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BuzzFeed News:
The Trump Organization Planned To Give Vladimir Putin The $50 Million Penthouse In Trump Tower Moscow  —  President Donald Trump's company planned to give a $50 million penthouse at Trump Tower Moscow to Russian President Vladimir Putin as the company negotiated the luxury real estate development during …
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Washington Post:
‘Individual 1’: Trump emerges as a central subject of Mueller probe  —  In two major developments this week, President Trump has been labeled in the parlance of criminal investigations as a major subject of interest, complete with an opaque legal code name: “Individual 1.”
Gabriel Sherman / Vanity Fair:
“Trump Was Totally Caught Off Guard by the Cohen Plea”: Inside Trumpworld, Some Fear Mueller Has Laid a Perjury Trap  —  Rudy Giuliani is frustrated at Mueller's tactics.  The White House is in a defensive crouch.  “It's an untethered situation,” a person close to the president said.
Discussion: Raw Story, Mediaite and ThinkProgress
Hunter Walker / Yahoo News:
Mueller eyes Ivanka and Don Jr.'s work on Trump Tower Moscow  —  WASHINGTON - Special Counsel Robert Mueller's investigation into President Donald Trump's efforts to build a skyscraper in Moscow has led him to ask questions about the role two of the president's children played in attempting …
Matt Lewis / The Daily Beast:
Conservatives, Prepare Yourself Now for What Mueller May Find  —  How we react in the aftermath of the special counsel's findings will determine the future of the Republican Party and, possibly, the country.  —  Matt Lewis  —  Things are speeding up in Robert Mueller's universe.
Discussion: Raw Story
Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
Trump talked up Russia during now-revealed secret Moscow project talks  —  Thanks to a new plea agreement that Michael Cohen has reached with the special counsel, we now know that Donald Trump and his company were pursuing a real estate deal in Russia up until June 2016 …
Michelle Goldberg / New York Times:
Trump Is Compromised by Russia  —  Michael Cohen's latest plea is proof.  —  One of the chief questions in the Trump-Russia scandal has been whether Vladimir Putin has leverage over the president of the United States, and, if so, what that leverage looks like.
Garrett M. Graff / Axios:
The new clues we have about where the Mueller investigation is going  —  Garrett M. Graff — author of a book focused on Mueller, and one of the investigation's best narrators — writes for Axios that we now have a host of new clues to Mueller coming attractions.
Discussion: ABC News
Michael Gerson / Washington Post:
Trump's inner circle has always been a cesspool  —  President Trump recently tweeted: “Did you ever see an investigation more in search of a crime?”  —  It is usually a bad idea to raise a rhetorical question when the answer is both obvious and unfavorable.
David French / National Review:
Trump's Unacceptable Campaign Conduct and Two Other Takeaways from the Cohen Plea  —  Today, former Trump attorney Michael Cohen surprised America by pleading guilty to lying to Congress.  You can read the complete criminal information here, but the summary is simple.
Discussion: Vox and Viking Pundit
Greg Farrell / Bloomberg:   Cohen's Plea Suggests Russians Held ‘Kompromat’ on Trump
New York Times:
Trump's Recall of Moscow Deal Matches Cohen's, President's Lawyers Say
Politico:
‘The perfect witness’: Dems want Cohen to testify on the Hill
Discussion: Talking Points Memo and HuffPost
Andrew Restuccia / Politico:
In Argentina, Trump keeps Mueller on his mind
Discussion: Washington Post and Axios
Conor Friedersdorf / The Atlantic:
Donald Trump Gave Russia Leverage Over His Presidency
Discussion: Vox
Peter Nicholas / Wall Street Journal:
Trump Canceling Planned Meeting With Russia's Putin Over Ukraine Situation
Chris Sommerfeldt / New York Daily News:   Manafort lawyers fed confidential Mueller probe info to Trump's legal team, Giuliani says, raising criminal concerns
Washington Post:
‘We will be in Moscow’: The story of Trump's 30-year quest to expand his brand to Russia
New York Times:
Sheryl Sandberg Is Said to Have Asked Facebook Staff to Research George Soros  —  Sheryl Sandberg asked Facebook's communications staff to research George Soros's financial interests in the wake of his high-profile attacks on tech companies, according to three people with knowledge of her request …
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Ryan Mac / BuzzFeed News:
Sheryl Sandberg Requested Research On Billionaire George Soros
Discussion: Financial Times
The State:
Scott to oppose Farr nomination to federal bench in NC, ending chances of confirmation  —  Sen. Tim Scott said Thursday he will oppose the nomination of Thomas Farr to the federal bench, assuring the controversial pick will not be confirmed.  —  The South Carolina Republican was the deciding vote …
