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2:35 PM ET, December 11, 2017

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Dana Blanton / Fox News:
Fox News Poll: Enthused Democrats give Jones lead over Moore in Alabama  —  Democrat Doug Jones holds a 10-point lead over Republican Roy Moore among likely voters in deep red Alabama.  —  Greater party loyalty plus higher interest in the election among Democrats combined …
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Jeff Zeleny / CNN:
First on CNN: Obama tells Alabama voters to reject Roy Moore  —  STORY HIGHLIGHTS  —  (CNN)Former President Barack Obama is adding his voice to the Alabama Senate race, imploring voters to go to the polls Tuesday to reject the candidacy of Roy Moore as part of an aggressive effort by Democrats …
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.
Discussion: The Hill and Talking Points Memo
Scott Douglas / New York Times:
The Alabama Senate Race May Have Already Been Decided  —  BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — The Senate election in Alabama on Tuesday is not just about the choice between Doug Jones and Roy Moore.  It's also about a voter suppression campaign that may well sway the result of a close race.
Monmouth University:
Monmouth University Polling Institute  —  Alabama  —  Turnout Big Question in Senate Race  —  Voters' fundamental partisanship helps Moore  —  West Long Branch, NJ - Slight differences in turnout could change the outcome of tomorrow's special U.S. Senate election in Alabama.
Discussion: Political Wire
Associated Press:
The Latest: Jones says Moore hiding in Alabama Senate race
Discussion: Politico and ABC News
New York Post:
Suspected bomber in custody after explosion at Port Authority  —  A suicide bomber set off a device at the Port Authority bus terminal Monday morning, law enforcement sources said.  —  The suspected bomber - who had wires attached to him - was armed with a pipe bomb and a battery pack, sources said.
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New York Times:
Pipe Bomb Explodes in New York Subway Walkway  —  A 27-year-old man set off a pipe bomb strapped to his body during the morning rush hour on Monday, deep inside one of Manhattan's busiest commuter corridors, the police said.  —  The blast echoed through the subway tunnels just off Times Square …
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Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
This big development in the Mueller probe could put Trump in danger  —  THE MORNING PLUM:  —  On Jan. 24, President Trump's former national security adviser, Michael Flynn, lied to the FBI about his contacts with the Russian ambassador during the transition.
Discussion: USA Today, IJR, 89.3 KPCC and NPR
Darren Samuelsohn / Politico:
As Russia probes progress, one name is missing: Bannon's
Discussion: Raw Story
Irene Plagianos / Eater NY:
Mario Batali Steps Away From Restaurant Empire Following Sexual Misconduct Allegations  —  Four women accuse the chef of inappropriate touching in a pattern of behavior that spans at least two decades, according to dozens of Eater interviews  —  About 10 years ago, at the after-party …
Alex Isenstadt / Politico:
How Trump came around to an accused child molester  —  Mitch McConnell had publicly disavowed Roy Moore when the Senate majority leader received one of several phone calls from President Donald Trump.  McConnell wanted Trump's help to push Moore out of the Alabama Senate race after he'd been accused …
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Charles M. Blow / New York Times:
Rise of the Roypublicans  —  If Alabama voters on Tuesday elect Roy Moore to the Senate, the Donald Trump-diseased party once known as the Republicans may as well call themselves Roypublicans.  —  There will be no way to shake the stench of this homophobic, Islamophobic, sexist, racist apologist and accused pedophile.
Discussion: Weekly Standard and al.com
Alex Isenstadt / Politico:
Nebraska RNC official resigns to protest support of Moore
Discussion: Fox News, Vox, Axios and The Week
Mark Berman / Washington Post:
Trump accusers say it was ‘heartbreaking’ to see him elected despite sexual misconduct allegations  —  As the country grapples with a national reckoning over sexual misconduct allegations against powerful men from Hollywood to Capitol Hill, three women who accused the most high-profile man …
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Andrew Kirell / The Daily Beast:
Woman: Donald Trump Groped Me and Called Me a ‘C*nt’
Discussion: ABC News, Politico and Axios
The Daily Beast:
Trump's Accusers to Demand Probe at Monday Press Conference
Discussion: IJR, Politico and The Week
Bloomberg:
Trump Takes Credit for Killing Hundreds of Regulations That Were Already Dead  —  As the Trump administration nears its one-year mark, White House officials are touting cuts to regulations as one of their top achievements.  —  “In the history of our country, no president, during their entire term …
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Eric Boehlert / Shareblue Media:   White House brags about repealing 834 fake regulations
Lolita C. Baldor / Associated Press:
APNewsBreak: Transgender people can enlist in military Jan 1  —  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Pentagon is allowing transgender people to enlist in the military beginning Jan. 1, despite President Donald Trump's opposition.  —  The new policy reflects growing legal pressure on the issue …
Discussion: Axios
Julia Ioffe / The Atlantic:
What Putin Really Wants  —  I. The Hack  —  The large, sunny room at Volgograd State University smelled like its contents: 45 college students, all but one of them male, hunched over keyboards, whispering and quietly clacking away among empty cans of Juicy energy drink.
Discussion: Raw Story
Joshua Green / Bloomberg:
How Steve Bannon Rescued Roy Moore's Campaign Against All Odds  —  Alabama Senate candidate calls Bannon ‘the master strategist’  —  Polls show most Republicans now don't believe Moore's accusers  —  On the night of Nov. 14, Roy Moore's campaign for an Alabama Senate seat looked all but finished.
Helena Bottemiller Evich / Politico:
Behind Trump's plan to target the federal safety net  —  The Trump administration and Republicans in Congress are hoping to make the most sweeping changes to federal safety net programs in a generation, using legislation and executive actions to target recipients of food stamps, Medicaid and housing benefits.
Discussion: RedState, Vanity Fair and Politicus USA
Daniel W. Drezner / Washington Post:
Four thoughts on the story that almost broke the #ToddlerinChief thread  —  Regarding the sixty-source New York Times story confirming that the president has the emotional maturity of a four-year old.  —  The hard-working staff here at Spoiler Alerts has taken great pains to curate …
Kim Hjelmgaard / USA Today:
North Korea's newest claim: Kim Jong Un can control the weather  —  Two tremors were detected in North Korea Saturday and were likely aftershocks of the country's Nuclear test in early September.  For more on the story here is Zachary Devita.  Buzz60  —  North Korea has made many incredulous claims …
Discussion: Washington Post, The Week and VICE News
Dan Primack / Axios:
Treasury admits tax plan won't pay for itself  —  The U.S. Treasury Department today released a one-page analysis of the GOP's proposed tax reform plan.  —  Bottom line: The report acknowledges that the tax plan will not pay for itself via increased economic growth, despite Treasury Secretary …
Aileen Graef / CNN:
Two senators call for Trump's resignation over sexual assault, harassment allegations  —  (CNN)Two Democratic senators called for President Donald Trump's resignation over the weekend, citing the multiple accusations from women of sexual harassment and assault against him.
Discussion: CNBC, Shakesville and IJR
 
 
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