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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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Kaitlan Collins / CNN:
McConnell still confident there will be ethics investigation into Moore if he wins — McConnell on Roy Moore: Let the voters decide — STORY HIGHLIGHTS — Montgomery, Alabama (CNN)Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell is privately telling colleagues he will not back off …
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Political Wire and Business Insider
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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Washington Post, Outside the Beltway, Axios, Political Wire, The Week, TheBlaze 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, Politico, ABC News, Talking Points Memo and Axios
Hannah Keyser / Deadspin:
Roy Moore Doesn't Even Ride A Horse Well
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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Salon, New York Post, Washington Post, EconLog, VICE News and The Daily Caller
Olivia Nuzzi / New York Magazine:
Roy Moore Emerges From Hiding for Election Eve Rally, and Good Lord, Was It Weird
Roy Moore Emerges From Hiding for Election Eve Rally, and Good Lord, Was It Weird
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The Guardian, The Week, BillMoyers.com, Daily Kos, Politico, Taylor Marsh and VICE News
Rebecca Savransky / The Hill:
Roy Moore arrives to vote on horseback
Roy Moore arrives to vote on horseback
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New York Post, Washington Post, Talking Points Memo, 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
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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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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Talking Points Memo and IJR
Shane Savitsky / Axios:
Trump and Gillibrand face off on Twitter
Trump and Gillibrand face off on Twitter
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RedState, Politico, Little Green Footballs, Washington Post and ABC News
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’
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Business Insider, Daily Kos and Roll Call
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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Sam Gillette / People.com:
Donald Trump Claims He ‘Never Met’ Accusers Like PEOPLE's Natasha Stoynoff, But We Have the Photo — President Donald Trump claims he doesn't know — and has never met — the multiple women who have accused him of sexual misconduct or assault. But PEOPLE has the photo showing …
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The Hill, Politico, NBC News, Al Jazeera English, RedState, Daily Kos, Raw Story, Talking Points Memo, Politicus USA, Mother Jones, Shareblue Media, IJR, Mediaite and Washington Times
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New York Times:
Donald Trump Jr. Demands Leak Probe of House Intelligence Committee
Donald Trump Jr. Demands Leak Probe of House Intelligence Committee
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Axios, New York Magazine and Raw Story
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
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, Axios, Business Insider 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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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?”
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 …
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The Atlantic, Axios, Bloomberg, Wall Street Journal, mikeallen and Daily Kos
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, IJR, Talking Points Memo, Daily Kos, Mediaite, Raw Story, New York Daily News, Vox, Breitbart, TheBlaze, Mother Jones and Washington Post
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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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
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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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, Mediaite, USA Today, New York Times, The Right Scoop, CBS Los Angeles, TVNewser, TheBlaze, ProFootballTalk, The Daily Caller, 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
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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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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New York Magazine
Brian Steinberg / Variety:
‘Today’ Ratings Continue to Surge After Matt Lauer Departure — Rather than give up on “Today” in the wake of veteran co-anchor Matt Lauer's departure, viewers are flocking to it. — For the second consecutive week, the first two hours of the NBC morning program surged ahead of the show's main rival …
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