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7:45 AM ET, November 30, 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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Anna Palmer / Politico:
TAX BILL clears key hurdle, problems linger — UPDATE on D.C.'s Dec. — SPOTTED: Reince and Christie at Cap Grille — TRUMP feuds with U.K. PM over his promotion of hate group — LONDON MAYOR tells him to stay home  —  DRIVING THE DAY  —  Good Thursday morning.
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.
Matt Apuzzo / New York Times:
Mueller's Prosecutors Are Said to Have Interviewed Jared Kushner on Russia Meeting  —  WASHINGTON — President Trump's son-in-law and adviser, Jared Kushner, met this month with investigators working for Robert S. Mueller, the special counsel, and answered questions about a 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: Axios, Washington Post and The Week
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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Mike Allen / Axios:
The White House expects Trump to get even more outrageous  —  Exhausted by the Trump presidency?  Brace yourself: White House officials expect Trump to be even more outrageous and cocksure in coming months.  —  What we're hearing: Officials tell us Trump seems more self-assured …
Discussion: Politico
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.
Washington Post:
Woman's effort to infiltrate The Washington Post dated back months … The failed effort by conservative activists to plant a false story about Senate candidate Roy Moore in The Washington Post was part of a months-long campaign to infiltrate The Post and other media outlets in Washington and New York …
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.”
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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Annie Karni / Politico:
John Kelly's losing battle with Trump's Twitter feed
Discussion: Business Insider and BuzzFeed
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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Naomi Jagoda / The Hill:
Joint Committee on Taxation: 60 percent of households will get at least $100 tax cut
Discussion: bizpacreview.com and Politicus USA
John Bowden / The Hill:   AARP: 5.2 million seniors could see taxes increased by GOP bill
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.
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
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.
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Betsy Woodruff / The Daily Beast:
Russia Investigators Subpoena a Comedian. No, Seriously.
Discussion: The Daily Caller
Damon Root / Hit & Run:
Trump Administration Lawyer Pummeled by Sotomayor and Gorsuch in Cellphone Tracking Case  —  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 of the bench delivered a thorough pummeling …
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.
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 …
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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.
 
 
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CBS News:
DOJ shuts down question from CBS News about affirmative action
Bloomberg:
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USA Today:
Flashback editorial from '98: Bill Clinton should resign
Discussion: IJR
Associated Press:
US, China hold low-key military talks amid NKorea tensions
Discussion: Axios
David Smith / The Guardian:
Donald Trump attacks Theresa May over her criticism of his far-right retweets
Pew Research Center:
Public Comments to the Federal Communications Commission About Net Neutrality Contain Many Inaccuracies and Duplicates
Discussion: BGR and Deadline
Gabriel Debenedetti / Politico:
Fox refuses to air tax ad with Trump impersonator
Discussion: Politicus USA
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Pew Research Center:
Europe's Growing Muslim Population
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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
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Congressional press office yanks RT's credentials
 

 
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