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9:15 PM ET, November 29, 2017

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Variety:
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.
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Jim Rutenberg / New York Times:
NBC Fires Matt Lauer Over Sexual Misconduct Allegations  —  NBC has fired its leading morning news anchor Matt Lauer over sexual harassment allegations, the network's president for news said in a memo to staff on Wednesday.  —  “On Monday night, we received a detailed complaint from a colleague …
Emily Smith / Page Six:
Matt Lauer allegedly sexually assaulted staffer during Olympics
TMZ.com:
Katie Couric in 2012 said Matt Lauer Pinched Me on the Ass a Lot
Discussion: Business Insider and Mashable
Erik Ortiz / NBC News:
NBC News fires ‘Today’ anchor Matt Lauer after sexual misconduct review
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: Axios and Political Wire
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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: The Hill, Axios, IJR and Raw Story
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.
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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.
Jeff Baenen / Associated Press:
Garrison Keillor fired over alleged ‘improper behavior’  —  MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Garrison Keillor, the former host of “A Prairie Home Companion,” said Wednesday he has been fired by Minnesota Public Radio over allegations of improper behavior.  —  Keillor told The Associated Press of his firing in an email.
Washington Post:
Garrison Keillor, founder of ‘A Prairie Home Companion,’ fired after allegations of improper behavior
Discussion: The Daily Caller
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 and Mediaite, more at Mediagazer »
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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.
Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
Two new reports suggest Trump has come unhinged. The truth is worse.
BuzzFeed:
Donald Trump Just Retweeted Anti-Muslim Videos Posted By Far-Right Group Britain First
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
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Eric Boehlert / Shareblue Media:
Kellyanne Conway officially under investigation for endorsing alleged pedophile
Discussion: The Hill
Washington Post:
In Alabama Senate race, Trump thinks he will be fine either way
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: The Hill and Politicus USA
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The Hill:
Timing on tax vote slips amid intense talks
Discussion: New York Times
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 …
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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: Business Insider and Raw Story
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Betsy Woodruff / The Daily Beast:
Russia Investigators Subpoena a Comedian. No, Seriously.
Discussion: The Daily Caller
Toluse Olorunnipa / Bloomberg:
Trump's Tax Promises Undercut by CEO Plans to Reward Investors  —  Corporate leaders say tax cut proceeds will go to shareholders  —  President has said corporate tax cut will boost hiring, wages  —  Major companies including Cisco Systems Inc., Pfizer Inc. and Coca-Cola Co. say they'll turn …
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Business Insider:
An open letter to Congress from over 100 economists: Pass tax reform and watch the economy roar
Discussion: AOL and bradford-delong.com
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: Detroit News and Political Wire
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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 …
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 …
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: Political Wire
 
 
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Benjamin Weinthal / Jerusalem Post:
German Jews stop wearing Kippot due to Muslim attacks
Discussion: IJR and Jihad Watch
Jim Tankersley / New York Times:
Trump Wanted a Bigger Tax Cut for the Rich, Ivanka Went Elsewhere
Anthony Watts / Watts Up With That?:
Study: no acceleration in global warming, climate sensitivity to CO2 too high
Discussion: The Daily Caller and Climate Depot
Hadas Gold / CNNMoney:
Congressional press office yanks RT's credentials
Kashmir Hill / Gizmodo:
People Are Getting Robocalls About Their “Derogatory” Trump Posts
Discussion: New York Magazine
Josh Rogin / Washington Post:
The true cost of Trump's basketball intervention in China
SpringerLink:
The spatial distribution of Republican and Democratic climate opinions at state and local scales
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 Earlier Items: 
Shane Goldmacher / New York Times:
Paul Ryan Nixes Fund-raiser for Lee Zeldin Over Tax Bill Vote
Taryn Asher / WJBK-TV:
Man tries to pay ticket with pennies, gets choked by guard and defecates self: attorney
Discussion: Raw Story and Hit & Run
Wall Street Journal:
House GOP to Propose Sweeping Changes to Higher Education
Discussion: ThinkProgress, Axios and The Week
Lukas I. Alpert / Wall Street Journal:
BuzzFeed Plans Job Cuts, Business Reorganization After Revenue Miss
Steve LeVine / Axios:
McKinsey: automation may wipe out 1/3 of America's workforce by 2030
Discussion: Shakesville and The Week
Alene Tchekmedyian / Los Angeles Times:
As a teen, he savagely beat a classmate. The attack was forgotten, until he went into politics
 

 
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John Koblin / New York Times:
NBC names Craig Melvin as Hoda Kotb's successor on Today, teaming up with Savannah Guthrie, starting January 13; Melvin has been Today's news anchor since 2018

Katie Kilkenny / The Hollywood Reporter:
On Fox News, LA Times owner Patrick Soon-Shiong discussed his new approach to publish “views from both sides”, and said the paper had conflated news and opinion

Mia Sato / The Verge:
Facebook makes Views its primary metric for content, bringing it in line with Instagram; each time a piece of content appears on a screen, it counts as a View
 
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