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4:50 PM ET, November 13, 2017

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New York Times:
A Fifth Woman Accuses Senate Candidate Roy Moore of Sexual Misconduct  —  WASHINGTON — A fifth woman accused Roy S. Moore, the Republican Senate candidate in Alabama, on Monday of making sexual or romantic advances toward her when she was a teenager, as senior Republicans in Washington called …
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George F. Will / Washington Post:
Roy Moore is an embarrassment.  Doug Jones deserves to win.  —  But for the bomb, the four would be in their 60s, probably grandmothers.  Three were 14 and one was 11 in 1963 when the blast killed them in the 16th Street Baptist Church, which is four blocks from the law office of Doug Jones, who then was 9.
Leada Gore / al.com:
50 pastors sign letter of support for Roy Moore  —  Kayla Moore, wife of Alabama Senate candidate Roy Moore, shared a letter on Facebook indicating support from more than 50 Alabama pastors.  —  Moore's wife Kayla posted the letter to her Facebook page Sunday after days of controversy surrounding …
Seung Min Kim / Politico:
Senate GOP campaign chair: Moore should be expelled if elected  —  Senate Republicans escalated their calls for embattled Alabama Senate candidate Roy Moore to leave the race — with Majority Leader Mitch McConnell saying he believes the women who have accused Moore of sexual misconduct …
David Zurawik / Baltimore Sun:
How Sinclair compromised the news on an Alabama station it owns to support Roy Moore  —  I have been writing a lot lately about the way Sinclair Broadcast Group has become a leading player in the right-wing echo chamber that includes Fox News and Breitbart.  —  This is a dangerous development …
Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
Ignore the spin. Trump and the GOP have made a devil's bargain with Roy Moore.
Travis Gettys / Raw Story:   'There's more to come from this creep': MSNBC panel disturbed by Roy Moore's remarks to Sean Hannity
Brian Beutler / Crooked Media:
BREITBART'S COMING EXPLOITATION OF THE BELIEVE WOMEN MOVEMENT
Discussion: Boing Boing
New York Times:
Trump Judicial Pick Did Not Disclose He Is Married to a White House Lawyer  —  WASHINGTON — One of President Trump's most controversial judicial nominees did not disclose on publicly available congressional documents that he is married to a senior lawyer in the White House Counsel's Office.
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David Nakamura / Washington Post:
News photographer who protested White House restrictions on access gets revenge with revealing shot of Trump
Julia Ioffe / The Atlantic:
The Secret Correspondence Between Donald Trump Jr. and Wikileaks  —  Just before the stroke of midnight on September 20, 2016, at the height of last year's presidential election, the Wikileaks Twitter account sent a private direct message to Donald Trump Jr., the Republican nominee's oldest son and campaign surrogate.
Discussion: Raw Story
Elaina Plott / The Daily Beast:
No One Knows What Omarosa Is Doing in the White House—Even Omarosa … It's nearly 9 a.m. in the West Wing lobby.  The room is quiet save for two staff assistants whispering about weekend plans, and me, waiting on an over-firm red sofa to meet with Omarosa Manigault.
Discussion: Raw Story
Aric Jenkins / TIME:
Woman Says George H.W. Bush Groped Her When She Was 16: ‘I Was a Child’  —  Roslyn Corrigan was sixteen years old when she got a chance to meet George H.W. Bush, excited to be introduced to a former president having grown up dreaming of going into politics.  —  But Corrigan was crushed …
New Jersey Online:
Menendez trial in turmoil as jurors admit hearing explosive comments  —  Gallery: The trial of U.S. Sen. Robert Menendez, D-N.J.  —  NJ Advance Media for NJ.com  —  NEWARK — Seven of the 16 jurors and alternates in the trial of U.S. Sen. Bob Menendez raised their hands …
Discussion: Political Wire
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CNN:
Menendez jury deadlocks, judge orders them to keep trying to reach a verdict
Discussion: Weekly Standard
Matt Friedman / Politico:
Menendez jurors tell judge they're deadlocked
Discussion: Vox and Axios
GQ:
Colin Kaepernick Will Not Be Silenced  —  He's been vilified by millions and locked out of the NFL—all because he took a knee to protest police brutality.  But Colin Kaepernick's determined stand puts him in rare company in sports history: Muhammad Ali, Jackie Robinson—athletes who risked everything to make a difference.
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Erik Wemple / Washington Post:
Keurig CEO: Tweet regarding ‘Hannity’ created an ‘unacceptable situation’  —  Ring up any social-media expert, and you'll get the same advice: Engage with people on Twitter and Facebook and etc.  —  Over the weekend, Keurig Green Mountain, that mainstay of water-cooler proximity, did just that.
