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12:05 PM ET, November 12, 2017

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Mary Papenfuss / HuffPost:
Everyone Knew Roy Moore Dated High School Girls, Says Former Colleague  —  And they thought it was “weird,” according to former deputy district attorney.  —  A former prosecutor who worked in Alabama with GOP Senate nominee Roy Moore in the early 1980s told CNN on Saturday that it was …
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Daniel Strauss / Politico:
Moore backers stand by their man  —  BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — Roy Moore's supporters are shocked and angry.  But it's not Moore they're upset with, after four women came forward to say that Moore pursued relationships with them when they were teenagers and he was in his 30s.
Mike Allen / Axios:
GOP fears Roy Moore will cost them a Senate seat
Dan Balz / Washington Post:
Trump dominates the GOP base. Party leaders live with the consequences.
Discussion: Politico
Max Greenwood / The Hill:
Former Moore colleague: ‘Common knowledge’ that he dated high school girls
Discussion: Axios, Politico, RedState and ABC News
Mark Landler / New York Times:
After a Disciplined Week in Asia, Trump Unloads on Critics  —  HANOI, Vietnam — For the last week on the road, President Trump had been measured, disciplined and studiously scripted as he picked his way through the geopolitical minefields of Asia.  —  Then came the weekend.
Discussion: Refinery29 and Washington Post
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Noah Bierman / Los Angeles Times:
Trump's chief of staff: ‘I do not follow the tweets’  —  Hours after President Trump provoked North Korean leader Kim Jong Un on Twitter, suggesting he is “short and fat,” the White House chief of staff said he tells aides not to react to Trump's comments on social media.
Josh Delk / The Hill:
Trump: When will ‘haters and fools’ realize relationship with Russia is good  —  President Trump on Saturday hit back at critics of his meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin and the comments he made afterward, asking when “the haters and fools” will realize a strong relationship with Russia is good.
John Wagner / Washington Post:
Former U.S. intelligence officials: Trump being ‘played’ by Putin  —  Two top former U.S. intelligence officials said Sunday that President Trump is being “played” by President Vladi­mir Putin on Russia's interference in the 2016 election and accused him of being susceptible to foreign leaders who stroke his ego.
Discussion: Vox
Charlie Savage / New York Times:
Trump Is Rapidly Reshaping the Judiciary.  Here's How.  —  WASHINGTON — In the weeks before Donald J. Trump took office, lawyers joining his administration gathered at a law firm near the Capitol, where Donald F. McGahn II, the soon-to-be White House counsel, filled a white board …
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Vivian Wang / New York Times:
Trump Nominee for Federal Judgeship Has Never Tried a Case
Discussion: Outside the Beltway
Derek Hunter / Townhall.com:
Is There Nothing Republicans Can't Screw Up?  —  If you'd told me last year that complete Republican control of Congress and the White House would lead to nothing getting done, I would have laughed at you.  Of course, last year I would have laughed at the idea of complete Republican control of government …
Dave Lawler / Axios:
Brady guarantees state and local deductions won't be eliminated  —  Rep. Kevin Brady, chairman of the Ways and Means committee, was unequivocal when asked on “Fox News Sunday” whether he could guarantee that deductions for state and local taxes would not be eliminated in the final tax plan: “I can,” he said.
Discussion: Politico
Brett Samuels / The Hill:
Tom Perez: ‘I am not talking about impeachment’  —  Democratic National Committee (DNC) Chairman Tom Perez  —  said Sunday he's not focusing on impeaching President Trump despite a $10 million ad campaign from a Democratic mega-donor.  —  “I am not talking about impeachment,” Perez said on ABC's “This Week.”
Discussion: Politico and ABC News
Drew Hinshaw / Wall Street Journal:
Polish Nationalist Youth March Draws Thousands in Capital  —  Crowd of mostly young people carries banners that read ‘Europe Will Be White’ and ‘Clean Blood’  —  WARSAW—Tens of thousands of Poles marched across downtown Warsaw on Saturday, in an independence-day procession organized …
Ekow N. Yankah / New York Times:
Can My Children Be Friends With White People?  —  My oldest son, wrestling with a 4-year-old's happy struggles, is trying to clarify how many people can be his best friend.  “My best friends are you and Mama and my brother and ...” But even a child's joy is not immune to this ominous political period.
Discussion: twitchy.com and The Gateway Pundit
 
 
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Sheryl Gay Stolberg / New York Times:
Bannon Put a Target on His Back. McConnell's Answer: ‘Ha-Ha.’
Andrew Glass / Politico:
Ellis Island immigration center shuts down, Nov. 12, 1954
Discussion: ImmigrationProf Blog
St. Cloud Times:
Anti-transgender tweet draws criticism for Minnesota lawmaker
Discussion: Raw Story
John Hinderaker / Power Line:
The Prophet of Affirmative Action
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Josh Delk / The Hill:
Podesta Group may close by the end of the year: report
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Gal Gadot will only be ‘Wonder Woman’ again if Brett Ratner is out
Alec Luhn / Telegraph:
US embassy hires security firm of former Russian spy who worked with Putin
Carole Cadwalladr / The Guardian:
Boris Johnson met ‘London professor’ linked to FBI's Russia investigation
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