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Elaina Plott / Washingtonian:
Roy Moore's Communications Director Resigns — John Rogers confirms he's left the Alabama Senate candidate's campaign. — John Rogers has resigned as communications director from Roy Moore's Senate campaign, according to a source familiar with the matter. — Reached by phone on Wednesday, Rogers confirmed his resignation.
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Meg Kelly / Washington Post:
President Trump and accusations of sexual misconduct: The complete list — “Women are very special. I think it's a very special time, a lot of things are coming out and I think that's good for our society and I think it's very, very good for women and I'm very happy a lot of these things are coming out.
Discussion:
New York Daily News and The Moderate Voice
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 …
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The Moderate Voice
Eric Boehlert / Shareblue Media:
Cowardly GOP leaders go silent after Trump endorses accused child molester for Senate
Cowardly GOP leaders go silent after Trump endorses accused child molester for Senate
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RedState, Feeds and Political Wire
Michael Scherer / Washington Post:
Roy Moore campaign refuses to substantiate claims about accuser
Roy Moore campaign refuses to substantiate claims about accuser
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Vox and Power Line
Brian Beutler / Crooked Media:
The Republican Case for Doug Jones
Eve Fairbanks / BuzzFeed:
Mark Halperin Poisoned Our Politics — Reports of sexual harassment destroyed his reputation and his career. But I want to talk about the deeper, subtler, more insidious effect Mark Halperin had on our politics. — In mid-2005 I packed two duffel bags and took a train to Washington …
CNN:
How Sarah Sanders humiliated the press — Sarah Sanders encouraged reporters to say what they're thankful for before she'd answer questions on Monday — John Kirby: Her aw-shucks stunt was part of administration's effort to undermine credibility, stature of a free press
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Masha Gessen / New Yorker:
The Degrading Ritual of Sarah Huckabee Sanders's Pre-Thanksgiving Press Briefing — The President of the United States is a bully who makes a mockery of his office, democratic institutions, and the English language. So is his press secretary. On Monday, during the last briefing …
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Washington Post
Matthew Chapman / Shareblue Media:
Minutes after saying he's hard at work, Trump goes to his golf club for the 50th time
Minutes after saying he's hard at work, Trump goes to his golf club for the 50th time
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The Guardian
Abby Livingston / The Texas Tribune:
U.S. Rep. Joe Barton apologizes for graphic online photo — Texas Congressman Joe Barton released a statement Wednesday apologizing for a graphic nude photo of him that circulated on social media earlier this week. He announced his re-election bid earlier this month.
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TMZ.com, Politico, twitchy.com and Politicus USA
Kelley Paul / CNN:
Since the attack, my husband Rand Paul hasn't taken a single breath without pain — Kelley Paul is the wife of Sen. Rand Paul of Kentucky. The opinions expressed in this commentary are hers. — (CNN)The average person takes 20,000 breaths a day. Since November 3, my husband, Rand Paul, has not taken a single one without pain.
Josh Gerstein / Politico:
Legal complaint filed over Kellyanne Conway's comments on Roy Moore race — A prominent government ethics expert has filed a complaint against White House counselor Kellyanne Conway, alleging that she violated federal law Monday by appearing to oppose Alabama Senate candidate Roy Moore's Democratic opponent.
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David McCabe / Axios:
Facebook will tell users if they followed Russian pages — Facebook will tell users whether they followed pages set up by Russian operatives as part of a broad campaign to interfere in the 2016 election. The company, along with Twitter and Google, have faced pressure from lawmakers …
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Steven Shepard / Politico:
Poll: Half think Franken should resign — A majority of voters think the Senate Ethics Committee should investigate Sen. Al Franken (D-Minn.), and half think Franken should resign from the Senate, according to a new POLITICO/Morning Consult poll. — The poll was conducted …
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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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Geoffrey Rowland / The Hill:
Trump lashes out at Ball, says he is an ‘Ungrateful fool!’ — President Trump early Wednesday morning lashed out at the father of one of three UCLA basketball players arrested for shoplifting earlier this month, referring to LaVar Ball a “poor man's version of Don King” and an “Ungrateful fool!”
