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6:35 AM ET, November 10, 2017

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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
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 …
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 …
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.
The Daily Beast:
GOP Senators Run Away From Accused Child Molester Roy Moore
Brian Lyman / The Montgomery Advertiser:
Doug Jones, Roy Moore talk law enforcement in Montgomery stops
Discussion: The Atlantic
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, twitchy.com and WHNT-TV
Elana Schor / Politico:
McConnell calls on Moore to step aside if report on relations with teenagers is true
Kevin Robillard / Politico:   Republicans might be stuck with Roy Moore
Brett Samuels / The Hill:
Strange encouraged to run write-in campaign after Moore allegations
Discussion: Vox, The Atlantic and Business Insider
Ben Kamisar / The Hill:   Moore after sexual allegations: ‘I refuse to stand down’
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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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 …
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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The White House:
Press Briefing by Secretary of State Rex Tillerson, 11/9/2017 | Beijing, China
Discussion: RT and TheBlaze
New York Times:
‘Uncle Trump’ Finds Fans in China
Wall Street Journal:
Mueller Probes Flynn's Role in Alleged Plan to Deliver Cleric to Turkey  —  Under alleged plan, ex-Trump adviser and his son were to be paid millions to forcibly remove Fethullah Gulen from U.S. and deliver him to Turkish custody  —  WASHINGTON—Special Counsel Robert Mueller is investigating …
Discussion: Axios
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: ABC News, CANNONFIRE and Raw Story
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Jordyn Phelps / ABC News:
Trump, Putin will not have formal meeting during APEC summit: White House  —  The much-discussed formal meeting between President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin at the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation Summit (APEC) in Vietnam will not happen after all, according to the White House.
Discussion: Axios and Politico
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
Sen. Thom Tillis / The Hill:
Congress needs to protect veterans from bad actors in VA home loan refinancing  —  BY SEN. THOM TILLIS (R-N.C), OPINION CONTRIBUTOR — 11/09/17 10:50 AM EST THE VIEWS EXPRESSED BY CONTRIBUTORS ARE THEIR OWN AND NOT THE VIEW OF THE HILL  —  There is no better way for America to honor …
Discussion: Politico
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
Lindsey Adler / Deadspin:
Teen Girl Posed For 8 Years As Married Man To Write About Baseball And Harass Women  —  For the last eight years, baseball fan-turned-writer Becca Schultz has presented herself online as Ryan Schultz, a false identity she assumed when she was 13 years old, duping and harassing women on Twitter along the way.
 
 
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