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Andy Metzger / WBUR:
Baker Backing Democrat Jones In Alabama Senate Race  —  Gov. Charlie Baker supports the Democrat running for U.S. Senate in Alabama against Roy Moore, the controversial Republican who has been dogged by multiple accounts that he made sexual advances towards teenage women well into his adult years.
Discussion: CANNONFIRE and Balloon Juice
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Jeremy Gray / al.com:
Condoleezza Rice: Alabama Senate election one of history's most significant  —  Former U.S. Secretary of State and Birmingham native Condoleezza Rice today urged Alabamians to vote in tomorrow's special Senate election.  —  “This week's special election will be one of the most significant in Alabama's history.
Eli Rosenberg / Washington Post:
‘How is my daughter a pervert?’:  Alabama dad's plain-spoken rebuke of Roy Moore strikes a nerve  —  Perhaps it was the man's strong but plain-spoken rebuke outside a Roy Moore rally on the campaign's final night, condemning the candidate's past comments lambasting homosexuality.
David French / National Review:
The Comprehensive Case against Roy Moore  —  There is no good reason for a faithful conservative to support this man.  —  Partisan politics does strange things to human minds.  I continue to see Twitter, Facebook, and my email inbox light up with the most bizarre comparisons.
Discussion: NBC News, The Federalist, The Week and CNN
Karma Allen / ABC News:
Moore tells accusers to ‘tell the truth’ while making final appeal to voters
New York Times:
Alabama Senate Race, Unlikely Nail-Biter, Races to Finish Line
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Jacqueline Thomsen / The Hill:
Trump angered by Haley saying his accusers ‘should be heard’: report  —  is reportedly furious with U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley  —  for saying that the women who have accused him of sexual misconduct “should be heard.”  —  The Associated Press reported Monday …
Discussion: RedState
Mick Krever / CNN:
CNN exclusive: Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand calls on Trump to resign
Eric Boehlert / Shareblue Media:   Hold Trump to “same standard as Harvey Weinstein”: Accusers demand Congress investigate
Dan Merica / CNN:
Women detail sexual allegations against Trump
TODAY.com:
3 women who have accused Trump of sexual misconduct join Megyn Kelly
Nate Silver / FiveThirtyEight:
What The Hell Is Happening With These Alabama Polls?  —  Somebody's going to be wrong in Alabama.  —  We've already urged caution when interpreting polls of Alabama's special election to the U.S. Senate, which will be held on Tuesday.  Some of that is because of the media's usual tendency …
Washington Post:
‘Journalism for rent’: Inside the secretive firm behind the Trump dossier … Fusion GPS bills itself as a corporate research firm, but in many ways it operates with the secrecy of a spy agency.  No sign marks its headquarters above a coffee shop in Northwest Washington.
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YouTube:
Jimmy Kimmel Returns with Baby Billy After Heart Surgery … Jimmy's baby Billy had his second open heart surgery last week so Jimmy had guest hosts fill in for him while he was out.  Thankfully the surgery was a success and Jimmy returned to the show tonight with Billy in tow to show everyone how well he is doing.
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Emily Yahr / Washington Post:   Jimmy Kimmel holds his baby son, post-heart surgery, in emotional health-care monologue
Caitlin Owens / Axios:
Congress probably won't renew CHIP funding this year
Discussion: Daily Kos and ThinkProgress
Sheryl Gay Stolberg / New York Times:
Tawdry Tales Depict a Texas Congressman's Frat House on the Hill  —  WASHINGTON — When Lauren Greene, a former communications director for Representative Blake Farenthold, sued him claiming sexual harassment, among her complaints was that he “disclosed that a female lobbyist had propositioned him for ‘a threesome.’”
Discussion: Politico and Houston Chronicle
Bloomberg:
NFL Harassment Suit Alleges Groping by Top Executive, Ex-Players  —  Former employee says ex-producer sent several nude photos  —  NFL Network says employees suspended pending investigation  —  A former executive producer at the National Football League's TV network and ex-players including Marshall Faulk …
Avi Selk / Washington Post:
They made her put out her cigarette.  She then threatened to kill everyone on the plane.  —  Southwest Airlines says it all started with a cigarette.  —  A passenger was smoking in the bathroom somewhere between Portland and Sacramento on Saturday, according to the airline, and had gone so far as to tamper with the smoke detector.
Discussion: KOIN-TV, AOL, Hollywood Life and TheBlaze
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CBS13 | CBS Sacramento:
Passenger Arrested After Making Threats On Flight To Sacramento
Discussion: KTLA and Mediaite
Judd Legum / ThinkProgress:
Speaker at Moore event says he accidentally went with Moore to a brothel with child prostitutes  —  “There were certainly pretty girls.  And they were girls.  They were young.  Some were very young.”  —  Roy Moore, who is running for U.S. Senate in Tuesday's special election, is facing multiple allegations of child sex abuse.
Justin Baragona / Mediaite:
Sarah Sanders Completely Rattled as Jim Acosta and WH Reporters Grill Her On Fake News Claims  —  Over the weekend, President Donald Trump took aim at both CNN and Washington Post reporter Dave Weigel over corrections they made made.  Trump called on Weigel to be fired for tweeting out …
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Zephyr Teachout / New York Times:
I'm Not Convinced Franken Should Quit  —  I care passionately about #MeToo.  Women are routinely demeaned, dismissed, discouraged and assaulted.  Too many women's careers are stymied or ended because of harassment and abuse.  In politics, where I have worked much of my adult life, this behavior is rampant.
Michael Tomasky / The Daily Beast:
Will the Senate Still Protect Robert Mueller From Donald Trump's Ax? … Remember the first round of gossip about whether President Trump would fire special prosecutor Robert Mueller, back during the summer?  Republican senators were quick to say what a grave error this would be.
Discussion: CNN, Axios, Hullabaloo, Salon and Washington Post
The Guardian:
Macron awards US scientists grants to move to France in defiance of Trump  —  France's president awards millions of euros to 18 American scientists to relocate in effort to counter Donald Trump on the climate change front … Eighteen climate scientists from the US and elsewhere have hit …
Discussion: Politico, The Week and Axios
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Steven Mufson / Washington Post:
Promising to ‘Make Our Planet Great Again,’ Macron lures 13 U.S. climate scientists to France
Discussion: NPR and Power Line
San Francisco Chronicle:
San Francisco Mayor Ed Lee dead at 65  —  San Francisco Mayor Ed Lee died early Tuesday morning at age 65, his office said.  —  The sudden news came in an email from the office at 2:23 a.m. It read: “It is with profound sadness and terrible grief that we confirm that Mayor Edwin M. Lee passed away …
Discussion: NPR and The Week
Andrew Kirell / The Daily Beast:
The New Yorker Fires Star Reporter Ryan Lizza Over ‘Improper Sexual Conduct’ … The New Yorker has let go of its star reporter Ryan Lizza amid allegations of sexual misconduct, the magazine confirmed Monday.  —  “The New Yorker recently learned that Ryan Lizza engaged in what we believe was improper sexual conduct.
 
 
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Piers Morgan / Daily Mail:
It's true, we've NEVER had a president like Trump …
Discussion: Washington Times
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Sexual Harassment Training Doesn't Work. But Some Things Do.
Sophie Tatum / CNN:
Sean Spicer announces he's writing a book
Discussion: Political Wire
Bloomberg:
Trump to Direct NASA to Send Astronauts Back to Moon and to Mars
Mariko Paulson / Issues:
The Senate Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, as Passed by Senate (12/2/17): Static and Dynamic Effects …
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