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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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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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Who Won the Alabama Special Election? Watch the Live Results Here
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Vox, Politico, ABC News, Talking Points Memo and Axios

McConnell still confident there will be ethics investigation into Moore if he wins
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Political Wire and Business Insider

Roy Moore arrives to vote on horseback
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Baker Backing Democrat Jones In Alabama Senate Race
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Talking Points Memo, CANNONFIRE, Axios, Balloon Juice and National Review


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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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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Already on the 2020 radar, Kirsten Gillibrand catapulted into the spotlight by President Trump
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Trump and Gillibrand face off on Twitter
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Sixth senator says Trump should resign
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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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GOP congressman to Trump: Mueller probe ‘infected with bias’
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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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State Supreme Court stays order directing Alabama not to destroy voting records

Kayla Moore: ‘One of our attorneys is a Jew’
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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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Donald Trump Jr. Demands Leak Probe of House Intelligence Committee
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U.S. House Democratic women seek probe of Trump misconduct accusations
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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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Tax bill negotiators agree to reduce mortgage interest deduction
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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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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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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?”


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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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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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


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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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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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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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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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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