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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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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 …
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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 …
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TMZ.com:
Katie Couric in 2012 said Matt Lauer Pinched Me on the Ass a Lot
Katie Couric in 2012 said Matt Lauer Pinched Me on the Ass a Lot
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Kate Coyne / People.com:
Ann Curry Is ‘Still Processing’ Matt Lauer Firing News: ‘We Need to Make Our Workplaces Safe’
Ann Curry Is ‘Still Processing’ Matt Lauer Firing News: ‘We Need to Make Our Workplaces Safe’
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Emily Smith / Page Six:
Matt Lauer allegedly sexually assaulted staffer during Olympics
Matt Lauer allegedly sexually assaulted staffer during Olympics
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Neal Justin / Star Tribune:
Garrison Keillor fired by MPR: 'I put my hand on a woman's bare back,' he says
Garrison Keillor fired by MPR: 'I put my hand on a woman's bare back,' he says
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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.
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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.
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Annie Karni / Politico:
John Kelly's losing battle with Trump's Twitter feed
John Kelly's losing battle with Trump's Twitter feed
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Dan Merica / CNN:
White House defends anti-Muslim Trump tweets, says it doesn't matter if videos are real
White House defends anti-Muslim Trump tweets, says it doesn't matter if videos are real
Stephen Collinson / CNN:
Trump's behavior raises questions of competency
Trump's behavior raises questions of competency
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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.
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Sarah Kliff / Vox:
The Senate's tax bill is a sweeping change to every part of federal health care — It slashes Medicare by billions and will leave millions without insurance. — The Senate tax bill is really a health care bill with major implications for more than 100 million Americans who rely on the federal government for their health insurance.
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Naomi Jagoda / The Hill:
Joint Committee on Taxation: 60 percent of households will get at least $100 tax cut
Joint Committee on Taxation: 60 percent of households will get at least $100 tax cut
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Politicus USA
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
Kellyanne Conway officially under investigation for endorsing alleged pedophile
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Paul Gattis / al.com:
Roy Moore leads Doug Jones in another new Senate poll
Roy Moore leads Doug Jones in another new Senate poll
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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.”
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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
This Is The Man Who Deactivated The President's Twitter Account
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Genevieve Glatsky / Politico:
News outlets split on whether to attend Trump's party — In the wake of CNN's decision to boycott the annual White House Christmas party for media, opinion on the event was split among other reporters: Some told POLITICO they would attend, while others expressed reservations over mingling …
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John Hinderaker / Power Line:
How Hateful Are the Democrats? This Hateful
Betsy Woodruff / The Daily Beast:
Russia Investigators Subpoena a Comedian. No, Seriously. … Randy Credico, who is also a comedian and an activist against the drug war, tweeted a picture of a subpoena signed on Nov. 27. His attorney told The Daily Beast that he received the subpoena, from the House Intelligence committee, on Nov. 28.
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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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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.
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Kyle Cheney / Politico:
Dem lawmaker: Pelosi harassment response set women back ‘decades’
Dem lawmaker: Pelosi harassment response set women back ‘decades’
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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 …
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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.
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