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6:40 PM ET, November 14, 2017

Top Items:

Bill Riales / WKRG-TV:

Curious Robocall Seeks ‘Damaging’ Information on Moore — UPDATE 3:31 p.m. — The Executive Editor, Marty Baron, of the Washington Post released the following statement: — “The Post has just learned that at least one person in Alabama has received a call from someone falsely claiming to be from The Washington Post.

Discussion: Axios, Raw Story and Political Wire

The Daily Beast:

Steve Bannon And Allies Have Second Thoughts About Roy Moore, Sources Say … Donald Trump's former chief strategist Steve Bannon is keeping the door open to ditching Roy Moore as the sexual-assault allegations against the Alabama Republican Senate candidate continue to pile up.

Discussion: Washington Post, PinkNews, Bloomberg, The Gateway Pundit, USA Today, The Ringer and The Resurgent

Siobhan Hughes / Wall Street Journal:

McConnell Says Roy Moore Should Abandon ‘Collapsing’ Senate Bid — Senate majority leader wants Attorney General Jeff Sessions to seek his old Alabama seat — WASHINGTON—Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell deepened his bid to persuade Roy Moore to drop out of the race …

Discussion: Talking Points Memo, Business Insider and Political Wire

Alex Isenstadt / Politico:

RNC cuts off Moore — The national party pulls out of a fundraising pact with the Alabama candidate, further isolating him. — The Republican National Committee is withdrawing its support for besieged Alabama Senate candidate Roy Moore, leaving him increasingly isolated as he confronts charges of sexual misconduct with teenagers.

Discussion: Axios, Talking Points Memo, Business Insider and The Hill

Jon Swaine / The Guardian:

Roy Moore challenged Alabama law that protects rape victims, documents reveal — Cases were among 10 where Moore, as Alabama's top judge, dissented from court's majority view and sided with alleged offenders, Guardian review finds … Roy Moore challenged the scope of an Alabama law …

Howard Koplowitz / al.com:

Mo Brooks sticking by Moore: GOP agenda ‘vastly more important than contested sexual allegations’ — U.S. Rep. Mo Brooks, R-Huntsville, is sticking with Republican Senate candidate Roy Moore in the wake of sexual misconduct allegations, arguing Monday that the conservative agenda is …

Discussion: New York Magazine, ThinkProgress, Washington Post, Salon, The Hill, Talking Points Memo, Roll Call, Hullabaloo, TheBlaze, Daily Kos, Shareblue Media, Big League Politics, Mediaite, Joe.My.God. and Politico

al.com:

Our view: Roy Moore grossly unfit for office — New sexual misconduct allegations against Roy Moore — Roy Moore simply cannot be a U.S. Senator. Even if his party and many of its adherents still think it possible, it is unthinkable — for his state, and his country.

Discussion: Politico, Daily Kos, twitchy.com, Raw Story, Mediaite and The Hill

Jennifer E. Duffy / The Cook Political Report:

Alabama Senate: One Hot Mess Moves to Toss Up — It's been five days since a Washington Post report detailed the stories of four women who allege that Republican nominee Roy Moore engaged in inappropriate sexual conduct with them when they were between the ages of 14 and 18 years old and Moore was in his 30s.

Discussion: Philly.com, Politico, CNN, Weekly Standard, PinkNews, Washington Post, Axios, Washington Times and New York Magazine

Cameron Joseph / Talking Points Memo:
Alabama GOP Moves Toward Deciding Roy Moore's Fate Later This Week

Discussion: The Atlantic, CNN, Townhall.com, Towleroad, The Guardian, Daily Kos, The Daily Caller, Joe.My.God., Denver Post, Washington Post, al.com and Washington Monthly

Associated Press:
The Latest: McConnell: GOP still hopes to keep Alabama seat

Discussion: Politico, Washington Times and ABC News

New York Times:
Roy Moore, Long Divisive in His Hometown, and Even More So Now

Discussion: CNN, ECHIDNE OF THE SNAKES and HuffPost

James Hohmann / Washington Post:
The Daily 202: Whether Roy Moore wins or loses, there is no good outcome for Senate Republicans

Discussion: Daily Kos

Ruth Marcus / Washington Post:
If Republicans believe Roy Moore's accusers, why not Trump's?

