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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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James Hamblin / The Atlantic:
Nazis Are Just Like You and Me, Except They're Nazis
Nazis Are Just Like You and Me, Except They're Nazis
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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.
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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.
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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 …
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New York Times:
John Conyers Steps Aside From Judiciary Post Amid Sex Harassment Inquiry
John Conyers Steps Aside From Judiciary Post Amid Sex Harassment Inquiry
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Heather Caygle / Politico:
Conyers stepping down from post as ranking Democrat on Judiciary panel
Conyers stepping down from post as ranking Democrat on Judiciary panel
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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 …
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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.
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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 …
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 …
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Andy Koval / FOX59:
IU Health investigating after nurse allegedly posts controversial tweet
IU Health investigating after nurse allegedly posts controversial tweet
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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
How Trump is slowly destroying America's national security agencies
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Steven Hayward / Power Line:
The Gathering Storm in the Western Pacific
The Gathering Storm in the Western Pacific
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South China Morning Post
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.
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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 …
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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.”
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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 …