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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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Associated Press:
The Latest: Conyers denies sexual harassment settlements  —  FILE- In this April 4, 2017, file photo, Rep. John Conyers, D-Mich., speaks during a hearing of the House Judiciary subcommittee on Capitol Hill in Washington.  Buzzfeed, a news website, is reporting that Conyers settled a complaint …
Corey Williams / Associated Press:
Michigan Rep. Conyers denies sexual harassment settlements
Discussion: Business Insider
Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
The Trump tax plan is much worse than you thought.  A new analysis confirms it.  —  THE MORNING PLUM:  —  The fate of the Senate GOP tax plan now rests in the hands of a few undecided Republican senators, and next week, they will make up their minds.  But a new nonpartisan analysis …
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Zachary Mider / Bloomberg:
House Tax Bill Is Littered With Loopholes for Wall Street's Wealthiest  —  ‘Glitches’ in measure might benefit investors, fund managers  —  Senate is working on its own provisions; changes are likely  —  Lawmakers who sped a bill through the U.S. House last week may have handed a few …
Aaron Blake / Washington Post:
A report shows the Senate GOP tax bill ultimately raises taxes on 50 percent of people.  That's a problem.
Discussion: Political Wire and Politicus USA
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 …
Cecilia Kang / New York Times:
F.C.C. Announces Plan to Repeal Net Neutrality  —  The Federal Communications Commission announced on Tuesday that it planned to dismantle landmark regulations that ensure equal access to the internet, clearing the way for companies to charge more and block access to some websites.
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Ajit Pai / Wall Street Journal:
How the FCC Can Save the Open Internet
Discussion: Politico
Cecilia Kang / New York Times:
F.C.C. Is Said to Plan Repeal of Net Neutrality Rules
Klint Finley / Wired:
FCC Prepares to Unveil Plan to Gut Net Neutrality
Kyle Whitmire / al.com:
Don't believe Roy Moore's accusers?  Then listen to Moore  —  Former Alabama Chief Justice and U.S. Senate candidate Roy Moore leaves after he speaks at a church revival, Tuesday, Nov. 14, 2017, in Jackson, Ala. (AP Photo/Brynn Anderson) (Brynn Anderson)  —  For some it is too much to ask to believe the women.
Discussion: Daily Kos
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.
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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Stephen Battaglio / Los Angeles Times:
Charlie Rose fired by CBS over sexual harassment allegations  —  Charlie Rose's CBS News career came to an unceremonious end Tuesday when the network fired him over allegations of sexual harassment.  —  Charlie Rose's CBS News career came to an unceremonious end Tuesday when the network fired him over allegations of sexual harassment.
Discussion: The Gateway Pundit and Vox Popoli
Andrew Restuccia / Politico:
Leading Trump Census pick causes alarm  —  The Trump administration is leaning toward naming Thomas Brunell, a Texas professor with no government experience, to the top operational job at the U.S. Census Bureau, according to two people who have been briefed on the bureau's plans.
New York Times:
Robert Mugabe Resigns as Zimbabwe's President, Ending 37-Year Rule  —  HARARE, Zimbabwe — Robert Mugabe, who has ruled Zimbabwe since independence in 1980, resigned as president on Tuesday shortly after lawmakers began impeachment proceedings against him, according to the speaker of Parliament.
Discussion: Outside the Beltway
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MacDonald Dzirutwe / Reuters:
Zimbabwe's Mugabe resigns, ending four decades of rule
Discussion: The Daily Caller and IJR
Wall Street Journal:
Harvard Faces DOJ Probe Over Affirmative-Action Policies  —  Justice Department accuses university of failing to cooperate in investigation of whether its admission policies discriminate against Asian-Americans  —  The U.S. Department of Justice has opened an investigation into the use …
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 …
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 …
Keith Collins / Quartz:
Google collects Android users' locations even when location services are disabled  —  Many people realize that smartphones track their locations.  But what if you actively turn off location services, haven't used any apps, and haven't even inserted a carrier SIM card?
Euan McKirdy / CNN:
Judge rules Trump's sanctuary city order unconstitutional  —  STORY HIGHLIGHTS  — Trump signed the order withholding funding for jurisdictions that defied ICE soon after taking office  —  (CNN)A federal judge has permanently blocked US President Donald Trump's executive order to cut funding …
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Jon Herskovitz / Reuters:
Judge in California blocks Trump's order on sanctuary cities
Discussion: Mother Jones and The Daily Caller
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 …
New York Times:
Trump Halted These Hunt Trophies.  Elephant Lovers Will Never Forget It.  —  WASHINGTON — Maybe it was the memory of a long-ago childhood visit to the zoo.  Maybe it was a sense of loyalty to the symbol of his political party.  —  But President Trump's surprise intervention to try to save …
Discussion: Washington Post
Scott Huver / Hollywood Reporter:
Sarah Silverman on Hollywood Harassment, Jewish Representation On Screen  —  “It has to change, so that's why things have to be hard right now, and people should be afraid and think before they act.  That's a good thing,” said the star of Hulu's ‘I Love You, America.’
Discussion: The Hill, Washington Times and IJR
Betsy Woodruff / The Daily Beast:
Feds Plan Nationwide Operation Targeting Food Service Chain Over Undocumented Workers … Federal agents are planning to conduct a major worksite enforcement operation at a national food service chain in the coming weeks, according to an internal Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) document reviewed by The Daily Beast.
Heather Caygle / Politico:
Congress speeds toward shutdown over Dreamers  —  Concern is growing in both parties that a clash over the fate of Dreamers will trigger a government shutdown this December.  —  House conservatives have warned Speaker Paul Ryan against lumping a fix for undocumented immigrants who came …
Discussion: JustOneMinute
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 …
Discussion: The Root
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.
Dana Milbank / Washington Post:
There is something truly historic about Trump  —  President Trump is making history at a historic level.  He tells us this himself.  —  “Good morning,” he said at the start of his Cabinet meeting Monday.  “We just returned from a historic, 12-day trip to Asia.”
Discussion: The Moderate Voice
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.
Michael Tomasky / The Daily Beast:
Hell No, Bill Clinton Shouldn't Have Resigned … I see that New York Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, who wants to run for president, has walked back her assertion last week that Bill Clinton should have resigned over his affair with Monica Lewinsky.  Last week, The New York Times asked her if Clinton should have stepped down back in 1998.
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.
Discussion: Mediaite
Yuan Yang / Financial Times:
Apple's iPhone X assembled by illegal student labour … Apple's main supplier in Asia has been employing students illegally working overtime to assemble the iPhone X, as it struggles to catch up with demand after production delays.  —  Six high school students told the Financial Times …
 
