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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 …
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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 …
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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.”
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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 …
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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
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 …
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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 …
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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.
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Avery Anapol / The Hill:
Thanksgiving is Trump's 100th day at a Trump property as president — Thanksgiving Day will mark the 100th day President Trump has spent at one of his properties since taking office. — The Trump family is spending Thanksgiving weekend at his Mar-a-Lago resort in Florida.
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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 …
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