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2:45 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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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 …
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
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’
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
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
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Naomi Jagoda / The Hill:
Joint Committee on Taxation: 60 percent of households will get at least $100 tax cut
Discussion: Politicus USA
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
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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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: Mediaite, CNN and Balloon Juice
Annie Karni / Politico:
John Kelly's losing battle with Trump's Twitter feed
Discussion: Business Insider and BuzzFeed
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Eric Boehlert / Shareblue Media:
Kellyanne Conway officially under investigation for endorsing alleged pedophile
Discussion: The Hill and Joe.My.God.
Hot Air:
Another Alabama Poll Shows Roy Moore Surging Back Into The Lead
Discussion: KTLA, WHNT-TV and ABC News
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
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.
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Genevieve Glatsky / Politico:
News outlets split on whether to attend Trump's party
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
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
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 …
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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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
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 …
Hadas Gold / CNNMoney:
Congressional press office yanks RT's credentials  —  The Russian state-funded television network RT had its U.S. Capitol credentials revoked on Wednesday.  —  In a letter addressed to T&R Productions LLC, the production company behind RT America, the Executive Committee …
Alan Simpson / Washington Post:
A moment of truth for our country's financial future  —  (Michael Reynolds/EPA-EFE/Rex/Shutterstock) … Seven years and almost $7 trillion in new debt ago, we released a bipartisan package of tax and spending reforms as co-chairs of the National Commission on Fiscal Responsibility and Reform.
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
 
 
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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
Hadas Gold / CNNMoney:
Charlie Rose staffers, in limbo, told they will be paid through the end of December
Robert B. Zoellick / Wall Street Journal:
The Peril of Trump's Populist Foreign Policy
Pew Research Center:
Europe's Growing Muslim Population
Discussion: The Guardian
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Elena Schneider / Politico:
Senate GOP campaign arm stole donor data from House Republicans
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
Conor Finnegan / ABC News:
After North Korean missile launch, Trump looks to strengthen ‘peaceful pressure’ campaign
Discussion: Associated Press and Politico
Taryn Asher / WJBK-TV:
Man tries to pay ticket with pennies, gets choked by guard and defecates self: attorney
Discussion: Hit & Run and Raw Story
Lukas I. Alpert / Wall Street Journal:
BuzzFeed Plans Job Cuts, Business Reorganization After Revenue Miss
Alene Tchekmedyian / Los Angeles Times:
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