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Richard Spencer / Washington Post:
I was fired as Navy secretary.  Here's what I've learned because of it.  —  Richard Spencer is the former secretary of the Navy.  —  The case of Chief Petty Officer Edward Gallagher, a Navy SEAL who was charged with multiple war crimes before being convicted of a single lesser charge earlier this year …
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Sean Gallagher / Navy Times:
Op-ed: Navy corruption and the Gallagher case
Discussion: Townhall and The Gateway Pundit
Washington Post:
Giuliani was in talks to be paid by Ukraine's top prosecutor as they together sought damaging information on Democrats  —  President Trump's personal attorney, Rudolph W. Giuliani, negotiated earlier this year to represent Ukraine's top prosecutor for at least $200,000 during the same months …
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New York Times:
Giuliani Pursued Business in Ukraine While Pushing for Inquiries for Trump  —  The president's private lawyer explored agreements with Ukrainian officials for hundreds of thousands of dollars.  —  As Rudolph W. Giuliani waged a public campaign this year to unearth damaging information …
Daniel Friedman / Mother Jones:
Rudy Giuliani Has a Foreign-Lobbying Problem, and It Just Got Bigger
ProPublica:
Multiple Women Recall Sexual Misconduct and Retaliation by Gordon Sondland  —  Three women recall Sondland made unwanted sexual contact in business settings.  One says he exposed himself.  All recall professional retaliation after they rejected him.  Sondland denies the allegations.
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Adam Goldman / New York Times:
Russia Inquiry Review Is Expected to Undercut Trump Claim of F.B.I. Spying  —  The F.B.I. never tried to place undercover agents or informants inside the Trump campaign, a highly anticipated inspector general's report is expected to find.  —  WASHINGTON — The Justice Department's inspector general found …
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Hunter Biden's ‘baby mama’ Lunden Roberts was stripper at club he frequented  —  The woman suing Hunter Biden for paternity was a stripper at a Washington, DC, club he frequented around the time he was dating his brother's widow, sources told The Post.  —  Biden was repeatedly seen …
Washington Post:
Witness testimony and records raise questions about account of Trump's ‘no quid pro quo’ call  —  President Trump was cranky when they spoke on the phone in September, Ambassador Gordon Sondland told members of Congress, but his words were clear: Trump wanted no quid pro quo with Ukraine.
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The Daily Beast:
Sondland's Ties to Romanian Official Set Off Alarms at National Security Council  —  Sources say the ambassador grew increasingly close to a Romanian politician with a worrisome record on corruption.  —  Even before Gordon Sondland's work in Ukraine set off alarm bells …
Discussion: Raw Story
Niraj Warikoo / Detroit Free Press:
ICE arrests 90 more students at fake university in Michigan  —  (Photo: Eric Seals, Detroit Free Press)  —  About 90 additional foreign students of a fake university in metro Detroit created by the Department of Homeland Security have been arrested in recent months.
John Hudson / Washington Post:
Trump official who suggested dropping nuclear bombs on Afghanistan now responsible for arms control issues  —  A former conservative talk radio host and naval intelligence officer who suggested dropping nuclear bombs on Afghanistan after the 9/11 attacks now works on arms control issues …
Discussion: Occupy Democrats
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CNN:   Trump official who promoted fringe conspiracy theories now senior adviser at State Department
BBC:
Apple changes Crimea map to meet Russian demands  —  Apple has complied with Russian demands to show Crimea as part of Russian territory on its apps.  —  Russia annexed Crimea from Ukraine in 2014, in a move that was condemned by most of the global community.
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Chris Welch / The Verge:   Apple alters Maps and Weather to show Crimea as a Russian territory
Orion Rummler / Axios:
Trump signs bill expressing support for Hong Kong protestors  —  President Trump signed the Hong Kong Human Rights and Democracy Act on Wednesday, reaffirming U.S. support for the city's autonomy after months of pro-democracy protests.  —  Why it matters: The bill, which was passed …
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HuffPost:
Trump Has Spent $115 Million On Golf Trips ― Or 287 Years Of Presidential Salary  —  Trump often boasts of donating his White House pay, but taxpayers are shelling out much larger sums for his hobby.  —  With his Thanksgiving vacation, President Donald Trump's golf hobby has now cost Americans …
Francis Elliott / The Times:
MRP election poll: Boris Johnson heads for big majority  —  Only survey to forecast hung parliament in last election predicts Tories will win 359 seats — with Labour down to 211  —  Boris Johnson is on course for a comfortable majority, according to a polling model that accurately predicted the election outcome two years ago.
