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Paul McLeod / BuzzFeed:
She Said That A Powerful Congressman Harassed Her. Here's Why You Didn't Hear Her Story. — “When you make private settlements, it doesn't warn the next woman or the next person going into that situation.” — Lissandra Villa — Michigan Rep. John Conyers, a Democrat and the longest-serving member …
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Washington Post:
Eight women say Charlie Rose sexually harassed them — with nudity, groping and lewd calls — Eight women have told The Washington Post that longtime television host Charlie Rose made unwanted sexual advances toward them, including lewd phone calls, walking around naked in their presence …
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Associated Press:
CBS Suspends Charlie Rose, PBS Halts His Show Following Allegations — New York (AP) — Charlie Rose is the latest public figure to be felled by sexual misconduct allegations, with PBS halting distribution of his nightly interview show and CBS News suspending him Monday following …
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The Daily Caller and Splinter
Jonathan Stempel / Reuters:
21st Century Fox in $90 million settlement tied to sexual harassment scandal — (Reuters) - Twenty-First Century Fox Inc has reached a $90 million settlement of shareholder claims arising from the sexual harassment scandal at its Fox News Channel, which cost the jobs of longtime news chief Roger Ailes and anchor Bill O'Reilly.
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Joe Mayes / Bloomberg:
Ex-Fox News Employee Says She Was Blocked From Investigating Trump-Russia Ties
Ex-Fox News Employee Says She Was Blocked From Investigating Trump-Russia Ties
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Shareblue Media, Raw Story and Mediaite
NBC News:
Donald Trump is shutting down his charitable foundation — WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump's charitable foundation, which last year admitted violating federal rules on “self-dealing,” is in the process of dissolving, according to newly filed documents reviewed by NBC News.
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David A. Fahrenthold / Washington Post:
Trump golf course reimbursed President Trump's charity amid ongoing investigation into the foundation
Trump golf course reimbursed President Trump's charity amid ongoing investigation into the foundation
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ABC News and The Daily Caller
Miriam Jordan / New York Times:
Trump Administration Ends Temporary Protection for Haitians — The Trump administration is ending a humanitarian program that has allowed some 59,000 Haitians to live and work in the United States since an earthquake ravaged their country in 2010, Homeland Security officials said on Monday.
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Los Angeles Times:
59,000 Haitians living in U.S. must leave within 18 months, Trump administration says
59,000 Haitians living in U.S. must leave within 18 months, Trump administration says
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The Root
miamiherald:
Seven years after quake, Haitians to lose deportation protection in 2019
Seven years after quake, Haitians to lose deportation protection in 2019
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New York Magazine, The Center for Migration …, Mother Jones and Axios
Joseph Bernstein / BuzzFeed:
Sources: McMaster Mocked Trump's Intelligence In a Private Dinner — National Security Advisor H.R. McMaster mocked President Trump's intelligence at a private dinner with a powerful tech CEO, according to five sources with knowledge of the conversation. — Over a July dinner …
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Kenneth Lovett / New York Daily News:
Fox News host Jeanine Pirro hit with speeding charges after cops clock her driving 119 mph upstate — ALBANY — Fox News host and TV judge Jeanine Pirro is heading to court herself after being ticketed for excessive speeding Sunday in upstate New York. — State Police say Pirro …
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Sarah Maslin Nir / New York Times:
Fox News Host Jeanine Pirro Gets Ticket for Speeding at 119 M.P.H.
Fox News Host Jeanine Pirro Gets Ticket for Speeding at 119 M.P.H.
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Dino-Ray Ramos / Deadline:
Melissa Gilbert Accuses Oliver Stone Of Sexual Harassment: “It Was Humiliating And Horrid” — During an interview on Andy Cohen's satellite radio show Radio Andy, actress Melissa Gilbert claimed that director Oliver Stone sexually harassed her during an audition for his 1991 film The Doors.
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Douglas Murray / National Review:
Beware of Running with the Al Franken Story — Consider Where That Leads — Don't help blur the difference between bad manners and rape. — nd thus the whirligig of time brings in his revenges. " Who could suppress at least a smirk of pleasure at the news of Senator Al Franken's …
Matthew Mosk / ABC News:
Trump campaign adviser Carter Page held high-level meetings with Hungarian officials in Budapest — Travels by Trump campaign adviser Carter Page to meet with senior officials in Hungary during the 2016 presidential election are being closely examined by congressional investigators …
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Raw Story and Joe.My.God.
