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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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Rosie Gray / The Atlantic:
How James O'Keefe Made Himself Irrelevant  —  The conservative provocateur James O'Keefe's latest stunt is possibly his biggest backfire: He attempted to sting The Washington Post with a fake Roy Moore accuser, but found himself stung, as the Post exposed the scheme in a detailed report on Monday night.
Project Veritas:
BREAKING: Undercover Video Exposes Washington Post's Hidden Agenda
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.
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CNN:
Another former aide accuses Democratic congressman of harassment  —  Conyers steps down from Judiciary Committee  —  STORY HIGHLIGHTS  —  (CNN)Another former aide to Democratic Rep. John Conyers of Michigan is accusing him of sexual harassment.  —  Deanna Maher told CNN that Conyers …
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.
Seung Min Kim / Politico:
Schumer, Pelosi cancel meeting with Trump after Twitter attack  —  House and Senate Democratic leaders on Tuesday abruptly withdrew from a scheduled White House meeting about averting a government shutdown after President Donald Trump publicly slammed them and cast doubt on the negotiations.
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Anna Palmer / Politico:
PELOSI and SCHUMER pull out of W.H. meeting after Trump tweet …
Associated Press:
The Latest: Trump says he would blame Democrats for shutdown
Discussion: ABC News and Axios
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: ABC News and RedState
Nolan D. McCaskill / Politico:   Navajo Nation president calls Trump's ‘Pocahontas’ quip an ethnic slur
Jerry Iannelli / Miami New Times:
Rick Scott Consultant Denies He Used Ice Penis to Hump Mannequin … Joshua Cooper, a Tallahassee political consultant paid more than $500,000 by Florida Gov. Rick Scott to dig up dirt on Scott's enemies over the years, swears the photo above was simply a snapshot taken at an unfortunate angle.
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 …
Mike Allen / Axios:
The Senate tax bill's “seesaw” trap  —  With administration and leadership aides frantically negotiating with holdout senators, the Senate's tax vote scheduled for late this week could lapse into next week.  — That would raise everyone's blood pressure: Everything is fragile.
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Colin Wilhelm / Politico:
Senate committee advances tax plan as GOP continues hunt for floor votes
Discussion: IJR
Talking Points Memo:
Senate GOP Hold-Outs Moving To ‘Yes’ On Tax Bill After Promises From Trump, Leadership
Discussion: Associated Press and Balloon Juice
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 …
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Wall Street Journal:
Mike Flynn's Promotion of Nuclear-Plant Project Went Deep Into the White House  —  Project backers drafted memos for President Trump and Flynn allies continued to push the plan after the Trump security adviser was ousted  —  Private-sector backers of a controversial Middle East nuclear plan worked …
Discussion: Political Wire
Bari Weiss / New York Times:
The Limits of ‘Believe All Women’  —  Ever since Eve gave Adam that forbidden fruit, demonizing and disbelieving women has been the planet-wide policy.  You don't need to reach back to the Pleistocene to see the truth of that.  —  “You're just a child,” Roy Moore is accused of saying …
Discussion: Splinter
Katherine Lam / Fox News:
North Korea fires ballistic missile  —  North Korea fired an unidentified ballistic missile in the middle of the night local time Wednesday, the first such launch from the rogue regime in more than two months, a U.S. official confirmed to Fox News.  —  South Korea's Yonhap News Agency …
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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.
CBS News:
Uzbekistan incident raises suspicions of Russian involvement in Cuba attacks  —  A newly revealed incident reported by a USAID officer who is based at the American embassy in Uzbekistan is raising suspicions Russia may have been involved and could have had a hand in bizarre attacks targeting U.S. diplomats …
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
Nahal Toosi / Politico:
Tillerson fends off ‘redesign’ critics  —  Secretary of State Rex Tillerson on Tuesday dismissed mounting criticism of his plan to restructure the State Department, insisting “there is no hollowing out” of the agency but that it can be run more efficiently and with less funding.
