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8:30 AM ET, November 24, 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 …
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Washington Post:
Flynn's lawyer shuts down communications with Trump's team, a sign he may be cooperating with Mueller probe  —  Michael Flynn speaks during a press briefing at the White House on Feb. 1.  A lawyer for the former national security adviser told President Trump's legal team this week …
Discussion: ABC News and Balloon Juice
Drew Harwell / Washington Post:   ‘Keep coming at me guys!!!’: Donald Trump Jr. meets Russia scrutiny with defiance
Thomas L. Friedman / New York Times:
Saudi Arabia's Arab Spring, at Last  —  The crown prince has big plans to bring back a level of tolerance to his society.  —  RIYADH, Saudi Arabia — I never thought I'd live long enough to write this sentence: The most significant reform process underway anywhere in the Middle East today is in Saudi Arabia.
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Daily Mail:
EXCLUSIVE: ‘American mercenaries are torturing’ …
Discussion: The Gateway Pundit
Jennifer Brooks / Star Tribune:
Sen. Al Franken vows to regain trust of Minnesota after harassment allegations  —  'Let me say again that I'm sorry,' the senator wrote.  He apologized for embraces that ‘crossed a line.’  —  WASHINGTON - Sen. Al Franken said Thursday that he plans to stay in the U.S. Senate and try to win back Minnesotans' trust.
Discussion: Power Line, Political Wire, Mediaite and AOL
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Brandon Conradis / The Hill:
Franken pledges to regain trust in Thanksgiving apology  —  (D-Minn.), who is facing a growing number of allegations of sexual misconduct, issued a new statement on Thursday promising to regain the trust of Minnesotans and apologizing for past behavior.  —  “I feel terribly that I've …
Chris Sommerfeldt / New York Daily News:
Actor Billy Baldwin says President Trump hit on his wife during party at upscale Manhattan hotel  —  Actor Billy Baldwin claims President Trump hit on his wife during a ritzy hotel party in Manhattan over two decades ago, blasting the commander-in-chief as a “black belt” sexual harasser.
Discussion: The Daily Beast, The Hill, IJR and Raw Story
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: IJR and Raw Story
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Brett Samuels / The Hill:
Ret. Lieutenant General calls Trump Thanksgiving remarks ‘insulting’
Miranda Green / CNN:
Trump touts his leadership during Thanksgiving teleconference with troops
Discussion: NPR, IJR and FOX59
Akela Lacy / Politico:
Trump's Thanksgiving message to troops: 'We're really winning'
Discussion: Axios
Matthew Rozsa / Salon:
Here's your leftover turkey: The case for Hillary Clinton 2020  —  Are you sick of Republicans?  Or just right-wingers in general?  Do you want to send a message to Washington that you aren't going to buy into their racist, sexist, xenophobic, homophobic and classist nonsense for one second longer?
Sarah Jaffe / New Republic:
There Are No Safe Spaces  —  A series of sexual harassment allegations has vindicated the demands of student activists.  —  If we have learned anything from the ongoing, seemingly endless tide of sexual harassment allegations against famous, powerful men, it is that there is no space that is truly safe.
Politico:
Trump to speak with Erdogan about ‘bringing peace to the mess I inherited’ in Middle East  —  President Donald Trump tweeted that he'll be speaking with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Friday to discuss “bringing peace to the mess I inherited in the Middle East.”
Discussion: Washington Post
Henry Grabar / Slate:
Black Friday Ain't What It Used to Be  —  On Broadway in Lower Manhattan, stores are advertising their Black Friday deals: 35 percent off at Club Monaco.  Fifty percent off at Banana Republic.  Steve Madden, inexplicably, will open at 6 a.m.  —  It's the start of a crucial 30-day period …
Weekly Standard:
North Korea, Re-Listed  —  If you asked any ordinarily informed citizen if the State Department considered North Korea a state sponsor of terrorism, the answer would likely be “Of course.”  And yet for nine years, from the end of the George W. Bush administration until November 20 …
 
 
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Todd Spangler / Detroit Free Press:
New John Conyers accuser: He showed up to a meeting in his underwear
Discussion: IJR
Editorials / New York Daily News:
Trump has let down more than 50,000 Haitians in America
Bill Bowden / Arkansas Online:
14 sites in Arkansas, including Johnny Cash's boyhood home, get look for U.S. register
Discussion: Associated Press
McClatchy Washington Bureau:
Top Trump staffers failed to file financial reports on their way out the door
Discussion: The Hill
Brett Samuels / The Hill:
Rand Paul and wife release Thanksgiving video following senator's attack
Discussion: RedState
Richard Morgan / New York Post:
The NFL ratings slump is getting worse
 Earlier Items: 
Richard Winton / Los Angeles Times:
Beverly Hills police are investigating 12 Hollywood sexual assault allegations
Charles M. Blow / New York Times:
Thankfully Recommitting to Resistance
Linda Greenhouse / New York Times:
A Conservative Plan to Weaponize the Federal Courts
Discussion: Balkinization
Fox News:
Abortion rates in US hit historic low, CDC report finds
Discussion: LifeNews.com