memeorandum: Matt Lauer Caught on Video Telling Meredith Vieira, ‘Keep Bending Over, Nice View’ (UPDATE) (TMZ.com)

12:25 AM ET, November 30, 2017

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Matt Lauer Accused of Sexual Harassment by Multiple Women (EXCLUSIVE) — As the co-host of NBC's “Today,” Matt Lauer once gave a colleague a sex toy as a present. It included an explicit note about how he wanted to use it on her, which left her mortified.

TMZ.com:

Matt Lauer Caught on Video Telling Meredith Vieira, ‘Keep Bending Over, Nice View’ (UPDATE) — Matt Lauer creepily whispered to Meredith Vieira ... “Keep bending over like that. It's a nice view” — and it happened on set, while cameras were rolling. — This all went down in October 2006 …

Discussion: Fox News, IJR, Media Matters for America, The Gateway Pundit, Mashable and The Daily Caller, more at Mediagazer »

Jim Rutenberg / New York Times:
NBC Fires Matt Lauer Over Sexual Misconduct Allegations

Kate Coyne / People.com:
Ann Curry Is ‘Still Processing’ Matt Lauer Firing News: ‘We Need to Make Our Workplaces Safe’

Discussion: New York Times, Washington Post and AOL

TMZ.com:
Katie Couric in 2012 said Matt Lauer Pinched Me on the Ass a Lot

Discussion: Mercury News, Business Insider, Politico, Mashable, IJR and The Daily Caller

CNN:

CNN Exclusive: Jared Kushner met with special counsel about Flynn — Washington (CNN)Jared Kushner met earlier this month with Special Counsel Robert Mueller's team as part of the investigation into Russia's meddling in the election, according to two people familiar with the meeting.

Discussion: Business Insider, Axios, Raw Story, The Week and Political Wire

CNN:

Special counsel delays grand jury testimony amid signs of Flynn deal talks — Flynn lawyers cut off talks with Trump team — (CNN)Special Counsel Robert Mueller's team has postponed an anticipated grand jury testimony linked to his investigation into Michael Flynn amid growing indications of possible plea deal discussions.

Discussion: Associated Press, The Daily Caller, The Hill, Raw Story, IJR, Axios and Daily Kos

Matt Apuzzo / New York Times: Mueller's Prosecutors Are Said to Have Interviewed Jared Kushner on Russia Meeting

New York Times:

It Started as a Tax Cut. Now It Could Change American Life. — The tax plan has been marketed by President Trump and Republican leaders as a straightforward if enormous rebate for the masses, a $1.5 trillion package of cuts to spur hiring and economic growth.

Discussion: Washington Post

AARP:

Senate Bill: Millions of Older Americans Could See Higher Tax Bills — The Senate Finance Committee (SFC) recently passed its tax reform proposal — the “Tax Cuts and Jobs Act.” This bill, like the House-passed tax legislation, warrants the attention of older Americans.

Discussion: Politicus USA

Naomi Jagoda / The Hill:
Joint Committee on Taxation: 60 percent of households will get at least $100 tax cut

Discussion: Politicus USA

New York Times:
Senate Considers Making a Terrible Tax Bill Even Worse

Discussion: NewsBusters, Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion, Daily Kos, Washington Free Beacon, The Daily Signal, Politico, New York Magazine, The Week and Vox

John Bowden / The Hill: AARP: 5.2 million seniors could see taxes increased by GOP bill

The Hill:
Timing on tax vote slips amid intense talks

Discussion: New York Times and National Review

Angie Andresen / Minnesota Public Radio:

STATEMENT FROM MINNESOTA PUBLIC RADIO REGARDING GARRISON KEILLOR AND A PRAIRIE HOME COMPANION — ST. PAUL, Minn. - Minnesota Public Radio (MPR) is terminating its contracts with Garrison Keillor and his private media companies after recently learning of allegations of his inappropriate behavior with an individual who worked with him.

Garrison Keillor / Washington Post:

Al Franken should resign? That's absurd. — My friend Pastor B.D. Christensen said something so good Sunday morning that I woke up and wrote it down: “[something something] . . . about making peace with the mistakes of the past [blah blah blah] and learning from them.

Discussion: NewsBusters, CNBC, Washington Free Beacon, Politico, The Daily Caller, Shakesville, bizpacreview.com, NOQ Report, Axios, IJR and Power Line

Jeff Baenen / Associated Press:
Garrison Keillor fired over alleged ‘improper behavior’

Discussion: Minneapolis Star Tribune, Associated Press, Mediaite, Politico, Raw Story, The Daily Caller, IndieWire, Mashable and The Week, more at Mediagazer »

Washington Post:
Garrison Keillor, founder of ‘A Prairie Home Companion,’ fired after allegations of improper behavior

Discussion: The Daily Caller

Neal Justin / Star Tribune:
Garrison Keillor fired by MPR: 'I put my hand on a woman's bare back,' he says

Discussion: The Daily Caller

Brandy Zadrozny / The Daily Beast:

Trump Bragged: ‘Nothing in the World Like First-Rate P**sy’ … In a previously unreported comment to the now-defunct Maximum Golf magazine, Donald Trump singled out a “young socialite” at his club at Mar-a-Lago by telling a reporter, “there is nothing in the world like first-rate pussy.”

