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6:10 PM ET, November 9, 2017

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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.

Discussion: RedState, Mother Jones, Talking Points Memo, Business Insider, Hit & Run, No More Mister Nice Blog, IJR, Shareblue Media, The Daily Caller, Mediaite and Daily Kos

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 …

Elana Schor / Politico:

McConnell calls on Moore to step aside if report on relations with teenagers is true — Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) called on the party's nominee for Senate in Alabama, Roy Moore, to withdraw from the race if a new report that he pursued teenage girls in his 30's is confirmed.

Discussion: al.com, Mother Jones, ThinkProgress, Washington Post, Vox, RedState, Little Green Footballs, Business Insider, Talking Points Memo, Media Matters for America, Chicks On The Right, The Daily Caller, Mediaite, WHNT-TV and Raw Story

The Daily Beast:

GOP Senators Run Away From Accused Child Molester Roy Moore … Senate Republicans moved swiftly to distance themselves from their party's nominee for Senate in Alabama on Thursday after multiple women accused him of inappropriate sexual conduct when they were minors—including one who said he molested her at the age of 14 year.

Discussion: Washington Post and Mediaite

CNN:

Roy Moore was removed from 1990s divorce case after he barred lesbian from seeing her children unsupervised — STORY HIGHLIGHTS — (CNN)Roy Moore, the Republican nominee for Senate in Alabama, ruled in a 1990s divorce case that a woman who had a lesbian affair couldn't visit …

Discussion: Washington Post, Axios, The Atlantic, Business Insider, TheBlaze, viraltop1 and The Week

Julia Manchester / The Hill:

Roy Moore declines to debate Dem opponent — Alabama Senate candidate Roy Moore (R) has turned down an opportunity to debate his opponent, Doug Jones (D), because the differences between the two candidates are “crystal clear,” according to Moore's campaign.

Discussion: WHNT-TV, Joe.My.God. and twitchy.com

al.com:
Roy Moore's full statement on teen sex encounter allegation

Discussion: Washington Post

Michael Scherer / Washington Post:
Mitch McConnell calls on Roy Moore to exit Alabama Senate race ‘if these allegations are true’

Discussion: USA Today, Political Wire and The Mahablog

Jim Hoft / The Gateway Pundit:
Lib Media Accuses AL Republican Roy Moore of Illicit Advances on 14-Yr-Old in 1979 …

Discussion: ThinkProgress, Vox, Washington Post, Mother Jones and Business Insider

Erica Pandey / Axios:
GOP leaders say Moore should quit if sexual assault allegations true

Discussion: New Republic and Political Wire

Kevin Robillard / Politico:
Republicans might be stuck with Roy Moore

Discussion: Jezebel

Cameron Joseph / Talking Points Memo:
Top Alabama GOPers Blast McConnell, Defend Roy Moore After Underage Sex Allegations

Discussion: The Atlantic, Lawyers, Guns & Money and Raw Story

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 …

Katherine Schaffstall / Hollywood Reporter:

Louis C.K.'s Movie Premiere Canceled in Advance of N.Y. Times Story — The ‘I Love You, Daddy’ screening was abruptly axed just hours before it was set to take place. — The New York premiere of Louis C.K.'s upcoming film, I Love You, Daddy, set for Thursday, has been canceled.

Discussion: Axios, Jezebel and AOL

Jezebel:
On Rumors — The revelation in Thursday's New York Times …

Discussion: The Daily Caller, Washington Post, AOL and Mediaite

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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Sam Thielman / Talking Points Memo:
Report: Russians Offered To ‘Send Five Women’ to Trump's Moscow Hotel Room

Discussion: Hullabaloo and IJR

John Harwood / CNBC:

Gary Cohn: Trickle-down is good for the economy — Gary Cohn says, “I don't believe that we've set out to create a tax cut for the wealthy. If someone's getting a tax cut, I'm not upset that they're getting a tax cut.” — Gary Cohn, 57, was in some ways an unlikely choice for Donald Trump's White House.

Discussion: Washington Post, ThinkProgress, Vox, The Atlantic, Shakesville, Common Dreams, New Republic, Raw Story and Axios

Washington Post:
Senate GOP plan would delay corporate tax cut until 2019, breaking with Trump

Discussion: American Prospect, Vox, CNBC, The Daily Signal, Axios, Politico, Mother Jones and The Hill

The Hill:
Senate to delay corporate tax cut, breaking with Trump and House

Discussion: ABC News and IJR

Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:
Gary Cohn: ‘The Most Excited Group Out There Are Big CEOs, About Our Tax Plan’

Discussion: Washington Post

Associated Press:
The Latest: House about-face on deduction for adoption

Discussion: Politico and Axios

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 …

Discussion: Washington Post

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 …

Discussion: CNN, AOL, New York Times, Daily Kos, Axios, Talking Points Memo, Mother Jones, The Daily Caller, Raw Story and ImmigrationProf Blog

