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Washington Post:
Woman says Roy Moore initiated sexual encounter when she was 14, he was 32  —  Leigh Corfman says she was 14 years old when an older man approached her outside a courtroom in Etowah County, Ala. She was sitting on a wooden bench with her mother, they both recall, when the man introduced himself as Roy Moore.
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Philip Wegmann / Washington Examiner:
Alabama state auditor defends Roy Moore against sexual allegations, invokes Mary and Joseph  —  Judge Roy Moore, the Republican candidate for Alabama's upcoming special Senate election, denies allegations that he romantically pursued teenagers as young as 14 when he was in his 30s.
Jonah Goldberg / National Review:
Saving Roy Moore Isn't Worth It  —  I argued that conservatives should disassociate themselves from Roy Moore and denounce him weeks before credible allegations surfaced today that he preyed on teenage girls, one only 14 years old.  So I'm pretty locked-in.  —  I suppose it's good that some Republicans see this as a bridge too far.
Discussion: The Gateway Pundit
Aaron Klein / Breitbart:
After Endorsing Democrat in Alabama, Bezos's Washington Post Plans to Hit Roy Moore with Allegations of Inappropriate Relations with Teenagers; Judge Claims Smear Campaign  —  The Washington Post is imminently planning to run a piece targeting Judge Roy Moore, claiming that he engaged …
New York Times:
Sex Allegations Against Roy Moore Send Republicans Reeling  —  ATLANTA — Republicans in Washington seemed near panic Thursday in the light of a news report in which four women said Roy S. Moore, the Republican nominee for a United States Senate seat in Alabama and an evangelical Christian …
al.com:
Roy Moore's full statement on teen sex encounter allegation  —  The Roy Moore campaign this afternoon released this statement in response to an article from The Washington Post claiming the U.S. Senate candidate had a sexual encounter with a 14-year-old girl in 1979 when Moore was 32.
Daniel Strauss / Politico:
Moore fundraises off of report alleging relationships with teenagers
Julia Manchester / The Hill:
Roy Moore declines to debate Dem opponent
Discussion: Politico, WHNT-TV and twitchy.com
Elana Schor / Politico:
McConnell calls on Moore to step aside if report on relations with teenagers is true
The Daily Beast:
GOP Senators Run Away From Accused Child Molester Roy Moore
Discussion: Washington Post
Ben Kamisar / The Hill:   Moore after sexual allegations: ‘I refuse to stand down’
Brian Lyman / The Montgomery Advertiser:
Doug Jones, Roy Moore talk law enforcement in Montgomery stops
Discussion: The Atlantic
Brett Samuels / The Hill:
Strange encouraged to run write-in campaign after Moore allegations
New York Times:
Louis C.K. Crossed a Line Into Sexual Misconduct, 5 Women Say  —  In 2002, a Chicago comedy duo, Dana Min Goodman and Julia Wolov, landed their big break: a chance to perform at the U.S. Comedy Arts Festival in Aspen, Colo. When Louis C.K. invited them to hang out in his hotel room for a nightcap …
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Jezebel:
On Rumors  —  The revelation in Thursday's New York Times that comedian Louis CK acted sexually inappropriate with women comedians was not a revelation to us here at Jezebel.  In 2012, Jezebel's sibling site, Gawker, ran a blind item about a “critically cherished sitcom auteur” …
CNN:
Mueller interviews top White House aide  —  Washington (CNN)White House senior policy adviser Stephen Miller has been interviewed as part of special counsel Robert Mueller's Russia probe, according to sources familiar with the investigation.  —  The interview brings the special counsel investigation …
NBC News:
Trump Bodyguard Keith Schiller Testifies Russian Offered Trump Women, Was Turned Down  —  WASHINGTON — After a business meeting before the Miss Universe Pageant in 2013, a Russian participant offered to “send five women” to Donald Trump's hotel room in Moscow, his longtime bodyguard told Congress this week …
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CNN:
Ex-Trump security chief testifies he rejected 2013 Russian offer of women for Trump in Moscow
Discussion: theGrio
Associated Press:
AP Exclusive: Russia Twitter trolls deflected Trump bad news  —  SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Disguised Russian agents on Twitter rushed to deflect scandalous news about Donald Trump just before last year's presidential election while straining to refocus criticism on the mainstream media …
Discussion: Hullabaloo, Towleroad and RedState
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Mark Hosenball / Reuters:
Trump, Clinton camps both offered slice of dossier firm's work: sources  —  WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The same political research firm that prepared a dossier on Trump campaign ties to Russia had unrelated information on Clinton Foundation donors that a Russian lawyer obtained and offered …
Heather Timmons / Quartz:
Beijing is playing Trump “like a fiddle,” an ex-ambassador to China says  —  Japanese prime minister Shinzo Abe's recent hosting of Donald Trump was a masterclass in how to make the US president comfortable—feed him familiar food, take him on his favorite outing, golf, and tell him how much you like him.