Discussion: New York Magazine, Splinter, The Week, Mediaite, Shareblue Media, Raw Story, Mashable, The Guardian and The Atlantic

Dan Vergano / BuzzFeed:

Trump's Counselor Kellyanne Conway Is Now His Opioids Czar — Attorney General Jeff Sessions announced pollster Kellyanne Conway, counselor to President Donald Trump, will lead White House initiatives against the opioid overdose epidemic. — Reporting From Washington, DC

Discussion: U.S. Department of Justice, Gizmodo, New York Magazine, ThinkProgress, Axios, Political Wire and Washington Free Beacon

John Hinderaker / Power Line:

How Hateful Are the Democrats? This Hateful — You can't make this stuff up: Vogue, a reliable Democratic Party outlet, has gone crazy over First Lady Melania Trump's White House Christmas decorations: … White decorations at Christmas? The horror! — No, wait, that was the Obamas in 2015.

Eric Boehlert / Shareblue Media:
Kellyanne Conway officially under investigation for endorsing alleged pedophile

Discussion: The Hill and Joe.My.God.

Genevieve Glatsky / Politico:
News outlets split on whether to attend Trump's party

Discussion: Axios, Splinter, IJR, Washington Post, The Root, Weekly Standard and Scared Monkeys, more at Mediagazer »

Washington Post:

Trump veers past guardrails, feeling impervious to the uproar he causes — The Debrief: An occasional series offering reporters' insights — President Trump walks across the South Lawn of the White House to board Marine One on Nov. 29, 2017, as he heads to Missouri to pitch the Republican tax plan.

Discussion: Politico, Media Matters for America, New York Times and Mediaite

Editorials / New York Daily News:

Donald Trump is a madman: The President's Wednesday Twitter spasm confirms what many Americans have long suspected — After his latest spasm of deranged tweets, only those completely under his spell can deny what growing numbers of Americans have long suspected: The President of the United States is profoundly unstable.

Discussion: CNN, Mediaite and Balloon Juice, more at Mediagazer »

Annie Karni / Politico:
John Kelly's losing battle with Trump's Twitter feed

Discussion: Business Insider and BuzzFeed

Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch:

Meet the man who deactivated Trump's Twitter account — s Twitter tries to figure out how to lock down the parts of its platform that enable harassment, as well as the spread of misleading information and illicit content, there have been a number of moments that highlight how the service …

Discussion: Mother Jones, The Gateway Pundit, Mashable, CNN, NBC News, Business Insider, Gizmodo, The Verge, New York Magazine, John Hawkins' Right Wing News and Reuters, more at Mediagazer »

Ryan Mac / BuzzFeed:
This Is The Man Who Deactivated The President's Twitter Account

Discussion: Raw Story

CNN:

New York radio personality was Roger Stone's WikiLeaks contact — (CNN)President Trump's longtime associate Roger Stone was in contact with a New York radio personality who had conversations with WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange during the 2016 campaign season, according to sources familiar with the situation.

Discussion: Talking Points Memo, Business Insider and Raw Story

Betsy Woodruff / The Daily Beast:
Russia Investigators Subpoena a Comedian. No, Seriously.

Discussion: The Daily Caller

WDIV-TV:

Sources: Rep. John Conyers won't seek re-election in wake of sexual harassment claims — Sources say Conyers will not resign — DETROIT - The controversy swirling around Michigan Rep. John Conyers has intensified this week as former staff members accused him of sexual harassment.

Discussion: Associated Press, Detroit News, New York Daily News, RedState, The Daily Caller and Washington Times

Kyle Cheney / Politico:
Dem lawmaker: Pelosi harassment response set women back ‘decades’

Discussion: The Daily Beast, The Daily Caller, Talking Points Memo, Townhall.com, Business Insider and twitchy.com

Kashmir Hill / Gizmodo:

People Are Getting Robocalls About Their “Derogatory” Trump Posts — Brett Vanderbrook was driving for Uber last week when he got a call from an unfamiliar number. He let it go to voicemail and when he listened to it later, he got a shock: It was a recorded message telling him to stop making …

Discussion: Raw Story and New York Magazine

Addy Baird / ThinkProgress:

Textbook co-authored by Roy Moore in 2011 says women shouldn't run for office — Alabama Republican Senate Candidate Roy Moore co-authored a study course, published in 2011 and recently obtained by ThinkProgress, that instructs students that women should not be permitted to run for elected office.

Discussion: Shareblue Media

Damon Root / Hit & Run:

Trump Administration Lawyer Pummeled by Sotomayor and Gorsuch in Cellphone Tracking Case — “Most Americans, I think, still want to avoid Big Brother.” — Fans of the Fourth Amendment got a rare treat today at the U.S. Supreme Court. During oral arguments, both the liberal and conservative sides …

Hadas Gold / CNNMoney:

Charlie Rose staffers, in limbo, told they will be paid through the end of December — Watch how Charlie Rose covered sexual harassment before he was fired — Charlie Rose has been notifying the staff of his “Charlie Rose Show” that they will be out of their jobs, and their pay checks, at the end of next month.

Mary Schlangenstein / Bloomberg:

American Air Accidentally Gave Too Many Pilots Christmas Off — Carrier is offering premium pay for pilots to work on days off — Union files grievance on airline's proposed staffing solution — American Airlines Group Inc. is rushing to resolve a scheduling fault that gave time off …

Discussion: CNBC, NPR, CBS Denver, FOX59 and Gizmodo, more at Techmeme »

Jim Tankersley / New York Times:

Trump Wanted a Bigger Tax Cut for the Rich, Ivanka Went Elsewhere — WASHINGTON — President Trump urged senators this month to repeal the Affordable Care Act's requirement that most Americans have health insurance and use the proceeds to slash the top tax rate paid by the richest Americans …

Discussion: AOL

Elena Schneider / Politico:

Senate GOP campaign arm stole donor data from House Republicans — Former NRCC aides used their old passwords to break into a database of highly valuable information on contributors. — Staffers for Senate Republicans' campaign arm seized information on more than 200,000 donors …