Administration requests additional $44 billion for hurricane relief, but ignored Gov. Brown’s call for $7 billion for California wildfire victims--op-ed in Forbes says GOP tax plan is “economic insanity”
--are GOP Senators Collins, Johnson, Paul, and Corker just posturing, or will they vote against tax cuts for corporations and rich?
--Budget Director Mulvaney hints that partial Obamacare repeal may be dropped to appease Susan Collins
--proposal to double standard deduction, and other elements of tax bill, likely to reduce charitable giving by as much as $13 billion a year
--in blistering recap of Clinton history, Josh Barro at Business Insider says they held Democratic party hostage for 2 decades
--in Little Rock, Bill & Hill celebrate 25 years since 1992 election, and James Carville guides their happy memories
--Gropegate updates:
--NY Times White House reporter Glenn Thrush is suspended, goes to rehab, after Vox cites young reporters he tried to score with
--Franken draws second accuser, who says he grabbed her butt during photo
--Def Jam’s co-founder, Russel Simmons, is accused of sexual assaults 25 years ago
--actor Jeffrey Tambor leaves “Transparent” after denying allegations made by an assistant and an actress
--former Oklahoma state senator Ralph Shortey pleads guilty to sex trafficking related to encounter with 17-year-old boy
--NY Times reports on Roy Moore’s Democratic opponent, Dough Jones, says he is “on his own”, and the story ignores the political persecution of Don Siegelman
--Trump returns North Korea to terrorism list
--McMaster denies calling Trump a “dope” and “kindergartner”
--in Argentina, “One of our submarines is missing”
--after drunk US soldier kills Japanese driver in Okinawa, all soldiers are banned from booze
--despite big leak in Keystone pipeline in neighboring South Dakota, Nebraska commission approves Keystone XL but changes its route
--in House, Democrat Ro Khanna of Silicon Valley launches new “Antitrust Caucus”
--Charles Manson has died, cult leader was influenced by Dale Carnegie, Scientology
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