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4:20 PM ET, November 15, 2017

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Alex Isenstadt / Politico:
NRSC poll: Moore trails Jones by 12  —  Republican Roy Moore is trailing Democrat Doug Jones by 12 points in the Alabama special Senate election, according to a poll conducted by the National Republican Senatorial Committee after five women accused Moore of pursuing them as teenagers.
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CNN:
Trump takes cautious approach on Roy Moore  —  Steve Bannon comments on Roy Moore accusations  —  STORY HIGHLIGHTS  —  Washington (CNN)It's been five days since the White House said President Donald Trump believes Alabama Senate Republican candidate Roy Moore should drop out if the allegations …
Discussion: Raw Story
Brandon Carter / The Hill:
Limbaugh: Moore was a Democrat at time of sexual misconduct allegations  —  Conservative radio host Rush Limbaugh on Tuesday criticized Republicans for distancing themselves from Alabama GOP Senate candidate Roy Moore, while saying that Moore was a Democrat at the time he allegedly engaged in sexual misconduct with teenage girls.
Eliana Johnson / Politico:
Bannon sticking by Moore ‘through thick and thin’
Discussion: The Gateway Pundit and RedState
Lauren Walsh / WBMA-TV:
Former Gadsden Mall employees share stories, concerns about Roy Moore
Discussion: ThinkProgress
Samantha Schmidt / Washington Post:
Even Sean Hannity has had it with Roy Moore, gives candidate 24 hours to explain ‘inconsistencies’
Fred Barbash / Washington Post:
Fox News's Shepard Smith debunks his network's favorite Hillary Clinton ‘scandal,’ infuriates viewers  —  Fox News anchor Shepard Smith debunked what his own network has called the Hillary Clinton uranium “scandal,” infuriating Fox viewers, some of whom suggested that he ought to work for CNN or MSNBC.
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Jonah Goldberg / National Review:
Good for Shep Smith  —  I was going to do this as a column for tomorrow, but since Shep beat me to the punch I'll do it as a Corner post.  Shep is right.  The Uranium One story is crap.  —  Now let me say that I have no problem believing that Hillary Clinton sold influence or the appearance of influence.
Discussion: Outside the Beltway and Politico
Siobhan Hughes / Wall Street Journal:
Republican Sen. Ron Johnson Opposes GOP Senate Tax Package  —  Wisconsin Republican says plan unfairly benefits corporations over other businesses, says he finds bill's process ‘offensive’  —  WASHINGTON—Sen. Ron Johnson (R., Wis.) said he opposes the Senate Republican tax package …
Discussion: CNN, Axios and Business Insider
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Matthew Yglesias / Vox:
Watch CEOs admit they won't actually invest more if tax reform passes
Discussion: CNBC
Julian Borger / The Guardian:
Christopher Steele believes his dossier on Trump-Russia is 70-90% accurate  —  The respected ex-MI6 officer told Guardian journalist and author Luke Harding that his FBI contacts greeted his intelligence report with ‘shock and horror’ … Christopher Steele, the former British intelligence officer …
Discussion: The Daily Caller and Politicus USA
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Luke Harding / The Guardian:
How Trump walked into Putin's web
Discussion: Raw Story
Brandy Zadrozny / The Daily Beast:
‘Unsafe and Just Plain Dirty’: Women Accuse Vice of ‘Toxic’ Sexual-Harassment Culture … In the summer of 2015, Phoebe Barghouty was 23 years old and had a new master's degree in journalism from Stanford—but little other experience—when she landed what most of her peers would consider a dream job …
Discussion: Axios, The Daily Caller and Page Six
Alice Ollstein / Talking Points Memo:
Collins Warns GOP That Mandate Repeal Will Hike Premiums, Slam Middle Class  —  Sen. Susan Collins (R-ME) has crunched the numbers on repealing Obamacare's individual mandate, and she does not like what she sees.  —  The morning after Senate Republican leaders gave their blessing for the tax bill …
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Olivia Nuzzi / New York Magazine:
Inside the Breitbart Embassy, Where Steve Bannon Entertains Elites and Plots His Populist Takeover  —  When Steve Bannon was the chief strategist and senior counselor to President Donald Trump, he spent his days and often long into his nights in an office on the first floor of the West Wing …
Matthew Yglesias / Vox:
Bill Clinton should have resigned  —  What he did to Monica Lewinsky was wrong, and he should have paid the price.  —  Many years ago, when I was a high school student making my first visit to Washington for a two-week summer camp for weird politics dorks, the dominant news story …
The Hill:
House Dems introduce articles of impeachment against Trump  —  Six House Democrats on Wednesday launched the latest official effort to oust President Trump, introducing five new articles of impeachment revolving around the central theme that the president is a danger to the country.
