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3:25 PM ET, November 26, 2017

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Marc Lacey / New York Times:
Readers Accuse Us of Normalizing a Nazi Sympathizer; We Respond  —  The Reader Center is a newsroom initiative that is helping The Times build deeper ties with our audience.  —  We have asked our national editor, Marc Lacey, to respond to feedback on our recent profile of a white nationalist.
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Associated Press:
FBI didn't tell US targets as Russian hackers hunted emails  —  WASHINGTON (AP) — The FBI failed to notify scores of U.S. officials that Russian hackers were trying to break into their personal Gmail accounts despite having evidence for at least a year that the targets were in the Kremlin's crosshairs, The Associated Press has found.
Discussion: Mediaite and Axios, more at Techmeme »
Hot Air:
Pelosi Chokes, Won't Say That “Icon” Conyers Should Resign Over Settlement Of Harassment Allegations; Update: Conyers Quits Top Spot On Judiciary Committee  —  An astounding performance, in which the first woman Speaker in American history goes to bat for a credibly accused harasser in the midst …
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Kailani Koenig / NBC News:
Rep. John Conyers steps down from committee leadership position amid harassment accusations  —  WASHINGTON — Rep. John Conyers, D-Mich., stepped down as the ranking Democratic member of the House Judiciary Committee on Sunday, following multiple sexual harassment accusations.
The Hill:
Conyers stepping aside as ranking Dem on House Judiciary Committee  —  Jr. (D-Mich.) announced he is stepping aside as the ranking member of the House Judiciary Committee pending an investigation into allegations of sexual harassment.  —  “After careful consideration and in light …
New York Times:
John Conyers Steps Aside From Judiciary Post Amid Sex Harassment Inquiry
Discussion: Instapundit
Heather Caygle / Politico:
Conyers stepping down from post as ranking Democrat on Judiciary panel
Discussion: CNN, Vox, AOL and The Daily Caller
Jennifer Brooks / Star Tribune:
‘Ashamed’ Franken says he'll return to work on Monday  —  Breaking an eight-day silence, the Minnesota senator tells the Star Tribune that he needs to regain trust of those he's let down.  —  Sen. Al Franken broke his eight-day silence Sunday, reaching out to Minnesota media outlets to talk …
Discussion: Political Wire and Mediaite
Emma Brockes / The Guardian:
Susan Sarandon: 'I thought Hillary was very dangerous.  If she'd won, we'd be at war'  —  She talks about Hollywood sexism, female empowerment and playing Bette Davis  —  usan Sarandon at 71 is bright-eyed and airy, and perhaps shyer than she can publicly seem.
Paul Schwartzman / Washington Post:
Why a historically conservative county in Virginia is making national Republicans nervous  —  (Julia Rendleman/For The Washington Post)  —  CHESTERFIELD, Va. — In this bastion of Virginia-brand conservatism, dozens of Democratic women roared on a recent night as their organization's leader crowed …
Discussion: Politico and Raw Story
Indianapolis Star:
IU Health investigates after controversial tweet traced to nurse  —  Indiana University Health is investigating a controversial tweet allegedly sent by a nurse who works for the organization.  —  The tweet, from an account named Night Nurse that has been linked to an employee named Taiyesha Baker …
Discussion: The Gateway Pundit
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Andy Koval / FOX59:
IU Health investigating after nurse allegedly posts controversial tweet
Uri Friedman / The Atlantic:
What's Dangerous About Donald Trump's Foreign Policy?  —  When critics argue that Donald Trump is an exceptionally reckless commander in chief, they tend to highlight how the American president deviates from the norm.  —  By issuing “diplomatic pronouncements” on Twitter …
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Jeffrey H Smith / The Guardian:
How Trump is slowly destroying America's national security agencies
Discussion: Daily Kos
Steven Hayward / Power Line:
The Gathering Storm in the Western Pacific
Eliana Johnson / Politico:
Republicans fret over White House sales job on taxes  —  When photos of Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin and his wife, Louise Linton, posing with freshly printed sheets of money ricocheted across the internet earlier this month, Democrats fighting the GOP tax bill saw an opportunity to whack it.
WSAZ-TV:
Naya Rivera charged with domestic battery in Kanawha County  —  KANAWHA COUNTY, W.Va. (WSAZ) — UPDATE 11/26/17 @ 12:44 a.m.  —  Naya Rivera has been charged with domestic battery in Kanawha County.  —  Rivera was arrested at a home in the Chesapeake area of Kanawha County Saturday night around 9:30 p.m.
Bill Schneider / NBC News:
Trump and his voters are drawn together by a shared sense of defiance  —  The American tradition is not deference to authority; it's defiance of authority, even when the cause is hopeless.  Sociologist Seymour Martin Lipset once wrote that the United States was, in fact, peopled by …
Discussion: Politico
Mallory Shelbourne / The Hill:
Graham: Failure ‘not an option’ on taxes  —  (R-S.C.) said Sunday that “failure is not an option” when it comes to the GOP's effort on tax reform.  —  “The economy needs a tax cut and the Republican Party needs to deliver, so I think we'll get there,” Graham told CNN's “State of the Union.”
Discussion: Political Wire
Reuters:
Special Report: ‘Treacherous shenanigans’ - The inside story of Mugabe's downfall  —  MacDonald Dzirutwe, Joe Brock, Ed Cropley  —  HARARE (Reuters) - Inside State House in Harare, Robert Mugabe was in the tightest spot of his 37-year rule.  Tanks were on the streets and troops had occupied …
 
 
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Laurie Moy / BBG:
Statement regarding the Russian Federation's media law
ABC News:
‘This Week’ Transcript 11-26-17: Sen. Tim Scott and Adm. Mike Mullen
Discussion: Axios and RedState
Salman Masood / New York Times:
Pakistan Deploys Military Troops After Violent Clashes in Islamabad
Discussion: Jihad Watch and The Daily Caller
Patti Solis Doyle / CNN:
Drop the partisan nonsense on harassment
Rachel Syme / New York Times:
Hooray for Fiona the Hippo, Our Bundle of Social-Media Joy
Scott Johnson / Power Line:
The age of outrage  —  Jonathan Haidt is the Thomas Cooley Professor …
Timothy Meads / Townhall.com:
Conyers' 2006 Staffers: Felt like ‘House Servants’, Baby Sat His Kids Six Weeks at a Time
Discussion: The Root and Fox News
 Earlier Items: 
Ryan Lizza / New Yorker:
How December Could Make or Break the Trump Presidency
CNN:
Trump could be on track to triple Obama's time on the golf course
Discussion: WCMH-TV and KTLA
Jake Novak / CNBC:
Congress has handed Trump a historic presidential victory
Vivian Yee / New York Times:
'Please, God, Don't Let Me Get Stopped': Around Atlanta, No Sanctuary for Immigrants
Discussion: Power Line
Emma Stefansky / Vanity Fair:
The State Department Is Reportedly Snubbing Ivanka's India Trip
Renae Merle / Washington Post:
White House consulted Justice Department before naming CFPB critic to lead agency, administration says
 

 
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Bloomberg:
The DOJ's proposal would require Google to divest from AI partnerships, like with Anthropic, and ban Google from offering exclusive deals to content providers

Guthrie Scrimgeour / Wired:
Hawaii's The Garden Island stops using AI-generated newscasters on YouTube, Facebook, and Instagram after two months, likely due to the negative public response

Evan Drellich / New York Times:
The MLB is planning national packages for streaming companies to bid on in 2028, when its national TV deals with ESPN, Fox, and Turner expire

 
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