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Yes, Donald Trump, You Said That — He said it. “Grab 'em by the pussy.” — Of course he said it. And we laughed along, without a single doubt that this was hypothetical hot air from America's highest-rated bloviator. Along with Donald Trump and me, there were seven other guys present …
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Trump's uncontrollable tweeting triggers deeper anxiety among advisers — It took nearly 24 hours for President Donald Trump to tweet about the news that his former national security adviser Michael Flynn pleaded guilty to lying to FBI agents — a delay that Trump's advisers said was not uncommon …
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Trump, Defending Himself After Flynn Guilty Plea, Says F.B.I. Is in ‘Tatters’ — WASHINGTON — President Trump lashed out at the F.B.I. on Sunday, defending himself after the guilty plea by his former national security adviser, Michael T. Flynn, by charging that the bureau's reputation was …
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Trump's lawyer says he was behind President's tweet about firing Flynn
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Trump tweets about Russia probe spark warnings from lawmakers
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Hounded by Bob Mueller, Donald Trump Is Still Profoundly Reshaping the Country
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Trump moves to block Romney from the Senate — Donald Trump is going all out to persuade seven-term Utah Sen. Orrin Hatch to seek reelection — a push aimed in no small part at keeping the president's longtime nemesis, Mitt Romney, out of the Senate. — Romney has been preparing to run …
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Steve Bannon mulls Orrin Hatch endorsement to block Mitt Romney — Steve Bannon is mulling an endorsement of Sen. Orrin Hatch in his bid to keep Mitt Romney out of the Senate, a source close to President Trump's former chief strategist confirmed on Sunday. — Bannon is targeting Republican …
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The Gateway Pundit


Protesters spell out ‘Go Home Trump’ on Utah Capitol lawn ahead of Trump visit
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CBS News poll: Alabama Republicans call allegations against Roy Moore false — A new CBS News poll finds 71 percent of Alabama Republicans say the allegations against Roy Moore are false, and those who believe this also overwhelmingly believe Democrats and the media are behind those allegations.
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Alabama's Disdain for Democrats Looms Over Its Senate Race — TUSCALOOSA, Ala. — Anne Stickney does not have many good things to say about Roy S. Moore. She saw as mere “posturing” his name-making crusade over the display of the Ten Commandments in various Alabama courthouses.

Is Roy Moore winning? Don't ask the pollsters
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America First Policies and Washington Post

McConnell Says He'll Let Alabama Voters ‘Make the Call’ on Roy Moore
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Washington Monthly


Grassley Implies Working Class Spends Tax Cuts On “Booze Or Women Or Movies” — Home- 2017- December- 3- Grassley Implies Working Class Spends Tax Cuts On “Booze Or Women Or Movies” — After pretending for a brief moment in 2016 that the Republican Party stood for working people …
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Grassley: Ending estate tax ‘recognizes people that are investing,’ not ‘spending every darn penny’ — (R-Iowa) said he favors repealing the estate tax, which the Senate tax reform bill does not do, saying it “recognizes the people that are investing,” The Des Moines Register reported Saturday.
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Despite lawmakers' warnings, few Iowa farmers face estate tax
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Justice Dept. offers up key witness in Russia probe as House Intel Chair threatens contempt — Washington (CNN)The Justice Department has agreed to allow congressional investigators to interview a key FBI employee believed to have served as the main contact, or “handler” of …
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House Republicans Prepare Contempt Action Against FBI, DOJ — Deputy Attorney General Rosenstein, FBI Director Wray named — ‘It all starts to make sense,’ Trump says of Russia probe — U.S. House Republicans are drafting a contempt of Congress resolution against Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein …
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Feinstein: Senate Russia probe building obstruction case against Trump
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Trump Finds Loopholes in Chief of Staff's New Regime — Kelly establishes control, but the president's ‘workarounds’ show its limits — WASHINGTON—Chief of Staff John Kelly over the past five months has imposed discipline and rigorous protocols on a freewheeling White House.
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Trump has given staffers assignments and told them not to tell Kelly: report

Met Opera Suspends James Levine After Sexual Abuse Accusations — The Metropolitan Opera suspended James Levine, its revered conductor and former music director, on Sunday after three men came forward with accusations that Mr. Levine sexually abused them decades ago, when the men were teenagers.
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'I don't think it's going to help': In a pro-Trump area, many voters are skeptical of GOP tax plan — STERLING HEIGHTS, Mich. — On a busy weeknight at the 5 Star Lanes bowling alley in this Detroit suburb that voted heavily for President Trump, there was little excitement about the Republican plan to cut taxes.
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Raw Story


Jared Kushner failed to disclose he led a foundation funding illegal Israeli settlements before U.N. vote — Jared Kushner failed to disclose his role as a co-director of the Charles and Seryl Kushner Foundation from 2006 to 2015, a time when the group funded an Israeli settlement considered …
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MSNBC Host Joy Reid Wrote Numerous Anti-Gay Articles on Her Old Blog — Recently resurfaced internet archives show political commentator Joy Reid wrote a dozen blog posts in 2007, 2008, and 2009 that contained homophobic conspiracies and anti-gay jokes. — The MSNBC weekend host ran …
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Why did Flynn lie and why did Mueller charge him with lying? — BY ALAN M. DERSHOWITZ, OPINION CONTRIBUTOR — 12/02/17 03:50 PM EST THE VIEWS EXPRESSED BY CONTRIBUTORS ARE THEIR OWN AND NOT THE VIEW OF THE HILL — The charge to which retired Lt. Gen. Michael Flynn has pleaded guilty …
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