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: RedState and Towleroad

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

Wall Street Journal:

Prosecutors Seek Plea Deal With Manafort's Former Son-in Law — Jeffrey Yohai, who worked with his father-in-law on real-estate deals, hasn't been charged with any crime — The Justice Department is seeking to reach a plea deal in its criminal investigation of the former son-in-law of Paul Manafort …

Discussion: Talking Points Memo

Beth Breeding / U.S. Congressman Bob Goodlatte:

Goodlatte: It's An Honor to Serve You — f t # e — Congressman Bob Goodlatte (R-Va.) released the following letter today announcing that he will not seek re-election in 2018: — Dear Friend, — When I first decided to run for Congress there were several things I wanted to achieve …

Discussion: The Hill, FiveThirtyEight, Hit & Run, Talking Points Memo, Weekly Standard, Washington Free Beacon, IJR, Shareblue Media and Axios

Mike Allen / Axios:

Sean Parker unloads on Facebook: “God only knows what it's doing to our children's brains” — Sean Parker, the founding president of Facebook, gave me a candid insider's look at how social networks purposely hook and potentially hurt our brains. — Be smart: Parker's I-was-there account …

Discussion: CBS San Francisco, The Daily Caller, The Verge, IJR, The Week, New York Magazine and TheBlaze, more at Techmeme »

CNN:

Trump: 'I don't blame China' for taking advantage of US on trade — STORY HIGHLIGHTS — Beijing (CNN)President Donald Trump lavished praise on China for the very trade practices he once lambasted as unfair during a remarkable morning session in Beijing. — Emerging after two hours …

Discussion: RedState, The Guardian, The Independent, Weekly Standard, One News Page, Hullabaloo, Daily Kos, Just Security, Washington Free Beacon and ThinkProgress

Ashley Parker / Washington Post:
Asian leaders roll out the red carpet for Trump — and he loves it

Discussion: The White House

TMZ.com:

O.J. Simpson Thrown Out of Vegas Cosmopolitan Hotel for Belligerence — 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: The Daily Caller and The Big Lead

Hollywood Reporter:

Christopher Plummer to Replace Kevin Spacey in ‘All the Money in the World’ — As of now, director Ridley Scott plans to keep the film's Dec. 22 release date. — In a monumental and expensive move, Ridley Scott will remove embattled actor Kevin Spacey from his finished thriller All the Money …

Discussion: Deadline, The Atlantic and BostonGlobe.com

Sarah Wildman / Vox:

I was harassed at the New Republic. I spoke up. Nothing happened. — Leon Wieseltier, The New Republic, and the myth of silence. — In my mid-20s, I was an assistant editor toiling on the lower rungs of the New Republic, working late nights and long shifts. One evening, most of the staff went to a bar after work.

Discussion: bradford-delong.com and The Guardian

Gregg Re / Fox News:

More layoffs planned at Carrier plant Trump promised to save — Carrier Corp., the HVAC manufacturer that had planned to move its operations to Mexico before President Trump staged a much-heralded intervention, said Tuesday it is gearing up for yet another round of layoffs.

Discussion: IJR, Common Dreams, Raw Story, Politicus USA and RedState

German Lopez / Vox:

Ta-Nehisi Coates has an incredibly clear explanation for why white people shouldn't use the n-word — He said that white people could learn something from not being able to use the word. — It's a question that comes up again and again in discussions of race: Why can't white people use the n-word …

Discussion: bradford-delong.com

Laura M. Holson / New York Times:

André Balazs, Celebrity Hotelier, Is Accused of Groping — In November 2014, the married actors Jason Bateman and Amanda Anka attended a dinner party at the Chiltern Firehouse after the London premiere of “Horrible Bosses 2,” in which Mr. Bateman starred.

Elaina Plott / Washingtonian:

The Leaks. The Frustrations. Omarosa's Shoes. Mike Dubke on His 103 Days in the White House — Trump's former communications director talks about his brief but eventful stint. — On the frigid morning of February 16, 2017, Mike Dubke sat in front of the Resolute desk, facing Donald Trump.

Discussion: Talking Points Memo and AOL

Bloomberg:

America's ‘Retail Apocalypse’ Is Really Just Beginning — The so-called retail apocalypse has become so ingrained in the U.S. that it now has the distinction of its own Wikipedia entry. — The industry's response to that kind of doomsday description has included blaming the media for hyping …

Discussion: Mother Jones and The Big Picture

Natasha Bertrand / Business Insider:

Trump associates are getting buried in massive legal fees, and Roger Stone says his are more than $450,000 — Roger Stone, a longtime adviser to President Donald Trump, this week issued a plea for help paying his legal bills resulting from the Russia investigation — he says they exceed $450,000.

Discussion: IJR