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Elana Schor / Politico:
Senate Republicans unload on Flake
Discussion: Vox, Shareblue Media and Raw Story
Jessica Taylor / NPR:
Trump Judicial Nominee Set To Fail Amid Voter Suppression Charges
Discussion: Washington Post, Vox and Politico
Marriott News Center:
Marriott Announces Starwood Guest Reservation Database Security Incident  —  Marriott has taken measures to investigate and address a data security incident involving the Starwood guest reservation database.  On November 19, 2018, the investigation determined that there was unauthorized access …
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Wall Street Journal:
Marriott Says Up to 500 Million Affected by Starwood Breach  —  Information in the breach includes names, addresses, phone numbers, email addresses, passport numbers, and travel details  —  Marriott International Inc. said it has found a data breach in its Starwood guest reservation system …
Washington Post:
Trump scores political win with signing of new North American trade pact at G-20, but deal still faces a hurdle in Congress  —  BUENOS AIRES — President Trump celebrated a major political win Friday, joining the leaders of the Mexican and Canadian governments in signing a new North American trade deal …
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Politico:
NAFTA 2.0 is signed — but it's far from finished
Washington Post:
Certification in limbo in N.C. House race as fraud investigation continues  —  Mounting evidence of voter fraud in North Carolina's 9th Congressional District could indefinitely delay the certification of a winner, as state election officials investigate whether hundreds of absentee ballots were illegally cast or destroyed.
Discussion: HuffPost
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Jim Morrill / The Charlotte Observer:   ‘Tangled web’ in Bladen County has questions swirling about votes in the 9th District
Mark Leibovich / New York Times:
On the Trump-Mood Beat — But Why?  —  “Let's start with the state of Donald Trump,” Fox News's Chris Wallace said at the outset of the president's latest on-camera interview, on Nov. 17, in the manner of a support-group facilitator pausing for a little check-in before an unpacking of recent events.
Peter Hasson / The Daily Caller:
EXCLUSIVE: Google Employees Debated Burying Conservative Media In Search  — Google employees debated whether to bury The Daily Caller and other conservative media outlets in the company's search function as a response to President Donald Trump's election  — “Let's make sure …
Discussion: RedState
Scott Wong / The Hill:
Ryan casts doubt on ‘bizarre’ California election results  —  Weeks after House Republicans lost their majority, Speaker Paul Ryan (R-Wis.) on Thursday cast serious doubts about the “bizarre” election system in California, where it appears that seven GOP-held seats will flip to Democratic control.
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Charlie Savage / New York Times:
Federal Employees Are Warned Not to Discuss Trump ‘Resistance’ at Work  —  WASHINGTON — At workplaces across the United States, it is routine for Americans' conversations to turn to President Trump — whether his policies are good, whether he should be impeached, what to think about the “resistance.”
Discussion: Raw Story and POLITICUSUSA
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Christina Tudor / American Oversight:
New Guidance for Federal Employees' Political Activity Goes Too Far
Discussion: Washington Post
 
 
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New York Times:
After Khashoggi Killing, Leaders at G-20 Weigh How to Deal With Saudi Prince
Declan Walsh / New York Times:
In Yemen, Lavish Meals for Few, Starvation for Many and a Dilemma for Reporters
Richard Pollock / The Daily Caller:
EXCLUSIVE: FBI Raids Home Of Whistleblower On Clinton Foundation, Lawyer Says
Discussion: The Gateway Pundit
Alex Isenstadt / Politico:
GOP governors call out Trump after midterm drubbing
Discussion: Raw Story
New York Times:
Robert Mueller and His Prosecutors: Who They Are and What They've Done
Axios:
Michelle Obama's “Becoming” is 2018's best-selling book
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Charles Krauthammer / Washington Post:
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Politico:
Donald & Jean-Claude, a (kinda) love story
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Bernard E. Harcourt / The New York Review of Books:
How Trump Fuels the Fascist Right
Parker Molloy / New York Times:
How Twitter's Ban on ‘Deadnaming’ Promotes Free Speech
Aidan McLaughlin / Mediaite:
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