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Brandon Carter / The Hill:
LaVar Ball fires back at Trump: 'If you help, you shouldn't have to say anything'
LaVar Ball fires back at Trump: 'If you help, you shouldn't have to say anything'
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Politico, Washington Post, RedState, bizpacreview.com and IJR
Dan Diamond / Politico:
Murkowski says she backs Obamacare mandate repeal — Sen. Lisa Murkowski says she supports GOP efforts to repeal the Affordable Care Act's individual mandate, the Alaska Republican wrote in an op-ed for a local newspaper Tuesday. — “I have always supported the freedom to choose,” …
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ThinkProgress and Splinter
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Sen. Lisa Murkowski / www.newsminer.com:
Alaskan senator supports free choice for health care
Alaskan senator supports free choice for health care
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ThinkProgress, ABC News, RedState, Talking Points Memo, Common Dreams, bizpacreview.com, Business Insider, New York Magazine, Daily Kos and Axios
Jason Zengerle / New York Times:
The Voices in Blue America's Head — For years, liberals have tried, and failed, to create their own version of conservative talk radio. Has Crooked Media finally figured it out? — It was early November, the day before Virginia's elections, and the Democratic cavalry …
Tory Newmyer / Reuters:
The Finance 202: There is something very strange about the GOP tax plan — THE TICKER — President Donald Trump talks to reporters Tuesday before departing with his family to Mar-a-Lago for Thanksgiving. (Jabin Botsford/The Washington Post) … Here's one way to tell whether …
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Washington Post, New York Times and ThinkProgress
Foster Klug / Associated Press:
Cold War drama caught on video as N. Korean soldier escapes — SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — It's 3:11 p.m. on a cold, gray day on the North Korean side of the most heavily armed border in the world, and a lone soldier is racing toward freedom. — His dark olive-green jeep speeds down a straight …
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Rebecca Savransky / The Hill:
Charlie Rose accused of sexual harassment by three CBS employees — Three CBS employees are accusing Charlie Rose of sexual harassment. — The new allegations come after Rose was fired from CBS News and PBS following a report in The Washington Post in which eight women accused Rose of sexual misconduct.
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Ian Mohr / Page Six:
‘CBS This Morning’ is ‘begging’ Oprah to fill in for Charlie Rose
‘CBS This Morning’ is ‘begging’ Oprah to fill in for Charlie Rose
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Facebook:
Continuing Transparency on Russian Activity — A few weeks ago, we shared our plans to increase the transparency of advertising on Facebook. This is part of our ongoing effort to protect our platforms and the people who use them from bad actors who try to undermine our democracy.
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Politico, New York Magazine, Business Insider, The Verge, Mashable and Gizmodo
ProPublica:
Here Are the White House Visitor Records the Trump Administration Didn't Want You to See — The Trump White House tried to block public access to visitor logs of five federal offices working directly for the president even though they were subject to public disclosure through the Freedom of Information Act.
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Daily Kos
Joe Berkowitz / GQ:
It's Your Civic Duty to Ruin Thanksgiving by Bringing Up Trump — This Turkey Day, consider making life HELL for a few of your relatives. — It's late-November 2017, and you know what that means: Every man you've ever seen on TV for any reason has just been unmasked as a woman-hating sewer ghoul.
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Balloon Juice, Fox News Insider, The Gateway Pundit and John Hawkins' Right Wing News
Jeremy Gorner / Chicago Tribune:
Chicago cop faces discipline for insensitive, threatening posts on Facebook — Chicago police Officer Brian J. Hansen was cited by the Civilian Office of Police Accountability for more than 60 rule violations, including inflammatory Facebook posts. (Brian Cassella / Chicago Tribune)
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New York Post and The Daily Caller
Commander, U.S. 7th Fleet:
Eight Personnel Recovered from C2-A Aircraft Crash in Philippine Sea — PHILIPPINE SEA - Search and rescue operations recovered eight personnel following a C2-A Greyhound aircraft crash southeast of Okinawa at approximately 3:23 p.m. today. — All personnel were transferred to USS Ronald Reagan …
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Mark Bauerlein / Politico:
This Is What It's Like to Be the Only Trump Fan at Thanksgiving Dinner — In my household, when the holidays come, the usual family members plus a friend or two gather. We have three generations at the table: two female 80-year-olds, some 50-year-olds and the millennials. Only one of us is a Trump supporter.
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