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10:15 AM ET, December 10, 2017

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Amy Davidson Sorkin / New Yorker:
Donald Trump, Roy Moore, and the Degradation of the G.O.P.  —  In less than a year, the President, with help from the Alabama Senate candidate, has so damaged the Party that it may never recover.  —  When Sarah Huckabee Sanders, the White House spokeswoman, was explaining last week …
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New York Times:
Alabama, Despite History of Unruly Politics, Has ‘Never Seen Anything Like This’  —  MONTGOMERY, Ala. — “I don't think you can compare this one with anything,” said Bill Baxley, 76, whose first foray into Alabama state politics was as attorney general nearly five decades ago.
Brian Lyman / The Montgomery Advertiser:
Days before election, Roy Moore disappears from campaign trail  —  Things seem to be going Roy Moore's way.  President Trump endorsed him.  The Republican National Committee is back to supporting him.  And Moore, who has been accused of sexual contact with women when they were underaged …
Discussion: Raw Story
Washington Post:
Bitter Senate race tests Alabama's image in the country — and at home
Discussion: ABC News
Alex Isenstadt / Politico:
Trump to cut robocall for Moore
Dan Balz / Washington Post:
In Alabama, no good outcomes for the Republican Party
Discussion: Politico and The Daily Beast
Doyle McManus / Los Angeles Times:
Op-Ed The campaign to delegitimize the Russia probe is well under way  —  Sean Hannity interviews Former White House strategist Steve Bannon on the set of Fox News Channel's Hannity in New York on Oct. 9.  (Craig Ruttle / Associated Press)  —  Some of President Trump's biggest fans …
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Gregg Jarrett / Fox News:
Robert Mueller and his politically biased team of prosecutors need to go  —  Special Counsel Robert Mueller has sabotaged his own investigation of Russian meddling into the 2016 election.  He has only himself to blame for ruining what could have been a credible probe.
Discussion: The Guardian
Caroline Orr / Shareblue Media:
Watch: Fox complains women reporting rape will make Christmas parties less “festive”  —  Fox News host Laura Ingraham is worried that women speaking out about sexual harassment and abuse is “just killing all the fun of Christmas.”  —  Fox News host and Trump cheerleader Laura Ingraham …
Discussion: Raw Story and Mediaite
Haley Britzky / Axios:
More women plan to run for Congress than ever before  —  As of December 7 there were 369 women running or planning to run for Congress in 2018, according to Rutgers University's Center for American Women and Politics, which would biggest group of women House candidates ever.
Discussion: Political Wire
Foreign Policy:
White House Names Trump Loyalist to Iran Policy Job at State Department  —  The Trump administration's pick for the Iran post will likely back a more aggressive stance.  —  The Trump administration plans to install a political appointee at the State Department to a key position managing policy …
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Foreign Policy:   U.S. Diplomat's Resignation Signals Wider Exodus From State Department
HuffPost:
Sadly, Trump Is Winning  —  Despite his widespread unpopularity, Trump has delivered on specific promises to wealthy donors and the far right.  —  This is one of the hardest things I've ever had to write and admit: Trump is winning.  In the brief space of a week, he won a brief court fight …
David French / National Review:
The Police Murder of Daniel Shaver  —  If you have the stomach for it, I want you to watch one of the most outrageous and infuriating videos I've ever seen.  It shows the police shooting of Daniel Shaver in Mesa, Arizona.  He was crawling on his hands and knees, crying, and begging police not to shoot him.
Taryn Tarrant-Cornish / Daily Express:
Horror as ‘20 masked men attack synagogue with petrol bombs’  —  A SYNAGOGUE was attacked by around 20 masked men while hosting a youth party in Gothenburg, Sweden, local media have reported.  —  Police arrived at the scene, where Jewish students had taken refuge in the basement.
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Brooke Seipel / The Hill:
Burning objects thrown at synagogue in Sweden: reports
Discussion: Fox News, CNN, Raw Story and Voice of Europe
Patricia Cohen / New York Times:
Tax Plans May Give Your Co-Worker a Better Deal Than You  —  In most places, a dollar is a dollar.  But in the tax code envisioned by Republicans, the amount you make may be less important than how you make it.  —  Consider two chefs working side by side for the same catering company …
Andrew C. McCarthy / National Review:
Did the DOJ Misuse the Steele Dossier — to Spy on the Trump Campaign?  —  Some Trump supporters are making that claim.  The president can disclose warrant applications proving whether it's true.  —  W  —  ill he or won't he?  —  Will President Trump order the disclosure …
Kassy Dillon / Campus Reform:
Campus coffee shop evicts College Republicans from ‘safe space’  — Members of the Fordham University College Republicans were asked to leave an on-campus coffee shop because their MAGA hats apparently violated the shop's “safe space policy.”  — The self-identified president …
Brandon Carter / The Hill:
Trump watches up to eight hours of TV per day: report  —  spends at least four hours a day watching television, according to a new report.  —  People close to Trump told The New York Times that Trump spends at least that much time in front of a TV each day, and sometimes spends as many as eight hours watching television.
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CAA agent accused of offering sex in exchange for access to directors and a Hollywood star
David Krayden / The Daily Caller:
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Jason Noble / Des Moines Register:
In major reform, 2020 Iowa caucuses would include absentee voting, public vote totals
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