memeorandum: Jeffrey Tambor Accused By ‘Transparent’ Actress Of Sexual Harassment; Actor Admits “Flaws,” Says “Misinterpreted” (Dominic Patten/Deadline)

9:05 AM ET, November 17, 2017

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Jennifer Steinhauer / New York Times:

Gillibrand Says Bill Clinton Should Have Resigned Over Lewinsky Affair — WASHINGTON — Senator Kirsten Gillibrand, Democrat of New York, who holds Hillary Clinton's former seat, said on Thursday that Bill Clinton should have resigned the presidency after his inappropriate relationship with an intern came to light nearly 20 years ago.

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Michelle Goldberg / New York Times:

Franken Should Go — Oh no, not Al Franken, too. — Before Thursday, I'd hoped Franken would run for president in 2020. A hugely gifted communicator with entertainment chops, he seemed well suited to take on Donald Trump, assuming the demagogic showman seeks re-election.

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Brian Maloney / Media Equalizer:

Melanie Morgan: After TV appearance, Al Franken harassed me too — Immediately raising questions about double-standards in the media and on Capitol Hill, a Los Angeles radio news anchor today accused Senator Al Franken (D-MN) of sexually assaulting her. — Now, Media Equalizer Co-Founder …

Steven Nelson / Washington Examiner:
Two prominent Minnesota Democrats call on Al Franken to resign

Discussion: Townhall.com, Megan Thomas, Business Insider, Washington Post, IJR, The Gateway Pundit, Media Equalizer, Breitbart and The Daily Caller

Paul Mirengoff / Power Line: It wasn't “the times” that caused feminists to give Bill Clinton a pass

Chris Cillizza / CNN:
Al Franken's absolutely awful apology

Discussion: Los Angeles Times, Talking Points Memo, Washington Post, FiveThirtyEight, The Daily Caller, Townhall.com, Mother Jones and Power Line

Jonathan V. Last / Weekly Standard:
Al Franken: Even Worse Than You Think

Discussion: Washington Post, New York Magazine, Boston Globe, Slate and Instapundit

Wall Street Journal:

Special Counsel Mueller Issued Subpoena for Russia-Related Documents From Trump Campaign Officials — Senate committee also pressures Kushner lawyer to turn over more documents — Special counsel Robert Mueller's team in mid-October issued a subpoena to President Donald Trump's campaign …

Discussion: WQAD-TV, Politicus USA, IJR, CNBC, Shareblue Media, Raw Story and Talking Points Memo

Daniel Lippman / Politico:

BUCKLE UP: A crazy December is ahead — WH wants 44B more in disaster aid — TRUMP on ‘Frankenstien’: ‘Where do his hands go in pictures 2, 3, 4, 5 & 6 while she sleeps?’ — MATT BRAVO to S-3 - B'DAY: Jarrod Agen — DRIVING THE DAY — BET YOU'LL HEAR ABOUT THIS TODAY — BULLETIN at 5:06 a.m. …

Discussion: Variety and Washington Post, more at Mediagazer »

Kyle Cheney / Politico:
Kushner got emails about WikiLeaks, Russia in 2016, lawmakers say

Discussion: Weekly Standard, ABC News, IJR, Associated Press, Norton Rose Fulbright, Axios and Mother Jones

Michael S. Schmidt / New York Times:
Kushner Failed to Provide Russia Documents, Senate Panel Found

Discussion: CNN and NPR

Karoun Demirjian / Washington Post:
Senate Judiciary panel: Kushner had contacts about WikiLeaks, Russian overtures he did not disclose

Discussion: Towleroad, Raw Story, Politicus USA and The Guardian

CNN:

Homeland Security's head of community outreach once said blacks turned cities to ‘slums’ with ‘laziness, drug use and sexual promiscuity’ — STORY HIGHLIGHTS — (CNN)The head of faith-based and neighborhood partnerships at the Department of Homeland Security has said in the past …

Discussion: Talking Points Memo, The Hill, New York Times, TheBlaze, Mediaite, Axios and Raw Story

Eli Rosenberg / Washington Post:
Republican appointee resigns from the DHS after past comments about blacks, Muslims come to light

Discussion: Politico

Andrew Kaczynski / CNN: Homeland Security's head of community outreach resigns over past controversial comments on black community, Islam

Josh Meyer / Politico:

Papadopoulos claimed Trump phone call and larger campaign role — George Papadopoulos claimed last year that Donald Trump telephoned him to discuss his new position as a foreign policy adviser to his presidential campaign and that the two had at least one personal introductory meeting that the White House has not acknowledged.

Discussion: The Hill

Dana Blanton / Fox News:

Fox News Poll: Jones leads Moore by 8 points in Alabama Senate race — Alabama voters want a candidate who will represent their state with honor — and they think Doug Jones has strong moral character and Roy Moore doesn't. That gives the Democrat the lead in the U.S. Senate race.

Discussion: Politicus USA, Shareblue Media, The Hill, No More Mister Nice Blog, Business Insider and RedState

Brett Samuels / The Hill:
Fox News poll: Obama has higher favorability in Alabama than Trump

Discussion: TheBlaze, Politicus USA and Joe.My.God.

Lloyd Grove / The Daily Beast:

Fox News Bans Kiss Frontman Gene Simmons for Life … Kiss frontman Gene Simmons—until this week, a favorite guest on Fox News and Fox Business Network programs, which couldn't get enough of his supposedly outrageous rock-star antics mixed with conservative politics—has been banned for life from the right-leaning cable channels.

