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10:15 PM ET, November 24, 2017

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Wall Street Journal:
Mueller Probe Looks at Mike Flynn's Work on Documentary Targeting Exiled Turkish Cleric  —  Special counsel focuses on links to Turkey as legal team's move signals possible cooperation with investigators  —  WASHINGTON—Special Counsel Robert Mueller is investigating former White House …
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Barbara McQuade / The Daily Beast:
If Flynn Is Cooperating With Mueller, Then Case Against Trump Gets Much More Serious … The report by the New York Times that Michael Flynn has withdrawn from a joint defense agreement with President Donald Trump might indicate that he is cooperating with Special Counsel Robert S. Mueller III.
Victoria Guida / Politico:
In final act, Cordray blocks Trump from naming his successor at consumer protection bureau  —  Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Director Richard Cordray on Friday appointed the agency's chief of staff, Leandra English, as the CFPB's deputy director, establishing her as his successor when he steps down at the end of the day.
CNN:
Key developments:  —  Coordinated attack: Gunmen fired on people fleeing after explosions took place at the mosque.  The attackers also opened fire on ambulances, witnesses said.  —  The target: The mosque, located in northern Sinai, is known as the birthplace of an important Sufi cleric.
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Associated Press:
The Latest: Egypt says death toll in mosque attack up to 200
Discussion: NPR and Axios
Michelle Kosinski / CNN:
Tillerson's senior team planning to skip Ivanka Trump's India trip  —  STORY HIGHLIGHTS  — A Senior State Department official told CNN: “They (Tillerson and his staff) won't send someone senior because they don't want to bolster Ivanka”  —  (CNN)Days ahead of what should be a major moment …
Discussion: Raw Story
Carol Robinson / al.com:
Thanksgiving night fight shuts down Alabama's largest mall 40 minutes early  —  Thanksgiving night fight shuts down Riverchase Galleria mall early  —  Shoppers getting an early start on Black Friday deals had their Thanksgiving trek to the Riverchase Galleria cut short when fights broke out in the mall.
Discussion: WKRG-TV, Mediaite, AOL, Law & Crime, IJR and Splinter
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Denise Hollinshed / St. Louis Post-Dispatch:
St. Louis Galleria reopened after protest and arrests on Black Friday
Discussion: RT and The Gateway Pundit
Miranda Green / CNN:
Rep. Kathleen Rice: Ethics committee's accountability ‘not real’  —  Dem lawmaker calls on Conyers to resign  —  Washington (CNN)Rep. Kathleen Rice said that the congressional ethics committees being proposed as a way to investigate serial sexual assault offenders on Capitol Hill are “not real” and “not accountable.”
Discussion: Townhall.com and Business Insider
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Todd Spangler / Detroit Free Press:
New John Conyers accuser: He showed up to a meeting in his underwear
BuzzFeed:
Twitter Has Suspended Another 45 Suspected Propaganda Accounts After They Were Flagged By BuzzFeed News  —  The social media giant is facing serious questions over its efforts to deal with fake propaganda accounts after BuzzFeed News uncovered a network directly connected to the Russia-linked accounts Twitter submitted to Congress.
Discussion: Raw Story
Washington Post:
Mueller might be the one who's ‘draining the swamp’  —  President Trump famously promised that, if elected president, he would “drain the swamp” — upending the culture in Washington that favors the well-connected.  —  It is special counsel Robert S. Mueller III whose work seems …
Discussion: Raw Story
Tom Metcalf / Bloomberg:
Jeff Bezos's Net Worth Just Broke $100 Billion  —  Amazon founder's net worth has risen $33 billion this year  —  Bill Gates was last person to attain 12-figure fortune in 1999  —  Jeff Bezos is the world's newest $100 billion mogul.  —  The Amazon.com Inc. founder's fortune is up $2.4 billion …
Jacques Billeaud / Associated Press:
Sheriff Arpaio pursued case to hurt Sen. Flake, lawsuit says  —  PHOENIX (AP) — A federal lawsuit set to go to trial next month marks the latest legal action brought against former Arizona Sheriff Joe Arpaio over allegations that he pursued a trumped-up criminal case to get publicity and embarrass an adversary.
Discussion: The Hill and Axios
Emily Goldberg / Politico:
Time says Trump is ‘incorrect’ after president says he rejected Person of the Year overture  —  President Donald Trump tweeted on Friday that Time called to tell him that he was “probably” going to be named the magazine's person of the year, but that he turned the offer down, an account Time later disputed.
Discussion: The Hill, ThinkProgress, RedState, CNN, RT and Axios
Sabrina Tavernise / New York Times:
Ben Shapiro, a Provocative ‘Gladiator,’ Battles to Win Young Conservatives  —  SALT LAKE CITY — Benjamin Shapiro strode down the aisle of a packed auditorium at the University of Utah like a prizefighter walking toward a ring.  He was dressed in a dark suit jacket and a gray shirt and was followed closely by a bodyguard.
Discussion: Politico
BBC:
North Korea digs DMZ trench after recent defection  —  North Korea appears to be fortifying its border in the Demilitarised Zone (DMZ) with the South, days after a soldier defected by running across.  —  A US diplomat to South Korea has tweeted a picture showing workers digging a trench.
Discussion: CNN and The Daily Caller
Washington Post:
States prepare to shut down children's health programs if Congress doesn't act  —  Officials in nearly a dozen states are preparing to notify families that a crucial health insurance program for low-income children is running out of money for the first time since its creation two decades ago …
Discussion: Daily Kos
James S. Robbins / USA Today:
Hijab Barbie: Perfect Christmas gift for non-Muslim parents who want to stick it to Trump  —  There is something about this that is sickeningly politically correct and wonderfully all-American.  —  Meet hijab Barbie — just in time for Christmas!  Talk about mixed messages.
David Leonhardt / New York Times:
What to Read Now  —  Holiday shopping.  As you read this, people are jostling each other in stores across the land.  I have a different suggestion for holiday shopping: Buy a subscription — for yourself or as a gift — to a publication that does great work and that needs more help than, say, The New York Times.
Sharon Noguchi / Mercury News:
San Jose: Muslim teacher wearing head scarf repeatedly bullied by students  —  SAN JOSE — Eagerly anticipating her English students delving into “Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone,” Maimona Afzal Berta arrived early to school Sept. 11.  Her classroom walls at Fischer Middle School depicted …
Discussion: Raw Story
Spiegel Online:
The End of the End of History  —  The collapse of coalition talks in Berlin are far from a national crisis.  But it is symptomatic.  It is time for German politicians to realize what is at stake for their country and the rest of the Western world.  —  The Chancellery in Berlin
 
