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5:30 PM ET, November 23, 2017

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New York Times:
A Split From Trump Indicates That Flynn Is Moving to Cooperate With Mueller  —  WASHINGTON — Lawyers for Michael T. Flynn, President Trump's former national security adviser, notified the president's legal team in recent days that they could no longer discuss the special counsel's investigation …
Tom Namako / BuzzFeed:
Here's What Trump Told The Coast Guard When He Visited Them On Thanksgiving  —  “I said, how good is this plane?  They said, well, sir, you can't see it.  I said but in a fight.  You know, in a fight, like I watch on the movies.”  —  President Trump visited and addressed the Coast Guard in Riviera Beach …
Discussion: Raw Story and IJR
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Brett Samuels / The Hill:
Ret. Lieutenant General calls Trump Thanksgiving remarks ‘insulting’  —  A retired lieutenant general said Thursday that President Trump's comments to troops deployed overseas, which included remarks about the economy and military's recent success, were “somewhat insulting.”
Discussion: The Guardian and Shareblue Media
Akela Lacy / Politico:
Trump's Thanksgiving message to troops: 'We're really winning'
Discussion: Axios, CNBC and AOL
McClatchy Washington Bureau:
Exclusive: Manafort flight records show deeper Kremlin ties than previously known  —  WASHINGTON  —  Political guru Paul Manafort took at least 18 trips to Moscow and was in frequent contact with Vladimir Putin's allies for nearly a decade as a consultant in Russia and Ukraine for oligarchs and pro-Kremlin parties.
Bret Stephens / New York Times:
Thanksgiving Gratitude for a Father's Lesson  —  Many years ago, I committed an offense for which famous men are now being publicly, and rightly, shamed.  I patted an office secretary on her behind.  I won't offer the usual lame defense that I didn't know my advance was unwanted or that social attitudes were different back then.
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Charles M. Blow / New York Times:
Thankfully Recommitting to Resistance  —  Last Thanksgiving I wrote a column titled, “No, Trump, We Can't Just Get Along,” in which I committed myself to resisting this travesty of a man, proclaiming, “I have not only an ethical and professional duty to call out how obscene your very existence …
Washington Post:
Congressman told woman he would report her to Capitol Police if she exposed his secret sex life  —  (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call/Associated Press)  —  Rep. Joe Barton, who apologized Wednesday for a lewd photo of him that circulated on the Internet, told a woman to whom he had sent sexually explicit photos …
KHOU-TV:
Woman accused of mailing explosives to Gov. Abbott, Pres. Obama  —  Court documents say Gov. Abbott opened the package, but it failed to explode because he didn't open it correctly.  If opened correctly, says “it could've caused severe burns and death.”  —  Author: KHOU.com , KHOU
Discussion: Raw Story and RedState
Richard Morgan / New York Post:
The NFL ratings slump is getting worse  —  The TV audience for NFL games steepened its slide in Week 11, losing 1 million viewers versus last year's season-to-date average.  —  The 6.3 percent slump — worsening from comparable declines of 5.6 to 5.7 percent during the previous three weeks …
Ryan Lizza / New Yorker:
A Russian Journalist Explains How the Kremlin Instructed Him to Cover the 2016 Election  —  On a recent Saturday in November, Dimitri Skorobutov, a former editor at Russia's largest state media company, sat in a bar in Maastricht, a college town in the Netherlands, with journalists from around …
Discussion: Raw Story
Richard Winton / Los Angeles Times:
Beverly Hills police are investigating 12 Hollywood sexual assault allegations  —  Beverly Hills police are investigating 12 sexual assault allegations made against members of the entertainment industry, officials said.  (Al Seib / Los Angeles Times)  —  The Beverly Hills Police Department …
Brett Samuels / The Hill:
Rand Paul and wife release Thanksgiving video following senator's attack … (R-Ky.) and his wife, Kelley, thanked the public on Thursday for their concern in the wake of an alleged assault that broke six of the senator's ribs.  —  “Thanks for your concern, your prayers, your thoughts, all your get well cards.
Derek Robertson / Politico:
How Donald Trump Ruined Thanksgiving  —  In the 10 months since his inauguration, President Donald Trump has been accused of torching everything from America's stature on the global stage to the country's most treasured political norms.  He “ruined the eclipse,” noted one observer; he …
Discussion: The Hill
 
 
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Anna Fifield / Washington Post:
For North Korean soldier's recovery, South Koreans are pinning their hopes on this doctor
Discussion: Power Line, RT and Associated Press
Linda Greenhouse / New York Times:
A Conservative Plan to Weaponize the Federal Courts
Discussion: Common Dreams
Grabien News:
Exclusive: In '99, Franken Copped to Copping a Feel of Kathie Lee Gifford
Discussion: The Gateway Pundit and Power Line
Kurt Schlichter / Townhall.com:
Seven Things Conservatives Should Be Thankful For
Shannon Najmabadi / The Texas Tribune:
Judge strikes down Texas ban on common abortion procedure
Fox News:
Abortion rates in US hit historic low, CDC report finds
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Daily Mail:
EXCLUSIVE: ‘American mercenaries are torturing’ …
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Yashar Ali / HuffPost:
Danny Masterson's Publicist Suggested A Woman Can't Be Raped By A Man She's In A Relationship With
Discussion: The Hill and Raw Story
Heather Long / Washington Post:
House Republicans have a little-known plan to raise taxes on teachers by $2 billion
Alan Rappeport / New York Times:
States Warn of Budget Crunch Under Republican Tax Plan
Discussion: Mother Jones
John Daniel Davidson / The Federalist:
The First Thanksgiving Was Nothing Like What You Were Taught
Discussion: Vox Popoli
Jeremy W. Peters / New York Times:
Fighting Gay Rights and Abortion With the First Amendment
Discussion: National Review
Sari Horwitz / Washington Post:
Tens of thousands with outstanding warrants purged from background check database for gun purchases
Discussion: VICE News
NBC 10 Philadelphia:
Livid Over Temporary Protective Status Change for Immigrants, Kenney Says Trump Is a ‘Bully’ and ‘Punk’
Discussion: AOL, Politico and The Daily Caller
 

 
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Katie Robertson / New York Times:
The NYT reports adding 260K digital subscribers in Q3, for 11.9M in total, with digital ad revenue up 8.8% YoY to $81.6M, and The Athletic had its first profit

Joshua Benton / Nieman Lab:
Around 75% of the largest US newspapers aren't endorsing anyone for president this year, as publishers try not to annoy any sliver of their remaining customers

Sean Burch / The Wrap:
Report: Garrett Ventry, who will join NBC News' Election Night coverage as a Republican pundit on election day, registered as an agent of Qatar in September

 
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