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Josh Meyer / Politico:
Papadopoulos claimed Trump phone call and larger campaign role  —  George Papadopoulos claimed last year that Donald Trump telephoned him to discuss his new position as a foreign policy adviser to his presidential campaign and that the two had at least one personal introductory meeting that the White House has not acknowledged.
Discussion: Raw Story
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Wall Street Journal:
Special Counsel Mueller Issued Subpoena for Russia-Related Documents From Trump Campaign Officials  —  Senate committee also pressures Kushner lawyer to turn over more documents  —  Special counsel Robert Mueller's team in mid-October issued a subpoena to President Donald Trump's campaign …
Daniel Lippman / Politico:
BUCKLE UP: A crazy December is ahead — WH wants 44B more in disaster aid — TRUMP on ‘Frankenstien’: ‘Where do his hands go in pictures 2, 3, 4, 5 & 6 while she sleeps?’  — MATT BRAVO to S-3 - B'DAY: Jarrod Agen  —  DRIVING THE DAY  —  BET YOU'LL HEAR ABOUT THIS TODAY — BULLETIN at 5:06 a.m. …
Julia Manchester / The Hill:
Papadopoulos told reporters he had larger campaign role: report
Discussion: RedState and Political Wire
Jennifer Steinhauer / New York Times:
Gillibrand Says Bill Clinton Should Have Resigned Over Lewinsky Affair  —  WASHINGTON — Senator Kirsten Gillibrand, Democrat of New York, who holds Hillary Clinton's former seat, said on Thursday that Bill Clinton should have resigned the presidency after his inappropriate relationship with an intern came to light nearly 20 years ago.
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Michelle Goldberg / New York Times:
Franken Should Go  —  Oh no, not Al Franken, too.  —  Before Thursday, I'd hoped Franken would run for president in 2020.  A hugely gifted communicator with entertainment chops, he seemed well suited to take on Donald Trump, assuming the demagogic showman seeks re-election.
Brian Maloney / Media Equalizer:
Melanie Morgan: After TV appearance, Al Franken harassed me too
Michael D. Shear / New York Times:
Trump, a Veteran of Sexual Harassment Accusations, Scolds Franken
Discussion: RedState, Vox and The Atlantic
Christal Hayes / Yahoo:
Republican Tax Bill Gives Private Jet Owners a Tax Break  —  If you're one of the lucky Americans who owns a private jet, don't fret.  Republicans have your back—in the form of tax breaks.  —  The new Senate tax bill will give those who own or lease private planes breaks on the amount …
Discussion: Washington Post and Hit & Run
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Josh Delk / The Hill:   Senate bill includes tax break on private jets
Center on Budget and Policy Priorities:
Commentary: Senate Tax Bill Revisions Make Its Fundamental Tradeoffs …
Discussion: New York Times
Reuters:
USA-TRUMP/PANAMA  —  Exclusive: How an alleged fraudster in Panama, working with Donald Trump's daughter, helped make Trump's first international hotel venture a success.  The broker was in business with a money-launderer and two criminals from the former Soviet Union.  Then he fled.
Discussion: The Hill and Political Wire
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USA Today:
Who pays for Trump's contempt for ethics? USA. USA. USA.
Discussion: Shareblue Media
NBC News:
A Panama tower carries Trump's name and ties to organized crime
Discussion: Talking Points Memo
Lloyd Grove / The Daily Beast:
Fox News Bans Kiss Frontman Gene Simmons for Life … Kiss frontman Gene Simmons—until this week, a favorite guest on Fox News and Fox Business Network programs, which couldn't get enough of his supposedly outrageous rock-star antics mixed with conservative politics—has been banned for life from the right-leaning cable channels.
David Wasserman / The Cook Political Report:
House: Ratings Changes in Seven Districts as GOP Majority in Peril  —  If it wasn't already clear, last Tuesday's election results confirmed a political atmosphere that would seriously endanger the House GOP's majority in 2018.  In Virginia, turnout was up 20 percent over 2013 in localities won …
Brian Slodysko / Associated Press:
Indiana candidate's DC-area home complicates Senate campaign  —  INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — A campaign stop for Rep. Luke Messer in his bid for Senate involves traveling from his family's home in suburban Washington back to Indiana, where he typically stays overnight with his mom.
