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Katie McDonough / Splinter:
Horse Twitter Comes for Roy Moore — Roy Moore, a bigot and alleged serial predator, rode a horse to the polls on Tuesday to cast his ballot in the Alabama Senate special election. — Soon after, Horse Twitter came for him.
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Steven Shepard / Politico:
Poll: Roy Moore should be kicked out of Senate if he wins — A majority of voters nationwide say Republican Roy Moore should be expelled from the Senate if he wins a seat in the chamber in Tuesday's special election in Alabama, according to a new POLITICO/Morning Consult poll.
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Axios, TheBlaze, Political Wire, The Week and ABC News
Evan Siegel / The Daily Beast:
Who Won the Alabama Special Election? Watch the Live Results Here
Who Won the Alabama Special Election? Watch the Live Results Here
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Vox, ABC News, Talking Points Memo, Politico and Axios
Hannah Keyser / Deadspin:
Roy Moore Doesn't Even Ride A Horse Well
Rebecca Savransky / The Hill:
Roy Moore arrives to vote on horseback
Roy Moore arrives to vote on horseback
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Talking Points Memo, New York Post, Washington Post, New York Times, The Daily Caller and IJR
Andy Metzger / WBUR:
Baker Backing Democrat Jones In Alabama Senate Race
Baker Backing Democrat Jones In Alabama Senate Race
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Talking Points Memo, CANNONFIRE, Axios, Balloon Juice and National Review
Eric Bradner / CNN:
Kayla Moore: ‘One of our attorneys is a Jew’
Kayla Moore: ‘One of our attorneys is a Jew’
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New York Post, Washington Post, EconLog, VICE News and The Daily Caller
Paul Kane / Washington Post:
Either outcome in Alabama is a self-inflicted wound by Senate GOP
Either outcome in Alabama is a self-inflicted wound by Senate GOP
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Outside the Beltway
Erik Wemple / Washington Post:
CNN's Jim Acosta cites access threat from White House's Sarah Huckabee Sanders — President Trump's tweeting Tuesday morning set off the usual scramble among White House reporters for all manner of clarifications and amplifications. Look at the tweet, and it's not hard to understand why:
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Raw Story, IJR, Washington Free Beacon, Talking Points Memo, NBC News, Althouse, Politico, Deadline, twitchy.com, Vox and Fox News Insider
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Ashley Parker / Washington Post:
Trump attacks Gillibrand in tweet critics say is sexually suggestive and demeaning — President Trump attacked Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (D-N.Y.) in a sexually suggestive tweet Tuesday morning that implied Gillibrand would do just about anything for money, prompting a swift and immediate backlash.
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Ed O'Keefe / Washington Post:
Already on the 2020 radar, Kirsten Gillibrand catapulted into the spotlight by President Trump
Already on the 2020 radar, Kirsten Gillibrand catapulted into the spotlight by President Trump
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IJR
Nolan D. McCaskill / Politico:
Sixth senator says Trump should resign
Sixth senator says Trump should resign
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NPR, Axios and Political Wire
New York Times:
Trump Says Gillibrand ‘Would Do Anything’ for Campaign Donations
Trump Says Gillibrand ‘Would Do Anything’ for Campaign Donations
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Washington Post, No More Mister Nice Blog, Raw Story, IJR, CNBC, CNN, Business Insider, twitchy.com and Mediaite
Shane Savitsky / Axios:
Trump and Gillibrand face off on Twitter
Trump and Gillibrand face off on Twitter
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Little Green Footballs, Washington Post, RedState and ABC News
Veronica Stracqualursi / ABC News:
Trump attacks Gillibrand after call for his resignation, suggests she'd ‘do anything’ for campaign contributions
Trump attacks Gillibrand after call for his resignation, suggests she'd ‘do anything’ for campaign contributions
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The Hill, Politico, Boston Globe, Shareblue Media, Washington Post, Mother Jones, Fox News Insider, WGN-TV, IJR, theGrio, WNYC News, The Federalist, Jamie Dupree - AJC and Mediaite
Mike Allen / Axios:
Trump lawyers want second special counsel appointed now — President Trump's legal team believes Attorney General Jeff Session's Justice Department and the FBI — more than special counsel Robert Mueller himself — are to blame for what they see as a witch hunt.
