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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 …
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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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The American Conservative, Jewish Telegraphic Agency, CANNONFIRE and The Last Refuge
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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.
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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 …
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Axios, Associated Press, Politico and RedState
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.
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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 …
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Brett Samuels / The Hill:
Ret. Lieutenant General calls Trump Thanksgiving remarks ‘insulting’
Ret. Lieutenant General calls Trump Thanksgiving remarks ‘insulting’
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CBS Miami, The Guardian, Shareblue Media and CNBC
Akela Lacy / Politico:
Trump's Thanksgiving message to troops: 'We're really winning'
Trump's Thanksgiving message to troops: 'We're really winning'
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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.”
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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 …