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10:30 AM ET, November 25, 2017

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Gardiner Harris / New York Times:
Diplomats Sound the Alarm as They Are Pushed Out in Droves  —  WASHINGTON — Of all the State Department employees who might have been vulnerable in the staff reductions that Secretary of State Rex W. Tillerson has initiated as he reshapes the department, the one person who seemed least likely …
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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.
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Brandon Carter / The Hill:
Trump visits his West Palm Beach golf club  —  President Trump traveled to his West Palm Beach, Florida golf club Saturday, marking the fourth consecutive day he's visited one of his golf properties.  —  Trump departed his Mar-a-Lago resort at 7:45 a.m. Saturday and arrived …
Discussion: Joe.My.God. and Raw Story
Washington Post:
While eyes are on Russia, Sessions dramatically reshapes the Justice Department  —  For more than five hours, Attorney General Jeff Sessions sat in a hearing room on Capitol Hill this month, fending off inquiries on Washington's two favorite topics: President Trump and Russia.
Discussion: Power Line
Kevin Robillard / Politico:
Republicans flee from McConnell in 2018 primaries  —  Nobody wants to be on Team McConnell.  —  Heading into the 2018 elections, only one Republican Senate candidate nationwide has pledged unequivocally to back Mitch McConnell as majority leader.  Most Republicans facing competitive primaries …
Discussion: Raw Story
Caitlin Emma / Politico:
How a powerful senator schooled Betsy DeVos  —  Several months ago, Sen. Lamar Alexander phoned Education Secretary Betsy DeVos with a message: Back off.  —  Alexander, the Republican chairman of the Senate HELP Committee, was furious that a top DeVos aide was circumventing a new law aimed …
Discussion: Raw Story
Sean Sullivan / Washington Post:
'Doug Jones's problem': African American voters not energized by Alabama's Senate race  —  Doug Jones makes a campaign stop in Troy, Ala., on Nov. 17.  The Democratic candidate for U.S. Senate believes he can win if he pieces together an unusually delicate coalition.  (Aly Grice/Troy Messenger/AP)
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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Washington Post:
A flat-Earther's plan to launch himself in a homemade rocket just hit a speed bump  —  A California man who planned to launch himself 1,800 feet high Saturday in a homemade scrap-metal rocket — in an effort to prove that Earth is flat — said he is postponing the experiment …
Discussion: RT and Daily Kos
Victoria Guida / Politico:
Trump taps Mulvaney to head CFPB, sparking confusion over agency's leadership  —  President Donald Trump on Friday named White House Budget Director Mick Mulvaney acting director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, setting up a legal clash over who is in charge of the controversial agency.
Matt Latimer / Politico:
Want to Know Why Roy Moore Might Win?  Blame the Media.  —  In the wake of the Roy Moore fiasco, a number of “hot takes” have made their rounds in the media.  How obviously hypocritical it is, for example, for evangelical leaders to stand behind a man crediblay accused of sexually assaulting a minor.
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
WTVR-TV:
Youth pastor arrested for allegedly murdering family on Thanksgiving … CHESTER, Va. - Police have arrested a youth pastor for allegedly murdering his family at a home in Chester on Thanksgiving night.  —  Officers discovered two women and a man shot to death at a home on Dogwood Ridge Court …
Denise Hollinshed / St. Louis Post-Dispatch:
St. Louis Galleria reopened after protest and arrests on Black Friday  —  RICHMOND HEIGHTS  • The St. Louis Galleria closed for about a half hour Friday afternoon after seven people were arrested during a Black Friday protest.  —  Among those arrested was state Rep. Bruce Franks Jr.
Discussion: Raw Story, RT and The Gateway Pundit
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Angelo Codevilla / American Greatness:
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BBC:
North Korea digs DMZ trench after recent defection
Miranda Green / CNN:
Rep. Kathleen Rice: Ethics committee's accountability ‘not real’
Discussion: Townhall.com and Business Insider
Associated Press:
House to vote next week on required anti-harassment training
Discussion: Politico
Jacques Billeaud / Associated Press:
Sheriff Arpaio pursued case to hurt Sen. Flake, lawsuit says
Discussion: RedState, The Hill and Axios
David Leonhardt / New York Times:
What to Read Now  —  Holiday shopping.  As you read this …
Gale Holland / Los Angeles Times:
Malibu church pressured to end homeless dinners, with some saying it lures needy to upscale city
Discussion: KTLA
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Richard Winton / Los Angeles Times:
LAPD chief expects more high-profile Hollywood sex crime allegations
James S. Robbins / USA Today:
Hijab Barbie: Perfect Christmas gift for non-Muslim parents who want to stick it to Trump
Sharon Noguchi / Mercury News:
San Jose: Muslim teacher wearing head scarf repeatedly bullied by students
Discussion: Raw Story
John Bowden / The Hill:
Eminem angry Trump ‘not paying attention to me’
Washington Post:
States prepare to shut down children's health programs if Congress doesn't act
Discussion: Daily Kos
Spiegel Online:
The End of the End of History  —  The collapse of coalition talks …