Discussion: The Guardian, bizpacreview.com, Mediaite, Raw Story and RedState

David Wasserman / The Cook Political Report:

House: Ratings Changes in Seven Districts as GOP Majority in Peril — If it wasn't already clear, last Tuesday's election results confirmed a political atmosphere that would seriously endanger the House GOP's majority in 2018. In Virginia, turnout was up 20 percent over 2013 in localities won …

Discussion: New York Magazine and Weekly Standard

Amy Walter / The Cook Political Report: A Wave Is a Comin'

CNN:

Keystone Pipeline leaks 210,000 gallons of oil in South Dakota — (CNN)A total of 210,000 gallons of oil leaked Thursday from the Keystone Pipeline in Marshall County, South Dakota, the pipeline's operator, TransCanada, said. — Crews shut down the pipeline Thursday morning and officials are investigating the cause of the leak.

Discussion: Washington Post, Daily Kos, Politicus USA, BuzzFeed, KTLA, IJR and New York Magazine

KABY-TV:
Crews cleaning up Keystone Pipeline leak in Marshall County

Discussion: The Atlantic, The Hill, RT, Jezebel and The Daily Caller

Michael Gerson / Washington Post:

The Russia investigation's spectacular accumulation of lies — I spent part of my convalescence from a recent illness reading some of the comprehensive timelines of the Russia investigation (which indicates, I suppose, a sickness of another sort). One, compiled by Politico …

Discussion: New York Magazine

The Daily Beast:

Free Press Group Ready to Cut Off WikiLeaks … In the heat of the presidential election campaign last year, Xeni Jardin, a journalist and free speech advocate, developed a sickening feeling about WikiLeaks. — Jardin had been a supporter of the radical transparency group since at least 2010 …

Discussion: Talking Points Memo, emptywheel and The Atlantic, more at Mediagazer »

Tucker Higgins / CNBC:

Russian ambassador says he won't name all the Trump officials he's met with because ‘the list is so long’ — Russian Ambassador Sergey Kislyak said it would take him more than 20 minutes to name all of the Trump officials he's met with. — Kislyak made the remarks in a sprawling interview …

Discussion: The Hill, Axios, Mediaite and Washington Post

Diane Herbst / People.com:

Donald Trump's Sexual Assault Accusers Demand Justice in the #MeToo Era: ‘We Were Forgotten’ — The recent accusations of sexual misconduct against a long list of powerful men in Hollywood and other industries have been widely believed — and led to resignations, loss of careers and other fallout.

Discussion: Jezebel and Mediaite

Bloomberg:

The Questionable Math Behind Manafort's Extravagant Home Renovations — The former Trump campaign chief is accused of laundering millions of dollars in foreign payments to live it up in the Hamptons. But what about the huge gap between funds he transferred to contractors and what the jobs were supposed to cost?

Discussion: emptywheel

NBC News:

Does cooperating witness have info on Flynn tie to Turkey? — A gold trader who is close to Turkish President Recep Erdogan is now cooperating with federal prosecutors in a money-laundering case, according to two sources with knowledge of the matter, and legal experts say prosecutors …

Athena Jones / CNN:

First on CNN: New George H.W. Bush accuser says he groped her during 1992 re-election campaign — (CNN)Former President George H.W. Bush is facing new allegations from a Michigan woman who said he touched her inappropriately while he was in office at an event in April 1992.

Discussion: Mediaite, IJR, The Guardian, Talking Points Memo, Business Insider and Axios

Meghan Keneally / ABC News: Multiple women accuse former President George HW Bush of inappropriate grabbing

Daily Mail:

EXCLUSIVE: How Sylvester Stallone was accused of sexually assaulting a 16-year-old fan: Police report reveals girl claimed star made her give him and his bodyguard oral sex and threatened they would ‘beat her head in’ if she ever told — Sylvester Stallone was accused of sexually assaulting …

Discussion: TMZ.com, Mashable, Fox News, The Guardian, RedState, Deadline, IJR, bizpacreview.com, Pakistan Today, Mediaite, IndieWire and Just Jared

Wall Street Journal:

BuzzFeed Set to Miss Revenue Target, Signaling Turbulence in Media — Prospects for a 2018 initial public offering by the high-profile publisher now appear remote — Digital publisher BuzzFeed is on track to miss its revenue target this year by a significant amount, the latest sign …

Discussion: Guido Fawkes, more at Mediagazer »

Ian Millhiser / ThinkProgress:

At conservative conference, Neil Gorsuch cracks joke about frozen trucker nearly left to die — During Neil Gorsuch's confirmation hearing for the Supreme Court seat Senate Republicans held open for a year until Donald Trump could fill it, the judge was dogged by questions about a case …

Dominic Patten / Deadline:

Jeffrey Tambor Accused By ‘Transparent’ Actress Of Sexual Harassment; Actor Admits “Flaws,” Says “Misinterpreted” — EXCLUSIVE: Just more than a week after Amazon opened an investigation into sexual harassment allegations against Jeffrey Tambor, the Transparent star today has been accused …

Discussion: Mediaite, IndieWire and Just Jared

NBC News:

A Panama tower carries Trump's name and ties to organized crime — PANAMA CITY — When Ivanka Trump flew here in 2006 to push her family's latest business project — an oceanfront steel and glass tower called the Trump Ocean Club International Hotel and Tower, shaped like a sail and designed …

Discussion: Talking Points Memo

Emma Green / The Atlantic:

Christian Support for Roy Moore ‘Looks Like Hypocrisy to the Outside World’ — Before this month, Roy Moore was best known nationally for refusing to remove a Ten Commandments monument from the Alabama state supreme-court building. Now, the aspiring senator is accused of hitting on teens …

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