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11:35 AM ET, November 28, 2017

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Marwa Eltagouri / Washington Post:
James O'Keefe tweeted about his ‘confrontation’ with a Post reporter.  Here's what really happened.  —  The Washington Post on Monday published a report about a woman who falsely claimed Roy Moore sexually assaulted her as a teenager — and who appeared to work with Project Veritas …
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Shawn Boburg / Washington Post:
A woman approached The Post with dramatic — and false — tale about Roy Moore.  She appears to be part of undercover sting operation.  —  A woman who falsely claimed to The Washington Post that Roy Moore, the Republican U.S. Senate candidate in Alabama, impregnated her as a teenager appears …
Project Veritas:
BREAKING: Undercover Video Exposes Washington Post's Hidden Agenda  —  Joey Marburger, Director of Product for Washington Post: “If Trump just disappeared tomorrow, our traffic would drop by thirty percent.”  —  Dan Lamothe, a National Security Writer for WaPo: “Woah, I work for that place?” in Reference to Biased Editorial Section
Discussion: National Review
Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:
Conservative Tries to Prove the Washington Post Is Fake News, Proves Opposite by Mistake  —  James O'Keefe is a celebrated right-wing pseudo-journalist whose job consists largely of attempting to prove various conservative conspiracy theories but, instead, accidentally disproving them.
Change Research:
Moore Opens Up 49-44 Lead in Alabama; Just 9% of Trump Voters Believe Allegations Against Moore  —  Alabama Republican Roy Moore has reopened a 49-44 lead over Democrat Doug Jones in the race for U.S. Senate.  In Change Research's third poll since the sexual misconduct allegations against Moore …
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Edmund DeMarche / Fox News:
Roy Moore campaign staff push, shove Fox News camera crew at rally  —  Campaign staffers for Senate candidate Roy Moore late Monday night got into a scuffle with two Fox News camera crews prior to a rally in the town of Henagar, Ala.  —  Organizers told the media that Moore was expected …
Paul Gattis / al.com:
Roy Moore says allegations ‘completely false,’ gets standing ovations at north Alabama rally
Discussion: The Gateway Pundit, Splinter and Axios
New York Times:
Senators Scramble to Advance Tax Bill That Increasingly Rewards Wealthy  —  WASHINGTON — The Republican tax bill hurtling through Congress is increasingly tilting the United States tax code to benefit wealthy Americans, as party leaders race to shore up wavering lawmakers who are requesting more help for high-earning business owners.
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Paul Krugman / New York Times:
The Biggest Tax Scam in History
Discussion: Business Insider
George Hunter / Detroit News:
Second ex-staffer accuses Conyers of sexual harassment  —  A former staffer of U.S. Rep. John Conyers said the veteran lawmaker made unwanted sexual advances toward her, including inappropriate touching, adding to allegations by other unnamed former employees that have prompted a congressional investigation.
Gregory Krieg / CNN:
Here's the deal with Elizabeth Warren's Native American heritage  —  STORY HIGHLIGHTS  —  (CNN)From “Lyin' Ted” Cruz and “Lil' Marco” Rubio to “Crooked Hillary” Clinton, Donald Trump has consistently conjured up demeaning nicknames for his campaign foes.  —  Which brings us to Elizabeth Warren.
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Rebecca Savransky / The Hill:
Navajo Nation delegate rips Trump: Code talkers aren't ‘pawns to advance a personal grudge’
Discussion: RedState and Politico
New York Times:
Dismantling the Foreign Service  —  The Foreign Service, our country's irreplaceable asset for understanding and interacting with a complex and dangerous world, is facing perhaps its greatest crisis.  President Trump's draconian budget cuts for the State Department and his dismissive attitude toward …
Discussion: The Daily Caller
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Nick Wadhams / Bloomberg:
Tillerson's Redesign Chief Quits After Three Months
Discussion: Talking Points Memo, CBS News, CNN and IJR
Walter Russell Mead / Wall Street Journal:
Trump Brings Foreign Policy Back to Earth
Discussion: Just Security
Michelle Goldberg / New York Times:
Odds Are, Russia Owns Trump  —  Three months ago, The Washington Post reported that even as Donald Trump ran for president, he pursued plans to build a Trump Tower in Moscow.  The next day, The New York Times published excerpts from emails between Felix Sater, a felon with ties to Russian organized crime …
Discussion: Scripting News
Charles V. Bagli / New York Times:
Trump Paid Over $1 Million in Labor Settlement, Documents Reveal  —  In 1980, under pressure to begin construction on what would become his signature project, Donald J. Trump employed a crew of 200 undocumented Polish workers who worked in 12-hour shifts, without gloves, hard hats or masks …
Matthew Shaer / New York Times:
How Far Will Sean Hannity Go?  —  The Fox News host is willing to defend Trump at all costs — and is reaching more than 13 million people a day.  —  When he finally went to bed early in the morning on Oct. 2, Sean Hannity had a good sense, as he typically does, of how he would structure that night's Fox News Channel broadcast.
Bloomberg:
White House Weighs Personal Mobile Phone Ban for Staff  —  Official says move driven by concerns for network security  —  Trump has repeatedly complained about unauthorized news leaks  —  The White House may ban its employees from using personal mobile phones while at work …
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Krissah Thompson / Washington Post:
Trump vowed to end the ‘war on Christmas.’ Here's how the White House is decorated this season.
Cristiano Lima / Politico:
Rep. Green issues unprompted statement on ‘settled’ allegations  —  Rep. Al Green (D-Texas) issued an unprompted joint statement with a female former staffer who years ago made and later dropped allegations of sexual assault, with the two on Monday calling the matter “absolutely resolved.”
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Star Tribune:
Franken's apology fails the full candor test  —  He seems to be saying, 'I'm sorry for what you think I did.'  —  U.S. Sen. Al Franken broke his self-imposed silence over the weekend, submitting to a series of media interviews on the sexual misconduct allegations against him, professing his shame and embarrassment.
Natasha Korecki / Politico:
Gutiérrez won't seek reelection  —  Rep. Luis Gutiérrez (D-Ill.), a leading national voice on immigration reform, will not seek reelection, three Democratic sources with knowledge of the decision told POLITICO.  —  Gutiérrez, who has held his seat since 1993 …
Christine Rousselle / Townhall.com:
Cokie Roberts: Oh, We All Knew To Avoid Getting in An Elevator With Rep. Conyers  —  Speaking on ABC's “This Week,” Cokie Roberts made a startling admission: “every female in the press corps knew” to avoid being in an elevator with Rep. John Conyers (D-MI), and has apparently known about this “for years.”
Emily Glazer / Wall Street Journal:
Wells Fargo Bankers, Chasing Bonuses, Overcharged Hundreds of Clients  —  Employees say lofty rewards tied to revenue pushed foreign-exchange staff to ignore agreed-upon fees  —  The whispers among employees had been around for years.  They finally heard some facts during a conference call …
S.A. Miller / Washington Times:
Rep. Raul M. Grijalva quietly arranged a “severance package” in 2015 for one of his top staffers who threatened a lawsuit claiming the Arizona Democrat was frequently drunk and created a hostile workplace environment, revealing yet another way that lawmakers can use taxpayer dollars to hide their misbehavior on Capitol Hill.
Craig Silverman / BuzzFeed:
Social Platforms Promised A Level Playing Field For All.  The Russian Trolls Showed That Was Never True.  —  A hashtag analysis by multimedia artist Erin Gallagher.  —  Erin Gallagher  —  Brad Parscale, the former digital director of the Trump campaign, was recently asked about his retweet of @TEN_GOP …
Tre'vell Anderson / Los Angeles Times:
Q&A Actor Bambadjan Bamba comes out as undocumented: 'We just can't be scared anymore.'  —  Bambadjan Bamba has only the fondest memories of growing up in the African country of Cote D'Ivoire.  But in 1993, after that nation's first president, Félix Houphouët-Boigny …
Fox News:
‘Blowback’: Clinton campaign planned to fire me over email probe, Obama intel watchdog says  —  A government watchdog who played a central role in the Hillary Clinton email investigation during the Obama administration told Fox News that he, his family and his staffers faced an intense backlash …
 
