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5:25 AM ET, November 25, 2017

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Gardiner Harris / New York Times:
Diplomats Sound the Alarm as They Are Pushed Out in Droves  —  WASHINGTON — Of all the State Department employees who might have been vulnerable in the staff reductions that Secretary of State Rex W. Tillerson has initiated as he reshapes the department, the one person who seemed least likely …
Discussion: The Last Refuge and Raw Story
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Michelle Kosinski / CNN:
Tillerson's senior team planning to skip Ivanka Trump's India trip  —  STORY HIGHLIGHTS  — A Senior State Department official told CNN: “They (Tillerson and his staff) won't send someone senior because they don't want to bolster Ivanka”  —  (CNN)Days ahead of what should be a major moment …
Wall Street Journal:
Mueller Probe Looks at Mike Flynn's Work on Documentary Targeting Exiled Turkish Cleric  —  Special counsel focuses on links to Turkey as legal team's move signals possible cooperation with investigators  —  WASHINGTON—Special Counsel Robert Mueller is investigating former White House …
Discussion: Raw Story
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Paul Waldman / Washington Post:
Michael Flynn is the key to the Russia scandal — and he may have just flipped on Trump  —  Michael Flynn, who served as President Trump's national security adviser for just 24 days before being cut loose, may be the key figure to unraveling the entire Russia scandal.
Discussion: Raw Story
Barbara McQuade / The Daily Beast:
If Flynn Is Cooperating With Mueller, Then Case Against Trump Gets Much More Serious
Victoria Guida / Politico:
Trump taps Mulvaney to head CFPB, sparking confusion over agency's leadership  —  President Donald Trump on Friday named White House Budget Director Mick Mulvaney acting director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, setting up a legal clash over who is in charge of the controversial agency.
Emily Goldberg / Politico:
Time says Trump is ‘incorrect’ after president says he rejected Person of the Year overture  —  President Donald Trump tweeted on Friday that Time called to tell him that he was “probably” going to be named the magazine's person of the year, but that he turned the offer down, an account Time later disputed.
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CNN:
Trump tweets he ‘took a pass’ at being named TIME's person of the year  —  STORY HIGHLIGHTS  —  West Palm Beach, Florida (CNN)President Donald Trump tweeted Friday that he turned down a potential offer to be TIME Magazine's coveted “Person of the Year” after, Trump says, the magazine told him he would “probably” be given the honors.
Washington Post:
Mueller might be the one who's ‘draining the swamp’  —  President Trump famously promised that, if elected president, he would “drain the swamp” — upending the culture in Washington that favors the well-connected.  —  It is special counsel Robert S. Mueller III whose work seems …
Discussion: Raw Story
CNN:
Key developments:  —  Coordinated attack: Gunmen fired on people fleeing after explosions took place at the mosque.  The attackers also opened fire on ambulances, witnesses said.  —  The target: The mosque, located in northern Sinai, is known as the birthplace of an important Sufi cleric.
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Associated Press:
The Latest: Egypt says death toll in mosque attack up to 200
Discussion: NPR and Axios
Reuters:
Militants kill more than 230 at mosque in Egypt's North Sinai
Discussion: The Last Refuge and IJR
Carol Robinson / al.com:
Thanksgiving night fight shuts down Alabama's largest mall 40 minutes early  —  Thanksgiving night fight shuts down Riverchase Galleria mall early  —  Shoppers getting an early start on Black Friday deals had their Thanksgiving trek to the Riverchase Galleria cut short when fights broke out in the mall.
Discussion: WKRG-TV, Mediaite, IJR, Law & Crime, AOL and Splinter
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Denise Hollinshed / St. Louis Post-Dispatch:
St. Louis Galleria reopened after protest and arrests on Black Friday
Discussion: Raw Story, RT and The Gateway Pundit
BuzzFeed:
Twitter Has Suspended Another 45 Suspected Propaganda Accounts After They Were Flagged By BuzzFeed News  —  The social media giant is facing serious questions over its efforts to deal with fake propaganda accounts after BuzzFeed News uncovered a network directly connected to the Russia-linked accounts Twitter submitted to Congress.
Discussion: Mirror.co.uk and Raw Story
Tom Metcalf / Bloomberg:
Jeff Bezos's Net Worth Just Broke $100 Billion  —  Amazon founder's net worth has risen $33 billion this year  —  Bill Gates was last person to attain 12-figure fortune in 1999  —  Jeff Bezos is the world's newest $100 billion mogul.  —  The Amazon.com Inc. founder's fortune is up $2.4 billion …
Washington Post:
While eyes are on Russia, Sessions dramatically reshapes the Justice Department  —  For more than five hours, Attorney General Jeff Sessions sat in a hearing room on Capitol Hill this month, fending off inquiries on Washington's two favorite topics: President Trump and Russia.
Discussion: Power Line
Jacques Billeaud / Associated Press:
Sheriff Arpaio pursued case to hurt Sen. Flake, lawsuit says  —  PHOENIX (AP) — A federal lawsuit set to go to trial next month marks the latest legal action brought against former Arizona Sheriff Joe Arpaio over allegations that he pursued a trumped-up criminal case to get publicity and embarrass an adversary.
Discussion: The Hill and Axios
Washington Post:
States prepare to shut down children's health programs if Congress doesn't act  —  Officials in nearly a dozen states are preparing to notify families that a crucial health insurance program for low-income children is running out of money for the first time since its creation two decades ago …
Discussion: Daily Kos
BBC:
North Korea digs DMZ trench after recent defection  —  North Korea appears to be fortifying its border in the Demilitarised Zone (DMZ) with the South, days after a soldier defected by running across.  —  A US diplomat to South Korea has tweeted a picture showing workers digging a trench.
Discussion: CNN and The Daily Caller
David Leonhardt / New York Times:
What to Read Now  —  Holiday shopping.  As you read this, people are jostling each other in stores across the land.  I have a different suggestion for holiday shopping: Buy a subscription — for yourself or as a gift — to a publication that does great work and that needs more help than, say, The New York Times.
 
