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9:55 PM ET, November 10, 2017

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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 …

Discussion: New York Times, Power Line, Washington Post, Media Matters for America, The Gateway Pundit, The Daily Caller, Fox News and The Nation

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 …

Erick Erickson / The Resurgent:

I Don't Blame Roy Moore Voters For Sticking With Him — Up front, here is what I think Roy Moore should do. If he continues to deny the allegations, he should hold a press conference and tell people he wants to clear his name. In the interests of helping the President and avoiding a Democrat …

Discussion: New Republic, Media Matters for America, CBS News and No More Mister Nice Blog

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 …

Allan Smith / Business Insider:

In a bizarre interview with Sean Hannity, Roy Moore says he didn't ‘generally’ remember dating teens when he was in his 30s — GOP Senate nominee Roy Moore spoke to Fox News personality Sean Hannity on Friday to respond to bombshell allegations of sexual misconduct published Thursday.

Discussion: BuzzFeed, RedState, CNN, Weekly Standard, Vox, Washington Post and The Daily Caller

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: The Last Tradition, Weekly Standard, Raw Story, NBC News, The Daily Caller, TheBlaze, Hit & Run and twitchy.com

Fox News:

Roy Moore accuser worked for Clinton campaign as interpreter, reports say — One of the women accusing Republican Senate candidate Roy Moore of sexual impropriety reportedly worked as a sign language interpreter for Hillary Clinton's presidential campaign, a new report claims.

Discussion: al.com, CNN, The Daily Caller, RedState, Raw Story, Politico, Mother Jones, Washington Post, The Gateway Pundit, Media Matters for America, KTLA, NewsBusters, Business Insider, New York Magazine, Denver Post, FOX31 Denver and CBS Miami

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

Discussion: Power Line, The Last Tradition, The Gateway Pundit, Raw Story, Media Matters for America, The Daily Caller, National Review, Business Insider, Religion News Service, IJR, Talking Points Memo, Boing Boing, ThinkProgress, Townhall.com and CNN, more at Mediagazer »

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

Discussion: Politico, Washington Monthly, Shareblue Media, Daily Kos, Axios, The Daily Caller and Washington Post

Josh Moon / Alabama Political Reporter: There is no bottom for Roy Moore Republicans

Henry J. Gomez / BuzzFeed:
Poll Shows Alabama Race Tied After Allegations Against Roy Moore

Discussion: The Intercept, Mother Jones, ABC News, New York Times, al.com, Washington Post, New York Magazine, Progressive Secular Humanist, Vox, Da Tech Guy Blog, CNN, Rewire, Scared Monkeys, The Daily Caller and Balloon Juice

Allegra Kirkland / Talking Points Memo:
Denying Allegations, Moore Tells Hannity He Did ‘Not Generally’ Pursue Teens

Discussion: RedState, Hit & Run, Weekly Standard and ThinkProgress

Joshua Green / Bloomberg:
Bannon Says Moore Story Seeks to 'Destroy a Man's Life'

Discussion: Raw Story

The Hill:
Moore defends himself as pressure mounts

Discussion: IJR

Brad Reed / Raw Story:
Alabama GOP lawmaker: Roy Moore accusers should be prosecuted for not coming forward sooner

Discussion: New York Times and National Review

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.”

Discussion: IndieWire, Decider, The Guardian, TheBlaze, NBC News, AOL, Deadline and Los Angeles Blade

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: RedState, Daily Kos, Talking Points Memo, The Gateway Pundit, The Daily Caller, NBC News, IJR and Raw Story

Natasha Bertrand / Business Insider:

Devin Nunes attended a breakfast with Michael Flynn and Turkey's foreign minister just before the inauguration — Rep. Devin Nunes, the chairman of the House Intelligence Committee, attended a breakfast meeting at which Michael Flynn and Turkey's foreign minister were also present.

Discussion: Raw Story and Talking Points Memo

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 …

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 …

Discussion: The Guardian, Raw Story and Talking Points Memo

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: Politico, New York Magazine, Salon, The Atlantic, IJR, Democrats.com, Mother Jones, The Root and Axios

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% …

Discussion: Recode and Raw Story, more at Mediagazer »

Jessica Toonkel / Reuters:
Exclusive: Rupert Murdoch twice discussed CNN with AT&T CEO - sources

Discussion: TVNewser, more at Mediagazer »

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.

Discussion: Booman Tribune

David Conn / The Guardian:

Hope Solo accuses Sepp Blatter of sexual assault at awards ceremony — The former Fifa president Sepp Blatter has been accused by Hope Solo, the USA women's football team goalkeeper, of having sexually assaulted her at Fifa's Ballon d'Or awards ceremony in January 2013.

Tribuna:
Hope Solo: “Sepp Blatter grabbed my ass. Can I talk about that?”

Discussion: USA Today, Deadspin and AOL

New York Times:

Louis C.K. Responds to Accusations: ‘These Stories Are True’ — Louis C.K. on Friday released a statement in response to a report published Thursday in The New York Times about several women who stepped forward to discuss experiences with him in which he committed acts of sexual misconduct.

Chloe Melas / CNN:
Louis C.K.: ‘These stories are true’

Discussion: CNNMoney, WTVR-TV, KTLA and IJR, more at Mediagazer »

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: Towleroad, Shareblue Media, Business Insider, Axios, IJR, AOL and Raw Story

Mary Ann Georgantopoulos / BuzzFeed:

This Writer Says Rolling Stone Founder Jann Wenner Offered Him Work In Exchange For Sex — Ben Ryan says the offer was made in the publisher's Upper West Side townhouse on Aug. 11, 2005. “There was that moment where it's like time stood still,” he recalled. “But that's not me. I would never do that.”

Discussion: The Hill, RedState, The Daily Caller and twitchy.com, more at Mediagazer »

CNN:

Power being restored after new outage in San Juan — Mom can't afford apartment after leaving PR — San Juan, Puerto Rico (CNN)Power was gradually returning to San Juan, Puerto Rico, on Thursday after a massive outage struck the city. — The problem was with a failure …

Discussion: New York Times, Daily Kos, The Atlantic, Jezebel, The Root, Washington Post, Vox and BuzzFeed

Rebekah L. Sanders / Arizona Republic:

WWII veteran's family wants military honors for his funeral, but will help come in time? — According to the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, 522,188 veterans call Arizona home. Here is a little bit more about them. Wochit — CONNECT — Glenn Richard Cook taught airmen to drop …

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: ESPN, NPR, Scared Monkeys, NBC News, WTVR-TV, The Big Lead and Mashable

Free Lance-Star:

Vote count in close Stafford races fuels criticism, concern — Questions are swirling around two close elections in the Fredericksburg region that appear destined for recounts. — In a conference call Friday, House Democratic Caucus Executive Director Trent Armitage said that 55 military ballots delivered …