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12:00 PM ET, November 14, 2017

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New Yorker:
Locals Were Troubled by Roy Moore's Interactions with Teen Girls at the Gadsden Mall  —  Roy Moore, the Republican Senate candidate and former chief justice of the Alabama Supreme Court, was born in Gadsden, a small city flanked by Interstate 59 and the Coosa River, an hour northeast of Birmingham.
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al.com:
Our view: Roy Moore grossly unfit for office  —  New sexual misconduct allegations against Roy Moore  —  Roy Moore simply cannot be a U.S. Senator.  Even if his party and many of its adherents still think it possible, it is unthinkable — for his state, and his country.
Jacqueline Thomsen / The Hill:
Volvo pulls its ads from Hannity after Moore coverage  —  Volvo has pulled its advertisements from Sean Hannity's show on Fox News after his coverage of sexual misconduct allegations made against Roy Moore. … Volvo is the latest advertiser to pull its ads from “Hannity” …
Joshua Caplan / The Gateway Pundit:
IT'S A FAKE!  Analyst Says Judge Roy Moore Signature Inside Gloria Allred Accuser's Yearbook Was FORGED  —  Known for his insightful take on politics, journalist and author Thomas Wictor believes Judge Roy Moore's signature in Gloria Allred accuser Beverly Young Nelson's yearbook is a forgery.
Leada Gore / al.com:
Kayla Moore posts support from 50 pastors; 2 ask for their names to be removed
David Weigel / Washington Post:
In new TV ad, Alabama Democrat hits Roy Moore over ‘awful’ allegations
Rebecca Savransky / The Hill:
Gingrich on Roy Moore: Amazing how fast ‘lynch mob’ can form
Discussion: IJR
Daniel Lippman / Politico:
GOP MULLS MOORE PROBLEM — TRUMP …
Shaddi Abusaid / MDJOnline.com:
Sen. Johnny Isakson to crowd: Roy Moore should step down
New York Times:
Justice Dept. to Weigh Inquiry Into Clinton Foundation  —  WASHINGTON — The Justice Department said Monday that prosecutors were looking into whether a special counsel should be appointed to investigate political rivals President Trump has singled out for scrutiny, including Hillary Clinton.
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Matt Zapotosky / Washington Post:
Sessions considering second special counsel to investigate Republican concerns, letter shows  —  Attorney General Jeff Sessions is entertaining the idea of appointing a second special counsel to investigate a host of Republican concerns — including alleged wrongdoing by the Clinton Foundation …
Kyle Cheney / Politico:
Sessions says he never lied, has ‘no clear recollection’ of proposed Trump-Putin meeting
Discussion: Axios
Kyle Cheney / Politico:
Sessions faces grilling about Russia's outreach to Trump campaign
Discussion: ABC News and The Daily Signal
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.
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emptywheel:
The Don Jr - WikiLeaks Emails Are Underwhelming
The Daily Beast:
Before He Was Tapped By Donald Trump, Controversial Judicial Nominee Brett J. Talley Investigated Paranormal Activity … Brett J. Talley, nominated by President Donald Trump to the Federal District Court in Montgomery, Alabama, has never tried a case, is married to a White House lawyer …
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William McGurn / Wall Street Journal:
The ABA Jumps the Shark
Discussion: Instapundit
Rebecca Savransky / The Hill:
Trump judicial nominee wrote about paranormal activities: report
Discussion: RedState and New York Times
Edward Kleinbard / Los Angeles Times:
Beware the fine print — a GOP tax cut for small businesses is more like a giveaway for the rich  —  The competing House and Senate tax bills differ in important respects, but they have this in common: a predilection to shower benefits on the very wealthy.  The extraordinary reduction …
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Catherine Rampell / Washington Post:
If the tax bill is so great, why does the GOP keep lying about it?
Discussion: Vox, New York Times and Tax Foundation
Center on Budget and Policy Priorities:
JCT: Senate Tax Bill Benefits Well-Off the Most, and Millions of Low- and Middle-Income People Face Tax Increases
Discussion: Axios and Wall Street Journal
Max Jaeger / New York Post:
De Blasio staffer says pizza from Chicago is better than New York  —  This was clearly a half-baked idea.  —  The press secretary for the mayor of New York City — America's pizza epicenter — took to Twitter to claim that a Chicago pizzeria makes better pies than all of New York.
CNN:
‘Nothing about it felt right’: More than 50 people describe sexual harassment on Capitol Hill  —  STORY HIGHLIGHTS  —  (CNN)Be extra careful of the male lawmakers who sleep in their offices — they can be trouble.  Avoid finding yourself alone with a congressman or senator in elevators …
Ashley Parker / Washington Post:
Trump's Asia trip was mostly free of incidents — until it wasn't  —  MANILA — President Trump departed for a five-country, 12-day swing through Asia facing one overarching question: Could he avoid what The Onion satirical website jokingly predicted would be a “bizarre, easily avoidable international incident”?
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James T. Areddy / Wall Street Journal:
Three UCLA Basketball Players Set to Leave China  —  President Trump says he spoke to China's Xi about the players  —  SHANGHAI—Three UCLA basketball players detained for a week in China were set to fly back home late Tuesday, hours after U.S. President Donald Trump said he had requested assistance …
Michelle Goldberg / New York Times:
I Believe Juanita  —  On Friday evening the MSNBC host Chris Hayes sent out a tweet that electrified online conservatives: “As gross and cynical and hypocritical as the right's ‘what about Bill Clinton’ stuff is, it's also true that Democrats and the center left are overdue for a real reckoning with the allegations against him.”
Union of Concerned Scientists:
1992 World Scientists' Warning to Humanity  —  World Scientists' Warning to Humanity (1992)  —  Some 1,700 of the world's leading scientists, including the majority of Nobel laureates in the sciences, issued this appeal in November 1992.  The World Scientists' Warning to Humanity was written …
US Food and Drug Administration:
FDA approves pill with sensor that digitally tracks if patients have ingested their medication  —  For Immediate Release  —  FDA approves Abilify MyCite, a pill with a sensor that digitally tracks if patients have ingested their medication  —  The U.S. Food and Drug Administration today approved …
 
 
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‘The Simpsons’ compares Kellyanne Conway to Joseph Goebbels
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Associated Press:
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Discussion: Politico and Talking Points Memo
Luke O'Brien / The Atlantic:
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Lev Facher / STAT:
Trump, breaking with precedent, will not meet with American Nobel recipients
Discussion: Axios and Daily Kos
Glenn Kessler / Washington Post:
President Trump has made 1,628 false or misleading claims over 298 days
Discussion: The White House
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