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MJ Lee / CNN:
Exclusive: Ex-Farenthold aide shares new details of vulgar and abusive behavior — STORY HIGHLIGHTS — WARNING: This story contains graphic language. — (CNN)A former senior aide to Rep. Blake Farenthold has approached the House Ethics Committee to share a damning account of working …
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WDRB 41 Louisville News:
Kentucky State Rep. Dan Johnson died of ‘probable suicide’ on bridge in Mt. Washington — LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) — Kentucky State Rep. Dan Johnson, who was under investigation for alleged sexual molestation, died of a “probable suicide,” the Bullitt County coroner said.
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Marwa Eltagouri / Washington Post:
Kentucky lawmaker who was accused of molesting a teenage girl likely killed himself, coroner says
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Eli Stokols / Wall Street Journal:
White House Aide Omarosa Manigault Newman to Depart in January — The former contestant on ‘The Apprentice’ was director of communications for the Office of Public Liaison — Omarosa Manigault Newman, a former star of “The Apprentice” and one of President Donald Trump's …
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Lachlan Markay / The Daily Beast:
Omarosa Tried to ‘Storm the Residence’ in Reality TV-Style Ouster … When Omarosa Manigault-Newman learned she was being ousted from her White House post on Tuesday, she decided to try to confront her boss, President Donald Trump, making a beeline for the White House residence to appeal directly …
April Ryan / American Urban Radio Networks:
Omarosa Out of the White House — April Ryan has the exclusive on the exit of Omarosa Manigault Newman from the White House. — The post Omarosa Out of the White House appeared first on American Urban Radio Networks.
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New York Times:
Music Mogul Russell Simmons Is Accused of Rape by 3 Women — Mr. Simmons, a powerful gatekeeper in the entertainment and media worlds, damaged careers and self-confidence with his pattern of sexual assault and harassment, the women say. — In 1995, Drew Dixon was working her dream job …
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CNN:
The blame game begins inside the White House after Alabama stunner — STORY HIGHLIGHTS — Washington (CNN)As a cold morning broke at the White House on Wednesday, questions mounted about who was to blame for the remarkable loss of Alabama Republican Senate candidate Roy Moore.
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Dan Merica / CNN:
In 2010, Trump supported letting Scott Brown vote on health care
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Geoff Pender / The Clarion Ledger:
Roy Moore Mississippi fallout: Chris McDaniel can't catch a break
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Christopher Ingraham / Washington Post:
How Doug Jones lost in nearly every congressional district but still won the state — Preliminary Alabama election numbers crunched by J. Miles Coleman of Decision Desk HQ reveal something astonishing: Democrat Doug Jones lost in six of Alabama's seven congressional districts …
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Harry Enten / FiveThirtyEight:
Special Elections So Far Point To A Democratic Wave In 2018
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Jason Noble / Des Moines Register:
Iowa Poll: 60 percent of Iowans disapprove of Donald Trump's job performance — Iowans believe the country's headed in the wrong direction and that President Donald Trump isn't doing a good job. — Sixty percent of respondents to this month's Des Moines Register/Mediacom Iowa Poll …
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Monmouth University:
Monmouth University Polling Institute — Trump Rating Hits Record Low — Democrats have 15 point edge in generic House vote — West Long Branch, NJ - Donald Trump's current job approval rating is the lowest registered in the Monmouth University Poll since he took office, with the biggest drop coming from independent women.