 
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Matthew Yglesias / Vox:
New dynamic score shows the Senate tax bill raises debt by more than advertised
Discussion: Daily Kos and Politico
Miranda Green / CNN:
Rep. Kathleen Rice: Ethics committee's accountability ‘not real’
Discussion: Townhall.com and Business Insider
Associated Press:
House to vote next week on required anti-harassment training
Discussion: Politico
Gale Holland / Los Angeles Times:
Malibu church pressured to end homeless dinners, with some saying it lures needy to upscale city
Discussion: KTLA
Richard Winton / Los Angeles Times:
LAPD chief expects more high-profile Hollywood sex crime allegations
Associated Press:
Police: US diplomat shot in foot outside Rio de Janeiro
Discussion: The Hill and The Daily Caller
James S. Robbins / USA Today:
Hijab Barbie: Perfect Christmas gift for non-Muslim parents who want to stick it to Trump
Sharon Noguchi / Mercury News:
San Jose: Muslim teacher wearing head scarf repeatedly bullied by students
Discussion: Raw Story
 Earlier Items: 
John Bowden / The Hill:
Eminem angry Trump ‘not paying attention to me’
Spiegel Online:
The End of the End of History  —  The collapse of coalition talks …
Wall Street Journal:
Requiem for a Hit Man
Marie Solis / Newsweek:
JUANITA BROADDRICK WANTS WOMEN TO BE HEARD, BUT SHE STILL BACKS TRUMP
Discussion: NewsBusters, The Hill and Axios
Peter J. Boyer / Weekly Standard:
Linda Tripp: 'It's a Day Late, and It's a Dollar Short'
Discussion: The Gateway Pundit
Jerusalem Post:
NETANYAHU DISAVOWS DEPUTY FM OVER ‘OFFENSIVE REMARKS’ TOWARD US JEWS
Discussion: israpundit.org and Washington Post
Sabrina Tavernise / New York Times:
Ben Shapiro, a Provocative ‘Gladiator,’ Battles to Win Young Conservatives
Discussion: Politico
 

 
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New York Times:
The NBC News-Ronna McDaniel saga highlights the perks and perils of partisan talk TV; a source says McDaniel is now seeking $600K+ for her two year deal

 
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