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11:50 PM ET, November 21, 2017

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Alex Isenstadt / Politico:
Trump privately doubted Moore's female accusers  —  President Donald Trump's near-endorsement of Alabama Republican Roy Moore followed days of behind-the-scenes talks in which he vented about Moore's accusers and expressed skepticism about their accounts.  —  During animated conversations …
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Cameron Joseph / Talking Points Memo:
Roy Moore Dated ‘Younger Ladies’ For Their ‘Purity,’ His Pastor Friend Says  —  A prominent right-wing preacher who appeared alongside Senate candidate Roy Moore at a campaign rally just days ago said that Moore dated teen girls because of their “purity” and because when he got back from Vietnam …
Discussion: Washington Post and Althouse
Brad Reed / Raw Story:
Alabama ex-cop says she was tasked with keeping Roy Moore away from cheerleaders at high school games  —  A retired Alabama police officer told MSNBC's Andrea Mitchell on Tuesday that she had to keep an eye on Alabama Republican Senate candidate Roy Moore in the 1980s at local high school football games …
Rick Journey / WBRC-TV:
EXCLUSIVE: New poll shows Roy Moore and Doug Jones in statistical tie
Discussion: bizpacreview.com
Josh Delk / The Hill:   Pastor: Moore dated ‘younger ladies’ for their ‘purity’
Jordan Fabian / The Hill:
Trump on Roy Moore race: We don't need a Democrat in the seat
Discussion: Politico, ABC News, IJR, Axios and RedState
Michael D. Shear / New York Times:
Trump Defends Roy Moore, Citing Candidate's Denial of Allegations
Detroit Free Press:
U.S Rep. John Conyers must resign  —  John Conyers Jr. has a long and complicated legacy in southeast Michigan and the U.S. Congress.  —  He has been an undisputed hero of the civil rights movement, a legislator of uncommon influence and power, and an aging icon whose felonious wife …
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Paul McLeod / BuzzFeed:
Another Woman Accused Rep. John Conyers Of Sexual Harassment In Court Filings This Year  —  A former scheduler for the Democratic congressman said she faced daily harassment from him, in a suit she later abandoned after a court denied her request to keep it sealed.
New York Times:
Democrats Move Swiftly Against Conyers Amid Latest Harassment Charges  —  WASHINGTON — Representative Nancy Pelosi, the Democratic leader, moved swiftly on Tuesday against the House's longest-serving lawmaker, calling for the House Ethics Committee to investigate sexual harassment charges …
Paul Farhi / Washington Post:
Why BuzzFeed teamed with a far-right figure to break the John Conyers scandal
Associated Press:
The Latest: Conyers denies sexual harassment settlements
Eric Newcomer / Bloomberg:
Uber Concealed Cyberattack That Exposed 57 Million People's Data  —  Company paid hackers $100,000 to delete info, keep quiet  —  Chief Security Officer Joe Sullivan and another exec ousted  —  Hackers stole the personal data of 57 million customers and drivers from Uber Technologies Inc. …
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Uber Newsroom:
2016 Data Security Incident  —  Share to FacebookShare to TwitterEmailMore sharing options  —  As Uber's CEO, it's my job to set our course for the future, which begins with building a company that every Uber employee, partner and customer can be proud of.
Gabriel Sherman / Vanity Fair:
“Kelly Has Clipped his Wings”: Jared Kushner's Horizons Are Collapsing within the West Wing  —  The West Wing princeling's portfolio had been shrunk largely to the Middle East—but then his Saudi Arabia trip caused problems for the chief of staff.  —  When Donald Trump appointed John Kelly …
Discussion: The Hill, Raw Story and CNN
Wall Street Journal:
Special Counsel Mueller Probes Jared Kushner's Contacts With Foreign Leaders  —  Investigators look into Trump senior adviser's role in talks about U.N.'s resolution condemning Israel  —  WASHINGTON— Robert Mueller's investigators are asking questions about Jared Kushner's interactions …
Kim Masters / Hollywood Reporter:
John Lasseter's Pattern of Alleged Misconduct Detailed by Disney/Pixar Insiders  —  One longtime Pixar employee says Lasseter was known for “grabbing, kissing, making comments about physical attributes.”  —  Rashida Jones is still credited as a writer on Toy Story 4, the next installment in the beloved franchise.
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Sen. Lisa Murkowski / www.newsminer.com:
Alaskan senator supports free choice for health care  —  FAIRBANKS —I have always supported the freedom to choose.  I believe that the federal government should not force anyone to buy something they do not wish to buy in order to avoid being taxed.  That is the fundamental reason why I opposed …
Discussion: Axios, Daily Kos and ACA Signups
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Dan Diamond / Politico:
Murkowski says she backs Obamacare mandate repeal
Discussion: Splinter and ThinkProgress
Nicholas Fandos / New York Times:
He's a Member of Congress.  The Kremlin Likes Him So Much It Gave Him a Code Name  —  WASHINGTON — For two decades, Representative Dana Rohrabacher has been of value to the Kremlin, so valuable in recent years that the F.B.I. warned him in 2012 that Russia regarded him as an intelligence source worthy of a Kremlin code name.
Variety:
David Cassidy, ‘Partridge Family’ Star, Dies at 67  —  David Cassidy, pop culture idol of the 1970s, died Tuesday in a Florida hospital.  The musician and actor was 67.  —  His publicist JoAnn Geffen confirmed his death, with a statement from his family.  “On behalf of the entire Cassidy family …
Discussion: Snopes.com, Joe.My.God., Raw Story and IJR
Elizabeth McLaughlin / ABC News:
Additional remains of Sgt. La David Johnson found in Niger  —  Additional remains of U.S. soldier Sgt. La David Johnson were found on Nov. 12 at the site in Niger where his body was recovered, a U.S. official confirmed to ABC News.  —  Johnson and three other U.S. Army soldiers were killed …
Discussion: CNN, The Root and Shakesville
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Sarah K. Burris / Raw Story:   Additional remains of Sgt. La David Johnson recovered from Niger
U.S. DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE:
Statement by Chief Spokesperson Dana W. White on Additional Remains Found in Niger
CNN:
US official: Additional remains of Sgt. La David Johnson found in Niger
Discussion: Associated Press, WTKR-TV and Axios
Washington Post:
White House military personnel removed amid investigation into contacts with foreign women during Trump's Asia trip  —  Three military personnel have been reassigned from their White House jobs amid allegations that they had improper contact with foreign women while traveling with President Trump …
Eric Schneiderman:
An Open Letter to the FCC:  —  Dear FCC Chairman Ajit Pai:  —  As you recently announced, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), under your leadership, soon will release rules to dismantle your agency's existing “net neutrality” protections under Title II of the Communications Act …
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Ben Collins / The Daily Beast:
Pro-Trump Media May Be the Big Loser With Trump's New Internet Rules
Discussion: Raw Story
Avi Selk / Washington Post:
This man is about to launch himself in his homemade rocket to prove the Earth is flat  —  Seeking to prove that a conspiracy of astronauts fabricated the shape of the Earth, a California man intends to launch himself 1,800 feet high on Saturday in a rocket he built from scrap metal.
Discussion: Balloon Juice and Gizmodo
Reuters:
U.S. diplomats accuse Tillerson of breaking child soldiers law  —  WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A group of about a dozen U.S. State Department officials have taken the unusual step of formally accusing Secretary of State Rex Tillerson of violating a federal law designed to stop foreign militaries …
Jamie Grierson / The Guardian:
Mel Gibson: Weinstein scandal is a ‘precursor to change’  —  Star, dogged by claims of racist and misogynistic behaviour, says he welcomes ‘light being thrown where there were shadows’  —  Mel Gibson has spoken out about the sexual harassment scandal in Hollywood, saying the wave of accusations …
Discussion: IndieWire and Mediaite
ProPublica:
Facebook (Still) Letting Housing Advertisers Exclude Users by Race  —  After ProPublica revealed last year that Facebook advertisers could target housing ads to whites only, the company announced it had built a system to spot and reject discriminatory ads.  We retested and found major omissions.
New Yorker:
Harvey Weinstein's Secret Settlements  —  The mogul used money from his brother and elaborate legal agreements to hide allegations of predation for decades.  —  On April 20, 2015, the Filipina-Italian model Ambra Battilana Gutierrez sat in an office in midtown Manhattan with an eighteen-page legal agreement in front of her.
 
