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9:00 PM ET, December 1, 2018

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Peter Baker / New York Times:
‘Where Are We Going?’:  George Bush's Final Days  —  BUENOS AIRES — George Bush had been fading in the last few days.  He had not gotten out of bed, he had stopped eating and he was mostly sleeping.  For a man who had defied death multiple times over the years, it seemed that the moment might finally be arriving.
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Bill Clinton / Washington Post:
George H.W. Bush's Oval Office note to me revealed the heart of who he was  —  Bill Clinton was the 42nd president of the United States.  —  On Jan. 20, 1993, I entered the Oval Office for the first time as president.  As is the tradition, waiting for me was a note from my predecessor, George Herbert Walker Bush.
Damian Paletta / Washington Post:
Congress considers measure to postpone shutdown deadline until after Bush services  —  Congressional negotiators and White House officials are discussing a one-week budget bill that would delay a partial government shutdown while Washington prepares for the state funeral of former president George H.W. Bush …
Discussion: Political Wire
Daniel Lippman / Politico:
Despite bitter family rivalry, Bush wanted Trump at his funeral  —  When President Donald Trump didn't attend Barbara Bush's funeral earlier this year, it stoked chatter about a rivalry between the two powerful families who have a history of sniping at each other.
David Greenberg / Politico:
Is History Being Too Kind to George H.W. Bush?  —  George Bush, Sr., has died, and our national media have begun the familiar rituals of presidential passings: round-the-clock pieties on cable news, fond tributes from associates, the inevitable softening of the rough edges.  This isn't surprising.
Discussion: Breitbart
Michael S. Rosenwald / Washington Post:
'Wouldn't be prudent': George H.W. Bush's unlikely friendship with Dana Carvey
Adam Nagourney / New York Times:
George Bush, 41st President, Dies at 94
USA Today:
Former president George H.W. Bush to lie in state at U.S. Capitol
Discussion: The Moderate Voice
Susan Page / USA Today:   An appreciation for George H.W. Bush, one of politics' most ‘courteous’ people
Tim Naftali / Slate:
The Overlooked President
Discussion: ThinkProgress and Breitbart
Jon Meacham / New York Times:   George H.W. Bush and the Price of Politics
Mary Kate Cary / USA Today:
George H.W. Bush was an ‘American great’ committed to unity, diversity and generosity
David R. Lurie / Slate:
How Devin Nunes Helped Robert Mueller  —  Michael Cohen's guilty plea to a single felony count of lying to Senate and House committees will not appreciably add to his criminal liability.  As Ken White observed, the panoply of serious felonies to which Cohen previously pleaded guilty carry …
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Sharon LaFraniere / New York Times:
Mueller Exposes the Culture of Lying That Surrounds Trump  —  WASHINGTON — When Michael D. Cohen admitted this past week to lying to Congress about a Russian business deal, he said he had testified falsely out of loyalty to President Trump.  When he admitted this summer to lying …
Eric Tucker / Associated Press:
Trump aides caught in web of deception over Russia contacts
Discussion: POLITICUSUSA
Matt Zapotosky / Washington Post:   Cohen seeks ‘time served’ prison sentence, says again his crimes were meant to protect Trump
CNN:
Mattis: Putin ‘tried again to muck around in our elections’  —  Pompeo: Putin meeting canceled over Ukraine  —  (CNN)Defense Secretary James Mattis said Saturday that Russia attempted to interfere in the US midterm elections last month.  —  “(Putin) tried again to muck around in our elections …
Discussion: Politico, Axios and KTLA
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Washington Post:
Trump pulls punches at global summit, making nice with foes and avoiding feuds  —  BUENOS AIRES — President Trump managed to spend two days in the company of world leaders he has long antagonized without any visible eruptions.  —  There were no feuds, at least none publicly detected …
Discussion: Raw Story
Washington Post:
'We don't want him here': Saudi crown prince is a protected pariah at G-20 summit
Warren P. Strobel / Wall Street Journal:
CIA Intercepts Underpin Assessment Saudi Crown Prince Targeted Khashoggi
Politico:
Merkel and Putin agree to more talk on Ukraine
Claudia Koerner / BuzzFeed News:
Fox Is Investigating Neil DeGrasse Tyson After Allegations Of Sexual Misconduct  —  Fox Broadcasting Company and National Geographic are investigating astrophysicist and Cosmos host Neil deGrasse Tyson after three women came forward with allegations of sexual misconduct.
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No Sacred Cows:
Two More Women Accuse Neil deGrasse Tyson of Sexual Misconduct
Ross Douthat / New York Times:
Under Trump, the Swamp Is Draining  —  A grifter president has inspired an elite housecleaning.  —  Impeachment is a political act, and the endgame of the Robert Mueller investigation may not deliver the stark evidence that would remove Donald Trump from office.
Discussion: Raw Story, RedState and miamiherald
David Mack / BuzzFeed News:
She Thought She Was In Bed With Her Boyfriend, Until She Saw His Face  —  “I was like, 'I feel violated.  This feels wrong.  But I don't know if it's illegal.'” This woman's case has exposed a loophole in rape laws.  —  Reporting From  —  West Lafayette, Indiana
Laura McGann / Vox:
Eight women say George HW Bush groped them.  Their claims deserve to be remembered as we assess his legacy.  —  Those we entrust with power need to use it for all of us.  —  George H.W. Bush died at his home in Houston on Friday night, launching a blizzard of long-held obituaries praising …
Discussion: Splinter
BuzzFeed News:
This Document Is Some Of The Research Facebook Commissioned On George Soros  —  Definers' research for Facebook on billionaire George Soros has never been published before.  You can read one of those documents here.  —  Reporting From  —  BuzzFeed News obtained a document Facebook commissioned …
Discussion: The Verge and Common Dreams
New York Times:
A Generation of Widows, Raising Children Who Will Be Forged by Loss  —  KABUL, Afghanistan — As evening takes over Kabul, daylight fading to gray, 3-year-old Benyamin senses that his father should be coming home from work about now.  —  But it's been months since a bombing killed his “Aba …
Amy Gardner / Washington Post:
North Carolina elections board chairman resigns, says he doesn't want his partisan views to hurt election fraud investigation  —  TAR HEEL, N.C. — The Democratic chairman of the state elections board in North Carolina resigned Saturday, saying he did not want his partisan views to undermine …
Discussion: NPR, Axios, Law & Crime and twitchy.com
 
 
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Ovetta Wiggins / Washington Post:
Maryland Democrats elect Maya Rockeymoore Cummings as state party chair
Courtney Tanner / Salt Lake Tribune:
They say he yelled ‘I hate Mexicans’ …
Discussion: Law & Crime
Harry Enten / CNN:
Some 2020 warning signs Elizabeth Warren needs to pay attention to — stat
New York Daily News:
Party celebrating Rudy Giuliani nixed because no one wants to go
Discussion: Political Wire
John Solomon / The Hill:
Trump, Russia and lessons from the mob: Did ‘godfathers’ steer collusion probe?
Discussion: RedState
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Phillip Walter Wellman / Stars & Stripes:
The US has dropped more munitions in 2018 in Afghanistan than it has in any year in over a decade
Discussion: Task & Purpose
Sputnik International:
Kremlin: Cohen Indeed Contacted Administration, Was Invited to Economic Forum
Craig R. McCoy / Philly.com:
U.N. speech by Temple prof draws fire from university's board chair
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Elena Schneider / Politico:
Inside the GOP's California nightmare
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