memeorandum: Moore backers stand by their man (Daniel Strauss/Politico)

10:00 AM ET, November 12, 2017

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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.

Discussion: Raw Story, Outside the Beltway and Washington Post

Max Greenwood / The Hill:

Former Moore colleague: ‘Common knowledge’ that he dated high school girls — A former colleague of GOP Senate candidate Roy Moore said Saturday that it was “common knowledge” that the Alabama Republican dated high school girls when he worked in the Etowah County District Attorney's Office in the 1980s.

Discussion: Political Wire, RedState and ABC News

Max Greenwood / The Hill:

Democrat: Effort to delay Alabama Senate election like a ‘dictatorship’ — (D-Hawaii) on Saturday blasted a reported attempt by some Republican state lawmakers to have Alabama's governor delay a special Senate election on Dec. 12 amid explosive allegations against GOP candidate Roy Moore, likening such a move to that of a dictatorship.

Discussion: Washington Monthly, Daily Kos, Excess of Democracy, New York Times and The Gateway Pundit

Dan Balz / Washington Post: Trump dominates the GOP base. Party leaders live with the consequences.

Josh Feldman / Mediaite: Attorney for Roy Moore's Foundation Calls Don Lemon ‘Lemon Squeezy’ Twice in Strange Interview

Eric Levenson / CNN:
Why Roy Moore supporters are standing by him, in their own words

Discussion: New York Times

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.

Discussion: Axios, CNN, Shareblue Media, Raw Story, New York's PIX11 and RedState

Mark Landler / New York Times:
After a Disciplined Week in Asia, Trump Unloads on Critics

Discussion: Power Line

Mallory Shelbourne / The Hill:
CIA: Director ‘stands by’ Russian interference assessment

Discussion: New York Magazine, twitchy.com, Politicus USA, IJR and CNN

Daniella Diaz / CNN:
CIA director stands by intel community assessment Russia meddled in election

Discussion: Associated Press, New York Times, Business Insider, Balloon Juice, IJR, Daily Kos, Talking Points Memo and Mediaite

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 …

Vivian Wang / New York Times:

Trump Nominee for Federal Judgeship Has Never Tried a Case — A 36-year-old lawyer who has never tried a case and who was unanimously deemed “not qualified” by the American Bar Association has been approved for a lifetime federal district judgeship by the Senate Judiciary Committee.

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 …

Discussion: New York Magazine and Al Jazeera English

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 …

St. Cloud Times:

Anti-transgender tweet draws criticism for Minnesota lawmaker — She has been criticized by transgender groups and DFL Stephanie Dickrell, sdickrell@stcloudtimes.com — MINNEAPOLIS — A Minnesota lawmaker is being criticized for her tweet about transgender people.

Discussion: Raw Story

Emily Smith / Page Six:

Gal Gadot will only be ‘Wonder Woman’ again if Brett Ratner is out — MORE FROM: … “Wonder Woman” star Gal Gadot is continuing to battle accused Hollywood sexual harasser Brett Ratner by refusing to sign for a superhero sequel unless the movie-maker is completely killed from the franchise.

Andrew Glass / Politico:

Ellis Island immigration center shuts down, Nov. 12, 1954 — On this day in 1954, the federal government shut down the Ellis Island immigrant reception station in New York Harbor. — From 1892 to 1924, the facility processed some 12 million immigrants. Nowadays, some 40 percent of Americans …

Discussion: ImmigrationProf Blog

John Hinderaker / Power Line:

The Prophet of Affirmative Action — In the late 1960s, Yale Law School adopted a quota system for African-American applicants. Putting aside its normal criteria for admission, Yale decided that future law school classes would be 10% black, regardless of qualifications.