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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.
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Talking Points Memo, Axios, CANNONFIRE, Balloon Juice and National Review
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Olivia Nuzzi / New York Magazine:
Roy Moore Emerges From Hiding for Election Eve Rally, and Good Lord, Was It Weird — Have you ever traveled down a dirt path in rural southeast Alabama in December and arrived at a barn in the woods to find Steve Bannon, Representative Louie Gohmert, Sheriff David Clarke, Roy and Kayla Moore …
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The Week, The Guardian, Politico, BillMoyers.com, Taylor Marsh, Daily Kos 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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Talking Points Memo, Business Insider, New York Times and The Daily Caller
Steven Shepard / Politico:
Poll: Roy Moore should be kicked out of Senate if he wins
Poll: Roy Moore should be kicked out of Senate if he wins
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Political Wire and The Week
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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The Daily Caller and VICE News
Toluse Olorunnipa / Bloomberg:
Pence Stays Silent on Roy Moore in Rare Break From Trump
Pence Stays Silent on Roy Moore in Rare Break From Trump
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Shareblue Media
Eli Rosenberg / Washington Post:
‘How is my daughter a pervert?’: Alabama dad's plain-spoken rebuke of Roy Moore strikes a nerve
‘How is my daughter a pervert?’: Alabama dad's plain-spoken rebuke of Roy Moore strikes a nerve
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Shareblue Media, Vox, Refinery29, The Week, KTLA, Mashable, Splinter 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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The Guardian:
Robert Mueller is closing in on Trump. Congress must protect his investigation — Mueller is coming. — The investigation into Trump campaign coordination with Russia appears to be closing in on the president. The three indictments earlier this month of Trump campaign chairman …
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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Roll Call
Michael Tomasky / The Daily Beast:
Will the Senate Still Protect Robert Mueller From Donald Trump's Ax?
Will the Senate Still Protect Robert Mueller From Donald Trump's Ax?
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CNN
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
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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USA Today, New York Times, TVNewser, CBS Los Angeles, The Right Scoop, The Daily Caller, AOL, Deadspin, CBS Boston, TheBlaze, ProFootballTalk, IJR and NBC News, more at Mediagazer »
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John Bowden / The Hill:
3 NFL Network analysts suspended amid accusations of sexual harassment
3 NFL Network analysts suspended amid accusations of sexual harassment
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RedState
Emma Baccellieri / Deadspin:
NFL Network Suspends Marshall Faulk, Ike Taylor, Heath Evans After Sexual Harassment Lawsuit
NFL Network Suspends Marshall Faulk, Ike Taylor, Heath Evans After Sexual Harassment Lawsuit
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ProFootballTalk
Nolan D. McCaskill / Politico:
Sixth senator says Trump should resign — A sixth senator on Tuesday called on President Donald Trump to resign amid renewed attention to past allegations of sexual harassment and assault. — Sen. Mazie Hirono (D-Hawaii) told NBC News that Trump is a “misogynist,” “admitted sexual predator” …
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Axios and Political Wire
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Ashley Parker / Washington Post:
Trump attacks Gillibrand in tweet critics say is sexually suggestive and demeaning
Trump attacks Gillibrand in tweet critics say is sexually suggestive and demeaning
Shane Savitsky / Axios:
Trump and Gillibrand face off on Twitter
Trump and Gillibrand face off on Twitter
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Mother Jones, Washington Post, New Republic, Associated Press and ABC News
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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Shareblue Media, Talking Points Memo, The White House, IJR, Washington Post, New York Daily News, Daily Kos, Mediaite, Raw Story, Vox, Mother Jones and ABC News
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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Eater, Eater NY 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
Judd Legum / ThinkProgress:
Speaker at Moore event says he accidentally went with Moore to a brothel with child prostitutes — Roy Moore, who is running for U.S. Senate in Tuesday's special election, is facing multiple allegations of child sex abuse. He has largely avoided the campaign trail since these allegations first surfaced.
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New York Magazine, No More Mister Nice Blog, New Republic, Eschaton, The Root, Shareblue Media and Shakesville
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.
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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CBS San Francisco, CBS Los Angeles, Business Insider and The Week, more at Techmeme »
Associated Press:
Amid low morale, Tillerson says changes coming to State Dept — Seeking to reassure American diplomats amid low morale, Secretary of State Rex Tillerson unveiled changes Tuesday to the State Department that he said would help workers perform better and position the United States to advance its interests overseas.
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Politico
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Spencer Ackerman / The Daily Beast:
Exclusive: Rex Tillerson, In Meeting With U.S. Diplomats, Says Russia ‘Interfered’ in Election
Exclusive: Rex Tillerson, In Meeting With U.S. Diplomats, Says Russia ‘Interfered’ in Election
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Raw Story and The Daily Caller
Susan Cornwell / Reuters:
U.S. House Democratic women seek probe of Trump misconduct accusations — WASHINGTON (Reuters) - More than 50 female Democratic lawmakers in the U.S. House of Representatives called on Monday for a congressional investigation into allegations by various women of sexual misconduct …
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ThinkProgress, Boing Boing, NBC News and Brave New Films
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Margaret Hartmann / New York Magazine:
What Happened to the 19 Women Who Accused Trump of Sexual Misconduct
What Happened to the 19 Women Who Accused Trump of Sexual Misconduct
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thecut, Shareblue Media, Media Matters for America, Washington Post, Townhall.com, AOL, New York Times, Breitbart, Hollywood Life and TheBlaze
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
Connor Sheets / al.com:
State Supreme Court stays order directing Alabama not to destroy voting records — Update - 9:05 a.m. Dec. 12, 2017: Late Monday night, the Alabama Supreme Court stayed the Montgomery County Circuit Court's order earlier that day directing Alabama election officials to preserve digital ballot images during Tuesday's Senate election.
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.’”
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The Texas Tribune, Talking Points Memo, Roll Call, Splinter, Houston Chronicle, Washington Post, Politico and The Week
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.
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Governor Arne Carlson, IJR and The Daily Caller
Theodoric Meyer / Politico:
Former Casey aide will lobby for Libyans — FORMER CASEY AIDE WILL LOBBY FOR LIBYANS: Ari Mittleman, a former aide to Sen. Bob Casey (D-Pa.), has signed a top official with a Libyan militia that's been accused of human rights violations as his first foreign lobbying client.
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RedState, Erick on the Radio and Washington Post, more at Mediagazer »
Joseph Bernstein / BuzzFeed:
Inside Steve Bannon's #War Against Twitter — For more than a year before he became Donald Trump's campaign manager, Steve Bannon sought to wage war against Twitter, tasking Milo Yiannopoulos and other Breitbart News employees to look into editorial, financial, and legal ways they could harm the Jack Dorsey-led social network.
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Boing Boing, more at Mediagazer »
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.
Christina Carrega / New York Daily News:
Brooklyn teen used her last breaths to tell cops who shot her after she rejected man's advances — A Brooklyn teenager used her last few breaths to tell cops the name of the man who shot her after she spurned his advances — as she struggled through an agonizing 20-minute wait for an ambulance, according to police testimony Monday.