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New York Times:
Top Russian Official Tried to Broker ‘Backdoor’ Meeting Between Trump and Putin — WASHINGTON — A senior Russian official who claimed to be acting at the behest of President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia tried in May 2016 to arrange a meeting between Mr. Putin and Donald J. Trump, according to several people familiar with the matter.
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NBC News:
Kushner failed to disclose outreach from Putin ally to Trump campaign — WASHINGTON — President Trump's son-in-law and senior adviser, Jared Kushner, failed to disclose what lawmakers called a “Russian backdoor overture and dinner invite” involving a banker who has been accused of links …
Jack Shafer / Politico:
Week 26: Donald Jr. and WikiLeaks Talk Dirty — If we've learned anything from months of scandal reporting, the Russians set their sights on two types of people wandering the halls of Trump Tower. There were the self-promoters like Michael Flynn and Paul Manafort who they knew would cooperate based on direct or potential payouts.
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CNN:
Kushner testified he did not recall any campaign WikiLeaks contact — Washington (CNN)White House senior adviser Jared Kushner told congressional Russia investigators that he did not communicate with WikiLeaks and did not recall anyone on the Trump campaign who had, a source with knowledge of his testimony told CNN.
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KTLA, Lawyers, Guns & Money, The Nation and Just Security
Associated Press:
Moscow meeting in June 2017 under scrutiny in Trump probe — WASHINGTON (AP) — Earlier this year, a Russian-American lobbyist and another businessman discussed over coffee in Moscow an extraordinary meeting they had attended 12 months earlier: a gathering at Trump Tower with President Donald Trump's son …
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CNN:
Kushner attorney fires back at Senate Judiciary Committee
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emptywheel, KTLA and Mother Jones
Peter Baker / New York Times:
In Mocking Franken Over Claims of Sexual Misconduct, Trump Joins a Debate He Started — WASHINGTON — Last fall, Donald J. Trump inadvertently touched off a national conversation about sexual harassment when a recording of him boasting about groping women was made public at the same …
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Cristiano Lima / Politico:
Clinton blasts Trump and Moore over sexual misconduct allegations — Hillary Clinton slammed President Donald Trump and Alabama Senate candidate Roy Moore on Friday over their alleged sexual misconduct, criticizing them for not “accepting responsibility” and “apologizing” for their reported transgressions as Sen. Al Franken did.
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Mike Cason / al.com:
Gov. Kay Ivey to vote for Roy Moore in U.S. Senate race
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New York Magazine and NPR
New York Times:
Republican Governors' 2018 Dilemma: What to Do About Trump? — AUSTIN, Tex. — For nearly a decade, meetings of the Republican Governors Association were buoyant, even giddy, affairs, as the party — lifted by enormous political donations and a backlash against the Obama administration …
New York Times:
How Politics and Bad Decisions Starved New York's Subways — Disruptions and delays have roiled the system this year. But the crisis was long in the making, fueled by a litany of errors, a Times investigation shows. — After a drumbeat of transit disasters this year …
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Daniel Prendergast / New York Post:
Subway rider: I asked manspreader to stop, so he punched me in the face
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The Daily Caller, The Gateway Pundit and TheBlaze
Timothy Cama / The Hill:
GOP chairman breaks with Trump on elephant trophy imports — The Republican chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee slammed President Trump Friday for allowing imports of hunted elephant trophies from Zimbabwe. — Rep. Ed Royce (R-Calif.), who has prioritized fighting wildlife crime …
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Julia Carrie Wong / The Guardian:
Greg Gianforte misled police after assault of Guardian journalist, report reveals … US congressman Greg Gianforte misled police after his assault of Guardian reporter Ben Jacobs in May, falsely stating that Jacobs had initiated physical contact and that the “liberal media …
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Axios, The Hill and Washington Post, more at Mediagazer »
Kandace Redd / WXIA-TV:
Fire dept. refuses to remove confederate flag so county axes funding — TROY, N.C. - There's a Confederate flag battle going on in a small town in Montgomery County. — TROY, N.C. - There's a Confederate flag battle going on in a small town in Montgomery County.
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The Courier, The Root and Raw Story
Kimberly Kindy / Washington Post:
How a conservative group dealt with a fondling charge against a rising GOP star — On a fall evening two years ago, donors gathered during a conference at a Ritz-Carlton hotel near Washington to raise funds for a 31-year-old candidate for the Ohio legislature who was a rising star in evangelical politics.
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LGBTQ Nation, Raw Story, BuzzFeed and Joe.My.God.
The Wrap:
‘Girls’ Writer Murray Miller Accused of Raping Underage Actress Aurora Perrineau (Exclusive) — “Passengers” star says she woke up in 2012 with Murray “on top of me having sexual intercourse with me” — Actress Aurora Perrineau has gone to police to accuse “Girls” writer …
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RedState, twitchy.com, Mashable, IndieWire, The Daily Caller and The Root
Seth A. Richardson / Plain Dealer:
Sitting Supreme Court Justice Bill O'Neill, responding to Franken allegations, claims bedding 50 women — CLEVELAND, Ohio - Ohio Supreme Court Justice Bill O'Neill, a Democratic candidate for governor, apparently trying to head off any criticisms from his opponents, revealed his sexual escapades over the years on a Facebook post.
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Media Equalizer, CANNONFIRE, Raw Story, NBC News, IJR, TheBlaze, Washington Post, RT, Washington Free Beacon, Joe.My.God., Deadspin and ThinkProgress
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Nolan D. McCaskill / Politico:
Trump releases updated short list of potential Supreme Court nominees
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Axios
Ryan Collingwood / Spokesman.com:
Navy says it will hold Whidbey Island aircrew accountable for tracing giant phallus over Okanogan County — ryanc@spokesman.com — (509) 598-0014 — Look! Up in the sky! — It's a bird. — It's a plane. — No, it's a phallic skydrawing, and a military aircraft is the culprit.
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Tegna / KREM-TV:
Graphic: Navy admits to being involved in obscene skydrawings spotted in Okanogan Co.
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Chris Johnson / Washington Blade:
Rep. Wilson's former intern caught on Grindr using racist epithets — At a time of growing concern about racism in gay social media apps, a former campaign intern for Rep. Joe Wilson (R-S.C.) was recently caught using racist epithets on Grindr while on Capitol Hill.
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Raw Story
Misty White Sidell / WWD:
Vanity Fair Fashion Staff Nonplussed by New Editor's Personal Style — Radhika Jones joins the magazine next month with extensive literary and editorial experience. — New Vanity Fair editor in chief Radhika Jones. — WELCOME TO CONDÉ NAST: Radhika Jones is learning the ways of One World Trade.
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