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Kansas City Star:
‘One of the most secretive, dark states’: What is Kansas trying to hide?  —  The statement was simple.  Factual.  —  A Kansas spokesperson was acknowledging that the state highway department didn't have the money to rebuild a dangerous stretch of Interstate 70 that had been the scene …
Discussion: Axios
Amazon.com:
Amazon to Adapt J.R.R. Tolkien's Globally Renowned Fantasy Novels, The Lord of the Rings, for Television with a Multi Season Production Commitment  —  Television adaptation, exploring new storylines preceding J.R.R. Tolkien's The Fellowship of the Ring, slated to debut exclusively on Prime Video
David Nakamura / Washington Post:
Trump personally asked Xi Jinping to help resolve case of UCLA basketball players arrested in China  —  MANILA — President Trump personally asked his Chinese counterpart, Xi Jinping, to help resolve the case of three UCLA men's basketball players who were arrested for shoplifting while in Hangzhou …
Tegna / 10NEWS:
‘Transracial’ man born white feels like he is Filipino … TAMPA, Fla. — Riding in a flamboyant purple vehicle, Ja Du shows up to a coffee shop to open up about his new identity.  —  Ja Du, born a white male named Adam, now considers himself a Filipino.  Turns out the purple ride …
Discussion: IJR and AOL
Brandon Moseley / Alabama Political Reporter:
GOP chair warns Republican office-holders against supporting write-in candidates  —  Sunday, Republican Party Chairman Terry Lathan told the Alabama Political Reporter that she has not even heard of any GOP elected official or candidate that is even considering running as a write-in candidate …
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The Hill:
McConnell: Roy Moore should step aside
The Daily Beast:
Green Beret Discovered SEALs' Illicit Cash.  Then He Was Killed. … Logan Melgar hadn't had a drink on June 4.  —  The Green Beret sergeant's dry day became a key to unraveling the narrative spun by the elite Navy commandos whom military investigators now suspect killed him, officials familiar with the case said.
Susan B. Glasser / Politico:
'They Want to Know If Trump's Crazy'  —  Subscribe to The Global POLITICO on Apple Podcasts here.  Subscribe via Stitcher here.  —  “They want to know if he's crazy,” said Suzanne DiMaggio, “or if this is just an act.”  —  “They” is North Korean officials.  And “he” is Donald Trump.
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Choe Sang-Hun / New York Times:
North Korean Soldier Shot by Own Troops as He Defects to the South
Discussion: Reuters, CNN and TheBlaze
Caitlin Flanagan / The Atlantic:
Bill Clinton: A Reckoning  —  The most remarkable thing about the current tide of sexual assault and harassment accusations is not their number.  If every woman in America started talking about the things that happen during the course of an ordinary female life, it would never end.
Discussion: Power Line
Tom Sykes / The Daily Beast:
James Woods Named by Actress Elizabeth Perkins at #MeToo Rally … Elizabeth Perkins called out the actor James Woods on Sunday, holding a sign bearing the words “James Woods #MeToo” as she joined a Los Angeles march designed to raise awareness of sexual assault and sexual harassment, and to demonstrate solidarity with the victims.
Discussion: Raw Story
Kurt Schlichter / Townhall.com:
The GOP Establishment Wants To Burn Down The Village To Save It...For Itself  —  We keep hearing about how angry Trump voters are destroying the Republican Party, but last week's Schumer-show demonstrated that the people running it would rather run it into the ground than give up their grip on power.
Discussion: New York Post
Rebecca Traister / thecut:
We Are All Implicated in the Post-Weinstein Reckoning … The anger window is open.  For decades, centuries, it was closed: Something bad happened to you, you shoved it down, you maybe told someone but probably didn't get much satisfaction — emotional or practical — from the confession.
Discussion: Unfogged
Nikki Ekstein / Bloomberg:
Coming Soon to Washington: An Anti-Trump Hotel for Liberals  —  Expect counter-cultural art, progressive fireside chats, and craft materials for your next great protest poster.  —  The first thing you'll see when you walk into Eaton Workshop, a hotel opening in late spring 2018 in Washington …
 
 
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Luis Alonso / Associated Press:
Puerto Rico seeks $94 billion in federal aid after hurricane
Discussion: Axios
John Ziegler / Mediaite:
Is No One Seriously Concerned About Media's New Standards on Reporting Abuse Allegations?
Discussion: The Federalist
Mike Florio / ProFootballTalk:
Owners have their own nuclear option for dealing with Jerry Jones
Discussion: The Daily Caller, AOL and CBS Dallas
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Culture  —  How would you feel if state law required …
Discussion: The Daily Caller
Rebecca Savransky / The Hill:
FBI: Hate crimes on the rise in the US
Sheelah Kolhatkar / New Yorker:
The Tech Industry's Gender-Discrimination Problem
Discussion: New York Magazine
Francesca Washington / KRQE-TV:
New Mexico congressional candidate arrested on stalking charge
 Earlier Items: 
Adam Kredo / Washington Free Beacon:
U.S. Admits Possible Role in Arming Iranian-Backed Militants in Iraq
Discussion: TheBlaze
Bloomberg:
Here's Where the GOP Tax Plan Stands Right Now
Discussion: Washington Times
Washington Post:
Trump picks Alex Azar to lead the Health and Human Services Department
Sam Levin / The Guardian:
‘Way too little, way too late’: Facebook's factcheckers say effort is failing
Discussion: New York Magazine, Gizmodo and Mashable
George Skelton / Associated Press:
Capitol Journal In high-tax California, a vote to scrap deductions could be the kiss of death …
Darren Samuelsohn / Politico:
What Mueller's org chart reveals about his Russia probe
Jacqueline Thomsen / The Hill:
Poll: Nearly half of white Southerners feel like they're under attack
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