Dana Blanton / Fox News:
Fox News Poll: Jones leads Moore by 8 points in Alabama Senate race  —  Alabama voters want a candidate who will represent their state with honor — and they think Doug Jones has strong moral character and Roy Moore doesn't.  That gives the Democrat the lead in the U.S. Senate race.
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Brett Samuels / The Hill:
Fox News poll: Obama has higher favorability in Alabama than Trump
The Daily Beast:
Free Press Group Ready to Cut Off WikiLeaks … In the heat of the presidential election campaign last year, Xeni Jardin, a journalist and free speech advocate, developed a sickening feeling about WikiLeaks.  —  Jardin had been a supporter of the radical transparency group since at least 2010 …
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Eli Rosenberg / Washington Post:
Republican appointee resigns from the DHS after past comments about blacks, Muslims come to light
Discussion: Politico
Andrew Kaczynski / CNN:
Homeland Security's head of community outreach resigns over past controversial comments on black community, Islam
Discussion: bizpacreview.com
Ryan Goodman / Just Security:
Turkey on Valentine's Day: Did Trump Obstruct Investigation of Flynn as a Foreign Agent?  —  When President Donald Trump tried to stop the FBI investigation of his national security adviser, retired Lt. Gen. Michael Flynn, was Trump aware of Flynn's meetings with Turkish officials?
Discussion: Talking Points Memo and Raw Story
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NBC News:   Does cooperating witness have info on Flynn tie to Turkey?
Marc Caputo / Politico:
‘A lot of boob stuff:’ Fla. Democratic Party chair apologizes after six women complain of ‘demeaning’ behavior  —  TALLAHASSEE — Six former Florida Democratic Party staffers and consultants say that current party chairman Stephen Bittel has created an unprofessional workplace environment …
Ian Millhiser / ThinkProgress:
At conservative conference, Neil Gorsuch cracks joke about frozen trucker nearly left to die  —  During Neil Gorsuch's confirmation hearing for the Supreme Court seat Senate Republicans held open for a year until Donald Trump could fill it, the judge was dogged by questions about a case …
Knoxville News-Sentinel:
Two hurt in accidental shooting at East Tenn. church during discussion on church shootings  —  A man accidentally shot himself and his wife at an East Tennessee church on Thursday while he was showing off his gun during a discussion on recent church shootings, police said.
Discussion: WNCN, The Root and Raw Story
Michael Gerson / Washington Post:
The Russia investigation's spectacular accumulation of lies  —  I spent part of my convalescence from a recent illness reading some of the comprehensive timelines of the Russia investigation (which indicates, I suppose, a sickness of another sort).  One, compiled by Politico …
Bloomberg:
The Questionable Math Behind Manafort's Extravagant Home Renovations  —  The former Trump campaign chief is accused of laundering millions of dollars in foreign payments to live it up in the Hamptons.  But what about the huge gap between funds he transferred to contractors and what the jobs were supposed to cost?
Discussion: emptywheel
Kate Harding / Washington Post:
I'm a feminist.  I study rape culture.  And I don't want Al Franken to resign.  —  As a feminist and the author of a book on rape culture, I could reasonably be expected to lead the calls for Al Franken to step down, following allegations that he forced his tongue down a woman's throat …
Discussion: The Resurgent and The Daily Caller
Tucker Higgins / CNBC:
Russian ambassador says he won't name all the Trump officials he's met with because ‘the list is so long’  — Russian Ambassador Sergey Kislyak said it would take him more than 20 minutes to name all of the Trump officials he's met with.  — Kislyak made the remarks in a sprawling interview …
Amanda Robb / Rolling Stone:
Anatomy of a Fake News Scandal  —  Inside the web of conspiracy theorists, Russian operatives, Trump campaigners and Twitter bots who manufactured the ‘news’ that Hillary Clinton ran a pizza-restaurant child-sex ring … The revelations overcame Edgar Maddison Welch like a hallucinatory fever.
 
 
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