 
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Alexi McCammond / Axios:
Elizabeth Warren won't say whether Al Franken should resign
Discussion: twitchy.com and CREDO Action
Lance Izumi / RealClearEducation:
School Choice Can Protect Kids From Classroom Indoctrination
Amanda Michelle Gomez / ThinkProgress:
GOP governor makes Massachusetts first state to ensure free birth control
Discussion: The Daily Caller and WBUR
Shannon Pettypiece / Bloomberg:
Trump Campaign Stops Paying Donald Jr.'s Legal Bills
Discussion: ThinkProgress
Associated Press:
White House: Trump, Putin set to speak Tuesday
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Anthony Capaccio / Bloomberg:
Pentagon's Inspector General Praises Secret $97 Billion Bomber
Discussion: FiveThirtyEight
Lynne Marek / Chicago Business:
UIC may absorb John Marshall Law School
Discussion: Above the Law
David Weigel / Washington Post:
Ivanka Trump and Jeff Sessions take center stage in Doug Jones ad in Alabama
Discussion: Talking Points Memo
CBS News:
Donald Trump's science office is a ghost town
Michelle Goldberg / New York Times:
When Our Allies Are Accused of Harassment
Erin Kelly / USA Today:
Russia probe: Trump's tweets could be evidence against him, legal experts say
Sarah Maslin Nir / New York Times:
Fox News Host Jeanine Pirro Gets Ticket for Speeding at 119 M.P.H.
Discussion: IJR
 

 
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Matthew Keys / The Desk:
DirecTV terminates its Dish acquisition after a group of Dish creditors rejected a modified bond exchange offer

Ashley Carman / Bloomberg:
A growing number of podcasters, including Tim Ferriss, are moving away from interviews to monologues or co-hosts, as some well-known guests can be overexposed

Jonathan Stempel / Reuters:
A New York judge finds Sirius XM liable for a difficult subscription cancellation process; Sirius says it will appeal but abide by a new “click-to-cancel” rule

 
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