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6:50 PM ET, November 15, 2017

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Anna Claire Vollers / al.com:
New Roy Moore accuser: 'He didn't pinch it; he grabbed it'  —  A Gadsden woman says Roy Moore groped her while she was in his law office on legal business with her mother in 1991.  Moore was married at that time.  —  In the past week, Moore has been accused by five other women of a range …
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Alex Isenstadt / Politico:
NRSC poll: Moore trails Jones by 12  —  Republican Roy Moore is trailing Democrat Doug Jones by 12 points in the Alabama special Senate election, according to a poll conducted by the National Republican Senatorial Committee after five women accused Moore of pursuing them as teenagers.
Eliana Johnson / Politico:
Bannon sticking by Moore ‘through thick and thin’  —  Steve Bannon is not backing away from Roy Moore, the controversial Alabama Senate candidate facing a slew of accusations that he had inappropriate sexual contact with teenagers.  —  Two sources close to the former White House chief strategist …
Toi Thornton / WALA-TV:
Local pastor calls GOP “sissies” for asking Moore to “step aside”  —  A local pastor who supports Roy Moore is lashing out at the Republican Party tonight.  The pastor is upset because some of Moore's fellow Republicans are calling for him to drop out of the Senate race.
CNN:
Trump takes cautious approach on Roy Moore  —  Steve Bannon comments on Roy Moore accusations  —  STORY HIGHLIGHTS  —  Washington (CNN)It's been five days since the White House said President Donald Trump believes Alabama Senate Republican candidate Roy Moore should drop out if the allegations …
Discussion: Raw Story
Lauren Walsh / WBMA-TV:   Former Gadsden Mall employees share stories, concerns about Roy Moore
Bethany Mandel / New York Times:
Roy Moore Reminds Me of My Rabbi
Discussion: The Atlantic
Douglas Schoen / The Hill:
Jeff Sessions can save Republicans from Roy Moore mess in Alabama
Discussion: IJR, CNN and The Daily Caller
David Edwards / Raw Story:   MSNBC segment goes off the rails when Roy Moore attorney suggests Canadian Muslim host would date 14-year-old
Siobhan Hughes / Wall Street Journal:
Republican Sen. Ron Johnson Opposes GOP Senate Tax Package  —  Wisconsin Republican says plan unfairly benefits corporations over other businesses, says he finds bill's process ‘offensive’  —  WASHINGTON—Sen. Ron Johnson (R., Wis.) said he opposes the Senate Republican tax package …
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Paul Waldman / Washington Post:
The GOP tax plan will be a massive political nightmare for Republicans  —  The Republicans' theory about their tax-cut bill goes like this.  We absolutely have to pass it, or else our base will be disgusted and our donors will abandon us.  The substance doesn't matter …
Alice Ollstein / Talking Points Memo:
Collins Warns GOP That Mandate Repeal Will Hike Premiums, Slam Middle Class
Discussion: New York Magazine
Sarah Kliff / Vox:
The day tax reform became Obamacare repeal
Matthew Yglesias / Vox:
Watch CEOs admit they won't actually invest more if tax reform passes
Discussion: CNBC
Julian Borger / The Guardian:
Christopher Steele believes his dossier on Trump-Russia is 70-90% accurate  —  The respected ex-MI6 officer told Guardian journalist and author Luke Harding that his FBI contacts greeted his intelligence report with ‘shock and horror’ … Christopher Steele, the former British intelligence officer …
Discussion: The Daily Caller and Politicus USA
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Luke Harding / The Guardian:
How Trump walked into Putin's web  —  oscow, summer 1991.  Mikhail Gorbachev is in power.  Official relations with the west have softened, but the KGB still assumes all western embassy workers are spooks.  The KGB agents assigned to them are easy to spot.  They have a method.
Discussion: Raw Story
CNN:
Fusion GPS co-founder: Steele didn't pay sources for dossier on Trump  —  STORY HIGHLIGHTS  —  Washington (CNN)The ex-British intelligence agent who authored the opposition research dossier on President Donald Trump and Russia did not pay the sources he used to compile the document …
Discussion: Raw Story
Natasha Bertrand / Business Insider:   ‘Dossier’ author Christopher Steele: Trump's hotel and land deals with Russians need to be examined
Catherine Lucey / Associated Press:
Ivanka Trump says child tax credit ‘not a pet project’  —  BAYVILLE, N.J. (AP) — Yes, it turns out, there is something that chafes at the unflappable Ivanka Trump.  —  The presidential daughter and adviser, in a “full-blown sprint” as she sells the Republican tax overhaul plan and juggles …
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Betsy Klein / CNN:
Ivanka Trump slams Roy Moore: 'There's a special place in hell for people who prey on children'
Discussion: Raw Story
Judy Kurtz / The Hill:
Porn star, Coolio launching 2020 White House bid
Discussion: IJR and RedState
Fred Barbash / Washington Post:
Fox News's Shepard Smith debunks his network's favorite Hillary Clinton ‘scandal,’ infuriates viewers  —  Fox News anchor Shepard Smith debunked what his own network has called the Hillary Clinton uranium “scandal,” infuriating Fox viewers, some of whom suggested that he ought to work for CNN or MSNBC.
