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8:30 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.
Discussion: Daily Kos
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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 …
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 …
Seung Min Kim / Politico:
Congress stares down shutdown amid December deluge
Discussion: Axios
Lorraine Woellert / Politico:
Consumer bureau's top lawyer sides with Trump in leadership clash  —  The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau's top lawyer sided with the Justice Department over President Donald Trump's appointment of Mick Mulvaney to lead the CFPB as a leadership battle over the controversial watchdog agency escalated.
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Renae Merle / Washington Post:
Leandra English, the woman at the center of a White House battle for control of the CFPB, files lawsuit against Trump pick to lead watchdog agency  —  The tug-of-war over leadership of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau intensified Sunday as a high-ranking agency official sued …
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
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.
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
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
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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CNBC:
Meredith, backed by Koch brothers affiliate, to acquire magazine publisher Time
Discussion: New York Magazine
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.
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Hot Air:
Pelosi Chokes, Won't Say That “Icon” …
Associated Press:
FBI gave heads-up to fraction of Russian hackers' US targets  —  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.
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
Julia Marsh / New York Post:
CBS boss told me to sleep with coworkers to get ahead: suit  —  It's another black eye for Black Rock.  —  A week after CBS host Charlie Rose was outed as an alleged serial sex harasser, one of the network's former producers says she was told by a boss that she would have to sleep with coworkers to get anywhere in the company.
Discussion: bizpacreview.com
Gabriel Debenedetti / Politico:
Bernie makes moves pointing to 2020 run  —  Bernie Sanders is taking steps to address longstanding political shortcomings that were exposed in 2016, ahead of another possible presidential bid in 2020.  —  From forging closer ties to the labor movement to shoring up his once-flimsy foreign policy credentials …
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?
Rick Wilson / The Daily Beast:
Roy Moore Is Deplorable, and Donald Trump Condoning His Sins Is Unforgivable
Discussion: Raw Story
UAA Communications / Florida Gators:
University of Florida Selects Dan Mullen as Head Football Coach
Discussion: WBRC-TV, WHNT-TV and The Daily Caller
 Earlier Items: 
NBC News:
Archbishop of Canterbury baffled by Christians who back Trump
Discussion: ITV and Raw Story
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'
 

 
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Caitlin Huston / The Hollywood Reporter:
Internal memo: Hearst Magazines president announces layoffs as part of a decision to “reallocate resources” to “continue our focus on digital innovation”

Jon Brodkin / Ars Technica:
FCC Chairwoman Jessica Rosenworcel announced she will leave the agency on January 20; she was the first woman to be confirmed to lead the agency

Lachlan Cartwright / The Ankler:
Sources: MSNBC renewed Rachel Maddow's contract early this fall, but with a pay cut; MSNBC bosses' plan to shake up daytime and weekend programming

 
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