Bloomberg:
Manafort Bankers, Associates Summoned to Talk to Manhattan D.A.  —  Investigators want to know how Manafort used money from loans  —  Ex-Trump campaign chairman already charged in separate probe  —  Manhattan prosecutors investigating Paul Manafort's New York business activities …
Discussion: Raw Story
Josh Gerstein / Politico:
Chinese investors sue McAuliffe, Rodham over green-car investments  —  Virginia Governor Terry McAuliffe and former Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton's brother Anthony Rodham are facing a $17 million fraud lawsuit from Chinese investors in Greentech Automotive …
Adwdigital / Archdiocese of Washington:
Archdiocese of Washington Challenges Metro System's Advertising Guidelines  —  WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today (November 28, 2017) the Archdiocese of Washington filed a legal action in federal court challenging the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority's (WMATA) advertising guidelines …
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.
Luke Rosiak / The Daily Caller:
Congressman Slept With And Then Sued Allegedly Drug-Addicted Staffer  —  Texas Democratic Rep. Al Green had sex with staffer who he said was a drug addict and then sued her when she threatened to go public with claims she suffered a hostile work environment, saying he “will not be extorted or blackmailed.”
Noah Kulwin / VICE News:
YouTube kills ads on 50,000 channels as advertisers flee over disturbing child content  —  For the second time in less than a year, major advertisers are fleeing YouTube after finding their ads were paired with offensive content — this time, directed at children.
Neil Vigdor / Greenwich Time:
Lamont testing the waters for governor  —  Don't call him a Dan Malloy enabler.  —  Had Democrats chosen differently at the start of the decade, he would have been the party's nominee for governor — and the rest, they say, would have been history.  —  Now after seven years of biding …
Discussion: Political Wire
Steven Greenhouse / The Guardian:
America is in crisis.  The Republican tax plan will make that worse  —  The plan would comfort the already very comfortable and further afflict many of the afflicted - all while causing the national debt to soar  —  hen Donald Trump was sworn in as president last January, the nation faced several domestic crises.
Anita Singh / Telegraph:
Angela Lansbury: attractive women ‘must sometimes take the blame’ for sexual harassment  —  Women must accept some blame for sexual harassment and abuse because they “go out of their way to make themselves attractive” to men, Dame Angela Lansbury has said.  —  While other Hollywood actresses …
EW.com:
Fantastic Beasts director defends keeping Johnny Depp  —  The team behind Fantastic Beasts is breaking their silence about the controversial decision to keep Johnny Depp on board for the film's sequel.  —  Ever since Warner Bros. re-confirmed earlier this month that the Pirates …
Discussion: Splinter, AOL and Mashable
 
 
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Philip Wegmann / Washington Examiner:
Sebastian Gorka is working at the Heritage Foundation as a lecturer and consultant
Spencer S. Hsu / Washington Post:
Accused Benghazi ringleader convicted of terrorism charges in 2012 attacks that killed U.S. ambassador
Thomas Burr / Salt Lake Tribune:
Trump will shrink Bears Ears during Utah visit Monday and five tribes promise to sue him that same day
Discussion: The Daily Caller
Jordan Fabian / The Hill:
Pence: Trump ‘actively considering’ moving US embassy in Israel to Jerusalem
Discussion: RedState
Anna M. Tinsley / Fort Worth Star-Telegram:
In wake of nude photo, Tarrant County Republicans urge Barton to drop re-election bid
Discussion: Political Wire
Joe Concha / The Hill:
Joe Scarborough: Trump supporters ‘putting up with him’ despite ‘stupid’ tweets
Damon Linker / The Week:
Liberals' clueless crusade against far-right extremists
Associated Press:
AP EXCLUSIVE: Big contracts, no storm tarps for Puerto Rico
Discussion: Raw Story
 Earlier Items: 
New York Times:
What the Tax Bill Would Look Like for 25,000 Middle-Class Families
Discussion: New York Magazine
D.C. McAllister / The Federalist:
Why It's Justified To Vote For A Morally Questionable Politician
Discussion: Mediaite
Rocco Parascandola / New York Daily News:
Cops pay up and quit over a $100G lie about Brooklyn man's alleged gun possession
Discussion: IJR
Natisha Lance / WXIA-TV:
Woman feels she was profiled after being mistaken for human trafficking victim on Delta flight
Discussion: NBC News and Raw Story
Katie Zavadski / The Daily Beast:
Feds Flip Turkish Crook; Did He Rat on Michael Flynn?
Charles V. Bagli / New York Times:
Trump Paid Over $1 Million in Labor Settlement, Documents Reveal
Discussion: AOL
 

 
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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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