Discussion: ThinkProgress and Politico

Jason Leopold / BuzzFeed:

Secret Finding: 60 Russian Payments “To Finance Election Campaign Of 2016” — The FBI is scrutinizing more than 60 money transfers sent by the Russian foreign ministry to its embassies across the globe, most of them bearing a note that said the money was to be used “to finance election campaign of 2016.”

Discussion: RedState, Washington Post, Axios, Mashable, Business Insider, Raw Story and Mediaite

Redding Record Searchlight:

Five people confirmed dead in Rancho Tehama shooting — Five people have been killed, including the shooter, in a small community about 15 miles southwest of Red Bluff. — Undersheriff Phil Johnston with the Tehama County Sheriff's Office said there were seven shooting scenes and there may be more victims.

Discussion: The Trace, CW33 NewsFix, No More Mister Nice Blog, Business Insider, RT, KQED News, AOL and Lawyers, Guns & Money

Los Angeles Times:

3 dead after shooting at elementary school in Northern California — Rancho Tehama School near Corning (KTLA) — Authorities said at least three people are dead following a shooting at an elementary school in Northern California on Tuesday morning. — Among the dead are the gunman, who was killed by police, authorities said.

Discussion: New York Times, KQCA-TV, Mother Jones, Snopes.com, twitchy.com, The Gateway Pundit, IJR and Bearing Arms

Washington Post:

At least 4 dead after gunman ‘randomly picking targets’ shoots at California school and other locations, police say — Authorities said at least four people were killed Tuesday morning in Northern California after a gunman shooting at random opened fire at an elementary school and several other locations.

Discussion: CBS San Francisco and Shakesville

Haleigh Pike / KRCR-TV:
Five dead, seven scenes being investigated after Rancho Tehama shooting

Discussion: Fox News, Townhall.com, Faithwire and New York's PIX11

Heidi Rene / KHSL News:
Tehama Sheriff's Office: Multiple deaths at school shooting in Tehama County

Discussion: NPR, CBS13, RedState, CBS Los Angeles, The Root, CBS New York, WSAV-TV, CBS Dallas, KLFY-TV, Jezebel, TheBlaze and Mediaite

Jenna Harrison / ABC News:
Shooting reported at Northern California elementary school

Discussion: twitchy.com

The Daily Beast:

Troll Smearing Roy Moore's Accuser Stole Dead SEAL's Identity … The rightwing blog The Gateway Pundit pushed a single-sourced rumor from the anonymous Twitter account @Umpire43 that claimed one of Roy Moore's accusers was offered $1,000 by The Washington Post to go public with her claims.

Discussion: Media Matters for America and Raw Story, more at Mediagazer »

Eileen Sullivan / New York Times:

What Is the Uranium One Deal and Why Does the Trump Administration Care So Much? — What is Uranium One? — Uranium One, with headquarters in Canada, is one of the world's largest producers of uranium with holdings in the United States. It is a subsidiary of the Russian nuclear agency, Rosatom.

Discussion: Washington Free Beacon, RT and RedState

Media Matters for America:
Fox News' Shepard Smith debunks Uranium One lie peddled by his own network

Discussion: Politicus USA

Peter Baker / New York Times:
Trump Shatters Longstanding Norms by Pressing for Clinton Investigation

Discussion: Washington Post, CNN, Vox, CBS News, Lawyers, Guns & Money, Business Insider, ThinkProgress and The Resurgent

Louis Nelson / Politico:
What you need to know about Clinton and the Uranium One deal

Discussion: ABC News, The Daily Signal and The Gateway Pundit

CNN:

‘Nothing about it felt right’: More than 50 people describe sexual harassment on Capitol Hill — STORY HIGHLIGHTS — (CNN)Be extra careful of the male lawmakers who sleep in their offices — they can be trouble. Avoid finding yourself alone with a congressman or senator in elevators …

Discussion: New York Post, Talking Points Memo, Business Insider, Axios, Mediaite, CBS San Francisco, Shakesville, The Gateway Pundit and New York Times

Amanda Terkel / HuffPost:

Congresswoman Says At Least 2 Members Of Congress Are Sexual Harassers — Rep. Jackie Speier (D-Calif.) has been an outspoken advocate for making it easier for Congress workers to report sexual misconduct. — WASHINGTON Rep. Jackie Speier (D-Calif.) said Tuesday that she knows of two members …

Discussion: CNN, IJR, Business Insider, Talking Points Memo, ThinkProgress and The Daily Caller

Cristina Marcos / The Hill:
Female Dem says at least two current members engaged in sexual harassment

Discussion: IJR

BBC:

Bryan Cranston: ‘There may be a way back for Weinstein’ — Breaking Bad star Bryan Cranston has told the BBC there may be a way back for Harvey Weinsten and Kevin Spacey, if they show they are “truly sorry”. — Speaking to the BBC's Will Gompertz, he added “it would take a society to forgive them”.

Discussion: Mediaite, IndieWire and TheBlaze

BBC:
Cranston: There could be a return for Weinstein and Spacey

Discussion: USA Today, IJR and The Daily Caller

Thomas Kaplan / New York Times:

Senate Plans to End Obamacare Mandate in Revised Tax Proposal — WASHINGTON — Senate Republicans have decided to include the repeal of the Affordable Care Act's requirement that most people have health insurance in a sprawling overhaul of the tax code, merging the fight over health care with the high-stakes effort to cut taxes.

Discussion: CNBC, The Atlantic, Talking Points Memo, The Hill, New York Magazine and taxpolicycenter.org

Washington Post:
Senate GOP to add repeal of Obamacare insurance mandate into tax bill

Discussion: Mother Jones, New Republic, The Daily Signal and Axios

CBO's Publications:

Effects of legislation that would raise deficits by an estimated $1.5 trillion over the 2018-2027 period — Letter to the Honorable Steny H. Hoyer — Information about the effects of legislation that would raise deficits by an estimated $1.5 trillion over the 2018-2027 period …

Discussion: Vox, AOL and IJR

Niv Elis / The Hill:
GOP tax bill could spur $25 billion in Medicare cuts: CBO

Discussion: Washington Monthly and National Review

Melanie Ehrenkranz / Gizmodo:

Arianna Huffington Ignored Sexual Misconduct at The Huffington Post — When Susan Fowler rocked Uber's world with a meticulous account of the company's sexual harassment and gender discrimination issues, the ride-sharing service turned to its only female board member to help clean up its culture (and its image).

Discussion: RedState and The Daily Caller

Max Jaeger / New York Post:

De Blasio staffer says pizza from Chicago is better than New York — This was clearly a half-baked idea. — The press secretary for the mayor of New York City — America's pizza epicenter — took to Twitter to claim that a Chicago pizzeria makes better pies than all of New York.

Peter Beinart / The Atlantic:

Reflections of an Affirmative-Action Baby — In 1991, the African American Yale Law School professor Stephen Carter wrote a book called Reflections of an Affirmative Action Baby. I remember reading part of it at the time. Little did I realize that the book's title applied to me.

Discussion: Weekly Standard and bradford-delong.com

James T. Areddy / Wall Street Journal:

Three UCLA Basketball Players Set to Leave China — President Trump says he spoke to China's Xi about the players — SHANGHAI—Three UCLA basketball players detained for a week in China were set to fly back home late Tuesday, hours after U.S. President Donald Trump said he had requested assistance …

Discussion: CBS Los Angeles, Politico, The Gateway Pundit, The Daily Caller, NBC News, The Guardian, Washington Free Beacon, Deadspin and TMZ.com

Boston Herald:

College to name school for late journalist Gwen Ifill — BOSTON — A college in Boston will name one of its schools after the late Gwen Ifill (EYE'-ful), a co-host of PBS' “NewsHour” and veteran journalist who moderated two vice presidential debates. — Simmons College announced Tuesday …

Discussion: The Root

Daily Mail:

EXCLUSIVE: ‘Socialist’ doctor ‘assaulted’ Kentucky Senator Rand Paul because the congressman's trees were ‘in the way’ and were ‘devaluing his $740,000 home that he is desperately trying to sell’ — Rene Boucher, 59, told neighbor Rand Paul that he hadn't been able to sell his house …

Discussion: Business Insider and The Gateway Pundit