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Emilio Casalicchio / Politico:
YouGov: Boris Johnson on course for 68-seat majority in UK election
Heather Vogell / ProPublica:
Trump Tax Records Reveal New Inconsistencies — This Time for Trump Tower  —  Documents show the president's company reported different numbers — higher ones to lenders, lower ones to tax officials — for Trump's signature building.  Last month, ProPublica revealed a similar pattern in two other Trump buildings.
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Jason Easley / POLITICUSUSA:   Trump Busted For Bank And Tax Fraud In Newly Obtained Documents
Scott Stedman / Forensic News:
Deutsche Bank Executive Who Signed Off On Trump Loans Kills Himself At Age 55  —  Thomas Bowers, a former Deutsche Bank executive and head of the American wealth-management division, killed himself in Malibu, California, on Tuesday, November 19th, according to the Los Angeles county coroner's initial report.
Discussion: Law & Crime and Joe.My.God.
Colin Kalmbacher / Law & Crime:
Devin Nunes Subpoena Aimed at ‘Cow’ and ‘Mom’ Twitter Accounts Was Improperly Filed  —  Today is a day ending with the letter “y” so that means Rep. Devin Nunes (R-Calif.) has been mocked.  This time, however, the ridicule comes by way of a court filing in Virginia.
Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
Trump's electoral college advantage may be deepening.  Do Democrats have a plan for that?  —  The big gubernatorial victories in Kentucky and Louisiana have unleashed optimism in the Democratic Party.  They underscored the story we've seen again and again in the Trump era …
Discussion: NBC News
Matt Donnelly / Variety:
Inside 'America's Got Talent': Ousted Judges Had Complained of Toxic Culture (EXCLUSIVE)  —  In April of this year, former late night host Jay Leno visited NBCUniversal in Los Angeles to appear as a guest judge on the network's unscripted program “America's Got Talent,” a variety show that seeks …
Jonathan S. Tobin / JNS.org:
Who can speak for American Jews against anti-Semitism?  Not the ADL  —  While British Jewry has pulled together against the threat of Jeremy Corbyn's Labour Party, American Jews seem more focused on partisan grudges then on combating hate.  —  Earlier this week, Rabbi Ephraim Mirvis …
Ryan Browne / CNN:
Trump administration to cut its financial contribution to NATO  —  Washington (CNN)The Trump administration has moved to substantially cut its contribution to NATO's collective budget according to several US and NATO officials, a symbolic move that comes as many continue to question President …
Spencer Hsu / Washington Post:
Appeals court stays ruling that former White House counsel Donald McGahn must comply with House subpoena  —  A federal appeals court on Wednesday evening stayed a lower-court ruling that former Trump White House counsel Donald McGahn must comply with a House subpoena after the administration appealed …
Discussion: Raw Story
Robert D. McFadden / New York Times:
William Ruckelshaus, Who Quit in ‘Saturday Night Massacre,’ Dies at 87  —  As deputy attorney general he refused Nixon's order to fire the special prosecutor Archibald Cox in the Watergate scandal.  He was earlier the E.P.A.'s first leader.  —  William D. Ruckelshaus …
Michael R. Sisak / Associated Press:
Judge upholds charges that could put Weinstein away for life  —  NEW YORK (AP) — A New York judge has rejected Harvey Weinstein's bid to throw out the most serious charges in his sexual assault case, dealing a big blow to the disgraced movie mogul as he sought to limit the scope of his looming trial and any potential punishment.
 
 
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Max Boot / Washington Post:
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PBS NewsHour:
PBS NewsHour & POLITICO Name Judy Woodruff, Tim Alberta, Amna Nawaz and Yamiche Alcindor Co-Moderators …
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Oleg Sukhov / KyivPost:
Riaboshapka fires top Ukrainian prosecutor who backed Biden conspiracy
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Jennifer Medina / New York Times:
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