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8:55 AM ET, November 7, 2017

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Ronan Farrow / New Yorker:
Harvey Weinstein's Army of Spies  —  In the fall of 2016, Harvey Weinstein set out to suppress allegations that he had sexually harassed or assaulted numerous women.  He began to hire private security agencies to collect information on the women and the journalists trying to expose the allegations.
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Jim Rutenberg / New York Times:
Report Details Weinstein's Covert Attempt to Halt Publication of Accusations  —  The disgraced movie mogul Harvey Weinstein used a web of private detectives, lawyers and even undercover former Mossad agents in a failed effort to stop The New York Times and The New Yorker from publishing …
Adam Roberts / KHBS:
Man who shot Texas church gunman shares his story  —  HIDE TRANSCRIPT SHOW TRANSCRIPT  —  SUTHERLAND SPRINGS, Texas —  Stephen Willeford shot and chased the man who killed 26 people in a Texas church on Sunday.  He spoke to 40/29 News in an exclusive sit-down interview on Monday.
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Rich Lowry / New York Post:
The heroes of Sutherland Springs  —  MORE FROM: … Before the Texas church shooter encountered any police officers, he was run off a highway and dead.  —  He had been shot and chased by two private citizens who took it upon themselves to respond to a heinous crime when no one with a badge was anywhere to be found.
Heather Caygle / Politico:
GOP shrugs off gun control after latest mass shooting
Discussion: Political Wire
David Nakamura / Washington Post:   Trump says ‘hundreds more’ might have died in Texas shooting if gun laws were tougher
Mike Lillis / The Hill:
Texas Gov. Abbot: Gunman was denied gun permit
Discussion: Politico, New York Times and ABC News
Dan Alexander / Forbes:
The Case Of Wilbur Ross' Phantom $2 Billion  —  Fresh off a tour through Thailand, Laos and China, United States Secretary of Commerce Wilbur Ross Jr. picked up the phone on a Sunday afternoon in October to discuss something deeply personal: how much money he has.
Discussion: Raw Story
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New York Times:
Texas Gunman Broke Child's Skull and Assaulted Wife in Troubled Life  —  NEW BRAUNFELS, Tex. — He beat his wife, cracked his toddler stepson's skull and was kicked out of the military.  He drove away friends, drew attention from the police and abused his dog.
New York Times:
Air Force Error Allowed Texas Gunman to Buy Weapons
Jon Swaine / The Guardian:
Offshore cash helped fund Steve Bannon's attacks on Hillary Clinton  —  Robert Mercer, whose spending assisted Donald Trump's election win, used tax haven of Bermuda to avoid US taxes  —  Eighteen months before guiding Donald Trump to election victory, Steve Bannon delivered the opening shot …
Discussion: Axios and Mediaite
Washington Post:
Trump adviser sent email describing ‘private conversation’ with Russian official  —  Carter Page, a foreign policy adviser to President Trump's campaign whose visit to Moscow during the election has drawn scrutiny, sent an email to fellow Trump aides during his trip describing “a private conversation” …
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Natasha Bertrand / Business Insider:
Carter Page's testimony is filled with bombshells — and supports key portions of the Steele dossier
New York Times:
What Explains U.S. Mass Shootings?  International Comparisons Suggest an Answer  —  mass  —  shooters … mass  —  shooters … 100  —  mass  —  shooters … 80  —  60  —  40 … The New York Times |  Source: Adam Lankford, The University of Alabama (shooters); Small Arms Survey (guns).
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Nicholas Kristof / New York Times:
How to Reduce Shootings  —  It has happened yet again …
Discussion: Mediaite
Paul Waldman / Washington Post:
The indefensible Republican response to the Texas mass shooting
Discussion: Vox and Bangor Daily News
Associated Press:
The Latest: US-South Korea discuss nuclear submarines  —  The Latest on President Donald Trump's trip to Asia (all times local):  —  South Korea's presidential office says U.S. President Donald Trump and South Korean President Moon Jae-in have agreed to open “working-level” …
Discussion: ABC News and Axios
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Associated Press:
In Seoul, Trump calls for North Korea to make a deal
Discussion: The Week and CNN
Andrew Restuccia / Politico:
A toned-down Trump prods China, Russia to do more to combat North Korean nuclear threat
Discussion: ABC News and CNBC
Marina Fang / HuffPost:
