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2:40 PM ET, November 10, 2017

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David Palmer / The Cullman Times:
Ed Henry on Moore accusations: I'm not buying it  —  State Rep. Ed Henry lashed out at Roy Moore's accusers and Republicans who said the U.S. Senate candidate should back out of the special election in an interview Thursday evening with The Times.  —  Henry, R-Hartselle …
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The Daily Beast:
Senate GOP Campaign Arm Severs Financial Ties To Roy Moore … A day after explosive allegations of sexual assault surfaced against Alabama senate candidate Roy Moore, the Republican Party's senate campaign arm has severed financial ties with the embattled former state supreme court justice.
Nancy French / Washington Post:
What it's like to watch men like Roy Moore as a conservative and as a sex abuse survivor  —  I used to admire men like Roy Moore, because I loved everything about church — the off-key a cappella rendition of “Onward, Christian Soldiers,” the typos in the bulletin, the ladies who smelled …
Emily McFarlan Miller / Religion News Service:
Conservatives defend Roy Moore — invoking Joseph, Mary and the Ten Commandments  —  RNS) — Conservative Christian supporters of Roy Moore are defending the U.S. Senate candidate against allegations of molesting a teenager decades ago — and one of them used the biblical story of Mary …
Brad Reed / Raw Story:   Alabama GOP lawmaker: Roy Moore accusers should be prosecuted for not coming forward sooner
Chris Cillizza / CNN:
This is what 44 seconds of GOP senators not responding to questions about Roy Moore sounds like
Gabriel Debenedetti / Politico:
Senate Republicans ditch fundraising pact with Moore
Decision Desk HQ:
Opinion-Savvy/DDHQ #ALSen Poll: Roy Moore 46.4%, Doug Jones 46%
Ben Kamisar / The Hill:
GOP senator asks to be taken off Moore fundraising appeals
Discussion: Joe.My.God.
New York Times:
Sex Allegations Against Roy Moore Send Republicans Reeling
Jonah Goldberg / National Review:
Saving Roy Moore Isn't Worth It
Alexi McCammond / Axios:   Mike Lee wants Roy Moore to stop using his image on fundraising ads
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 …
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Julia Ainsley / NBC News:
Mueller Probing Pre-Election Flynn Meeting with Pro-Russia Congressman  —  WASHINGTON — Investigators for Special Counsel Robert Mueller are questioning witnesses about an alleged September 2016 meeting between Mike Flynn, who later briefly served as President Donald Trump's national security adviser …
NBC News:
Mueller Probing Possible Deal Between Turks, Flynn During Presidential Transition  —  WASHINGTON — Federal investigators are examining whether former National Security Adviser Michael Flynn met with senior Turkish officials just weeks before President Donald Trump's inauguration …
Discussion: Shakesville
The Daily Beast:
Steve Bannon Advised Mark Cuban to Run in 2020 as a Democrat … As he publicly flirts with a run for the presidency in 2020, Mark Cuban has also privately been in touch with potential allies and strategists to plot out a campaign.  —  The Dallas Mavericks owner confirmed that he has corresponded …
Discussion: RedState, Axios, AOL, New York Magazine and CNBC
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Jeremy W. Peters / New York Times:
Key Takeaways From Steve Bannon's Interview With The Times  —  Stephen K. Bannon, the executive chairman of Breitbart News and the former White House chief strategist, spoke with Jeremy W. Peters, a reporter for The New York Times, in a wide-ranging interview on Wednesday.
Jacqueline Alemany / CBS News:
Bannon compares Moore report to Trump Access Hollywood tape
James Hohmann / Washington Post:
The Daily 202: As Roy Moore declines to step aside, a tale of two Republican parties emerges
David G. Savage / Los Angeles Times:
Trump judge nominee, 36, who has never tried a case, wins approval of Senate panel  —  Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Charles E. Grassley discusses his panel's plans to move forward on President Trump's judicial nominees.  (J. Scott Applewhite / Associated Press)
Discussion: Mother Jones and Political Wire
Marlow Stern / The Daily Beast:
Louis C.K.'s Powerful Army of Celebrity Enablers … In the fall of 2015, I sat down with Aziz Ansari to discuss his excellent new Netflix series Master of None.  We met at The Greenwich Hotel (his suggestion) and, over the course of an hour—and several cups of coffee—engaged in a lively …
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Matt Zoller Seitz / Vulture:
Louis C.K. Is Done
Discussion: thecut
Josh Dawsey / Politico:
White House bracing for another staff shakeup  —  Deputy chief of staff Rick Dearborn is expected to be reassigned to the Commerce Department or another federal agency.  —  The White House is bracing for another staff shakeup upon President Donald Trump's return from Asia …
Discussion: Political Wire
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John Santucci / ABC News:   White House expected to name new deputy chief of staff amid potential broader shakeup
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.
CBS News:
Aly Raisman says she was sexually abused by U.S. national team doctor  —  In an interview with 60 Minutes, the Olympic gold medalist says she spoke with FBI investigators after the Rio games  —  One of America's biggest Olympic stars has come forward to accuse the former U.S. women's gymnastics team doctor of sexual abuse.
Discussion: NPR, WTVR-TV, NBC News and Mashable
Los Angeles Times:
Kevin Spacey's unprecedented fall from grace tests a stunned Hollywood  —  No other scandal has affected so many entertainment projects with such immediacy as the fall of Kevin Spacey (Nov. 10, 2017)  —  In early October, Kevin Spacey was right where he wanted to be: singing and hamming it up in front of an admiring crowd.
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Wall Street Journal:
When Hollywood Decided Mel Gibson Was Safe Again
Discussion: JustOneMinute
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.
Danielle Furfaro / New York Post:
MTA takes political correctness to ridiculous heights … Stand clear of gender designations, please!  —  The MTA is taking political correctness to new heights — with a directive to all subway personnel to no longer address riders as “Ladies and gentleman.”
 
 
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Josh Gerstein / Politico:
Ex-colleagues stress over Spicer's election-night reminiscing
Jessie Hellmann / The Hill:
Five states ask judge to halt Trump's rollback of birth-control mandate
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Duncan woman sentenced for incest in marriage to biological mother
Discussion: New York Post, AOL and The Daily Caller
Star Tribune:
Minnesota lawmaker, lobbyist accuse Rep. Tony Cornish of sexual harassment
Discussion: Raw Story
Kimberley A. Strassel / Wall Street Journal:
Lifting the Steele Curtain
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Cecilia Kang / New York Times:
AT&T Deal Puts Trump's Antitrust Cop at Center of a Political Storm
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Edward-Isaac Dovere / Politico:
Biden sees one Democrat who can beat Trump in 2020: Joe Biden
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Jonathan Swan / Axios:
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Alex Isenstadt / Politico:
Romney moves toward Senate bid
Discussion: Axios
The Hill:
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