Top Items:
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 …
Discussion:
NBC News, Slate, Raw Story, USA Today, Associated Press, Breitbart, NPR, New York Post, Fox News, HuffPost, CNN, The Hill, The Stranger, Mediaite, POLITICUSUSA, Axios and LeadingViews
RELATED:
CNN:
Worry rises in military over Trump's decision-making
Worry rises in military over Trump's decision-making
Discussion:
POLITICUSUSA, Raw Story and Mediaite
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.
RELATED:
Portland Monthly:
Multiple Women Recall Sexual Misconduct and Perceived Retaliation by Gordon Sondland
Multiple Women Recall Sexual Misconduct and Perceived Retaliation by Gordon Sondland
Discussion:
Mother Jones, Portland Mercury and Raw Story
Andrew O'Reilly / Fox News:
Sondland denies report accusing him of sexual harassment, calling it ‘fundamentally false’
Sondland denies report accusing him of sexual harassment, calling it ‘fundamentally false’
Discussion:
Redstate, The Guardian and Washington Times
Karen Freifeld / Reuters:
Giuliani calls Trump to tell him he was joking about having an ‘insurance policy’ — NEW YORK (Reuters) - President Donald Trump's personal attorney, Rudy Giuliani, called the president this week to reassure him that he had been joking when he told media outlets he had “insurance” …
Discussion:
NBC News, Talking Points Memo, Raw Story, Axios, CNN, Patterico's Pontifications, Mediaite and Political Wire
RELATED:
Maeve Reston / CNN:
The precipitous fall of America's mayor
The precipitous fall of America's mayor
Discussion:
Washington Post and Mediaite
Daniel Friedman / Mother Jones:
Rudy Giuliani Has a Foreign-Lobbying Problem, and It Just Got Bigger
Rudy Giuliani Has a Foreign-Lobbying Problem, and It Just Got Bigger
Discussion:
The Independent, CNN and National Review
Washington Post:
Giuliani was in talks to be paid by Ukraine's top prosecutor as they together sought damaging information on Democrats
Giuliani was in talks to be paid by Ukraine's top prosecutor as they together sought damaging information on Democrats
Discussion:
CNN, Sputnik International, Vanity Fair, The Daily Beast, The Mahablog, Hullabaloo, Daily Kos, Talking Points Memo, Common Dreams, New York Post and The Week
Rebecca Ballhaus / Wall Street Journal:
Giuliani Weighed Doing Business With Ukrainian Government
Giuliani Weighed Doing Business With Ukrainian Government
Discussion:
Mediaite, The American Independent and VICE
New York Times:
Giuliani Pursued Business in Ukraine While Pushing for Inquiries for Trump
Giuliani Pursued Business in Ukraine While Pushing for Inquiries for Trump
Discussion:
Salon, NBC News, The Daily Caller, CNN, Al Jazeera, ABC News, Breitbart, The Gateway Pundit, The Resurgent, No More Mister Nice Blog, Law & Crime, Vox, HuffPost, Washington Post, Vanity Fair, National Review, The Hill, Raw Story, Axios, Talking Points Memo, Joe.My.God., The Atlantic and Mediaite
Laura Vozzella / Washington Post:
Ken Cuccinelli walked into a bar. And Martin O'Malley lit into him. — A liberal ex-governor walks into a bar, followed by a conservative Trump administration official. — Instead of a punchline, what followed, one witness said, was a “shame-invoking tirade” by Martin O'Malley …
RELATED:
Chantal Da Silva / Newsweek:
Ken Cuccinelli Forced To Leave Thanksgiving Eve Bash After Martin O'Malley Publicly Shames Him For Putting ‘Immigrant Kids In Cages’ — Ken Cuccinelli, the acting deputy secretary of the Department of Homeland Security, was reportedly forced to retreat from a Thanksgiving Eve bash on Wednesday …
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 …
Discussion:
Power Line, Raw Story, emptywheel, Fox News, The Gateway Pundit, The Last Refuge, Vanity Fair, HotAir, Law & Crime, CNN, Townhall, NBC News, KTLA, Joe.My.God. and Mediaite
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.
Page Six:
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 …
Discussion:
Washington Times, The Gateway Pundit, The Daily Caller, Redstate, PJ Media Home and Twitchy
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
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 …
Discussion:
Samizdata, Politico, One America News Network, Breitbart, Small Dead Animals, Associated Press, The Daily Caller, Reuters and The Hill
RELATED:
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:
ABC News and Occupy Democrats
RELATED:
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 …
Discussion:
PAPER, The Hill, Page Six, Fox News, The Daily Caller, Jezebel, The Root, The Independent and Mediaite
RELATED:
Yashar Ali / Vulture:
Gabrielle Union Criticized the Culture at America's Got Talent. Now She's No Longer There.
Gabrielle Union Criticized the Culture at America's Got Talent. Now She's No Longer There.
Discussion:
Consequence of Sound, Page Six and Fox News
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 …
Discussion:
Common Dreams
Andrew Higgins / New York Times:
Apple, Bowing to Russian Pressure, Recognizes Crimea Annexation on Map — The tech giant, following Google and others, has bowed to Russian demands that its apps not show Crimea as belonging to Ukraine on digital maps seen in Russia. — MOSCOW — Since it grabbed Crimea from Ukraine five years ago …
RELATED:
Chris Welch / The Verge:
Apple alters Maps and Weather to show Crimea as a Russian territory
Apple alters Maps and Weather to show Crimea as a Russian territory
Discussion:
Bloomberg and BBC, more at Techmeme »
New York Times:
Donald Trump Jr., Debut Author, Sees Sales Bolstered by G.O.P. Allies — Boxes began arriving in early November at the Phoenix headquarters of Turning Point USA, a conservative student group with ties to the Trump family. — They contained copies of the new book by Donald Trump Jr. …
Discussion:
PinkNews and LGBTQ Nation
Nick Squires / Telegraph:
Maltese PM's chief-of-staff arrested over journalist's murder — The former chief of staff of Malta's government was arrested over the murder of journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia on Wednesday as suspects reportedly began pointing the finger at each other and opposition MPs renewed calls for the prime minister to resign.
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.
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 …
Breitbart:
Chick-Fil-A Donates to Extremist Southern Poverty Law Center — Internal Revenue Service (IRS) records show that Chick-fil-A is not only stopping donations to Christian organizations but is funding left-wing extremist groups, including the anti-Christian Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC).
Discussion:
American Greatness, The Post Millennial and Big League Politics
Elizabeth Tsurkov / The New York Review of Books:
Who Are Turkey's Proxy Fighters in Syria? — A small Turkish flag was standing on the desk of the offices of the Turkish-backed faction in a residential area of Şanlıurfa, in southern Turkey. The men in the room, most of them veteran fighters from eastern Syria …
Emilio Casalicchio / Politico:
YouGov: Boris Johnson on course for 68-seat majority in UK election — LONDON — Boris Johnson is on course to win a 68-seat majority in the U.K. general election, according to a major new poll. — The YouGov seat prediction survey — which accurately predicted that Theresa May would lose …
Discussion:
YouGov and One America News Network
RELATED:
Francis Elliott / The Times:
MRP election poll: Boris Johnson heads for big majority
MRP election poll: Boris Johnson heads for big majority
Discussion:
Bloomberg, Sputnik International and Joe.My.God.