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Kyle Cheney / Politico:
GOP congressman to Trump: Mueller probe ‘infected with bias’
GOP congressman to Trump: Mueller probe ‘infected with bias’
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CNBC and Political Wire
Philip Rucker / Washington Post:
Inside Trump's legal team: Trying to protect the president from Mueller's ‘killers’
Inside Trump's legal team: Trying to protect the president from Mueller's ‘killers’
Josh Gerstein / Politico:
Justice Department won't disclose details on Mueller ethics waiver
Justice Department won't disclose details on Mueller ethics waiver
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Washington Post, The Gateway Pundit and RedState
Connor Sheets / al.com:
In final-hour order, court rules that Alabama can destroy digital voting records after all — Alabama is allowed to destroy digital voting records created at the polls during today's U.S. Senate election after all. — At 1:36 p.m. Monday, a Montgomery County Circuit Court judge issued …
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electionlawblog.org and ECHIDNE OF THE SNAKES
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CNN:
Exclusive: Grassley urges Trump to reconsider controversial judicial picks — Trump packing courts with conservatives — STORY HIGHLIGHTS — Washington (CNN)Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley issued a rare rebuke Tuesday of two of President Donald Trump's …
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ThinkProgress and Political Wire
Karma Allen / ABC News:
Boy behind viral anti-bullying video amazed by support, celebrity responses — A young Tennessee boy whose story gained national attention after his mother posted a heart-wrenching video of him addressing his bullies said he is amazed by all the support he's received on social media this week.
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Judd Legum / ThinkProgress:
This is the list of ‘eyewitnesses’ the White House says exonerate Trump — On Monday, White House Press Secretary Sarah Sanders promised that she would produce a list of eyewitnesses to exonerate President Trump from allegations of sexual harassment and assault.
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The White House, Shareblue Media, Talking Points Memo, IJR, Daily Kos, Mediaite, New York Daily News, Raw Story, Vox, Breitbart, TheBlaze, Mother Jones and Washington Post
New York Times:
Ken Friedman, Power Restaurateur, Is Accused of Sexual Harassment — Natalie Saibel, a longtime server at the Spotted Pig, a West Village restaurant with celebrity investors, didn't quit in 2015 after the owner, Ken Friedman, ran his hands over her buttocks and then her groin in a room crowded …
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Washington Post, Eater SF, Eater NY, Eater and grubstreet
Leonard Greene / New York Daily News:
Why Melania, Ivanka and Jared's mayoral election votes didn't count — Good thing last month's mayoral election wasn't close because if New Yorkers needed the Trump family to decide the outcome, they would have been out of luck. — President Trump and his family of New Yorkers …
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Splinter
Transparency International e.V. / Transparency …:
Corruption in the USA: The difference a year makes — New public opinion survey compares 2017 with 2016 — The US faces a wide range of domestic challenges related to the abuse of entrusted power for private gain, which is Transparency International's definition of corruption.
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TalkLeft and Sunlight Foundation
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New York Times:
Donald Trump Jr. Demands Leak Probe of House Intelligence Committee — Donald Trump Jr., the president's eldest son, has asked the House Intelligence Committee to open an investigation into leaked information related to his closed interview with the committee last week.
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Axios
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Susan Cornwell / Reuters:
U.S. House Democratic women seek probe of Trump misconduct accusations
U.S. House Democratic women seek probe of Trump misconduct accusations
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ThinkProgress, Boing Boing, NBC News and Brave New Films
Washington Post:
Congress could finalize deal to reconcile House and Senate tax bills as soon as today, top Republican says — Lawmakers are on the verge of striking a tentative agreement that would reconcile tax bills passed separately by the House and Senate, and an announcement could come later Tuesday …
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 …
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The Hill, Deadspin, USA Today, Mediaite, New York Times, TVNewser, The Right Scoop, CBS Los Angeles, The Daily Caller, TheBlaze, ProFootballTalk, AOL, CBS Boston, IJR and NBC News, more at Mediagazer »
Marist Poll:
12/12: Majority Views Tax Bill as Adding Financial Injury... POTUS Favors Wealthy, Say Americans — The tax reform bill is highly unpopular among the American people. — The tax reform bill is highly unpopular among the American people. In fact, a majority of U.S. residents (52%) …
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Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi
D.C. McAllister / The Federalist:
Can We Be Honest About Women? — Here's a little secret we have to say out loud: Women love the sexual interplay they experience with men, and they relish men desiring their beauty. — David French of National Review recently wrote an article asking, “Can we be honest about men?”
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 …
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Robin Wright / New Yorker:
Trump to Let Assad Stay Until 2021, as Putin Declares Victory in Syria — Despite the deaths of as many as half a million people, dozens by chemical weapons, in the Syrian civil war, the Trump Administration is now prepared to accept President Bashar al-Assad's continued rule until Syria's …
Fenit Nirappil / Washington Post:
After 9-point loss in Va., Gillespie says he would not encourage others to run for office because of ‘poisonous atmosphere’ — Ed Gillespie, who has been at the forefront of GOP politics for decades, said he wouldn't encourage others to run for office in his first interview since losing the heated Virginia governor's race last month.
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