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11:55 AM ET, October 14, 2017

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Jackson Diehl / Washington Post:
Bob Corker on Trump's biggest problem: The ‘castration’ of Rex Tillerson  —  So is Donald Trump really leading the country toward World War III?  —  That is the warning that lingers from the broadside delivered by Sen. Bob Corker (R-Tenn.) during his Twitter war with Trump.
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Jennifer Rubin / Washington Post:
Trump's Iran announcement backfires
Discussion: Politico and RedState
Cristiano Lima / Politico:   Corker unloads on Trump for trying to ‘castrate’ Tillerson
Brandon Carter / The Hill:
Corker: Trump trying to ‘publicly castrate’ Tillerson
Discussion: RedState and The Daily Caller
NBC News:
Manafort Had $60 Million Relationship With a Russian Oligarch  —  LONDON — Paul Manafort, a former campaign manager for President Donald Trump, has much stronger financial ties to a Russian oligarch than have been previously reported.  —  An NBC News investigation reveals that $26 million changed hands …
Victoria McGrane GLOBE / BostonGlobe.com:
Trump health care attacks worry GOP  —  WASHINGTON — President Trump lit a fuse this week that will blow a hole in the Affordable Care Act, but the collateral damage could very well include fellow Republicans.  —  In his latest attack on the health care law, Trump moved Thursday night …
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Andrew C. McCarthy / National Review:
Trump Faithfully Executes Obamacare; Media, Democrats Go Nuts
Zoe Tillman / BuzzFeed:
Democrats Are Launching A Legal Fight To Save Obamacare's Subsidy Payments
Discussion: RedState
Alex Pappas / Fox News:
Hillary Clinton calls Trump ‘sexual assaulter’ in BBC interview, but says Bill's behavior ‘in the past’  —  Hillary Clinton moved to take the heat off Harvey Weinstein Friday by outright calling President Trump a “sexual assaulter” - while roundly dismissing past allegations of sexual impropriety against her husband as old news.
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Stephen L. Miller / Fox News:   Weinstein scandal — Can Democrats afford to cut Hollywood loose?
John D. Sutter / CNN:
Desperate Puerto Ricans are drinking water from a hazardous-waste site  —  Dorado, Puerto Rico (CNN)Jose Luis Rodriguez waited in line Friday to fill plastic jugs in the back of his pickup truck with water for drinking, doing the dishes and bathing.  —  But there is something …
Discussion: AOL, The Root and New York Times
Hollywood Reporter:
Bob Weinstein Gets Emotional on “Depraved” Harvey, Saving the Company and His “Waking Nightmare” (Exclusive)  —  The Weinstein Co. exec insists he had no idea about “the type of predator that he was” and is sickened by Harvey's seeming lack of remorse.  “I want him to get the justice that he deserves.”
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Annie Karni / Politico:
Mueller's team interviewed Priebus on Friday  —  Former White House chief of staff Reince Priebus was interviewed by special counsel Robert Mueller's team on Friday, according to his lawyer, William Burck.  —  “Mr. Priebus was voluntarily interviewed by Special Counsel Mueller's team today.
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Emily Smith / Page Six:
Anthony Scaramucci is romancing Kimberly Guilfoyle
Discussion: AOL
Daniella Diaz / CNN:
Trump says he spoke to US Virgin Islands' ‘president’ — which is him  —  STORY HIGHLIGHTS  —  Washington (CNN)President Donald Trump accidentally referred to the US Virgin Islands' governor as their President during a speech Friday — even though he is technically their President.
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Brad Reed / Raw Story:   White House desperately tries to fix Trump's widely-mocked claim he met with ‘president of the Virgin Islands’
George F. Will / Washington Post:
Sinister figures lurk around our careless president  —  (Jabin Botsford/The Washington Post)  —  With eyes wide open, Mike Pence eagerly auditioned for the role as Donald Trump's poodle.  Now comfortably leashed, he deserves the degradations that he seems too sycophantic to recognize as such.
Nick Bilton / Vanity Fair:
Donald Trump's Fake Renoir: The Untold Story  —  Trump biographer Tim O'Brien talks about his years covering the developer turned reality star turned president—including a bizarre incident involving a fake impressionist painting.  —  Years ago, while reporting a book about a real-estate developer …
Discussion: CANNONFIRE and Raw Story
Taylor Link / Salon:
The 25 conservatives actually worth following on Twitter  —  Liberals in shock over the the 2016 election were prescribed a heavy dose of reality.  “Get out of your bubble,” the doctors note illegibly read.  —  It was a hard truth for the American left.  They found out the U.S. was not as progressive as originally thought.
Alan Rappeport / New York Times:
Mnuchin Says Estate Tax Repeal Will Help ‘Rich People’ Most  —  WASHINGTON — President Trump and Republican leaders have positioned a proposed repeal of the estate tax as a way to help farmers, ranchers and small business owners.  But on Friday, Steven Mnuchin, the Treasury secretary …
David Wasserman / The Cook Political Report:
House: Ratings Changes in 12 Districts as Democrats Gain Momentum  —  President Trump and GOP control of Congress have sparked a 2018 Democratic candidate bonanza.  Don't call it “recruitment:” for the most part, these aspirants decided to take the plunge on their own.
Brent Scher / Washington Free Beacon:
Texas Democrats Hesitant to Embrace Gay Candidate for Governor  —  A successful Dallas businessman pledging to spend in the seven figures out of his own bank account to run for governor in 2018 should be a great get for Texas Democrats.  Yet the party doesn't seem to be getting behind Jeffrey Payne …
Adam Steinbaugh / FIRE:
Hecklers shout down California attorney general, assembly majority leader at Whittier College  —  Last week, Whittier College — my alma mater — hosted California's Attorney General, Xavier Becerra, in a question-and-answer session organized by Ian Calderon, the Majority Leader of the California State Assembly.
Discussion: Instapundit, Power Line and TheBlaze
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Stanley Kurtz / National Review:   Pro-Trumpers Shout-Down Liberal Speakers at Whittier College
 
 
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Yahoo:
FBI document cache sheds light on inner workings of Russia's U.S. news (and propaganda) network
Wall Street Journal:
Trump Moves Ratchet Up Pressure on Congress
Houston Chronicle:
Immigrant workers are needed now more than ever
Discussion: The Daily Caller
Frank Pingue / Reuters:
NFL not seeking mandate for players to stand during anthem
Farah Stockman / New York Times:
Becoming a Steelworker Liberated Her. Then Her Job Moved to Mexico.
Sean Sullivan / Washington Post:
Cruz warns GOP could face ‘Watergate-level blowout’ in midterms if it fails on taxes, health-care
Discussion: Political Wire
 Earlier Items: 
William D. Cohan / Vanity Fair:
Gary Cohn Can't Quit Trump. Literally. He's Tried More Than Once.
The White House:
President Donald J. Trump Proclaims October 15 through October 21, 2017, as National Character Counts Week
Discussion: RedState
Patrick Martin / Washington Post:
Trump rips the NFL for disrespecting the flag. Then he jokes about a military flag ceremony.
Discussion: New York Times
Mark Berman / Washington Post:
Las Vegas police now say there was no six-minute gap between first shots and concert massacre
Joe Concha / The Hill:
Pentagon accidentally included reporter in Puerto Rico spin talks
Discussion: Raw Story, Grist and Hullabaloo
CNN:
Roger Stone attorney says he complied with request for Assange contact
Discussion: Raw Story and Washington Times
 

 
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Foo Yun Chee / Reuters:
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Ryan Browne / CNBC:
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