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New York Times:
‘Uncle Trump’ Finds Fans in China
Nick Miroff / Washington Post:
White House chief of staff tried to pressure acting DHS secretary to expel thousands of Hondurans, officials say  —  Acting Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security Elaine Duke meets with Britain's Home Secretary on Oct. 20.  Duke refused to bow to pressure from White House Chief …
Ali Watkins / Politico:
Mysterious Putin ‘niece’ has a name  —  Federal investigators have a name for a mysterious Russian woman who offered to help broker meetings between former Trump campaign adviser George Papadopoulos and Kremlin officials: Olga Vinogradova.  —  The name, which has not previously been reported …
Discussion: CANNONFIRE, ABC News and Raw Story
Lauren McGaughy / Dallas Morning News:
Dear Sutherland Springs, you deserve an apology from the news media  —  When I drove into town Sunday afternoon, it was still quiet.  Just a few hours had passed since the massacre at First Baptist, and only a handful of local journalists were there.  By day's end, dozens more had descended.
Discussion: NBC News
Stephen Piggott / Southern Poverty Law Center …:
White nationalist spotted at Kris Kobach for Governor fundraiser in Washington, D.C.  —  Kris Kobach appears to be associating with white nationalists again.  —  Less than two weeks after citing holocaust denier and racist Peter Gemma in his Breitbart column, Kobach held a fundraiser in Washington …
The Hill:
Senate to delay corporate tax cut, breaking with Trump and House  —  Senate Republicans plan to propose delaying a cut in the corporate tax rate until 2019, according to a GOP senator.  —  Sen. Bill Cassidy  —  (R-La.) also said the individual mandate will not be repealed as part …
Discussion: ABC News, Axios and IJR
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Aaron Lorenzo / Politico:
Senate GOP's tax bill points to nasty fight ahead
Discussion: Townhall.com, CNBC and The Daily Caller
Justin Kroll / Variety:
Sandra Bullock to Star as Filibustering Senator Wendy Davis in ‘Let Her Speak’  —  Sandra Bullock will star in the spec “Let Her Speak” as Texas senator Wendy Davis, whose 11-hour filibuster helped stall an anti-abortion bill in the Texas state house.  —  Todd Black and Jason Blumenthal …
Discussion: RedState, TheBlaze, Deadline and NewsBusters
Yashar Ali / HuffPost:
Trump Thinks Scientology Should Have Tax Exemption Revoked, Longtime Aide Says  —  Lynne Patton told an actress the Trump family “couldn't agree more” that the church shouldn't be exempt.  —  President Donald Trump believes the Church of Scientology should have its tax exemption revoked …
Discussion: Raw Story
CNN:
Rand Paul and his neighbor haven't talked in years  —  STORY HIGHLIGHTS  —  (CNN)It's a case so mysterious that it borders on preposterous: A US senator allegedly tackled by a neighbor while mowing his lawn, an attack so vicious that Rand Paul ended up with six fractured ribs and bruises to his lungs that made it hard to breathe.
TMZ.com:
O.J. Simpson Thrown Out of Vegas Cosmopolitan Hotel for Belligerence (UPDATE)  —  O.J. Simpson was booted from the Cosmopolitan Hotel in Las Vegas Wednesday night after allegedly getting wasted and then being extremely unruly.  —  Simpson had been frequenting bars at the hotel since his release from prison.
Discussion: theGrio, The Daily Caller and WRIC-TV
 
 
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