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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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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.
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Page Six, bizpacreview.com, Political Wire and NBC News
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.
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Washington Post, Axios and The Week
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Alan Rappeport / New York Times:
Ahead of Vote, Promised Treasury Analysis of Tax Bill Proves Elusive — WASHINGTON — In pitching the $1.5 trillion tax overhaul, Steven Mnuchin, the Treasury secretary, has said repeatedly that the plan will pay for itself through a surge of economic growth and that over 100 people in Treasury are …
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Political Wire, Washington Post and New York Magazine
Jim Tankersley / New York Times:
Trump Wanted a Bigger Tax Cut for the Rich, Ivanka Went Elsewhere
Trump Wanted a Bigger Tax Cut for the Rich, Ivanka Went Elsewhere
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The American Conservative, United States Senator Mike Lee and AOL
AARP:
Senate Bill: Millions of Older Americans Could See Higher Tax Bills
Senate Bill: Millions of Older Americans Could See Higher Tax Bills
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The Week, Politicus USA, FiveThirtyEight and New York Times
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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bizpacreview.com and Politicus USA
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 …
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The Week and Talking Points Memo, more at Mediagazer »
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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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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Politico, Media Matters for America, Mediaite and New York Times
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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 …
David Smith / The Guardian:
Donald Trump attacks Theresa May over her criticism of his far-right retweets
Donald Trump attacks Theresa May over her criticism of his far-right retweets
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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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Business Insider and BuzzFeed
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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The Week, Splinter, Raw Story, New York Magazine, Shareblue Media, Mediaite, Mashable, ThinkProgress, The Guardian and The Atlantic
MJ Lee / CNN:
Army veteran says Franken groped her during USO tour in 2003 — STORY HIGHLIGHTS — (CNN)An Army veteran says Sen. Al Franken groped her in December 2003, telling CNN that while she was deployed in Kuwait, the Minnesota Democrat cupped her breast during a photo op.
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RedState
Rebecca Savransky / The Hill:
Moore says lesbians, gays, socialists behind sexual misconduct allegations … Republican Alabama Senate candidate Roy Moore appeared to blame members of the LGBT community, liberals and socialists for the sexual misconduct allegations leveled against him. — Speaking at Magnolia Springs …
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RedState
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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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Matthew Mosk / ABC News:
Political humorist identified as Roger Stone's link to WikiLeaks: Sources
Political humorist identified as Roger Stone's link to WikiLeaks: Sources
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Political Wire
Betsy Woodruff / The Daily Beast:
Russia Investigators Subpoena a Comedian. No, Seriously.
Russia Investigators Subpoena a Comedian. No, Seriously.
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The Daily Caller
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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Lawyers, Guns & Money
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Matthew Chapman / Shareblue Media:
Roy Moore recently argued that women aren't morally suited for public office
Roy Moore recently argued that women aren't morally suited for public office
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Joe.My.God.
Bret Stephens / New York Times:
We're All Part of Trump's Show — If you want to understand the ways in which Donald Trump's presidency is systematically corrupting the American mind, I have a book recommendation for you. It's about Vladimir Putin's Russia. — The book is Peter Pomerantsev's “Nothing Is True and Everything Is Possible.”
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Mediaite, New York Magazine and Politico
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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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The Hill and Joe.My.God.
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 …
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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Raw Story and New York Magazine
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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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 …
Ezra Klein / Vox:
The case for normalizing impeachment — Impeaching an unfit president has consequences. But leaving one in office could be worse. — In recent months, I have grown obsessed with a seemingly simple question: Does the American political system have a remedy if we elect the wrong person to be president?
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CNN and New York Times