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8:05 AM ET, November 27, 2017

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Heather Long / Washington Post:
Senate GOP tax bill hurts the poor more than originally thought, CBO finds  —  The Senate Republican tax plan gives substantial tax cuts and benefits to Americans earning more than $100,000 a year, while the nation's poorest would be worse off, according to a report released Sunday by the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office.
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Damian Paletta / Washington Post:
GOP leaders in advanced talks to change tax plan in bid to win over holdouts  —  Senate Republicans are seriously considering several last-minute changes to their tax legislation in an effort to mollify wavering members, four people familiar with the discussions said, as GOP leaders seek …
Bernie Becker / Politico:
Tax reform hangs in balance in critical week for GOP  —  It's do-or-die time for Senate Republicans on tax reform.  —  Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) doesn't appear to have locked down 50 votes for his party's tax overhaul, with at least half a dozen GOP senators showing varying levels …
Seung Min Kim / Politico:
Congress stares down shutdown amid December deluge
Discussion: Axios
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Reuters:
Exclusive: U.S. consumer finance agency lawyer sides with Trump over succession - sources
Discussion: Washington Post
Kate Berry / American Banker:   CFPB's English sues Trump administration to block Mulvaney appointment
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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Travis M. Andrews / Washington Post:
Al Franken on whether he will face more groping allegations: 'I don't know.  I can't say.'  —  Sen. Al Franken (D-Minn.) spoke to a handful of Minnesota media outlets on Sunday in response to the four allegations of sexual misconduct against him, saying he is “embarrassed and ashamed” …
Discussion: NPR
mprnews.org:
Sen. Al Franken: ‘This has been a shock to me’ … A week-and-a-half after the first of four allegations of sexual misconduct against DFL Sen. Al Franken surfaced, Franken told MPR News he has felt shocked, embarrassed and ashamed but that he will not leave the Senate.
Julia Manchester / The Hill:
Bharara compares Trump to Jan Brady after Russia tweet  —  For U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara invoked the classic sitcom “The Brady Bunch” after President Trump lamented coverage of the Russia investigation, comparing Trump's “Russia, Russia, Russia” comment to Jan Brady's famous “Marcia, Marcia, Marcia” line.
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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Katie J.M. Baker / BuzzFeed:
More Than 180 Women Have Reported Sexual Assaults at Massage Envy  —  Across the US, people go to Massage Envy spas in search of a soothing, affordable escape.  More than 180 people say what they got instead was sexual assault.  But the billion-dollar company says that's not its problem to solve.
Discussion: NBC News and AOL
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CNBC:
Meredith, backed by Koch brothers affiliate, to acquire magazine publisher Time
Discussion: New York Magazine
Sarah Ellison / Vanity Fair:
“She Didn't Want This Come Hell or High Water”: Inside Melania Trump's Secretive East Wing  —  Understanding the most enigmatic First Lady—and unusual marriage—in modern political history.  —  I. “NOT MY THING”  —  Back in 2014, when Donald Trump was considering yet again a run for president …
Discussion: Politico, Political Wire, AOL and Raw Story
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Mike Allen / Axios:
Congress races to fix secret hush money system as “a lot more” revelations expected  —  Capitol Hill veterans expect that “a lot more” sexual-harassment settlements by lawmakers will be uncovered.  So now there's a race to strengthen workplace rules that are scandalously archaic.
Discussion: ABC News and The Daily Caller
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Hot Air:
Pelosi Chokes, Won't Say That “Icon” …
Heather Caygle / Politico:
Conyers allegations put Pelosi in tight spot
David Usborne / Esquire:
THE LAST DETAIL  —  When Donald Trump won the presidency, many Americans hoped John McCain would live up to his maverick image and resist his agenda.  But after the senator was diagnosed with brain cancer in July, his contrarian resolve revealed itself in unexpected ways that may shape his legacy—and our future.
Discussion: Axios
Rick Wilson / The Daily Beast:
Roy Moore Is Deplorable, and Donald Trump Condoning His Sins Is Unforgivable … A society where nothing is forgivable is as untenable as one where every transgression is hand-waved away.  The things we forgive in the name of compassion should be many.  The things we forgive in the name of comity should be large.
Discussion: Raw Story
Gabriel Debenedetti / Politico:
Bernie makes moves pointing to 2020 run  —  The Vermont senator is taking aggressive steps to address long-running political weaknesses, like his lack of foreign policy bona fides.  —  Bernie Sanders is taking steps to address longstanding political shortcomings that were exposed in 2016 …
Discussion: Political Wire
 
 
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Michael Wines / New York Times:
Culling Voter Rolls: Battling Over Who Even Gets to Go to the Polls
Discussion: Daily Kos
Susan B. Glasser / Politico:
Trump's Russian Schizophrenia
Christina Hoff Sommers / New York Daily News:
A panic is not an answer: We're at imminent risk of turning this #metoo moment into a frenzied rush to blame all men
John Hilliard / BostonGlobe.com:
Tufts postpones Scaramucci event after he threatens to sue student, paper
Associated Press:
Israel races to head off UN settlement ‘blacklist’
Nicole Russell / Washington Examiner:
For the love of God, why can't Democrats leave the Little Sisters of the Poor alone?
UAA Communications / Florida Gators:
University of Florida Selects Dan Mullen as Head Football Coach
Discussion: WBRC-TV, WHNT-TV and The Daily Caller
NBC News:
Archbishop of Canterbury baffled by Christians who back Trump
Discussion: ITV and Raw Story
 Earlier Items: 
Jon Levine / The Wrap:
Fox News Anchor Bret Baier Hangs With Trump at Mar-a-Lago During Thanksgiving Weekend
Discussion: AOL and Mediaite
Jonathan Swan / Axios:
Trump's long history of misleading the media
Discussion: Political Wire
Kyle Smith / New York Post:
Unhinged coverage of Trump is hurting the media
Discussion: Instapundit
Alex Horton / Washington Post:
Pentagon tried to block independent report on child sex among Afghan forces, Senate office says
Discussion: The Gateway Pundit
Raquel Laneri / New York Post:
I went to jail for leaving my baby outside a restaurant
Discussion: The Guardian
Emma Brockes / The Guardian:
Susan Sarandon: 'I thought Hillary was very dangerous. If she'd won, we'd be at war'