Emily Smith / Page Six:
Newly surfaced pics show Al Franken grabbing Arianna Huffington's breasts and butt — Newly revealed pictures show Sen. Al Franken grabbing self-described feminist Arianna Huffington on her bottom and breasts. — The never-before-published images, taken for a magazine in 2000 …
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The Daily Beast, The Gateway Pundit and The Daily Caller
Lachlan Markay / The Daily Beast:
Trump World Wanted Distance From Roy Moore. Then Key Allies Lobbied the President to Reconsider. … In the span of a single week, the White House and President Donald Trump's top allies have gone from laying the groundwork to ditch Roy Moore—accused of, among other things …
Melissa Matthews / Newsweek:
HOW MURDERER CHARLES MANSON AND DONALD TRUMP USED LANGUAGE TO GAIN FOLLOWERS — The death of cult leader and convicted murderer Charles Manson resurfaces tales from his twisted family's killing spree after nearly four decades. Manson orchestrated the brutal deaths of actress Sharon Tate …
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Power Line, The Gateway Pundit, MichelleMalkin.com and Breitbart
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David L. Ulin / Los Angeles Times:
Op-Ed The human side of Charlie Manson
Op-Ed The human side of Charlie Manson
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Associated Press, The Root, VICE News and New York Times
Adam Serwer / The Atlantic:
The Nationalist's Delusion — THIRTY YEARS AGO, nearly half of Louisiana voted for a Klansman, and the media struggled to explain why. — It was 1990 and David Duke, the former grand wizard of the Ku Klux Klan, astonished political observers when he came within striking distance …
taxpolicycenter.org:
Distributional Analysis of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act as Passed by the Senate Finance Committee — ABSTRACT — The Tax Policy Center has released distributional estimates of the Senate version of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act as passed by the Senate Finance Committee on November 16, 2017.
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Ben Lefebvre / Politico:
‘UGH!’: Zinke's wife's travel caused headaches for Interior staff — Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke's wife has frustrated department staffers by saddling them with extra work when she traveled with her husband on official business, according to new records that a liberal watchdog group …
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Raw Story
Margaret Harding McGill / Politico:
FCC plans total repeal of net neutrality rules — Federal Communications Commission Chairman Ajit Pai will reveal plans to his fellow commissioners on Tuesday to fully dismantle the agency's Obama-era net neutrality regulations, people familiar with the plans said, in a major victory …
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New York Magazine, CNBC and Axios, more at Mediagazer »
Reuters:
Exclusive - State Dept. revolt: Tillerson accused of violating U.S. law on child soldiers — 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 …
Justin Ling / Motherboard:
Eric Schmidt Says Google News Will ‘Engineer’ Russian Propaganda Out of the Feed — “It's basically RT and Sputnik,” he said on Saturday. — Eric Schmidt and the Kremlin. Image: Nils Jorgensen/REX/Shutterstock/Pavel Kazachkov/Wikimedia Commons. Composition: Rachel Pick
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Olivia Beavers / The Hill:
Federal judge rules Trump defunding sanctuary cities ‘unconstitutional on its face’ — A federal court on Monday ruled to block President Trump's executive order halting certain federal funds for so-called sanctuary cities, calling it “unconstitutional on its face.”
Ari Natter / Bloomberg:
Whitefish Halts Puerto Rico Work Early Over $83 Million Bill — Puerto Rico utility had canceled contract after criticism — Island's power capacity below 50 percent weeks after hurricane — The company that landed and then lost a $300 million, no-bid contract to rebuild Puerto Rico's storm-ravaged grid …
Josh Gerstein / Politico:
Judge: Trump voter fraud commission on ice till next year — A commission that President Donald Trump tasked with investigating his own unsubstantiated claims of voter fraud won't meet again this year, according to court records, fueling more questions about the panel's future and its viability.
Benjamin Y. Fong / New York Times:
The Climate Crisis? It's Capitalism, Stupid — Even casual readers of the news know that the earth is probably going to look very different in 2100, and not in a good way. — A recent Times opinion piece included this quotation from the paleoclimatologist Lee Kump …
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Liam Stack / New York Times:
Starbucks Is Criticized for Its Holiday Cups. Yes, Again. — Thanksgiving is right around the corner, which means it is time to embark on a modern American holiday tradition: over-analyzing seasonally available Starbucks cups for signs of liberal nefariousness. — Starbucks has produced holiday cups for 20 years.
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