 
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Bloomberg:
Manafort Bankers, Associates Summoned to Talk to Manhattan D.A.
Bari Weiss / New York Times:
The Limits of ‘Believe All Women’
Emily Atkin / New Republic:
What Will West Virginians Say About Trump's Pro-Coal Plan?
Discussion: The Daily Caller
Anita Singh / Telegraph:
Angela Lansbury: attractive women ‘must sometimes take the blame’ for sexual harassment
Ronald Brownstein / CNN:
Will the tax plan break the Republican coalition?
Discussion: National Review and AOL
Nathan Bomey / USA Today:
Arby's to acquire Buffalo Wild Wings for $2.4B in restaurant shakeup
Herb Jackson / NorthJersey.com:
Menendez won't say who crossed him during trial, but ‘they know who they are’
Stef W. Kight / Axios:
What Lankford, Flake and Corker want before voting on the tax bill
 Earlier Items: 
Jonathan Capehart / Washington Post:
'He's a little obsessed with me': Hillary Clinton reflects with raw honesty on Trump and 2016
Discussion: The Daily Caller
Olivia Beavers / The Hill:
Court: Military must take transgender service members by Jan. 1
Discussion: IJR
Catherine Rampell / Washington Post:
Why are Republicans in such a rush to pass tax reform? To outrun the truth.
Discussion: Tax Analysts and TaxVox
Ezra Klein / Vox:
5 big problems the Senate Republican tax bill creates
Washington Examiner:
Lawless Democrats launch a coup at the CFPB
Shane Savitsky / Axios:
The perks of being a member of Congress
Thomas Mulier / Bloomberg:
Chicago Immigration Raid Leaves Swiss Baker Scrambling to Restaff
Discussion: ThinkProgress and Breitbart
 

 
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