, 2017

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Tim Alberta / Politico:
John Boehner Unchained  —  WEST CHESTER, Ohio—He swings the golf club like a right-hander, which he is, but putts as a southpaw.  Maybe it's a metaphor for a conservative politician who often turned to liberals in crunch time, but I'm too busy losing $20 on this hole to appreciate it.
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Jacqueline Thomsen / The Hill:
GOP lawmaker once held a knife to Boehner's throat  —  (R-Alaska) once pinned former Speaker John Boehner  —  (R-Ohio) against a wall and held a knife to his throat during a heated debate about earmarks.  —  John Boehner  —  told Politico about the incident in a new profile published Sunday.
Discussion: Raw Story, RedState and Mediaite
Steven Mufson / Washington Post:
Puerto Rico's utility cancels controversial $300 million contract with Montana firm hired to repair electrical grid  —  BREAKING: Puerto Rico's utility cancels the controversial $300 million contract with a Montana firm hired to repair its electrical grid.  —  The announcement …
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Andrew Scurria / Wall Street Journal:   Puerto Rico Governor Shreds $300 Million Power Contract
Cristina Alesci / CNNMoney:
Maryland investigating Kushner Companies over apartments  —  What you need to know about Jared Kushner  —  The Maryland attorney general is investigating one of the Kushner family's real estate businesses after media reports surfaced earlier this year about allegedly abusive debt collection practices …
Discussion: Splinter
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Julia Manchester / The Hill:
Maryland AG investigating Kushner real estate business: report
Discussion: Raw Story
Annie Karni / Politico:
Kushner took unannounced trip to Saudi Arabia  —  President Donald Trump's son-in-law and senior adviser Jared Kushner returned home Saturday from an unannounced visit to Saudi Arabia — his third trip to the country this year.  —  Kushner left Washington, D.C., via commercial airline …
Discussion: Axios
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BBC:
Saudi Arabia to allow women into sports stadiums
Discussion: The Hill
Arlette Saenz / ABC News:
Jared Kushner made unannounced trip to Saudi Arabia
Discussion: The Week
Peter Nicholas / Wall Street Journal:
Trump's Approval Rating Falls to Lowest Level Since Taking Office  —  Poll finds 38% approve of the job the president has done, a five-point drop from September  —  President Donald Trump's approval rating has fallen to its lowest level since he took office, with Americans disapproving …
Discussion: Talking Points Memo
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Mark Murray / NBC News:
Trump's Approval Rating Drops to Lowest Level Yet in New NBC News/WSJ Poll  —  WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump's job approval rating has declined to the lowest point of his presidency, and nearly half of voters want their vote in the 2018 midterms to be a message for more Democrats …
Eric Schmitt / New York Times:
2 Navy SEALs Under Suspicion in Strangling of Green Beret in Mali  —  WASHINGTON — Navy criminal authorities are investigating whether two members of the Navy's elite SEAL Team 6 strangled to death an Army Green Beret on assignment in Mali in June, military officials say.
Matthew Nussbaum / Politico:
Mueller's looming indictment threatens Trump's big week  —  An expected indictment Monday from the special counsel probing Russia's meddling in the 2016 election leaves President Donald Trump facing a politically perilous week as his White House juggles unveiling significant tax legislation …
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ESPN:
Texans plan pregame protest of Bob McNair's comments  —  Houston Texans players are planning to protest as a unit before Sunday's game against the Seattle Seahawks in the wake of team owner Bob McNair's controversial “inmates running the prison” comment, a league source told ESPN's Adam Schefter.
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Mark Maske / Washington Post:
NFL players invite Roger Goodell, Bob McNair and Colin Kaepernick to Monday meeting
Discussion: IJR and Deadspin
Michael Weiss / CNN:
Controversial Trump dossier: What really matters  —  Clinton campaign, DNC helped fund dossier research  — Regardless of who paid for it, the accuracy of the contents must still be fully analyzed and properly vetted  —  Michael Weiss is a national security analyst for CNN and author of “ISIS: Inside the Army of Terror.”
Discussion: Axios
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Olivia Nuzzi / New York Magazine:
Roger Stone Says He Will Bring an ‘Antitrust Case’ Against Twitter  —  Roger Stone is in full-on cartoon villain mode since being banned by Twitter on Saturday night, vowing to sue the company while characterizing their dispute as a battle for free speech itself.
Discussion: AOL and Business Insider
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Jonathan Swan / Axios:
Bannon declares war on Singer in call with Trump  —  In a Friday night phone call, President Trump's former chief strategist and enforcer Steve Bannon told Trump he was going “off the chain” to destroy Paul Singer, a New York hedge fund billionaire who is one of the most influential donors to the Republican Party.
Carol Rosenberg / miamiherald:
Civilian lawyers defy judge's order to travel to Guantánamo for war court showdown  —  ANDREWS AIR FORCE BASE, MARYLAND  —  A Pentagon shuttle departed for Guantánamo Sunday morning without three civilian lawyers who quit the USS Cole case, setting the stage for a showdown Monday …
Discussion: Just Security
Kevin Roose / New York Times:
Forget Washington.  Facebook's Problems Abroad Are Far More Disturbing.  —  For months, Facebook's headquarters in Menlo Park, Calif., has been in crisis mode, furiously attempting to contain the damage stemming from its role in last year's presidential campaign.
Discussion: Marginal REVOLUTION
Steven Hayward / Power Line:
How Churches Die  —  There's a saying attributed variously to Robert Conquest or John O'Sullivan that “any institution that is not explicitly right-wing will become left-wing over time.”  A good case in point is the Episcopal Church, which was once known as “the Republican Party at prayer …
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Lori Aratani / Washington Post:
Historic Alexandria church decides to remove plaques honoring Washington, Lee
Discussion: The Guardian
Richard Rubin / Wall Street Journal:
Home Builders Will Oppose Republican Tax Bill  —  National Association of Home Builders concerned about mortgage-interest deduction; Republicans say will retain an itemized deduction for property taxes  —  WASHINGTON—An influential home builders group will oppose the House Republicans' forthcoming tax bill …
Discussion: Axios
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Ben Brody / Bloomberg:
House Tax Writer Gives Ground on a State and Local Tax Break
Discussion: New York's PIX11
 
 
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Lisa Miller / New York Magazine:
John Kasich's Campaign Against Trump Never Stopped. And It Won't Till 2020.
Discussion: Mediaite
Matt Apuzzo / New York Times:
Trump Unworried About What Former Aides Will Tell Mueller, Lawyer Says
Discussion: Washington Examiner and RedState
Maria Danilova / Associated Press:
AP sources: DeVos may only partly forgive some student loans
Alex Horton / Washington Post:
The Army let a convicted murderer into Bowe Bergdahl's trial.  He said ‘I got a firing squad standing by.’
Discussion: IJR
 Earlier Items: 
Ed Treleven / madison.com:
$2.3 million settlement reached in death of former Marine at Tomah VA
Nicholas Kristof / New York Times:
Trump's Legacy: Damaged Brains
Discussion: Eschaton
Frank Bruni / New York Times:
Too Many Colleges Flunk Trump 101