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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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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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Axios, Law & Crime and The Daily Caller
Michael Scherer / Washington Post:
Roy Moore campaign refuses to substantiate claims about accuser — Alabama senate candidate Roy Moore's campaign refused Wednesday to substantiate a key claim it made as part of an effort to raise doubts about one of the candidate's accusers. — The campaign has claimed to have found documents …
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Rebecca Savransky / The Hill:
Former Alabama police officer: We were told to make sure Moore didn't hang around cheerleaders
Former Alabama police officer: We were told to make sure Moore didn't hang around cheerleaders
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Political Wire
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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Little Green Footballs, Outside the Beltway and RedState
Matt Wilstein / The Daily Beast:
CNN's Brooke Baldwin Runs Through Everything Trump Has Tweeted About Instead of Roy Moore
CNN's Brooke Baldwin Runs Through Everything Trump Has Tweeted About Instead of Roy Moore
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Raw Story
Daniel Strauss / Politico:
Moore trumpets president's near-endorsement
Moore trumpets president's near-endorsement
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The White House:
Remarks by President Trump Before Marine One Departure
Remarks by President Trump Before Marine One Departure
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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:
Texas Congressman Joe Barton Apologizes for Sending Nude Pic to Woman, Not His Wife — Texas Congressman Joe Barton sent nudes and illicit text messages to a woman, and he's apologizing for the graphic image first revealed by a Twitter user. — Barton, a Republican, sent the nude photo showing his penis.
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Vox, Power Line and The Gateway Pundit
Katie Leslie / Dallas Morning News:
Joe Barton apologizes for explicit photo, but doesn't plan to resign
Kyle Cheney / Politico:
GOP congressman Barton apologizes for nude selfie
GOP congressman Barton apologizes for nude selfie
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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 …
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New York Times:
Trump Organization Will Walk Away From Its Struggling SoHo Hotel in New York — The announcement came on his television show, “The Apprentice.” Donald J. Trump would open his second luxury hotel in New York, a “work of art” in the SoHo neighborhood of Manhattan that would become “an awe-inspiring masterpiece.”
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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.
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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Duane Patterson / The Hugh Hewitt Show:
Hillary Rodham Clinton on “What Happened” — Former Secretary of State and First Lady Hillary Rodham Clinton joined me for an in-depth conversation about her new book, “What Happened”: — The audio: — 11-22hhs-clinton — The transcript: — HH: So pleased to welcome Hillary Rodham Clinton to the program.
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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.
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The Hill, New York Daily News, Daily Kos and The Moderate Voice
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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David McCabe / Axios:
Facebook will tell users if they followed Russian pages
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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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
KSTP-TV:
KSTP/SurveyUSA: Franken Job Approval Plummets, Many Say He Should Resign — In less than a week since sexual harassment allegations were leveled against Minnesota Senator Al Franken, his approval rating has plummeted and many Minnesotans say he should resign, according to an exclusive KSTP/SurveyUSA poll.
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Steven Shepard / Politico:
Poll: Half think Franken should resign
Poll: Half think Franken should resign
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Aída Chávez / The Intercept:
The Young Turks and Reporter Abruptly Part Ways Following Sexual Assault Allegations — The progressive online news outlet the Young Turks abruptly cut ties with reporter Jordan Chariton, according to an email obtained by The Intercept, after initially placing him on administrative leave following allegations …
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Politico and The Daily Caller
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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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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New York Times and Washington Post
Ken Klippenstein / The Daily Beast:
Accused Nazi War Criminal Is a ‘Lifelong Republican’ Who Gave Thousands to GOP … A Minnesota man accused of committing war crimes when he commanded a Nazi-led unit during World War II contributed thousands of dollars to the Republican National Committee, a Daily Beast review of federal campaign records found.
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Raw Story
Jeff Stein / Washington Post:
37 of 38 economists said the GOP tax plans would grow the debt. The 38th misread the question. — An overwhelming majority of academic economists say in a new survey that the Republican tax proposals would cause America's debt to grow by one critical measure.
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Rebecca Savransky / The Hill:
NY AG probing ‘massive scheme’ to influence FCC with fake net neutrality comments — New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman (D) is investigating what he calls a massive scheme to corrupt the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) with fake public comments on net neutrality.
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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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