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CNN:
Rod Rosenstein: No good cause to fire Mueller — STORY HIGHLIGHTS — “If there were good cause, I would act. If there were no good cause, I would not,” Rosenstein said about firing Mueller — Washington (CNN)The second-highest ranking official at the Justice Department stepped …
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Andrew C. McCarthy / New York Post:
Ugly as Mueller's investigation may look, it's on track to clear Trump
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Natasha Bertrand / Business Insider:
In ‘highly unusual’ move, DOJ secretly invited reporters to view texts sent by ousted FBI agents
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Daniel Holloway / Variety:
PBS Suspends ‘Tavis Smiley’ Following Sexual Misconduct Investigation (EXCLUSIVE) — PBS has suspended late-night talk show “Tavis Smiley” amid misconduct allegations against its host and namesake. — “Effective today, PBS has indefinitely suspended distribution of 'Tavis Smiley …
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Salma Hayek / New York Times:
Harvey Weinstein Is My Monster Too — HARVEY WEINSTEIN was a passionate cinephile, a risk taker, a patron of talent in film, a loving father and a monster. — For years, he was my monster. — This fall, I was approached by reporters, through different sources, including my dear friend Ashley Judd …
Ashley Feinberg / HuffPost:
This Is The Daily Stormer's Playbook — A leaked style guide reveals they're Nazis about grammar (and about Jews). — Back in September, Vox Day, a Gamergate holdover who has assumed the position of racist alt-right figurehead, published a handful of brief excerpts from what he described as the “Andrew Anglin” style guide.
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Megan Messerly / The Nevada Independent:
Second woman accuses Kihuen of persistent, unwanted sexual advances — Once-rising Democratic star Rep. Ruben Kihuen made repeated and unwanted sexual advances toward a female lobbyist while he was a state senator, the woman told The Nevada Independent. — The woman, who requested anonymity …
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New York Times:
Alabama Loss Exposes Republican Fissures Amid a Democratic Surge — MONTGOMERY, Ala. — The once-unimaginable Republican defeat in Alabama's special Senate election on Tuesday tore open divisions between the party's establishment and populist wings, inciting bitter recriminations …
Matt Fuller / HuffPost:
When Will Paul Ryan Step Down? — It's a question lawmakers are asking. — WASHINGTON As Republicans finish their long-sought rewrite of the tax code, some lawmakers are beginning to wonder just how much longer Rep. Paul Ryan intends to remain speaker. — “There's a whole lot of rumors …
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Gabriel Sherman / Vanity Fair:
“Nikki Haley Stuck a Knife in His Back”: Roger Stone Is Already Writing the Story of Trump's Downfall — One of Trump's closest allies believes the president could be removed from office by disloyal Cabinet members—and he's writing a book about it. — In the closing days …
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Heather Caygle / Politico:
Democratic lawmaker: Women's clothing an ‘invitation’ to harassment — A female Democratic House member shocked fellow lawmakers Wednesday when she said that the revealing clothing that some members and staffers wear is an “invitation” to sexual harassment.
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Jonah Engel Bromwich / New York Times:
You Don't Need to Take an Oath on a Bible, or Any Religious Text — It was an odd footnote to the Alabama Senate race Tuesday night. — In an interview on CNN, hours before the Republican candidate Roy S. Moore would go on to lose the election, his spokesman asserted that elected officials …
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Vogue:
Mimi O'Donnell Reflects on the Loss of Philip Seymour Hoffman and the Devastation of Addiction — Photographed by Anton Corbijn, Vogue, January 2018 — The first time I met Phil, there was instant chemistry between us. It was the spring of 1999, and he was interviewing me to be the costume designer …
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Kyle Smith / National Review:
Dear Cat-Person Girl — Here's how to avoid soul-crushingly bad sex. — D — ear Margot: — Hi. You don't know me. But like many others, I feel as if I know you, after reading the crushing short story about you that went viral after appearing in The New Yorker.
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Carmen Heredia Rodriguez / CNNMoney:
26-year-olds face challenges as they fall off parents' health insurance — What you need to know about Obamacare 2018 — Marguerite Moniot felt frustrated and flummoxed. Despite the many hours she had spent in front of the computer this year reading consumer reviews of health insurance plans offered …
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USA Today:
Warren Sapp on sexual harassment allegations: ‘You are not going to put that on me’ — Warren Sapp proclaimed he's never sexually harassed anyone like the allegations made against Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein or former NBC Today show host Matt Lauer.
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Jack Conte / The Patreon Blog:
We messed up. We're sorry, and we're not rolling out the fees change. — We've heard you loud and clear. We're not going to rollout the changes to our payments system that we announced last week. We still have to fix the problems that those changes addressed, but we're going to fix …
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