 
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Associated Press:
House to vote next week on required anti-harassment training
Discussion: Politico
Gale Holland / Los Angeles Times:
Malibu church pressured to end homeless dinners, with some saying it lures needy to upscale city
Discussion: KTLA
Richard Winton / Los Angeles Times:
LAPD chief expects more high-profile Hollywood sex crime allegations
Associated Press:
Police: US diplomat shot in foot outside Rio de Janeiro
Discussion: The Hill and The Daily Caller
John Bowden / The Hill:
Eminem angry Trump ‘not paying attention to me’
Chris Kudialis / LasVegasSun.com:
‘A great stocking-stuffer’: Deals on recreational marijuana enter Black Friday frenzy
Discussion: The Daily Caller and Joe.My.God.
Griff Witte / Washington Post:
Germany's Merkel gets a potential lifeline as center-left party says it's willing to talk
Wall Street Journal:
Requiem for a Hit Man
 Earlier Items: 
Marie Solis / Newsweek:
JUANITA BROADDRICK WANTS WOMEN TO BE HEARD, BUT SHE STILL BACKS TRUMP
Discussion: The Hill, NewsBusters and Axios
Peter J. Boyer / Weekly Standard:
Linda Tripp: 'It's a Day Late, and It's a Dollar Short'
Discussion: The Gateway Pundit
Jerusalem Post:
NETANYAHU DISAVOWS DEPUTY FM OVER ‘OFFENSIVE REMARKS’ TOWARD US JEWS
Discussion: Washington Post and israpundit.org
Shawn Cohen / New York Post:
Cops tried to intimidate rape accuser out of pressing charges: lawyer
Discussion: RedState
Amie Parnes / The Hill:
How Dem insiders rank the 2020 contenders
Andrew Higgins / New York Times:
Why Putin's Foes Deplore U.S. Fixation on Election Meddling
Discussion: Motherboard
Matthew Rozsa / Salon:
Here's your leftover turkey: The case for Hillary Clinton 2020
 

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

Porter Anderson / Publishing Perspectives:
PEN America: 10,046 school books bans across 29 states were recorded from July 2023 to June 2024, up ~200% YoY; Florida had 4,500+ bans and Iowa had 3,600+ bans

Ross Raihala / Twin Cities:
Q&A with Aaron Rupar on leaving Vox to start Public Notice on Substack, watching ~400 Trump rallies to share clips with his 989K followers on X, and more

 
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