Russian Lawyer Who Met With Donald Trump Jr. Claims He Offered A Quid Pro Quo  —  “Looking ahead, if we come to power, we can return to this issue and think what to do about it,” Trump Jr. said during the June 2016 meeting, according to Natalia Veselnitskaya.
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James Bridle:
Something is wrong on the internet  —  I'm James Bridle.  I'm a writer and artist concerned with technology and culture.  I usually write on my own blog, but frankly I don't want what I'm talking about here anywhere near my own site.  Please be advised: this essay describes disturbing things …
John Harwood / CNBC:
GOP tax plan would increase federal deficits substantially, new analysis shows  — The Tax Policy Center released an analysis of the House GOP tax bill, but then the think tank pulled its study after it found an error in its analysis.  — A second report shows that the House GOP bill …
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New York Times:
Is Landscaping Drama at the Root of Rand Paul's Assault?  —  WASHINGTON — The violent altercation last week that left Senator Rand Paul nursing bruised lungs and broken ribs began over a landscaping dispute between the senator and his longtime next-door neighbor, according to neighbors …
Michelle Goldberg / New York Times:
Anniversary of the Apocalypse  —  In the terror-struck and vertiginous days after Donald Trump's election a year ago, as I tried to make sense of America's new reality, I called people who lived, or had lived, under authoritarianism to ask what to expect.  I wasn't looking for concrete predictions …
Discussion: Esquire
WTTG-TV:
Secret Service: Man who reportedly traveled to DC to kill ‘all white police’ at White House arrested  —  Dallas man arrested near White House after alleged threats  —  WASHINGTON - A Dallas man who reportedly traveled to the nation's capital for the purpose of killing “all white police” …
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Farhad Manjoo / New York Times:
Saudi Money Fuels the Tech Industry.  It's Time to Ask Why.  —  We need to talk about the tsunami of questionable money crashing into the tech industry.  —  We should talk about it because that money is suddenly in the news, inconveniently out in the open in an industry that has preferred …
Discussion: The Week and New Republic
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New Yorker:
The Saudi Royal Purge—with Trump's Consent
Janet Hook / Wall Street Journal:
President Is Losing Support in ‘Trump Counties,’ a WSJ/NBC News Poll Finds  —  New survey shows disapproval for the president in these precincts has inched up to 50%; but Democrats haven't managed to turn gain ground  —  Nearly one year after Donald Trump's upset election victory …
Mará Rose Williams / Kansas City Star:
Racist graffiti painted on car near K-State was a fraud  —  An incident in which racist slurs were painted on a car near the Kansas State University campus last week was a hoax, and the man who painted the slurs has apologized.  —  Riley County Police reported Monday afternoon that the owner of the car …
BBC:
Paradise Papers: Apple's secret tax bolthole revealed  —  The world's most profitable firm has a secretive new structure that would enable it to continue avoiding billions in taxes, the Paradise Papers show.  —  They reveal how Apple sidestepped a 2013 crackdown on its controversial Irish tax practices …
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Megan Doylestaff / Press Herald:
York County casino, Medicaid expansion at stake as Maine heads to the polls today
Associated Press:
Voters in New Jersey and Virginia elect new governors
Discussion: Politico
Mike McIntire / New York Times:
From Utah, Secretive Help for a Russian Oligarch and His Jet
Victor Davis Hanson / American Greatness:
Crossing the Trump Rubicon
Dominic Patten / Deadline:
Johnny Depp Hit With Foreclosure On Homes By Ex-Biz Managers For $5M Loan
Discussion: The Daily Caller and TMZ.com
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Timothy Cama / The Hill:
GAO to review whether EPA violated anti-propaganda law
Discussion: The Daily Caller
Judy Kurtz / The Hill:
Alec Baldwin: Melania Trump ‘loves my impersonation’
Discussion: The Daily Caller
Reza Aslan / Los Angeles Times:
Op-Ed The dangerous cult of Donald Trump
Peter Sullivan / The Hill:
ObamaCare signups surge in early days to set new record
David Faber / CNBC:
21st Century Fox has been holding talks to sell most of the company to Disney: Sources
 

 
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Lauren Feiner / The Verge:
The US Senate passes the TikTok divestment bill by a margin of 79-18; the legislation now heads to President Biden, who has committed to sign it into law

Victoria Song / The Verge:
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