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Jonah Goldberg / National Review:
Good for Shep Smith
Discussion: Outside the Beltway and Politico
Matthew Yglesias / Vox:
Bill Clinton should have resigned  —  What he did to Monica Lewinsky was wrong, and he should have paid the price.  —  Many years ago, when I was a high school student making my first visit to Washington for a two-week summer camp for weird politics dorks, the dominant news story …
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Hot Air:   Please, Democrats, No More Op-Eds About How Terribly Bill Clinton Behaved 20 Years After It Mattered
Olivia Nuzzi / New York Magazine:
Inside the Breitbart Embassy, Where Steve Bannon Entertains Elites and Plots His Populist Takeover  —  When Steve Bannon was the chief strategist and senior counselor to President Donald Trump, he spent his days and often long into his nights in an office on the first floor of the West Wing …
Brandy Zadrozny / The Daily Beast:
‘Unsafe and Just Plain Dirty’: Women Accuse Vice of ‘Toxic’ Sexual-Harassment Culture … In the summer of 2015, Phoebe Barghouty was 23 years old and had a new master's degree in journalism from Stanford—but little other experience—when she landed what most of her peers would consider a dream job …
Robert Mackey / The Intercept:
We Knew Julian Assange Hated Clinton.  We Didn't Know He Was Secretly Advising Trump.  —  The revelation that WikiLeaks secretly offered help to Donald Trump's campaign, in a series of private Twitter messages sent to the candidate's son Donald Trump Jr., gave ammunition to the group's …
Josh Delk / The Hill:
Graham wants names of lawmakers accused of harassment  —  (R-S.C.) is urging that the names of lawmakers accused of sexually harassing their colleagues are revealed.  —  “Name them,” Graham told reporters Wednesday.  “Just get it out.  Lay it out.  Change the rules so people can come to work without being harassed.
Discussion: IJR, Axios and Joe.My.God.
Gabriel Debenedetti / Politico:
Kaine calls for eliminating superdelegates  —  Hillary Clinton's VP sides with Bernie Sanders in a fight that's divided Democrats.  —  Virginia Sen. Tim Kaine is urging the Democratic National Committee to end its tradition of using superdelegates, which activists say diminish the influence …
Martin Crutsinger / Associated Press:
New money: Mnuchin and Carranza now on the dollar bill  —  WASHINGTON (AP) — Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin and U.S. Treasurer Jovita Carranza are now on the money, literally.  —  The two officials took a tour of the Bureau of Engraving and Printing on Wednesday to see firsthand …
Discussion: Axios and Mediaite
Paige St. John / Los Angeles Times:
Rancho Tehama gunman killed his wife and hid her body under their home, authorities say  —  A rampaging gunman killed five people in Rancho Tehama, including his wife, whose body was found hidden beneath the floor of their home, authorities said Wednesday.  —  A rampaging gunman killed five people …
Discussion: AOL, Business Insider and The Root
Bloomberg:
Amazon's Cashierless Store Is Almost Ready for Prime Time  —  The Amazon Go team is said to have worked out many of the technical bugs and is starting to hire store-related personnel.  —  For the past year, Amazon employees have been test driving Amazon Go, an experimental convenience store in downtown Seattle.
Discussion: The Verge, Gizmodo and AOL
Mark Joseph Stern / Slate:
Trump Judicial Nominee Brett Talley Appears to Have Defended “the First KKK” in Message Board Post  —  Brett Talley, the Alabama lawyer Donald Trump has nominated to be a federal district judge, is a 36-year-old ghosthunter who has never tried a case and who failed to disclose to the Senate …
Martha MacCallum / TIME:
Fox Hosts Aren't ‘Blonde Barbies’  —  We're serious women with outstanding resumes.  Dismissing us is sexist  —  “Much like Roger Ailes when he was stocking the Fox News lineup with blond Barbie dolls in short, tight skirts, the president has generally exhibited a preference for sleek beauties …
Discussion: IJR, The Daily Caller and TVNewser
Steven Shepard / Politico:
Poll: Biden leads Trump in prospective 2020 matchup  —  Former Vice President Joe Biden would lead President Donald Trump in a 2020 general election, according to a new POLITICO/Morning Consult poll.  —  Only 35 percent of voters would choose to reelect Trump in 2020, the poll shows …
 
 
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Josh Rogin / Washington Post:
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Isaiah Seibert / The Hill:
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Nick Penzenstadler / USA Today:
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Jack Torry / The Columbus Dispatch:
Cordray quits federal post to run for Ohio governor
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Greg Ip / Wall Street Journal:
How a New Inflation Measure Would Raise Taxes on the Middle Class
Discussion: The Atlantic and Axios
The Hill:
House Dems introduce articles of impeachment against Trump
Discussion: Townhall.com, Axios, ABC News and IJR
Joe Concha / The Hill:
Fox's Cavuto: I won't have Trump on my show
Discussion: IJR and Washington Times
Jessie Hellmann / The Hill:
Nearly 1.5 million sign up for ObamaCare in first 11 days
Discussion: Shareblue Media and Politico
Randy Krehbiel Tulsa / Tulsa World:
Democrat pulls off special election victory for Senate seat in west Tulsa County
Discussion: Daily Kos and Shareblue Media
Kyle Swenson / Washington Post:
His brother died mysteriously when they were toddlers.  Years later, a Facebook photo changed everything.
Discussion: Telegraph
Rick Stengel / Politico:
What Hillary Knew About Putin's Propaganda Machine