 
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Antonio Olivo / Washington Post:
After Roem's election, Va. GOP leader wants to do away with ‘Gentlewoman’ title
Discussion: Washington Blade
Josh Gerstein / Politico:
Appeals court skeptical of privacy-focused suit against Trump voter fraud panel
Marianne Levine / Politico:
More SEIU harassment allegations
The New Arab:
Saudi former minister, speaking to Israeli newspaper, denounces violence against Israel as ‘un-Islamic’
Molly Redden / The Guardian:
'You'll never work again': women tell how sexual harassment broke their careers
Chuck Ross / The Daily Caller:
UNSEALED: Fusion GPS Bank Records Show Russia-Related Payments
Discussion: The Gateway Pundit
Diane Bartz / Reuters:
Trump says AT&T plan to buy Time Warner ‘not a good deal’
Discussion: Axios
Katie Zavadski / The Daily Beast:
FBI Investigates Congressman for His Campaign Paying Opponent to Quit
Discussion: Mediaite
 Earlier Items: 
Taylor Lorenz / The Daily Beast:
CEO of HQ, the Hottest App Going: If You Run This Profile, We'll Fire Our Host
Olivia Beavers / The Hill:
Arianna Huffington denies Franken behaved inappropriately in response to new photos
Adam Kredo / Washington Free Beacon:
ISIS Calls for Assassination of Barron Trump
Discussion: The Gateway Pundit, Jihad Watch and AOL
Perry Stein / Washington Post:
Richard Spencer hosted an event at a Maryland farm. Halfway through, everyone was kicked out.
Discussion: Washington Times and Raw Story
Yascha Mounk / Slate:
The End of German Stability
 

 
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Caitlin Huston / The Hollywood Reporter:
Internal memo: Hearst Magazines president announces layoffs as part of a decision to “reallocate resources” to “continue our focus on digital innovation”

Lachlan Cartwright / The Ankler:
Sources: MSNBC renewed Rachel Maddow's contract early this fall, but with a pay cut; MSNBC bosses' plan to shake up daytime and weekend programming

Jon Brodkin / Ars Technica:
FCC Chairwoman Jessica Rosenworcel announced she will leave the agency on January 20; she was the first woman to be confirmed to lead the agency

 
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