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9:20 AM ET, November 11, 2017

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New York Times:
Republicans Try to Block Moore's Path as Candidate Denies Sexual Misconduct  —  WASHINGTON — Senate Republicans scrambled on Friday to find a way to block Roy S. Moore's path to the Senate, exploring extraordinary measures to rid themselves of their own Senate nominee in Alabama …
Discussion: The Hill
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Richard Fausset / New York Times:
For Alabama Women, Disgust, Fatigue and a Sense Moore Could Win Anyway  —  VESTAVIA HILLS, Ala. — Sallie Gunter, 61, a freelance court reporter, was having breakfast with her friend Lisa Hicks, 44, a legal assistant, at Panera Bread when the subject of Roy S. Moore came up.
Discussion: The Nation
Max Boot / USA Today:
Roy Moore response shows GOP deserves to die: Max Boot  —  This is the sorry culmination of two trends that have disfigured the conservative movement: contempt for the facts and desire to win at all costs.  —  You may have thought that Republicans had sunk as low as they could possibly …
Elaina Plott / Washingtonian:
Roy Moore Didn't Deny Kissing Teenagers as 30-Year-Old in Call With Lawmaker  —  As a political firestorm raged over allegations that he had been romantically involved with teens, Alabama GOP Senate candidate Roy Moore appeared on Sean Hannity's radio show Friday.
Fox News:
Roy Moore accuser worked for Clinton campaign as interpreter, reports say
Stephen B. Presser / American Greatness:   Sex, Politics, and the Judiciary: We've Seen This Movie Before
Jonah Goldberg / National Review:   Less Is Moore
Joshua Green / Bloomberg:
Bannon Says Moore Story Seeks to 'Destroy a Man's Life'
Discussion: Raw Story and Mediaite
Josh Moon / Alabama Political Reporter:   There is no bottom for Roy Moore Republicans
CNN:
Trump says he believes Putin's election meddling denials  —  STORY HIGHLIGHTS  —  Da Nang, Vietnam (CNN)President Donald Trump suggested on Saturday he's done confronting Russian President Vladimir Putin over his country's election meddling since it's insulting to the Russian leader.
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Andrew Restuccia / Politico:
Trump: ‘People will die’ as a result of focus on Russia allegations  —  DANANG, Vietnam — President Donald Trump on Saturday called into question the American intelligence community's assessment that Russia sought to influence last year's presidential election, while raising concerns …
Discussion: ABC News
Axios:
Trump sides with Putin over intelligence agencies on Russian meddling  —  President Trump told reporters on Air Force One that he believes Vladimir Putin's denials about election meddling, and doesn't want to press further because he thinks the U.S. and Russia can work together on issues that include North Korea, Syria and Ukraine.
Discussion: ABC News and Raw Story
Associated Press:
Trump pushes ‘America first’ during tough trade talk in Asia
Discussion: Canada.ca and Politico
New York Times:
A London Meeting of an Unlikely Group: How a Trump Adviser Came to Learn of Clinton ‘Dirt’  —  WASHINGTON — At midday on March 24, 2016, an improbable group gathered in a London cafe to discuss setting up a meeting between Donald J. Trump, then a candidate, and President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia.
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Brian Ross / ABC News:
Trump adviser claims he lied to FBI out of loyalty to Trump: Source  —  George Papadopoulos, the Trump foreign policy aide who pleaded guilty to lying to the FBI, initially misled agents out of what he claimed was loyalty to President Donald Trump, according to a person with direct knowledge of the investigation.
John Bowden / The Hill:
Papadopoulos was in regular contact with Stephen Miller, helped edit Trump speech: report
Discussion: RedState
Ryan Parker / Hollywood Reporter:
George Takei Accused of Sexually Assaulting Former Model in 1981  —  Accuser Scott R. Brunton says he was groped by the ‘Star Trek’ icon at the actor's Los Angeles condo.  —  A former model and actor is accusing Star Trek icon George Takei of sexual assault in 1981.
Jessica Toonkel / Reuters:
Exclusive: Rupert Murdoch twice discussed CNN with AT&T CEO - sources  —  Your browser doesn't support HTML5 video  —  (Reuters) - Rupert Murdoch telephoned AT&T Inc (T.N) Chief Executive Randall Stephenson twice in the last six months and talked about cable network CNN, sources briefed on the matter told Reuters on Friday.
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Amol Sharma / Wall Street Journal:
Snag in Media Merger Stirs Tensions Over Trump-CNN Feud  —  Uncertainty around AT&T deal arises after long stretch of hostility between network, administration  —  Early this year, President Donald Trump's son-in-law and aide, Jared Kushner, met a top executive at CNN parent Time Warner Inc. TWX 4.08% …
Nancy Cook / Politico:
How Flynn — and the Russia scandal — landed in the West Wing  —  Michael Flynn wasn't even on the shortlist of potential national security advisers.  —  New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie, the early transition chief for a newly elected Donald Trump, and his team had deep reservations about Flynn …
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Julia Ainsley / NBC News:
Mueller Probing Pre-Election Flynn Meeting with Pro-Russia Congressman
Ellen Page:
“You should f**k her to make her realize she's gay.”  He said this about me during a cast and crew “meet and greet” before we began filming, X Men: The Last Stand.  I was eighteen years old.  He looked at a woman standing next to me, ten years my senior, pointed to me and said: “You should f**k her to make her realize she's gay.”
Wall Street Journal:
Data Firm's WikiLeaks Outreach Came as It Joined Trump Campaign  —  Cambridge Analytica said it reached out to Julian Assange to share Hillary Clinton-related emails in ‘early June 2016,’ when the company had already started working for the campaign  —  The chief executive …
David Ignatius / Washington Post:
Saudi Arabia forcibly detained Lebanon's prime minister, sources say  —  Former Lebanese prime minister Saad Hariri is being held by Saudi authorities under what Lebanese sources say amounts to house arrest in Riyadh, apparently as part of the Saudi campaign to squeeze Iran and its Lebanese ally, Hezbollah.
Discussion: CNN and KTLA
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John Hinderaker / Power Line:
What Will Mitch McConnell Do About the Democrats' Disgraceful Senate Blockade?  —  Despite being in office for nearly a year, President Trump has been unable to staff his administration.  In the early days, he was slow to make nominations-not surprisingly, given that he wasn't surrounded …
Discussion: Associated Press
Kenneth P. Vogel / New York Times:
Russia Scandal Befalls Two Brothers: John and Tony Podesta  —  WASHINGTON — One is a rail-thin liberal idealist who spent his career in government, on campaigns and at think tanks.  The other is an overweight pragmatist who made a fortune lobbying for all manner of liberal boogeymen.
Discussion: Politico
 
 
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