Discussion: Axios, ABC News and IJR
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Nolan D. McCaskill / Politico:
Six Democrats demand Trump impeachment hearings
Discussion: Vox
David Harsanyi / The Federalist:
Liberals' Sudden Concern About Bill Clinton's Behavior Is Cynical And Self-Serving  —  It takes no courage to retroactively condemn the former president.  —  In the past few days a number of notable liberals have decided to take allegations of sexual assault against former president Bill Clinton seriously.
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Steven Shepard / Politico:
Poll: Biden leads Trump in prospective 2020 matchup  —  Former Vice President Joe Biden would lead President Donald Trump in a 2020 general election, according to a new POLITICO/Morning Consult poll.  —  Only 35 percent of voters would choose to reelect Trump in 2020, the poll shows …
Kyle Swenson / Washington Post:
His brother died mysteriously when they were toddlers.  Years later, a Facebook photo changed everything.  —  It was an old photo, the original sharp black and white tones worn down into the same muddy gray as television static.  —  The young man, David Dearlove, sits against a brick wall …
Discussion: Telegraph
Paige St. John / Los Angeles Times:
Rancho Tehama gunman killed his wife and hid her body under their home, authorities say  —  A rampaging gunman killed five people in Rancho Tehama, including his wife, whose body was found hidden beneath the floor of their home, authorities said Wednesday.  —  A rampaging gunman killed five people …
Discussion: Business Insider, The Root and AOL
Bethany Mandel / New York Times:
Roy Moore Reminds Me of My Rabbi  —  In 2014, on Yom Kippur, the holiest day of the Jewish calendar, Rabbi Barry Freundel led the congregation of his Washington synagogue in pursuit of humble repentance before God.  Ten days later, he was arrested and charged with dozens of counts of voyeurism.
Discussion: Snopes.com
Nick Penzenstadler / USA Today:
Taxpayers pay legal bill to protect Trump business profits  —  Taxpayers are footing the legal bill for at least 10 Justice Department lawyers and paralegals to work on lawsuits related to President Trump's private businesses.  —  Neither the White House nor the Justice Department …
David Rutz / Washington Free Beacon:
Leahy Berates Federal Judicial Nominee Over Joke Tweet About Marrying Bacon  —  Democratic Sen. Patrick Leahy (Vt.) on Wednesday grilled Texas Supreme Court Justice Don Willett over a tweet he sent in 2015 saying he would support a constitutional right to “marry bacon.”
Agence France-Presse:
North Korea ‘sentences Trump to death’ for insulting Kim Jong-un  —  Regime-run newspaper says US president is ‘hideous criminal’ after he said North was a ‘cruel dictatorship’ and Kim ‘short and fat’  —  North Korea's state media has criticised Donald Trump for insulting leader Kim Jong-Un …
Neil Strauss / Rolling Stone:
Elon Musk: The Architect of Tomorrow  —  Inside the inventor's world-changing plans to inhabit outer space, revolutionize high-speed transportation, reinvent cars - and hopefully find love along the way  —  It's mid-afternoon on a Friday at SpaceX headquarters in Hawthorne, California …
Jordain Carney / The Hill:
Senate approves Trump's Army pick  —  The Senate easily confirmed President Trump's pick to lead the Army on Wednesday.  —  Senators voted 89-6 on Mark Esper's nomination to be secretary of the Army.  Democratic Sens. Kirsten Gillibrand  —  (Ore.) and Elizabeth Warren
Discussion: The Daily Caller
Greg Ip / Wall Street Journal:
How a New Inflation Measure Would Raise Taxes on the Middle Class  —  Switch to chained consumer-price index would shift burden after several years as people move into higher brackets  —  Tucked into Republicans' tax overhaul bill is a technical tweak to how inflation is measured.
Discussion: The Atlantic and Axios
Martin Crutsinger / Associated Press:
New money: Mnuchin and Carranza now on the dollar bill  —  WASHINGTON (AP) — Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin and U.S. Treasurer Jovita Carranza are now on the money, literally.  —  The two officials took a tour of the Bureau of Engraving and Printing on Wednesday to see firsthand …
Discussion: Axios
Max Greenwood / The Hill:
Dem senator: ‘Super close’ on bipartisan deal on guns  —  (D-Conn.) said on Wednesday that senators are nearing a bipartisan deal on gun legislation following a number of high-profile mass shootings. … Murphy's office pointed The Hill to comments made last week by Senate Majority Whip John Cornyn
Discussion: IJR
Bloomberg:
Amazon's Cashierless Store Is Almost Ready for Prime Time  —  The Amazon Go team is said to have worked out many of the technical bugs and is starting to hire store-related personnel.  —  For the past year, Amazon employees have been test driving Amazon Go, an experimental convenience store in downtown Seattle.
Discussion: The Verge and Gizmodo
 
 
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Cristina Marcos / The Hill:
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Jack Torry / The Columbus Dispatch:
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Martha MacCallum / TIME:
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