memeorandum: Louis C.K.'s Powerful Army of Celebrity Enablers (Marlow Stern/The Daily Beast)

2:45 PM ET, November 10, 2017

Top Items:

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 …

Discussion: Bloomberg, Talking Points Memo, Shareblue Media, CBS News, National Review, HuffPost, New York Times, New York Magazine, IJR, Joe.My.God., The Stranger …, The Daily Caller and The Montgomery Advertiser

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.

Discussion: Weekly Standard, Raw Story, The Daily Caller, Business Insider and ABC News

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 …

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 …

Discussion: The Last Tradition, Raw Story, Religion News Service, National Review, New York Times, Daily Kos, Shareblue Media, Business Insider, The Daily Caller and Media Matters for America, more at Mediagazer »

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

Discussion: Washington Post, Denver Post, McClatchy Washington Bureau, CBS Miami, Business Insider, Media Matters for America, CBS Boston, IJR, Power Line, KTLA, Washington Times, Townhall.com, Washington Free Beacon, Fox News, Towleroad and Joe.My.God.

Gabriel Debenedetti / Politico:
Senate Republicans ditch fundraising pact with Moore

Discussion: Washington Post, Axios, The Hill, Shakesville and Balloon Juice

James Hohmann / Washington Post:
The Daily 202: As Roy Moore declines to step aside, a tale of two Republican parties emerges

Discussion: Talking Points Memo, Washington Monthly, Hit & Run, CNN, Media Matters for America, Media Matters for America, Raw Story, BillMoyers.com and RedState

Decision Desk HQ:
Opinion-Savvy/DDHQ #ALSen Poll: Roy Moore 46.4%, Doug Jones 46%

Discussion: Axios, The Daily Caller and Washington Post

Ben Kamisar / The Hill:
GOP senator asks to be taken off Moore fundraising appeals

Discussion: Joe.My.God.

David Wright / CNN:
Moore's brother denies charges, compares persecution to Jesus

Discussion: Washington Post, Vox and Shareblue Media

Avery Anapol / The Hill:
Roy Moore's brother compares sexual conduct allegations to the persecution of Jesus: report

Discussion: ThinkProgress

New York Times:
Sex Allegations Against Roy Moore Send Republicans Reeling

Alexi McCammond / Axios: Mike Lee wants Roy Moore to stop using his image on fundraising ads

JD Rucker / Da Tech Guy Blog:
Roy Moore, WaPo, and the problem with an untrustworthy press

Discussion: Washington Post, Politico, National Review, Business Insider and The Gateway Pundit

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: CNN, Talking Points Memo, The Daily Caller, New Republic, New York Magazine, The Guardian, RedState, The Hill, IJR, Daily Kos, TheBlaze, Towleroad, Business Insider, Raw Story, The Gateway Pundit and Axios

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 …

Discussion: Talking Points Memo, The Gateway Pundit and Raw Story

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

Allegra Kirkland / Talking Points Memo:
WSJ: Mueller Probing If Flynn Part Of Lucrative Plot To Kidnap Turkish Cleric

Discussion: Townhall.com, Joe.My.God., RedState and New York Magazine

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

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.

Discussion: Washington Post, The Daily Caller, CNN, The Gateway Pundit, The Guardian, Business Insider, Media Matters for America, Politico, Mother Jones, Raw Story, Daily Kos, AOL, Media Matters for America, Vox, NBC News, New Republic and Talking Points Memo

Jacqueline Alemany / CBS News:
Bannon compares Moore report to Trump Access Hollywood tape

Discussion: ThinkProgress, Mediaite, Business Insider, Politico, New York Magazine, Daily Kos, MSNBC, The Hill, CBS New York, The Daily Caller and Joe.My.God.

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 …

Discussion: ThinkProgress, RedState, New York Times, IndieWire, NBC News, Page Six, CBS Boston, Decider, Vulture, Taylor Marsh, IJR, Washington Free Beacon, NPR, The Guardian, The Ringer and AOL, more at Mediagazer »

New York Times:
Louis C.K. Responds to Accusations: ‘These Stories Are True’

Discussion: The Root, Washington Blade, Decider, Althouse, IndieWire, NBC News and NPR, more at Mediagazer »

Matt Zoller Seitz / Vulture:
Louis C.K. Is Done

Discussion: thecut

Sandra Gonzalez / CNNMoney:
Louis CK allegations prompt action by HBO, FX

Discussion: The Ringer, Jezebel, Deadline, New York Times and KTLA, more at Mediagazer »

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

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

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.

Discussion: Axios, Shareblue Media, Business Insider, Politico, AOL, Raw Story and Joe.My.God.

RT:

Washington orders RT America to register as foreign agent by Monday … Washington will apply its Foreign Agents Registration Act to RT America, the channel has announced. The Department of Justice has given the broadcaster until Monday to register as a foreign agent, otherwise …

Discussion: Radio Free Europe/Radio …, Mother Jones, CBS News and Wall Street Journal, more at Mediagazer »

Reuters:
Russia to amend law to classify U.S. media ‘foreign agents’

Discussion: ThinkProgress

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, The Big Lead, NBC News and Mashable

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.