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5:40 PM ET, November 18, 2017

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Christopher Harress / al.com:
Some Alabama pastors stand behind Roy Moore, cite “war on men”  —  Despite allegations of sexual misconduct against Senate candidate Roy Moore, many pastors in Alabama and other states in the Southeast are sticking by the twice-removed Chief Justice.  —  “This attack on Judge Moore is an attempt …
Discussion: CNN and Raw Story
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CBS News:
Flake, on hot mic, says GOP will be “toast” if it's the party of Trump and Moore
Discussion: Talking Points Memo
KNXV:
Sen. Jeff Flake says Republicans may be ‘toast’, citing ‘the party of Roy Moore and Donald Trump’
Discussion: Axios
Max Greenwood / The Hill:
Flake after hot mic: ‘No news here’
Discussion: Raw Story
Mark Osborne / ABC News:
GOP is ‘toast’ with Trump in control, Republican senator says
Discussion: The Hill
Max Greenwood / The Hill:
Clinton blasts Trump, Moore for handling of sexual misconduct allegations
Discussion: RedState, Politicus USA and Mediaite
AC/DC:
Today it is with deep heartfelt sadness that AC/DC has to announce the passing of Malcolm Young.  —  Malcolm, along with Angus, was the founder and creator of AC/DC.  —  With enormous dedication and commitment he was the driving force behind the band.  —  As a guitarist, songwriter …
Discussion: The Current, Page Six, IJR and Decider
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Daniel Kreps / Rolling Stone:
Malcolm Young, AC/DC Guitarist and Co-Founder, Dead at 64  —  Musician who co-founded Australian rock legends in 1973 with brother Angus Young dies following battle with dementia  —  Malcolm Young, guitarist and co-founder of AC/DC, died Saturday at the age of 64.
sbs.com.au:
AC/DC co-founder Malcolm Young dead at 64
Discussion: AOL and Just Jared
Associated Press:
Moscow meeting in June 2017 under scrutiny in Trump probe  —  WASHINGTON (AP) — Earlier this year, a Russian-American lobbyist and another businessman discussed over coffee in Moscow an extraordinary meeting they had attended 12 months earlier: a gathering at Trump Tower with President Donald Trump's son …
Discussion: The Daily Caller and emptywheel
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Jack Shafer / Politico:
Week 26: Donald Jr. and WikiLeaks Talk Dirty  —  If we've learned anything from months of scandal reporting, the Russians set their sights on two types of people wandering the halls of Trump Tower.  There were the self-promoters like Michael Flynn and Paul Manafort who they knew would cooperate based on direct or potential payouts.
Discussion: NBC News, ThinkProgress and CBS News
CBS News:   Senate panel interested in Russians' request for Trump meeting during campaign
Natasha Bertrand / Business Insider:
Kushner received emails from Sergei Millian — an alleged dossier source who was in touch with George Papadopoulos
Discussion: emptywheel
CBS News:
Top general says he would resist “illegal” nuke order from Trump  —  The top U.S. nuclear commander said Saturday he would push back against President Trump if he ordered a nuclear launch the general believed to be “illegal,” saying he would hope to find another solution.
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New York Times:
How Politics and Bad Decisions Starved New York's Subways  —  Disruptions and delays have roiled the system this year.  But the crisis was long in the making, fueled by a litany of errors, a Times investigation shows.  —  After a drumbeat of transit disasters this year …
Discussion: Mashable
Joy-Ann Reid / The Daily Beast:
As We Rethink Old Harassers, Let's Talk About Clarence Thomas … Long suppressed talk about the sexual predation of men, in Hollywood, politics, business, the news industry, professional sports and life in general has swept across the country, exposing decades of dirty laundry and putting an entire nation of men on notice and on edge.
Discussion: twitchy.com
New York Times:
Republican Governors' 2018 Dilemma: What to Do About Trump?  —  AUSTIN, Tex. — For nearly a decade, meetings of the Republican Governors Association were buoyant, even giddy, affairs, as the party — lifted by enormous political donations and a backlash against the Obama administration …
Adrienne LaFrance / The Atlantic:
Jake Tapper Would Prefer Not To Be So Agitated  —  Jake Tapper sometimes wakes up angry.  This may be a good thing for America.  —  Amid the chaos of the Donald Trump presidency, and the deep partisanship that filters through seemingly all aspects of American life in 2017 …
Ivy League / ESPN:
LaVar Ball downplays Donald Trump's role in UCLA freshmen's release  —  LOS ANGELES — LaVar Ball downplayed his son's shoplifting incident in China, as well as President Donald Trump's involvement in getting LiAngelo Ball and two other UCLA basketball players back to the United States earlier this week.
Steven Perlberg / BuzzFeed:
Sean Spicer Is Resetting His Post-White House Career Strategy  —  The former press secretary didn't land a lucrative TV news pundit job.  Now both Spicer and Washington super lawyer/agent Bob Barnett are distancing themselves from each other.  —  At first, Sean Spicer's exit …
Discussion: Raw Story
Steven Shepard / Politico:
Trump still loves polls  —  As a TV host, Donald Trump loved ratings.  As president, he loves polls—as long as they show him on the upswing.  —  He crowed on Twitter hours after landing back in Washington from his 12-day Asia tour about his Rasmussen number—46 percent—noting it was …
Discussion: Shareblue Media, Mediaite and Raw Story
Washington Post:
The TED talks empire has been grappling with sexual harassment, interviews and internal emails show  —  (GLENN CHAPMAN/Agence France-Presse/Getty Images)  —  SAN FRANCISCO — When Gretchen Carlson, a former Fox News anchor who now campaigns against sexual harassment, took the stage …
Discussion: Refinery29
Jim Messina / Politico:
Trump's Tweets Are Hurting Him With the Voters He Needs Most  —  Trump's social media rampages aren't just damaging him, they're causing swing voters to reevaluate both his priorities and the very health of the economy.  —  It seems that virtually every day Donald Trump and his administration are embroiled in a new fiasco.
Discussion: Outside the Beltway
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John Bowden / The Hill:
Focus group: Trump risking supporters by picking Twitter fights
Discussion: RedState
 
 
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Thomas E. Ricks / Foreign Policy:
Babylon Revisited: Melancholy Thoughts After a Short Trip to Washington, D.C.
Adam Davidson / New Yorker:
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Let's Restart the Adoption Movement
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NEW: Russian yacht docks in port; Will Putin friend pay Trump a visit?
Jenna Lifhits / Weekly Standard:
New York Times Reporter: Obama Administration Misled on al Qaeda
Federal Register:
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Kandace Redd / WXIA-TV:
Fire dept. refuses to remove confederate flag so county axes funding
Discussion: The Courier, The Root and Raw Story
Lizette Alvarez / New York Times:
A Great Migration From Puerto Rico Is Set to Transform Orlando
Discussion: The Daily Caller, Axios and Eschaton
Chris Johnson / Washington Blade:
Rep. Wilson's former intern caught on Grindr using racist epithets
Discussion: Raw Story
The Wrap:
‘Girls’ Writer Murray Miller Accused of Raping Underage Actress Aurora Perrineau (Exclusive)
 

 
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Daniel Wiessner / Reuters:
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Gaby Del Valle / The Verge:
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