memeorandum: Conyers faced mounting sexual misconduct allegations as he weighed his future (Kimberly Kindy/Washington Post)

3:40 PM ET, December 6, 2017

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Flynn Said Russian Sanctions Would be ‘Ripped Up,’ Whistle-Blower Says — WASHINGTON — Michael T. Flynn, President Trump's former national security adviser, told a former business associate that economic sanctions against Russia would be “ripped up” as one of the Trump administration's first acts …

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New York Times:

Read the Letter That Cummings Sent on Flynn Whistle-Blower — Representative Elijiah E. Cummings, Democrat of Maryland, wrote a letter on Wednesday to Representative Trey Gowdy, Republican of South Carolina and the chairman of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee …

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Bloomberg:

Deutsche Bank Records Said to Be Subpoenaed by Mueller — Corrects Dec. 5 story that said subpoena ‘zeroed in’ on Trumps — Subpoena is said to seek information on affiliated people — Deutsche Bank AG provided records to special prosecutor Robert Mueller's investigation after receiving …

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Paul Sperry / New York Post:
Double-crossing FBI agent must be held accountable

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Kyle Cheney / Politico:
Flynn texted partners about nuclear plan during inauguration, whistleblower says

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Heather Caygle / Politico:

Another woman says Franken tried to forcibly kiss her — A former Democratic congressional aide said Al Franken tried to forcibly kiss her after a taping of his radio show in 2006, three years before he became a U.S. senator. — The aide, whose name POLITICO is withholding to protect her identity …

Kirsten Gillibrand:

Senator Franken Should Step Aside — I have been shocked and disappointed to learn over the last few weeks that a colleague I am fond of personally has engaged in behavior towards women that is unacceptable. I consider Senator Franken to be a friend and have enjoyed working with him in the Senate …

Tina Dupuy / The Atlantic:

I Believe Franken's Accusers Because He Groped Me, Too — In mid-November, a Los Angeles radio host named Leeann Tweeden stepped forward to claim that Senator Al Franken had shoved his tongue down her throat under the pretext of a rehearsal for a sketch he'd written.

Discussion: AOL and WHNT-TV

James Pindell / BostonGlobe.com:

Aide says Warren told Franken he should resign — WASHINGTON — Massachusetts Senator Elizabeth Warren told Minnesota Democrat Al Franken that he should resign in the wake of yet another sexual harassment allegation, according to an aide to Warren. — “She thinks he should resign and had told …

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Seung Min Kim / Politico:
More than two dozen Democratic senators call on Franken to resign

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mprnews.org:
Most Senate Dems calling for Franken to resign

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MJ Lee / CNN:
Democratic senators to Al Franken: Resign

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Josh Delk / The Hill:

Schumer says he advised Trump to declare Jerusalem Israel's ‘undivided’ capital — advised President Trump to declare Jerusalem the “undivided” capital of Israel ahead of Trump's expected announcement on the matter this week, the New York Democrat told The Weekly Standard on Tuesday.

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CNN:
Trump recognizes Jerusalem as Israel's capital

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Josh Rogin / Washington Post:
Trump's Israel-Palestine policy is at war with itself

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New York Times:
Full Video and Transcript: Trump's Speech Recognizing Jerusalem as the Capital of Israel

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Stephen Collinson / CNN:
Trump's Jerusalem decision promises upheaval

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Joe Concha / The Hill:

NYT's Bret Stephens says he can never vote Republican again — New York Times columnist Bret Stephens declared he can never vote Republican again because of the party's backing of Alabama Senate candidate Roy Moore. — “Until last year, I voted Republican in every single election,” Stephens told MSNBC anchor Stephanie Ruhle.

Discussion: Political Wire

Lachlan Markay / The Daily Beast:
Trump Has Privately Decided the Sexual-Assault Allegations Against Roy Moore Are Bunk

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Julia Manchester / The Hill:
Conway defends Trump's Moore endorsement: ‘The president has tremendous moral standards’

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Brian Faler / Politico:

‘Holy crap’: Experts find tax plan riddled with glitches — Republicans' tax-rewrite plans are riddled with bugs, loopholes and other potential problems that could plague lawmakers long after their legislation is signed into law. — Some of the provisions could be easily gamed, tax lawyers say.

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CNN:

Fire closes I-405, rages near Bel Air, Getty museum in Los Angeles — Los Angeles (CNN)A new wildfire closed Interstate 405 early Wednesday near Los Angeles' posh Bel Air area and prompted evacuations — one in a series of blazes that have scorched more than 83,000 acres …

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Los Angeles Times:
Several homes burning in Bel-Air as fire closes the 405 Freeway and forces evacuations

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Maegan Vazquez / CNN:

Bannon on Romney: ‘You hid behind your religion’ to avoid Vietnam — Bannon hits Romney for avoiding Vietnam — STORY HIGHLIGHTS — Washington (CNN)Steve Bannon bashed Mitt Romney Tuesday night for, as he put it, hiding behind his religion to avoid getting drafted into the Vietnam War.

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Eun Kyung Kim / TODAY.com:

The Silence Breakers are TIME's 2017 Person of the Year — TIME has named The Silence Breakers, the individuals who set off a national reckoning over the prevalence of sexual harassment, as its 2017 Person of the Year. — The magazine's editor-in-chief Edward Felsenthal revealed …

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Linda Blackford / Lexington Herald-Leader:

Kim Davis denied him a marriage license. Now he wants to take her job. — MOREHEAD — David Ermold, one of the men denied a same-sex marriage license by Rowan County Clerk Kim Davis in 2015, hopes to challenge her for the clerk's seat next year, he announced Wednesday.

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Adam Beam / Associated Press:
Gay man who was denied marriage license by Kim Davis is running for her job

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Politico:

Trump impeachment vote fails overwhelmingly — The measure drew the support of 58 House Democrats. — House Democrats overwhelmingly joined Republicans on Wednesday to defeat an attempt to impeach President Donald Trump. But 58 Democrats supported the bid to consider impeachment …

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Jordan Fabian / The Hill:
Trump says government shutdown ‘could happen’

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Washington Examiner:

Court records suggest Roy Moore dated wife while she was still married — Alabama Republican Senate candidate Roy Moore's account of when he began dating his wife Kayla would place the start of their courtship before her divorce from her first husband, according to court documents.

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Josh Lederman / Associated Press:

Doctors identify brain abnormalities in Cuba attack patients — WASHINGTON (AP) — Doctors treating the U.S. Embassy victims of mysterious, invisible attacks in Cuba have discovered brain abnormalities as they search for clues to explain the hearing, vision, balance and memory damage, The Associated Press has learned.

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Eliana Dockterman / TIME:

‘I Was Angry.’ Taylor Swift on What Powered Her Sexual Assault Testimony — Before the Harvey Weinstein allegations broke, and before #MeToo swept the Internet, Taylor Swift testified in court on Aug. 10 about being assaulted in a room full of people. Swift, who TIME recognized …

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Charlotte Alter / TIME:
Republicans Are Less Likely Than Democrats to Believe Women Who Make Sexual Assault Accusations: Survey

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Diana Falzone / Fox News:

Corey Feldman's 1993 audio files naming alleged sexual predators found by Santa Barbara County Sheriff's Office — Has Corey Feldman been vindicated? — The former child actor claimed in October that he had given the names of sexual predators in Hollywood to the Santa Barbara County Sheriff's Office …

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CNNMoney:

How a joke, and Mike Cernovich, got Sam Seder booted from MSNBC — In 2009, Sam Seder told a vulgar joke on Twitter that would eventually cost him a job he didn't yet have — and make him a target of a movement that didn't yet exist. — MSNBC said Monday that it will not renew Seder's contract …

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Kimberly Kindy / Washington Post:

Conyers faced mounting sexual misconduct allegations as he weighed his future — As Rep. John Conyers Jr. (D-Mich.) this week weighed calls for his resignation from a Michigan hospital bed, more women were coming forward with accounts of sexual misconduct by the lawmaker.